Dan Rockmore, Professor
Laurie Snell
80th Birthday Celebration!
Dan and collaborator Digger (7/15/94--8/28/04) on another research adventure.
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Affiliations:
Professor, Department of Mathematics, Dartmouth College
Director, Neukom Institute for Computational Science, Dartmouth College
William H. Kemeny Neukom Professor of Computational Science, Dartmouth College
Professor of Computer Science, Dartmouth College
Member, External Faculty, The Santa Fe Institute
Research
Interests:
Complex Systems, Network Analysis, Machine Learning, Cultural Evolution, Group Theoretic Transforms
Publications:
Stalking
the Riemann Hypothesis , (Pantheon) by Dan Rockmore - A non-technical
account of the history of the Riemann Hypothesis, a 150
year-old unsolved math problem, whose solution gets to the heart of out
understanding of the way in the which the prime numbers are distributed among
the integers.
Stalking the
Riemann Hypothesis has been selected for inclusion in the Scientific
American Book Club
Some Related Press:
Interview with David Lemberg on "Science and Society" on World Talk
Radio, 9/21/05
Interview with Mark Lynch on WICN, 8/21/05
"His Days are Numbered," Boston Globe, July
18, 2005
"Count Him In," Washington Post, May 23, 2005
New Scientist
Wall Street Journal
The Telegraph (Calcutta, India)
Interview on NHPR's
"Front Porch"
Interview on VPR's
"Switchboard," May 19, 2005
Some other
books:
Music
and Computers: A theoretical and historical approach , by Phil Burk
(SoftSynth.com) Larry Polansky (Dartmouth College)
Mary Roberts (Princeton University) Dan Rockmore (Dartmouth College) douglas repetto (Columbia
University) -- This is a web-based, interactive book that gives a hands-on
approach to understanding some of the ways in which computers and math are used
in music.
Modern
Signal Processing Edited by Daniel N. Rockmore, Dennis M. Healy, Jr
Some projects:
· Fast Fourier Transforms for Groups
· The Math Life , a documentary film, co-produced with Wendy Conquest and Bob Drake
· Stalking the Riemann Hypothesis to appear, March 2005 (Vintage Press)
· Some work on digital techniques for art authentication
Lecture Series:
· The First Mind/Brain Symposium at Dartmouth College
· The Chance Lectures 2000
· The Chance Lectures at Dartmouth (RealPlayer videos of past lectures)
Some expository
articles:
· A New York Times Essay I wrote on mathematics in the arts.
· A piece from The Dallas Morning News on Jackson Pollock and mathematics.
· A few essays that I have written for the Chronicle of Higher Education:
· An essay on the Abel Prize written for the Chronicle of Higher Education
· A review of Peter Parnell's ``QED"
· A review of ``A Beautiful Mind"
· A review of David Auburn's play ``Proof"
· A humor piece on the fragrance "Pi"
· An opinion piece on shared databases (with Mike Gazzaniga)
· A few art/math essays for the catalog of an math-inspired art exhibit: Rothko ; Pollock ; Close
Radio:
I’ve been a commentator for Vermont Public Radio . Here is a link to the audio.
CV:
Here is pdf of my cv
Just Havin' Fun...
Professors Dan and Digger Rockmore discuss a finepoint of Digger's Grand Unified Theory of Walks,Snacks and Sleep (GUTWSS).
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