Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering

John C. Wierman


Professor
Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Whitehead 211-G (office)
410-516-7211 ()
wierman@jhu.edu (primary)

Education

Ph.D., 1971, University of Washington
B.S., summa cum laude, College Honors, 1967, University of Washington

Experience

1987: Professor of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, The Johns Hopkins University
2009-2009: Research Fellow, Mittag-Leffler Institute, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
2004-2009: Director, Center for Leadership Education
2004-2009: Director, Professional Communication Program
1996-2009: Director, W. P. Carey Entrepreneurship & Management Program, The Johns Hopkins University
2001-2002: ASEE Research Fellow, Naval Surface Warfare Center
1988-2000: Chair, Department of Mathematical Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University
1987-1988: Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, University of Minnesota
1982-1987: Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University
1981-1982: Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University
1976-1981: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Minnesota

Research Areas

Stochastic processes
Statistics
Statistical Pattern Classification
Random graphs
Probability theory
Percolation theory
Discrete mathematics

Journal Articles

Wierman, J.C., Ziff, R.M. (2011). Self-dual hypergraphs and exact bond percolation thresholds.. Electronic Journal of Combinatorics. 18(1).
Xiang, P., Wierman, J. (2009). A CLT for a one-dimensional class cover problem. STATISTICS & PROBABILITY LETTERS. 79(2). 223-233.
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Markstrom, K., Wierman, J.C. (2009). Aperiodic non-isomorphic lattices with equivalent percolation and random-cluster models.. Electronic Journal of Combinatorics. 17.
Pengfei, X., Wierman, J.C. (2009). A WLLN for the domination number of class cover catch digraphs in two dimensions. Statistics and Probability Letters.
Wierman, J., Xiang, P. (2008). A general SLLN for the one-dimensional class cover problem. STATISTICS & PROBABILITY LETTERS. 78(9). 1110-1118.
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Conference Proceedings

Wierman, J.C., Marybeth, C., Gibbs, B.G., Aronhime, L.B. "Creating a framework for undergraduate entrepreneurs to start and manage student-run businesses", 2007 Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education [CD-ROM], 2007.
Smalletz, J., Wierman, J.C. "Exploring optimal parameter values in an approximation formula for bond percolation thresholds of planar periodic lattices", 2007 Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, 2007.
Cindy, L., Wierman, J.C. "Improving site percolation threshold approximations using the second moment of the degree of the lattice", 2007 Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, 2007.
Wierman, J.C. "Chance and Risk: An Activity-based course in probabilistic thinking for humanities majors", Proceedings of the 5th Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics, and Related Fields, 2006.
Wierman, J.C. "Construction of infinite self-dual graphs", Proceedings of the 5th Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics, and Related Fields, 2006.

Awards & Honors

Listed in American Men and Women of Science
Listed in Who's Who in America
Listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering
Listed in Who's Who in the East
Listed in Men of Achievement
Listed in Who's Who in the World
Listed in 5000 Personalities of the World
2010 - 2010: Teaching Excellence Award, Applied Mathematics and Statistics Department, JHU
2004 - 2004: Elected Fellow, Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications.
2001 - 2002: Navy-ASEE Sabbatical Fellowship
1995 - 1995: Honorary lifetime membership, Golden Key Society
1984 - 1984: Elected Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
1971 - 1974: National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
: Member, Phi Eta Sigma
: Member, Pi Mu Epsilon
: Member, Phi Beta Kappa
: Member, Sigma Xi
: National Academy of Sciences Exchange Visits (Poland: 1985, 1987, 1989)

