Alan Weiss (mathematician)
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Alan Weiss is an American mathematician
, a pioneer in the usage of large deviations theory in performance evaluation
and related areas.
Weiss received his B.Sc. in mathematics
and physics
from Case Western Reserve University
taking courses from Lajos Takács
and being advised by Arthur J. Lohwater
(1976). He received his M.Sc. in mathematics from Courant Institute (1979) and Ph.D.
from New York University
in 1981; his advisor was S. R. S. Varadhan, and his dissertation was entitled Invariant Measures of Diffusion Processes on Domains with Boundaries. He worked at Bell Labs
(1981-2007), before joining MathWorks of Natick. Weiss had longer appointments with University of Maryland, College Park
(1986), Columbia University
(1993) and Drew University
(2005).
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
, a pioneer in the usage of large deviations theory in performance evaluation
Performance Evaluation
Performance Evaluation is an international journal published by Elsevier. The current Editor-in-chief is Philippe Nain. The journal was previously published by North-Holland Publisher.-Editors:*1981–1986 Hisashi Kobayashi*1987–1990 Martin Reiser...
and related areas.
Weiss received his B.Sc. in mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
from Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA...
taking courses from Lajos Takács
Lajos Takács
Lajos Takács is a Hungarian mathematician, known for his contributions to probability theory and in particular, queueing theory. He wrote over two hundred scientific papers and six books....
and being advised by Arthur J. Lohwater
Arthur J. Lohwater
Arthur John "Jack" Lohwater was an American mathematician.He obtained a Ph.D. in mathematics at University of Rochester , on the dissertation The Boundary Values of a Class of Analytic Functions, advised by Wladimir Seidel.Later he joined the faculty at University of Michigan and Case Western...
(1976). He received his M.Sc. in mathematics from Courant Institute (1979) and Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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from New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
in 1981; his advisor was S. R. S. Varadhan, and his dissertation was entitled Invariant Measures of Diffusion Processes on Domains with Boundaries. He worked at Bell Labs
Bell Labs
Bell Laboratories is the research and development subsidiary of the French-owned Alcatel-Lucent and previously of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company , half-owned through its Western Electric manufacturing subsidiary.Bell Laboratories operates its...
(1981-2007), before joining MathWorks of Natick. Weiss had longer appointments with University of Maryland, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
(1986), Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
(1993) and Drew University
Drew University
Drew University is a private university located in Madison, New Jersey.Originally established as the Drew Theological Seminary in 1867, the university later expanded to include an undergraduate liberal arts college in 1928 and commenced a program of graduate studies in 1955...
(2005).
Books
- Large Deviations for Performance Analysis (Chapman & Hall, 1995). Coauthored with Adam Shwartz.
Publications
- Digital Adaptive Filters: Conditions for Convergence, Rates of Convergence, Effects of Noise and Errors Arising from the Implementation, in IEEE Trans. on Information Theory, 25(6):637-652, 1979. With Debasis MitraDebasis MitraDebasis Mitra is an Indian mathematician, known for his numerous contributions to the theory of communication systems, control theory and queueing theory.He got his B.Sc. and Ph.D...
- Allocating Independent Substaks on Parallel Processors, IEEE Trans. Softw. Eng., 11(10):1001-1016, 1985. With Clyde Kruskal.
- A Lower Bound for Probabilistic Algorithms for Finite State Machines, in Jnr. Comp. and Systems Sci., 33(1):88-105, 1986. With A. G. Greenberg
External links
- Professional site at Bell Labs
- Apdoo.org, Weiss's personal site