Jon-Lark Kim, Ph. D. (김종락)

Department of Mathematics
University of Louisville
328 Natural Sciences Building
Louisville, KY 40292

Office: 113 NS, Tel (502) 852-2727,  Fax (502) 852-7132

Email :   jl.kim at louisville.edu

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2006 Fall Central Section AMS Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, Oct. 21-22, 2006:

☺ Algebraic Coding Theory--Honoring the Retirement of Vera Pless

☺Pictures of Attendants

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2007 Fall Central Section AMS Meeting, Chicago, IL, Oct. 5-6, 2007:

☺ Algebraic Coding Theory (In honor of Harold N. Ward’s retirement)

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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION:

Assistant Professor at Math Dept of University of Louisville (2005-current)

Research Assistant Professor at Math Dept of University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2002-2005)

Ph. D in Math from the University of Illinois at Chicago, May 2002

M.S. in Math from Seoul National University, Korea, Feb. 1997

B.S. in Math from POSTECH, Korea, Feb. 1993

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TEACHING:

☺ Teaching (Fall, 2008), Office Hour: TR 2:30-4:00, or by appointment.

(1) Introduction to Linear Algebra (Math 325) , TR, 11:00-12:15, NS 317, syllabus

Textbook: Linear Algebra and Its Application by D. C. Lay, 3rd edition (update).

(2) Finite Mathematics (Math 107) , TR, 4:30-5:45 at DA 108, syllabus

Textbook: Finite Mathematics by Barnett, Ziegler, and Byleen, 11^th edition (UofL)

For more information use Blackboard.

☺Courses taught

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RESEARCH:

☺ Area of Interest :

• Algebra/Combinatorics/Number Theory with applications to Coding Theory

(대수학, 조합론, 정수론을 이용한 부호(코딩)이론)

Curriculum Vita (pdf file)
Thesis Advisor : Vera Pless
Thesis Title : CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SELF-DUAL CODES AND QUANTUM CODES AND THEIR CONNECTIONS,  Summary of Thesis

☺ List of Publications

(click and see MathSciNet Reviewand Papers Reviewed by me)

☺ Selected Talks

☺Algebra-Combinatorics-Number Theory Seminar (Once a week at NS).

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AWARD:

☺2004 Kirkman medal from the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applicatoins (Other ICA medals)

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Editorial Board:

☺ International Journal of Information and Coding Theory (IJICoT)

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FAVORATE LINKS:

• Google (Search engine) The Mathematics Genealogy Project
• Coding People (from T.A. Gulliver's Website)
• Best Minimum Distance of [n,k] codes over GF(q)
• MathSciNet Search | The Mathnet Korea
• MAGMA(useful in coding programming) |  GAP
• SIAM on Discrete Math.
• Joyner's Maple Programs
• POSTECH | Com2Mac at Postech | Postech Alumni | PosMath 89 | KGSA
• Hangyere
• Graduate Schools of Math from AMS ( Definition of Groups, Group I, Group II, Group III, Group IV, Group Va), NRC Ranking
• Soccer in SNU(NoSoYaDae)

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 last modified : 9/4/2008