Last updated July 9, 2025

Martin Malandro

Box 2206
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX 77341-2206

Office: 433 Lee Drain Building
Phone: (936) 294-1580
Fax: (936) 294-1882
Email: my last name @ shsu.edu

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Teaching

Fall 2025: To be updated later
Spring 2025: To be updated later
Fall 2024: To be updated later
Spring 2024: To be updated later

Fall 2023:
Math 1420 (Calculus I) Online
Math 1420 (Calculus I) Online

Spring 2023:
Math 1420 (Calculus I) Online
Math 6336 (Graduate Algebra II) TuTh 3:30-4:45

Fall 2022:
Math 1420 (Calculus I) Online
Math 6380 (Research Methods in Mathematics) TuTh 2:00-3:15
Math 6335 (Graduate Algebra I) TuTh 3:30-4:45

Spring 2022:
Math 1420 (Calculus I) Online
Math 1332 (College Mathematics) Online

Fall 2021:
Math 3300 (Intro to Math Thought) TuTh 3:30-4:45
Math 1332 (College Mathematics) Online

Spring 2021:
Math 1420 (Calculus I) Online
Math 1332 (College Mathematics) Online

Fall 2020:
Math 1430 (Calculus II) MWF 2:00-3:15
Math 1430 (Calculus II) MWF 3:30-4:45

Spring 2020:
Math 3300 (Intro to Math Thought) MW 2:00-3:15
Math 3300 (Intro to Math Thought) MW 3:30-4:45
Math 1332 (College Mathematics) Online

Fall 2019:
Math 1430 (Calculus II) MWF 2:00-3:15 Syllabus
Math 1430 (Calculus II) MWF 3:30-4:45 Syllabus
Math 1332 (College Mathematics) Online Syllabus

Spring 2019:
Math 3300 (Intro to Math Thought) MW 12:30-1:50 Syllabus
Math 3300 (Intro to Math Thought) TuTh 12:30-1:50 Syllabus
Math 4377 (Algebraic Structures) TuTh 2:00-3:20 Syllabus

Fall 2018:
Math 1430 (Calculus II) MWF 11-12:20 Syllabus
Math 1430 (Calculus II) MWF 12:30-1:50 Syllabus

Spring 2018:
Math 3377 (Linear Algebra) TuTh 12:30-1:50 Syllabus
Math 3377 (Linear Algebra) TuTh 2-3:20 Syllabus
Math 6336 (Graduate Algebra II) MW 3-4:20 Syllabus

Fall 2017:
Math 1420 (Calculus I) MWF 11:00-12:20 Syllabus
Math 1420 (Calculus I) MWF 12:30-1:50 Syllabus
Math 6335 (Graduate Algebra I) TuTh 3:30-4:50 Syllabus

Spring 2017:
Math 4377 (Abstract Algebra) TuTh 3:30-4:50 Syllabus
Math 5397 (Graduate Discrete Mathematics) MW 3:00-4:20 Syllabus

Fall 2016:
Math 1410 (Elementary Functions) MWF 11:00-12:20 Syllabus
Math 1410 (Elementary Functions) MWF 12:30-1:50 Syllabus
Math 1324 (Math for Managerial Decision Making) TuTh 3:30-4:50 Syllabus

Spring 2016:
Math 3377 (Linear Algebra) MW 12:30-1:50 Syllabus
Math 3377 (Linear Algebra) MW 3:00-4:20 Syllabus
Math 1324 (Math for Managerial Decision Making) TuTh 12:30-1:50 Syllabus

Fall 2015:
Math 1410 (Elementary Functions) MWF 11:00-12:20 Syllabus
Math 1410 (Elementary Functions) MWF 12:30-1:50 Syllabus
Math 4370 (Special Topics: Mathematical Programming in Sage) MW 4:30-5:50 Syllabus

