Gianluca Caterina
Gianluca Caterina
Professor, Mathematics
Endicott College School of Science and Technology
Contact
Judge Science Center , 311
gcaterin@endicott.edu
978-232-2258

Profile

Gianluca Caterina joined Endicott in 2008 after receiving his Ph.D. in Mathematics in 2007 from Tufts University. His approach to both teaching and research emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of mathematics. He has published in several academic journals in the fields of logic, theoretical computer science and philosophy. He teaches a broad variety of courses, including statistics, multivariable calculus, and a class in the mathematics of music.

Education

Università degli Studi di Salerno
Bachelor of Science
Mathematics
1996

Tufts University
Master of Arts
Mathematics
2003

Tufts University
Doctor of Philosophy
Mathematics 2007

Research

Gianluca`s research program focuses on the interdisciplinary nature of mathematics. Currently he is working on the connections between diagrammatic logic and philosophy. His most project aims to recast C.S. Peirce`s diagrammatic logic into a mathematically sound framework using the methods and the language of category theory.  

Courses

Mathematical Reasoning
Probability
Multivariable Calculus
Applied Statistics
Mathematical Problem Solving
Senior Thesis II
Non-Euclidean Geometry
Abstract Algebra
The Mathematics of Music

 

Accomplishments

Awards

  • Best Paper Award, International Journal of General Systems 2017.
  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning grant, Davis Foundation 2010.
  • Visiting student scholarship grant, Harvard University 1999.

Publications

  • R. Gangle, G. Caterina, F. Tohme (2022). A Generic Figures Reconstruction of Peirce’s Existential Graphs (Alpha). Erkenntnis, Springer.
  • V. Cafagna, G. Caterina (2020). A note on a theorem of Aldo Ghizzetti. Iranian Journal of Fuzzy Systems.
  • G. Caterina, R. Gangle (2016). Iconicity and Abduction. Springer (2016).