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Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty by Research Area
Algebra
Wai Kiu Chan
Professor of MathematicsShow BioProfessor of Mathematics
Exley Science Center 617
860-685-2197
BS University of Hong Kong
MPHIL University of Hong Kong
PHD The Ohio State University
Complex Analysis
Algebra II
Personal Web Site:
http://wkchan.web.wesleyan.edu
Scholarly Keywords:
Number theory, quadratic forms
Karen L. Collins
Professor of MathematicsShow Bio and Photo
BA Smith College
PHD Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Introductory Calculus
Problem Solving for the Putnam
Topology I
Combinatorics
Personal Web Site:
http://kcollins.web.wesleyan.edu/
Office Hours:
By appointment.
Scholarly Keywords:
Enumerative and Algebraic Combinatorics, Graph Theory
Academic Associations:
AMS, SIAM, AWM
Mark A. Hovey
Professor of MathematicsShow Bio and Photo
Professor of Mathematics
Exley Science Center 619
860-685-2198
Chair, Mathematics and Computer Science
Exley Science Center 651
860-685-2196
BS Ohio State University
PHD Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Calculus I, Part I
Algebra I
Personal Web Site:
http://math.wesleyan.edu/~mhovey
Scholarly Keywords:
Algebraic topology, homological algebra
David Pollack
Associate Professor of MathematicsShow BioAssociate Professor of Mathematics
Exley Science Center 607
860-685-4741
SB University of Chicago
MA Harvard University
PHD Harvard University
Scholarly Keywords:
Number theory
Christopher Rasmussen
Assistant Professor of MathematicsShow Bio and Photo
BA University of Virginia
MS University of Virginia
PHD University of Arizona
Discrete Mathematics
Abstract Algebra
Personal Web Site:
http://math.wesleyan.edu/~crasmussen/
Office Hours:
For Fall 2011: Wed 1:10 - 2:00, Thu 1:10 - 2:00, and by appointment.
Scholarly Keywords:
arithmetic geometry; Galois theory; fundamental groups
Academic Associations:
American Mathematical Society; Mathematics Association of America
Publications:
http://math.wesleyan.edu/~crasmussen/
Philip H. Scowcroft
Professor of MathematicsShow BioProfessor of Mathematics
Exley Science Center 621
860-685-2172
BA Harvard University
MA Cornell University
PHD Cornell University
Vectors and Matrices
Algebra I
Linear Algebra
Mathematical Logic
Office Hours:
MW 1-2:30 and by appointment.
Scholarly Keywords:
Foundations of mathematics, model-theoretic algebra
Carol S. Wood
Edward Burr Van Vleck Professor of MathematicsShow Bio and Photo
Edward Burr Van Vleck Professor of Mathematics
860-685-2192
Professor of Mathematics
Exley Science Center 643
860-685-2192
AB Randolph Macon Woman's College
PHD Yale University
MAA Wesleyan University
Abstract Algebra
Abstract Algebra
Scholarly Keywords:
Mathematical logic, applications of model theory to algebra
Analysis
Petra Bonfert-Taylor
Associate Professor of MathematicsShow Bio and Photo
PHD Technical University of Berlin
Discrete Mathematics
Analysis I
Linear Algebra
Fundamentals of Analysis
Personal Web Site:
http://pbonfert.web.wesleyan.edu
Scholarly Keywords:
Complex analysis, geometric function theory, discrete groups, complex dynamics
Academic Associations:
Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Grants:
NSF Grants:
* NSF Grant (Geometric Analysis), Quasiconformal Symmetries, Extremal Problems, and Patterson-Sullivan Theory, with E. Taylor (Wesleyan University), July 2007 - June 2010 (DMS-0706754).
* NSF Special Semester Grant, Special Semester on Hyperbolic Manifolds and Geometric Analysis, with R. Canary (University of Michigan) and E. Taylor (Wesleyan University), July 2004 - June 2005 (DMS-0412837).
* NSF Grant (Geometric Analysis), Collaborative Research: Analytic and geometric aspects of convergence groups, with M. Bridgeman (Boston College) and E. Taylor (Wesleyan University), July 2003 - June 2007 (DMS-0305704).
* NSF Grant (Analysis), The interaction between geometry and analysis in geometric function theory and in the theory of discrete groups, July 2000 - June 2003 (DMS-0070335).
