Daniel Berleant

CV (on-line version)

 

 

Department of Information Science

ETAS Building, Rm. 259D
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

2801 S. University Ave.

Little Rock, AR 72204

USA

(501) 569-3488 

(501) 569-8951  (alternate)
(501) 683-7049  (fax)
berleant@gmail.com

jdberleant@ualr.edu

http://ifsc.ualr.edu/jdberleant

 

 

 

Education

Ph.D.

1991

Computer Sciences, University of Texas at Austin

M.S.

1990

Computer Sciences, University of Texas at Austin

B.S.

1982

Computer Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Experience

2009-present, Professor

University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Department of Information Science

2007-2008, Interim Department Chair

University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Department of Information Science

2006-2009, Associate Professor

University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Department of Information Science

University of Arkansas at Little Rock/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Joint Graduate Program in Bioinformatics

1999-2006, Associate Professor  

Iowa State University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Lawrence Baker Center for Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics (2000-2006)

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Program (2000-2006)

Information Infrastructure Institute (2003-2006)

Human Computer Interaction Graduate Program (2003-2006)

1997-1999, Associate Professor

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering (1998-1999)

Department of Computer Systems Engineering (1997-1998)

Adjunct, Department of Electrical Engineering

1991-1997, Assistant Professor

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Department of Computer Systems Engineering

Adjunct, Department of Electrical Engineering (1993-1997)

1983-1991, Research Scientist Engineer Associate, Research Assistant, and Teaching Assistant  

University of Texas at Austin, Department of Computer Sciences

1989, Technical Staff Member

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, Artificial Intelligence Group

1982-1983, Software Engineer  

Sorcim Corp., San Jose, CA

1980-1982, Software Developer  

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Psychology

1979, Project Manager

Quadex Corp., Cambridge, MA

 

Publications and Presentations (“*” indicates student author)

In preparation or submitted 

1.                               D. Berleant, J. Ding*, and D. Nettleton, “Corpus properties of protein interaction descriptions in MEDLINE,” in preparation.

2.                               G. Kahrimanis and D. Berleant, “Location measurements without prior distributions based on the calculus of probability alone,” in preparation.

3.                               S. Ferson, R. Nelsen, J. Hajagos, D. Berleant, J. Zhang, W. T. Tucker, L. Ginzburg, and W. L. Oberkampf, “Myths about correlations and dependencies and their implications for risk analysis.” In preparation.

Journal articles 

1.       D. Berleant, M. White, E. Pierce, E. Tudoreanu, A. Boeszoermenyi*, Y. Shtridelman* and J. C. Macosko, “The genetic code–more than just a table,” Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, 55 (2) (2009), pp. 107-116, doi 10.1007/s12013-009-9060-9.

2.        L. Zhang*, D. Berleant, J. Ding, T. Cao, and E. S. Wurtele, “PathBinder - text empirics and automatic extraction of biomolecular interactions,” BMC Bioinformatics, 10(suppl. 11)(2009), accepted###.

3.        J. Ding*, D. Berleant, J. Xu, K. Juhlin, E. Wurtele and A. Fulmer, “GeneNarrator: mining the literaturome for relations among genes,” Journal of Proteomics & Bioinformatics, 2 (Aug. 2009): 360-371. doi:10.4172/jpb.1000096.

4.        J. D. Wren, Y. Gusev, R. D. Isokpehi, D. Berleant, U. Braga-Neto, D. Wilkins and S. Bridges, “Editorial: proceedings of the 2009 MidSouth Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Society (MCBIOS) Conference,” BMC Bioinformatics, 10(Suppl. ###) (2009), pp. ###.

5.        D. Berleant, L. Andrieu, J.-P. Argaud, F. Barjon, M.-P. Cheong*, M. Dancre, G. Sheble, and C.-C. Teoh*, “Portfolio management under epistemic uncertainty using stochastic dominance and Information-Gap Theory,” International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 49 (1)(Sept. 2008), pp. 101-116.

6.        D. Berleant, M. Ceberio, G. Xiang, and V. Kreinovich, “Towards adding probabilities and correlations to interval computations,” International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 46 (Dec. 2007), pp. 499-510.

7.        V. Kreinovich, D. Berleant, O. Kosheleva, and H. T. Nguyen, “Unimodality, independence lead to NP-hardness of interval probability problems,” Reliable Computing, 13 (3) (2007), pp. 261-282.

8.        D. Berleant, F. G. Cozman, O. Kosheleva, V. Kreinovich, “Dealing with imprecise Probabilities: interval-related talks at ISIPTA'05,” Reliable Computing, 12(2) (2006), pp. 153-165.

9.        J. Ding*, L. M. Hughes*, D. Berleant, A. W. Fulmer, and E. S. Wurtele, “PubMed Assistant: a biologist-friendly interface for enhanced PubMed search,” Bioinformatics, 22(3) (Feb. 2006), pp. 378-380.

10.     J. Ding*, K. Viswanathan*, D. Berleant, L. Hughes, E. S. Wurtele, D. Ashlock, J. Dickerson, A. Fulmer, and P. S. Schnable, “Using the biological taxonomy to access biological literature using PathBinderH,” Bioinformatics, 21(10) (May 2005), pp. 2560-2562.

11.     J. Ding* and D. Berleant, “MedKit: a helper toolkit for automatic mining of MEDLINE/PubMed citations,” Bioinformatics, 21 (Mar. 2005), pp. 694-695.

12.     D. Berleant and J. Zhang*, “Bounding the times to failure of 2-component systems,” IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 53 (4) (Dec. 2004), pp. 542-550.

13.     H. Regan, S. Ferson and D. Berleant, “Equivalence of methods for uncertainty propagation of real-valued random variables,”  International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 36 (2004), pp. 1-30.

14.     D. Berleant and V. Nesterov, “Editors’ note,” Reliable Computing, 10 (2) (2004), pp. 81-82.

15.     D. Berleant and J. Zhang*, “Using Pearson correlation to improve envelopes around the distributions of functions,” Reliable Computing, 10 (2) (2004), pp. 139-161.

16.     D. Berleant and J. Zhang*, “Representation and problem solving with Distribution Envelope Determination (DEnv),” Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 85 (1-3) (2004), pp. 153-168.

17.     D. Berleant, L. Xie*, and J. Zhang*, “Statool: a tool for Distribution Envelope Determination (DEnv), an interval-based algorithm for arithmetic on random variables,” Reliable Computing 9(2) (2003), pp. 91-108.

18.     D. Berleant, M.-P. Cheong*, C. Chu, Y. Guan, A. Kamal, G. Sheblι, S. Ferson, and J.F. Peters, “Dependable handling of uncertainty,”  Reliable Computing 9 (6) (2003), pp. 407-418. (Invited.)

19.     D. Berleant, “Safe and effective computer arithmetic” (a review of Scientific Computing, Validated Numerics, Interval Methods, Joint Proceedings of SCAN 2000 and Interval 2000, ed. by W. Krδmer and J. von Gudenberg, Kluwer Academic/Plenum, 2001), The Computer Journal 45 (5) (2002), pp. 578-579. (Invited.)

20.     D. Berleant, “Does typography affect proposal assessment?,” Communications of the ACM 43 (8) (August 2000), pp. 24-25.

21.     H. Berghel, D. Berleant, T. Foy*, and M. McGuire*, “Cyberbrowsing: information customization on the Web,” Journal of the American Society for Information Science (JASIS) 50 (10) (May, 1999), pp. 505-511.

