Robert (Bob) Bosch ’85

  • James F. Clark Professor of Mathematics

Areas of Study

Education

  • BA, Oberlin College, 1985
  • MS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1987
  • PhD, Yale University, 1991 

Biography

Current Research Interest: Opt Art

Currently I am interested in using optimization to create pictures, portraits, and other works of art. See my TSP Art and Domino Artwork pages for examples.

  • "Opt Art", Math Horizons 14(3) (2006) 6-9.
  • "TSP Art" (with C.S. Kaplan), Proceedings of Bridges 2005 (2005) 303-310. See Craig Kaplan's marvelous TSP Art web page!
  • "Pointillism via Linear Programming" (with A. Herman), The UMAP Journal 26(4) (2005) 393-400.
  • "Continuous Line Drawings via the Traveling Salesman Problem" (with A. Herman), Operations Research Letters 32 (2004) 302-303.
  • "Constructing Domino Portraits" in Tribute to a Mathemagician, ed. B. Cipra et al., A.K. Peters, 2004, 251-256.
  • "Constraint Programming and Hybrid Formulations for Three Life Designs" (with M. Trick), Annals of Operations Research 130 (2004) 41-56.
  • "Maximizing Fun at an Amusement Park" (with M. Cardiff and G. Hughes), The UMAP Journal 21(4), 483-498, (2000).
  • "Finding Optimal Piano Fingerings" (with M. Hart and E. Tsai), The UMAP Journal 21(2) (2000) 167-177.
  • "Optimal Card-Collecting Strategies for Magic: The Gathering", The College Mathematics Journal 31(1) (2000) 15-21.
  • "Integer Programming and Conway's Game of Life", SIAM Review 41(3) (1999) 596-604.
  • "Separating Hyperplanes and the Authorship of the Disputed Federalist Papers" (with J.A. Smith), The American Mathematical Monthly 105(7) (1998) 601-608.
  • Refinements of Paltiel and Kaplan's Decision-theoretic Model of AIDS Clinical Trials" (with N.K. Stout), Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 31(2) (1997) 87-101.
  • "The Battle of the Burger Chains: Which is Best---Burger King, McDonald's, or Wendy's?", Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 30(3) (1996) 157-162.
  • "A New Infinity-Norm Path Following Algorithm for Linear Programming" (with K.M. Anstreicher), SIAM Journal on Optimization 5 (2) (1995) 236-246.
  • "Big Mac Attack: The Diet Problem Revisited at McDonald's", OR/MS Today August (1993) 30-31.
  • "Long Steps in an O(n3L) Algorithm for Linear Programming" (with K.M. Anstreicher), Mathematical Programming 54 (1992) 251-265.

Fall 2024

Discrete Mathematics — MATH 220

Linear Optimization — MATH 331

Spring 2025

Introduction to Statistics — STAT 113

Discrete Mathematics — MATH 220

Notes

Robert Bosch Speaks at Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Conference

May 8, 2024

James F. Clark Professor of Mathematics Robert (Bob) Bosch ’85 was one of two plenary speakers at the 39th Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Conference. While there, Bob unveiled two pieces of mathematical artwork that had been commissioned by the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Mathematics Department.

Robert Bosch Coauthored Research Papers Presented at Bridges Math/Art Conference

August 9, 2022

On Tuesday August 2, 2022, Robert Klock OC ’21 and Xiaoyun Gong OC ’21 presented research papers coauthored by James F. Clark Professor of Mathematics Robert Bosch OC ’85 at the 2022 Bridges Math/Art Conference. Both papers are available at the Bridges Archive. Rob and Bob's paper, "Controlling Textures in TSP Art," can be viewed at this link, and Xiaoyun and Bob's paper, "Collaborative Gomoku Mosaics," is available for viewing here.

Robert Bosch Coedits Conference Proceedings

August 4, 2020

Professor of Mathematics Robert Bosch ‘85 coedited the Proceedings of the Bridges 2020 Conference, which was supposed to be held in Helsinki, Finland, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic took place virtually. The proceedings included a paper by Bosch and Aaron Kreiner ‘19 on "Domino Steganography" and a paper by Kreiner on "Checkerboard Quadrilateral Mosaics."

Robert Bosch Gives a Talk

February 14, 2020

Professor of Mathematics Robert Bosch gave a talk about "Opt Art" at Google's New York City office on January 23, 2020.

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