Alexander Bogomolny, Ph.D.

(732) 651-1020
alexb@cut-the-knot.com
https://www.cut-the-knot.com
9 Fernwood Ct, East Brunswick, NJ 08816

 

EXPERIENCE

November 1990 - present. CTK Software, Inc., Software Development and Consulting Company, Principal. 

 

Design, concept and contents development and implementation of a Web site Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles (cut-the-knot.org). A popular site that is being used by students and teachers alike.

 

Cut The Knot monthly column for the MAA Online site (1997-2004).

 

Business presentation and strategic modeling software. 

Expert system design and development.

Data capture and test report writing. 

Laboratory robot control software.

Real time acquisition and monitoring software.

 

July 2001 – August 2002. Part time lecturer, Rutgers. Taught Calculus I, Ordinary Differential Equations, and Topics in Mathematics for non science majors.

 

July 1987 - November 1990. Vice President of Software Development of CompuDoc, Inc., an Edison, NJ multimedia and direct marketing company. Expert system, CBT courses and process simulation software. 

 

1984 - 1989. Assistant and Associate Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa. Designed and repeatedly taught a graduate course on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Graphics and Digital Geometry. Taught Numerical Analysis, Numerical Solution of ODE and PDE, ODE, PDE, Complex Variables, Finite Element Analysis, etc. Researched in numerical solution of integral equations and inequalities. Supervised students’ work on implementing various parallel algorithms on an Encore Multimax computer. Coded animated demonstrations of Conformal Mappings. Received grants from IBM, NSF, and University of Iowa. Resigned from the Department after two-year leave of absence with CompuDoc. 

 

1976 - 1983. Senior Instructor, educator, and researcher in Numerical Analysis, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Ohio State University and University of Iowa. Taught virtually all undergraduate math courses. 

 

1974 - 1977. Senior programmer and software consultant, Lake Kinneret Research Laboratory, Tiberias, Israel. Harmonic Analysis of data, numerical data processing, graphical data visualization. 

 

1976 - 1977. Software consultant, Ben Gurion University in Negev, Be’er Sheva, Israel. Designed and implemented stochastic simulation of a large scale solar batteries performance and reliability. 

 

1971 - 1974. Junior research fellow, Moscow Institute of Electronic Control Devices, Moscow, USSR, numerical methods for electric circuit calculations, nonlinear programming. 


EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Numerical Analysis, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 1981. 

M.S. in Mathematics, Moscow State University, Moscow, USSR, 1971. 


FOREIGN LANGUAGES.

Russian, Hebrew - fluent; French - reading. 


PUBLICATIONS. 10 papers in refereed scientific journals, nearly 20 educational games in an Amiga-based magazine, over 2000 page Web site, 73 monthly columns for MAA Online, 2 JOMA articles, 1 MAA FORUM letter, 6 invited book reviews. 


MEMBERSHIP.

MAA, NCTM


GRANTS.

  • IBM Technological grant (1985-1986),
  • University of Iowa Old Gold Fellowship (1986),
  • NSF research grant (1985-1986),
  • NSF/NCTM travel grant to attend ICME-9 (2000),
  • NSF/MAA JOMA project (2000-2001) - consultant.

CONFERENCES.

  • MSET 99. An invited talk. Mathematics Education: Taking a Clue From the Recent Technological Revolution.
  • ICME-9. Member, the US team.
  • NCTM Mathematics Conference, Victoria. An invitaion for two talks. Unable to attend.