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\centerline{\bf CURRICULUM VITAE}
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\leftline{\bf JOHN BRITTAIN LITTLE}
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\+Department of Mathematics and CS&home address:\cr
\+College of the Holy Cross&39 William St. Apt. 402\cr
\+Worcester, MA 01610&Worcester, MA 01609\cr
\+(508) 793-2274&(508) 755-5090, cell: (617) 312-9897\cr}
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\leftline{\bf PERSONAL DATA}
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\item{$\bullet$}  Born January 15, 1956, Elmira, NY; U.S. citizen
\item{$\bullet$}  Single

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\leftline{\bf EDUCATION}
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\+Haverford College&1972-1976&B.A., major in mathematics, 1976\cr
\+Yale University&1976-1980&Ph.D. in mathematics, 1980\cr
\+Harvard University&1979-1980&Visiting scholar\cr}

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\leftline{\bf ACADEMIC HISTORY}
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\+1978-1979&Graduate Teaching&Yale University\cr
\+&Assistant&\cr
\+1980-1986&Assistant Professor&College of the Holy Cross\cr
\+&of Mathematics&\cr
\+1986-2003&Associate Professor&College of the Holy Cross\cr
\+&of Mathematics&\cr
\+1993-94&Visiting Fellow&Cornell University,\cr
\+&&Mathematical Sciences Institute\cr
\+Spring 2003&Member&Mathematical Sciences Research\cr
\+&&Institute, Berkeley CA\cr
\+2003-present&Professor&College of the Holy Cross\cr
\+&of Mathematics&\cr
}

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\leftline{\bf ACADEMIC AWARDS}
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\item{$\bullet$}Graduated from Haverford College {\it magna cum laude\/}, with departmental honors in mathematics.
\item{$\bullet$}Phi Beta Kappa, Haverford College, 1975
\item{$\bullet$}O'Leary Faculty Recognition Award, Holy Cross, 2002
\item{$\bullet$}Holy Cross Distinguished Teaching Award, 2003
\item{$\bullet$}Swords Medal (25 years of service), 2005
\item{$\bullet$}Anthony and Renee Marlon Professorship in the Sciences, named 2011

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\leftline{\bf PRINCIPAL MATHEMATICAL INTERESTS}
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Algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, computational methods,
applications in algebraic coding theory, celestial mechanics, and other areas
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\leftline{\bf COURSES TAUGHT}
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\item{} Abstract Algebra, Algebraic Structures, Applied Mathematics,
    Calculus (all of the different courses offered at Holy Cross),
    Calculus on Manifolds, Complex Analysis,
    Data Structures, Discrete Mathematics,
    FYP: The Mathematics of Order and The Mathematics of Chaos,
    History and Development of
    Mathematical Ideas, Introduction to
    Computing (using FORTRAN and Pascal), Linear Algebra,
    Montserrat: Identifying Patterns and Understanding Randomness,
    Montserrat: Mathematics Through Time and Mathematics Across Cultures,
    Montserrat: Modeling the Environment and Analyzing Environmental Data,
    Numerical Analysis,
    Ordinary Differential Equations,   Principles of Analysis,
    Probability and Statistics, Real and Abstract Analysis,
    Seminar in Algebra,  Seminar in Coding Theory, Seminar in Computational
    Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, Seminar in Lie Groups,
    Seminar on Representation
    Theory of Finite Groups and Compact Lie Groups,
    Seminar in Riemann Surfaces and Algebraic Curves,
    Topics in Mathematics--Symmetry, Topics in Topology.

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\leftline{\bf ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS}
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\item{1.} {\it Translation Manifolds and the Converse of Abel's Theorem\/},
      {\sl Compositio Mathematica}, {\bf 49} (1983), 147-171.

\item{2.} {\it On the Converse of Abel's Theorem in Characteristic $p$\/},
      {\sl Manuscripta Mathematica}, {\bf 46} (1984), 27-63.

