I am a Professor of Mathematics in the
Department of Mathematical Sciences
at Michigan Technological University. |
College of Sciences and Arts |
Courses I've taught in recent years
MA150-152,250 Calculus and
Analytic Geometry I-IV
MA321 Probability
MA341 Introduction to Statistics
with Calculus
MA406-407 Mathematical Statistics
I-II
MA409 Graph Theory
MA450-452 Advanced Calculus I-III
Areas of researchMy primary area of research is Probability Theory and Combinatorics. In this, I examine Discrete Random Structures, Random Graph Theory, Population Genetics, Poisson Approximation, Reliability Theory, Extremal Combinatorics, Probability Inequalities, Statistical Tests for Randomness, Interface between Math Research and Math Education.
Research Experiences for UndergraduatesSummer '98 will be the eighth year of operation of the REU program entitled "Discrete Random Structures". For more information, application forms, etc., please look at the REU site
Recent PublicationsRandom Sidon sequences, with Svante Janson, Nick Locantore and Rebecca Rapoport, to appear in Journal of Number Theory.
Threshold functions for the bipartite Turan property, Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 1997, with Ben Lamorte and Erik Sandquist.
On the size of a random sphere of influence graph, with Tae Chalker, Pawel Hitczenko, Josh Radcliff and Otto Ruehr, to appear in Advances in Applied Probability.
Improved upper bounds for the reliability of d-dimensional consecutive k-out-of-n:F systems, with Laura Potter and Jessica Sklar, to appear in Naval Research Logistics.
Beyond the method of bounded differences, with Pawel Hitczenko, to appear in the Proceedings of the DIMACS/IAS Workshop on Discrete Probability, to be published by the American Mathematical Society.
