Thomas Edward Blum
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Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
215.951.1139 blum@lasalle.edu http://www.lasalle.edu/~blum |
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EDUCATION
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1987-1991 |
Ph.D. in Physics Thesis: Strongly Interacting Quantum Systems in Low Dimensions |
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1985-1987 |
M.A. in Physics Sproull Fellowship |
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1981-1985 |
B.A. in Physics Presidential Scholarship, Summa Cum Laude, Physics Department Award |
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TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
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1998-Present |
Assistant Professor |
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2003 – 2005 |
Director of the M.S. Computer Information Science and M.S. Information Technology Leadership programs |
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1996-1998 |
Research and Teaching Assistant |
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1993-1996 |
Research Assistant and Tutor |
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1991-1993 |
Research Assistant |
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1985-1991 |
Research and Teaching Assistant |
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1981-1985 |
Tutor and Physics Laboratory Liaison |
COURSES TAUGHT
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CSC 151 |
Introduction to Computing Packages Fall 98 (3 sections), Summer 99, and Spring 00 |
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CSC 152 |
Introduction to Computing: Mathematics/Science
Applications
Fall 98 (2 sections), Spring 99 (2 sections), Fall 99 (2 sections), Spring 00, and Fall 00 |
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CSC 157/CSC 230 |
Computing and Problem Solving
Fall 98, Spring 99 and Spring 00 (C/C++), Fall 01 (Java), Fall 03, and Fall 05 (Visual Basic .NET) |
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CSC 264/CSC 240 |
Database Management Systems Fall 02 and Fall 04 |
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CSC 265 |
Visual Basic Programming/PC Applications Spring 01, Spring 02 (2 sections), and Spring 03 (VB .NET) |
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CSC 362/CSIT 362/CSIT 220 |
Communication Networks and Cooperative Processes Fall 01, Spring 02, Fall 03, and Fall 04 |
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CSC 370/CSIT 301 |
Computer Architecture and Hardware Spring 03, Spring 04, Spring 05, and Spring 06 |
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CSIT 321 |
Client Support Systems Fall 05 |
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CSD 340 |
Web Scripting Spring 05 and Spring 06 |
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PHY 105 |
General Physics I Fall 99, Summer 00, Fall 00, Summer 01, and Fall 02 |
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PHY 106 |
General Physics II Spring 99, Summer 00, Spring 01, and Summer 01 |
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PYL 105 |
General Physics Laboratory I
Fall 99 (2 sections), Summer 00, Fall 00, Summer 01, Fall 02, and Fall 05 |
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PYL 106 |
General Physics Laboratory II Spring 99 (2 sections), Spring 00, Summer 00, Spring 01, Summer 01, and Spring 03 (2 sections) |
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PHY 201 |
Digital Electronics and Logic Fall 99, Fall 00 (2 sections), Fall 01, Fall 02, Fall 03, Fall 04, and Fall 05 |
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PHY 202 |
Basic Electronics Spring 00, Spring 01, Spring 02, Spring 03, Spring 04, and Spring 06 (2 sections) |
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CIS 500 |
Problem Solving and Programming Summer 01, Fall 01, and Summer 02 |
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CIS 530 |
Programming Graphical User Interfaces Spring 03 |
PUBLICATIONS
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T. Blum and M. McCoey, “On Teaching Web Scripting to Multimedia Students,” in preparation. |
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T. Blum, “An Information Theory Analysis of Grade Inflation,” in preparation. |
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T. Blum and M. McCoey, “Incorporating Business
into a Computer Science Curriculum: A Multi-Tiered Approach”, accepted by
The Eastern Region of the Consortium for Computing Sciences
in Colleges. Mar. 2006 |
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T. Blum, “Presidential Memory”, The Code Project, <<http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/VbNetPresidMemory.asp>>, May 2004 |
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J.S. Frasier, V. Celli and T. Blum, "Resonant processes in a frozen gas," Phys. Rev. A 59, 4358 (1999). |
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S. J. Phillipson, M. A. Moore and T. Blum, "Nonlocal conductivity in high-temperature superconductors," Phys. Rev. B 57, 5512 (1998). |
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A. J. Dolgert, T. Blum, A. T. Dorsey and M. Fowler, "Nucleation and growth of the superconducting phase in the presence of a current," Phys. Rev. B 57, 5432 (1998). |
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T. Blum and M. A. Moore, "Perturbation studies of the conductivity in the vortex-liquid regime," Phys. Rev. B 56, 372 (1997). |
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T. Blum and A. J. McKane, "Variational schemes in the Fokker-Planck equation," J. Phys. A 29, 1859 (1996). |
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T. Blum and A. J. McKane, "Improved perturbation theory for the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation," Phys. Rev. E 52, 4741 (1995). |
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T. Blum and M. A. Moore, "Failure of hydrodynamics within the vortex-liquid regime," Phys. Rev. B 51, 15359 (1995). |
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M. A. Moore, T. Blum, J. P. Doherty, M. Marsili, J-P. Bouchaud and P. Claudin, "Glassy solution to the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation," Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 4257 (1995). |
