CURRICULUM VITA

Shishen Sam Xie, PhD

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

University of Houston-Downtown

Houston, Texas77002

Telephone: (713)221-8431

1.Employment History:

  1. Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, University of Houston-Downtown.

Administrative Appointment:

August 2012 – present: Chair

August 2004 – August 2012: Assistant Chair

–Scheduling all CS, Math and Stat courses in Banner. (CMS department offers over 200 sections each long semester and close to 100 sections in the three summer sessions. Recently we also offer classes in winter sessions.)

–Constantly monitoring and modifying class schedule at the requests of sister departments and colleges, program committees, external grants, etc. Also adding or cancelling classes due to the change of student enrollment.

–Assigning and reassigning instructors to classes based on their expertise, experience and special needs.

–Assisting the chair in various department affairs such as monitoring faculty releases and overloads, drafting department reports and plans, evaluating department budget, etc.

–Covering office duties when the chair is on leave.

–Making classroom and computer lab arrangements.

–Promoting and assisting instructors to offer hybrid, ITV and online courses.

–Providing helps to students who visit the CMS Office.

–Participation in the coordination of department textbook order.

–Coordinating students’ senior projects and other high impact activities.

–Participating in the hiring of adjunct faculty, providing help to them for classroom instructions, and evaluating their performance for future assignment.

Academic Appointment

September 2003— present: Full professor

September 1996—August 2003: Associate professor

August 1990—August 1996: Assistant professor

  1. Department of Mathematics, TexasTechUniversity.

September 1984--May 1990: Teaching assistant

Summers of 1985, 1986, 1987 & 1988: Research assistant

  1. Department of Mathematics, Shanghai Institute of Education.

February 1982--August 1984: Lecturer at Department of Mathematics

2. Education:

  1. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Applied Mathematics, May 1990. TexasTechUniversity, Lubbock, Texas.

Dissertation: “Observability of Laplace’s Equation on the Cylindrical Domain”.

Advisor: Professor Clyde Martin

  1. Master of Science in Mathematics, August 1987. TexasTechUniversity, Lubbock, Texas.

Master’s thesis: “Observability of Laplace’s Equation on the Unit Disk”.

  1. Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, January 1982. EastChinaNormalUniversity, Shanghai, China.

Bachelor’s thesis: “A Computational Method for two-dimensional Tide of Hangzhou Bay”.

3.Research Interests:

  • functional equations in distributions;
  • numerical and analytical solutions of partial and ordinary differential equations arising in applications;
  • numerical and analytical solutions of integral equations and applications;
  • the application of decomposition methods to solve nonlinear equations;
  • integral transforms;
  • mathematical physics and computational medicine;
  • fuzzy logic theory: techniques and applications;
  • numerical verification of perturbation solution of differential equations;
  • algorithm development.

4.Selected Publications:

1.“Reconstruction of the solution of Lap lace’s equation from point measurements on the boundary of the disk”, published jointly with Clyde Martin in The International Journal of Systems Sciences, 20, 1, (1989), 65-90.

2.“Observability and inverse problems arising in electrocardiography”, jointly with Ilias Iakovidis and Clyde Martin in Proceedings of the Conference on Computational Tools of Numerical Approximation and Control, 117-132, Birkhauser Boston, Inc, 1989.

3.“Observability of electro potential on nested cylindrical domain, Part I: The continuous solution”, published jointly with Clyde Martin in Applied Mathematics & Computation, 39, 3, (1990), 207-244.

4.“Observability of electro potential on nested cylindrical domain, Part II: The numerical version”, published jointly with Clyde Martin in Applied Mathematics & Computation, 39, 3, (1990), 246-270.

5.“An application of observability to the reconstruction of cardiac electrical events”, jointly with Clyde Martin in Proceedings of The 29th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 1, 180-181, IEEE Control Systems Society, 1991.

6.“On a distributional equation in information theory”, jointly with Elias Deeba and E. L. Koh in Mathematische Nachrichten, 169 (1994), 97-106.

7.“A distributional equation related to Rao’s quadratic entropy”, jointly with Elias Deeba and E. L. Koh, Libertas Mathematica, Vol. XV (1995), 65-78.

8.“Pexider functional equations-their fuzzy analogs”, jointly with André De Korvin and Elias Deeba, International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, 19, No.3, (1996) 529-538.

