Curriculum Vitae:

Michael Williams

Education:

Brown University B.S. (Mathematics)

Professional:

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University:

Associate Professor of Mathematics

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University:

Associate Vice President for Information Systems and Research Computing

(reported jointly to VP for Information Systems and Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies)

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University:

Associate Vice President for Information Systems

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University:

Director Computing Center

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University:

Manager, User Services Computing Center

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University:

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University:

Associate Research Scientist

The Cooper Union:

Adjunct Professor of Mathematics

Academic (esp. instructional software technology) uses of computing
Applied mathematics (perturbation methods, asymptotics, transport theory)
Probability

Research computing, instructional computing and the division budget. Main focus was building information technology infrastructure (both facilities and personnel).

• Math Emporium progenitor. Developed and implemented scalable, problem-programmable testing engine. Developed and implemented an alternate, more efficient instructional model, now serving 5000 students/year.
• Negotiated and maintained strategic information technology support relationships with interdisciplinary research units to enhance the campus agglomeration of computing resources (e.g. Crunch system, Digital Library, CAVE, ICAM, Advanced Computing Laboratory)
• Initiated and implemented a major expansion of the university's digital library infrastructure with a multi-terabyte data/information server
• Established and supported units focussing on the development and implementation of instructional/learning management systems
• Continued expansion of outreach and economic development programs in VTIC
• Member of the ASPIRES program leadership and evaluation team s
• Continued development of Math Emporium facility
• Planned and implemented major mainframe computing system migrations
• Supported major network initiatives of Information Systems (LMDS, Net.Work.Virginia, etc.)
• Supported enhancements of the university's WWW infrastructure, including innovative technologies to support the handicapped
• Restructured printing services and implemented a new business model which now operates on a real-dollar, cost-recovery basis
• Created the software distribution services business unit which is now self-sufficient, operating on a cost-recovery basis
• Restructured university computer accounting systems to promote greater efficiencies and ease of use for all system users
• Introduced efficiencies through use of information technology in Test Scoring unit allowing for a greater service load with no additional personnel

(VPI&SU) (1999)

National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific, Research Zentralblatt fur Mathematik, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, SIAM Review, Transport Theory and Statistical Physics

Addison-Wesley, Wadsworth, Wiley, Wiley-Interscience,, McGraw-Hill, Harper and Row, Publishers, Inc., PWS-Kent

MAA, SIAM

1. "Homogenization of Linear Transport Problems," Sixth International Conference in Transport Theory, Tucson, Arizona (April 1979). One hour invited lecture.
2. "Exit Times for Randomly Perturbed Dynamical Systems," Stochastic Dynamical Systems Conference, Clemson, South Carolina (July 1979). Half-hour invited lecture.
3. "Exit Time Distributions for Randomly Perturbed Systems and Ackerberg-O'Malley Resonance," 84th Summer Meeting of the AMS, Ann Arbor, Michigan (August 1980). Invited twenty-minute paper in special session on Stochastic Analysis (jointly sponsored by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics).
4. "Boundary-layers in Transport Theory," Seventh International Conference on Transport Theory, Lubbock Texas (March 1981). One hour invited lecture.
5. "Asymptotic Exit Time Distributions and Ackerberg-O'Malley Resonance," Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico. (July 1981) Colloquium
6. "Exit Time Distributions for Dynamical Systems with Small Noise," Statistics Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia (October 1981). Colloquium
7. "Diffusions Generated from Dynamical Systems," VII Sitges Conference on Dynamical Systems and Chaos, Sitges, Spain (September 1982). One hour invited lecture.
8. "Diffusion Acceleration of Anisotropic Transport Computations," Ulysse Dini Institute of Mathematics, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (September 1982). Colloquium.
9. "Homogenization of Boundary-layer Transport Processes," American Nuclear Society 1982 Winter Meeting, Washington, D.C. (November 1982). Invited twentyminute paper in special session on "Homogenization Theory of Periodic Reactor Lattices." Panel member in a panel discussion on same subject.
10. "A Model Diffusion Limit," Eighth International Conference in Transport Theory, Blacksburg, Virginia (March 1983). One hour invited lecture
11. "Numerical Results for Some Exponential-Atmosphere Transfer Problems," Ninth International Conference in Transport Theory, Montecatini, Italy (June 1985). Onehalf hour invited lecture.
12. "Experience with the IBM Facility and VM/CMS", IBM Early Support Program Closing Review, Blacksburg, (September, 1986).
13. "ESP Experiences for 3090 Vector Facility under VM", SHARE 67.5, St. Louis (November, 1986). One hour invited lecture.
14. "Vector Processing on a 3090 in a University Environment", IBM Yorktown Research Laboratory,(May 1987). Invited colloquium.
15. "Computing at Virginia Tech", IBM Santa Teresa Research Laboratory, (July, 1987). Invited colloquium.
16. "Effects of a Computer-intensive Environment on Campus Culture", 18th Annual Seminar on Academic Computing, Snowmass Village, (August, 1987). Invited lecture, panel discussion.
17. "Merging Roles, Diverging Cultures", Association of Southeastern Regional Libraries, "Libraries and Computer Centers: Merging Roles?" (March, 1988). Invited seminar.
18. "University Experiences with new IBM 3090 Vector Facilities", Inaugural Meeting of SUPER!, Cornell University, (March, 1988). Invited lecture, panel discussion.
19. "What We Should Be Teaching About Supercomputing", Inaugural Meeting of SUPER!, Cornell University, (March, 1988). Invited lecture.
20. "Research Computing", IBM Bethesda Business Systems, (September, 1990). Invited seminar.
21. "New Technologies and Services", Seminars on Academic Computing, (August, 1994). Invited panel.
22. "Administrative Information Technology Infrastructure Requirements", IBM Washington Technology Center, (August, 1994). Invited colloquium.
23. "Hidden Agendas: Emporium-Based Instruction", International Conference on Education and Information Systems, (July, 2003). Invited 2 hour talk and panel.