22.     J. Simonson, D. Berleant, X. Zhang*, M. Xie*, and H. Vo*, “Version augmented URI's for reference permanence via an Apache Module design,” Computer Networks and ISDN Systems 30 (1-7) (April 1998), pp. 337-345. Also presented at the Seventh International World Wide Web Conference (WWW7), Brisbane, Australia.

23.     D. Berleant and C. Goodman-Strauss, “Bounding the results of arithmetic operations on random variables of unknown dependency using intervals,” Reliable Computing 4 (2) (1998), pp. 147-165. 

24.     D. Berleant and H. Cheng*, “A software tool for automatically verified operations on intervals and probability distributions,” Reliable Computing 4 (1) (1998), pp. 71-82.

25.     D. Berleant and B. Kuipers, “Qualitative and quantitative simulation: bridging the gap,” Artificial Intelligence 95 (2) (1997), pp. 215-255.

26.     D. Berleant, L. Shi*, X. Wei*, K. Viswanathan*, C. Chai*, N. Majid*, Y. Qu*, and P. Sunkara*, “LEARN: software for foreign language vocabulary acquisition from English unrestricted text,” Computer Assisted Language Learning 10 (2) (1997), pp. 107-120.

27.     D. Berleant, “Engineering Word Experts for word disambiguation,” Natural Language Engineering 1 (4) (Dec. 1995), pp. 339-362.

28.     D. Berleant and B. Liu*, “Robert's Rules of Order for email meetings,” Computer 28 (11) (Nov. 1995),  pp. 84-85.

29.     D. Berleant, “A unified representation for numerical and qualitative simulations,” Applied Computing Review 3(1) (Summer 1995), pp. 23-26.

30.     D. Berleant and H. Berghel, “Customizing Information: part 2, how successful are we so far?,” Computer 27 (10) (Oct. 1994), pp. 76-78.

31.     D. Berleant and H. Berghel, “Customizing Information: part 1, getting what we need, when we need it,” Computer 27 (9) (Sept. 1994), pp. 96-98.

32.     H. Berghel and D. Berleant, “The challenge of customizing cybermedia,” Heuristics 7 (2) (Summer/Fall 1994), pp. 33-43.

33.     R. R. Goforth and D. Berleant, “A simulation model to assist in managing the HIV epidemic: IMAP2,” Simulation 63 (2) (Aug. 1994), pp. 128-136.

34.     D. Berleant, S. Lovelady*, and K. Viswanathan*, “A foreign vocabulary learning aid for the networked world of tomorrow: the LEARN project,” SIGICE Bulletin 19 (3) (Feb. 1994), pp. 22-29.

35.     D. Berleant, “Automatically verified reasoning with both intervals and probability density functions,” Interval Computations (1993 No. 2), pp. 48-70.

Software

1.        D. Berleant (project leader), PubMed Assistant, a biologist friendly interface for enhanced PubMed searches, at http://metnet.vrac.iastate.edu/browser. On-line as of 2005.

2.        D. Berleant (project leader), PathBinderH, a large bioinformatics text repository, at www.plantgenomics.iastate.edu/PathBinderH. On-line as of 2005.

3.        D. Berleant (project leader), MetNet PathBinder, a plant metabolomics text repository currently being integrated into the overall MetNet system as part of an NSF-funded project. http://metnet.vrac.iastate.edu/MetNet_PathBinder.htm. On-line as of 2005.

4.        D. Berleant (project leader), Statool, a system for arithmetic on partially specified probability distributions. http://ifsc.ualr.edu/jdberleant/statool/index.htm.

Book chapters

1.        M. Mete*, N. Yuruk*, X. Xu, and D. Berleant, “Knowledge discovery in textual databases: a concept-association mining approach,” chapter ### of Y. Chan, J. Talburt and T. Talley, eds., Data Engineering: Mining, Information and Intelligence, Springer, 2009, pp. ###-###.

2.        D. Berleant, J. Ding*, L. Hughes*, A. Fulmer, E. Wurtele, K. Viswanathan, and P. S. Schnable, “PathBinderH: a tool for sentence-focused, plant taxonomy-sensitive access to the biological literature,” chapter 5 in G. P. Rao, C. Wagner & R. K. Singh, eds., Application of Genomics and Bioinformatics in Plants, Studium Press LLC, Houston, 2008, pp. 121-136.

3.        D. Berleant, G. Anderson, and C. Goodman-Strauss, “Arithmetic on bounded families of distributions: a DEnv algorithm tutorial,” chapter 9 in C. Hu, R.B. Kearfott, A. de Korvin, and V. Kreinovich, eds., Knowledge Processing with Interval and Soft Computing, pp. 183-210,  Springer, 2008 (ISBN 978-1-84800-325-5).

4.        E. S. Wurtele, L. Li, D. Berleant, D. Cook, J. A. Dickerson, J. Ding*, H. Hofmann, M. Lawrence*, E. K. Lee*, J. Li*, W. Mentzen, L. Miller, B. J. Nikolau, N. Ransom*, and Y. Wang, “MetNet: systems biology software for Arabidopsis,” in B. J. Nikolau and E. S. Wurtele, Concepts in Plant Metabolomics, Springer, 2007, pp. 145-158.

5.        J. A. Dickerson, D. Berleant, P. Du*, J. Ding*, C. M. Foster*, L. Li*, and E. S. Wurtele, “Creating, modeling, and visualizing metabolic networks,” chapter 17 in H. Chen, S. S. Fuller, C. Friedman, and W. Hersh, eds., Medical Informatics: Knowledge Management and Data Mining in Biomedicine, Springer, 2005, pp. 491-518.

6.        J. A. Dickerson, D. Berleant, Z. Cox*, W. Qi*, D. Ashlock, E. S. Wurtele, and A. W. Fulmer, “Creating metabolic network models using text mining and fuzzy expert systems,” in J. T. L. Wang, C. H. Wu, and P. Wang, eds., Computational Biology and Genome Informatics, World Scientific Publishing Co., 2003, pp. 207-238.

7.        D. Berleant, “Testing and qualification,” in W. D. Brown, ed., Advanced Electronic Packaging: with Emphasis on Multichip Modules, Instructor's Solutions Manual, IEEE Press, 1999, pp. 62-67.

8.        S. Kolluru* and D. Berleant, “Testing and qualification,” chapter 12 in W. D. Brown, ed., Advanced Electronic Packaging: With Emphasis on Multichip Modules, IEEE Press, 1999, pp. 447-491.

9.        D. Berleant, “Automatically verified arithmetic on probability distributions and intervals,” in B. Kearfott and V. Kreinovich, eds., Applications of Interval Computations, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996, pp. 227-244. 

10.     D. Berleant and B. Kuipers, “Qualitative-numeric simulation with Q3,” in B. Faltings and S. Struss, eds., Recent Advances in Qualitative Physics, MIT Press, 1992, pp. 3-16. (Preliminary versions in AAAI's 1990 MBR Workshop and in the 4th International Workshop on Qualitative Reasoning 1990.)

11.     R. Doyle, U. Fayyad, D. Berleant, L. Charest, L. de Mello, H. Porta and M. Weismeyer, “Sensor selection in complex systems monitoring using information quantification and causal reasoning,” in B. Faltings and S. Struss, eds., Recent Advances in Qualitative Physics, MIT Press, 1992, pp. 229-244.

Proceedings – full paper reviewed

1.        D. Berleant, K. Villaverde, and O. M. Koseheleva, “Towards a more realistic representation of uncertainty: an approach motivated by info-gap decision theory,” Proceedings of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS ’08), May 19-22, New York.