9.“The continuous associated Legendre transform”, jointly with Elias Deeba, IntegralTransforms and Special Functions, Vol. 4, No. 4, (1996), 372-342.

10.“On a distributional analog of a sum form functional equation”, jointly with Elias Deeba, E. L. Koh and P. K. Sahoo, Acta Mathematica, 78(4), (1998), 321-332.

11.“On a class of functional equations in distribution”, jointly with Elias Deeba and P. K. Sahoo, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 223 (1998), 334-346.

12.“On the numerical verification of the asymptotic expansion of Duffing’s equation”, International Journal of Computer Mathematics, jointly with S. A. Khuri, Vol. 72, 325-330 (1999).

13.“Techniques and applications of fuzzy set theory to difference and functional equations and their utilization in modeling diverse systems”, jointly with Elias Deeba and André De Korvin, Chapter 4, Fuzzy Theory Systems: Techniques and Applications, Academic Press, Vol. 1 (1999), 87-110.

14.“An algorithm for solving a nonlinear integro-differential equation”, jointly with E. Deeba, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 115 (2000), 123-131.

15.“An algorithm for solving boundary value problems”, jointly with E.Deeba and S. Khuri, Journal of Computational Physics, 159 (2000), 125 – 138.

16.“The asymptotic expansion and numerical verification of Van der Pol’s equation”, jointly with E. Deeba, Journal of Computational analysis and Applications, Vol. 3, No. 2, (2001), 165-171.

17.“Numerical techniques for solving a biharmonic equation in a sectorial region”, jointly with E. Deeba and S. A. Khuri, Chapter 8, Differential equations and Nonlinear Mechanics, Kluwer Academic Publishers,2001, 89-100.

18.“An algorithm for solving bond pricing problem”, jointly with E. Deeba, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 128 (2002), 81-94.

19. “Distributional Analog of a Functional Equation”, jointly with E. Deeba, Applied Mathematics Letters, Vol. 16 (2003), 669-673.

20. “A decomposition method for solving a nonlinear business cycle model”, jointly with E. Deeba, G. Dibeh and S. A. Khuri, ANZIAM Journal, 45(2003), 295 – 302.

21. “Numerical approximation for integral equations”, jointly with Elias Deeba, International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 2004, No. 20, 1057 – 1065.

22. “An Adomian decomposition method for predator-prey model equations”, jointly with E. Deeba and J. Yoon, Journal of Concrete and Applicable mathematics, Vol. 5, No. 4, 323-329, 2007.

23. “Numerical Algorithms for Solving A Type of Nonlinear Integro-Differential Equations” Online Journal of World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 65, pp. 1083-1086, 2010.

24. “Two Numerical Algorithms for Solving a Partial Integro-Differential Equation with a Weakly Singular Kernel”, jointly with J. Yoon and V. Hrynkiv. Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal, v.7, issue 1, 133-141, 2012.

25. “A Series Solution to a Partial Integro-Differential Equation Arising in Viscoelasticity”, jointly with J. Yoon and V. Hrynkiv, IAENG International Journal of Applied Mathematics, Vol. 43 Issue 4, pp. 172-175, 2013.

5.Selected Grants:

● NSF five-year grant (in the amount of $900,000): UBM-Institutional: Team Research Training Program in Biology and Mathematics at the University of Houston-Downtown, starting from 2008.

● NSF Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant Proposal: A Laboratory Classroom to Support an Alternative Technology-Based Mathematics Curriculum, 1995; Co-PI.

● NSF mini-grants or NSF travel grants:

  • Exploring Symmetry in Applied and Numerical Analysis (1992).
  • Introduction to High Performance Computing (1995).
  • Parallel Processing: Architecture and Programming (1995).
  • Teaching Undergraduate Geometry (1996).
  • Industry in Mathematics (1998).
  • International Conference on Mathematical Analysis (1999).
  • Lectures on Mathematics: Partial Differential Equations (2000).
  • Large-Scale Computations in the Simulation of Materials (2000).
  • Using Spectral Data to Solve Inverse Problems (2001).

● NIH grant to attend a summer workshop Opportunities in Biostatistics and Public Health for Science and Mathematics Majors (1994).

● International Biometric Society Eastern North American Region to attend Fostering Diversity in Biostatistics Workshop at San Antonio, TX in March 2009.

