Group
People
Postgraduate students supervised in numerical optimization, nonlinear equations, and related areas at Bayero University Kano.
Master's Students Supervised
Tayyiba Adamu Mu'azu
MSc, April 2025 — Some modified conjugate gradient methods for solving unconstrained optimization problems
Anas Hassan Abubakar
MSc, January 2025 — Some improved derivative-free algorithms for solving system of nonlinear monotone equations
Zaharadden Yakubu
MSc, April 2024 — Globally convergent Broyden-like method for solving system of nonlinear equations
Mus'ab Auwal Idris
MSc, December 2023 — On smoothing matrix-free methods for finite minimax problems
Kamaluddeen Umar Danmalam
MSc, December 2022 — Matrix-free methods with structured secant equation for nonlinear least-squares problems
Internal Examiner for Research Students
Abba Sulaiman
December 2024 — DY–FR–HS–PRP conjugate gradient methods for solving unconstrained optimization problems
Sulaiman Aliyu
September 2024 — Inertial conjugate gradient-like methods for solving nonlinear monotone equations
Lukman Lawal
December 2022 — On conjugate gradient-type methods for large-scale systems of nonlinear equations
Ya'u Balarabe Musa
September 2021 — New approaches for computing the Levenberg–Marquardt regularization parameter for solving nonlinear systems of equations
Aliyu Yusuf
March 2021 — A family of hybrid conjugate gradient-type methods for solving large-scale nonlinear equations
Kabir Saminu
February 2021 — A new family of three-step methods for solving nonlinear equations
Frequent Collaborators
Professor Mohammed Yusuf Waziri
Bayero University Kano — PhD supervisor; structured methods for nonlinear least squares
Professor Sandra Augusta Santos
UNICAMP, Brazil — PhD co-advisor; nonlinear least-squares methods
Professor Hayoung Choi
Kyungpook National University — matrix analysis, numerical linear algebra
Auwal Bala Abubakar, Poom Kumam, Abdulkarim Hassan Ibrahim
KMUTT / Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University — conjugate gradient & derivative-free methods for nonlinear monotone equations
Numerical Optimization Research Group
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Bayero University Kano