“PREDICTING THE FUTURE”: Books under Contracts at various stages of writing:
Geometric Graphs, a chapter in Topics in Chromatic Graph Theory, ed. by Lowell Beineke
and Robin J. Wilson, Cambridge University Press.
Life and Fate: In Search of Van der Waerden, Springer-Switzerland.
Problems of pgom Erdős, Springer-USA.
Memory in Flashback: Adventures of a Mathematician on Both Sides of the Atlantic,
Springer-Switzerland.
Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: the Third Decade and Further Explorations (tentatively
to be published by Springer, New York).
Publications include some 300 articles, mostly on mathematics, but also on history, math
Olympiads, math education, film criticism, and some 10 books, including 6 books published
in 2009-2011:
The Mathematical Coloring Book, Springer, NY, 2009 (a result of 18 years of research).
How Does One Cut a Triangle? 2nd Expanded Edition, Springer, New York, 2009.
Mathematics as Problem Solving, 2nd Expanded Edition, Springer, New York, 2009.
Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics, 2nd Expanded Edition. Springer, New York,
2010.
Ramsey Theory Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow, convening editor and an author, “Progress In
Mathematics” Series Birkhäuser, Springer, New York, 2011.
Colorado Mathematical Olympiad and Further Explorations: From The Mountains Of
Colorado To The Peaks Of Mathematics, Springer, New York, 2011.
Research Journal Founded and Published:
Geombinatorics is on its 22nd year, led by the greatest Editorial Board in business.
Geombinatorics is reviewed by the world’s leading Mathematical Reviews (USA) and
Zentralblatt für Mathematik (Springer, Germany).
International Conferences Organized and Ran:
6th Congress of World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions, Riga, Latvia, July
2010.
“Ramsey Theory Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow,” International Workshop, DIMACS
(Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science of Princeton,
Rutgers, IBM Research, et al.), Rutgers University, May 2009.
Courses Created (30 courses including 8 new courses approved in 2012. 10 courses satisfy
Global Culture Awareness requirement:
ID 3700 Art and Culture of Equatorial Africa
ID 3710 Great European Film Directors: A Historical View 1945-1994
ID 3720 Russian Avant-Garde Cinema-A Historical View, 1915-present
ID 3730 Russian Art Cinema Today: An Historical View
ID 3740 Andrzej Wajda and Post World War II Cinema of Poland
ID 3750 Cinema of Denmark
ID 3760 Kurosawa Akira and Post World War II Cinema of Japan
ID 3770 Michelangelo Antonioni and Post World War II Cinema of Italy
ID 3780 Yuri Norstein and the Great Art of Animation
ID 3790 Pier Paolo Pasolini and Post World War II Cinema of Italy
ID 3800 Cinema of Ingmar Bergman and the Arts of Scandinavia
Visiting Appointments:
Visiting Fellow, Princeton University, 2002-2004 and 2006-2007.
Long Term Visiting Scholar, DIMACS, Rutgers University, 2002-2004 and 2006-2007.
Visiting Researcher, Charles University, Prague, 1996.
International Summer Institute for Gifted Mathematics Students, Long Island, NY, Summers,
1986-1990.
Service to Human Rights and Academic Rights:
Commissioner, Human Relations Commission, City of Colorado Springs, 1993-1995
Chair, Civil Rights Ordinance Subcommittee, Human Relations Commission, 1994-1995
Chair, Committee on Privilege and Tenure (P&T), Faculty Senate, University of Colorado,
1990-1991 (member of P&T, 1988-1991).
Member, P&T, Faculty Senate, University of Colorado, 1988-1990.
International and National Service to Profession:
President, World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions (WFNMC), 2012-2016.
Senior Vice President and Chair of the Program Committee, WFNMC, 2008-2012.
Secretary & Member of the Executive, WFNMC , 1996-2008.
Member of the Program Committee, WFNMC, 1996-2008.
Member of the Education Policy Committee, Barack Obama’s Presidential Campaign, 2008.
Member of the USA Mathematical Olympiad Subcommittee, 1996-2005. (First ever member
of USA and USSR national Math Olympiads).
Member of the Jury of the USSR Mathematical Olympiad, 1970-1973.
Colorado Mathematical Olympiad:
Founder & Chair, 1983-Present.
In the 29 years of the Colorado Mathematical Olympiad, over 17,000 students have
participated. They have written over 87,000 essays, and were awarded about $295,000 in
prizes. The Olympiad is a unique joint effort of school districts, schools, university, business
community and local and State governments.
Awards:
Chancellor’s Special Award for founding and running for 28 years of the Colorado
Mathematical Olympiad, 2011.
The Paul Erdös Award, World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions,
Cambridge, UK, 2006.
MEDAL for Significant Contribution to the Education of Gifted Students; The Third International
Conference on Creativity in Mathematics Education and the Education of Gifted Students,
Rousse, Bulgaria, 2003
University of Colorado President’s Service Award, 1991.