Darien DeWolf, PhD

Department of Mathematics and Statistics
St. Francis Xavier University
2323 Notre Dame Ave
Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5

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I am currently an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at St. Francis Xavier University. In addition, I am currently a research scientist in the SHEA (Substance Use and Health in Emerging Adults) Lab in the Department of Psychology at St. Francis Xavier University.

My current research areas include inverse semigroups, category theory, groupoids, restriction categories, spatial statistics, and policy research surrounding cannabis and alcohol use.


Publications | Students Supervised | Theses | Talks | Education | Awards | Employment and Teaching | Other


Publications [top]

Peer-Reviewed Publications

"Using Series to Construct Pythagorean Triples." Darien DeWolf, Balakrishnan Viswanathan. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12 (in press).
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"#Cheers: An examination of user-generated alcohol advertising on Instagram". Kara Thompson, Darien DeWolf, Rachael MacDonald-Spracklin, Delaney Frank, Stephanie Cooper. Substance Use & Misuse (2023) 58(2):204-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2022.2151826.

"Extending Fibonacci's Method for Computing Pythagorean Triples." Darien DeWolf, Balakrishnan Viswanathan. International Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science. (2022) 17(2):839-845.
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"A Multilevel Investigation of Individual and Residence Risk factors on Student Drinking". Kara Thompson, Meredith Ivany, Pamell Davis-MacNevin, Darien DeWolf, Michael Teehan, Sherry Stewart. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science (2022) 54(1):62-72. https://doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000277.

"Commutation Semigroups of Finite Metacyclic Groups with Trivial Centre." Darien DeWolf, Charles C. Edmunds. Semigroup Forum (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00233-020-10097-3.
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"A Double Categorical View on Representations of Etendues." Darien DeWolf, Dorette Pronk. Cahiers de Topologie et Géométrie Différentielle Catégoriques. (2020) 61:3-56. http://cahierstgdc.com/index.php/volume-lxi-2020/.
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"The Ehresmann-Schein-Nambooripad Theorem for Inverse Categories." Darien DeWolf, Dorette Pronk. Theory and Applications of Categories. (2018) 33:813-831. http://www.tac.mta.ca/tac/volumes/33/27/33-27abs.html.
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"On commutation semigroups of dihedral groups." Darien DeWolf, Charles Edmunds, Christopher Levy. Semigroup Forum (2013) 87:467-488. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00233-013-9483-x.
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Submitted Manuscripts

"Sex-specific effects of simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use on heart rate.". Rachael MacDonald-Spracklin, Darien DeWolf, Kara Thompson.

"Distribution of cusp deflections in dental resin restored aluminium tooth models with a Class II MOD cavity". Howe Simpson, Cecile Duval, Darien DeWolf, Braden Sullivan, Florian Rispe, Florian Hernandez, Guy Earle, Richard Price, Daniel Labrie.

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

"Logistic Regression in Python." Noodle Education, Data Science Stream, 2023. https://www.noodle.com/articles/logistic-regression-in-python

"On Double Inverse Semigroups (with Dorette Pronk)." 2015. http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.0369.
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Students Supervised. [top]

Mallory Long, Simon Maltby, and Miranda Wallace
COMAP Mathematical Modelling Competition
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS

Shallom Soyombo, Hishaam Patel, and Kyle Gardiner
Project Title: Urban/Rural Divides in Quality of Life of Nova Scotians
Brandon University, Brandon, MB

Joshua Beaudin
Project Title: Restriction Categories for Topology and Computation
Brandon University Research Council Award
Brandon University, Brandon, MB

Maxwell Jennings
Thesis Title: Crossed Modules
Degree: B.Sc. Joint Honours in Mathematics and Computer Science
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS

 

Theses. [top]

"Restriction Category Perspectives of Partial Computation and Geometry." Ph.D. Dissertation (Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.), 2017.
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"On Double Inverse Semigroups." M.Sc. Dissertation (Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.), 2013.
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"On Commutation Semigroups of Dihedral Groups of Order 2N Where N is Even." B.Sc. Honours Thesis (Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, N.S.), 2012.
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Talks. [top]

"Left cancellative categories and groupoids"
"Restriction Monads without Elements"
"Two Dimensional Inverse Semigroups/Categories"
"Sets, Posets, and Quantifiers"
"The equivalence of ordered groupoids and left cancellative categories using double categories"
"A comparison lemma for Ehresmann sites"
"Introduction to Categories"
"Groupoids Associated to Join Inverse Categories"
"Monads as Models of Computation"
"Restriction bicategories: two approaches"
"An Element-Based Reformulation of Restriction Monads"
"Restriction Monads and Their Algebras"
"Restriction Monads"
"Restriction Monads and Category Objects"
"Restriction Categories and Monads"
"Partial Functions and Categories of Partial Maps"
"Inverse Restriction Categories and Their Groupoids"
"Double Groups and Semigroups"
"On Double Inverse Semigroups"
"On Commutation Semigroups of Dihedral Groups"
 

Education. [top]

Degrees

Ph.D. in Mathematics
M.Sc. in Mathematics
B.Sc. (Honours) in Mathematics

Professional Certificates

Programming for Data Science: R (for experienced programmers)
 

Awards. [top]

Brandon University Research Council Award
University Research, Publication, Teaching Award
Nomination: Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award
Izaak Walton Killam Predoctoral Scholarship
Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarship
NSERC CGS-D3 Research Scholarship
Dalhousie University President's Award
NSERC CGS-M Research Scholarship
Frank Bennett Research Award
Dr. Len Parent Computer Science Award
 

Employment and Teaching. [top]

St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, N.S.
August 2022 to Present, August 2017 to December 2020: Assistant Professor

Brandon University, Brandon, M.B.
January 2021 to June 2022: Assistant Professor

Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, N.S.
July 2014 to August 2017: Part-Time Faculty
 

Other Academic and Administrative Activities. [top]

St. Francis Xavier University
Brandon University
Science Atlantic Math/Stats/CS Conference [Conference Website]
Conference Organization
Professional Development
Journal Refereeing
Dalhousie Mathematics and Statistics Graduate Students' Association
Math Circles Nova Scotia [website]
 
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Updated: 2023-02-25