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R. K. P. Zia and T. Blum "An introduction to the statistical mechanics of driven diffusive systems," in Scale Invariance, Interfaces and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics, A. McKane, M. Droz, J. Vannimenus and D. Wolf, eds. (Plenum Press, New York 1995). |
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T. Blum, "A variational study of directed polymers in disordered media with short-ranged correlations," J. Phys. A 27, 645 (1994). |
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T. Blum and Y. Shapir, "Lattice magnetic walks." J. Phys. A 27, 295 (1994). |
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Y. Y. Goldschmidt and T. Blum, "Manifolds in random media: Multifractal behavior," Phys. Rev. E 48, 161 (1993). |
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Y. Y. Goldschmidt and T. Blum, "Directed polymers in a random medium: Universal scaling behavior of the probability distribution," Phys. Rev. E 47, R2979 (1993). |
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T. Blum and Y. Y. Goldschmidt, "Directed paths in a complex random potential: Effects of long-range correlations of the disorder," J. Phys. A 25, 6517 (1992). |
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Y. Y. Goldschmidt and T. Blum, "Directed walks with complex random weights: Phase diagram and replica symmetry breaking," J. Phys. I France 2, 1607 (1992). |
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T. Blum and Y. Y. Goldschmidt, "Directed paths with random phases," Nuc. Phys. B 380, 588 (1992). |
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T. Blum, Y. Shapir and D. S. Koltun, "Replica approach to directed Feynman paths in random media," J. Phys. I France 1, 613 (1991). |
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T. Blum, D. S. Koltun and Y. Shapir, "Ground-state energy for `charged' bosons in one dimension," Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 2417 (1991). |
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T. Blum and Y. Shapir, "A soluble seven-vertex model for clusters with interfacial bending energy," J. Phys. A 23, L511 (1990). |
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T. Blum, C. R. Hagen and S. Ramaswamy, "Flux-carrying fermions and the second virial coefficient," Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 709 (1990). |
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T. Blum and Y. Shapir, "The nearest-neighbor resonating-valence bond state in a Grassmannian form," J. Stat. Phys. 59, 333 (1990). |
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Y. Shapir and T. Blum, "Grassmannian approach to the resonating-valence-bond state of the 2D Heisenberg antiferromagnet," Mod. Phys. Lett. B 3, 925 (1989). |
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/DEVELOPMENT
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Summer 2006 |
Audited CIS 623 N-Tier Architecture. |
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Summer 2006 |
Took International Webmasters Association/HTML Writers Guild (IWA-HWG) e-Class on Adobe Illustrator. |
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Summer 2006 |
Supervised the independent study of Greg Lutz ( |
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Mar. 2006 |
Attended ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Education, including workshops on Computer Security Essentials: System Footprinting and Vulnerability Assessment, Computer Security Essentials: Intrusion Detection and System Defense, and Digital Media: Why Do We Need It, and How Do We Teach It As REAL Computer Science. |
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Fall 2005 |
Supervised the independent studies of Francine Wilson and Alicia Stonesifer ( |
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Aug. 2005 |
Attended ACM SIGCOMM Conference on Computer Communications. |
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July 2005 |
Presented a four-day workshop on PHP and MySQL. |
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June 2005 |
Attended workshop on ASP.NET 2005,
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Feb. 2005 |
Attended ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Education, including workshops
on Teaching
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Spring 2005 |
Supervised the independent studies of Henry Daum (Student Curricular Progress Tracking Program) and David Mitchell (Computer Games/ Simulations and Learning in the Net Generation). |
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Fall 2004 |
Audited CSC 340 Database Windows and Internet Applications. |
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May 2004 |
Attended Dart Workshops on Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Dreamweaver, XML, PHP and Quark. Attended CIO Forum. |
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July 2003 |
Attended
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Fall 2002 |
Supervised the independent study of Jim Keller (Network Programming in Native C). |
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June 2002 |
Attended Microsoft Workshop on VS.NET,
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2002 to Present |
Member of the Association of Computing Machinery. |
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Fall 2001 |
Audited graduate CIS course Internet Programming, La Salle University MS-CIS Program. |
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Summer 2001 |
Participated in Java Workshop Summer 2001,
Developed materials for CSC 157 migration to Java. Dean’s fund. |
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Spring 2000 |
Audited two graduate CIS courses, Programming in Java and Hands-on Networking, La Salle University MS-CIS Program. |
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1998-1999 |
Refereed for Physical Review. |
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UNIVERSITY SERVICE
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Summer 2006 |
Reviewed graduate catalog entries for MS-CIS and MS-ITL programs. Assisted with program and attended IT Leadership Panel (IT Crisis on the Horizon: Increasing Demands with a Reduced Labor Pool. What's a CIO to do?) |
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Spring 2006 |
Served on Community Development Advisory Board. Served as a Freshman Advisor. Reviewed student resumes. Reviewed DART senior portfolios.
