Curriculum Vitae - Hung Ngoc Nguyen - Department of Mathematics ...

Curriculum Vitae - Hung Ngoc Nguyen
Department of Mathematics Phone: (330) 972-6731
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences Fax: (330) 374-8630
The University of Akron E-mail: hungnguyen@uakron.edu
Akron, OH 44325-4002 http://www.math.uakron.edu/˜hungnguyen
Appointments and Education
Assistant Professor, The University of Akron, 8/2010 - present.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Michigan State University, 8/2008 - 8/2010.
• Mentor: Professor Jonathan I. Hall.
Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Florida, 8/2003 - 8/2008.
• Title: Representations of finite groups of Lie type,
• Advisor: Professor Pham H. Tiep.
Lecturer, Vietnam National University, 9/2001 - 6/2003.
B.S. in Mathematics, Honors Program, Vietnam National University, 9/1997 - 6/2001.
• Title: Some investigations on William M. Singer’s complex,
• Advisor: Professor Hung H. V. Nguyen.
Research Interests
General: Algebra, group theory and generalizations (MSC 20).
Topics: Finite groups, groups of Lie type, representation theory, character theory, permutation
groups, and permutation modules.
Fellowships, Honors and Awards
Faculty Research Summer Fellowship, $10, 000, The University of Akron, 2011.
Keene Dissertation Fellowship from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of
Florida, Spring 2008.
University of Florida Alumni Fellowship, 8/2003 - 8/2007.
Travel support from the Center for Applied Mathematics, University of Florida, Summer
2007 & Spring 2008.
Publications
1. H.N. Nguyen, Irreducible restrictions of Brauer characters of the Chevalley group G2(q) to
its proper subgroups, J. Algebra 320 (2008), 1364 − 1390.
2. H.N. Nguyen, Representations of finite groups of Lie type, PhD dissertation, University
of Florida, 2008.
3. H.N. Nguyen and P.H. Tiep, with an appendix by F. Himstedt, Cross characteristic representations
of 3 D4(q) are reducible over proper subgroups, J. Group Theory 11 (2008),
657 − 668.
4. F. Himstedt, H.N. Nguyen, and P.H. Tiep, On the restriction of cross characteristic representations
of 2 F4(q) to proper subgroups, Arch. Math. 93 (2009), 415 − 423.
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5. H.N. Nguyen, Low-dimensional complex characters of the symplectic and orthogonal groups,
Comm. Algebra 38 (2010), 1157 − 1197.
6. J.I. Hall and H.N. Nguyen, The structure of rank 3 permutation modules for O ± 2n (2) and
Um(2) acting on nonsingular points, J. Algebra 333 (2011), 295 − 317.
7. H.N. Nguyen, Multiplicities of conjugacy class sizes of finite groups, J. Algebra 341 (2011),
250 − 255.
8. J.I. Hall and H.N. Nguyen, On the permutation modules for orthogonal groups O ± m(3)
acting on nonsingular points of their standard modules, J. Pure Appl. Algebra 216 (2012),
581 − 592.
9. H.N. Nguyen, H.P. Tong-Viet, and T.P. Wakefield, Simple linear groups P SL4(q) are determined
by the set of their character degrees, J. Algebra Appl., to appear.
10. H.N. Nguyen, Quasisimple classical groups and their complex group algebras, Israel J.
Math., to appear. arXiv:1108.2896
11. H.N. Nguyen, H.P. Tong-Viet, and T.P. Wakefield, On Huppert’s conjecture for the alternating
groups of low degrees, submitted. pdf file
Teaching Experience
Instructor, Department of Mathematics, The University of Akron, Fall 2010 - present.
• Math 411/511, Abstract Algebra I (Fall 2010)
• Math 412/512, Abstract Algebra II (Spring 2011)
• Math 335, Differential Equations (Spring 2011, Spring 2012)
• Math 221, Calculus I - Honors (Fall 2011)
• Math 307, Fundamentals of Advanced Mathematics (Fall 2011)
• Math 611, Topics in Algebra (Spring 2012)
Instructor, Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, Fall 2008 - Summer
2010.
