- Joseph E. Yukich
- Professor of Mathematics
Mailing address: 14 East Packer Ave, Christmas-Saucon,
Bethlehem,
Pa. 18015
Phone: (610) 758-3729
Fax: (610) 758-3767
Email: joseph.yukich@lehigh.edu
Research interests:
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Random geometric structures: random sequential packing, ballistic
deposition models. Voronoi graphs, nearest neighbor graphs
on random point sets.
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Subadditive Euclidean functionals on random point sets.
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Random graphs.
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Euclidean combinatorial optimization: traveling salesman problem,
minimal spanning tree, minimal matching on random point sets.
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Spatial statistics.
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Empirical processes.
Biographical:
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BA, Oberlin College, 1978
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Ph.D., MIT, 1983
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Fulbright Junior Lectureship Award, Universite de Strasbourg, France
(1983-1984)
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Assistant Professor, Universite de Strasbourg (1984-1985)
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Fulbright Senior Lectureship Award, Universite de Strasbourg, France
(1990-1991)
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Visiting Professor, Cornell University (1994)
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Professor of Mathematics, Lehigh University (1985-present)
Recent Publications
Books:
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Probability Theory of Classical Euclidean Optimization Problems,
Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1998, vol. 1675.
Ph.D. Students:
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Charles Redmond, Ph.D. in 1993
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Katherine McGivney, Ph.D. in 1997
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Kuntal McElroy, Ph.D. in 1997
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Daniel Rose, Ph.D. in 2000
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Beth Shimkus, Ph.D. in 2004
- Nathan Shank, Ph.D in 2006
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