2.        M.-P. Cheong*, G.B. Sheble, D. Berleant, C.-C. Teoh*, J.-P. Argaud, M. Dancre, L. Andrieu and F. Barjon, “Second-order stochastic dominance portfolio optimization for an electric energy company,” Proceedings of Power Tech 2007, July 1-5, Lausanne.

3.        D. Berleant and G.T. Anderson, “Decision-making under severe uncertainty for autonomous mobile robots,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Oct. 7-10, 2007, Montrιal.

4.        M. Ceberio, G. Xiang, L. Longprι, V. Kreinovich, H.T. Nguyen, and D. Berleant, “Two etudes on combining probabilistic and interval uncertainty: processing correlations and measuring loss of privacy,” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies, Dec. 12-15, 2006, Taipei, pp. 8-17.

5.        M.-P. Cheong*, G. B. Sheblι, and D. Berleant, “Knowledge extraction and data mining for the competitive electricity auction market,” Proceedings of The 9th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS 2006), Stockholm, June 11-15, 2006.

6.        D. Berleant, O. Kosheleva, and H. T. Nguyen, “Adding unimodality or independence makes interval probability problems NP-hard,” Proceedings of the Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems (IPMU 2006), Paris, France, July 2-7, 2006, pp. 833-839.

7.        D. Berleant, S. Ferson, V. Kreinovich and W.A. Lodwick, “Combining interval, probabilistic, and fuzzy uncertainty: foundations, algorithms, challenges – an overview,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms (FNG’05), Tijuana, Oct. 13-14, 2005.

8.        M.-P. Cheong*, G. Sheblι, D. Berleant, J. Zhang*, and G. Kahrimanis, “Uncertainty quantification in a model electric energy bidding problem: a multi-criteria decision making approach,” Proceedings of the 15th Power Systems Computation Conference, Liθge, Belgium, Aug. 22-26, 2005.

9.        J. Zhang* and D. Berleant, “Arithmetic on random variables: squeezing the envelopes with new joint distribution constraints,” Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium On Imprecise Probabilities and Their Applications (ISIPTA ’05), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, July 20-23 2005, pp. 416-422.

10.     D. Berleant, M. Dancre, J.-P. Argaud, and G. Sheble, “Electric company portfolio optimization under interval stochastic dominance constraints,” Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium On Imprecise Probabilities and Their Applications (ISIPTA ’05), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, July 20-23 2005, pp. 51-57.

11.     J. Ding* and D. Berleant, “Design of a Standoff Object-Oriented Markup Language (SOOML) for annotating biomedical literature,” 7th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS), Miami, May 25-28, 2005, pp. 382-385.

12.     D. Berleant, J. Miao, M. Arvold*, J. Brown*, R. DeVries*, T. Drucker*, L. Elkin*, C. Gofron*, and K.-H. Kim*, “Head-tail display: a lightweight approach to query-dependent document display,” Hypertext 2004, Santa Cruz, CA, Aug. 9-13, 2004, pp. 22-23.

13.     M.-P. Cheong*, D. Berleant, and G. Sheblι, “Information Gap Decision Theory as a tool for strategic bidding in competitive electricity markets,” Proceedings, 8th Int. Conf. on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, Sept. 12-16, 2004, Ames, Iowa. (Awarded one of the student prize paper awards.)

14.     J. Miao* and D. Berleant, “From paragraph networks to document networks,” in Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Technology (ITCC 2004), April 5-7, Las Vegas, Vol. 1, pp. 295-303.

15.     D. Berleant, J. Miao*, Z. Gu*, and D. Xu*, “Toward dialogues with documents: MultiBrowser,” in Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Technology (ITCC 2004), April 5-7, Las Vegas, Vol. 1, pp. 287-294.

16.     J. Ding*, D. Berleant, J. Xu, and A. W. Fulmer, “Extracting biochemical interactions from MEDLINE using a link grammar parser,” in Proceedings of the Fifteenth IEEE Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI 2003),  Nov. 3-5, Sacramento, pp. 467-471.

17.     J. Miao* and D. Berleant, “A graph based approach to comparing search engines, proceedings,” Fifth Russian Conference on Digital Libraries, St. Petersburg, Oct. 29-31, 2003.

18.     M.-P. Cheong*, D. Berleant, and G. Sheblι, “On the dependency relationship between bids,” in Proceedings of the 35th North American Power Symposium, Rolla, Missouri, Oct. 20-22, 2003.

19.     J. Ding*, D. Berleant, D. Nettleton, and E. Wurtele, “Mining MEDLINE: abstracts, sentences, or phrases?,” Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 7 (2002), Kaua'i, Hawaii, Jan. 3-7, pp. 326-337. Also available at psb.stanford.edu.)

20.     D. Berleant, Z. Gu*, S. Russell, J. F. Peters, S. Ramanna, and H. Berghel, “Using software engineering concepts and techniques to leverage learning: a novel approach, 2001 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 24-27, 12 pages.

21.     J. A. Dickerson, D. Berleant, Z. Cox*, W. Qi*, D. Ashlock, and E. Wurtele, “Creating metabolic network models using text mining and expert knowledge,” Atlantic Symposium on Computational Biology, Genome Information Systems & Technology (CBGIST 2001), pp. 26-30.

22.     D. Berleant, “Models for reader interaction systems,” Ninth International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM), Washington, D.C., Nov. 6-11, 2000, ACM Press, pp. 127-133.

23.     D. Berleant, and A. Bayyari*, “Document authentication and permanence service,” HyperText 2000, May 30 - June 3, San Antonio, Texas, pp. 226-227.

24.     D. Berleant and B. Liu*, “Is sensitivity analysis more fault tolerant than point prediction?,” Simulation in the Medical Sciences: Proceedings of the 1997 Western MultiConference, The Society for Computer Simulation International, pp. 196-199. 

25.     D. L. Andrews, J. M. Conrad, L. Schaper, S. A. Mengel, and D. Berleant, “Design of a high speed MIMD distributed processor node using MCM technology,” Proceedings of the 1993 International Electronics Packaging Conference, Sept., San Diego, International Electronics Packaging Society, pp. 132-139.

26.     D. Berleant, R. Goforth, and J. Yuan*, “A computer model for predicting AIDS incidence among intravenous drug abusers,” Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Sciences, 1993, Arkadelphia, AR.

27.     J. Mathew*, J. M. Conrad, and D. Berleant, “Word sense disambiguation by constraint satisfaction: a feasibility study,” Proceedings of the Arkansas Computer Conference, Oct. 14-15, 1993, Little Rock, Arkansas Society for Computer and Information Technology, pp. 74-79.

28.     D. Berleant, H. Berghel, and K. Viswanathan*, “Electronic information management: a perspective,” Proceedings of the Arkansas Computer Conference, Oct. 14-15, 1993, Little Rock, Arkansas Society for Computer and Information Technology, pp. 50-57.

29.     R. R. Goforth, D. Berleant, K. Bognaes*, and H. Bushar, “Histogram editing for semi-quantitative data input in interactive simulations,” Proceedings of the 1993 ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, Indiana, ACM Press, pp. 627-633.

30.     D. Berleant and R. Kaduchak*, “Learn a foreign language in (almost) zero minutes a day: a computer-assisted instruction system,” Proceedings of the Arkansas Computer Conference, Oct. 29-30, 1992, Little Rock, Arkansas Society for Computer and Information Technology, pp. 57-62.

31.     D. Berleant, R. R. Goforth, and A. Khanna*, “Comparison of simulation with PDFs vs. fuzzy values,” Proceedings of the Symposium on Computer Simulation in Industrial Engineering and in Problems of Urban Development, Nov. 18-19, 1992, Mexico City, Society for Computer Simulation, pp. I9-I15.

