Profile

An international, creative, fully bilingual and intellectual 29 year old, with very impressive academic results and as well as interests, knowledge and interactions with experts in many separate fields. Experienced in research, debate and publication. Outgoing with very good improvisational and organisation skills, a lot of energy, versatile and adaptable. Social organisations at university, and the production and direction of several films, helped develop people- and team coordination-skills, as well as general technical proficiency. Uses own initiative extensively, and easily acquires new skills.

Interests

• Human enhancements
• Social metrics and experimental accuracy of economic models
• Parabolic Geometries
• Philosophy of Ethics and A.I.
• Conformal Geometry

Publications

• Monatshefte für Mathematik :
  ‘Ambient Connections: Double-Cone Construction’ (with Dr. Thomas Leistner, University of Adelaide).
• Journal of Geometry and Physics :
  ‘Definite signature conformal holonomy: a complete classification’.
  ‘Ricci-flat holonomy: a Classification’.
• Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry :
  ‘Projective Holonomy I: Principles and Properties’.
  ‘Projective Holonomy II: Cones and Complete Classifications’.
• 2004: Several articles published in Cherwell Newspaper, Oxford.
• 1996: ‘Cosmic Yawn’ poem published in ‘Sands of Time’ Anthology.

Upcoming:

• ‘Generalised Einstein condition and cone construction for parabolic geometries’.
• ‘Subalgebra with non-degenerate restriction of the Killing form’.
• ‘Free 3-distributions: holonomy, Fefferman constructions and dual distributions’.
• ‘Chaining God: A qualitative approach to AI, trust and moral systems’.

Education

• Oxford University 2006
  Doctorate . Supervisor Prof. Nigel Hitchin, Savilian Professor of Geometry. Thesis: The Holonomy of Conformal and Projective Tractor Connections (a vector bundle connection encoding the conformal or projective structures of a manifold). Completed the classification in the definite signature conformal case and the irreducible projective case. Made use of various algebraic methods, cone and ambient constructions, and the properties of Ricci-flat connections.
• Cambridge University 2001 Part III Mathematical Tripos.
  Passed with distinction mark, amongst the top 4% on the program.
  A in all 7 subjects
  A+ in Differential Geometry, Algebraic Topology, and 3-Dimensional Manifolds
• Cambridge University 1997-2000 Mathematics Tripos.
  1st Class Honours Degree (1st Class exam results every year).
• Lycée International de Ferney-Voltaire 1997
  French Scientific Baccalaureate . 9 subjects, equivalent of a very high A* in Mathematics and a standard A* in Physics. Included an Optional “International” module, covering French and English History.

Work Experience

• Erwin Schrödinger Institute (ESI) and University of Vienna, Vienna 01/2007 - present
  Junior Research Fellow in Mathematics
  Advanced research in parabolic geometries, publishing papers, lectures and presentations.
• IOpener, Oxford 10/2006 - 12/2006
  Consultant Researcher
  Design and statistical analysis of new models of happiness in the workplace; wrote research papers for publication; public presentation of company: website design and online interactive demo for CNN.
• University of Oxford 10/2002 - 9/2005
  Private mathematics tutoring and university math teaching
  One-to-one, group tutoring and marking, in several math domains.
• Maquata Eeyou Secondary School, Wemindji, Canada 9/2001 - 8/2002
  Special Education Teacher
  Taught children (ages 14-17) with social and behavioural difficulties on a Cree Indian reserve in a very challenging environment. Subjects taught include English, maths, ecology, history and practical skills.
• Rutherford Appleton Laboratory at CERN (European centre for Nuclear Research) 7/2000 - 8/2000
  Intern
  Analysis, calibration of detectors and programming in the CMS detector for the LHC; other roles as part of the nuclear physics team.

Awards

• Pembroke College , Cambridge 2001
  William Hodge award for high academic achievement
• Pembroke College, Cambridge 1997 – 2000
  Awarded Foundress Scholar status for high academic achievement
• Lycée International de Ferney-Voltaire 1993 – 1995
  Concours Kangourou – French government-sponsored national mathematics competitions for ~120,000 students: 1995 (1st in country), 1994 (37th), 1993 (3rd).

Interests and Activities

• Film-making (2000-2005, 2007). Conceptualised, wrote, directed, produced and edited several short (10-30 minute) films, in a variety of themes. Gained invaluable experience in leading complex projects involving many individuals and a tight budget from start to end. The films were shown in Oxford and Cambridge colleges and were well received.
• Social secretary of St Cross common room (2002 - 2003). This position involved planning, budgeting, and organising all the social events, in college and out, including two major balls (themed on “Englishman Abroad” and “Moulin Rouge”). Also involved sitting on the common room committee and piloting two major redecoration projects.
• Writing short stories, poems and articles, some published in Oxford University Cherwell newspaper and ‘Sands of Time’ Anthology. Working on a longer title at the moment, ‘Diary of a conscript god’.
• Other interests : Skiing (took part in the annual Oxbridge ski contest), basketball, squash and kung-fu. History, politics & philosophy, future technology, debating, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

IT and Computer Skills

• Microsoft Office, all everyday software, LaTex and attendant softwares, Paint-Shop pro, some experience in Linux.
• Film editing softwares, such as Premier Pro and Final Cut, as well as various video and sound-editing softwares.
• Basic knowledge of C++, HTML for web-page design.
• Utilised SPSS for statistical analysis of data collected as part of research on happiness in the workplace.
• Good understanding of the underlying computer and Internet logical structures and organisation, able to get to work very rapidly on any new software.

Personal Details

• Born: 15/04/79, at Saint Jérome, Quebec, Canada.
• Brought up in Canada, Indonesia, China, Hong Kong, UK and France. (British and Canadian nationality).
• Have travelled and lived extensively in Europe, South-East Asia and North American, recently as well as in the past.
• Perfectly Bilingual in French and English (can work, think and dream in both), with conversational German.
• Contact details:

Lobenhauenrgasse 10/8, 1170, Wien, Austria
Tel: +44 77 5939 7688
Public E-Mail: stuart.armstrong at stx.oxon.org