Reason Established: Established as an organizational unit in the College of Science within the Department of Mathematics, the research interests of the center members cover a wide range of topics. The thrust of current research is in the areas of splines, computer aided geometric design (CAGD), radial basis functions and wavelets. The research interests of the center members cover a wide range of topics. The thrust of current research is in the areas of splines, computer aided geometric design (CAGD), radial basis functions and wavelets. Contact: Francis Narcowich; 845-7369; fnarc@math.tamu.edu; <>