North America CA-562 BARBEAU Michel Professeur Département de Mathématiques et d'Informatique Université de Sherbrooke 2500 Boulevard Université SHERBROOKE J1K 2R1 Québec Canada Telephone: (1-819) 821 7018 Telefax: (1-819) 821 8200 E-mail: barbeau@dmi.usherb.ca Language(s): Français; Anglais Professional areas: Software (Software Engineering); Networking (Wide Area Networks (WANs)); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Database) Consultancy areas: Object-Oriented Database Systems; Programming Professional societies: ACM, IEEE Computer Society. Academic degree(s): Doctorat Informatique, 1991, Université de Montréal; Maîtrise informatique, 1987, Université de Montréal Education: Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, 1985/1991; Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada, 1981/1985 Working experience: Professeur-adjoint, Université de Sherbrooke, Département de mathématiques et d'informatique, 1991-present; Chercheur principal, Centre de recherche informatique de Montréal (CRIM), Projet BNR : Bases de données orientées objet :modélisation d'applications dans le domaine de la gestion des réseaux 1988/1991; Assistant de recherche, Institut National de la recherche scientifique-Télécommunications (INRS), Spécification et vérification de logiciel de communication, 1987/1988; Assistant d'enseignement, Université de Montréal, 1985; Assistant d'enseignement, Université de Sherbrooke, 1985; Professeur, Collège de Sherbrooke, 1984/1985; Stagiaire, IBM Montréal, 1982/1984 Publications: "CAD-PT : A Computer-Aided Design Tool for Protocol Testing", Proceeding of IEEE INFOCOM'88, New Orleans, pp 86-95, 1988; "An experience with an Object-Oriented Methodology to Design a Network Element Controller", OOPSAL'91 Workshop on Real-Time and Embedded Systems; "Prototype d'un système d'aide à la conception de tests de protocoles", Mémoire de maîtrise, Université de Montréal, Février 1987; "Vérification de spécifications en langage de haut niveau par une approche basée sur les réseaux de Petri", thèse de doctorat, Université de Montréal, Février 1991 Notes: CA-563 BERGERON François Professor Information Systems Department, Faculty of Business Administration Université Laval Sainte-Foy QUEBEC G1K 7P4, Canada Telephone: (1-418) 656-3153 Telefax: (1-418) 656-2624 E-mail: bergeronf@sio.ulaval.ca Language(s): Français; Anglais Professional areas: Computers and Society (Organization Impacts) (Strategies and Planning); Software (Software Engineering); Others (Re-engineering) Consultancy areas: Information Systems Management. Costs and benefits of systems; Information Systems Development. Systems with Competitive Advantage; Electronic Data Interchange; Executive Information Systems Professional societies: Society for Information Management, Data-Processing Management Association; Association for Computing Machinery, Association des Sciences Administratives du Canada; Institute of Management Science, Association des économistes du Québec Fédération de l'Informatique du Québec. Academic degree(s): M.Sc. Economics, 1974, Université Laval; MBA, 1976, Université Laval; Ph.D. in Computers and Information System, 1983, University of California, Los Angeles Education: Université Laval, Québec, Canada, 1978/1993; Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, 1978/1992; Université du Québec à Trois-Rivière, Québec, Canada, 1978/1992 Working experience: Researcher and consultant in the management of information technology for the last 20 years in case studies on various topics and identification of the success factors of electronic date interchange, the implementation of geometric systems and the outsourcing of information technology. Director of the Department of Information systems at the Faculté des sciences de l'administration, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada, present Publications: "The Advantages of Electronic Data Interchange", Database, Fall, 1992; "Comment réussir une implantation EDI", Info-Québec, 1993; "Organizational Benefits of Electronic Data Interchange", Third Australian Conference on Information Systems Sciences, ISOP, 1992; "Une étude Empirique des avantages de l'EDI", Proceedings du Congrès de l'Association des Sciences Administratives du Canada, 1992 Notes:   CA-564 BROOKS Martin Head of Laboratory Knowledge Systems Laboratory Institute for Information Technology M50 Montreal Road OTTAWA K1A OR6 Canada