Presentations

On the directions for which directional critical exponents are equal in inhomogeneous percolation models. (with Matthew Sedlock) Joint Mathematics Meetings, Boston., January 4, 2012
Percolation threshold bounds derived by the substitution method without a reference lattice. Joint Mathematics Meetings, Boston., January 4, 2012
On equality of directional critical exponents in inhomogeneous percolation models, Random Structures and Algorithms 2011, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia., May 26, 2011
Substitution method bounds for the bond percolation threshold of the kagomé lattice: Combinatorial aspects (with Alexander Nathan and Edward Lim). National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York., April 1, 2011
Substitution method bounds for the bond percolation threshold of the kagomé lattice: Probabilistic aspects (with Alexander Nathan and Edward Lim). National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York., April 1, 2011
Polya urn models and first-passage percolation. Opponent's address at Henrik Renlund's dissertation defense, Department of Mathematics, Uppsala University., March 25, 2011
On equality of critical exponents in percolation models, Colloquium, Department of Mathematics, Uppsala University., March 24, 2011
Equality of critical exponents in homogeneous percolation models (with Matthew Sedlock).  American Mathematical Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana., January 9, 2011
Equality of critical exponents in inhomogeneous percolation models (with Matthew Sedlock). American Mathematical Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana., January 9, 2011
On equality of critical exponents in percolation models. Institute of Mathematical Statistics 2010 Annual Meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden., August 20, 2010
Self-dual hypergraphs and exact bond percolation thresholds. Joint Mathematics Meeting. San Francisco, California., January 13, 2010
Multi-type percolation. Colloquium. Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, Umea University, Sweden., June 3, 2009
Triangle-duality and infinitely many equal bond percolation thresholds. Mittag-Leffler Institute, Djursholm, Sweden., March 12, 2009
An introduction to percolation thresholds. 2008 SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics. University of Vermont., June 17, 2008
Approximation formulas for percolation thresholds. 2008 SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics. University of Vermont., June 17, 2008
Percolation threshold approximations based on the second moment of the degree distribution. 38th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida., March 8, 2007
Line graphs, average degree, and percolation threshold approximation formulas. American Mathematical Society annual meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana., January 8, 2007
Algorithms for non-crossing partitions. 37th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida., March 10, 2006
Construction of infinite self-dual graphs. 5th Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics, and Related Fields. Honolulu, Hawaii., January 17, 2006
Chance and Risk: an activity-based probability course for humanities majors. 5th Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics, and Related Fields. Honolulu, Hawaii., January 16, 2006
Construction of infinite self-dual graphs. Mathematics Colloquium, Gettysburg College., December 1, 2005
Improving universal formulas for percolation thresholds. Mathematics Colloquium, University of Maryland - Baltimore County., November 18, 2005
Making a difference - Mathematics and Entrepreneurship. SIAM Conference on Mathematics and Industry, Detroit, Michigan., October 26, 2005
Practical entrepreneurship at Johns Hopkins University. 2005 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Portland, Oregon., June 12, 2005
Inclusions and non-inclusions among Archimedean and Laves lattices, with applications to bond percolation thresholds. 36th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing; Boca Raton, Florida., March 11, 2005
Improvements in bounds and estimates for percolation thresholds. 4th Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics, and Related Fields; Honolulu, Hawaii., January 10, 2005
Computation of percolation threshold bounds using non-crossing partitions. 6th World Congress of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability, Barcelona, Spain., July 27, 2004
Bounds for percolation thresholds. Mathematics Seminar. Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania., April 22, 2004
Inclusions and non-inclusions among three types of infinite lattices. Mathematics Department Colloquium. Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania., April 22, 2004
Estimating percolation thresholds using the substitution method. 35th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida., March 12, 2004
Bounds for percolation thresholds. Percolation, Particle Systems and Random Media. Santiago, Chile., January 15, 2004
An improved site percolation threshold universal formula for two-dimensional matching lattices. American Mathematical Society annual meeting. Phoenix, Arizona., January 8, 2004
Algorithmic progress in percolation calculations. Random Structures and Algorithms 2003. Poznan, Poland., August 9, 2003
Lessons from starting an entrepreneurship program. American Society for Engineering Education annual meeting. Nashville, Tennessee., June 24, 2003
Percolation threshold bounds, counterexamples, and conjectures. American Mathematical Society. Bloomington, Indiana., April 5, 2003