Coauthored (with Linda Elliott) NSF S-STEM Grant proposal
for student scholarships. Attended Charter Week Teaching workshop. Attended Computer Science Advisory Board meetings. |
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Fall 2005 |
Helped administer the Putnam exam. Volunteered to help IT connect dormitory students to the network. Served on Community Development Advisory Board. Served as a Freshman Advisor. Reviewed student resumes. Manned table at one undergraduate Open House event. Served as reader for a graduate capstone project (Flynn). Attended Computer Science Advisory Board meetings. Hosted Ed Malinowski of Keystone Mercy Health Plan in CSIT 321, Client Support, as part of the Executive on Campus Event |
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Summer 2005 |
Reviewed graduate catalog entries for MS-CIS and MS-ITL programs. |
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Spring 2005 |
Served on Community Development Advisory Board. Assisted M. McCoey in the development of the MS-CIS and MS-ITL graduate certificate program. Attended Charter Week Teaching workshop. Reviewed DART senior portfolios. Attended Computer Science Advisory Board meetings. |
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Fall 2004 |
Helped administer the Putnam exam. Assisted with Digital Art workshop. Volunteered to help IT connect dormitory students to the network. Served on CSC faculty search committee. Manned table at two graduate Open House events. Attended two graduate orientation sessions. Served on Community Development Advisory Board. Served as a Freshman Advisor. Helped organize two Computer Science Advisory Board meetings. Helped organize the fall panel and alumni event. Served as reader for a graduate capstone project (Balkan/Gaines). Solicited graduate capstone readers. Attended graduate capstone reviews. |
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Summer 2004 |
Manned table at two graduate Open House events. Welcomed students to MAT Preparation course at Bucks campus. Implemented MS-CIS and MS-ITL Warranty program. Aided in the recruitment of new Computer Science Advisory Board members. Attended Freshman Advising Workshop. Solicited graduate capstone readers. Revised graduate catalog. Revised program website. Served as reader for two graduate capstone projects (Huis and Michvech/McSherry). Attended graduate capstone reviews. |
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Spring 2004 |
Manned table at two graduate Open House events and one undergraduate Open House event. Reviewed student resumes. Attended talks of candidates for MIS faculty position.
Designed and implemented a database for the
Served on Student Funding Board. Prepared syllabi and course material for Education Department state review. Helped organize two Computer Science Advisory Board meetings. Aided in the recruitment of new Computer Science Advisory Board members. Solicited graduate capstone readers. Served as reader for a graduate capstone project (Hibbshman/Lyons). Attended graduate capstone reviews. |
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Fall 2003 |
Administered the Putnam exam. Assisted with Digital Art workshop. Volunteered to help IT connect dormitory students to the network. Attended talks of candidates for CSC faculty position. Manned table at two graduate Open House events. Reviewed student resumes. Served on Student Funding Board. Helped prepare a report to the State Department of Education for final approval of the MS-Information Technology Leadership program. Helped organize two Computer Science Advisory Board meetings. Helped organize the fall panel and alumni event. Solicited graduate capstone readers. Attended graduate capstone reviews. |
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Summer 2003 |
Manned table at three graduate Open House events. Developed software to generate student progress reports. Revised graduate catalog. Revised program website. |
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Spring 2003 |
Member of the Programming Subcommittee
for departmental curriculum revision.
