Matthew Burke

ubiquitous computing, computational thinking, combinatorial game theory, mathematical ecology

Ph.D., 1996, Mathematics, Washington State University

M.S., 1992, Computer Science, Washington State University

B.A., 1989, Mathematics and Computer Science, Earlham College

Although I often list ubiquitous computing as one of my interests, I am primarily interested in ubiquitous access to information and how that impacts education and research. I am currently developing tools to assist software developers make use of information while programming. On days when I am feeling more mathematically inclined, I am interested in combinatorial game theory (not to be confused with game theory a la Nash or Von Neumann). Combinatorial games are two-player games of perfect information: think go, chess, amazons, etc. Recently I have begun work exploring a class of impartial games which I refer to as multi-dimensional. I have also worked in the past using mathematical and computational techniques to study ecological problems such as weed spread and feeding behavior of whales. I intend to begin new investigations in this area soon.

Selected Publications

1. Burke, Matthew, Lua and Web Programming. Lua Programming Gems. , R. IERUSALIMSCHY, W. CELES and L. HENRIQUE DE FIGUEIREDO, Eds., In preparation.



2. Burke, Matthew, Lua Data Structures. Lua Programming Gems. , R. IERUSALIMSCHY, W. CELES and L. HENRIQUE DE FIGUEIREDO, Eds., In preparation.



3. Burke, Matthew, Prototype-based Languages (Workshop Abstract) , The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Volume 21, Number 2, pp. 215-216, December 2005.



4. Burke, Matthew, The .LRN Course Management Framework (Workshop Abstract). , The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges., Volume 20, Number 3, pp 2-3, February 2005.



5. Burke, Matthew, Instant Messaging and Course Diaries , The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 270—274, May 2004.



6. Burke, Matthew, Monitoring Aerosols, Ozone and Trace Gases , Lecture Notes from the 1992 NOAA Colloquium on Operational Environmental Prediction., pp. 68—77, January 1995.



7. Burke, Matthew, Great Lakes Hydrology , Lecture Notes from the 1992 NOAA Colloquium on Operational Environmental Prediction, pp. 413—427, January 1995.



8. Burke, Matthew, Wave Forecasting , Lecture Notes from the 1992 NOAA Colloquium on Operational Environmental Prediction, pp. 498—504, January 1995.



9. Burke, Matthew, A Review of the Cellular System for Cellular Automaton-Based Models. , Natural Resource Modeling, Volume 7, Number 3, pp.295—298, Summer 1993.



10. Burke, Matthew, Random Variables in Forth. , SIGFORTH Newsletter, Volume 3, Number 3, pp. 21—24., January 1992.