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In Chiang Mai, Thailand   Mirek Majewski

It is me, Mirek Majewski. On this web site you can find a lot about my professional life and a bit about the life of my family in Poland, Papua New Guinea, in Macau in China and in Emirates. I am sure that some of these pages look a bit exotic for you, but this is the the world where we used to live.

Short employment history

  • 2007 - ... Professor, College of Arts & Sciences, New York Institute of Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
  • 2001 - 2007: Professor at the College of Information Technology, Zayed University, 
    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
  • 1998 - 2001: Professor and Dean of School of Information Technology at the Inter-University Institute of Macao in China.
  • 1992 - 1998 Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and later Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, PNG University of Technology,  Lae, Papua New Guinea.
  • 1971 - 1992: Assistant Professor at the Nicholas Copernicus University in Poland.  

Contact data

  • Current Address:
    Miroslaw Majewski, Prof. Dr.
    New York Institute of Technology
    College of Arts and Sciences
    CERT Technology Park,
    P. O. Box 5464, Abu Dhabi,
    United Arab Emirates
  • E-mail: mirek.majewski(at)yahoo.com
  • Web sites: http://mirek.majewscy.net and http://majewski.wordpress.com
Biographical information
  • Born in Poland
  • M. Sc. in Geometry from Nicholas Copernicus University in Poland
  • Ph. D. in Quantum Logic and Finite Geometries from Nicholas Copernicus University in Poland

Highlights

  • The author of 8 books, 3 university textbooks about programming, publishing and computer graphics. My recent books about MuPAD were published by Springer Verlag.
  • Waterloo Maple Ambassador, MacKichan Software Inc. associate, SciFace GmBH associate
  • Dean of the School of Information Technology at the Inter-University Institute of Macau
  • The Editor of the PNG Journal of Mathematics, Computing & Education (1994-2004)
  • The Chairman of mathPAD conferences
  • The Editor in Chief of mathPAD Online (www.mathpad.org)
  • The Executive Editor of EMTJ (www.radford.edu/ejmt)
  • Co-chair and member of the IPC for the ATCM conference.
  • The Webmaster of the first WWW server at UNITECH and in Papua New Guinea

Research interests

  • Developing computer technology for mathematics
  • Using computer technology in teaching mathematics and scientific computing
  • Visualization of mathematical objects.

Current research projects (2007/2008)

  • Algorithmic properties of Chinese lattices - research project with Jiyan Wang from East China Normal University in Shanghai
  • MuPAD for the Classroom - research project on introducing CAS into undergraduate mathematics classes
  • Virtual Models - mathematical visualization project see http://mjv.50webs.com

My university lectures in last ten years

  • QANT301, QANT305, QANT 595 - Statistics and Quantitative Methods for Business and MBA students
  • MA161/2 - Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science Students
  • MA410 - Numerical Analysis
  • IT101 - Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
  • IT103 - Principles of Programming
  • IT332 - Principles of Interactive Computer Graphics
  • CIS340 - WWW Programming
  • ARTC401, CIS325, MA471 - Computer Graphics and Animation
  • MA466 - Desktop Publishing
  • ARTC351, CIS375, IT334, MA486 - WWW & Multimedia Development
 
    Last update February, 2009