CURRICULUM VITAE

JON D. VANDERWERFF

10 September 2008

Work Address: Department of Mathematics & Computer ScienceLa Sierra UniversityRiverside, CA 92515

E-mail Address: jvanderw@lasierra.eduWork Phone: (951) 785-2553Place of Birth: Lacombe, Alberta, CanadaCitizenship: Canadian (with US Permanent Residence Status)

Education

Ph.D. (Mathematics), University of Alberta, 1992.

M.Sc. (Mathematics), University of Alberta, 1988.

B.S. (Mathematics), Walla Walla College, 1985.

Work Experience

Professor of Mathematics, La Sierra University, July 2001–present;

Department Chair, July 2007–present.

Associate Professor of Mathematcis, La Sierra University, July 1998–June 2001.

Associate Professor of Mathematics, Walla Walla College, July 1997–June 1998.

Visiting Lecturer, Avondale College, Australia, Semester I, 1997.

Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Walla Walla College, Sept. 1994–June 1997.

Sessional Instructor, University of Waterloo, 1992–93.

Laboratory Instructor, University of Alberta, 1985–88; 1989–91.

Research Interests

Nonlinear Functional Analysis, Convex Analysis, Optimization.

Scholarships and Awards

La Sierra University Distinguished Faculty Researcher, 2004.

Walla Walla College Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarship, 1996–97.

NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1992–93; 1993–94.

University of Alberta Dissertation Fellowship, 1991–92.

Outstanding Mathematics Senior, Walla Walla College, 1984–85.

Walla Walla College Mathematics Merit Scholarship, 1983–84.

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Refereed Journal Publications

1. Smooth Approximations in Banach spaces, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 115 (1992),113–120.

2. Frechet differentiable norms on spaces of countable dimension, Arch. Math. 58 (1992),471–476.

3. (with D. McLaughlin, R. Poliquin and V. Zizler), Second-order Gateaux differentiablebump functions and approximations in Banach spaces, Canad. J. Math. 45 (1993),612–625.

4. Second-order Gateaux differentiability and an isomorphic characterization of Hilbertspaces, Quart. J. Math. Oxford (2) 44 (1993), 249–255.

5. (with R. Poliquin and V. Zizler), Convex composite representations of lower semicon-tinuous functions and renormings, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Ser. I 317 (1993), 545–549.

6. (with J. Whitfield and V. Zizler), Markusevic bases and Corson compacta in duality,Canad. J. Math. 46 (1994), 200–211.

7. (with J. Borwein), Dual Kadec-Klee norms and the relationships between Wijsman,slice and Mosco convergence, Mich. Math. J. 41 (1994), 371–387.

8. (with J. Borwein), Further arguments for slice convergence in nonreflexive spaces, Set-Valued Analysis 2 (1994), 529–544.

9. (with R. Poliquin and V. Zizler), Renormings and convex composite representations offunctions, Bull. Polish Acad. Sciences 42 (1994), 9–19.

10. (with J. Borwein and S. Fitzpatrick), Examples of convex functions and classificationsof normed spaces, J. Convex Analysis 1 (1994), 61–73.

11. (with J. Borwein), Convergence of Lipschitz regularizations of convex functions, J.Funct. Anal. 128 (1995), 139–162.

12. (with D. McLaughlin), Higher order Gateaux differentiable bump functions on Banachspaces, Bull. Austral. Math. Soc. 51 (1995), 291–300.

13. Extensions of Markusevic bases, Math Z. 219 (1995), 21–30.

14. (with J. Borwein), A survey on set convergence and renorming, Topological Methods inNonlinear Analysis 5 (1995), 211–228.

15. (with M. Fabian and P. Hajek), On smooth variational principles in Banach spaces, J.Math. Anal. Appl. 197 (1996), 153–172.

16. (with J. Borwein), Banach spaces that admit support sets, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.124 (1996), 751–755.

17. (with J. Borwein), Epigraphical and uniform convergence of convex functions, Trans.Amer. Math. Soc., 348 (1996), 1617–1631.

