KaiHo Tommy Wong
938 Eagle Heights, Apt B
Madison, WI 53705
[email protected]
(312) 662-3985
Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Ph.D. in Mathematics, minor in Analysis
Expected May 2016
- Thesis Advisor: Laurentiu Maxim
- Thesis Title: Twisted Alexander Polynomials of Hypersurface Complements
University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Master of Arts in Mathematics
May 2011
University of Illinois-Chicago
- Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Summa cum laude, GPA: 4.0/4.0
May 2009
- Minor in Economics, Honors College
Teaching
Experience
Instructor, Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW)
1. Mathematics for Teaching: Numbers and Operations
Fall 2014 - Fall 2015
- Math 130 is the first of the three math courses which focus on the Mathematics needed for
teaching in elementary and middle schools. This course is part of the elementary and special
education major requirements. The contents of the course include properties and operations of
real numbers, whole number divisibility, identification of finite decimal numbers with rational
numbers, and word problems. Class size is normally 20.
2. Math Tutorial Program
Spring 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2014
- The program aims to help struggling students with guided problem solving in a collaborative
learning environment. Students can enroll only with Mathematics department approval. Class
size ranges from 3 to 8.
3. Summer Enhancement Program - Algebraic Topology Summer 2013, Summer 2014
- It is a graduate level summer course, designed specifically for graduate students who aim to
pass the topology qualifying exam.
4. Beginning and Intermediate Algebra
Spring 2011, Fall 2011
- Math 101/112 was taught with online learning system: Pearson mymathlab, Hawkes. It
takes place at a computer lab with round tables, where each student has his/her own computer.
Class size is 24.
Teaching Assistant, Mathematics, UW
Fall 2009 - Fall 2013
- Held discussion sections of size 24 for Calculus I, Calculus II, and Business Calculus
Tutor, Mathematical Sciences Learning Center, UIC, Chicago, IL
Tutor, Learning Center, Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL
Fall 2008, Spring 2009
Fall 2005 - Spring 2009
Departmen- Mathlab Coordinator, Mathematics, UW
Spring 2015 - present
tal Service - Mathlab is a free, drop-in tutorial program of the Department of Mathematics at UW. It is staffed
Experience by math teaching assistants and some undergraduate students
• Assign undergraduate tutors’ working schedules, coordinate substitutions
• Keep a count of which teaching assistants have Mathlab duties and how many
• Handle inquires and complains
Member of Teaching Assistant Committee, Mathematics, UW
Fall 2014
• Refined teaching assistants’ responsibilities for the Department of Mathematics
• Read and analyzed students’ evaluations of teaching assistants’ performance
• Participated in the discussions of university policies regarding graduate student assistantship
SOAR Consultant, Student Orientation Admission and Registration, UW
Fall 2014
• Interpret university policies to students on a 1-1 basis at beginning of semesters
• Interact with the admissions office and other academic departments on students’ behalf to accelerate registration processes
• Evaluate credit transferring possibility from courses taken or from university-approval exams
aiming to avoid students repeating their course work
Seminar Organizer, Graduate Topology and Singularity Seminar, UW
Fall 2012 - present
• Initialized the semester, set goals and invite speakers
• Advertise the seminar by constant website updates and email reminders to potential audience
Teaching Assistant Coordinator, Mathematics, UW
Fall 2012
• Performed the duties as a teaching assistant for Calculus II
• Guided and advised inexperienced teaching assistants on how they run their sections
• Provided the course instructor with potential exam questions
Grader for Algebraic Topology, Mathematics, UW
Fall 2011 - Fall 2012, Spring 2014
• Graded weekly assignments for the Algebraic topology sequence
Consultant, Math Registration Helpdesk, UW
Spring 2011 - Fall 2015
• Interpreted registration policies to walk-in students on a 1-1 basis at beginning of semesters
• Authorized registration request for wait-listed courses if appropriate
• Advised students on course/section selections based on seat availability and students’ schedules
Grader for Calculus, Mathematics, UIC, Chicago, IL
Fall 2008, Spring 2009
• Graded weekly assignments for more than 100 students from Calculus courses
Preprints or “Twisted Alexander Polynomials of Hypersurface Complements” (submitted), arXiv:1501.06065.
