Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering

Donniell E. Fishkind


Associate Research Professor
Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Secondary Appointment: Associate Staff Scientist in the Human Language Technology Center for Excellence at JHU
http://www.ams.jhu.edu/~fishkind/ ()

Whitehead Hall 304-B (office)
410-516-7828 (office)
fishkind@ams.jhu.edu (primary)

Education

Ph.D. 1998, The Johns Hopkins University
M.S.E. 1995, The Johns Hopkins University
M.S. 1993, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
B.S. 1991, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
B.T.L. 1990, Ner Israel Rabbinical College

Experience

2005: Associate Research Professor, The Johns Hopkins University
2003-2005: Senior Lecturer, The Johns Hopkins University
2001-2003: Lecturer, The Johns Hopkins University
1998-2002: Assistant Professor, tenure track, University of Southern Maine
2000-2001: Visiting Assistant Professor, The Johns Hopkins University
1998-1998: Lecturer, The Johns Hopkins University

Research Areas

Topology correction in medical imaging
Probabilistic path planning
Linear algebra and matrix analysis
Combinatorics, graph theory, partially ordered sets

Journal Articles

Ye, X., Fishkind, D., Abrams, L., Priebe, C. (2011). Sensor information monotonicity in disambiguation protocols. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 62(1). 142-151.
Aksakalli, V., Fishkind, D.E., Priebe, C.E., Ye, X. (2011). The reset disambiguation policy for navigating stochastic obstacle fields. Naval Research Logistics (NRL).
Blatz, J., Fishkind, D., Priebe, C. (2010). Efficient, optimal stochastic-action selection when limited by an action budget. Mathematical methods of operations research. 72(1). 63-74.
Fishkind, D., Priebe, C., Giles, K., Smith, L., Aksakalli, V. (2007). Disambiguation protocols based on risk simulation. Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, IEEE Transactions on. 37(5). 814-823.
Abrams, L., Fishkind, D. (2007). The Genus of a Digital Image Boundary Is Determined by Its Foreground, Background, and Reeb Graphs. Discrete and Computational Geometry. 37(4). 629-640.

Awards & Honors

2011 - 2011: Joel Dean Award for Excellence in Teaching
2011 - 2011: Dept. of Appl. Math. and Stat. Teaching Award (selected by undergraduate applied math club)
2010 - 2010: Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award
2009 - 2009: Staff Excellence Award for Leadership and Service (Johns Hopkins SGA)
2009 - 2009: Dept of Applied Mathematics and Statistics Teaching Award
2006 - 2006: Robert B. Pond, Sr. Excellence in Teaching Award
1994 - 1997: GAANN Fellowship (US Department of Education)

Presentations

"Complexity Theory, Economic Theory, and Best Rational Approximations in the Torah", Lunch-and-Learn Series of JSA and Hillel at Johns Hopkins, March 31, 2011
"The Genus of a Digital Image Boundary is Determined by its Foreground, Background, and Reeb Graphs", MAA Invited Paper Session on the Intersection of Graphs and Geometry, AMS/MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings, New Orleans, LA, January 9, 2011
Efficient, Optimal Stochastic-Action Selection under an Action Budget, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics Seminar Series, The Johns Hopkins University, November 12, 2009
The Genus of a Digital Image Boundary is Determined by its Foreground, Background, and Reeb Graphs, 2009 SIAM Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, July 8, 2009
Modern Cryptology, Lecture to Applied Mathematics Club, The Johns Hopkins University , February 26, 2008
The Genus of a Digital Image Boundary is Determined by its Foreground, Background, and Reeb Graphs, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics Seminar Series, The Johns Hopkins University, March 8, 2007
The Spherical Homeomorphism Theorem and Medical Imaging Seminar to Pi Mu Epsilon Math Honor Society . Univ. of Maryland, BC. 2006-09-29. (Invited), September 29, 2006
Adaptation of the Simulated Risk Disambiguation Protocol to a Discrete Setting Workshop on POMDP's, ICAPS 2006. Cumbria, England. 2006-06-07., June 7, 2006
Disambiguation Protocols Based on Risk Simulation, and Beyond Seminar. Office of Naval Research. 2006-05-22. (Invited), May 22, 2006
A Genus Bound for Digital Image Boundaries Seminar Series, Dept. of Applied Mathematics and Statistics. Johns Hopkins University. 2004-12-02., December 2, 2004
A Proof of the Spherical Homeomorphism Conjecture Seminar. Montclair State University. 2004-02-19. (Invited), February 19, 2004
A Proof of the Spherical Homeomorphism Conjecture for Surfaces, and Extensions . Center for Imaging Science, Johns Hopkins. 2003-03-04. (Invited), March 4, 2003
New Inconsistencies in Infinite Utilitarianism Johns Hopkins University Department of Mathematical Sciences Seminar Series. . 2001-10-18., October 18, 2001
Another Relaxation of Isomorphism for Graphs and Partially Ordered Sets Mini symposium at Tenth SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics. . 2000-06-13., June 13, 2000
An Easy Way to Improve Student Motivation and Performance in Your Course(s) University of Southern Maine Center for Teaching Workshop. . 1999-09-22. (Invited), September 22, 1999
The Moore-Penrose Generalized Inverse for Sums of Matrices (presented by title) The Seventh International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics in Celebration of T.W. Anderson's 80th Birthday. . 1998-12-14., December 14, 1998
On Poset Similarity University of Southern Maine Department of Mathematics and Statistics Speaker Series. . 1998-11-12., November 12, 1998
Fractional and Affine Isomorphism for Graphs and Posets Massachusetts Institute of Technology Combinatorics Seminar. Cambridge, MA. 1998-11-04. (Invited), November 4, 1998
. seminar. College of William and Mary. 1998-00-00. (Invited), November 30, 1997
. seminar. Georgia Institute of Technology. 1998-00-00. (Invited), November 30, 1997
. seminar. The College of Staten Island (CUNY). 1998-00-00. (Invited), November 30, 1997
. seminar. University of Southern Maine. 1998-00-00. (Invited), November 30, 1997

Committees

2010: Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies for Applied Mathematics and Statistics Department
2009: Associate Director of GAANN Program in Applied Mathematics and Statistics Department 
2006 - 2011: From 2006 through 2011 I served on 13 PhD dissertation commitees and 59 GBO exams