18. (with J. Borwein), Convex functions on Banach spaces not containing `1, Canad. Math.Bull. 40 (1997), 10–18.

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19. (with J. Borwein and M. Fabian) Characterizations of Banach spaces via convex andother locally Lipschitz functions, Acta Vietnamica (Special Issue in Honor of ProfessorH. Tuy’s 70th Birthday) 22 (1997), 53–69.

20. (with Q.J. Zhu), A limiting example for the “fuzzy sum” rule in nonsmooth analysis,Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 126 (1998), 2691–2697.

21. Mazur intersection properties for compact and weakly compact convex sets, Canad.Math. Bull. 41 (1998), 225–230.

22. (with M. Bartlett and J. Giles) Norms with Holder right-hand derivatives, Bull. Austral.Math. Soc. 57 (1998), 415–425.

23. (with M. Bartlett and J. Giles) Directional moduli of rotundity and smoothness, Com-ment. Math. Univ. Carolinae 40 (1999), 39–51.

24. (with J. Giles) Asplund Spaces and a variant of weak uniform rotundity, Bull. Austral.Math. Soc. 61 (2000), 451–454.

25. (with J. Borwein) Convex functions of Legendre type on Banach spaces, J. ConvexAnalysis 8 (2001), 569–582.

26. (with J. Borwein and J. Giles) Rotund norms, Clarke derivatives and extensions ofLipschitz functions, Nonlinear Analysis 48 (2002), 287–301.

27. (with J. Borwein) On the continuity of biconjugate functions, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.130 (2002), 1797–1803.

28. (with J. Borwein and X. Wang) Local Lipschitz constants and maximal subdifferentials,Set-Valued Analysis 11 (2003), 37–67.

29. (with J. Borwein) Constructible convex sets, Set-Valued Analysis 12 (2004), 61–77.

30. (with H. Bauschke, J. Burke, F. Deutsch, H. Hundal) A new proximal point iterationthat converges weakly but not in norm, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 133 (2005), 1837–1841.

31. (with J. Borwein and V. Montesinos) Boundedness, diffferentiability and extensions ofconvex functions, J. Convex Analysis, 13 (2006), 587-602.

32. (with J. Borwein, A. Guirao, P. Hajek) Uniformly convex functions on Banach spaces,Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. to appear.

33. (with J. Borwein) Differentiability of conjugate functions and perturbed minimizationprinciples, J. Convex Analysis, to appear.

Books

1. (with P. Hajek, V. Montesinos and V. Zizler) Biorthogonal Systems in Banach Spaces,Springer-Verlag, 2007.

2. (with J. Borwein) Convex Functions: Constructions, Characterizations & Counterex-amples, in final preparation for publication with Cambridge University Press.

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Refereed Proceedings Papers

1. (with J. Giles) Rotundity related to Lipschitz separation, Canadian Mathematical So-ciety Proceedings 27 (in honor of J.M. Borwein’s honorary doctorate) (2000), 111–122.

Professional Presentations

“Markusevic Bases and Corson Compacta in Duality,” Recent Advances in BanachSpace Theory, University of Missouri, April 1992.

“Second-order Gateaux Differentiable Bump Functions and Isomorphic Characteriza-tions of Hilbert Spaces,” Canadian Mathematical Society Summer Meeting, York Uni-versity, June 1992.

“Dual Kadec-Klee Norms and Set Convergence,” Convexity, Monotonicity & Differen-tiability Workshop, The Fields Institute, March 1993.

“Smooth bump functions on Banach Spaces,” Department of Mathematical SciencesColloquium, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, April 1993.

“Kadec-Klee Norms and Their Applications to Set Convergence,” Regional FunctionalAnalysis Meeting, Miami University, Ohio, May 1993.

“Convex Functions and Sequential Convergence in Dual Topologies,” CECM Minicon-ference on Analysis and its Applications, Simon Fraser University, Canada, June 1995.