Limit theory for one-dimensional random class cover catch digraphs. Interface 2003. Salt Lake City, Utah., March 13, 2003
A susceptible-infected-susceptible model with reintroduction for computer virus epidemics. 2002 Joint Statistics Meetings. New York, New York., August 15, 2002
Critical probability bounds in percolation theory via the substitution method. Fourth International Symposium on Probability and its Applications. Banff, Alberta, Canada., July 31, 2002
Bounds for bond and site percolation critical probabilities of two-dimensional lattices. 28th Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications. University of Melbourne, Australia., July 1, 2002
Probabilistic analysis of a computer virus epidemic model. Workshop on Statistical and Machine Learning Techniques in Computer Intrusion Detection. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland., June 12, 2002
A conjectured lower bound for critical probabilities of bond percolation models on regular planar graphs. 33rd Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida., March 5, 2002
Lattices with percolation thresholds and average degrees in the same order. American Mathematical Society. San Diego, California., January 6, 2002
Percolation thresholds: bounds, conjectures, and counterexamples. Workshop on Percolation Theory. Goteborg University and Chalmers Institute of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden., November 8, 2001
Percolation thresholds: bounds, conjectures, and counterexamples. Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden., November 5, 2001
Critical probabilities in percolation theory: bounds, conjectures, and counterexamples. Mathematics Institute, Linkopings University, Linkoping, Sweden., October 31, 2001
Critical probabilities in percolation theory: bounds, conjectures, and counterexamples. Mathematics Department Seminar, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden., October 24, 2001
Percolation Theory (Four Lecture Short Course). Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Virginia., October 1, 2001
Percolation thresholds: bounds, conjecture, and counterexamples. Workshop on Combinatorics, Probability and Computing. Mathematical Research Institute, Oberwolfach, Germany., September 23, 2001
Percolation on Archimedean lattices. Workshop on Mathematical Physics. Mambucaba, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., August 22, 2001
Percolation on Archimedean lattices. 27th Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications. Cambridge, England, United Kingdom., July 12, 2001
Bond percolation on Archimedean lattices. Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing. Baton Rouge, Louisiana., February 26, 2001
GAANN fellowship program. Session on Statistical Training from Seconary through Post-doctoral Levels, Southern Regional Council on Statistics Summer Research Conference.  Williamsburg, Virginia., June 7, 2000
Inequalities for means of restricted first passage times in percolation theory. American Mathematical Society. Charlotte, North Carolina., October 1, 1999
Multitype percolation. Mathematics Department Seminar. University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware., April 22, 1999
Multitype percolation. Mathematical Association of America. James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia., April 10, 1999
Multitype percolation. American Mathematical Society. San Antonio, Texas., January 15, 1999
Programs at Johns Hopkins University: Masters in Mathematical Sciences, Advisory Network, and Entrepreneurship and Management Minor. Workshop on Developing Professional Master's Degrees in Mathematics. American Mathematical Society -- Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics -- Mathematicians and Educational Reform. New York, New York., November 14, 1998
A miscellany of good ideas relating to professional masters programs (panel). Workshop on Developing Professional Master's Degrees in Mathematics. American Mathematical Society -- Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics -- Mathematicians and Educational Reform. New York, New York., November 14, 1998
Inequalities for means of restricted first passage times in percolation theory. Mathematical Association of America, Petersburg, Virginia., April 18, 1998
Inequalities for means of restricted first passage times in percolation theory. American Mathematical Society, Baltimore, Maryland., January 9, 1998
Inequalities for means of restricted first passage times in percolation theory. Workshop on Random Graphs and Combinatorial Structures. Mathematische Forshunginstitut, Oberwohlfach, Germany., September 30, 1997
Critical probability bounds in percolation theory. Special Session on Probabilistic Combinatorics, American Mathematical Society, Memphis, Tennessee., March 21, 1997
Critical probability bounds in percolation models. 7th Conference on Random Structures and Algorithms. Atlanta, Georgia., May 18, 1995
Critical probability bounds in percolation theory. Special Session on Stochastic Processes. American Mathematical Society.  Richmond, Virginia., November 12, 1994
Percolation theory. Workshop on Random Graphs and Probabilistic Combinatorics. Mathematische Forshunginstitut, Oberwohlfach, Germany., August 30, 1993
Critical probability bounds in percolation models. European Meeting of Statisticians. Bath, England., September 18, 1992
Equality of critical exponents in bond percolation models. London Mathematical Society Symposium on Probabilistic Methods in Combinatorics. Durham, England., July 2, 1991
