Timothy D. Andersen, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in Mathematics, August 2007.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Mathematical Sciences Dept.

Curriculum Vitae

Dissertation

Trapped Slender Vortex Filaments in Statistical Equilibrium

Successfully defended with no revisions on 14 May 2007

Books

• Introduction to Vortex Filaments in Equilibrium, Andersen, T. D. and Lim, C. C., Springer-Verlag, New York, 2014. (In production)

Journal Papers

• • Negative Specific Heat in a Quasi-2D Generalized Vorticity Model,

  • Andersen, T. D. and Lim, C. C., Physical Review Letters, vol. 99, no. 165001, Oct. 2007.

• Explicit mean-field radius for nearly parallel vortex filaments in statistical equilibrium with applications to deep ocean convection

  • Andersen, T. D. and Lim, C. C., Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, vol. 102, no. 3, pp. 265-280, Jun. 2008.

  • A length scale formula for confined Quasi-2D plasmas,

  • Andersen, T. D. and Lim, C. C., J. Plasma Physics, vol. 75, no. 4, pp. 437-454, 2009.

• A Cross-layer Framework for Multiple Access and Routing Design in Wireless Multi-hop Networks,

  • Tamer ElBatt and Timothy Andersen, Wiley Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal, vol. 11, pp. 1155-1167, Aug. 2011.

  • Memory Efficient Lagged-Fibonacci Random Number Generators for GPU Supercomputing, Andersen, T. D. and Mascagni, M., submitted to Computer Physics Communications, 2014.

Full Publication list

Grants

• • Principal Investigator on NASA SBIR Grant Phase I 2012 NNX12CD32P, $125K, 2/12-8/12.

Full Projects List

Patents

• Efficient Lightweight Information Dissemination Algorithm for Mobile Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, US Patent 7,420,954, Sept. 2008.

• Interference-Resilient Joint MAC and Routing Design for Wireless Ad hoc Networks, US Patent 7,570,593, Aug. 2009.

Working Papers and Technical Reports

• • Andersen, Timothy D., Stanley, Kenneth O., and Miikkulainen, Risto. "Neuro-Evolution Through Augmenting Topologies Applied To Evolving Neural Networks To Play Othello". Dept. of Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin, 2002. http://www.cs.utexas.edu/ftp/techreports/tr02-32.pdf

  • Pernin, Christopher G., Katherine Comanor, Lance Menthe, Louis R. Moore and Tim Andersen. "Allocation of Forces, Fires, and Effects Using Genetic Algorithms". Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2008. http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR423. Also available in print form.

Talks

• • Ph.D. Defense Talk, RPI, May 2007.

  • Anomalous expansion and negative specific heat in quasi-2D plasmas, AMS Sectional Meeting, Special Session on Vortex Dynamics, NJIT, May 2010.

  • Bayesian Inference for Rapid Social Networking Analysis, Joint Math Meetings 2011

  • Exact Solution to the 1d one component Coulomb gas at fixed energy, Joint Math Meetings 2012

Currently Working On

• • Random number generation for Exaflop, GPGPU and Intel MIC computing.

  • Bioelectrostatics in structural biology for drug delivery.

Research Interests

• • Feynman-Kac path integral approaches to vortex filaments, plasmas, and biochemical electrostatics.

  • Quantum interpretation problem and the arrow of time.

  • Dark matter and the Dirac equation.

Teaching

• • Adjunct Assistant Professor, MATH 140, "Calculus I", Christopher Newport University, Fall 2014

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, MATH 162M, "Precalculus I", Old Dominion University, Spring 2011

• Teaching Assistant, MATH 1620, Spring 2007

Links

• • Advisor, Chjan C. Lim, where there are details about his, my co-student Ding

  • Xueru's, and my research.

  • Tamer Elbatt's page with whom I had such rewarding collaborations at HRL Laboratories.

  • RAND Corporation where I spent the Summer of 2005 working with a great group of

  • people, notably my mentor Chris Pernin.

  • Former HRL manager Bo Ryu is now Director of the Networking Research Group at Argon ST.

  • Senior Thesis Advisor's page at UT-Austin, Risto Miikkulainen

  • The new page of Ken Stanley who was a great help in introducing me to genetic

  • algorithms

Updated 17 April 2014.