\item{3.} {\it Characterizing Curves on Surfaces of Special Types\/},
      {\sl Mathematische Annalen}, {\bf 271} (1985), 459-465.

\item{4.} {\it On Some Analogs of the Reiss Relation for Curves on Rational
      Ruled Surfaces\/}, {\sl Duke Mathematical Journal}, {\bf 52} (1985),
      909-922.

\item{5.} {\it On Lie's Approach to the Study of Translation Manifolds\/},
      {\sl Journal of Differential Geometry}, {\bf 26} (1987), 253-272.

\item{6.} {\it On Webs of Maximum Rank}, {\sl Geometriae Dedicata}, {\bf 31}
      (1989), 19-35.

\item{7.} (with Kathryn Furio) {\it On the Distribution of Weierstrass
      Points on Rational Nodal Curves\/}, {\sl Pacific Journal of
      Mathematics}, 144 (1990), 131-136.

\item{8.} {\it Distribution of Weierstrass Points on Rational Cuspidal
      Curves}, {\sl Canadian Mathematical Bulletin}, {\bf 33} (1991), 184-189.

\item{9.}  (with Chris Heegard and Keith Saints) {\it Systematic
      Encoding via Groebner Bases for a Class of Algebraic Geometric
      Goppa Codes}, {\sl IEEE Transactions on Information Theory}, {\bf 41},
      no. 6 (1995), 1752-1761.

\item{10.} (with Chris Heegard and Keith Saints)  {\it On the Structure
      of Hermitian Codes\/}, {\sl Journal of
      Pure and Applied Algebra}, {\bf 121} (1997), 293-314.

\item{11.} (with David Ortiz, Ricardo Ortiz-Rosado, Rebecca Pablo, and
Karen Rios-Soto) {\it Some Remarks on Fitzpatrick and Flynn's Gr\"obner
Basis Method for Pad\'e Approximation},
{\it Journal of Symbolic Computation}, {\bf 35} (2003), 451-461.

\item{12.}  {\it Solving the Selesnick-Burrus Filter Design Equations Using
Compututational Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry},
{\sl Advances in Applied Mathematics}, {\bf 31} (2003), 463-500.

\item{13.} {\it On the Zeroes of Two Families of Polynomials Arising From Certain
Rational Integrals}, {\sl Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics},
{\bf 35} (2005), 1205 - 1216.

\item{14.} (with George Boros,
Victor Moll, Edward Mosteig, and Richard Stanley) {\it A Map on the Space of Rational Functions} ,
{\sl Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics} {\bf 35} (2005), 1861-1880.

\item{15.} (with Leah Gold and Hal Schenck)
{\it Cayley-Bacharach and Evaluation Codes on Complete Intersections},
{\sl Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra} {\bf 196} (2005), 91-99.

\item{16.} (with Cristina Ballantine and Sharon Frechette) {\it Determinants
Associated to Zeta Matrices of Posets},  {\sl Linear Algebra and
Its Applications} {\bf 411} (2005), 364-370.

\item{17.} (with Hal Schenck) {\it Toric surface codes and Minkowski sums},
{\sl SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics} {\bf 20} (2006), 999-1014.

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

\item{19.}  {\it The Ubiquity of Order Domains for the Construction of Error
Control Codes}, {\sl Advances in Mathematics of Communications} {\bf 1}
(2007), 151-171.

\item{20.}  {\it Erratum for: The Ubiquity of Order Domains for the Construction of Error
Control Codes}, {\sl Advances in Mathematics of Communications} {\bf 2}
(2008), 344-345.

\item{21.}  (with Julian Hachmeister, Jasmine McGhee, Roberto Pelayo, Spencer Sasarita) {\it 
Continua of central configurations with a negative mass in the $n$-body problem}, {\sl Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy}, DOI: 10.1007/s10569-013-9471-1, published online 1/29/2013. 