Critical probability bounds in percolation models. Workshop on Random Graphs and Combinatorial Structures. Mathematische Forshunginstitut, Oberwohlfach, Germany., September 28, 1990
Bond percolation critical probability bounds by the substitution method. Second World Congress of the Bernoulli Society. Uppsala, Sweden., August 17, 1990
Critical probabilities in percolation models, exact determination and bounding methods. Workshop on Percolation Models of Material Failure. Mathematical Sciences Institute, Cornell University., June 2, 1990
Bond percolation critical probability bounds for the Kagome lattice by a substitution method. John M. Hammersley 70th Birthday Conference. Oxford University, Oxford, England., March 27, 1990
The substitution method for bond percolation critical probability bounds. 18th Conference on Stochastic Processes and Their Applications. Madison, Wisconsin., June 30, 1989
Recent results in AB percolation. Mathematical Statistics Department, Lund University, Sweden., April 28, 1989
Bounds for critical probabilities of bond percolation models. Stockholm Conference on Random Graphs and Applications. Sanga Saby, Sweden., April 27, 1989
AB percolation. Mathematics Department, Uppsala University, Sweden., April 24, 1989
Critical probability bounds by the substitution method. Combinatorics Seminar. George Washington University., April 7, 1989
A survey of AB percolation. Physics Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota., April 20, 1988
AB percolation. Mathematics Department Seminar. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota., April 6, 1988
AB percolation: II. Semester on Combinatorics and Graph Theory. Banach Center, Warsaw, Poland., November 18, 1987
AB percolation: I. Semester on Combinatorics and Graph Theory. Banach Center, Warsaw, Poland., November 17, 1987
Critical percolation probability bounds. Semester on Combinatorics and Graph Theory. Banach Center, Warsaw, Poland., November 16, 1987
AB percolation. Mathematics Department, Purdue University., September 30, 1987
Bounds for critical probabilities in percolation models. Statistics Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana., September 30, 1987
On the probability of containment of unbalanced subgraphs in a large random graph. First China - USA International Conference on Graph Theory and its Applications. Jinan, China., June 10, 1986
Subgraph counts in random graphs using incomplete U-statistics methods. The First Japan Conference on Graph Theory and Applications. Hakone, Japan., June 3, 1986
Planarity of random graphs. American Mathematical Society. Baltimore, Maryland., May 4, 1986
Planarity of random graphs. George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia., April 18, 1986
Duality for k-degree percolation on the square lattice. Workshop on Percolation and Ergodic Theory of Infinite Particle Systems. Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, Minneapolis Minneapolis, Minnesota., February 20, 1986
Planarity of random graphs. University of Maryland - Baltimore County., December 8, 1985
Directed site percolation and dual filling models. Second Seminar on Random Graphs. Poznan, Poland., August 7, 1985
Planarity of random graphs: one step backward and three steps forward. Second Seminar on Random Graphs. Poznan, Poland., August 5, 1985
On density estimation from censored data by penalized likelihood methods. Brookhaven National Laboratories, New York., December 23, 1984
Duality for directed percolation. Summer Research Conference on the Mathematics of Phase Transitions. American Mathematical Society, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine., June 25, 1984
Counterexamples in percolation. American Mathematical Society. Richmond, Virginia., April 13, 1984
Critical percolation probabilities. Seminar on Random Graphs and Probabilistic Methods in Combinatorics. Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland., August 26, 1983
Critical probabilities in percolation models. Workshop on the Mathematics and Physics of Disordered Media: Percolation, Random Walk, Modeling and Simulation. Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota., February 18, 1983
Percolation theory. Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Tallahasse, Florida., May 4, 1982
Percolation Theory. Mathematics Department, University of Maryland - Baltimore County., March 12, 1982
Critical probabilities in percolation theory. Industrial Engineering and Management Science Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois., March 2, 1981
Critical probabilities in percolation theory. Mathematics and Statistics Department, Case Western Reserve University., February 26, 1981
Percolation Theory. Department of Mathematical Sciences, Johns Hopkins University., February 6, 1981
Weak moment conditions in first passage percolation. Special Session on Percolation and Interacting Systems. American Mathematical Society, Duluth, Minnesota., August 24, 1979
Percolation Theory. (Plenary Address) Institute of Mathematical Statistics. East Lansing, Michigan., June 19, 1979
First passage percolation on the square lattice. Special Session on Probability Inspired by Applications in Physics. American Mathematical Society, New York, New York., April 20, 1979
Percolation on oriented lattices. Chemical Engineering Department, University of Minnesota., August 2, 1978
Critical probabilities in percolation theory. Enhanced Oil Recovery Seminar. Chemical Engineering Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota., July 1, 1977
First passage percolation. Mathematics Colloquium. School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota., May 31, 1977

