Alan D. Blair

EDUCATION

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)

Ph.D., Mathematics, May 1994.
Thesis topic: Path integrals on ultrametric spaces. Examined the stochastic dynamical properties of a certain class of spaces which have a hierarchical structure and special topological attributes. They occur in the study of Hopfield networks and spin glasses.

University of Sydney (Sydney, Australia)

B.A., Mathematics (awarded University Medal), March 1989.
B.Sc., Computer Science, May 1988.

EXPERIENCE

University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)

Senior Lecturer (Jan 2002 to date)

University of Melbourne (Melbourne, Australia)

Lecturer (1999 - 2001)

University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia)

UQ Postdoctoral Fellow, working with Janet Wiles (1997 - 1999)

Brandeis University (Waltham, MA)

Krasnow Postdoctoral Fellow, working in the DEMO Lab, with Jordan Pollack (1994 - 1997)

MIT Media Lab (Cambridge, MA)

Researcher in the Star-Logo Lab, working with Uri Wilensky (Summer 1994)

MIT - Teaching Assistant Positions

Lecturer in differential equations for the Concourse Program (1994)
Instructor for Project Interphase (1993)

Macquarie Bank (Sydney, Australia)

Programmer (Jan-April 1989)
Wrote software to price options on financial derivatives.

JAM Software (Sydney, Australia)

Software Developer (1987-88)
Designed and implemented the financial component of a medical recordkeeping package.

PERSONAL

Birthdate: April 19, 1967
Birthplace: Kingston, Ontario
Citizenship: Australia/Canada


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