Daryl R. DeFord
11 Cherry St.
Apartment A
Windsor, VT 05089
(509) 205-7347
ddeford@math.dartmouth.edu
math.dartmouth.edu/∼ddeford
EDUCATION
Washington State University, Pullman WA
Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, May 2013
Concentration in Theoretical Mathematics
G.P.A Total: 3.99 / 4.00; Major: 4.00 / 4.00
G.R.E. Q.R. 170 / 170 99%; V. R. 168 / 170 98%; A. W. 5.0 / 6.0 92%
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant
Washington State University
Summer 2012
School of Electrical Engineering and Computers Science
Read and presented on relevant research papers. Wrote analytical software. Performed asymptotic
analyses.
Teaching Assistant
• Modern Algebra
25 students
Washington State University
Department of Mathematics
• Secondary Teaching
25 students
2011–Present
• Differential Equations
125 students
Graded thousands of homework papers and exams, held twice weekly office hours, led weekly
study sections.
Math Tutor
Washington State University
Department of Mathematics
2011–Present
Tutored all levels of undergraduate mathematics classes. Supervised math computing lab.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Computer Science
Supervisor:
Dr. Ananth Kalyanaraman
Summer 2012–Present
Researched the use of space-filling curves to efficiently order and distribute randomly dispersed
data onto supercomputer processors, in order to minimize communication overhead.
Combinatorics &
Number Theory
Supervisor:
Dr. William Webb
Fall 2011–Present
Researched combinatorial rearrangements and other related models. Emphasized the theory of
recurrence relations. Currently studying generalized Lucas functions.
Graph Theory
Supervisor:
Dr. David Haglin
Researched polynomial–time algorithms for regular tournament isomorphism.
Spring 2011
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles (accepted)
• Counting Rearrangements on Generalized Wheel Graphs. Fibonacci Quarterly August 2013.
• An Application of the Permanent–Determinant Method: Computing the Z-Index of Arbitrary
Trees. WSU Department of Mathematics Technical Report Series 2013 #2
Journal Articles (under review)
• Seating Rearrangements on Arbitrary Graphs. Submitted to “Contributions to Discrete Mathematics.”
• Combinatorial Chessboard Rearrangements. Submitted to “INTEGERS: The Electronic Journal of Combinatorial Number Theory.”
• Enumerating Tilings of Rectangles By Squares. Submitted to “Journal of Combinatorics.”
Conference Papers (Accepted)
• Empirical Analysis of Space-Filling Curves for Scientific Computing Applications (With Dr.
A. Kalyanaraman) Submitted to the “International Conference on Parallel Processing 2013
(ICPP–2013).”
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
Talks
• WSU School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Seminar (April 2013), Pullman,
WA.
• Joint Mathematics Meeting (January 2013) San Diego, CA.
• West Coast Number Theory Conference (December 2012) Asilomar, CA.
• Young Mathematician’s Conference (July 2012) Columbus, OH.
• Northwest Undergraduate Mathematics Symposium (March 2012) Portland, OR.
• WSU Graduate Seminar on Combinatorial Geometry and Linear Algebra (March 2012; September 2012; January 2013; February 2013) Pullman, WA.
Posters
• WSU Showcase of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (SURCA) (March 2013)
Pullman, WA.
• WSU Showcase of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (SURCA) (April 2012)
Pullman, WA.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Research Awards
• WSU Emeritus Society Award in the Physical Sciences (2013)
• WSU SURCA Crimson Award: Computer Science and Mathematics (2013)
• Auvil Undergraduate Scholars Fellowship (2012–13)
• Leonard B. Kirschner Scholarship (2012–13)
• WSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Grant (2012)
• Norma C. Fuentes and Gary M Kirk Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research (2012)
• WSU SURCA Crimson Award: Computer Science and Mathematics (2012)
Academic Awards
• Dartmouth Graduate Fellowship (2013–18)
• Dartmouth GAANN Fellowship (2013–14)
• Department of Mathematics Outstanding Senior (2013)
• Morris Knebelman Outstanding Senior Award (2013)
• J. Russell and Mildred H. Vatnsdal Memorial Scholarship (2012–13)
• President’s Honor Roll (each semester 2010–13)
• Junior Writing Portfolio with Distinction (2010)
• National Merit Finalist (2006)
• National AP Scholar with Distinction (2005–06)
Current Research
• Investigating the boundaries of the ring of recurrent sequences with respect to arbitrary sums
and products.
• Studying subspaces of recurrent sequences and generalized Lucas bases for such spaces.
• Providing a combinatorial proof of Kasteleyn’s identity.
• Using Space–Filing Curves to design more efficient parallel implementations for scientific
computing.
Activities
• Co-organized weekly graduate seminar on differential forms and representation theory (2013).
• Participated in WSU Putnam Exam team (2011–13)
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
• LATEX
• Python
• Maple
• MatLab
• Unix
• C (with MPI)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• American Mathematical Society (AMS) member since April 2012.
• Mathematical Association of America (MAA) member since April 2012.
• Fibonacci Association (FA) member since February 2013.
REFERENCES
• Dr. Bill Webb
Professor
WSU Department of Mathematics
Pullman, WA 99164
webb@math.wsu.edu
• Dr. Ananth Kalyanaraman
Associate Professor
WSU School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Pullman, WA 99164
ananth@eecs.wsu.edu
• Dr. Judi McDonald
Professor
WSU Department of Mathematics
Pullman, WA 99164
judijmcdonald@gmail.com