Telephone: (1-613) 990 7661 Telefax: (1-613) 952 7151 E-mail: brooks@iit.ncr.ca Language(s): English; Norwegian Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Applications (Artificial Intelligence/Expert System) (Image Processing and Pattern Recognition); Software (Software Engineering); Others (Robotics) Consultancy areas: Software Applications; Systems Analysis Professional societies: ACM; IEEE. Academic degree(s): Ph.D., 1980, Stanford, USA Working experience: Head, Knowledge Systems Laboratory, Institute for Information Technology, Ottawa, Canada, Research in empirical modelling, signal processing, & data analysis. Leader of 25 person laboratory carrying out applied research in artificial intelligence, decision support, & machine learning. Business & technical strategy, marketing, 1993-present; Senior Research Officer, Autonomous Systems Laboratory, Institute for Information Technology, Canada, Research in sensor-based supervisory control of manipulators & mobile vehicles. Marketing or research & development services, 1991/1992; Senior Scientist, Robotics, Center for Industrial Research, Norway, Research in telerobotics, sensor-based control, man-machine interfaces & neural networks. Development of applications in robotics grinding, nuclear power plants, offshore oil & medical rehabilitation, 1987/1991 Publications: "Proposal for a Pattern Matching Task Controller for Sensor-Based Coordination of Robot Motions", Springer-Verlag NATO ASI series F, Robots and Biological Systems, Dario, ed., 1993; "On-Line Data Display", SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 1831, 1992; "Sensor-Based Task Control for Robotics Manipulation", Proceedings, 1991 International Symposium on Advanced Robot Technology (Japan), 1991; FingerBall - A suite of Video Games for Finger Training Following Hand Injury", Centre for Industrial Research Technical Report, Oslo, Norway, 1990 Notes: CA-565 FROST Richard Alan Director and Professor of Computer Science Computer Science Department University of Windsor Sunset Avenue WINDSOR N8N 4A5 Ontario Canada Telephone: (1-519) 253 4232 Telefax: (1-519) 973 7093 E-mail: richard@cs.uwindsor.ca Language(s): English Professional areas: Software (Software Engineering) (Programming); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Database); Others (Natural Language Processing) Consultancy areas: Software Engineering; Distributed Systems. Distributed Computing; Natural Language Processing Professional societies: ACM. Academic degree(s): B.Sc. Physics, 1971, University of London, U.K.; M.Sc. Medical Physics, 1975, University of Aberdeen, Scotland; Ph.D. Computer Science, 1985, University of Strathclyde, Scotland Education: University of Strathclyde, Scotland, 1978/1985; University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1985/1987; University of Windsor, Canada, 1987-present Working experience: Head of the School of Computer Science; Teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels; Research in Computer Science; Administration associated with the smooth running of an academic department Publications: "Constructing programs as executable attribute grammars", The Computer Journal - Special edition on Architectures and Models. 35, 376-389, 1992; "A database interface based on Montague's approach to the interpretation of natural language", Int. Journal of Man-Machine Studies. 33, 149-176; "Constructing natural language interpreters in a lazy functional language", The Computer Journal - Special edition on Lazy Functional Programming. 32, 108-121, 1989; "Executable attribute grammars and knowledge base systems work", 4th UNB Artificial Intelligence Symposium. University of New Brenswick, Fredericton, September 1991 Notes:   CA-566 GILLIS Robert Peter Director of Information Communications and Security Policy Administrative Policy Branch Treasury Board Secretariat, Government of Canada 140 O'Connor Street OTTAWA KIA OR5 Ontario Canada Telephone: (1-613) 957 2540 Telex: 053-3336-FIN/TB OTT Telefax: (1-613) 957 8020 E-mail: petergillis@carleton.ca Language(s): English; French Professional areas: Computers and Society (Public Policy-Decision Making) (Organization Impacts) (Strategies and Planning) Consultancy areas: Social Problem Solving. Information Policy and Solutions; Communication Policy and Solutions; Computer Security. Security Policy and Solutions Professional societies: Canadian Historical