32.     D. Berleant, A. Chandra, K. Bognaes*, C.-G. Liaw, L. Sheng* and J. Ch'ng*, “Probabilities of qualitative behaviors for dependability analysis of a fault-tolerance model,” Proceedings of the 1992 ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, Mar. 1-3, 1992, Kansas City, ACM Press, pp. 883-889.

33.     D. Berleant, “Qualitative-quantitative simulation: in brief,” Proceedings of the Second Annual Conference on AI, Simulation and Planning in High Autonomy Systems, Apr. 1-2, 1991, Cocoa Beach, Florida, IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 233-240.

34.     D. Berleant and B. Kuipers, “Combined qualitative and numerical simulation with Q3,” 4th International Workshop on Qualitative Physics, July 9-12, 1990, Lugano, Switzerland, pp. 140-152.

35.     D. Berleant*, “A unification of numerical and qualitative model simulation,” Proceedings of the 1989 Workshop on Model Based Reasoning, Sponsored by AAAI, pp. 91-96.

36.     R. Doyle, D. Berleant*, L. Falcone, and U. Fayyad*, “Selective simulation and selective sensor interpretation in monitoring,” Proceedings of the AIAA Computers in Aerospace VII Conference and Exhibit, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1989, pp. 859-870.

37.     B. Kuipers and D. Berleant*, “Using incomplete quantitative knowledge in qualitative reasoning,” Proceedings of the Seventh National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-88), Morgan-Kaufmann, Los Altos, California, pp. 324-329. (Also presented at the Qualitative Physics Workshop, 1988).

Proceedings – other

1.        D. Berleant, J. Zhang*, and G. Sheblι, “Activity networks and uncertainty quantification: 2nd-order probability for solving graphs of concurrent and sequential tasks,” Proceedings, NSF Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing, Savannah Georgia, Sept. 15-17, 2004, pp. 53-67.

2.        D. Xu*, D. Berleant, G. Takle, and Z. Pan, “A better understanding of the effects of software defects in weather simulation,” WRF/MM5 User’s Workshop poster session, Boulder, June 22-25, 2004.

3.        J. Zhang* and D. Berleant, “Envelopes around cumulative distribution functions from interval parameters of standard continuous distributions,” Proceedings, North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS 2003), Chicago, pp. 407-412.

4.        D. Berleant, J. Zhang*, R. Hu*, and G. Sheblι, “Economic dispatch: applying the interval-based distribution envelope algorithm to an electric power problem,” SIAM Workshop on Validated Computing 2002 Extended Abstracts, Toronto, May 23-25, pp. 32-35. (Entire submission refereed.)

5.        D. Berleant, L. Xie*, J. Zhang*, and G. Sheblι, “An improved tool for distribution envelope determination, a technique for interval-based, verified arithmetic on random variables,” SIAM Workshop on Validated Computing 2002 Extended Abstracts, Toronto, May 23-25, pp. 26-31. (Entire submission refereed.)

6.        G. Sheblι and D. Berleant, “Bounding the composite value at risk for energy service company operation with DEnv, an interval-based algorithm,” SIAM Workshop on Validated Computing 2002, Extended Abstracts, Toronto, May 23-25, pp. 166-171. (Entire submission refereed.)

7.        J. N. Davis and D. Berleant, “The ‘problem’ of foreign/second-language reading: a technological solution,” Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Technology in Education (ICTE), Santa Fe, March 8-11, 1998. (Abstract refereed.)

8.        R. Goforth and D. Berleant, “The use of probability density functions in an epidemiological model and computer simulation,” abstract, Second Asian Mathematical Conference (AMC95), Oct. 17-20, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, p. 107. (Abstract refereed.)

9.        H. Cheng*, and D. Berleant, “A software tool for automatically verified reasoning with intervals and probability distributions,” International Journal of Reliable Computing Supplement (peer-refereed extended abstracts of APIC '95 International Workshop on Applications of Interval Computations), El Paso, TX, Feb. 23-25, pp. 58-61. (Entire submission refereed.)

10.     D. Berleant, H. Cheng*, P. Hoang*, M. Ibrahim*, S. Jamil*, and P. Krovvidi*, “Robustness measurement: an approach to assessing simulation program reliability,” in M. J. Chinni, ed., Proceedings of the Military, Government and Aerospace Simulation Conference, The Society for Computer Simulation, 1994 (ISBN 1-56555-072-2), pp. 165-170.

11.     D. Berleant* and A. Chandra*, “Probabilities of qualitative behaviors for dependability analysis: overview,” Model Based Reasoning Workshop Notes, AAAI-91, July. (Earlier version in Knowledge Based Construction of Probabilistic and Decision Models Workshop Notes, AAAI-91.) (Entire submission refereed.)

12.     D. Berleant*, “A unification of numerical and qualitative model simulation,” Proceedings of the 1989 Workshop on Model Based Reasoning, IJCAI-89.

Other papers (selected)

·         D. Berleant, “Combining evidence: the Naοve Bayes model Vs. semi-naοve evidence combination,” Software Artifact Research and Development Laboratory Technical Report SARD04-11, 2004.

·         M.-P. Cheong, G. B. Sheblι, and D. Berleant, “Business intelligence using information gap decision theory and data mining approach in competitive bidding,” report, EPRC/PAR 41st Annual Meeting, 2004.

·         S. Ferson, J. Hajagos*, D. Berleant, J. Zhang*, W. T. Tucker, L. Ginzburg, and W. Oberkampf, “Dependence in Dempster-Shafer theory and probability bounds analysis,” Technical Report SAND2004-3072, Sandia National Laboratory, October 2004.

·         D. Berleant and Z. Gu*, “Hash table sizes for storing n-grams for text processing,” Technical Report 10-00a, Software Research Lab, 3215 Coover Hall, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, Oct. 2000.

·         D. Berleant, “Tip on using mid-course evaluations,” Relative to Teaching newsletter, Teaching and Faculty Support Center, U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, April, 1996.

·         D. Berleant, “Software ‘robustness’ assessment addresses the question: ‘how much do bugs matter?,’” Arkansas Computer Bulletin 8 (1) (Winter 1995), p. 8.

·         D. Berleant, “From the industrial age to the information age: research projects are constructing missing links,” Arkansas Computer Bulletin 7 (7) pp. 4-6. Portions also appear in Arkansas Razorbytes 2(1) (Spring 1994).

·         D. Berleant, R. R. Goforth, and J. Yuan, A Computer Model for Predicting AIDS Among Intravenous Drug Abusers, Technical Report 1994-1, Computer Systems Engineering Dept., U. of Arkansas, 1994.

·         H. Berghel and D. Berleant, The Challenge of Customizing Cybermedia, technical report CSCI-TR-94-02, Computer Science Dept., University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, July 1994.

·         D. Berleant with others, “The Computer Cartooned,” cartoons about computers, serialized in the Arkansas Computer Bulletin, 1993-94. From the unpublished manuscript.

·         M. Stanley, H. Berghel, and D. Berleant, A Preliminary Word Frequency Analysis for Technical Computing Literature, technical report CSCI-TR-93-02, Computer Science Dept., University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1993.

·         H. Berghel and D. Berleant, Word-Based Gisting for Electronic Information Management, technical report CSCI-TR-93-06, Computer Science Dept., University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, August 1993.

·         H. Berghel, D. Berleant, K. Viswanathan, and V. Sunkara, KEYCHAIN: A Research Support Tool for the Study of Keyword Chains in Electronic Documents, technical report CSCI-TR-93-07, Computer Science Dept., University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, August 1993.

