CURRICULUM VITAE - Department of Mathematics and Statistics ...

18 June 30, 2012
2003-2004:
I refereed one paper for each of the following three journals:
Journal of Algebra, Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, International Journal of Mathematics and
Mathematical Sciences
I reviewed a Discovery Grant application for NSERC.
February 13, 2004. Dimension formulas for free nonassociative algebras, Joint DMS/MSG
Colloquium, University of Saskatchewan.
January 7-10, 2004. I was the principal organizer (together with Irvin Hentzel, Iowa State University,
Ames, Iowa, and Luiz A. Peresi, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil) of the Special Session on
Nonassociative Algebra at the American Mathematical Society meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.
September 19, 2003. Invariant nonassociative algebra structures on irreducible representations of
simple Lie algebras, Joint DMS/MSG Colloquium, University of Saskatchewan.
August 2003. One lecture for the Math Readiness Program.
May to August, 2003: Supervisor of summer undergraduate research assistants Lauren Bains
(NSERC USRA winner) and Ying Li (USTEP Board of Governors subsidy winner).
2002-2003:
September 2002 to May 2003. Extra-curricular mathematics tutoring of pre-university students Bobby
Xiao and Raymond Ko.
February 12, 2003. Submission to the Planning Committee of University Council of the Letter of Intent
for the Centre for Algebra, Logic, and Computation by M. Bremner, F.V. Kuhlmann, S. Kuhlmann,
M. Marshall.
January 31 to February 1, 2003. Invariant algebra structures on irreducible representations of simple
Lie algebras. Second Saskatchewan Algebra and Number Theory Mini-Meeting, University of
Saskatchewan.
December 18, 2002 to January 3, 2003. Research collaboration at the University of Saskatchewan
with Irvin Hentzel, Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University.
November 22, 2002. Using linear algebra to discover the defining identities for Lie and Jordan
algebras (30 minutes). Colloquium, Mathematical Sciences Group, University of Saskatchewan.
November 18, 2002. Submission of my evaluation of a grant application to FONDECYT, the Chilean
national science research grant agency.
November 13, 2002. Musical composition with a computer algebra system. Math/Music Seminar,
University of Saskatchewan.
September 27, 2002. Quantization of Lie and Jordan triple systems. Colloquium, Mathematical
Sciences Group, University of Saskatchewan.
September 20-21, 2002. Cohomology of infinite dimensional Lie algebras isn't as hard as it sounds!
First Saskatchewan Algebra and Number Theory Mini-Meeting, University of Regina.
Coordinator, Visit by 3 U. of S. students to the Canadian Undergraduate Mathematics Conference,
University of Calgary, July 2-7, 2002.
May-August 2002: I was supervisor of two summer research students, Kris Mihilewicz and Ying Li. I
organized a weekly seminar on the book Quantum Calculus by V. Kac and P. Cheung. I
participated in S. Berman's weekly seminar on the book Reflection Groups and Invariant Theory
by R. Kane.
2001-2002:
March-May, 2002: I tutored a gifted high-school student (Bobby Xiao) for one hour each week in extra
math beyond the high school curriculum.
M. Bremner, 2002. Matrices over the octonions as a source of nonassociative algebras, Departmental
Colloquium, University of Saskatchewan, March 8.
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