Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty

Faculty:

[Braught] [J. Forrester] [R. Forrester] [Froelich] [Greenbaum] [Koss] [MacCormick] [Richeson] [Tesman] [Thanatipanonda] [Wahls] [Wells]

Grant Braught

Associate Professor of Computer Science
Ph.D., Computer Science, Nova Southeastern University
braught@dickinson.edu
Office: Room 234 - Tome Hall.
Phone: (717) 245-1401.
Personal website

His current research interests are in the area of artificial life. In particular his research focuses on the interactions between learning and evolution. His other research interests include ad-hoc wireless networks, social robotics and swarm intelligence, biologically inspired architectures for robotics, and artificial intelligence. He is also active in computer science education, focusing on creating materials for active learning and the integration of empirical investigation into the computer science curriculum.

Jeffrey Forrester

Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Statistics, SUNY Binghampton
forresje@dickinson.edu
Office: Room 243 - Tome Hall.
Phone: (717) 245-1410.
 Personal website



Dick Forrester

Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Mathematics, Clemson University
forrestr@dickinson.edu
Office: Room 235 - Tome Hall.
Phone: (717) 245-1668.
Personal website

His research is in the field of operations research, with particular interest in integer programming and large-scale linear optimization. His teaching interests primarily center around applied mathematics, including statistics, operations research, and numerical analysis.

Jennifer Froelich

Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Iowa
froelicj@dickinson.edu
Office: Room 236 - Tome Hall.
Phone: (717) 245-????.
Personal website

 

Susan Greenbaum

Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics
greenbau@dickinson.edu
Office: Room 204 - Tome Hall.
Phone: (717) 245-1843.
Personal website



Lorelei Koss

Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Mathematics, University of North Carolina
koss@dickinson.edu
Office: Room 241 - Tome Hall.
Phone: (717) 245-1334.
Personal website

Her scholarship concentrates on ergodic theory and complex dynamical systems. Her current research investigates the measurable dynamics of analytic maps of complex projective space.

John MacCormick

Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Ph.D., Computer Vision, University of Oxford
jmac@dickinson.edu
Office: Room 242 - Tome Hall.
Phone: (717) 245-1626.
Personal website

His main research interests are in computer vision and large-scale distributed computer systems. Currently active research topics include stereo algorithms for computer vision and the automated detection of service dependencies in large computer networks.

David Richeson

Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Mathematics, Northwestern University
(click to reveal)@dickinson.edu
Office: Room 236 - Tome Hall.
Phone: (717) 245-1744.
Personal website


His research involves the study of dynamical systems from a topological viewpoint. Recent research topics include topological notions of recurrence, dynamics on noncompact spaces, and the Conley index. He is also interested in the history of mathematics. He recently finished writing a book on Euler's polyhedron formula called Euler's Gem.

Barry Tesman

Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Mathematics, Rutgers University
tesman@dickinson.edu
Office: Room 233 - Tome Hall.
Phone: (717) 245-1548.
Personal website

His scholarship involves graph theory, combinatorics, and measurement theory. His recent research is in the application of graph coloring to radio and television transmission.

Thotsaporn (Aek) Thanatipanonda

Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Mathematics, Rutgers University
(email)
Office: Room 241 - Tome Hall.
Phone: (717) 245-????.

 

 

Tim Wahls

Associate Professor of Computer Science
Ph.D., Computer Science, Iowa State University
wahlst@dickinson.edu
Office: Room 244 - Tome Hall.
Phone: (717) 245-1743.
Personal website

His main research interests are in specification language design and semantics (especially for object-oriented specification languages), and in the execution of formal specifications (especially the applications of constraint logic programming techniques in executing formal specifications). He has also done some work in linguistic content analysis and computer science education.

Rebecca Wells

Instructor in Computer Science
Senior Computer Specialist - User Services
wells@dickinson.edu
Office: Room 119 - Tome Hall.
Phone: 245-1631.
Personal website