Society; Organization of American Historians; Forest History Society, Academic degree(s): Honours Degree History, 1969, Trent University, Peter Borough, Ontario, Canada; Masters Degree History, 1975, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Education: Trent University, Peter Borough, Canada, 4 years; Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, 5 years; Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 6 months Working experience: Responsible for Government Focal Point for the development and implementation of policy relating to: Access and privacy legislation; Information management and systems; Security of information and assets, including information technology security; communications and consultation Notes:   CA-567 GORDON Pierce Principal Consultant Productivity and Quality Division Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) 15 Innovation Bld Saskatoun SASKATCHEWAN S7NN2X8 Canada Telephone: (1-306) 933 5413 Telefax: (1-306) 933 7896 E-mail: pieg@src.sk.ca Language(s): English Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Applications (Computer Aided Engineering); Networking (Wide Area Networks (WANs)) Professional societies: Society of Automative Engineers; Association of Professional Engineers of Saskatchewan. Academic degree(s): MSc Engineering (Applied Mechanics Machine Design), 1970, University of Saskatchewan Education: University of Saskatchewan, B.E. Mechanical Engineering, Canada, 1967 Working experience: Director, SRC Product and Process Development Division, 5 years; Manager of CAD/CAM, Robotics Centre and Director of Computer Integration Services Division; Principal Consultant, Production and Quality Division, SRC, Canada, present Publications: SRC Publication N° A-751-49-G-83 Notes:   CA-568 JACOBSON Zachary Senior Consultant Information Management Practise Consulting Audit Canada 10th Floor, 112 Kent Street (Place de Ville, Tower B) OTTAWA K1A OS5 Ontario Canada Telephone: (1-613) 737 4582 Telefax: (1-613) 952 8295 E-mail: zack@ncs.dnd.ca Language(s): English Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Applications (Artificial Intelligence/Expert System) (Database); Others (Object-Oriented Technology) (Speech Technology) Consultancy areas: Artificial Intelligence; Expert Systems; Neural Networks; Pattern Recognition. Speech Recognition; Object-Oriented Applications. Object-Oriented Systems Professional societies: Advise three continuing NATO study panels; Active in Sigma Xi (International Society for scientific research). Academic degree(s): B.Sc. (Math, Physics), 1964, Dalhousie; M.A., 1967, Ph.D., 1972, University of Waterloo Education: University of Alberta, 1979/1981; University of Carleton, 1983-present Working experience: Scientific & Systems Consulting to the Canadian government, projects specifically: "Artificial Intelligence & Neural Nets for Dept. of National Defence," Environment Canada; Speech recognition by computer, voice input to computer, automated speech processing, for Dept. of National Defence, NATO; Statistical systems audit & design for Health & Welfare Canada, Dept. Fisheries & Oceans, Environment Canada; Distributed Object-Oriental Systems, NATO; Visual information processing (by machine), NATO Notes:   CA-569 JOHNSON J. Howard Senior Research Officer Institute for Information Technology National Research Council, Canada Montreal Road OTTAWA K1A OR6 Ontario Canada Telephone: (1-613) 991 6976 Telefax: (1-613) 952 7151 E-mail: johnson@iit.nrc.ca Language(s): English Professional areas: Software (Software Engineering) (Programming) (Application Software); Others (Re-engineering) (Design Recovery) Professional societies: Association for Computing Machinery. Academic degree(s): B. Math, M. Math (statistics), 1974, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; Ph.D., 1983, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Working experience: Senior Research Officer, Software Engineering Lab.; IIT, NRC, Research into tools & techniques for supporting the understanding, re-engineering, and reuse of legacy software. Currently building a prototype tool to support understanding of textual redundancy in source, 1992-present; Section Chief, System Development Division, Statistics Canada, participated in the development of DC2, a generalized system to support data collection and capture, 1988/1992; Assist and professor, University of Waterloo, Taught database, programming