Matthew M. Conroy

doctormatt@madandmoonly.com
www.madandmoonly.com

Education


Doctor of Philosophy, Mathematics University of Colorado, Boulder, 1997
Thesis:`Bilinear Forms on Residue Classes and Applications'
Advisor: Professor P.D.T.A. Elliott
Master of Science, Mathematics University of Lowell, Lowell, MA 1990
Bachelor of Science, Mathematics University of Lowell, Lowell, MA 1988

Teaching Experience


Lecturer
University of Washington, Seattle, WA Fall 2001 – present
courses: probability, calculus, precalculus

Assistant Professor
North Central College, Naperville, IL Fall 1999 – June 2000
courses: single- and multi-variable calculus, linear algebra, quantitative reasoning

Visiting Assistant Professor
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Winter – Spring 1999
courses: differential equations, mathematical modeling

Adjunct Faculty
Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH Fall 1998
course: first semester calculus

Teaching Assistant
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO various semesters 1990-1996
courses: single-variable calculus, pre-calculus

Other Experience


Instructional Designer
Skylight Professional Development, Arlington Heights, IL July 2000 to April 2001
designed web-based distance learning courses for mathematics teachers;
instructed distance learning courses

Member of Technical Staff, Software Documentation
Fluent, Inc., Lebanon, NH March 1998 to June 1999
wrote and edited tutorials and manuals for computational fluid dynamics software;
wrote Perl scripts to facilitate conversion of LaTeX-based documentation system to HTML-based

Publications


`A sequence related to a conjecture of Schinzel'

Journal of Integer Sequences, Volume 4 (2001), Issue 1


Selected Presentations


`The Sound of Prime Numbers'

Invited talk, Rockford College, Spring 2000

`The p+1 Problem'

Number Theory Seminar, Dartmouth College, Spring 1998

`Bilinear Forms on Residue Classes'

11th Annual Workshop on Automorphic Forms, Boulder, Colorado, March 1997

`Divis-o-rama' and `Divis-o-rama II'

Slow Pitch Colloquium, University of Colorado, Boulder, March and December 1995

`Two Proofs of the Prime Number Theorem'

Slow Pitch Colloquium, University of Colorado, Boulder, April 1993


Technical Skills

  • mathematical programming with Mathematica, Maple, and Pari software packages
  • mathematical and general programming in C, Perl, and Java
  • web page design using HTML and Javascript; LaTeX to HTML conversion
  • web page/database interfacing with PHP
  • document design with TeX, especially LaTeX
  • experience with UNIX, Macintosh and Windows operating systems
  • sound composition and manipulation with Csound, SoundHack, etc. (examples)
  • digital video editing with Final Cut Pro
  • 3-D rendering with POV-Ray (examples)

Recreational Interests

  • photography, particularly low light and black and white photography (examples)
  • video and music production, composition, and experimentation (examples)
  • cycling

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