Patrick Perry PH.D.

College of Natural and Computational Sciences - Department of Mathematics

Associate Professor of Mathematics
 

Education:

• M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii, May 2007
• Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Hawaii, May 1992
  Dissertation: "A covering space approach to (d,k) constrained codes."
• M.A., Mathematics, University of Hawaii, May 1987
• B.S. Physics and Mathematics, University of Hawaii, August 1983

Courses Taught:

• MATH 1123 Introductory Statistics
• MATH 2007 Math Across the Ages
• MATH 3302 Elementary Number Theory
• MATH 4470 Methods of Applied Mathematics I

Teaching Interests/Research:

My favorite course to teach is the Math Across the Ages – which is a history of mathematics class at the precalculus level. Students see how problems in their precalculus mathematics courses actually are thousands of years old.

Professional Interests:

Algebraic coding theory. Topics of interest probability of an undetected error, runlength limited codes, and error detecting codes.

Personal Interests/Biography:

Dr. Perry was born and raised in Oklahoma, into a military family. Came to Hawaii when father was stationed here – I stayed when they left. Teaching experience at colleges across the Pacific: Majuro, Pohnpei, Yap, and Guam.  

Married with three school aged children. Active chess player.