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\leftline{\bf ARTICLES IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS}
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\item{1.} {\it Translation Manifolds and the Schottky Problem\/},
      {\sl Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics}, {\bf 49},
      part 1 (1989) 517-529.

\item{2.}  {\it The Algebraic Structure of Some AG Goppa Codes}, Proceedings
of 33rd Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing,
(1995) University of Illinois, 492-500.

\item{3.}  {\it Canonical Curves and the Petri Scheme}, in {\sl Gr\"obner
Bases and Applications (Proceedings of ``33 Years of Gr\"obner
Bases'', RISC-Linz, 1998)}, B. Buchberger, and F. Winkler, eds., London Mathematical
Society Lecture Note Series 251, Cambridge University Press, 1998, 381-392.

\item{4.}  {\it A key equation for codes from order domains}, in
Advances in Coding Theory and Cryptography,
T. Shaska, W. C. Huffman, D. Joyner, V. Ustimenko, eds.  World Scientific,
2007.

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\leftline{\bf BOOK CHAPTERS}
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\item{1.}  {\it Applications To Coding Theory\/}, in {\sl Applications
of Computational Algebraic Geometry}, D. Cox and B. Sturmfels, eds.
Proceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics, v. 53, American
Mathematical Society, 1997, 143-167.
\item{2.} {\it Algebraic geometry codes from higher-dimensional varieties},
in {\sl Advances in Algebraic Geometry Codes}, E. Martinez-Moro,
Carlos Munera, and D. Ruano, eds. World Scientific.  (March 2009)
\item{3.} {\it Automorphisms and Encoding of AG and Order Domain Codes},
in {\sl Gr\"obner Bases, Coding, and Cryptography} (Proceedings of D1
Workshop, Special Semester on Gr\"obner bases, Linz, 2006). M.
Sala, T. Mora, L. Perret, S. Sakata, C. Traverso,  eds. Springer
(May 2009)
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\leftline{\bf BOOKS}
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\item{1.} (with David Damiano) {\sl A Course in Linear Algebra},
      Orlando: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988.
\item{2.} (with David Cox, Donal O'Shea) {\sl Ideals, Varieties, and Algorithms},
      New York: Springer Verlag, 1992, second edition, 1996, third edition 2007.
      (Japanese translation, 2000, Russian translation 2000.)
\item{3.}  (with David Cox, Donal O'Shea) {\sl Using Algebraic Geometry},
New York: Springer Verlag, 1998, second edition, 2005. (Japanese translation, 2000.)
\item{4.}  (with David Cox, Henry Schenck) {\sl Toric Varieties}, Providence: American Mathematical Society, Graduate Studies in Mathematics 124, 2011.
\item{5.} (with David Damiano)  {\sl A Course in Linear Algebra}, corrected
reprinting.  Mineola: Dover, 2011.
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\leftline{\bf PREPRINTS}
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\item{1.} {\it Another Connection Between Approaches to the Schottky
      Problem\/}, arXiv alg-geom/9202010.
\item{2.} {\it A key equation and the computation of error values for
codes from order domains}, arXiv math.AC/0303299.
\item{3.}  {\it Remarks on generalized toric codes}, arXiv 1107:4530.