Member of the Networking Subcommittee
for departmental curriculum revision.
Served on Student Funding Board. Manned table at two undergraduate Open House events. Served on the Department Board.
Student resume review. |
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Fall 2002 |
Helped administer the Putman exam. Volunteered to help IT connect dormitory students to the network. Manned table at one undergraduate Open House event. Served on the Department Board. Served on the Student Funding Board. Student resume review. |
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Spring 2002 |
Member of the Departmental Board.
Manned table at two undergraduate Open House events. |
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Fall 2001 |
Helped administer the Putman exam.
Volunteered to help IT connect dormitory students to the network.
Assisted with Computer Science/Digital
Art workshop. Member of the Departmental Board.
Manned table at one undergraduate Open House event. |
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Spring 2001 |
Manned table at two undergraduate Open House events. |
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Fall 2000 |
Helped administer the Putman exam.
Assisted with Computer Science/Digital
Art workshop.
Manned table at two undergraduate Open House events. |
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Summer 2000 |
Administered Computer Science Competency Exams. |
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Spring 2000 |
Assisted with the installation of new computers in labs. Assisted at Discover-the-Difference/Open-House events. |
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Fall 1999 |
Helped administer the Putman exam.
Assisted at Discover-the-Difference/Open-House events. |
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Summer 1999 |
Administered Computer Science Competency Exams. |
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Spring 1999 |
Designed and implemented a web site for the
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Fall 1998 |
Helped administer the Putman exam.
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PRESENTATIONS
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Apr. 1998 |
T. Blum, Aspects of the Phenomenology of Superconductors, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, USA. |
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Mar. 1998 |
T. Blum and M. A. Moore, The nonlocal superfluid response, APS March Meeting
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Dec. 1997 |
T. Blum, M. A. Moore and S. J. Phillipson, Nonlocal conductivity in the vortex-liquid
regime,
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Oct. 1997 |
T. Blum, M. A. Moore and S. J. Phillipson, Nonlocal conductivity in the vortex-liquid regime, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA. |
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May 1997 |
T. Blum, M. A. Moore and S. J. Phillipson, Nonlocal conductivity in the vortex-liquid
regime,
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Mar. 1997 |
T. Blum and M. A. Moore, Perturbative studies of the conductivity in the vortex-liquid
regime, APS Meeting in
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Sept. 1996 |
T. Blum, M. A. Moore and S. J. Phillipson, Nonlocal conductivity in the vortex-liquid
regime,
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Mar. 1996 |
T. Blum and M. A. Moore, Nonlocal conductivity in the vortex-liquid regime,
APS Meeting in
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Feb. 1996 |
T. Blum, M. A. Moore, S. J. Phillipson and A. Kienappel, Aspects of the conductivity in the vortex-liquid regime, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. |
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Sept. 1995 |
T. Blum and A. J. McKane, Improved perturbation theory for the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation, European Network Conference on Disordered Systems and Information Processing, Cargese, France. |
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Mar. 1995 |
T. Blum and M. A. Moore, Failure of hydrodynamics within the vortex-liquid regime,
APS Meeting in
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Feb. 1995 |
T. Blum and M. A. Moore, Failure of hydrodynamics within the vortex-liquid regime,
Université de Fribourg,
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Jan. 1995 |
T. Blum and M. A. Moore, Failure of hydrodynamics within the vortex-liquid regime,
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Sept. 1994 |
T. Blum, M. A. Moore, J. P.Doherty, J.-P. Bouchaud and P. Claudin, Glassy solutions of the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation, European Network Conference on Disordered Systems and Information Processing, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. |
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Mar. 1994 |
T. Blum, Replica approach to directed polymers, Newton Institute for Mathematical
Sciences,
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Oct. 1993 |
T. Blum, Directed polymers: A variational replica approach,
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Mar. 1992 |
T. Blum and Y. Y. Goldschmidt, Directed random walks with random phases,
APS Meeting in
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Sept. 1991 |
T. Blum, Y. Shapir and D. S. Koltun, Complex directed polymers,
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Mar. 1991 |
T. Blum, D. S. Koltun and Y. Shapir, Ground-state energy for "charged" bosons in
one dimension, APS Meeting in
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