Esther M. Arkin Professor Address Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics Math Tower 1-106 Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11794-3600 Phone: (631) 632-8363 Fax: (631) 632-8490 E-mail: estie@ams.sunysb.edu Education Ph.D in Operations Research, Stanford University, August, 1986. M.S. in Operations Research, Stanford University, June, 1983. B.S. in Mathematics, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, June, 1981. Previous Appointments Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Tel-Aviv University, Israel School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University Past and Present Research Interests Computational Geometry, Combinatorial Optimization, Computer Vision, Robotics, Scheduling, Design and Analysis of Algorithms Support by Funding Agencies and Industry National Science Foundation SPIR (SUNY Stony Brook Syngen Corporation) HRL Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories Fulbright Courses Taught AMS 301: Finite Mathematical Structures A AMS 341: Operations Research 1: Deterministic Models AMS 540: Linear Programming AMS 546: Network Flows Honors and Awards 1997 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences 1993 Dean's Award for Excellence in Research Publications/Patents 35 Journal articles 40 Conference papers