J. F. Nystrom
Associate Professor
Computer Science
Ferris State University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Jim Nystrom holds four university degrees, including a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Idaho. He teaches a variety of courses in Computer Science and Mathematics including programming, computer organization, numerical analysis, discrete structures, trigonometry and others. His research interests include the design of algorithms for the time-domain simulation of physical phenomena, and implications associated with the quantum mind. Dr. Nystrom is the advisor for Applied Mathematics students with a Concentration in Computer Science.
Research Interest
Algorithm design for time-domain simulations and visualizations, computational sci- ence and computational physics, computational electromagnetics, electromagnetic theory, quantum mind, the simulation argument, and computational cosmography.
Publications
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J.F. Nystrom and J.L. Young, “ k -Space Transfer Function Design of Discrete Operators: Application to Maxwell’s Time-Domain Equations,†Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications 13 , 781-806 (1999).
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J.F. Nystrom, “An Exact Finite Field Renormalization Group Calculation on a Two Dimensional Fractal Lattice,†Int. Journal of Modern Physics C 11 , 257-275 (2000).
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J.F. Nystrom, “High-Order Time-Stable Numerical Boundary Scheme for the Temporally Dependent Maxwell Equations in Two-Dimensions,†Journal of Computational Physics 178 , 290-306 (2002)