“Convex Functions on Banach Spaces,” Department of Mathematical Sciences Collo-quium, Western Michigan University, March, 1996.

“Locally Lipschitz Functions and Properties of Banach Spaces,” Pacific Institute ofMathematics Conference on Applied Analysis, Burnaby, BC, August 1996.

“Banach Spaces that Admit Support Sets,” University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia,April 1997.

“Support Sets in Banach Spaces,” University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia,May 1997.

“Norms with Holder Right-hand Derivatives,” Workshop in Banach Space Theory pre-ceding the joint Australian & New Zealand Mathematical Societies’ Winter Meetings,University of Auckland, July 1997.

“Convex Functions on Banach Spaces not Containing `1,” Workshop in Banach SpaceTheory preceding the joint Australian & New Zealand Mathematical Societies’ WinterMeetings, University of Auckland, July 1997.

“Norms With Holder Right-hand Derivatives,” Centre for Experimental and Construc-tive Mathematics Functional Analysis Seminar, Simon Fraser University, August 1998.

“Clarke Derivatives and Extensions of Lipschitz Functions,” American and AustralianMathematical Societies Joint Meetings, Melbourne Australia, July 1999.

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“Mazur Intersection Properties for Compact Convex Sets,” Analysis Seminar, Univer-sity of Newcastle, Australia, July 1999.

“Extensions of Lipschitz Functions and a Variant of Weak Uniform Rotundity,” 28thCzech Winter School on Abstract Analysis, January 2000.

“Asplund Spaces and a Variant of Weak Uniform Rotundity,” Centre for Experimentaland Constructive Mathematics Seminar, Simon Fraser University, August 2000.

“On the Continuity of Bi-conjugate Convex Functions,” CECM Summer Meeting onAnalysis, Computation and Collaboration, July 2001.

“Convex Sets that can be Represented as Countable Intersections of Half-spaces,” Func-tional Analysis Seminar, University of Alberta, March, 2003.

“Uncountable biorthogonal systems in Banach spaces,” Czech Spring School on Ab-stract Analysis, Czech Republic, April, 2004.

“Chebyshev sets in Hilbert Spaces,” Analysis Seminar, Dalhousie University, Halifax,Canada, October, 2005.

“Differentiability of Conjugate Functions and Perturbed Optimization Principles,” CzechSpring School on Abstract Analysis, Czech Republic, April, 2008.

“Into the Infinite. . .,” OKANA Seminar Series, UBC–Okanagan, Kelowna, Canada,September, 2008.

“Differentiability of Conjugate Functions and Stegall’s Variational Principle,” WestCoast Optimization Meeting, Kelowna, Canada, September, 2008.

Professional Memberships

Member, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1994–1996.

Member, American Mathematical Society, 1998–2003.

Member, Mathematical Association of America, 2007–present.

Associate Member, Centre for Experimental and Constructive Mathematics.

Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University, 1995–2004.

University Service (at La Sierra University)

University Committees

Alternate Member, Faculty Senate, La Sierra University, Fall 1999.

Member, Faculty Senate, La Sierra University, Winter 2000–2006 (chair 2002-03).

Member, Faculty Senate Steering Committee, 2001–04 (chair 2002–03).

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Member, Faculty Senate Faculty Affairs Commitee, 2000–02.

Member, Budget & Finance Committee, 2001–03.

Member, University Council, 2001–03.

Member, Integrated Marketing Team, 2002–03.

Member, Building & Grounds Committee, 2002–03.

Chair, Faculty Handbook Committee, 2005–2007.

Member, University Rank & Tenure Committee, 2006–present.

Member, WASC Subcommittee on Faculty Development, 2006–present.

College of Arts & Sciences Committees

Member, CAS Research Committee, La Sierra University, Fall 1999–2001.

Member, CAS Faculty & Governance Policy Committee, 2000-2001.

Member, CAS Rank & Tenure Committee, 2001–present (chair 2006–present).

Member, Chairs’ Executive Council, 2007–present.