Jay Wood's Home Page

Mail: Jay A. Wood				
      Department of Statistics
      Western Michigan University 
      1903 W Michigan Ave
      Kalamazoo MI 49008-5278

Physical Location:  3305 Everett Tower
Phone:   (269) 387-4542    Fax:  (269) 387-1419     Home: (269) 343-0020
Email:   jay(dot)wood(at)wmich(dot)edu

I am a professor of mathematics, now serving as interim chair of the Department of Statistics at Western Michigan University .  In past lives, I served as chair of the Department of Mathematics and as the Director of Academic Collective Bargaining for the university.     CV .  Official university photos: 2000 , 2007 .

Classes: 

Current term   (for courses in previous terms, click here )

Current Research Interests:

Algebraic coding theory, especially mathematical structure of linear codes over finite rings. For relevent papers and slides, click here .

Algebraic topology, especially the integral cohomology of classifying spaces of compact, connected Lie groups.  For relevent papers, click here .

Links:

Dave Benson's Groups, Representations and Cohomology Preprint Archive, click here .

Last update: May 16, 2008. Send comments to jay(dot)wood(at)wmich(dot)edu .