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Personal Profile of Dr. David R. Scott

Dr. David R. Scott
University of Puget Sound
Department of Mathematics

Home Page: http://www.math.ups.edu/faculty.html

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2760-941X

Biography

David Scott is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Outreach Professor at the University of Puget Sound. He has served on and co-chaired the Committee on Minority Participation in Mathematics of the Mathematical Association of America and founded and directed the Academic Challenge Program, a summer enrichment program in mathematics and science at the University of Puget Sound for middle- and high-school minority students. He is currently an associate editor of Mathematics Magazine and a member of the American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, and the National Association of Mathematicians.

His mathematical interests include Harmonic Analysis on Semisimple Groups, Nonlinear Dynamics and, most recently, mathematical problem solving in mathematics education.
Current/Future Committee Membership
Name Office Start Date End Date
No Memberships
Past Committee Membership
Name Office Start Date End Date
Board of Trustees Apr 01, 2011 Mar 31, 2013
Broadening Participation Advisory Apr 01, 2007 Mar 31, 2010
Broadening Participation Advisory Co-Chair (4/1/11-3/31/2013) Apr 01, 2010 Mar 31, 2013

  1. Workshop Spring Opportunities

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    Mar 13, 2012
    Tuesday
    02:15 PM - 03:00 PM
    		  Tenure (Moderator: Trachette Jackson)
    Sheldon Axler (San Francisco State University), Jamylle Carter (Diablo Valley college), David Scott (University of Puget Sound), Vera Serganova (University of California, Berkeley), Mariel Vazquez (University of California, Davis)

  3. Workshop Nonlinear Estimation and Classification

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    Mar 19, 2001
    Monday
    03:45 PM - 04:15 PM
    		  Clustering by partial mixture estimation
    David Scott (University of Puget Sound)