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- Mathematical interests: analysis and applications
- My Masters and PhD degrees in Mathematics are
from Stanford University (1979).
- I have applied mathematics to
earthquake modeling, chip manufacturing, mobile telephone
network modeling, biological structures, and
computer-assisted language instruction.
- 2001–2015 I was founding director
of the summer
Research in Industrial Projects for Students
(RIPS) Program at UCLA's
Institue for Pure and Applied Mathematics, an institute of
the National Science Foundation.
- Prior to retirement in 2006, I was professor of mathematics and
director of the Math Clinic at Harvey Mudd College.
- I have been employed at research laboratories at Stanford
University, US Geological Survey and Hewlett-Packard, and
served as acting director of the Research
Institute for Advanced Computer Science where previously
I had been chief scientist and associate director.
- At HP Labs, Dan Meisburger and I invented the first rigorous
method for calibrating interferometer stages used in manufacturing
computer chips.
(Stage self-calibration: symmetry and invariance.)
- I cofounded a Silicon Valley startup, focusing on
organizing and indexing resources on the Internet, using
digital library and metadata principles.
- With R. C. Atkinson I co-developed the mnemonic keyword method for vocabulary
acquisition (see "Mnemotechnics in second-language learning", R. C.
Atkinson, American Psychologist, 1975).
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