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\leftline{\bf RECENT TALKS}
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\item{1.} {\it Symbolic Algebra Techniques in Algebraic Coding Theory},
NSA Computational Algebra Seminar, Fort Meade, MD, 8/8/1995
\item{2.} {\it The Algebraic Structure of Some AG Goppa Codes},
33rd Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and
Computing, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 10/1/1995
\item{3.} {\it Error-Correcting Codes from Algebra and Geometry},
Boston University Undergraduate Mathematics Club, 2/26/1996
\item{4.} {\it Applications to Coding Theory}, AMS Short Course
on Applications of Computational Commutative Algbra, at Joint
Mathematics Meetings in San Diego, CA, 1/10/1997
\item{5.} {\it Gr\"obner Bases and Integer Programming}, in MAA
Short Course on Computational Commutative Algebra and Applications,
at Joint Mathematics Meetings in Baltimore, MD, 1/10/1998
\item{6.} {\it Canonical Curves and the Petri Scheme}, 33 Years
of Gr\"obner Bases Conference at RISC-Linz, Austria, 2/20/1998
\item{7.} {\it Signal Processing and Commutative Algebra}, in
SIMU Colloquium, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, 7/20/2000
\item{8.} {\it Solving the Selesnick-Burrus Filter Design Equations},
in AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra and Applications,
Sectional Meeting in Hoboken, NJ, 4/29/2001
\item{9.} {\it Applications of Computational Commutative Algebra
in Signal Processing}, Grostat V Conference, Tulane University,
New Orleans, LA, 9/4/2001
\item{10.} {\it Applications of Computational Algebraic
Geometry in Signal Processing}, Memorial Conference for Ruth Michler,
Annapolis, MD, 10/28/2001
\item{11.} {\it Counting the Number of Solutions of A System of
Polynomial Equations}, SIMU Colloquium, University of Puerto Rico
at Humacao, 6/21/2002
\item{12.} {\it An Application of Symbolic Computational Algebra
in Signal Processing}, Fields Institute SCA2002 Conference,
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 7/15/2002
\item{13.} {\it Order Domains}, UC Berkeley/MSRI Computational
Algebra Seminar, 2/10/2003.
\item{14.} {\it Error-Correcting Codes from Algebra and Geometry},
Loyola Marymount University Mathematics Colloquium, 3/20/2003.
\item{15.}  {\it An Application of Symbolic Computational Algebra
in Signal Processing}, MSRI Resultants Seminar, 3/26/2003.
\item{16.}  {\it Order Domains}, Tulane University Mathematics
Colloquium, 4/24/2003.
\item{17.}  {\it Order Domains}, MSRI Commutative Algebra Seminar,
4/28/2003.
\item{18.} {\it Error-Correcting Codes from Algebra and Geometry},
Texas A\&M University Algebra-Combinatorics Seminar, 7/10/2003.
\item{19.} {\it Error-Correcting Codes from Algebra and Geometry},
Minicourse at SACNAS Annual Meeting, 10/2/2003.
\item{20.}  {\it Order Domains and Generalized Goppa Codes},
AMS Special Session on Coding and Design-Theoretic Applications of
Polynomials, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Phoenix, AZ, 1/7/2004.
\item{21.} {\it Applications of Computational Commutative Algebra
in Statistics}, Clemson University Algebra and Discrete Math Seminar,
2/5/2004.
\item{22.}  {\it Error-Correcting Codes from Algebra and Geometry},
Minicourse at SACNAS Annual Meeting, 9/25/2004.
\item{23.}  {\it An Introduction to Computational
Commutative Algebra and an Application in Statistics}, WPI Mathematics
Department Colloquium, 1/14/2005.
\item{24.}  {\it An Introduction
to Computational Commutative Algebra and an Application in Statistics},
Oberlin College Mathematics Colloquium, 5/5/2005.
\item{25.}  {\it Symmetry in Music}, Mathematics Institute at
SACNAS Annual Meeting, 10/1/2005.
\item{26.}  {\it Toric Codes}, Valley Geometry Seminar, U. Mass. Amherst,
3/31/06.
\item{27.}  {\it Gr\"obner Bases for Encoding of Certain Codes from
Order Domains}, D1 Workshop on Gr\"obner bases in Coding Theory, RISC-Linz,
5/1/06.
\item{28.}  {\it Error-Correcting Codes from Algebra and Geometry},
Minicourse at Texas Algebraic Geometry Seminar Workshop, 5/17 - 5/19/06.
