Curriculum Vitae

Degrees

• Dr. rer. nat. 2008, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Mathematics.
  Thesis: Computation of A-infinity-algebras in group cohomology
• Fil. mag. 2005, Stockholm University, Mathematics.
  Shared thesis with Fil. kand.
• Fil. kand. 2004, Stockholm University, Mathematics.
  Thesis: Computation of denominator polynomials for Poincaré series on monomial rings

Past positions

• 2019 - now: Deputy Executive Officer (Deputy Chair), Computer Science Program, CUNY Graduate Center
• 2017 - now: Doctoral Faculty, Computer Science Program, CUNY Graduate Center
• 2016 - now: Assistant Professor of Data Science, Department of Mathematics, CUNY College of Staten Island
• 2014 - 2015: Postdoctoral researcher, Computer Vision and Active Perception Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
• 2013 - 2014: Asistent z doktoratom, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
• 2013 - 2014: Long term visitor, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, Minneapolis.
• 2012 - 2013: Postdoctoral researcher, Computer Vision and Active Perception Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
• 2011 - 2012: Scientific Officer, School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews, Scotland.
• 2008 - 2011: Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University.
• 2006 - 2008: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, PhD student, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany.
• 2005 - 2006: Software Designer, Teleca Systems GmbH, Nürnberg, Germany.
• 2003 - 2004: Project Assistant, web-based teaching, Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University, Sweden.
• 2001 - 2003: Project Assistant, building a platform for web-based teaching, Department of the Classics, Stockholm University, Sweden.

Teaching experience

• 2020: HON223: Science and Technology of New York City
• 2020: MTH410: Mathematical Statistics, CUNY College of Staten Island
• 2019: HON223: Science and Technology of New York City
• 2019: Big Data Analytics, CUNY Graduate Center
• 2019: MTH513: Machine Learning, CUNY College of Staten Island
  Newly designed competition-based learning introduction to Machine Learning.
• 2018: MTH232: Calculus and Analytic Geometry 2, CUNY College of Staten Island
• 2018: MTH214: Applied Statistics with Computers, CUNY College of Staten Island
• 2018: Data Mining, CUNY Graduate Center
• 2018: MTH410: Mathematical Statistics, CUNY College of Staten Island
• 2017: MTH231: Calculus and Analytic Geometry 1, CUNY College of Staten Island
• 2017: MTH214: Applied Statistics with Computers, CUNY College of Staten Island
• 2017: MTH338: Linear Algebra, CUNY College of Staten Island
• 2017: MTH214: Applied Statistics with Computers, CUNY College of Staten Island
• 2016: MTH410: Mathematical Statistics, CUNY College of Staten Island
• 2016: MTH214: Applied Statistics with Computers, CUNY College of Staten Island
• 2014-2015 DD1315: Introduction to programming in Matlab and Python. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
• 2010 Persistent homology. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
  4-lecture mini-course
• 2010 MATH 20: Calculus. Stanford University.
• 2009 MATH 198: Category Theory and Functional Programming. Stanford University. Stanford CA, USA
  Elementary category theory with applications in computer science and functional programming.
• 2008 Übungen: Algebraische Topologie. Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Germany.
• 2008 Übungen: Lineare Algebra und analytische Geometrie 3. Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Germany.
• 2007-2008 Übungen: Mathematik I (Lineare Algebra). Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Germany.
• 2007 Übungen: Lineare Algebra und analytische Geometrie 2. Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Germany.
• 2006-2007 Übungen: Lineare Algebra und analytische Geometrie 1. Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Germany.
• 2006 Übungen: Algebra 2. Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Germany.
• 2003-2004 Introductory mathematics. Web-based course. Stockholm University. Sweden.

Thesis advising

• 2020: Daniel Amin. MSc Capstone project, CUNY Graduate Center.
• 2018 - now: Denis Khryashchev.
  PhD Committee, supervising
• 2018 - 2020: Xiaojin Ye.
  PhD Committee, co-supervising
• 2017 - 2018: Xiuyan Ni.
  PhD Committee
• 2017 - 2020: Alisa Leshchenko, Certified Mapper.
  Undergraduate Research Collaboration, CUNY.
• 2016 - 2020: Joao Carvalho, Topological Data Analysis in robotic motion planning.
  PhD Thesis, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
• 2016 - now: Leo Carlsson, Topological Data Analysis in steel manufacture.
  PhD Thesis, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
• 2016 - 2017: Timothy Sweeney: A study of taxiab drivers' times between trips and regulatory boundary pickup densities.
  Honors Thesis, CUNY College of Staten Island
• 2016: Mattia De Colle: Process diagnostics for electric arc furnaces using topological data analysis.
  MSc Thesis, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
• 2015: Leo Carlsson: Using multilayer perceptrons as means to predict the end-point temperature in an electric arc furnace
  MSc Thesis, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
• 2014 - 2015: Magnus Raunio: Periodic Motion Extraction Using Harmonic Regression and Structural Parametrization
  MSc thesis, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
• 2013 - 2015: Martina Scolamiero, PhD thesis, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
• 2012 - 2013: BSc theses, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
  Gabriel Isheden: Diagnostics of Semantic Word Spaces
  David Nilsson and Ariel Ekgren: Topology and Word Spaces
• 2009 - 2010: BSc thesis, Stanford University.
  Andrew Yarmola: Cup products in persistent cohomology.

Pedagogical development

• 2012 Lärande och Undervisning 1, 7.5 ECTS, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
• 2013 Lärande och Undervisning ur ett ämnesperspektiv, 5 ECTS, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
• 2013 Research supervision, 3 ECTS, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Conferences organized

• Joint Mathematics Meetings 2020, AMS Panel Discussion on Mental Health in the Mathematics Profession
• Joint Mathematics Meetings 2020, AMS Special Session on Topological Data Analysis
• Joint Mathematics Meetings 2019, MAA Panel Discussion on Mental Health in the Mathematics Profession
• Joint Mathematics Meetings 2019, AMS Special Session on Topological Data Analysis
• Joint Mathematics Meetings 2018, AMS Special Session on Topological Data Analysis
• Joint Mathematics Meetings 2017, AMS Special Session on Sheaves in Topological Data Analysis
• ATMCS 6, 2014
• SIAM AG 2013: minisymposium Applied and Computational Topology
• ATMCS 5, 2012
• SIAM Annual 2012: minisymposium Applied Algebraic Topology -- the Next Generation
• Joint Mathematics Meetings 2012: AMS special session on computational and applied algebraic topology
• SIAM AG 2011: mini-symposium Persistent homotopy and its applications
• Junior Mathematical Congress 2008
• Junior Mathematical Congress 2004
• 4th European Congress of Mathematics 2004

Grant experience

PI successful grants

• 2013 - 2014: VINNMER Marie Curie Incoming Planning Grant
• 2013: Knut och Alice Wallenbergs stiftelse: Unga Forskare

Co-authored successful grants

• 2012: FP7 STREP Toposys
  2.63 M EUR over 3 years across KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Jagellonian University, IST Austria, Jozef Stefan Institute, and Technion.