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Ralph P. Tucci

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
NEW ORLEANS, LA. 70118

Education
Employment History
Research
Teaching
French Quarter

EDUCATION

1970 B.A. Mathematics Brown University
1972 M.A. Mathematics University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
1976 Ph.D. Mathematics University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
1985 M.S. Computer Science Tulane University

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1977 - 1982 Department of Mathematics, University of New Orleans
1983 - present Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Loyola University New Orleans

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RESEARCH

My interests lie in theoretical computer science and abstract algebra, in particular semigroups. I especially enjoy studying the interplay between Mathematics and Computer Science. Some selected papers are:

"Krull Dimension, k-Primitive Rings, and Critical Rings", international Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences , No. 4, (1982), 763 - 777.

"Homomorphic Images and the Singular Ideal of A Strongly Right Bounded Ring", with G.F. Birkenmeier, Communications in Algebra, 16(6), 1099 - 1112 (1988). Corrigenda, Communications in Algebra, 16(12), 2661 - 2662 (1988).

"A Decomposition Theorem for a Class of Infinite Transformation Semigroups", Acta Cybernetica, Tom. 9 Fasc. 1, (1989), 39 - 54.

"Graphical Specification of Recursive Queries", with B.D. Czejdo and D.W. Embley, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 497 , (1991), 252 - 263.

TEACHING

I have taught most of the undergraduate curriculum in Computer Science, and a good part of the undergraduate Mathematics curriculum before coming to Loyola. I have also lately become involved in the reform movement in teaching Mathematics. Loyola University New Orleans, Southern University in New Orleans, Xavier University, and the University of New Orleans, make up the Greater New Orleans Collaborative. This summer the GNOC put on a workshop entitled Education and Technology at the University of New Orleans. Each university in the collaborative also has an individual campus grant.

COSC A211

COSC A280

COSC A363

MATH A204

MATH A270

COSC A365

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FRENCH QUARTER

I have lived in New Orleans since 1977. I moved into the French Quarter in 1978, and I bought a condo there in 1995. The Quarter is a great place to live, with its Old World charm and Bohemian character. It is not conducive to study and hard work.

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