·         J.M. Conrad, S. A. Mengel, D. Berleant, and D. L. Andrews, Architectural Issues for the University of Arkansas Multichip Module-based Multiprocessor, technical report 1993-3, Computer Systems Engineering Dept., University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1993.

·         D. Berleant, The Use of Quantitative Information with Qualitative Reasoning, technical report AI91-163, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, August 1991.

·         D. Berleant*, The Use of Partial Quantitative Information with Qualitative Reasoning, dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, 1991.

·         D. Berleant*, “Constraint propagation by Waltz Filtering is sound,” Constraint Directed Reasoning Workshop Notes, AAAI-90, pp. 2-11.

·         D. Berleant*, “Probabilities of qualitative behaviors from probability distributions on inputs,” technical report AI90-136, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, August 1990.

·         B. Kuipers and D. Berleant, A Smooth Integration of Incomplete Quantitative Knowledge into Qualitative Simulation, technical report AI90-122, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, January 1990.

·         U. Fayyad, D. Berleant, L. Charest, R. Doyle, L. Falcone, K. Kandt, and G. Tsuyuki, Selective Processing in Monitoring Autumn 1989 Report, JPL D-7103, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 

Panels, presentations, and posters

·         [2009] R. E. Belford, J. W. Moore, D. Berleant, J. L. Holmes, M. A. Bauer*, and K. E. Yancey*, “ChemEd DL WikiHyperGlossary,” American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting and Exposition, Washington, D. C., Aug. 16-20. (Poster)

·         [2009] R. E. Belford, J. W. Moore, D. Berleant, J. L. Holmes, M. A. Bauer*, R. Hall and K. E. Yancey*, “Creating a WikiHyperGlossary for ChemEd DLPathBinder,” Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Waterville, ME, June 21-26. (Poster)

·         [2009] L. Zhang*, D. Berleant, J. Ding, and E. Wurtele, “PathBinder — text empirics for automatic extraction of biomolecular interactions,” Conference of the Mid-South Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Society (MCBIOS), Starkville, MS, Feb. 20-21. (Poster)

·         [2008] J. Macosko, W. Kerr, M. White, and D. Berleant, “Novel teaching tools for biophysics courses: the thermodynamic Venn diagram and the codon hypergrid,” 2008 Carolina Biophysics Symposium, Chapel Hill, NC, Nov. 20-21. (Poster)

·         [2008] R. E. Belford, J. W. Moore, D. Berleant, J. L. Holmes, M. A. Bauer*, S. Z. Sullivan*, and K. E. Yancy*, “Enhancing ChemEd DL with a WikiHyperGlossary,” NSDL: STEM Research and Education in Action, Washington, D.C., Sept. 30-Oct. 2. (Poster)

·         [2008] M.A. Bauer*, D. Berleant, and R. Hall, “ISDB: Interaction Sentence Database,” National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), Washington, D.C., Aug. 6-8. (Poster, won $1,000 student travel award)

·         [2008] G. Springer and D. Berleant, “Electronic Collaborations and the Great Plains Network,” The 5th Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Society, Feb. 23-24, Oklahoma City. (Presentation)

·         [2008] D. Berleant, L. Andrieu, J.-P. Argaud, F. Barjon, M.-P. Cheong*, M. Dancre, G. Sheble, and C.-C. Teoh*, “Portfolio Management Under Epistemic Uncertainty Using Stochastic Dominance and Information-Gap Theory,” The 3rd International Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing, Feb. 20-22, Savannah, Georgia. (Presentation)

·         [2007] D. Berleant, “GPN Bioinformatics Planning Session,” GPN2007: Markers, Milestones, and New Directions, Kansas City, Missouri, May 31. (Presentation)

·         [2007] M. Chae*, D. Berleant, C.-H. Jo, and S.F. Jennings, “Hierarchical Table Representation for the Transcription Codons,” MidSouth Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, New Orleans, Feb. 1-3, 2007. (Poster)

·         [2005]D. Berleant, “Further Computational Challenges Regarding CDF Bounds/P-Boxes/Credal Sets…,” Fourth International Symposium On Imprecise Probabilities And Their Applications (ISIPTA ’05), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, July 23. (Invited panel)

·         [2005] D. Berleant, “Paths to the Future,” Institute for Information Science and Technology, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, May 5. (Presentation)

·         [2005] D. Berleant, “Searching and Serving Biological Texts: Generalizing the Lessons,” Overture/Yahoo, Feb. 25. (Presentation)

·         [2005] L. Hughes, J. Ding, K. Viswanathan, A. Fulmer, D. Berleant, and P.S. Schnable, “PathBinderH: a Tool for Linnaean Taxonomy-Aware Literature Searches,” Plant and Animal Genome XIII Conference, San Diego, January 15-19. (Poster)

·         [2004] D. Berleant, M.-P. Cheong, G. Kahrimanis, G. Sheblι, and J. Zhang, “Optimizing Electric Power Bidding Under Severe Uncertainty,” INFORMS Annual Meeting 2004, Denver, October 24-27. (Presentation)

·         [2004] M.-P. Cheong, G. Sheblι, and D. Berleant, “Information Gap Based Decision Theory for Data Mining of Competitive Bidding,” IEEE Power Engineering Society 2004 General Meeting, Denver, Colorado, June 6-10. (Presentation)

·         [2003] D. Berleant and J. Ding, “Extracting Protein Interactions from Sentences: the PathBinder Project,” 3rd Annual UI/ISU Bioinformatics Workshop, Iowa City, April 25. (Presentation)

·         [2002] E.S. Wurtele, J.A. Dickerson, Z. Cox, D. Cook, D. Ashlock, D. Berleant, B. Fatland, and C.M. Foster, “Computational Analysis of Genome-Wide Metabolome, Proteome, and Transcriptome Expression Data in Arabidopsis,” First International Congress on Plant Metabolomics, April 7-11, Wageningen, The Netherlands. (Presentation)

·         [2002] G. Sheblι, D. Berleant, J. Zhang, M. Cheong, and R. Thomas, “Market Interaction and Market Power” (III), Power Systems Engineering Research Center, Industrial Activities Board meeting, Dec. 12, Atlanta, Georgia. (Poster)

·         [2002] D. Berleant, “(a+b)a, Cumulative Credibility, and the Distribution Envelope Determination (DEnv) Algorithm,” Epistemic Uncertainty Workshop, Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Aug. 6-7. (Poster)

·         [2002] D. Ashlock and D. Berleant, “Machine Learning and Bioinformatics Workshop,” Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc., July 10-11, Coralville, Iowa. (Presentation)

·         [2002] J. Miao and D. Berleant, “EPICS at ISU,” EPICS National Meeting, May 29-30, West Lafayette, IN. (Poster)

·         [2002] D. Berleant and others, “Validation Workshop Panel,” SIAM Workshop on Validated Computing, Toronto, May 24. (Invited Panel)

·         [2002] D. Berleant and D. Ashlock, “Collaborative Research Project: Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc., and Iowa State University,” Mar. 21, Coralville, IA. (Presentation)

·         [2002] D. Berleant, “Support for Oligo Manufacturing with Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery,” Integrated DNA Technologies, Feb. 28, Coralville, IA. (Presentation)

·         [2002] D. Berleant, “Vehicle Diagnostics and Prognostics for Benefits over the Long-, Short-, and Medium-Term,” John Deere and Co., Feb. 14, Waterloo, IA. (Presentation)