Spring 2015:
Math 3377 (Linear Algebra) MW 11:00-12:20 Syllabus
Math 6336 (Graduate Algebra II) MW 3:00-4:20 Syllabus

Fall 2014:
Math 1430 (Calculus II) MWF 11:00-12:20 Syllabus
Math 1430 (Calculus II) MWF 12:30-1:50 Syllabus
Math 6335 (Graduate Algebra I) Syllabus

Spring 2014:
MATH 1430 (Calculus II) MWF 12:30-1:50pm Syllabus
MATH 5360 (Special Topics: Representations of Groups and Algebras) MW 3:00-4:20pm Syllabus

Fall 2013:
MATH 1420 (Calculus I) MWF 11:00-12:20pm Syllabus
MATH 1420 (Calculus I) MWF 12:30-1:50pm Syllabus
MATH 3377 (Linear Algebra) MW 4:30-5:50pm Syllabus

Spring 2013:
MATH 1410 (Elementary Functions) MWF 12:30-1:50pm Syllabus
MATH 5397 (Graduate Discrete Mathematics) MW 3:00-4:20pm Syllabus
MATH 4370 (Special Topics: Undergraduate Research) Arranged

Fall 2012:
MATH 1324 (Math for Managerial Decision Making) MW 3:00-4:20pm Syllabus
MATH 1324 (Math for Managerial Decision Making) TuTh 3:30-4:50pm Syllabus
MATH 1420 (Calculus I) Mon and Wed: noon-12:50pm, Tu and Thu: 12:30pm-1:50pm Syllabus

Spring 2012:
MATH 1316 (Plane Trigonometry) MWF noon-12:50pm Syllabus
MATH 1316 (Plane Trigonometry) MWF 1:00-1:50pm Syllabus
MATH 4377 (Algebraic Structures) TuTh 2:00-3:20pm Syllabus

Fall 2011:
MATH 1420 (Calculus I) MW 3:30pm-5:50pm Syllabus
MATH 1420 (Calculus I) TuTh 3:30pm-5:50pm Syllabus
MATH 4370 (Special Topics: Elementary Number Theory) MWF noon-12:50pm Syllabus

Spring 2011:
MTH 143 (Calculus II) MTuWTh. Mon and Wed: 3:30-4:20, Tu and Thu: 3:30-4:50 Syllabus
MTH 295 (Discrete Mathematics) TuTh 2:00-3:20 Syllabus

Fall 2010:
MTH 164 (College Mathematics) MW 3:00-4:20 Syllabus
MTH 164 (College Mathematics) TuTh 2:00-3:20 Syllabus
MTH 142 (Calculus I) MTuWTh. Mon and Wed: 12:00-12:50, Tu and Thu: 12:30-1:50 Syllabus
MTH 470 (Special Topics: Resolving Paradoxes in the Theory of Voting) Arranged.

Spring 2010:
MTH 143 (Calculus II) MTuWThu. Mon and Wed 1:00-1:50, Tu and Thu: 12:30-1:50 Syllabus
MTH 377 (Linear Algebra) MWF 11:00-11:50 Syllabus

Fall 2009:
MTH 164 (College Mathematics) MW 3:00-4:20 Syllabus
MTH 164 (College Mathematics) TuTh 2:00-3:20 Syllabus
MTH 142 (Calculus I) MTuWTh. Mon and Wed: 12:00-12:50, Tu and Thu: 12:30-1:50 Syllabus

Spring 2009:
MTH 164 (College Mathematics) MWF 10:00-10:50
MTH 164 (College Mathematics) MWF 1:00-1:50
MTH 142 (Calculus I) MTuWTh. Mon and Wed: 11:00-11:50, Tu and Thu: 11:00-12:20

Fall 2008:
MTH 164 (College Mathematics) MWF 10:00-10:50
MTH 164 (College Mathematics) MWF 12:00-12:50
MTH 142 (Calculus I) MTuWTh. Mon and Wed: 11:00-11:50, Tu and Thu: 11:00-12:20