• MTH 132, Calculus I (Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009)
• MTH 133, Calculus II (Fall 2008)
• MTH 418H, Honors Algebra (Fall 2009)
• MTH 310, Abstract Algebra I & Number Theory (Spring 2010)
• MTH 411, Abstract Algebra II (Spring 2010)
• MTH 490, Directed Studies (Spring 2010)
• MTH 481, Discrete Mathematics (Summer 2010)
Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, Fall 2006 - Summer
2008.
• MAC 1147, Precalculus: Algebra and Trigonometry (Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall
2007)
• MAC 2233, Survey of Calculus I (Summer 2008)
Instructor (in Vietnamese), Department of Mathematics, Mechanics and Informatics, Vietnam
National University, Fall 2001 - Spring 2003.
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• Calculus II (Fall 2001, Spring 2002)
• Calculus III (Fall 2001, Spring 2002)
• Linear Algebra (Fall 2002, Spring 2003)
Invited Talks and Colloquiums
Colloquium, University of Texas-Pan American, 4/2012.
Southern Regional Algebra Conference, Clayton State University, 3/2012.
AMS Spring Western Section Meeting: Linear and Permutation Representations, University
of Hawaii at Manoa, 3/2012.
Southwestern Group Theory Day, University of Arizona, 11/2011.
Group Theory Seminar, Ohio State University, 4/2011.
Southwestern Group Theory Day, University of Arizona, 11/2010.
AMS Sectional Meeting: Groups, Representations, and Characters, Notre Dame University,
11/2010
Colloquium, Oakland University, 4/2010.
Algebra Seminar, Bowling Green State University, 4/2010
Colloquium, The University of Akron, 3/2010.
Colloquium, Northern Illinois University, 3/2010
Southwestern Group Theory Day, University of Arizona, 11/2009.
Southern Regional Algebra Conference, University of South Alabama, 3/2009.
Southwestern Group Theory Day, University of Arizona, 11/2008.
Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego, California, 1/2008.
Conference on Group Representations and Combinatorics, University of Florida, 9/2007.
Seminar Talks
Algebra Seminar (3 talks), The University of Akron, 10/2011.
Algebra Seminar (2 talks), Kent State University, 9/2011.
Algebra Seminar (3 talks), The University of Akron, 2/2011.
Algebra Seminar (2 talks), Kent State University, 10/2010.
Algebra Seminar (3 talks), The University of Akron, 10/2010.
Group Theory Seminar, Michigan State University, 3/2010.
Group Theory Seminar (3 talks), Michigan State University, Fall 2009.
Group Theory Seminar (3 talks), Michigan State University, Spring 2009.
Group Theory Seminar (3 talks), Michigan State University, Fall 2008.
Algebra Seminar, Michigan State University, 9/2008.
Algebra Seminar, University of Florida, 9/2006.
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Invited Conferences
AMS Spring Western Section Meeting: Linear and Permutation Representations, Honolulu,
Hawaii, 3/2012.
AMS Sectional Meeting: Groups, Representations, and Characters, Notre Dame, 11/2010.
Southwestern Group Theory Day, University of Arizona, 11/2008 & 11/2009 & 11/2010 &
11/2011.
Southern Regional Algebra Conference, University of South Alabama, 3/2009.
Workshop on Lie Theory, MSRI, Berkeley, California, 3/2008.
Introductory Workshop on the Representation Theory of Finite Groups, MSRI, Berkeley, California,
2/2008.
Conference on Permutation groups, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Germany,
8/2007.
Conference on Group Representation Theory, Bernoulli center - EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland,
5-6/2005.
Professional Service
Review for Mathematical Reviews since 3/2009.
Referee for Algebras and Representation Theory, Communications in Algebra.
References
Available upon request...
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