Profile

  • Title:
    Assistant Professor of Mathematics
  • Department:
    Humanities and Social Sciences

Olga Chuyan

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Background

Dr. Olga Chuyan joined Rivier University as a full-time faculty member in 2007. Prior to joining the University, she was an adjunct professor for both Rivier and Keene State College. In addition to teaching, she has experience as a consultant/mathematics subject expert for software engineers, scientific and mathematics text book editing and translation (from English to Russian), and as an aviation researcher. A key member of Rivier’s Mathematics and Computer Science Department, Dr. Chuyan teaches a wide range of courses in support of Rivier students’ education.

Education

  • Ph.D., Mathematics, Moscow State University
    Doctoral Dissertation: “Minimax Algorithms for Certain Classes of Extremum Problems”
  • M.S., Mathematics, Moscow State University

Specialties

  • Analytical Computational Complexity
  • Optimization Theory
  • Game Theory

Courses Taught

  • MA 123 Quantitative Literacy
  • MA 130 Functions
  • MA 165 Calculus I
  • MA 166 Calculus II
  • MA 210 Linear Algebra
  • MA 220 Calculus III
  • MA 310 Discrete Mathematics
  • MA 320 Classical Geometries
  • MA 330 Mathematical Statistics
  • MA 420 Abstract Algebra