Mark, in November 1997, holding the newly-released TAOCP Volume 2 by Don Knuth Academic Links My research concerns analytic, combinatorial, and probabilistic techniques for the analysis of algorithms and data structures; I am also interested in game theory and information theory. The father of algorithm analysis and TeX is Don Knuth. I was honored when he asked me to help proofread his Selected Papers books on Discrete Mathematics and Computer Languages. My Ph.D. advisor at Purdue was Wojciech Szpankowski (see Wojciech's publications). At Purdue, we teach a variety of courses in Probability. I greatly benefit from the guidance of: Philippe Flajolet in the Algorithms Project at INRIA in Rocquencourt (see Philippe's publications) Robin Pemantle in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania (see Robin's publications) For computing ease and power, I consistently rely on Apple Computers. Here is a picture of my Mac Pro. I am constantly writing Maple, C++, Java, LaTeX, TeX, html, using emacs. My students wrote a Facebook page called Ward Makes Calculus Worth Learning. It was cited in the Daily Pennsylvanian newspaper too. Books and Journals Online books at UPenn Electronic Library of Mathematics (Journals) Journals in Combinatorics and Related Fields Penn State List of Math Journals Other Links Our family supports the efforts of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. I enjoy all kinds of music. My favorite country singers are Tim and Faith. Snoopy and Woodstock are on the web at snoopy.com and at Scott's Peanuts page. The Internet Movie Database is a great resource for learning about movies. I enjoy shopping at L.L. Bean. Every day, I read my favorite newspaper, The New York Times. For many years, I have enjoyed baseball, especially the New York Mets. I also really enjoy watching Big Ten college football.