David Groisser | Department of Mathematics

Department of Mathematics
University of Florida
308 Little Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-8105

Phone: (352) 294-2307
Fax: (352) 392-8357
Email: groisser@ufl.edu.
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“Throughout the whole history of science most of the really great discoveries which had ultimately proved to be beneficial to mankind had been made by men and women who were driven not by the desire to be useful but merely the desire to satisfy their curiosity” — Abraham Flexner, founder, Institute for Advanced Study.

Research Interests

David Groisser on ResearchGate

Curriculum Vitae

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Classes

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Office Hours, Fall 2024 (not starting till August 26, and tentative until approximately September 13)

My full schedule during the fall and spring semesters only is here. My office, Little 308, is in the southeastern quadrant of the building.

Miscellaneous Links

Math department home page
University Calendar
Open-Textbooks Catalog
How UT-Austin’s Bold Plan for Reinvention Went Belly Up: The rise and fall of one research university’s attempt to shake up undergraduate education. (Articles from the Chronicle of Higher Education, such as this one, can be accessed by UF students and staff for free from a UF computer or via a VPN connection to the UF computer network.)
Article about Academic Analytics, the data company UF is using to evaluate professors. (Articles from the Chronicle of Higher Education, such as this one, can be accessed by UF students and staff for free from a UF computer or via a VPN connection to the UF computer network.) “As with previous faculty protests of the company at Georgetown and Rutgers Universities, UT-Austin faculty members cited concerns about the accuracy of Academic Analytics’ data, the lack of opportunities for professors to correct errors, and the inappropriateness of numerical rankings for making complex decisions about people and education. Academic Analytics’ definitions of scholarly productivity `are likely to skew, redirect, narrow, and otherwise have an outsized influence on the type and quality of scholarship produced by UT-Austin faculty,’ the [UT-Austin] resolution said.” Professors whose research contributions cannot easily be evaluated by using statistical data are in danger of losing their jobs. This process is already under way at UF. Faculty whose research does not require large sums of money from outside the university are especially at risk.

Colleges Still Obsess Over National Rankings. For Proof, Look at Their Strategic Plans. (Articles from the Chronicle of Higher Education, such as this one, can be accessed by UF students and staff for free from a UF computer or via a VPN connection to the UF computer network.) “Over the last two decades, the U.S. News `Best College’ rankings have sustained intense criticism for … being poor indicators of colleges’ quality. Yet public colleges are still using the rankings and those they inspired to measure their own success. … This prevalence … is a striking testament to public higher education’s continued pursuit of an accolade that many have said is antithetical to the mission of state-funded education. … A 2017 analysis by Politico showed that the rankings created incentives for universities to favor wealthy students. … U.S. News says its rankings are designed to give students and their families clear, helpful information that they can use to decide where to go to college. That’s not what it does, according to [F. King] Alexander, [former president of Louisiana State and Oregon State Universities]. `It’s designed for the wealthy and wealthy schools, and that’s always been what it’s about,’ he said. `It’s been a quiet protection of the privileged class.'”

Media multitaskers pay mental price, Stanford study shows.Think you can talk on the phone, send an instant message and read your e-mail all at once? Stanford researchers say even trying may impair your cognitive control. As I have long said: concentration good, multi-tasking bad.
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A letter to the Alligator, written by me in 2000, concerning the teaching of evolution
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