Marco Pollanen

Contact

Research Interests

Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods; Mathematical and Computational Finance; Mathematical Expression Recognition; Mathematical User Interfaces

Teaching

• Coordinator for the Specialization in Mathematical Finance

Fall 2007:

• MATH 351H: Mathematical Finance

• MATH 105H: Applied Calculus (Online Course)
• MATH 481H: Perspectives in Mathematics (Team Taught: One 4-Week Module in "Random Number Generation")

• MATH 3350H: Linear Programming
• AMOD 5010H: Simulation Methods in Statistics (i.e., "Monte Carlo Methods" - AMINSS graduate course)

Winter 2009:

• No Teaching (On Parental Leave)

Fall 2009/Winter 2010:

• No Teaching (On Sabbatical Leave)

Publications

1. Pollanen, Marco, "Bounds on Equipartition Tests for Multiply Sequences", submitted, 2009.
2. Golzi, Davood G., Pollanen, Marco, and Reynolds, Michael, "The Characteristics of Writing Environments for Mathematics: Behavioral Consequences and Implications for Software Design and Usability", to appear in LNAI, 2009.
3. Pollanen, Marco, and Reynolds, Michael, "A Model for Effective Real-Time Entry of Mathematical Expressions", Research, Reflections and Innovations in Integrating ICT in Education, 2009.
4. Pollanen, M., Wisniewski, T., and Yu, X., Xpress: A Novice Interface for the Real-Time Communication of Mathematical Expressions, Proceedings of MathUI 2007, Linz, Austria, June 2007.
5. Pollanen, Marco, "Group-Theoretic Generation of Non-Uniform Pseudo-Random Sequences for Simulation", IJPAM, Vol. 42, No. 4, 2007.
6. Pollanen, Marco, Improving Learner Motivation with Online Assignments, Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2007.
7. Huang, M.L., Pollanen, M., and Yuen, W.K. An Efficient Quasi-Monte Carlo Algorithm for the Pareto Distribution, Monte Carlo Methods and Applications, Vol. 13., No. 1, 2007.
8. Pollanen, Marco, Formal Group Laws and Non-Uniform Quasi-Random Sequences, IJPAM, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2007.
9. Pollanen, Marco, Interactive Web-Based Mathematics Communication, Journal of Online Mathematics and its Applications, Vol. 6 , No. 4, 2006.
10. Hooper, J., Pollanen, M. and Teismann, H., Effective Online Office Hours in the Mathematical Sciences., Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2006.
11. Pollanen, Marco, "Low-Discrepancy Sequences in Probability Spaces", Ph.D. Thesis (supervisor L. Seco), University of Toronto, 2005.
12. Pollanen, M.D., and May, L.E., "Matrix Derivatives", International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, Vol. 34, No. 2, 2003.
13. Pollanen, Marco D., and Feldman, P.A. "Calculations of `Blue-Body' Spectra for Cosmic Dust Emission", Canadian Journal of Physics, Herzberg Issue, 2001.
14. Pollanen, Marco D., and Feldman, P.A., July 1995, "A Catalogue of the Youngest YSOs and Candidate Protostars", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 107, 617-631. [Republished in Vol. 5, Dec. 1995 of the American Astronomical Society CD-ROM Series.]
15. Redman, Russell O., Feldman, P.A., Pollanen, Marco D., Balam, D.D., and Jeremy B., June 1995, "Flux Density Estimates at Millimeter Wavelengths of Asteroids Near Opposition from 1996 to 2005", The Astronomical Journal, 109, 2869-2879.

Software

1. Xero: a Web-based interactive and adaptive learning environment
2. enVision: Web-based software for real-time communication of mathematics on the Internet
3. XPRESS: A novice interface for mathematical input