·         [2001] J. Ding*, D. Berleant, D. Nettleton, and E. Wurtele, “Mining MEDLINE: Abstracts, Sentences, or Phrases?,” Plant Sciences Institute Scientific Symposium, Oct. 19, 2001, Ames, Iowa. (Poster)

·         [2001] D. Berleant, G. Sheblι, and J. Zhang, “Market Interactions and Market Power,” (II),  Power Systems Engineering Research Center, Industrial Activities Board meeting, June 1, Oak Brook, Illinois. (Poster)

·         [2001] D. Berleant, “On Completion Time of Concurrent Tasks,” Dept. of Computer Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 5. (Presentation)

·         [2000] G. Sheblι, D. Berleant, and R. Thomas, “Market Interaction and Market Power” (I), Power Systems Engineering Research Center, Industrial Activities Board meeting, Dec. (Poster)

·         [2000] W. Qi* and D. Berleant, “PathBinder: a System for Mining MEDLINE for Protein Interactions,” Joint Bioinformatics Workshop, Nov. 3-4, 2000, Iowa City. (Poster)

·         [2000] L. Elkin*, C. Gofron*, M. Travis*, and D. Berleant, “WISER: Split Windows for Browsing Scientific Literature,” Joint Bioinformatics Workshop, Nov. 3-4, 2000, Iowa City. (Poster)

·         [2000] J. Ding*, B. Duwairi*, J. Miao*, and D. Berleant, “Three Systems for Improved Access to Literature on the Web,” Joint Bioinformatics Workshop, Nov. 3-4, 2000, Iowa City. (Poster)

·         [1999] D. Berleant, “Arithmetic on Random Variables of Unknown Dependency,” Dept. of Computer Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, Nov. 18. (Presentation)

·         [1999] D. Berleant, “Thicket Approach to Arithmetic on Random Variables,” Applied Biomathematics, Setauket, NY, July. (Presentation)

·         [1999] D. Berleant, “Dialogues With Documents,” Dept. of Computer and Information Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, Mar. (Presentation)

·         [1999] D. Berleant, “Dialogues With Documents: Customized Interaction With Texts,” Dept. of Computer Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, Mar. 5. (Presentation)

·         [1996] D. Berleant, “From Concept to Theory to Software to Applications - the Research Strategy and Status of Verified Combination of Intervals with Distribution Functions,” SIAM 1996 Annual Meeting, abstract on p. 44 of final program, Kansas City, Missouri. (Presentation)

·         [1996] D. Berleant, “Research at the Software Artifact Research Laboratory,” School of Computer Science, Information Systems, and Telecommunications, DePaul University, Chicago, Feb. 16. (Presentation)

·         [1995] D. Berleant, “AI and Other Research at the SAR&D Laboratory,” Department of Computer Science, University of Maine, Orono, July 21. (Presentation)

·         [1994] D. Berleant, “IMAP2: Interactive Modeling for AIDS Prediction,” Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland, July 18. (Presentation)

·         [1994] D. L. Andrews, J. M. Conrad, S. A. Mengel, and D. Berleant, “Architectural Tradeoffs and Design for a Scalable Distributed Memory, High Speed, Message Passing MIMD Multiprocessor,” Scalable High Performance Computing Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, May 23-25. (Poster)

·         [1993] D. Berleant, “Simulation with Incomplete Information: Then, Now, and the Future,” Advanced Information Systems Section Seminar, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, June 18. (Presentation)

·         [1991] D. Berleant, “Perspectives in AI,” Arkansas Computer Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas, October 18. (Invited panel)

 

External Funding

    1. [Team Leader] NIH. “Arkansas Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR).” 2009-2014. $19.9 million. (PI: C. L. Lowery, U. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences). Also [Co-PI] U. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. “AR Clinical Translational Science Institute.” 2009-####. $###,###. (PI: J. R. Talburt).
    2. [PI] NSF (0849627). “Collaborative Research: A Web-Based System for Modeling and Predicting Neurodevelopment Across Mammalian Species.” 2009-2012. $331,123. (Co-PI: S. Jennings; other PIs at Cornell U., U. of Central Arkansas, and U. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)
    3. [PI] (pending)### USDA-SBIR Subcontract. “A Prototype Program for Attaining Specialty Crop Non-Regulated Status.” 2009-2010. $22,752###.
    4. [PI] NSF EPSCoR P3 subgrant. “Enabling Crop Deregulation with Software: a Prototype.” 2009-2010. $91,571. (Co-PIs: E. Hood, R. Segall)
    5. [Co-PI] NSF (DUE 0840830). “ChemEd Digital Library Wikihyperglossary.” 2009-2010. $149,453. (PI: R. Belford)
    6. [Co-PI] NSF (DBI 0520267). “MetNet: Integrated Software for Arabidopsis Systems Biology Research.” 2005-2008. $969,634. (PI: E.S. Wurtele)
    7. [PI] Electricitι de France, “Portfolio Optimization Under Stochastic Dominance Constraints: the Interval Approach.” 2005-2006. $43,657.62. (Co-PI: G. Sheblι)
    8. [PI] Invitrogen Corp. “Web Site Usability Study” 2004-2005. $34,000. (Co-PIs: P. Patterson, S. Smith)
    9. [PI] The Procter and Gamble Co. “Ontology-Based Clustering of Texts.” 2004-2005. $28,793.
    10. [PI] Corporation for National and Community Service (a federally funded corporation with competitive grant programs). “EPICS at Iowa State University: Assistive Technology for Disabled Children.” Subcontract from Purdue University. 2000-2004. Responsible for approx. $88,739 out of $122,790 total. (Co-PIs: R. Anderson, S. Openshaw, and J. Comer)
    11. [PI] Hewlett-Packard Development Co. Tablet PC. 2003. $1,699 in hardware.
    12. [Co-PI] Rockwell-Collins Foundation. “Equipment for Software Engineering Research Laboratory,” funds to be used to equip a laboratory. 2002. $25,000. (PI: S. Kothari)
    13. [Co-PI] Procter and Gamble. “Bioinformatic Tools for Extraction and Modeling of Signal Transduction Pathways.” 2000-2003. Responsible for approx. $51,508 out of $221,551 total. (PI: D. Ashlock)
    14. [PI] Microsoft Corp. “Software for the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program.” 2000. $24,465 in software.
    15. [Co-PI] Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC), competitively awarded. “Market Interactions and Market Power.” 2000-2002. Responsible for $40,000 out of $140,000 total. (PI: G. B. Sheblι)
    16. [Consultant] Public Health Service. “Quality Assurance for Environmental Risks.” 1998-2000. $699,431. (PI: S. Ferson).
    17. [Co-PI] Arkansas Highways and Transportation Department and Mack-Blackwell Transportation Center. “Automated Traffic Accident Data Entry.” 1996-1998. Responsible for approx. $30,000 out of $161,226 total. (PI: S. Johnson)
    18. [Consultant] National Endowment for the Humanities. “Development of Interactive, Multimedia Educational Software for Studying Native American Cultural History and Foreign Language Learning.” 1996-1999. $200,000 + match. (PD: T. Green)
    19. [PI] Booze, Allen, & Hamilton Inc. “Demographic Extensions to IMAP2, An Interactive Model for AIDS Prediction to Determine the Impact of Proposed Improvements in the Use and Production of Certain Medical Devices.” 1995-1996. $44,300.
    20. [PI] Food and Drug Administration. “An Extension of  'An Interactive Model for HIV/AIDS Prediction (IMAP2) to Determine the Impact of Proposed Improvements in the Use and Production of Certain Medical Devices' to Model Geography and Transit in HIV Epidemiology.” 1994-1995. $24,900.
    21. [PI] Computer Based Systems, Inc. “An Interactive Model for HIV/AIDS Prediction to Determine the Impact of Proposed Improvements in the Use and Production of Certain Medical Devices: Phase 3 Maintenance.” 1993-1995. $27,450.
    22. [PI] Arkansas Science and Technology Authority. “Learn a Foreign Language in (Almost) Zero Minutes a Day: A Computer Assisted Instruction System.” 1993-1994. $24,470.
    23. [Co-PI] Computer Based Systems, Inc. “An Interactive Model for HIV/AIDS Prediction to Determine the Impact of Proposed Improvements in the Use or Production of Certain Medical Devices.” 1991-1992. Responsible for approx. $15,000 out of  $45,132 total. (PI: R. Goforth)

 

Honors and Awards

·         2000 - 2001. Miller Fellow, Center for Teaching Excellence.

