Daniel C. Cohen

Professor

Education

B.S.
 
mathematics
summa cum laude 
California Polytechnic State University,
San Luis Obispo
1986
 
M.S.mathematics Northeastern University1988
Ph.D.mathematics Northeastern University1992

Professional Experience

Visiting Research Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics   University of California, Davis 1992-1995
Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics   Louisiana State University 1995-2001
Honorary Fellow Department of Mathematics   University of Wisconsin 1999
Associate Professor Department of Mathematics   Louisiana State University 2001-2006
General Member Mathematical Sciences Research Institute 2004
Simons Visiting Professor Ruhr-Universität Bochum      Universität Bremen 2018
Professor Department of Mathematics   Louisiana State University 2006-present

Research

I like to study things like complex hyperplane arrangements, braid groups, and configuration spaces.
I've written some papers, organized some conferences... Some recent, ongoing, and upcoming ones:

On the topological complexity of manifolds with abelian
fundamental group, with L. Vandembroucq
Forum Mathematicum, published online September 25, 2021.   MR4333994
 
Parametrized topological complexity of collision-free motion
planning in the plane, with M. Farber and S. Weinberger
Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, published online 08 September 2022
 
Topology of parameterized motion planning algorithms,
with M. Farber and S. Weinberger
SIAM Journal on Applied Algebra and Geometry, 5 (2021), 229-249.
MR4272901
 
On graphic arrangement groups, with M. Falk
Advances in Applied Mathematics 126 (2021)
Special Issue: Dedicated to Joseph Kung     MR4224066
Topological Complexity and Motion Planning
Casa Matemática Oaxaca
Oaxaca, Mexico, May 29 - June 3, 2022
Co-Organizers: Jesús González and Lucile Vandembroucq
 
AATRN Topological Complexity Seminar
An online seminar focusing on topological complexity and related topics
Supported by the Applied Algebraic Topology Research Network
Co-Organizers: Jesús González and John Oprea
 
Topological Complexity and Motion Planning
Casa Matemática Oaxaca
Oaxaca, Mexico, September 17 - 20, 2020 (online)
Co-Organizers: Jesús González and Lucile Vandembroucq

Teaching

Fall 2022   MATH 4997   Geometry and Combinatorics of Polynomials      Moodle
Past Semesters  


Department of Mathematics
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA, 70803
Office: 372 Lockett
Phone: (225) 578-1576
Email:

www.math.lsu.edu/~cohen/index.html