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\noindent{\large \sc Biographical Sketch : John B. Little}\bigskip

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\noindent Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

\noindent College of the Holy Cross

\noindent Worcester, MA \ 01610, \ USA

\noindent {\tt mathcs.holycross.edu/\~{}little/homepage.html}
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\noindent Phone: (508) 793-2274 

\noindent FAX: (508) 793-3040

\noindent  {\tt little@mathcs.holycross.edu}

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\noindent{\bf Professional Preparation}

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\item[] Haverford College, AB in Mathematics, 1976
\item[] Harvard University, visiting scholar, 1979-1980
\item[] Yale University, Ph.D. in Mathematics, 1980

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\noindent{\bf Appointments}

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\item[] Professor, College of the Holy Cross, Since September 2003.

\item[] Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, Member January -- June 2003 

\item[] Associate Professor, College of the Holy Cross, September 1986 -- August 2003.

\item[] Visiting Fellow, Cornell University Mathematical Sciences Institute, September 1993 -- June 1994.

\item[] Assistant Professor, College of the Holy Cross, September 1980 -- August 1986.

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\noindent{\bf Publications most related to project}

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     {\sl Remarks on generalized toric codes}, {\tt arXiv:1107.4530}, submitted.

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     {\sl Toric Varieties}, with  D.~Cox and H.~Schenck.  Book, xxiv + 841 pages, 
     Graduate Studies in Mathematics {\bf 124}, AMS, 2011.  

\item   
{\sl On toric codes and multivariate Vandermonde
     matrices}, with R.~Schwarz.  Applicable Algebra in Engineering, Communications, and
Computing {\bf 18} (2007), 349-367. 


\item 
     {\sl Toric surface codes and Minkowski sums}, with H.~Schenck.
     SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics {\bf 20} (2006), 999-1014.
      

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\noindent{\bf  Other Significant Publications}


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   {\sl Using Algebraic Geometry}, with D.~Cox and D.~O'Shea.
Book, xi + 572 pages, Graduate Texts in Mathematics {\bf 185}, Springer, 1998, second edition, 2005.

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   {\sl Ideals, Varieties, and Algorithms}, with D.~Cox and D.~O'Shea.
Book, xv + 551 pages, Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics, Springer
      1992, second edition, 1996, third edition 2007.

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\noindent{\bf Synergistic Activities}
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 \item Seminar Leader, PURE Math 2012 REU-type program, 
        University of Hawai'i at Hilo, 11 June -- 10 August, 2012. 

 \item Seminar Leader, MSRI-UP 2009 REU, MSRI, Berkeley, 15 June -- 24 July, 2009.

 \item Seminar Leader, PREMUR REU, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, 11 June -- 27 July, 2007.

 \item Seminar Leader, SIMU REU-type program, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, summers
1998,1999,2001.

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\noindent{\bf Collaborators and Other Affiliations}  
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D.~Cox (Amherst College)
J.~Hachmeister (undergraduate student, U. Hawai'i at Hilo)
J.~McGhee (undergraduate student, Loyola Marymount University)
D.~O'Shea (Mount Holyoke College, New College of Florida)
R.~Pelayo (U. Hawai'i at Hilo)
S.~Sasarita (undergraduate student, University of Arizona)
H.~Schenck (U.Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
R.~Schwarz (SUNY New Paltz)

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\noindent{\bf Thesis Advisor:}  Bernard Saint-Donat\smallskip

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