Dana S. Richards

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Dana S. Richards is a writer, mathematics popularizer and Associate Professor in Computer Science at George Mason University.

His research Interests include comparisons of protein sequences, Steiner tree algorithms,[1] Information dissemination in networks, parallel heuristics, methodology for computationally intractable problems and parallel algorithms for median filters.[2]

Education and career[]

Richards received an M.S. from the University of Virginia in 1976[3] and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under Chung Laung Liu in 1984.[4]

He was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Virginia,[3] and a Program Director of Theory of Computing at the National Science Foundation (June 1993 through May 1994).[5]

He has written or edited seven books[6] and numerous journal articles.[7] In addition, he is a reviewer for many journals, and has received numerous research awards. He became an Associate Professor of Computer Science at George Mason University in 1994.[3]

Martin Gardner[]

Dana Richards was a friend[8] and biographer[9][10] of Martin Gardner.[11] In his writing and speaking he often memorialized and popularized his work.[12][13] In 2006 he edited The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems which collected all of Gardner's short puzzles in one volume.[14] He wrote Gardner's obituary in Science.[15]

Since Gardner's death in 2010 events called Celebration of Mind are held every October which include games, magic and puzzles in the Gardner tradition, and Richards is frequently featured at these events discussing his life and work.[16] He is also on the Martin Gardner Centennial Committee.[17]

Books[]

  • Dear Martin / Dear Marcello: Gardner and Truzzi on Skepticism by Dana Richards, April 28, 2017[18]
  • Problems in sorting and graph algorithms OCLC 12048476
  • The colossal book of short puzzles and problems ISBN 0393061140
  • The Mathemagician and Pied Puzzler ISBN 156881075X
  • Dana Richards, "Martin Gardner: A 'Documentary' ", in The Mathematician and the Pied Puzzler: A collection in tribute to Martin Gardner (1999), ed.

References[]

  1. ^ The Steiner tree problem Authors: Frank Hwang, Dana Richards, Pawel Winter;North-Holland, 1992 ISBN 9780444890986
  2. ^ Dana S Richards, George Mason University, National Science Foundation Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library
  3. ^ a b c Dana Richards GMU: Biosketch
  4. ^ Dana Richards at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. ^ Awards National Science Foundation
  6. ^ Books by Dana Richards ISBN.NET
  7. ^ Dana S. Richards Computer Science Bibliography at DBLP
  8. ^ Speaker: Dana Richards Brigham Young University, Mar 22nd 2018
  9. ^ Martin Gardner: A Documentary by Dana Richards martin-gardner.org
  10. ^ Richards, Dana (2018). Martin Gardner, Annotator G4G13, April 2018 - video
  11. ^ The Legacy of Math Writer Martin Gardner NPR: All Things Considered, May 24, 2010
  12. ^ Meeting of the Puzzlers: Hundreds get together to celebrate Martin Gardner and recreational math By Dana Richards, Scientific American, June 2014
  13. ^ Math Games of Martin Gardner Still Spur Innovation By Colm Mulcahy and Dana Richards, Scientific American, October 2014
  14. ^ Dana Richards (Editor), Martin Gardner (Author), The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems, W. W. Norton, ISBN 978-0-393-06114-7
  15. ^ RETROSPECTIVE: Martin Gardner (1914–2010) Science, 09 July 2010, Vol. 329, Issue 5988, pp. 157
  16. ^ Algorithmic Puzzles and Martin Gardner Dana Richards CoM Oct 2020, Jan 22, 2021
  17. ^ Martin Gardner: In His Own Words Mathematical Association of America, 2021
  18. ^ Dear Martin Dear Marcello: Gardner and Truzzi on Skeptic WorldScientific, p. 10

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