Profile
Chris Bispels
Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
Graduate Lab Assistant
Martin Hall E1A [Office]
Educational Background
B.S., Mathematics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2025
Profile/About Me
After living in Germany and near Washington DC, Chris is enjoying the nature of Clemson and using the beautiful scenery as a backdrop for his studies and investigations into number theoretic topics. At time of writing this, Chris is early in his program and has not begun the dissertation process. He also has interests in philosophy (epistemology, logic), computer science (algorithms), soccer, and rock climbing.
Research Interests
Various flavors of number theory, including algebraic, combinatorial, and computational. Currently I am in the exploration phase as I expand my experience in a variety of fields as I work on a few small side projects for fun.
I have done research in computational number theory on projects related to covering systems and related to the Miller-Rabin primality testing algorithm. Most recently I conducted research on the security of a new block cypher using theoretic and computational techniques to conduct differential cryptanalysis.
Courses Taught
CLEM MATH 1060 - Calculus of One Variable I (Instructor: Fall 2026)
CLEM MATH 2070 - Business Calculus II (TA: Spring 2026)
CLEM MATH 1050 - Precalculus (TA: Fall 2025)
UMBC MATH407 - Intro to Modern Algebra and Number Theory (Grader: Spring 2024)
UMBC MATH152 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry II (TA: Spring 2023)
UMBC MATH155 - Applied Calculus (TA: Fall 2022)
Selected Publications
Bispels, C., Boran, M., Miller, S., Sosis, E., & Tsai, D. (2024). v-Palindromes: an Analogy to the Palindromes. The PUMP Journal of Undergraduate Research, 7, 186–206. https://doi.org/10.46787/pump.v7i0.3927
Chris Bispels, Matthew Cohen, Joshua Harrington, Joshua Lowrance, Kaelyn Pontes, Leif Schaumann, Tony W. H. Wong (2025, submitted). On Sierpi?ski and Riesel Repdigits and Repintegers. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2505.00778
Chris Bispels, Matthew Cohen, Joshua Harrington, Joshua Lowrance, Kaelyn Pontes, Leif Schaumann, Tony W. H. Wong (2025, submitted). A further investigation on covering systems with odd moduli. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2507.16135
Selected Talks
"Unusual and Amazing Numbers," Clemson University Math Club 2026
Report on security of new block cypher algorithm, delivered in a special session to CCR-Princeton, 2026
"Using Integer Covering Systems to find Repdigit and Other Forms of Riesel and Sierpi?ski Numbers," Joint Mathematics Meeting 2025
"Investigations of v-palindromes and extensions to f -palindromes," Joint Mathematics Meeting 2023 (jointly delivered with Garam Choi)
Honors and Awards
STEM ALL-IN Fellow
Meyerhoff Scholar
Eagle Scout
Degree Program
PhD Mathematical Sciences
Links
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