● UHD Organized Research Committee research grants:

  • Observability and Inverse Problems of A Dynamical System (1992).
  • A Preconditioning Technique for Solving Some Systems of Nonlinear Equations (1995).
  • Solving Functional Equation in Distribution (1997).
  • Numerical Verification of the asymptotic Expansion of Differential equations (1999).
  • Perturbation solution and it numerical verification (2002).

● UHD Faculty Development grants:

  • Modern space data techniques as application of undergraduate science and mathematics (1994).
  • Using graphing calculator to revitalize calculus instruction (1996).
  • Exploring modern statistics (1997).
  • Parallel computational fluid dynamics (1999).
  • Mathematical Challenge of the 21st century (2000).
  • MathML. (2002).
  • Dynamics and bifurcations ofpatternsindissipative systems (2003).

● UHD Instructional Technology grant:

  • Integrating Interactive Instructional Laboratories in the Teaching of Calculus, 1997.
  • An on-line Interactive Numerical Methods (jointlywith Deeba and C. Hu), 1999.
  • A Hybrid Statistics Course, 2008.

6.Courses Taught in Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science

● Freshmen and Sophomore Level: (At the University of Houston-Downtown and TexasTechUniversity)

Computer Science: Introduction to Computer Science/C++, Introduction to Computer Science/FORTRAN.

Mathematics: Algebra Tutorial, Algebra, College Algebra, Plane Trigonometry, Finite Mathematics, Fundamentals of Calculus with Applications, College Mathematics for Liberal Arts, Analytic Geometry, Linear Algebra, Precalculus with Trigonometry, Calculus I, Calculus II, Calculus III.

● Junior, Senior and Graduate Level: (At the University of Houston-Downtown)

Computer Science: Numerical Methods, Advanced Numerical Methods for Science & Engineering

Mathematics: Differential Equations, Intermediate Analysis, Modern Algebra, Numerical Methods, Mathematics Concepts for Teachers, I and II, Advanced Numerical Methods for Science & Engineering, Advanced Multivariable Calculus, Higher Mathematics for Technology, Methods of Applied Mathematics, Complex Variables with Application, Methods of Mathematical Physics.

Statistics: Statistical Analysis for Business Applications, I and II, Statistical Analysis for Natural Sciences, Decision Mathematics

● Graduate Level (At the University of Houston-Downtown)

Mathematical Structures for Teachers.

● SaturdayAcademy for AreaHigh School Students and Teachers

Lectures cover a wide range of topics, including Logic, Graph Theory, Pattern Recognition, Statistics, Combinatorics, Number Theory, etc.

7.Student Research Projects Directed:

1.Shirin R. Bar-Sela, A formula for focusing light using a diffraction grating.

2.Anna Frolov, Solving a real life problem using the new storage scheme for general sparse matrices.

3.Johnicala DaEtim Edem Johnson, The generic data compactor, 1994.

4.John Pham, A convolution method for two-dimensional inverse heat conduction problem.

5.Michael S. Benrud, Identifying lithology from wire line logs using a neural network.

6.Jesse Garcia, RSA factoring.

7.Glenn Wiltcher, An analysis of thermally induced stress in piping systems.

8.Amalia Correa, Using differential equation to find the deflection of an annular object.

9.Eskender Yusuf, Numerical solutions of Stokes flow in sectorial regions.

10.Alfredo Ramos, Numerical solutions of biharmonic equations in sectorial regions.

  1. Yesenia Corleto, Numerical Methods Applied in Solving A Nonlinear Klein-Gordon Partial Differential Equation.
  2. Jamy Ryals, Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Artheroscierosis.
  3. Lee, Ta-Kwong, Effect of Tobacco Use on Bone Mineral Density in Middle-Aged Women.
  4. Lee, Takwong, Numerical Computation.
  5. Nguyen, Khoa and Mendoza, Lucio Flores, Data Analysis for the Assessment of the Interferon-Gamma Release Assays Versus Tuberculin Skin Test

8. Awards:

Award for Excellence inScholarly/Creativity, University of Houston-Downtown, 2003

9. Reviewer for the Refereed Journals:

−Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications.

−Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A.

−International Journal of Computer Mathematics.

−Journal of Computers and Mathematics with Applications.

−Acta Mathematica Sinica

−Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society

−Applied Mathematics Letters

−Applied Mathematics and Computation

−Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing

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