Pedram Safari

Mathematics Preceptor

Harvard University
One Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: (617) 495 1938
Fax: (617) 495 5132
safari@math.harvard.edu
http://math.harvard.edu/~safari/

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Interests. Global Analysis, Differential Geometry, Gauge Theory, Geometric Evolution Equations, Mathematics Education and Pedagogy

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Preceptor. To develop a mathematical curriculum for graduate students in social sciences to satisfy their ever-growing needs in methematical methods and modelling, as coming up in the study of various social phenomena, in disciplines as diverse as public health, psychology, education, government, social policy making, etc. Other responsibilities include mentoring graduate students in their mathematical projects and theses, as well as organizing workshops on various topics of interest, such as dynamical systems, game theory, network theory, optimization, etc.

Supervisor.

  2. Amin Gholampour, Symplectic Thom Conjecture, a review of the work of Szabó and Ozsváth, M.S. thesis, Sharif University, July 2002.
  1. Seyyed Mohsen Khalkhali, Finslerian Geometry as a Generalization of Riemannian Geometry, M.S. thesis, Sharif University, Oct. 2001.

Instructor. Responsibilities included preparing course materials, lecturing to classes of at most 30 students, designing quizzes and exams and assigning final grades. For most of these courses I have set up class pages, some of which may still be viewed at departmental websites. Courses range from elementary college courses as Pre-Calculus, College Algebra and Trigonometry, Linear Algebra, Calculus sequence, Introduction to Modern Analysis, and Elementary Differential Topology, to more advanced gradaute courses as Geometry of Manifolds II, Topics in the Geometry of Manifolds and Introduction to Seiberg-Witten theory....
I have also developed (and am developing) courses for graduate students in social sciences to provide them with the necessary intuition and skills in using mathematics.

Teaching Assistant. These involved 2--3 hours per week demonstrating principles and discussing problems using the computer algebra system Mathematica as well as the blackboard. Other responsibilities include holding office hours, holding review sessions and grading. I have assisted Calculus I-IV, Basic Topology, Honors Math, Modern Analysis and Modern Algebra.

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Languages

Persian (native), English (fluent), French (good; DELF: A2), Italian (fair), Arabic (good in reading), German (fair in reading), HTML (good), Java (fair).

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Last updated Thursday, January 15, 2009.
Pedram Safari, safari@math.harvard.edu