Publications “On Betti Numbers of Milnor Fiber of Hyperplane Arrangements” (submitted), Joint work with
Y. Su, arXiv:1510.03770.
“Higher Order Degrees of Hyperplane Arrangements”, Joint work with Y. Su, In preparation.
Talks
Given
• Milnor Fiber of Complex Hyperplane Arrangements, Geometry and Topology Seminar, University
of Wisconsin-Madison – Dec 2015.
• Alexander Invariants and Application to Milnor Fiber of Arrangements, AMS Special Session on
Singularities in Algebra, Geometry, and Topology, Loyola University, Chicago – Oct 2015.
• Twisted Alexander Invariants and Application to Milnor Fiber of Arrangements, Computational
Geometric Topology in Arrangement Theory, ICERM-Brown University – July 2015.
• Twisted Alexander polynomials, Midwest Algebraic Geometry Graduate Conference, University
of Wisconsin-Madison – Dec 2012.
At Graduate Topology and Singularity Seminar, University of Wisconsin-Madison:
• Milnor Fiber of Complex Hyperplane Arrangements – Dec 2015.
• Twisted Alexander Invariant of Knots and Plane Curves – Sep 2015.
• Conjecture of Lower Bounds of Alexander polynomials – March 2014.
• Formula of Alexander polynomials of Plane Curves – April 2013.
• Fundamental Groups of Plane Curves Complements II – April 2013.
• Fundamental Groups of Plane Curves Complements I – Feb 2013.
• Euler Characteristics of Hypersurfaces with only Isolated Singularities – Nov 2012.
• Algebraic Links and Exotic Spheres – Sep 2012.
• Milnor Fibration and Milnor Fiber – Sep 2012.
Conference • AMS Special Session on Singularities in Algebra, Geometry and Topology, Loyola University,
& Schools
Chicago IL – Oct 2015.
Attended
• Computational Geometric Topology in Arrangement Theory, ICERM-Brown, RI – July 2015.
• Stratified spaces in geometric and computational topology and physics, Madison, WI – March
2015.
• Special session in knot theory, AMS Joint mathematics meetings, San Antonio, TX – Jan 2015.
• Special Session on singularities in geometry and topology at the 2nd PRIMA Congress, Shanghai
Jiaotong University, China – June 2013.
• Summer school on hyperplane arrangements by Alex Dimca, Hefei, China – May 2013.
• Midwest algebraic geometry graduate conference, Madison, WI – Dec 2012.
• CMI summer school on the resolution of singular algebraic varieties, Austria – June 2012.
• Singularities in the Midwest II, Madison, WI – March 2012.
• Singularities in the Midwest I, Madison, WI – March 2010.
Honors
& Awards
NSF Research Assistantship, UW
Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2016
AMS travel fund award
Dean’s List, UIC, Chicago, IL
Alexander Award, UIC, Chicago, IL
Best Tutor Award, Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL
Fall 2015
Spring 2007 - Spring 2009
Fall 2008
2007
Citizenship United States
Languages
English (Fluent-Written and Spoken), Mandarin (Fluent-Written and Spoken), Cantonese (Native)
Skills
LATEX, Microsoft office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), SQL, Experience with ISIS, blackboard,
piazza, Learn@UW
Activities
Actuarial Club, UW-Madison
Math Club, Vice President, UIC
Others
Passed Society of Actuaries Exam P/1, Exam FM/2, Exam C/4
Teaching
& Services
Reference
Diane Rivard, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Research
Reference
Laurentiu Maxim, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Oh Hoon Kwon, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Anatoly Libgober, University of Illinois-Chicago.
Alexandru Suciu, Northeastern University.
Alexandru Dimca, Université Nice.
José Ignacio Cogolludo Agustı́n, Universidad de Zaragoza.
Spring 2008 - Spring 2009