·         2000. Warren B. Boast Undergraduate Teaching Award in Computer Engineering, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

·         1995 - 1996. Texas Instruments Outstanding Researcher, Dept. of Computer Systems Engineering.

 

Courses Taught

IFSC 4396 Information Systems App. (capstone)

Taught Fall 2007

IFSC 7310 Information Systems Analysis

Taught Spring 2007

IFSC 5445/4445 Bioinformatics Theory and Apps.

Taught Fall 2006, 2007

IFSC 3360 Systems Analysis and Design

Taught Spring 2007

CPRE 308 Operating Systems, Princ. and Practice Lab

Taught Fall 2005

CPRE 486 Object-Oriented Software Eng.

New course 2000, new preparation 2003

Taught Fall 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

CPRE 485 Java and Internet Programming

New preparation of existing course

Taught Spring 2000-2003, & shared 2004

Enrollment of 175+ in 2003 & 2004

CPRE 587 Text Mining, Processing, & Internet

New course

Taught spring 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

ENGR 161 Eng. Prob. with Comp. Lab

New preparation of existing course

Taught Fall 1999

CSEG 4533  Object-Oriented Prog. & Design

New preparation of existing course

Taught until 1999

CSEG 3543  Data Structures

New preparation of existing course

Taught until 1999

CSEG 5023  Software Engineering I

New preparation of existing course

Taught until 1998

CSEG 510  Computing: Future and Now

Taught until 1998, new course

CSEG 457  Senior Design

Taught until 1998

CSEG 5033  Software Engineering II

Taught until 1997

CSEG 5003  Intro. to Artificial Intelligence

New preparation of existing course

Taught until 1996

CSEG 4933  Computer Systems Analysis

New preparation of existing course

Taught until 1996

CSEG 3933  C Programming

New preparation of existing course

Taught until 1996

CSEG 5323  Text Processing

New course

Taught until 1995

CSEG 5333  Knowledge Based Systems

New course

Taught until 1994

CSEG 5801  Graduate Seminar

Taught until 1994

CSEG 5063  Computer Systems Optimization

New preparation of existing course

Taught until 1993

CSEG 5093  Fault-Tolerant Computing

New preparation of existing course

Taught until 1992

CSEG 4513  Operating Systems

New preparation of existing course

Taught 1991

 

Advising

Visiting scholar sponsorship

·         Won-Jung Kim, Ph.D. (12/99-12/00).

Doctoral students advised (graduation date)

·         Guvenc Yuce, Info-Gap Theory and Epistemic Uncertainty for Cost-Effective Earthquake Mitigation (in progress).

·         Lifeng Zhang, Biomedical Text Empirics (in progress).

·         Jing Ding, Improving Text Clustering for Functional Analysis of Genes (May 2006).

·         Jianzhong Zhang, Partial Information Usage in Uncertainty Quantification (May 2006).

·         Jinghao Miao, Implementation and Analysis of Direct Multidisplay Repositories (May 2004).

Master's thesis students advised (graduation date)

1.      Mei-Peng Cheong, Electric Power Commodity Trading under 2nd-Order Uncertainty (co-advisor, December 2004).

2.      Dong-Ping Xu, Mutation Analysis and Weather Simulation Systems (August 2004).

3.      Jing Ding, Mining Protein Interactions from Biomedical Abstracts (August 2003).

4.      Wenxin Qi, PathBinder: Mining MEDLINE for Protein-Protein Interactions PubMed (May 2003).

5.      Jianzhong Zhang, Uncertainty Operations with Statool (August 2002).

6.      Shoba Selvarajan, Implementation of MPICH on Top of MP_Lite (May 2002).

7.      Zhong Gu, Direct Multidisplay for Web Document Repositories (August 2001).

8.      Ullas Soans, Algorithms for Information Extraction from Text (December 1998).

9.      Shuxuan Yan, Study Guide Authoring System (May 1998).

10.  Jinping Huang, A Server Based Search Engine-Like Interface for Individual Web Documents (May 1998).

11.  Lizhi Xie, A Software Tool for Automatically Verified Operations on Distributions of Dependent Random Variables (May 1998).

12.  Ji Mu, Http Client that Browses: a Stand-Alone MultiBrowser for the Web (December 1997).

13.  Xidan Zhou, Web-Based Document Browser (WBDB): A MultiBrowser for the Web (August 1997).

14.  Liang Qiu, Development of LEARN for Windows: A Computer Assisted Language Learning System (December 1996).

15.  Nikhat Fatima, Hyperbrowser: Information Customization with Automatic Generation of Hyperlinks (December 1996).

16.  Byron Liu, A Mutation Based Approach to Software Fault Tolerance Assessment (May 1996).

17.  Rajesh Potti, MultiBrowser: A Multiway Lookahead Based Information Customizer for Documents (May 1996).

18.  Daniel Tappan, A Russian to English Translation System for Scientific Abstracts (May 1996).

19.  Lingyun Shi, Development and Enhancement of LEARN: A Computer Assisted Language Learning System (May 1995). 

20.  Cristopher R. Jansson, An Implementation of Isolated Word Speech Recognition (May 1995).

21.  Srinivas Kolluru, Software for MCM Design Testing with a Comprehensive Survey of the MCM Testing Field (August 1994).

22.  Hang Cheng, A Software Tool for Automatically Verified Reasoning with Intervals and Cumulative Distribution Functions (May 1994).

23.  Xinxin Wei, Chinese Character Display and Sound Storage in the LEARN System (August 1994).

24.  Jun-Ping Zhang, Ph.D., Extension and Maintenance of the Interactive Model for AIDS Prediction (IMAP2) With Emphasis on Automated Sensitivity Analysis (May 1994). 

Master's project students advised (graduation date) 

1.      Michael Bauer, A resource for text mining research (May 2008)

2.      Wenyu Ye, Ph.D., Hashing N-Grams and Applications in Information Retrieval (August 2003)

3.      David Radack, Structural Coverage Analysis of a Dynamic Device Driver (Co-advisor, December 2001).

4.      Travis VanDerKamp, Conversion of Java2D Graphics API to an OpenGL Graphics API (August 2001).

5.      Nishad Karekar, Sentence Matching Algorithms for Text Retrieval (December 1998).

6.      Fengrui Zhang, Investigation of A Mutation Based Software Dependability Metric (December 1998).

7.      Ali Agha, An Enterprise-Wide Solution for Network Management and Communication (August 1998).

8.      Richard Albers, Design and Implementation of a Web Page Indexer and Search Engine (May 1998).

9.      Yujiang Qu, Computer Assisted Physics Learning System for Mechanics (December 1995).

10.  Chinlin Chai, Porting and Perfective Maintenance of MATHTOOL with Visual Basic (December 1995).

11.  Venkateswara P. Sunkara, Investigations into Word Experts (Co-advisor, August 1994).

12.  Syed Jamil, Report on Approximate String Matching (May 1994).

 

Professional Development (partial list)

·         2009, April 16-17. “FastTrac TechVenture” entrepreneurship workshop, Bailey Center, UALR campus, Little Rock, AR, sponsored by the Arkansas ASSET Initiative.

