Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science
 
 
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Director
Robert Gilman
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stevens Institute of Technology
(201) 216-5449, fax: (201) 216-8321
rgilmanstevens.edu
 
Group theory and symbolic computations.
Faculty members
Alexei Miasnikov
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stevens Institute of Technology
(201) 216-8598, fax: (201) 216-8321
amiasnikovgmail.com
 
Combinatorial, geometric, algorithmic and asymptotic group theory. Algorithmic and model theoretic algebra. Mathematical logic and recursion theory. Average and generic computational complexity. Cryptography. Statistical methods in pure mathematics.

Alex Myasnikov
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stevens Institute of Technology
(201) 216-8599, fax: (201) 216-8321
amyasnikstevens.edu
 
Computational and statistical group theory, Cryptography, Statistical pattern recognition, Symbolic computations, Experimental mathematics.

Alexander Ushakov
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stevens Institute of Technology
(201) 216-8597, fax: (201) 216-8321
aushakovstevens.edu
 
Computational group theory, generic complexity, and algebraic cryptography.

Denis Serbin
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stevens Institute of Technology
(201) 216-5425, fax: (201) 216-8321
d.e.serbingmail.com
 
Geometric and Combinatorial Group Theory.

Werner Backes
Department of Computer Science, Stevens Institute of Technology
(201) 216-5435, fax: (201) 216-8249
wbackescs.stevens.edu
 
Computer algebra, lattice algorithms. Program analysis. Mobile ad-hoc networks.

Sven Dietrich
Department of Computer Science, Stevens Institute of Technology
(201) 216-8078, (201) 216-8249
spockcs.stevens.edu
 
Computer and network security, cryptography, anonymity, and privacy.

Antonio Nicolosi
Department of Computer Science, Stevens Institute of Technology
(201) 216-8035, fax: (201) 216-8249
anicolosistevens.edu
 
Computer Systems Security, Applications of Cryptography to Distributed Systems, Elliptic-Curve Cryptography, Lattice-Based Cryptography, Lattices and Decoding Algorithms.

Susanne Wetzel
Department of Computer Science, Stevens Institute of Technology
(201) 216-5610, fax: (201) 216-8249
swetzelcs.stevens.edu
 
Cryptography (security, secret sharing, privacy, and biometrics), algorithmic number theory (lattice basis reduction).
Postdoctoral fellows
Andrey Nikolaev
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stevens Institute of Technology
(201) 216-8596, fax: (201) 216-8321
anikolaestevens.edu
 
Geometric and Combinatorial Group Theory.
Graduate students
Sergey Bakulin
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stevens Institute of Technology
sbakulinstevens.edu
 
Combinatorial Group Theory, semigroups.

Pavel Morar
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stevens Institute of Technology
pmorarstevens.edu
 
Geometric and Combinatorial Group Theory.

Aori Nevo
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stevens Institute of Technology
anevostevens.edu
 
Geometric and Combinatorial Group Theory.
Associate members
Volker Diekert
Institut für Formale Methoden der Informatik, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
+49 (0)711 685 88329, fax: +49 (0)711 685 88310
volker.diekertfmi.uni-stuttgart.de
 
Word equations in different algebraic systems. The theory of concurrent systems, in particular the theory of traces and the theory of infinite behavior. Temporal logics. Rewriting systems and word problems. Formal languages and timed automata. Algebraic methods in computer science.

Andrew Duncan
Department of Mathematics, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
+44 (0) 191 222 8737, fax: +44 (0) 191 222 8020
a.duncanncl.ac.uk
 
Geometric and Combinatorial Group Theory, Low Dimensional Topology, Quantum computation.

Murray Elder
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
+61 (024) 921-7472 Fax: +61 (024) 921-6898
meldermaths.uq.edu.au
 
Geometric group theory, combinatorics, complexity theory, automata and language theory.

Delaram Kahrobaei
Department of Mathematics, New York City College of Technology, CUNY
(718) 260-5384, fax: (718) 254-8537
DKahrobaeiCityTech.CUNY.edu
 
Infinite combinatorial and geometric group theory, and their applications in theoretical computer science particularly algebraic cryptography as well as interaction between combinatorics, logic and number theory.

Olga Kharlampovich
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Hunter College, CUNY
(212) 772-4694, fax: (212) 772-4858
okharlampovichgmail.com
 
Geometric and Combinatorial Group Theory, in particular, free groups, groups acting on Lambda-trees, hyperbolic and exponential groups, periodic groups, groups with one defining relation. Model Theory.

Vitalii Romankov
Department of Mathematics, Omsk State University, Omsk, Russia
romankov48mail.ru
 
Geometric and Combinatorial Group Theory.

Vladimir Shpilrain
Department of Mathematics, The City College of New York, CUNY
(212) 650-5158, fax: (212) 862-0004
shpilgroups.sci.ccny.cuny.edu
 
Combinatorial and computational group theory, cryptography, theory of algorithms, affine algebraic geometry, knot theory.

Pascal Weil
Laboratoire bordelais de recherche en informatique (LaBRI), Université Bordeaux I, Talence, France
+33 5 40 00 69 00, fax: +33 5 40 00 66 69
pascal.weillabri.fr
 
Algebraic and logical methods in computer science, combinatorial group theory, automata and languages, finite semigroup theory.

Rebecca Wright
Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University
(732) 445-2001 Ext 4545, fax: (732) 445-0537
rebecca.wrightrutgers.edu
 
Computer and communications security, particularly in the areas of design and analysis of cryptographic protocols, secure multiparty computation, privacy, and fault-tolerant distributed computing.