Henning S. Mortveit
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Virginia TechSenior Research Associate, NDSSL, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech (links here and here)
Contact Information
Email: hmortvei@math.vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-5327 (CRC)
Office 1: CRC: 1880 Pratt Drive, RBXV Room 1111
Office 2: McBryde 419
Research Interests:
Discrete, finite graph dynamical systems (GDS) such as Sequential Dynamical Systems (SDS) and Generalized Cellular Automata (GCA). Mathematical modeling and analysis of complex systems based on GDS. See research for more information. For information on the book "An introduction to Sequential Dynamical System" click here.Courses and Teaching Current Semester (Fall 2009)
None.Mathematical Modeling & the Mathematical Contest in Modeling
In the fall of 2008 and 2009 I gave some of the lectures in the department's course on mathematical modeling. Although not a focus, this course can be useful preparation for the Mathematical Contest in Modeling (or MCM) organized annually by COMAP. This is a worldwide competition open to undergraduate students who have not yet completed a bacholor or higher degree. More information is available on their web page here. We have had several teams for Virginia Tech compete and do very well in this competition the last few years. The competition takes place in the beginning of February each year.Courses and Teaching Earlier Semesters
3124 Modern Algebra (Spring Semester 2008)
The old course web page can be found here3144 Linear Algebra (Spring Semester 2009)
The old course web page can be found here4984 Mathematics of Computer Simulations (Spring Semester 2006, 2007)
In 2006 I introduced the special topics course 4984 Mathematics of Computer Simulations. The focus of this course is on discrete finite graph dynamical systems, their mathematical properties and some of their applications (e.g. epidemiology and biology). The course information page has more details.