Marco Pollanen
Associate Professor
B.Sc. (Carleton U.), M.Sc., Ph.D. (U. of Toronto)
Contact
Marco Pollanen
Department of Mathematics
Trent University
Peterborough, Ontario
Canada K9J 7B8
office: #334 Peter Gzowski College
telephone: (705) 748-1011x7543
fax: (705) 748-1155
e-mail:
Research Interests
Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods; Mathematical and Computational Finance; Mathematical Expression Recognition; Mathematical
User Interfaces
Teaching
Fall 2007:
- MATH 351H: Mathematical Finance
Winter 2008:
- MATH 105H: Applied Calculus (Online Course)
- MATH 481H: Perspectives in Mathematics (Team Taught: One
4-Week Module in
"Random Number Generation")
Fall 2008:
- 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
-
Pollanen, Marco, "Bounds on Equipartition Tests for Multiply
Sequences", submitted, 2009.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pollanen, Marco, "Group-Theoretic Generation of Non-Uniform Pseudo-Random
Sequences for Simulation", IJPAM,
Vol. 42, No. 4, 2007.
- Pollanen, Marco, Improving Learner Motivation with
Online Assignments, Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, Vol. 3,
No. 2, 2007.
- 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.
- Pollanen, Marco, Formal
Group Laws and Non-Uniform Quasi-Random
Sequences, IJPAM, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2007.
- Pollanen, Marco, Interactive
Web-Based Mathematics Communication,
Journal of Online Mathematics and its Applications, Vol. 6 , No. 4, 2006.
- 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.
- Pollanen, Marco, "Low-Discrepancy Sequences in Probability Spaces",
Ph.D. Thesis (supervisor L. Seco), University of Toronto, 2005.
- Pollanen, M.D., and May, L.E., "Matrix Derivatives", International
Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, Vol. 34, No.
2, 2003.
- Pollanen, Marco D., and Feldman, P.A. "Calculations of
`Blue-Body' Spectra for Cosmic Dust Emission", Canadian Journal of
Physics, Herzberg Issue, 2001.
- 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.]
- 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
- Xero: a Web-based interactive
and adaptive learning environment
- enVision: Web-based software for
real-time communication of
mathematics on the Internet
- XPRESS: A novice interface for
mathematical input