languages and data structures. Research into theory and applications of finite state transducers, 1983/1988; Survey Methodologist, Statistics Canada, Responsible for statistical methodology for the acquisition, maintenance and use of tax data in business surveys Notes:   CA-570 KABANZA Froduald Professeur Département de Mathematiques et Informatique Univeristé de Sherbrooke 2500 Bld de l'Université SHERBROOKE J1K 2R1 Québec Canada Telephone: (1-819) 821 7865 Telefax: (1-819) 821 7865 E-mail: kabanza@dmi.usherb.ca Language(s): Français; Anglais; Rwandais Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Applications (Artificial Intelligence/Expert System); Software (Programming); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Database) Consultancy areas: Computer Uses in Education Professional societies: American Association for Artificial Intelligence, 1990-present. Academic degree(s): Ph.D. en Informatique, 1992, Université de Liège, Belgique; Licence en informatique, 1988, Université de Liège, Belgique Education: Université de Liège, Belgique, 1984/1992 Working experience: Professeur, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada, Cours d'introduction à l'intelligence artificielle et de programmation fonctionnelle. Recherches sur la planification et le raisonnement temporel en Intelligence Artificielle, 1993-present Publications: "Determinants of EIS Use : Testing a Behavioural Model", Decision Support Systems 1993; "Personal DSS Success in Small Enterprises", Information and Management, Vol.22, pp 301-308, 1992; "Evaluation of EIS from a Managerial Perspective", Journal of Information Systems, 45-60, January 1992; "Maximiser l'utilisation des systèmes d'information pour dirigeants", Info-Québec, Vol. 15, N°9, pp. 10-13, mai 1991; "Understanding EIS Use : An Empirical Test of a Behavioural Model", Proceedings of the 25th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Vol. III, Koloa, Hawaii, pp 157-165, 7-10 January 1992 Notes:   CA-571 KARK Anatol W. Research Council Officer Software Engineering Laboratory, Institute for Information Technology National Research Council, Canada Montreal road, Building M-50 OTTAWA KIA OR6 Ontario Canada Telephone: (1-613) 991 6973 Telefax: (1-613) 952 7151 E-mail: kark@iit.nrc.ca Language(s): English; Polish Professional areas: Software (Software Engineering) (Application Software); Computers and Society (Organization Impacts); Others (Computer Uses in Other Systems) (Multimedia) Consultancy areas: Software Engineering; Software Life Cycles Professional societies: Order of Engineers of Quebec (IEEE). Academic degree(s): Master of Electronics Engineering, 1969, Polytechnic Institute Warsaw, Poland; Master of Mathematics-Computer Science, 1972, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Education: Warsaw Polytechnic Institute, Poland, 1694/1969; University of Waterloo, Canada, 1970/1972; McGill University, Management Courses, Canada, 1983/1985 Working experience: Research Council Officer, involved in research work in areas of Software Internationalization, Software Configuration Management, Software Cost Estimate and Software Life Cycles, National Research Council, 1991-present; Director, R&D Software Development, Philips Electronics, Ltd, 1997/1990 Notes:   CA-572 NIKOLAJUK Zbigniew Senior Program Officer Information Sciences and Systems International Development Research Centre 250 Albert Street, P.O.Box 8500 OTTAWA KIG 3H9 Ontario, Canada Telephone: (1-613) 236 6163 Telex: 053-3753 Telefax: (1-613) 563 3858 E-mail: zmikolajuk@idrc.ca Language(s): English; Polish; Russian Professional areas: Software (Systems Analysis) (Software Engineering); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Artificial Intelligence/Expert System) Consultancy areas: Expert Systems; Project Management; Informatics Policy; Decision Support Systems; Software Engineering; Office Automation Professional societies: American Association for Artificial Intelligence. Academic degree(s): M.Sc. Engineering, 1970 and Ph.D., 1980, Warsaw Technical University, Faculty of Electronics Education: Warsaw Technical University, Warsaw, Poland, 1964/1974; Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan, 1972/1973 Working experience: Senior Program Officer, IDRC, Development of research projects in informatics to respond to current and future need of developing countries. Research areas include knowledge-based systems, expert