Rick Cornez Ph.D.

• Ph.D., mathematics, University of New Mexico
• M.S., mathematics, University of New Mexico
• B.S., mathematics, Case Western Reserve University

Rick Cornez is involved in statistical consulting with industry, develops simulations to illustrate concepts in probability and statistics, and has co-authored programming textbooks using ActionScript 3.0.

His research includes probability theory and applied mathematics, with particular emphasis on Markov chains, discrete stochastic processes, and Monte Carlo methods. He has written simulation modules in MacroMind Director and Flash to demonstrate probability concepts. Along with colleagues Mike Bloxham and Steve Morics, he designed the university’s Mathematics Consulting Laboratory course and presented research on the course in South Africa.

Cornez, Rick and Cornez, Trish. Android Programming for Mobile Development. Jones and Bartlett Learning, 2017.

Cornez, Rick and Cornez, Trish. An Introduction to Programming with ActionScript 3.0. Jones and Bartlett Learning, 2015.

• “An Animated Simulation of Traffic Models for Probability.” American Mathematical Society and Mathematical Association of America National Meetings, San Diego, January 2008.
• “An Undergraduate Statistical Consulting Laboratory.” MAA MathFest, Mathematical Association of America, Providence, Rhode Island, August 2004.
• “A Mathematical Consulting Lab.” American Mathematical Society and Mathematical Association of America National Meetings, Washington, D.C., January 2000.
• “Simulation Before Sampling.” MAA MathFest, Mathematical Association of America, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Canada, July 1998.
• “The Mathematics of Juggling.” Hentschke Hall Seminar Series, University of Redlands, October 1997.
• “Using the Internet in the Classroom.” American Statistical Association National Meetings, Anaheim, California, June 1997.

• Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Redlands, 1996
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory Faculty Fellow, 1987
• Fulbright Award, Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Botswana, 1986

• Association for Computing Machinery
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers