Donniell E. FishkindAssociate 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 |
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 |