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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>David Austin Home Page</title>
<link href="main.css" rel="stylesheet" />
</head>
<body style="display:flex; background:#cccccc">
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<div class="container">
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<div class="about">
<h2 style="font-weight:bold">
David Austin
</h2>
<h3>
<a href="https://gvsu.edu/math" target=_blank>
Professor of Mathematics
</a>
</h3>
<h3>
<a href="https://gvsu.edu" target=_blank>
Grand Valley State University
</a>
</h3>
<h3>
austind at gvsu dot edu
</h3>
<h3>
<a href="austin-cv.pdf" target=_blank>
Curriculum Vitae
</a>
</h3>
</div>
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<div class="photo">
<img src="david-austin.jpg" width="250"
alt="David Austin" />
</div>
</div>
<div style="padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:20px">
<ul class="navigation">
<li><a href="#textbooks">Open textbooks</a></li>
<li><a href="#diagrams"> Accessible diagrams</a></li>
<li><a href="#indigenous">Indigenous mathematicians</a></li>
<li><a href="#pic">PIC Math</a></li>
<li><a href="#feature">Feature Column</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="textbooks">
<h3 style="font-weight:bold">
Open textbooks
</h3>
<p>
I am invested in making sure that high-quality educational
resources are accessible to all students. Here are a few
things that I'm involved in.
</p>
<div style="padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px">
<p>
I am the author of
<a href="http://gvsu.edu/s/0Ck" target=_blank>
Understanding Linear Algebra,
</a>
an open-access linear algebra textbook written in
<a href="https://pretextbook.org/" target=blank>
PreTeXt
</a>
and endorsed by the
<a href="https://aimath.org/textbooks/" target=_blank>
Open Textbook Initiative.
</a>
</p>
</div>
<div style="padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px">
<p>
You should also check out
<a href="https://activecalculus.org/" target=_blank>
Active Calculus,
</a>
the amazing open-access calculus text from
<a href="https://faculty.gvsu.edu/boelkinm/Home/MB.html"
target=_blank> Matt Boelkins
</a>
</p>
</div>
<div style="padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px">
<p>
I currently serve as the Director of the
<a href="https://aimath.org/textbooks/" target=_blank>
Open Textbook Initiative,
</a>
sponsored by the
<a href="https://aimath.org/" target=_blank>
American Institute of Mathematics,
</a>
with a mission to promote the use of open-access
mathematics textbooks.
</p>
</div>
<div style="padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px; padding-bottom:5px">
<p>
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/00029890.2023.2180981"
target=_blank>
The Mathematical Community Working to Create Better (And
Free!) Textbooks,
</a>
a paper I recently wrote for the
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/uamm20" target=_blank>
American Mathematical Monthly.
</a>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="diagrams">
<h3 style="font-weight:bold">
PreFigure for accessible mathematical diagrams
</h3>
<p>
<a href="https://prefigure.org"
target="_blank">PreFigure</a> is an authoring system for
creating accessible
mathematical diagrams for including in scholarly documents.
From a single diagram description written by an author,
PreFigure can create an SVG suitable for posting on a web
page, with included annotations enabling a screen reader to
effectively navigate the diagram, a PDF for including in a
printed document, and a tactile diagram to be embossed and
included with a braille document.
</p>
<p>
PreFigure is very much inspired by
<a href="https://pretextbook.org/"
target="_blank">PreTeXt</a> and is tightly integrated
with PreTeXt. For example, it is possible to write
PreFigure diagram descriptions inside a PreTeXt document and
have the resulting diagrams included in the
PreTeXt output.
</p>
<p>Visit the <a href="https://prefigure.org">PreFigure home
page</a> for more information. Here are a few more
references: </p>
<div style="padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px">
<p>
<a href="https://githubraw.com/zorkow/pretext/w4a2023/w4a2023/frontmatter-1.html" target=_blank>
Authoring Web-accessible Mathematical Diagrams,
</a>
a paper co-authored with
<a href="https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/computer-science/academic-staff/sorge-volker.aspx" target=_blank>
Volker Sorge.
</a>
This paper was awarded the prize for Best Communication
Paper at the
<a href="https://www.w4a.info/2023/" target=_blank>
Web4All 2023 Conference,
</a> sponsored by the Association of Computing Machinery.
</p>
<p>
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sG82-paBqN9mRz2Y5ibKTzH7cpdkw8E4/view?usp=drive_link"
target=_blank>
Authoring Web-accessible Mathematical Diagrams,
</a>
our video submission to the Accessibility Challenge at the
Web4All 2023 conference.
<p>
<p>
A recent post on Matt Boelkins'
<a href="https://activecalculus.org/2023/09/01/math-with-all-the-feels/"
target=_blank>
Active Calculus blog</a>
gives some more details.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="indigenous">
<h3 style="font-weight:bold">
Indigenous Mathematicians
</h3>
<p>
I belong to the
<a href="https://www.choctawnation.com/" target=_blank>
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
</a>
and encourage you to explore these
<a href="http://www.indigenousmathematicians.org/profiles"
target=_blank>
Profiles of Indigenous Mathematicians.
</a>
</p>
<p>
As an
Indigenous mathematician, I am working to build connections and
provide mathematical opportunities for Indigenous
students that respect Indigenous culture.
I am currently serving as a co-chair of the Broadening
Participation Advisory Committee at
<a href="https://www.msri.org/" target="blank">
SLMath.
</a>
</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="pic">
<h3 style="font-weight:bold">
PIC Math and GVSU's applied math capstone
</h3>
<p>
As an outgrowth of the
<a href="https://www.maa.org/programs-and-communities/professional-development/pic-math" target=_blank>
MAA's PIC Math program,
</a>
I helped developed MTH 498, the math department's applied
math capstone course. We have developed a number of
wonderful partnerships with local businesses, governments, and
non-profits. One partnership has been with the
<a href="https://www.grandrapidsmi.gov/Home" target=_blank>
City of Grand Rapids, Michigan
</a>
making use of their open data portal
<a href="https://grdata-grandrapids.opendata.arcgis.com/"
target=_blank>
GRData.
</a>
</p>
<p>
Here are some student projects I have supervised:
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://data.grandrapidsmi.gov/stories/s/dvrm-uht8"
target=_blank>
Understanding Impacts of Development on the Cost
of Living,
</a>
an exploration of Area Median Income (AMI),
housing affordability, and the role of development
in the displacement of People of Color in some Grand
Rapids' neighborhoods.
</li>
<li>
<a href="LeadRemediationProjectReport.pdf" target=_blank>
Grand Rapids Lead Abatement,
</a>
recommendations to the City for making effective use
of a $4.2M grant to provide assistance to homeowners
for lead abatement in West Side
neighborhoods.
</li>
<li>
Grand Rapids 311 Call Center,
an analysis of calls to the Grand Rapid Customer
Service Department aiming to improve equity in
access to City services. Ongoing.
</li>
<li>
Parking Revenue in Downtown Grand Rapids,
an analysis of the impact that COVID-19 has had on
parking revenue and projections for future revenue.
Ongoing.
</li>
</ul>
</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="feature">
<h3 style="font-weight:bold">
AMS Feature Column
</h3>
<p>
The American
Mathematical Society's
<a href="https://www.ams.org/featurecolumn" target=_blank>
Feature Column
</a>
is a monthly column written for a general audience and
published by the AMS Public Awareness Office.
I wrote on a variety of topics for
<a href="ams-fc.html">
the Feature Column
</a>
from 2005 to 2022.
</p>
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