Brent A. Yorgey
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Associate Professor
Also affiliated: Williams College (2015); California University of Pennsylvania (2013); Conway School of Landscape Design (2023); University of Pennsylvania (2010–2014)
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Brent A. Yorgey's research interests lie in the development of functional programming languages and their application to discrete mathematics. He has published work on topics such as Fenwick trees, a data structure used for efficient calculation of prefix sums, and the functional programming language Disco, designed specifically for discrete mathematics problems. Yorgey also contributes to the discourse on programming language literature through reviews, such as his assessment of "Haskell in Depth." His scholarly output includes 21 publications, with a total of 306 citations and an h-index of 7, indicating a consistent contribution to his field.
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- h-index: 7
- Publications: 21
- Citations: 308
Selected Publications
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Review of “Haskell in Depth” by Vitaly Bragilevsky, Manning Publications, 2021 (2025)
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You could have invented Fenwick trees (2025)
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Disco: A Functional Programming Language for Discrete Mathematics (2023)
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FARM 2018 demo summary (2018)
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What’s the difference? a functional pearl on subtracting bijections (2018)
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How to twist pointers without breaking them (2016)
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How to twist pointers without breaking them (2016)
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Diagrams: a functional EDSL for vector graphics (2015)