Richard Kohar
Dept. of
Math & Comp. Sci.
The Royal Military College of Canada
P.O. Box 17000 Station Forces
Kingston, ON, K7K 7B4
Canada
Phone: (613) 541-6000 x 6093
Fax: (613) 541-6584
Office: Girouard 347
Email: richard.kohar@rmc.ca
Homepage: http://kohar.ca/
Fax: (613) 541-6584
Office: Girouard 347
Email: richard.kohar@rmc.ca
Homepage: http://kohar.ca/
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy, 2014-present.
- Royal Military College of Canada
- Department: Mathematics and Computer Science.
- Advisors: Dr. F. Rivest and Dr. A. Gosselin
- Masters of Science, 2011-2013.
- Royal Military College of Canada
- Department: Mathematics and Computer Science.
- Advisors: Prof. W. J. Hurley and Prof. J. Brimberg
- Bachelor of Science (Honours), 2007-2011.
- McMaster University
- Department: Mathematics and Statistics.
- Applied mathematics option.
Teaching Experience
- The Royal Military College of Canada, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Lecturer, Aug 2013-Dec 2013.
- The Royal Military College of Canada, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Teaching Assistant, Sept 2011-Apr 2013, Jan 2014-present.
Fields of Research Interest
Mathematical modelling, optimization, and machine learning.
Research
Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Hurley, W. J., Brimberg, J., Kohar, R. (2014) Examining a Gambler's Claims: Probabilistic Fact Checking and Don Johnson's Extraordinary Blackjack Winning Streak. Chance. 21:1, p. 31-37
- Shoucri, R. M., Kohar, R. ESVPR and Heart Failure. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, IFMBE Proceedings, 39:180-183, 2012.
- Shoucri, R. M., Kohar, R. Criteria for Study of Heart Failure derived from ESPVR. 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, 5586-5589, 2012.
Conferences
Invited Speaker
- So you want to write a textbook?
- Southwestern Ontario Graduate Mathematics Conference, Guelph, ON, 13-14 June 2016.
- Optimization of a Wireless Channel
- Southwestern Ontario Graduate Mathematics Conference, Guelph, ON, 4-5 June 2013.
- Ottawa Mathematics Conference, Ottawa, ON, 17-18 May 2013.
- Hemodynamics: Source of Intrigue for Pure and Applied Mathematicians
- Ottawa Mathematics Conference, Ottawa, ON, 18-19 May 2012.
Awards
- NSERC - Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2008.
- University of Waterloo President's Scholarship, 2006.
Computer Languages
- MATLAB
- Fortran 95
- $\LaTeX$
- HTML
- Haskell