1. "Neutron Drift in Heterogeneous Media," Nuclear Science and Engineering, 65, 290-302 (1978). (with E. Larsen)
2. "On the Tracing of Light Rays through Deformed Glass Rods with Radially Graded Refractive Indices," SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 36, 263-272 (1979). (with G. Kriegsmann)
3. "The Validity of Certain Homogenization Expansions," Annals of Nuclear Energy, 7, 257-266 (1980).
4. "Exit Time Distributions for Dynamical Systems with Small Noise," in Stochastic Dynamical Systems, Clemson Technical Report No. 340, 156-160 (August 1980).
5. "Stability in a Class of Cyclic Epidemic Models with Delay," Journal of Mathematical Biology, 11, 95-103 (1981). (with H.W. Stech)
6. "Another Look at Ackerberg-0'Malley Resonance," SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 41, 288-293 (1981).
7. "Asymptotic Exit Time Distributions," SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 42, 149-154 (1982).
8. "Report on the Seventh International Conference in Transport Theory," Transport Theory and Statistical Physics, 10, 115-130 (1981). (with W. Greenberg and P.F. Zweifel)
9. "Probability Methods in Homogenization Schemes for Transport Processes," Progress in Nuclear Energy, 8, 95-105 (1981).
10. "Stability of Mean Flows Over an Infinite Flat Plate," Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 80, 57-69 (1982). (with M. Miklavcic)
11. "Dynamical Systems and Chaos: VII Sitges Conference, Museum Maricel, Sitges (Barcelona), Spain, September 6-10, 1982," Transport Theory and Statistical Physics, 11, 141-145 (1982).
12. "Homogenization of Boundary-layer Transport Processes," ANS Transactions, 43, 403 (1982)
13. "Diffusions Generated from Dynamical Systems," in Dynamical Systems and Chaos, ed. L. Garrido, Lecture Notes in Physics, 179, Springer-Verlag (1983).
14. "The Acceleration of Anisotropic Transport Iterations," Transport Theory and Statistical Physics, 13(1&2), 127-140 (1984).
15. "The Diffusion Synthetic Acceleration of Linear Anisotropic Transport Iterations in X-Y Geometry," International Meeting on Advances in Reactor Physics, Mathematics and Computation, Paris, France. April 27-30, 1987. (with D. Valougeorgis)
16. "Stability Analysis of Synthetic Acceleration Methods with Anisotropic Scattering", Nuclear Science and Engineering, 99, 91-98 (1988). (with E.W. Larsen and D. Valougeorgis)
17. "The Math Emporium: The Changing Academy or Changing the Academy", Developing Faculty to Use Technology, David Brown,Ed., 285-287, Anker Publishing, Bolton (2003).
18. "Hidden Agendas: Emporium-Based Instruction", Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Information Systems, (Orlando,2003) 111-115 (2003).
19. "A Technology-based Model for Learning", Journal on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, to appear.
20. "Instructional and Testing Machinery for Emporium-Style Teaching in Mathematics", Proceedings of the First International Multi-disciplinary Congress in Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research, (Lima,2003), to appear.
21. "Lessons from the Emporium 1: Goals and economics", Preprint November 2003, submitted. (with F. Quinn)
22. "Lessons from the Emporium 2: Help for computer-based learning", Preprint November 2003, submitted. (with F. Quinn)
23. "Lessons from the Emporium 3: Testing and course design", in preparation. (with F. Quinn)