Jed Yang

Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Bethel University

Ph.D., Department of Mathematics, UCLA, under advisor Igor Pak

CC 221
3900 Bethel Dr.
St. Paul, MN 55112, USA

• Curriculum Vitae [PDF] (updated Aug 2024)

Teaching

• Office hours: Tuesday 10:55–11:55 and Friday 11:55–12:55; or by appointment (instructions)
• Spring 2025:
  • MAT 242 Introduction to Proofs
• Fall 2024:
  • COS 341 Computability and Complexity
• Spring 2024:
  • COS 216 Algorithms and Advanced Data Structures
  • MAT 241 Discrete Mathematics
• Fall 2023:
  • MAT 223 Multivariable Calculus
• Fall 2022:
  • MAT 125 Calculus 2
• Spring 2022:
  • COS 371 Organization of Programming Languages
• Interim 2022:
  • COS 100 Introduction to Programming
• Past teaching

FAQ

• new mod schedule starting Fall 2024

• how to attend office hours
• how to turn in homework when missing class (and what else to do)
• how best to scan handwritten homework
• how to use Mathematica at Bethel
• how to access journals/databases from off campus

Research

• Interests: computational complexity, combinatorics, decidability, discrete geometry, tilings
• Publications | Google Scholar | arXiv
• PhD Thesis [PDF] (approved May 2013)
• Research statement, abridged [PDF] (updated Jan 2018)
• Travel and talks