\item{29.}  {\it Toric Codes}, Texas Algebraic Geometry Seminar, Texas
A \& M University, 5/20/06.
\item{30.}  {\it Toric Codes}, Northeast Discrete Math Day, Holy Cross,
11/11/06.
\item{31.}  {\it Mathematics and Music}, Northeastern Sectional Meeting
of the MAA, Sacred Heart University, 11/18/06.
\item{32.}  {\it Gr\"obner bases and polynomial equations}, University
of South Alabama Mathematics Department Colloquium, 4/5/07.
\item{33.}  {\it Order domains}, University of South Alabama Algebra
Seminar, 4/6/07.
\item{34.}  {\it Toric Codes}, AMS Special Session on Linear Codes Over
Rings and Modules, Kalamazoo, 10/17/2008.
\item{35.}  {\it Error-Correcting Codes from Algebra}, SACNAS National
Meeting, 10/16/09.
\item{36.}  {\it Mathematics Courses in the Montserrat Program at the College
of the Holy Cross}, Session on First-Year Seminar/First-Year Experience
Mathematics Courses, MAA MathFest, Lexington, KY, 8/4/2011.
\item{37.}  {\it Was ``Pythagoras'' a Babylonian?}, Amherst College
Mathematics Colloquium, 9/29/2011.
\item{38.}  {\it List Decoding for AG Codes using Gr\"obner Bases}, Session on
Applications of Algebraic Geometry to Coding Theory and Cryptography, SIAM
Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry, Raleigh, NC, 10/8/2011.
\item{39.}  {\it Environmental Mathematics in a First Year Program}, MAA Session
on Climate Change and Sustainability, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Boston,
1/7/2012.
\item{40.}  {\it Continua of central configurations with a negative mass in the $n$-body problem}, AMS Special Session on Celestial Mechanics, Joint Mathematics Meetings, San
    Diego, 1/9/2013.
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\leftline{\bf GRANTS}
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\item{1.}  Co-PI with D. Cox (Amherst College) and D.O'Shea (Mount Holyoke
College) on NECUSE (Pew Charitable Trusts) grant in 1988 for \$35,000
entitled {\it Computational Algebraic Geometry}.
\item{2.}  Co-PI with E. Cattani (University of MA), M. Conway
(Longmeadow HS), D. Cox (Amherst College), R. Currier (Smith College),
T. Garrity (Williams College), K. Hoffman (Hampshire College), and
D. O'Shea (Mount Holyoke College) on a three year (1990-1993) NSF grant
DMS-9013220 for \$1,425,835, entitled {\it Geometry in
the Machine Age: A Regional Geometry Institute}.
\item{3.}  Co-PI with D.Cox (Amherst College) and D.O'Shea (Mount Holyoke
College) on NSF Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Development (CCD)
grant (1996-7) DUE-9666132, for \$45,004, entitled {\it Computational Algebra and Geometry}.

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\leftline{\bf OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES}
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\item{$\bullet$} Reviewer for {\sl Mathematical Reviews}
\item{$\bullet$} Referee for {\sl Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra},
{\sl Journal of Symbolic Computation}, {\sl IEEE Transactions on
Information Theory}, {\sl Computers and Mathematics}, {\sl Advances in
Applied Mathematics}, {\sl Mathematics of Computation}, {\sl Computers
and Mathematics}, {\it Applied Mathematics Letters}, {\sl Experimental Mathematics}, {\sl AAECC}
(Applicable Algebra in Engineering, Communication), {\sl SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics},
{\sl Finite Fields and Applications}, {\sl American Mathematical Monthly}, {\sl College Mathematics Journal}
\item{$\bullet$} Grant proposal reviewer for the National Science Foundation, AMS-NSA program
\item{$\bullet$} Book reviewer for Academic Press, W.H.Freeman,
D.C.Heath, Springer Verlag, Wiley

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\leftline{\bf MEMBERSHIPS}
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   \item{}American Mathematical Society
   \item{}Mathematical Association of America
%   \item{}IEEE, Information Theory Society
   \item{}SACNAS (Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and
   Native Americans in Science)

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