Assistant Professor of Data Science and Mathematics

Year Joined RCNJ: 2020

Contact Information

• Phone: (201) 684-7329
• Email: dyuster@ramapo.edu
• Office: ASB 410
• Office Hours: via Webex

Education:

• Ph.D., Mathematics, Columbia University
• B.A., Mathematics (concentration in Computer Science), Cornell University

Courses Offered:

• Introduction to Data Science
• Ethics for Data Science
• Linear Algebra
• Scientific Problem Solving with Python

Research Interests:

• Combinatorics
• Polyhedral Geometry
• Machine Learning

Recent Publications

• E. Kupin and D. Yuster. Generalizations of the Goulden-Jackson cluster method. Journal of Difference Equations and Applications, 16:12:1463-1480, 2010.
• M.C. Rogers and D. Yuster. Insights from math-science collaboration at the high school level. In BioMath in the Schools, edited by M. Cozzens and F. Roberts, DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, Vol.76, 2011.
• I. Hallgrímsdóttir and D. Yuster. A complete classification of epistatic two-locus models. BMC Genetics, 9:17, 2008.
• P. Huggins, B. Sturmfels, J. Yu, and D. Yuster. The hyperdeterminant and triangulations of the 4-cube. Mathematics of Computation, 77(263):1653-1679, 2008.
• J. Yu and D. Yuster. Representing tropical linear spaces by circuits. In Proceedings of FPSAC ‘07, 2007.