Committees

2011: Faculty Advisor, Johns Hopkins University Women's Soccer Team, 2011 - present.
2011: Financial Mathematics Faculty Search Committee, 2011 - present.
2011: Communications Committee Chair, Applied Mathematics and Statistics Department, 2011 - present.
2001: JHU Representative, National Institute of Statistical Sciences Affiliates Council, 2001-present.
1997: Chair, Acheson J. Duncan Fund for the Advancement of Research in Statistics, 1997-present
2010 - 2011: Graduate Admissions Committee (Chair), AMS Department
2009 - 2010: Graduate Admissions Committee member, AMS Department, 2009-2010.
1988 - 2010: Member, Faculty Search and Promotion Committee, Mathematical Sciences Department, Johns Hopkins University, 1988-2010
2000 - 2009: Member, Faculty Advisory Committee, Marshal L. Salant Student Investment Portfolio, 2000-2009
1996 - 2009: Director, W. P. Carey Entrepreneurship & Management Program, 1996-2009.
2007 - 2008: Introductory Examination Committee, AMS Department (2007-2008), Chair (2007-2008).
2007 - 2008: Masters in Financial Mathematics Program Committee (2007-2008)
2002 - 2008: Member, Academic Affairs Committee, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 2002-2004, 2005-2008.
2002 - 2007: Institute of Mathematical Statistics Representative, Management Committee, Current Index to Statistics, 2002-2007
2004 - 2006: Communications Committee, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, member, 2004-2006.
2002 - 2006: Intellectual Property Committee, Chair, 2002-2006
2004 - 2005: Chair, Communications Committee, Applied Mathematics and Statistics Department, 2004-2005.
2001 - 2005: Leadership Advisory Committee, Johns Hopkins University, 2001-2005
2004 - 2004: Office of Licensing and Technology Development Director Search Committee, 2004.
2002 - 2004: Entrepreneurship Certificate Program Committee, Part-Time Programs in Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, 2003-2004.
1999 - 2000: Biomedical Engineering Institute Advisory Committee, Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering, 1999-2000
1998 - 2000: Descartes Cove Advisory Board, Institute for Academic Advancement of Youth, Johns Hopkins University, 1998-2000
1990 - 2000: Faculty Budget Advisory Committee, Johns Hopkins University, 1990-1995, 1998-2000
1988 - 2000: Department Chair, Johns Hopkins University Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1988-2000
1988 - 2000: Chairman, Faculty Search and Promotion Committee, Johns Hopkins University Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1988-2000
1998 - 1999: Engineering Dean Candidates Interviewing Committee, Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering, 1998-1999
1998 - 1999: Faculty Advisor, Johns Hopkins Business Society, Johns Hopkins University, 1998-1999
1998 - 1999: Bookstore Building Committee, Johns Hopkins University, 1998-1999
1998 - 1999: Business Process Improvement Committee, Johns Hopkins University, 1998-1999
1998 - 1999: Mail Services Working Group, Johns Hopkins University
1997 - 1998: Chairman, Probability and Statistics Course Advisory Committee, Johns Hopkins University Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1997-1998
1989 - 1998: Graduate Admissions and Financial Aid Committee, Johns Hopkins University Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1989-1990, 1992-1998, Chairman, 1989-1990, 1993-1994, 1997-1998
1996 - 1997: Chairman, Space Allocation Procedures Committee, Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering, 1996-1997
1989 - 1997: Center for Talented Youth Advisory Committee, Johns Hopkins University, 1989-1997
1988 - 1997: Center for Talented Youth college colloquium panelist, Johns Hopkins University, 1988-1997
1994 - 1996: Education and Staff Development Committee, Johns Hopkins University, 1994-1996
1994 - 1996: Tuition Grant Subcommittee, Johns Hopkins University
1993 - 1995: Provost's Library Advisory Committee, Johns Hopkins University, 1993-1995
1988 - 1993: Naddor Postdoctoral Fellowship Commmittee, Johns Hopkins University Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1988-1993
