People Involved

Amy N. Langville

Amy N. Langville is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at the College of Charleston, South Carolina. She first became interested in the mathematics of web search while doing a postdoctoral appointment with Carl Meyer at N.C. State University in Raleigh, NC. Since then, she and Carl have collaborated on numerous research and writing projects including their joint book, Google's PageRank and Beyond: The Science of Search Engine Rankings.

Dr. Tim Chartier

Dr. Tim Chartier received both a B.S. degree in applied mathematics and a M.S. degree in computational mathematics from Western Michigan University. After doctoral work in applied mathematics at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a postdoctoral position at the University of Washington, he arrived at Davidson College in 2003. Tim is a recipient of the Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Beginning College or University Mathematics Faculty Member from the Mathematical Association of America. He is also a Sloan Research Fellow for his work in numerical analysis.

Tanya Chartier

Tanya Chartier, Educational Therapist at The Davidson Center, received a B.A. degree in English Literature from Denison University and M.A. degree in the Teaching of Reading from Western Michigan University. Tanya studied literacy in Japan as a Fulbright Fellow in 1993-94. After her masters, Tanya taught middle school Theatre Arts and Reading in the public schools in Colorado and multi-age 4th/5th at a private school in Washington.

As artists, Tanya and Tim have trained at Le Centre du Silence mime school and Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theater. The Chartiers have also trained in master classes with Marcel Marceau. They have performed throughout the United States and in national and international settings.

Bernhard Kovacevich

Bernhard Kovacevich enrolled at the University of Washington after six years working as a Unix systems administrator. He received two degrees in June 2009: a B.S. in Mathematics and a B.S. in Numerical Methods and Scientific Computing. By studying mathematics and computer science Bernhard deepened his understanding of the scientific fields relevant to his career. Undergraduate research projects at the UW familiarized him with parallel computing, graph theory, and Markov chains. The knowledge and expertise he acquired during his experiences as an undergraduate make him a more effective programmer and researcher.

Filmmaker Ryan Dumville

Filmmaker Ryan Dumville studies film at Trident Technical College in Charleston, S.C. He also works for Science Applications International Corporation as well as The Gilz n Finz television show.

Emmeline Aghapour

Emmeline Aghapour received her B.S. in mathematics in 2007 and her M.S. in mathematics in 2008 both from the College of Charleston. While there, she conducted research and wrote a thesis with Dr. Amy Langville on clustering data sets. She is now an adjunct math professor at the College of Charleston and Trident Technical College. In the fall of 2009, she began her PhD program in mathematics education at North Carolina State University.

Kathryn Pedings

Kathryn Pedings graduated from the College of Charleston in 2008 with a B.S. in mathematics and a minor in secondary education. She is currently working towards a master's in mathematics at College of Charleston and conducting research on sports ranking with Dr. Amy Langville while teaching full time at a local public high school.