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Chair
Norman Danner
Associate Professor of Computer ScienceShow Bio and PhotoBA University of California, Berkeley
PHD Indiana University Bloomington
COMP321 - 01
Design of Programming Language
COMP112 - 02
Introduction to Programming
COMP212 - 01
Data Structures
Personal Homepage:
http://ndanner.web.wesleyan.edu
Office Hours:
T 1-2pm; F 11am-12pm.
Research Interests:
My research interest is formalisms for implicit computational complexity. My main research program (with J. Royer of Syracuse University) is the investigation of practical programming languages with type-theoretic guarantees of resource usage. I am also interested in anonymizing networks such as The Onion Router.
Scholarly Keywords:
Implicit computational complexity, anonymity.
Mark 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
MATH244 - 01
Topology: Point Set
MATH526 - 01
Topology II
Personal Homepage:
http://math.wesleyan.edu/~mhovey
Scholarly Keywords:
Algebraic topology, homological algebra
Faculty
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
COMP211 - 01
Computer Science I
COMP134 - 01
Human & Machine Inference
COMP312 - 01
Algorithms and Complexity
Personal Homepage:
http://eaaron.web.wesleyan.edu
Scholarly Keywords:
Artificial intelligence, hybrid systems
Ilesanmi-Dunjoye Adeboye
Van Vleck Visiting Assistant Professor of MathematicsShow BioVan Vleck Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
MATH222 - 03
Multivariable Calculus
MATH226 - 01
Complex Analysis
MATH222 - 02
Multivariable Calculus
MATH229 - 01
Differential Equations
Petra Bonfert-Taylor
Associate Professor of MathematicsShow Bio and PhotoPHD Technical University of Berlin
Personal Homepage:
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).
Wai Kiu Chan
Associate Professor of MathematicsShow BioAssociate Professor of Mathematics
Exley Science Center 617
860-685-2197
BS University of Hong Kong
MPHIL University of Hong Kong
PHD The Ohio State University
MATH272 - 01
Elementary Number Theory
MATH545 - 01
Algebra II
MATH122 - 01
Calculus I, Part II
MATH223 - 02
Linear Algebra
Personal Homepage:
http://wkchan.web.wesleyan.edu
Scholarly Keywords:
Number theory, quadratic forms
Karen Collins
Professor of MathematicsShow Bio and PhotoBA Smith College
PHD Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MATH211 - 01
Problem Solving for the Putnam
MATH261 - 01
Abstract Algebra
MATH261 - 02
Abstract Algebra
MATH525 - 01
Topology II
MTHS622 - 01
Graph Theory with Applications
Personal Homepage:
http://kcollins.web.wesleyan.edu/
Office Hours:
Monday and Wednesday 2:00 - 3:00, Thursday 1 - 2, and by appointment.
Scholarly Keywords:
Enumerative and Algebraic Combinatorics, Graph Theory
Academic Associations:
AMS, SIAM, AWM
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
MATH225 - 01
Fundamentals of Analysis
MATH514 - 01
Analysis I
Scholarly Keywords:
Ergodic theory
James Frugale
Visiting Professor of MathematicsShow BioVisiting Professor of Mathematics
Exley Science Center 609
860-685-2183
BS Central Connecticut State University
MALS Wesleyan University
MATH121 - 02
Calculus I, Part I
MATH122 - 01
Calculus I, Part II
Michael Keane
Professor of MathematicsShow Bio and PhotoBA University of Texas Austin
MS University of Gottingen
PHD University of Erlangen-Nurnberg
MATH113 - 01
Mathematical Views
MATH513 - 01
Analysis I
MATH231 - 01
An Introduction to Probability
MATH516 - 01
Analysis II
Office Hours:
By appointment
Scholarly Keywords:
Mathematical physics, operator algebras, probability theory, topological dynamics
Richard Kramer
Visiting Assistant Professor of MathematicsShow BioVisiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
BA North Central College
PHD University of Wisconsin
MATH132 - 01
Elementary Statistics
MATH132 - 02
Elementary Statistics
MATH132 - 01
Elementary Statistics
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
COMP133 - 01
Cryptography
COMP351 - 01
Cryptography &Network Security
BIOL265 - 01
Bioinformatics Programming
COMP112 - 01
Introduction to Programming
Personal Homepage:
http://dkrizanc.web.wesleyan.edu
Scholarly Keywords:
Analysis of algorithms
Constance Leidy
Assistant Professor of MathematicsShow BioAssistant Professor of Mathematics
Exley Science Center 641
860-685-5788
BS Tulane University
PHD Rice University
MATH222 - 01
Multivariable Calculus
MATH222 - 02
Multivariable Calculus
MATH523 - 01
Topology I
Personal Homepage:
http://cleidy.web.wesleyan.edu/
Office Hours:
Mondays and Wednesdays 2:30-3:30pm
Scholarly Keywords:
Low-dimensional topology: knot theory, 3-manifolds, topology of algebraic curve complements; non-commutative algebra.
James Lipton
Associate Professor of Computer ScienceShow BioAssociate Professor of Computer Science
Exley Science Center 635
860-685-2188
BS University of Nebraska Lincoln
MSC Cornell University
PHD Cornell University
COMP112 - 01
Introduction to Programming
COMP301 - 01
Automata Theory & Formal Lang.