1988 - 1993: Chairman, Lecture and Book Series Committee, Johns Hopkins University Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1988-1993
1991 - 1992: Strategic Planning Committee on Funding, Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering, 1991-1992
1991 - 1992: Strategic Planning Committee on Undergraduate Programs, Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering, 1991-1992
1990 - 1991: Ad Hoc Committee on Elementary Mathematics Education, Johns Hopkins University, 1990-1991
1989 - 1990: Computing Committee, Johns Hopkins University Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1989-1990
1989 - 1990: Acheson Duncan Lecture Committee, Johns Hopkins University Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1989-1990
1988 - 1989: Seminar Committee, Johns Hopkins University Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1988-1989
1988 - 1989: Child Care Study Commmittee, Johns Hopkins University, 1988-1989
1988 - 1989: Finance Subcommittee, West Campus Subcommittee, Johns Hopkins University
1986 - 1987: Library Liaison, Johns Hopkins University Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1986-1987
1986 - 1987: Library Advisory Committee, Johns Hopkins University, 1986-1987
1986 - 1987: Information Technology Subcommittee, Johns Hopkins University, 1986-1987
1982 - 1987: Chairman, Graduate Admissions and Financial Assistance Committee, Johns Hopkins University Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1982-1987
1982 - 1987: Part-Time Undergraduate Engineering Programs Oversight Committee, Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering, 1982-1987
1982 - 1987: Numerical Science Masters Program Committee, Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering, 1982-1987
1981 - 1987: Ph.D. Qualifying Examinations Committee, Johns Hopkins University Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1981-1983, 1984-1987
1984 - 1986: Faculty Undergraduate Admissions Committee, Johns Hopkins University, 1984-1986
1982 - 1986: Library Acquisitions Committee, Johns Hopkins University Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1982-1986, Chairman, 1982-1983, 1985-1986
1983 - 1985: Probability and Statistics Curriculum Committee, Johns Hopkins University Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1983-1985
1983 - 1985: Discrete Mathematics Curriculum Committee, Johns Hopkins University Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1983-1985
1982 - 1985: Whiting School Graduate Committee, Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering, 1982-1985
1983 - 1984: Foreign Language Requirement Committee, Johns Hopkins University Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1983-1984
1982 - 1983: Probability - Statistics Day Local Organizer, Johns Hopkins University Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1982-1983
1981 - 1983: Graduate Student Programs Committee, Johns Hopkins University Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1981-1983
1981 - 1982: Admission & Fellowships Committee, Johns Hopkins University Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1981-1982
1981 - 1981: Chairman, Department Office Space Assessment Committee, University of Minessota, 1981
1979 - 1981: Curriculum Committee, University of Minessota, 1979-1981
1976 - 1981: Multi-section Course Chairman, University of Minessota, 6 times
1980 - 1980: Dean's Committee on Extending Term of Mathematics Department Head, University of Minessota, 1980
1979 - 1980: Admissions, Assistantships, and Fellowships Committee, University of Minessota, 1979-1980
1979 - 1980: Chairman, Finite Mathematics Course Design Committee, University of Minessota, 1979-1980
1979 - 1980: College Algebra Course Redesign Committee, 1979-1980
1979 - 1979: Honorary Doctoral Degree Committee, University of Minessota, 1979
1978 - 1979: College Algebra Textbook Selection Committee, University of Minessota, 1978-1979
1978 - 1979: Ph.D. Oral Examination Committee, University of Minessota, 1978-1979
1977 - 1978: Calculus Textbook Selection Committee, University of Minessota, 1977-1978