2012 Speakers / Coordinators
John Cromwell Mather
- Astrophysicist, Cosmologist, and winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite (COBE) with George Smoot
- Primarily responsible for the experiment that revealed the blackbody form of the microwave background radiation measured by COBE
- His work confirmed the big bang theory to extraordinary accuracy
- Senior Astrophysicist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland
Ingrid Daubechies
- James B. Duke Professor of Mathematics at Duke University
- The first woman president of the International Mathematical Union, host of the International Congress of Mathematicians (2011-2014)
- The first woman to receive the National Academy of Sciences Award for her fundamental discoveries on wavelets and wavelet expansions
- Co-recipient of the Pioneer Prize from the International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM/SIAM), with Heinz Engl
Helaman Ferguson
- Helaman Ferguson's mathematical sculptures in stone and bronze celebrate ancient and modern mathematics, integrating the universal languages of art, engineering, science and sculpture, computing, mathematics
- Helaman's commissioned sculpture is found in institutions worldwide
- Helaman's PSLQ algorithm was listed as one of the top ten in the 20th century
- His current sculpture studio is in Baltimore, Maryland
- Claire and Helaman Ferguson together received the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics 2002 Communication Award
William Noel
- Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books at the Walters Art Museum
- Director of the Archimedes Palimpsest Project
- Coauthor of The Archimedes Codex
- Faculty member of the Rare Book School of the University of Virginia
William F. Duffy
- Duffy has been a professional sculptor for over 35 years, known for his large public and private art sculpture compositions. Currently, he maintains a working studio in Baltimore, MD
- Duffy’s sculptures are integrated into natural environments, he has collaborated with renowned landscape architects including late Wolfgang Oehme and late Kay Wagenknecht-Harte
- Duffy has been in the forefront in the foundry industry casting high temperature metals for over thirty years; has been a consultant for the CAD-CAM industry and has taught 3D computational graphics and is presently an adjunct faculty at Towson University
Robert Bosch
- Professor of Mathematics, Oberlin College, Ohio
- Award-winning artist and author
- Uses mathematical optimization techniques to create visual artwork (domino mosaics, TSP art, map-colored mosaics, and labyrinths)
- Co-chair of the Bridges 2012 Proceedings Program Committee
Douglas M. McKenna
- Award-winning software developer and mathematical artist
- President, Mathemaesthetics, Inc., Boulder, Colorado, USA
- Co-chair of the Bridges 2012 Proceedings Program Committee
- Expert on combinatorics of space-filling curve constructions
- At IBM Research, helped illustrate Mandelbrot's The Fractal Geometry of Nature
Carlo H. Séquin
- Professor of Computer Science and Geometric Sculptor
- EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, USA
- Fellow, IEEE and ACM; Member, Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences
George W. Hart
- Chief of Content at The Museum of Mathematics, New York, USA
- The North America's only museum dedicated to the wonders of mathematics
- Former Computer Scientist at MIT Lincoln Laboratory and MIT Energy Laboratory
- Former Computer Science Professor at Columbia University, and Stony Brook University
- A sculptor and a pioneer in using computer technology and solid freeform fabrication in the design and fabrication of sculpture
Dmitri Tymoczko
- Composer and Music Theorist
- His article "The Geometry of Musical Chords" was the first music theory article ever published by Science
- Recipient of Guggenheim Fellowship, Charles Ives Scholarship, Hugh F. MacColl Prize from Harvard University, and the Eisner & Delorenzo Prize from the UC, Berkeley
- Princeton University, New Jersey, USA
Craig S. Kaplan
- Mathematical Art Software Developer in Maze Design, Star Patterns, Escherization, Patterns on surfaces, TSP Art, Metamorphoses and Deformations
- Associate Editor of the Journal of Mathematics and the Arts
- Computer Science Professor, University of Waterloo, Canada
Robert Fathauer
- Curator of Annual Art Exhibitions at Bridges and the Joint Mathematics Meetings
- Former Research Scientist and Technical Group Leader (PhD in EE, Cornell) of the Advanced Materials Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
- Founder and owner of the Tessellations Company
- Artist, Puzzle Designer, and Author concentrating on Tiling, Fractals, and Knots
Kristóf Fenyvesi
- Coordinator of Community Events of the Bridges Organization
- Curator of the Experience Bridges Traveling Exhibit - a growing collection of international math-art
- Curator in Chief of Ars Geometrica International Conferences which hosted the Bridges World Conference in 2010
- Leader of the Experience Workshop: the Experience-Centered Math-Art Movement
- Researcher at Art and Culture Studies, Jyväskylä University, Finland
Nathan Selikoff
- Award-winning artist who has exhibited in galleries and venues throughout the United States and around the world
- Graphic and web designer and developer from Orlando, Florida
- Bridges Webmaster and Co-editor of the Art Exhibition Catalog
Steve Abbott
- Professor of Mathematics, Middlebury College
- Co-editor of Math Horizons
- Author of Understanding Analysis, Springer UTM series
- Currently researching the intersections of Mathematics and Theater
Sarah Glaz
- Professor of Mathematics and poet, University of Connecticut
- Author of the book “Commutative Coherent Rings”, Springer,1989 (reprinted in 2007)
- Coeditor of the volumes: “Non-Noetherian Commutative Ring Theory” (Springer - Kluwer, 2000), “Multiplicative Ideal Theory in Commutative Algebra” (Springer, 2006), and “Strange Attractors: Poems of Love and Mathematics” (CRC Press - A K Peters, 2008)
- Editorial board member of: International Electronic Journal of Algebra (IEJA), and Journal of Mathematics and the Arts (JMA)
- University Teaching Fellow
Reza Sarhangi
- Mathematics Professor, Towson University, Maryland, USA
- President of the Bridges Organization
Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science