Mathematics Professor Goes on Academic World Tour

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John Ryan

John Ryan, professor of mathematics in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences will be covering a lot of ground in the coming months, literally. Ryan is carrying on the Fulbright legacy of international educational exchange by taking his mathematical knowledge and expertise around the world, speaking at conferences and serving as a guest professor at various universities.

Ryan’s journey began in La Rochelle, France at the 5th Conference on Applied Geometric Algebras in Computer Science and Engineering held July 2-4. Ryan’s address to the conference, "A Seminar on Clifford Analysis," explored geometric algebras and their potential use in computer science and engineering.

From France, Ryan continued to Austria for a discussion on Dirac Operators at the Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Aerospace and Sciences conference July 11-14 in Vienna. This eclectic conference allows for interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers. By bringing experts from a variety of backgrounds together, the conference aims to encourage innovative new projects and international cooperation to advance scientific knowledge as a whole.

Following the European leg of his tour, Ryan will head to Vietnam where he will be a plenary speaker at the 20th International Conference on Finite and Infinite Dimensional Complex Analysis and Applications at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology July 29-Aug. 2. The conference was established to promote the exchange of knowledge between Southeast Asian countries, while recognizing the contributions of Western mathematicians. His stay in Hanoi will also include conducting a condensed three-week course on vector calculus for engineers at the Water Resources University.

Ryan will then travel to Canberra, Australia to visit the Australian National University’s mathematical sciences institute from Sept. 20 to Oct. 18.

After returning to the United States, Ryan will speak at the "Function Theories for Bicomplex and Hyperbolic Numbers" workshop Oct. 22-26 at Chapman University in California. The topics of the workshop are among some of the more recent and exciting developments in physics and mathematics in need of further exploration and collaboration. Ryan will remain at Chapman for the following two weeks to serve as a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Mathematics.

After a short break, Ryan will resume his travels shortly after Thanksgiving for a two-week stay at Simon Bolivar University in Venezuela.