Personal Homepage:
jlipton.web.wesleyan.edu
Office Hours:
Tue. 1:30-3:00
Scholarly Keywords:
Logic and computation, logic programming
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
MATH117 - 04
Introductory Calculus
MATH228 - 01
Discrete Mathematics
MATH544 - 01
Algebra I
Scholarly Keywords:
Number theory
Christopher Rasmussen
Assistant Professor of MathematicsShow Bio and PhotoBA University of Virginia
MS University of Virginia
PHD University of Arizona
MATH121 - 01
Calculus I, Part I
MATH264 - 01
Algebraic Geometry
MATH524 - 01
Topology I
Personal Homepage:
http://math.wesleyan.edu/~crasmussen/
Office Hours:
For Spring 2011:
MF 11-12 and by appointment.
Scholarly Keywords:
algebraic geometry; arithmetic geometry; elliptic curves; Galois theory; fundamental groups
Academic Associations:
American Mathematical Society; Mathematics Association of America
Michael 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
COMP231 - 01
Computer Structure & Operation
COMP354 - 01
Principles of Databases
Personal Homepage:
http://mrice.web.wesleyan.edu
Office Hours:
By appointment
Scholarly Keywords:
Bioinformatics, Databases
Scott Schneider
Van Vleck Visiting Assistant Professor of MathematicsShow BioVan Vleck Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Exley Science Center 633
860-685-3857
BA University of Wisconsin
PHD Rutgers University
Personal Homepage:
http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~scottsch/
Philip Scowcroft
Professor of MathematicsShow BioProfessor of Mathematics
Exley Science Center 621
860-685-2172
BA Harvard University
MA Cornell University
PHD Cornell University
MATH221 - 01
Vectors and Matrices
MATH233 - 01
Linear Programming
MATH223 - 01
Linear Algebra
MATH546 - 01
Algebra II
Office Hours:
TW 1-2 and by appointment.
Scholarly Keywords:
Foundations of mathematics, model-theoretic algebra
Yijun Shao
Van Vleck Visiting ResearcherShow BioVan Vleck Visiting Researcher
Exley Science Center 619
860-685-3718
BS Tsinghua University
MS Tsinghua University
PHD University of Arizona
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
MATH222 - 01
Multivariable Calculus
Personal Homepage:
ectaylor.web.wesleyan.edu
Scholarly Keywords:
Low-dimensional geometry and topology, hyperbolic geometry,
Teichmuller theory, and geometric
analysis.
Grants:
Please see vita linked on my web page.
Carol 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
MATH228 - 01
Discrete Mathematics
MATH543 - 01
Algebra I
Personal Homepage:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/math/People/faculty_wood.htm
Office Hours:
none in spring 2011
Scholarly Keywords:
Mathematical logic, applications of model theory to algebra
Emeriti
W. Comfort
Edward Burr Van Vleck Professor of Mathematics, EmeritusShow Bio and PhotoBA Haverford College
MSC University of Washington
PHD University of Washington
MAA Wesleyan University
Personal Homepage:
http://wcomfort.web.wesleyan.edu/
Scholarly Keywords:
Point-set topology, ultrafilters, set theory, topological groups
Ethan Coven
Professor of Mathematics, EmeritusShow BioProfessor of Mathematics, Emeritus
BA University of Rochester
MA Yale University
PHD Yale University
MAA Wesleyan University
Scholarly Keywords:
Dynamical systems
Anthony Hager
Professor of Mathematics, EmeritusShow BioProfessor of Mathematics, Emeritus
BS Pennsylvania State University
PHD Pennsylvania State University
Scholarly Keywords:
Lattice-ordered algebraic structures, general and categorical topology
Fred Linton
Professor of Mathematics, EmeritusShow Bio and PhotoBS Yale University
MA Columbia University
PHD Columbia University
MAA Wesleyan University
Personal Homepage:
http://fej.math.wes.home.att.net/
Scholarly Keywords:
Categorical algebra, functorial semantics, topoi
James Reid
Professor of Mathematics, EmeritusShow BioProfessor of Mathematics, Emeritus
BS Fordham University
MA Fordham University
PHD University of Washington
MAA Wesleyan University
MFA Bennington College
MATH111 - 01
Intro to Mathematical Thought
MATH118 - 03
Introductory Calculus II
Research Interests:
Interested in the structure theory of abelian groups, especially torsion free, and especially from the point of view of their endomorphism rings. Irreducible groups and their relations with algebraic number theory.
Scholarly Keywords:
Abelian groups, module theory.
Academic Associations:
American Mathematical Society, Mathematical Association of America, Irish Mathematical Society.
Postdoctoral appointment at Yale University; Served on the faculties of Amherst College and Syracuse University before joining Wesleyan; currently emeritus from Wesleyan,
Grants:
National Science Research grants in the 1970's and 1980's. Pew Foundation Grant (jointly with L. C. Robertson & R. A. Rosenbaum) 1988-90.
Lewis Robertson
Professor of Mathematics, EmeritusShow BioProfessor of Mathematics, Emeritus
BS University of Chicago
MS University of Chicago
PHD University of California, Los Angeles
Scholarly Keywords:
Foundations of mathematics, model-theoretic algebra