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ROBY MUHAMAD
Doctoral Student
Department of Sociology
Columbia University
Address:
220F1 International Affairs Building
(ISERP Research Suite)
420 West 118th Street
New York, NY 10027
Fax: (212) 854 7998
Email: roby.muhamad _at_ columbia _dot_ edu
(To make the amount of spam a little less, the @ sign and "." are changed to _at_ & _dot_)
Education
2002-present Columbia University, New York, NY.
Doctoral Program, Department of Sociology. Supervisor: Prof. Duncan J.Watts.
2000-2002 Columbia University, New York, NY.
M.A. Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences. Supervisor: Prof. Duncan J.Watts.
Thesis title: An experimental Study of the Small-World Problem.
1998-2000 Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia.
MSc (Theoretical Physics), Department of Physics, Supervisor: Freddy P. Zen D.Sc
Thesis title: String theory and M-theory.
1993-1997 Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia.
BSc (Physics), Department of Physics, Supervisor: Freddy P. Zen D.Sc
Thesis title: Classical Properties of Black Hole and Hawking's Effect.
Papers
Peter S. Dodds, Roby Muhamad, Duncan J. Watts, Experimental study of social search and the small world problem. Accepted for publication in Science (2003).
Roby Muhamad, Black Hole Thermodynamics. Proceedings of the XVII National Physics Symposium of the Indonesian Physical Society (2000).
Gunara B.E., Zen, F.P., Muhamad, R., Hutasoit, D.P. BPS States and Vacuum Manifold of SU_q(n) Georgi-Glashow Model, available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/hep-th/9907104 (1999).
Seminars
[invited participant] Spring Workshop on Superstrings and Related Matters, Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italia (1999).
[talk] Roby Muhamad, Black Hole Thermodynamics, XVII National Physics Symposium of the Indonesian Physical Society, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (1998).
[talk] Roby Muhamad, Causality and Singularity in Spacetime. Physics Department Seminar, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia (1996).
Teaching
1997-1998 Teaching Assistant, Electromagnetic Theory, Department of Physics, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia.
1996-1997 Teaching Assistant, Basic Physics I & II, Department of Physics, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia.
1996-2000 Tutor, preparation of Indonesian team for the International Physics Olympiad.
1995-1996 Laboratory Assistant, Basic Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia.
Awards
2001 Indonesian Cultural Foundation Scholarship, NewYork.
1999 UNESCO-IAEA Fellowship and Travel Grant, Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italia,
Popular Press (selected)
Special Guest Appearance for Interview and Viewer Calls-Ins on Voice of America television broadcast. A one hour live simul-broadcast in Indonesian on the Indosiar station in Indonesia (broadcast from a studio in the VOA offices Washington DC). Topic of Discussion:"Pemilu tanpa kekerasan: Mungkinkah?" (Election without violence: Is it possible?)
The Seattle Times, Small-world theory tested in cyberspace, April 20, 2002.
Washington Post, Keeping our distance, February 28, 2002.
The Detroit News, 'Six degrees of separation' theory gets tested online, February 17 2002.
The Independent, Six degrees of separation not real spam, February 15, 2002.
Columbia Spectator, Small World Project Tests Global Reach of E-mail, February 13, 2002.
http://www.wired.com Kevin Bacon: You've got Mail. January 15, 2002.
http://www.rediff.com Who you know is what matters, January 7, 2002.
New York Times, Using E-mail to count Connections, December 20 2001.
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