David Clark                          (homepage)
PhD Candidate
Primary Area: Discrete Mathematics

Office: Fisher 327A
(906) 487-2775
Email: dcclark@mtu.edu

Education:
  • MS in Combinatorics and Optimization, University of Waterloo
  • BS in General Math, Michigan Technological University

Recently Taught Courses:
  • MA1020 Quantitative Literacy
  • MA2160 Calculus with Technology II
  • MA2320 Elementary Linear Algebra
  • MA3520 Elementary Differential Equations
  • MA3720 Probability
  • MA4908 Theory of Numbers with Technology

Research:
  • Links among graphs, codes, designs, and finite geometries. Also, quantum error-correction, using similar tools.


Presentations:
  • "Quantum codes and finite geometries": Presentation, CAN seminar, Houghton, MI, 2011.
  • "Using Steiner designs to construct Entanglement-Assisted Quantum LDPC codes": Presentation, MCCCC 24, Normal, IL, 2010.
  • "Exponential Growth of Designs with Affine Parameters": Presentation, NATO-ASI conference on Combinatorics and Related Information Security, Opatija, Croatia, 2010.
  • "Exponential Growth of Designs with Affine Parameters": Presentation, MTU GSG Research Colloquium, Houghton, MI, 2010.
  • "Designs, Geometries, and Hamada's Conjecture": Presentation, UP MAA sectional meeting, Houghton, MI, 2009.
  • "Designs, Geometries, and Hamada's Conjecture": Presentation, University of Madison, WI, 2009.
  • "Recent Developments on Hamada's Conjecture": Presentation, Combinatorial Configurations and Applications 2009, Houghton, MI.
  • "Geometric Designs, Reed-Muller Codes, and Hamada's Conjecture": Poster, GSCC 2009, Lexington, KY.
  • "What in the World Is a Block Design?": Presentation, UP MAA sectional meeting, Sault Ste. Marie, MI, 2008.
  • "Symmetric Nets and Reed-Muller Codes": Poster, MathFest 2008, Madison, WI.
  • "A Plowing Algorithm for the City of Regina": Presentation, IPSW 2008, University of Regina.
  • "Symmetric Nets and Reed-Muller Codes": Thesis proposal, MTU, 2008.



Current Schedule:
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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12:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
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13:00 MA4908
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