·         [PI] Internal funding. “Using Software Engineering Concepts and Techniques to Enhance Learning: a Novel Approach.” 2000-2001. $14,816.  (Co-PI: S. F. Russell; collaborators: C. Cruz-Neira, J. Dickerson, D. Jacobson, J. Lamont, A. Somani, and C. Wright)

·         1998, July 24-28. “1998 Faculty Teaching Retreat,” Ozark Folk Center, AR, sponsored by the Teaching and Faculty Support Center, U. of Arkansas.

·         1998, Spring semester. Participated in Teaching and Faculty Support Center book club (book was Becoming a Critically Effective Teacher by S. Brookfield).

·         1997, Dec. 5-6. Attended “Effective Teaching Workshop,” taught by Drs. Richard Felder and Rebecca Brent.

·         1995, Jul. 30-Aug. 3. “1995 Faculty Teaching Retreat,” Waggoner, Oklahoma, sponsored by the Teaching and Faculty Support Center, U. of Arkansas.

·         1995. Professional registration: Certified Computer Professional #950459, Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals.

 

Service Activities

External

·         Associate Editor, Proceedings of the MidSouth Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Symposium, BMC Bioinformatics Supplement###, Starkville, Mississippi, 2009.

·         Program Committee, International Symposium on Imprecise Probabilities: Theory and Application (ISIPTA), 2005, 2007, 2009.

·         Associate Editor, International Journal of Intelligent Technologies and Applied Statistics (IJITAS), 2008-present.

·         President-elect, MidSouth Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Society (MCBIOS), 2009-2010.

·         Leader, Great Plains Network Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Group (greatplains.net), 2006-2008. Member 2008-present.

·         Editorial Board Member, The Open Bioinformatics Journal, 2008-present.

·         Committee Member, NSF Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing, Savannah, Georgia, Feb. 20-22, 2008; Fourth International Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing, Singapore, Mar. 3-5, 2010.

·         Co-Chair, 2008 ALAR Conference on Applied Research in Information Technology, March 14, 2008, Conway, Arkansas.

·         Steering Committee Member, Arkansas Plant-Powered Production Center, 2007-present.

·         Board Member, MidSouth Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Society, 2006-present.

·         Chair, Bioinformatics Program Curriculum Committee, U. of A. at Little Rock, 2006-present.

·         Member, Task Force on the Relation Between Interval and Fuzzy Techniques, organized by the Fuzzy Technical Committee of the IEEE Neural Networks Society (IEEE-NNS), 2004-present.

·         Committee Member, NSF Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing, Savannah, Georgia, Sept. 15-17, 2004.

·         Co-Web master, Interval Computations Web site, http://www.cs.utep.edu/interval-comp/ (2002-present).

·         Guest co-editor, Reliable Computing, Vol. 10, Issue 2, 2004.

·         Guest editor, Reliable Computing, Vol. 9, Issue 6, 2003.

·         Program Committee of Validated Computing 2002, Toronto, May 23-25.

·         Session Chair: INFORMS 2004, Denver, Oct. 24-27; Validated Computing 2002, Toronto, May 23-25; and various others.

·         Consultant to Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc., http://www.idtdna.com (2002-2003).

·         Consultant to Beta-Rubicon, LLC, http://beta-rubicon.com (1999-present).

·         Science Fair judge: 1/27/07.

·         Reviewing activities (partial list): critiquing drafts for individuals, which is my preferred reviewing activity (inquiries welcome whether or not we are already acquainted); Addison Wesley Longman Publishers; Artificial Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing; Bioinformatics (2006, 2007 (3), 2008); Briefings in Bioinformatics (2007 (2)); Communications of the ACM; Computer; Energy: The International Journal; The Sixth ISCA International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems 1993; 8th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (1996); International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (2008, 2009); International Journal of General Systems (2009); Internet Computing (2000); ASEE (2001); Future Medicine (2007); Heuristics: The Journal of Knowledge Engineering Technology; IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (2006); IEEE Transactions on CPMT;  NSF;  The Open Bioinformatics Journal (2008 (2x)); Reliability Engineering and System Safety (2002, 2003, 2004); Reliable Computing (2000, 2001 (3), 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007); South Carolina EPSCoR Board; Theoretical Computer Science. 

Internal

·         Member, College Graduate Curriculum Committee, 2008-present.

·         Department Chair, Interim, 2007-2008. During this period the department, through the efforts of high-acheiving members, achieved creation of a new Ph.D. track, a certificate program in information quality, graduation of the first Ph.D. student by a department member, and preparation for the first ABET accreditation site visit. The department hosted cross-institutional bioinformatics graduate programs, information quality graduate programs, an information technology minor program, and a bachelor's degree program.

·         Faculty Advisor, Bioinformatics Club, 2007-present.

·         Member, New Building Task Force, 2007-2008.

·         Member, Personnel Committee, Dept. of Information Science, 2006-2007.

·         Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Donaghey College of Information Science and Systems Engineering, 2006-2007.

·         Chair, Bioinformatics Curriculum Committee, 2006-present.

·         Member, Bioinformatics Steering Committee, 2006-present.

·         Member, Bioinformatics Executive Committee, 2006-present.

·         Member, Faculty Search Committee, Dept. of English, 2005.

·         Member, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering ad hoc Graduate Admission Committee, 2003-2005

·         Member, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Curriculum Committee, 2002-2004.

·         Member, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering HCI faculty search committee, 2003.

·         Chair, Peer Evaluation Committee for Teaching, 2001 and 2002.

·         Member, I-Cubed interdisciplinary initiative subcommittee to study a new degree program, 2002.

·         Member, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Election and Oversight Committee, 2002-2003.

·         Member, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Computer Usage Committee, 2001-2002.

·         Member, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum Committee, 2000-2002.

·         Member, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Recruitment Committee, 1999-2000.

·         Member, College of Engineering Distance Education Center Committee, 1998-1999.

·         Member, College of Engineering Coop Committee, 1998-1999.

·         Member, Campus Committee on Appointments, Promotion & Tenure, 1998-1999.

·         Member, Department of Computer Science and Engineering P & T Committee, 1998-1999; member, Department of Computer Systems Engineering P & T Committee, 1997-1998.

·         Chair, Department of Computer Systems Engineering Student Office Space Committee, 1995, 1997-1998.

·         Chair, Department of Computer Systems Engineering Objectives Documenting Committee, 1997-1998.

·         Chair, Department of Computer Systems Engineering Graduate Studies Committee, 1997-1998; member 1991-1998.

·         Member, Department of Computer Sciences Faculty Recruitment Committee, 1998.

·         Member, Department of Computer Systems Engineering Academic and Professional Issues Committee, 1997-1998.

·         Member, Department of Computer Sciences Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1997-1998.

·         Member, Department of Computer Systems Engineering Faculty Recruitment Committee, 1997-1998.

·         Member, Computer Systems Engineering/Computer Sciences Software Track Cooperation Group, 1997-1998.

·         Member, College of Engineering Curriculum Committee, 1994-1996.

·         Member, Vice-Chancellor's Ad Hoc Committee for a PhD in Computing, 1994-1995.

·         Member, College of Engineering Teaching Innovation Committee, 1991-1993.

 

References

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