systems, computer-based modelling, CASE, multimedia, natural languages processing, computer-based training, system integration methods & tools, project management, 1993-present; Project Manager, Rochwood Informatics, Development of expert system for travel claims processing, 1991-92; Principal Designer, Gandalf Data Ltd, Coordination of all activities concerning expert system technology 1989-91; Senior Software Designer, Philips Electronics, Design & implementation of user Interfaces for new office automation products, 1983-89; Consultant, Shell Petroleum Development, Nigeria, 1981/1982; Teaching systems analysis and programming, Poland, 1974-81 Publications: "Survey of Office Filing Systems", Philips Reports, Montreal, 1984; "Pan-Philips Expert System Development Tool", Philips Reports, Montreal, 1988; "A Domain knowledge-bases user interface...", ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, San Diego, 1989; "Expert Systems in Developing Countries : IDREC", DND Workshop, Ottawa, 1993 Notes: CA-573 ST-DENIS Richard Professeur Département de Mathématiques et d'Informatique Université de Sherbrooke 2500 Bld Université SHERBROOKE J1K 2R1 Québec Canada Telephone: (1-819) 821 7847 Telefax: (1-819) 821 8200 Language(s): French/English Professional areas: Software (Software Engineering); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Artificial Intelligence/Expert System); Software (Programming) Consultancy areas: Expert Systems; Software Engineering Professional societies: Associations professionnelles : IEEE, GIRICO. Academic degree(s): Ph.D. Sciences Appliquées, 1992, Université de Montréal; M.Sc. Informatique, 1977, Université de Montréal Education: Ecole Polytechnique, Université de Montréal, Canada, 1985/1992; Université de Montréal, Canada, 1972/1976 Working experience: Professeur à l'Université de Sherbrooke, 1980-present; Analyste en logiciel à l'Université du Québec, 1977/1980; Consultation dans les cinq dernières années : cours de formation sur les méthodes orientées; objet et la méthode ISD; assurance qualité; Génie logiciel. Publications: "Transformation partielle de spécifications sous Refine", ICO, Intelligence Artificielle et sciences cognitives, 19-31, Groupe interuniversitaire de recherche en informatique cognitive des organisations, 1991; "Capturing design-related decisions in JSD methodology, Information and Software Technology, Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 1991; "LGV: A domain knowledge validation environment" Computers 1 Graphics, 14 (2), 311-320, Pergamon Press, 1990; "Les apports de l'intelligence artificielle au génie logiciel", ICO, Intelligence Artificielle et sciences cognitives, 16-22, Groupe interuniversitaire de recherche en informatique cognitive des organisations, 1988; "Les outils logiciels de conception de systèmes informatiques : concepts de base et problèmes", INFOR, 16, 127-152, Société Canadienne de recherche opérationnelle et l'Association canadienne de l'informatique Notes:   CA-574 VIGDER Mark Research Officer Institute for Information Technology (IIT) National Research Council Canada OTTAWA KIA OR6 Ontario Canada Telephone: (1-613) 991 6972 Telefax: (1-613) 952 7151 E-mail: vigder@iit.nrc.ca Language(s): English Professional areas: Software (Software Engineering) (Systems Analysis) Consultancy areas: Software Engineering Professional societies: IEEE; IEEE Computer Society; ACM. Academic degree(s): Ph.D., 1992, Carleton University, Ottawa; M. Eng., 1978, Carleton University, Ottawa Education: Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, 1971/1974; Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 1976/1978; Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 1986/1992 Working experience: Research Officer, National Research Council Canada, Research into techniques, tools and methods for effective software development; Research Associate/Instructor, Carleton University, Research into developing distributed and real-time computer systems, teaching duties, undergraduate engineering; Senior Consultant, Computer Gateways Inc. Consulting services for development of distributed applications; Systems Analyst, Nabu Networks, Development of system software; Visiting Professor, Universidad del Valle, Guatemala, Teaching curriculum development; Senior Programmer, MSDL, Ottawa, Systems programming Publications: "A Firmware Kernel to Support a Concurrent High Level Language", Proceedings