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- m(Arcadia) I've been having a great time being the mathematics consultant to the Folger theater for their production of Tom Stoppard's play Arcadia. I figured I'm probably never going to get closer to a theater production, so I even managed...
- The Mathematics of Fiction More than a year in the making, and finally here! The long-awaited sequel to "Taming Infinity" (which already has enjoyed more than 11,000 viewers on YouTube). A new math video, which requires NO knowledge of mathematics! You'll see me...
- BBC Program "The Forum" - a mathematics discussion It took lots of work with Jacqueline Smith, one of the producers of the BBC program, The Forum, but after weeks of talking and e-mailing, we finally nailed down a tentative script of what I would say on the show....
- SIAM News While reading in Philadelphia in February last year, I was delighted to find some people from SIAM (Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics) in the audience. One of them, Michelle Sipics, later wrote a profile article for SIAM News, which...
- On Mathematics and Writing Here's an article I wrote for "The Writing Life" column for the Washington Post on balancing my mathematics and writing careers. Be sure to check out the accompanying profile....
- 50 Semesters of Teaching! I was invited to write an article for the "Lives" section of the New York Times Magazine's special College Issue (Sep 21, 2008). I had to summarize 25 years of being a professor into 870 words or less! Here is...
- Interview in New York Times Science Section In April 2008, I had a stimulating three hour conversation with Claudia Dreifus, a writer for the Science section of the New York Times. Here is the article based on this conversation, published in the New York Times on June...
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I joined the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) in 1983 right after my Ph.D. at Carnegie-Mellon University. UMBC is a medium-sized, selective public research university, with a Carnegie Foundation classification of Doctoral/Research- Extensive. We have been frequently cited for our outstanding success in graduating minority students in Mathematics and Science (one of the highest in the country). UMBC is an excellent place to be, both for students (undergraduate and graduate) as well as faculty members. This is the only job I've ever had.
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I am a full professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. What I like most about my department is the emphasis we place on the applied aspects of the fields we teach and research. We offer traditional and career-oriented programs in both mathematics and statistics, at the undergraduate, Masters' and Ph.D. levels. Our faculty performs research in several areas of applied mathematics and statistics, with many of the projects being externally funded (for example by NSF, NIH, EPA, AFOSR, etc.).