University Development

Jason B. Hill

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University of Colorado Boulder Department of Mathematics, Campus Box 395, Boulder, C0, 80309

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Research and Teaching Interests

Permutation group algorithms, computational group theory, type theory, history of mathematics, algorithm design and

analysis, high performance computing. Inquiry-based learning, Moore method, Modi ed Moore method.

Education

Ph.D. Mathematics Department of Mathematics, University of Colorado Boulder, expected May 2013.

Advisors: Alexander Hulpke and Keith Kearnes. Area: Computational Group Theory.

M.A. Mathematics Department of Mathematics, University of Colorado Boulder, 2010.

M.S. Mathematics Department of Mathematics, University of Vermont, 2006.

Advisor: David S. Dummit. Area: Computational Algebraic Number Theory.

B.S. Mathematics Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan Flint, 2004.

Educational Experience

G.T.A. in Mathematics, University of Colorado Boulder (2006 2013) and University of Vermont (2004 2006).

University of Colorado Boulder, Continuing Education Calculus instructor, 2009.

Community College of Vermont (Newport) Adjunct photography instructor, 2006.

Saint Michael s College Adjunct mathematics instructor, 2006.

Professional Experience

Hill Illustrating & Photography IT contractor, web development, technical illustration and photography. 1997 2010.

Optical Sciences Co. LTEX writer and editor of technical reports. 2008.

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The Booth Company Web development, HTML, CSS. 2007.

JP Engineering Contractual problem solving, LISP scripting, and CMS development. 2000 2006.

Action Web Services Web design and development, server administration. 1999 2001.

Technologies

Languages/Standards/Environments: C/C++, Python, Cython, Numpy, SciPy, MPI, OpenMP OpenACC, BASH, LISP,,

LTEX, XHTML/CSS, XML, SQL, PHP Wordpress, Drupal, Perl, GAP Sage, Matlab, Mathematica, PARI/GP Vim, GCC, PGI,,,,

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Hg, Git.

High Performance Computing: Access on Janus (CU-Boulder/NCAR), Frost (XSEDE/NCAR), Keeneland (XSEDE/NICS),

Blacklight (XSEDE/PSC), and Trestles (XSEDE/SDSC). Experience coding for up to 405,504-core distributed (CPU+GPU)

systems, 4,096-core shared-memory systems, xed-topology supercomputers, and commodity workstations.

Systems: Debian-based Linux, Mac OS-X, OpenSolaris/OpenIndiana, Windows 3.1 7.

Awards and Honors

Department of Mathematics J. Tour Scholarship, University of Colorado, 2011.

G.T.A. of the Year Award, Department of Mathematics, University of Vermont, 2006.

Michigan State Senate Special Tribute for Community Service, Eighty-Ninth Legislature, May 18, 1997.

Grants and Fellowships

ASSETT (Arts and Sciences Support of Education Through Technology) development award for construction of

sage.colorado.edu as a resource to all members of the University of Colorado.

Department of Mathematics Stribic Research Fellowship, University of Colorado, 2010, 2011, 2012.

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Teaching Experience Graduate

University of Colorado Boulder: Taught one graduate course (MATH5905 Math Teacher Training). Led one graduate

seminar on teaching techniques and methodologies, primarily focused on inquiry-based learning.

Undergraduate

University of Colorado Boulder: 13 courses as instructor of record (multivariable calculus, integral calculus, differen-

tial calculus, precalculus, college algebra, nite mathematics, spirit and uses of mathematics), 11 courses as instructor

assistant (differential calculus, nite mathematics, business calculus). Saint Michael s College: 1 course as instructor

of record (differential calculus). Community College of Vermont (Newport): 1 course as instructor of record (pho-

tography). University of Vermont: 4 courses as instructor of record (business calculus, nite mathematics, college

algebra).

Other

University of Colorado Boulder Science Discovery: Six week-long digital photography courses for local area youth.

University of Colorado Boulder Pre-Collegiate Development: One summer calculus course for under-represented

Colorado high school students.

Publications and Software

Jason B. Hill, On Finding Totally Real Quintic Number Fields of Minimal Signature Group Rank, Masters Thesis,

University of Vermont (2006)

Jason B. Hill, Salvaging La G om trie, Meteorite 4 (2004) 17 32

Sage Developer of collaborative, open-source mathematics software, 2010 present. My primary area in Sage

development is permutation group algorithms. I also do BASH scripting, notebook/web educational development,

public server deployment, and introductory talks. www.sagemath.org

Talks

Two invited talks, both at The University of Michigan Flint.

Two research talks at international conferences. Three research talks in seminars at other universities. One

research talk at the Rocky Mountain Section Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America.

My Ignite talk What is Mathematics, Seriously? can be found on YouTube.

Four volunteer talks on adventure photography at REI in Boulder.

Twenty-one research, recreational, and instructional talks in seminars at The University of Colorado Boulder.

Five one-hour lectures in CSCI6454 (Advanced Graduate Algorithms).

Three LTEX instructional lectures for incoming graduate students.

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Selected Service

Volunteer root system administrator of sage.colorado.edu and tarski.colorado.edu, a Sage Notebook

server and bleeding edge Sage Notebook server, respectively.

Graduate student computer committee representative and computer assistant, Department of Mathematics, Uni-

versity of Colorado Boulder, 2010-2013.

Media coordinator for The 36th Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications, University of Colorado

Boulder, Summer 2013. math.colorado.edu/spa2013

Lead T.A., Department of Mathematics, University of Colorado Boulder, 2010-2011.

Math Teacher Training Seminar Leader, Department of Mathematics, University of Colorado Boulder, Spring 2011.

Graduate Algebra Seminar Co-Coordinator, Department of Mathematics, University of Colorado Boulder, Fall 2010.

Slow Pitch Colloquium Coordinator, Department of Mathematics, University of Colorado Boulder, 2008-2010.

United Government of Graduate Students, department representative, University of Colorado Boulder, 2008 2009.

Appointed graduate student representative to The University of Vermont s President s Commission on Lesbian, Gay,

Bisexual, and Transgender Equity, 2005 2006.

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