Publications:
http://pbonfert.web.wesleyan.edu/webvita07.pdf
Adam Fieldsteel
Professor of MathematicsShow BioProfessor of Mathematics
Exley Science Center 637
860-685-2189
BA Brown University
PHD University of California, Berkeley
MAA Wesleyan University
Calculus I, Part II
Multivariable Calculus
Analysis I
Scholarly Keywords:
Ergodic theory
Michael S. Keane
Professor of MathematicsShow Bio and Photo
BA University of Texas Austin
MS University of Gottingen
PHD University of Erlangen-Nurnberg
Mathematical Views
Differential Equations
Calculus I, Part II
Analysis II
Office Hours:
By appointment
Scholarly Keywords:
Mathematical physics, operator algebras, probability theory, topological dynamics
Edward Taylor
Associate Professor of MathematicsShow BioAssociate Professor of Mathematics
Exley Science Center 645
860-685-2193
BS Brown University
MA University of Texas Austin
PHD SUNY at Stony Brook
Personal Web Site:
ectaylor.web.wesleyan.edu
Scholarly Keywords:
Low-dimensional geometry and topology, hyperbolic geometry,Teichmuller theory, and geometricanalysis.
Grants:
Please see vita linked on my web page.
Publications:
Please see vita linked on my web page.
Computer Science
Eric Aaron
Assistant Professor of Computer ScienceShow BioAssistant Professor of Computer Science
Exley Science Center 627
860-685-2413
AB Princeton University
MS Cornell University
PHD Cornell University
Algorithms and Complexity
Human & Machine Inference
Topics in Computer Science
Personal Web Site:
http://eaaron.web.wesleyan.edu
Scholarly Keywords:
Artificial intelligence, hybrid systems
Norman Danner
Associate Professor of Computer ScienceShow Bio and Photo
BA University of California, Berkeley
PHD Indiana University Bloomington
Data Structures
Design of Programming Language
Personal Web Site:
http://ndanner.web.wesleyan.edu
Office Hours:
T 2:30-4:00pm (students only).
By app't (students and advisees).
Research Interests:
Scholarly Keywords:
Implicit computational complexity, anonymity.
Publications:
http://ndanner.web.wesleyan.edu/personal/cv/papers.html
Daniel Krizanc
Professor of Computer ScienceShow BioProfessor of Computer Science
Exley Science Center 631
860-685-2186
Associate Professor, Environmental Studies
860-685-2186
BS University of Toronto
PHD Harvard University
Introduction to Programming
Topics in Computer Science
Personal Web Site:
http://dkrizanc.web.wesleyan.edu
Scholarly Keywords:
Analysis of algorithms
James Lipton
Associate Professor of Computer ScienceShow Bio and Photo
BS University of Nebraska Lincoln
MSC Cornell University
PHD Cornell University
Computer Science I
Computer Science I
Introduction to Programming
Automata Theory & Formal Lang.
Personal Web Site:
jlipton.web.wesleyan.edu
Office Hours:
Tue. 1:30-3:00
Scholarly Keywords:
Logic and computation, logic programming
Michael D. Rice
Professor of Computer ScienceShow BioProfessor of Computer Science
Exley Science Center 603
860-685-2184
BS Western Michigan University
MS Western Michigan University
PHD Wesleyan University
Introduction to Programming
Computer Structure & Organiz.
Personal Web Site:
http://mrice.web.wesleyan.edu
Office Hours:
By appointment
Scholarly Keywords:
Bioinformatics, Databases
Discrete Mathematics
Karen L. Collins
Professor of MathematicsShow Bio and PhotoBA Smith College
PHD Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Introductory Calculus
Problem Solving for the Putnam
Topology I
Combinatorics
Personal Web Site:
http://kcollins.web.wesleyan.edu/
Office Hours:
By appointment.
Scholarly Keywords:
Enumerative and Algebraic Combinatorics, Graph Theory
Academic Associations:
AMS, SIAM, AWM
Daniel Krizanc
Professor of Computer ScienceShow BioProfessor of Computer Science
Exley Science Center 631
860-685-2186
Associate Professor, Environmental Studies
860-685-2186
BS University of Toronto
PHD Harvard University
Introduction to Programming
Topics in Computer Science
Personal Web Site:
http://dkrizanc.web.wesleyan.edu
Scholarly Keywords:
Analysis of algorithms
Geometry
Petra Bonfert-Taylor
Associate Professor of MathematicsShow Bio and PhotoPHD Technical University of Berlin
Discrete Mathematics
Analysis I
Linear Algebra
Fundamentals of Analysis
Personal Web Site:
http://pbonfert.web.wesleyan.edu
Scholarly Keywords:
Complex analysis, geometric function theory, discrete groups, complex dynamics
Academic Associations:
Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Grants:
NSF Grants:
* NSF Grant (Geometric Analysis), Quasiconformal Symmetries, Extremal Problems, and Patterson-Sullivan Theory, with E. Taylor (Wesleyan University), July 2007 - June 2010 (DMS-0706754).