Research

Partial difference sets in C_{2^n} x C_{2^n}
The unlabeled lattices on <=15 nodes
The inverse semigroups of order <=15

Peer reviewed articles:
  1. O. Eldeeb* and M. E. Malandro. Barwise Section Boundary Detection in Symbolic Music Using Convolutional Neural Networks. In Proc. of the 26th Int. Society for Music Information Retrieval Conf., Daejeon, South Korea (2025). Preprint coming soon. Dataset Code
  2. T. He**, M. E. Malandro, and D. Shadle. The Florence Price Art Song Dataset and Piano Accompaniment Generator. In Proc. of the 26th Int. Society for Music Information Retrieval Conf., Daejeon, South Korea (2025). Preprint Dataset Piano Accompaniment Generator
  3. M. E. Malandro. Composer's Assistant 2: Interactive Multi-Track MIDI Infilling with Fine-Grained User Control. In Proc. of the 25th Int. Society for Music Information Retrieval Conf., San Francisco, CA (2024). Preprint Code
  4. M. E. Malandro. Composer's Assistant: An Interactive Transformer for Multi-Track MIDI Infilling. In Proc. of the 24th Int. Society for Music Information Retrieval Conf., Milan, Italy (2023). Preprint Code
  5. M. E. Malandro. Ask Your Students Research-Like Questions: Examples from Calculus II. PRIMUS 33(8) (2023), 916–937.
  6. R. C. Kafle, D. Y. Kim, M. E. Malandro, and M. M. Holt. Modeling COVID-19 Positivity Rates and Hospitalizations in Texas. Model Assisted Statistics and Applications #1, v. 16 (2021).
  7. M. E. Malandro. Self-grading for Attendance and Participation. Textshop Experiments 7.5 (2020).
  8. M. E. Malandro and K. W. Smith. Partial difference sets in C_{2^n} x C_{2^n}. Discrete Mathematics 343(4) (2020), 1-22. Preprint
  9. M. E. Malandro. Enumeration of finite inverse semigroups. Semigroup Forum 99(3) (2019), 679-723. Preprint
  10. A. M. Broussard**, M. E. Malandro, and A. Serreyn**. Optimizing the Video Game Multi-Jump: Player Strategy, AI, and Level Design. Amer. Math. Monthly 123(10) (2016), 1013-1032. pdf, copyright 2016 Mathematical Association of America. All rights reserved. errata
  11. M. E. Malandro. Fourier inversion for finite inverse semigroups. SIAM J. Disc. Math. 29(1) (2015), 269-296, doi: 10.1137/130932028. Preprint
  12. S. Chapman, R. Garcia, L. D. García-Puente, M. E. Malandro, K. W. Smith. Algebraic and combinatorial aspects of sandpile monoids on directed graphs. J. Combin. Theory Ser. A 120(1) (2013), 245-265, doi:10.1016/j.jcta.2012.08.001. Preprint
  13. M. E. Malandro. Inverse semigroup spectral analysis for partially ranked data. Appl. Comput. Harmon. Anal. 35(1) (2013), 16-38, doi:10.1016/j.acha.2012.07.009. Preprint
  14. M. E. Malandro and B. Cory. Optimization on discrete domains using calculus. The Mathematics Teacher 106(5) (Dec. 2012/Jan. 2013), 394-397. Please email me if you'd like a preprint.
  15. M. E. Malandro. Fast Fourier transforms for finite inverse semigroups. J. Algebra 324(2) (2010), 282-312,  doi:10.1016/j.jalgebra.2009.11.031. Preprint
  16. M. Malandro and D. Rockmore. Fast Fourier transforms for the rook monoid. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 362(2) (2010), 1009-1045. Preprint
* = Graduate student co-author
** = Undergraduate student co-author

My Ph.D. thesis (Dartmouth College, 2008)