* NSF Special Semester Grant, Special Semester on Hyperbolic Manifolds and Geometric Analysis, with R. Canary (University of Michigan) and E. Taylor (Wesleyan University), July 2004 - June 2005 (DMS-0412837).
* NSF Grant (Geometric Analysis), Collaborative Research: Analytic and geometric aspects of convergence groups, with M. Bridgeman (Boston College) and E. Taylor (Wesleyan University), July 2003 - June 2007 (DMS-0305704).
* NSF Grant (Analysis), The interaction between geometry and analysis in geometric function theory and in the theory of discrete groups, July 2000 - June 2003 (DMS-0070335).
Publications:
http://pbonfert.web.wesleyan.edu/webvita07.pdf
Edward Taylor
Associate Professor of MathematicsShow BioAssociate Professor of Mathematics
Exley Science Center 645
860-685-2193
BS Brown University
MA University of Texas Austin
PHD SUNY at Stony Brook
Personal Web Site:
ectaylor.web.wesleyan.edu
Scholarly Keywords:
Low-dimensional geometry and topology, hyperbolic geometry,Teichmuller theory, and geometricanalysis.
Grants:
Please see vita linked on my web page.
Publications:
Please see vita linked on my web page.
Logic
Norman Danner
Associate Professor of Computer ScienceShow Bio and PhotoBA University of California, Berkeley
PHD Indiana University Bloomington
Data Structures
Design of Programming Language
Personal Web Site:
http://ndanner.web.wesleyan.edu
Office Hours:
T 2:30-4:00pm (students only).
By app't (students and advisees).
Research Interests:
Scholarly Keywords:
Implicit computational complexity, anonymity.
Publications:
http://ndanner.web.wesleyan.edu/personal/cv/papers.html
James Lipton
Associate Professor of Computer ScienceShow Bio and PhotoBS University of Nebraska Lincoln
MSC Cornell University
PHD Cornell University
Computer Science I
Computer Science I
Introduction to Programming
Automata Theory & Formal Lang.
Personal Web Site:
jlipton.web.wesleyan.edu
Office Hours:
Tue. 1:30-3:00
Scholarly Keywords:
Logic and computation, logic programming
Philip H. Scowcroft
Professor of MathematicsShow BioProfessor of Mathematics
Exley Science Center 621
860-685-2172
BA Harvard University
MA Cornell University
PHD Cornell University
Vectors and Matrices
Algebra I
Linear Algebra
Mathematical Logic
Office Hours:
MW 1-2:30 and by appointment.
Scholarly Keywords:
Foundations of mathematics, model-theoretic algebra
Carol S. Wood
Edward Burr Van Vleck Professor of MathematicsShow Bio and PhotoEdward Burr Van Vleck Professor of Mathematics
860-685-2192
Professor of Mathematics
Exley Science Center 643
860-685-2192
AB Randolph Macon Woman's College
PHD Yale University
MAA Wesleyan University
Abstract Algebra
Abstract Algebra
Scholarly Keywords:
Mathematical logic, applications of model theory to algebra
Topology
Mark A. Hovey
Professor of MathematicsShow Bio and PhotoProfessor of Mathematics
Exley Science Center 619
860-685-2198
Chair, Mathematics and Computer Science
Exley Science Center 651
860-685-2196
BS Ohio State University
PHD Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Calculus I, Part I
Algebra I
Personal Web Site:
http://math.wesleyan.edu/~mhovey
Scholarly Keywords:
Algebraic topology, homological algebra
Constance Leidy
Assistant Professor of MathematicsShow BioAssistant Professor of Mathematics
Exley Science Center 641
860-685-5788
BS Tulane University
PHD Rice University
Multivariable Calculus
Topology II
Personal Web Site:
http://cleidy.web.wesleyan.edu/
Office Hours:
Tuesdays, 2:30-3:30pm; Fridays, noon-1pm
Scholarly Keywords:
Low-dimensional topology: knot theory, 3-manifolds, topology of algebraic curve complements; non-commutative algebra.
Edward Taylor
Associate Professor of MathematicsShow BioAssociate Professor of Mathematics
Exley Science Center 645
860-685-2193
BS Brown University
MA University of Texas Austin
PHD SUNY at Stony Brook
Personal Web Site:
ectaylor.web.wesleyan.edu
Scholarly Keywords:
Low-dimensional geometry and topology, hyperbolic geometry,Teichmuller theory, and geometricanalysis.
Grants:
Please see vita linked on my web page.
Publications:
Please see vita linked on my web page.
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