of Trends and Applications Distributed Processing, 1978; "A Design Environment Using Lotus", Forte 91, Sydney Australia; "Applying Formal Techniques to the Design of Concurrent Systems", Ph.D. Thesis, Carleton University, 1992 Notes:   CA-575 WEIN Marceli Senior Research Officer Institute for Information Technology National Research Council Canada M50/243 OTTAWA KIA OR6 Ontario Canada Telephone: (1-613) 993 2565 Telefax: (1-613) 952 7151 E-mail: wein@iit.nrc.ca Language(s): English; French Professional areas: Software (Software Engineering); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Computer Graphics); Others (Human Computer Interaction) Consultancy areas: User Interfaces Professional societies: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM); Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Academic degree(s): B. Engineering Physics, 1958, McGill University, Montreal; M.Sc. Physics, 1961, McGill University, Montreal Education: McGill University, Montreal, Canada; 1953/1964 Working experience: Research and development in the area of user interfaces for real-time systems. Software Engineering and Configuration Management; Adjunct Professor, University of Waterloo, Dept of Computer Science, Area of research : Temporal issues in user interfaces Publications: "Twenty-four Years of Computer Graphics at NRC", Proceedings of Graphics Interface '90, Halifax, 1990; "A Window Architecture Providing Predictable Temporal Performance", Proceedings of Graphics Interface '93, Toronto, 1993; "Hardware Support for Multitasking Graphics", Proceedings of Graphics Interface '91, Calgary, Alta, 1991; "State versus History in User Interfaces", Proceedings of the IFIPS TC-19 Third International Conference on HCI, Interact '90, Cambridge, UK, 1990; "Commercial real-time software needs different configuration management", Proceedings of 2nd International Workshop on Software Configuration Management (SCM), Software Engineering Notes, 1989 Notes:   US-576 AIKEN Robert Professor Computer Science Department Temple University 19122 PHILADELPHIA United States of America Telephone: (1-215) 204 8882 Telefax: (1-215) 204 5082 E-mail: aiken@cis.temple.edu Language(s): English; French Professional areas: Computers and Society (Computer Uses in Education); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Artificial Intelligence/Expert System) Professional societies: IFIP - US Representative to Technical Comm. on Education (TC-8) and Vice-Chair (1991-97); Federation of Computing for the United States (Focus) Chair - Board of Directors, 1993 and 1993; Member 1972 (ACM). Academic degree(s): B.Sc., Industrial Engineering,, June 1963, M.Sc., Industrial Engineering,, June 1965, and Ph.D., Computer Science (Operations minor research), Aug. 1968, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois Working experience: Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation (NSF) projects for re-training a secondary (middle and elementary) teachers to become teachers of computing (A-$250,000, B-$350); Co-authored IFIP monograph (50 pages) on Secondary Informatics Education (with H. Taylor); Directed research of six doctoral (Ph.D.) students who wrote dissertations in the general area of Artificial Intelligence and Education (also co-author of one or more paper with each student); Currently Principal Investigator of a NSF Grant to build a repository of material that can be used in a laboratory to supplement lecturers in the Introductory AI course; Co-author of Curriculum '91; Contributor to UNESCO project for updating Informatics at the University level Curriculum Model Publications: Co-author of more than 50 papers including:" Group Leader Paradigm in an Intelligent Collaborative Learning System", Proc. of AI & Edinburgh, August 1993; "Providing Laboratory Support for the Introductory AI Course", pp714-719, November 1990; Co-explainer: A Machine Learning Companion System "Proc. of IFIP World Congress '92", Madrid, pp188-96, September 1993; Tailoring Advanced Instructional Software for AI, Int. Conf. on Applications of AI and Expert Systems, Paderborn, Germany, June 1992, pp604-613; "The New Hurrah: Creating a Fundamental Role for AI in Computing Science Curriculum, Education and Computing Journal, Vol. 7, Nos. 1, 21, 119-124 Notes: US-577 ALGUINDIGUE Israël E Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 615 McCallie Avenue/227 Grote Hall CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE 37403 United States of America Telephone: (615) 755 43 78 Telefax: (615) 755 52 29 E-mail: ialguind@utcvm.utc.edu Language(s): English; Spanish; French Professional areas: Specific Methodologies and Applications (Artificial Intelligence) (Image Processing and Pattern Recognition) (Modeling) (Visualization) Consultancy areas: Artificial Intelligence; Neural Networks; Fuzzy Logic; Expert Systems; Algorithms (Generic Algorithms); Digital Systems (Digital Signal Processing); Image Processing; Pattern Recognition; Visualization; Logic Programming; Computer Uses in Other Systems (Industrial Monitoring and Controls); Maintenance Professional societies: ACM, American Association of Artificial Intelligence, IEEE; Phi Kappa Phi, Upsilon Pi, Epsilon Computer Honorary Society. Academic degree(s): Ph.D., Applied Artificial Intelligence, 1993, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; M.Sc., Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, 1988, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Education: University of Tennessee at Martin, Tennessee, USA, 4 years; University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, 2 years; University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, 4 years Working experience: Assistant Professor, U. of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA, 2 1/2 years; Research Assistant, U. of Tennessee at Knoxville, USA, 4 years; Applied Artificial Intelligence, Visiting Scientist, Electricité de France, France, 1 year Publications: More than 30 articles in research journals and international conference proceedings, and over 35 invited lectures in US, France, Spain, Germany and etc.; Co-author: "Automatic Fault recognition in Mechanical Components Using Coupled Artificial Neural Networks", IEEE World Congress of Computational Intelligence, Orlando, Florida, June-July 1994; "Two-Sensor Neural Network Modeling for fault Detection," Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, September 12-17, 1993 Notes: US-578 BALL Marion Vice President for Information Services Information Services University of Maryland at Baltimore 100 North Green Street BALTIMORE MD 21201 United States of America Telephone: (1-410) 706 2004 Telefax: (1-410) 706 8459 E-mail: mtb@umab.umd.edu Language(s): English; German Professional areas: Computers and Society (Organization Impacts) (Strategies and Planning) Professional societies: President, International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA); Board Member, Friends of the National Library of Medicine; Chairperson, Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA). Academic degree(s): Ed.D. Curriculum and Instruction, 1978, Temple University, USA; MA, Mathematics and Secondary Education, 1965, University of Kentucky, USA Education: Temple University, Pennsylvania, USA, 1968/85; University of Kentucky, USA, 1963/68 Working experience: 1991-Present, Vice President, Information Services, University of Maryland; 1985-91, Associate Vice President, Information Services, University of Maryland; 1985-87, Director, Academic Computing, University of Maryland; 1972-85, Director, Computer Systems and Management Group, Health Science Centre, Temple University; 1968-85, Lecturer, Schools of Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Medicine, Temple University; 1968-72, Assistant Director, Medical Computer Activity, Temple University; 1965-68, Programmer, Instructor, Medical Centre, University of Kentucky Publications: Co-author, "Introduction to Nursing Informatics," New York, Springer-Verlag Publishers, 1993; "Aspects of the Computer-based Patient Record," New York, Springer-Verlag Publishers, 1992; Co-author, "Healthcare Information Management Systems: A Practical Guide," New York, Springer-Verlag Publishers, 1991 Notes:   US-579 BASS Len Senior Scientist Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH Pennsylvania 15213-3890 United States of America E-mail: ljb@sei.cmu.edu Language(s): English Professional areas: Software (Software Engineering) Consultancy areas: Software Engineering Professional societies: IFIP (Vice-Chairman WG 2.7); ACM. Academic degree(s): Ph.D. in Computer Science, 1970, Purdue University Education: University of California, Riverside, 1960-64, 1966-67; Purdue University, 1968-70 Working experience: Professor, University of Rhode Island, 16 years; Senior Scientist, Carnegie Mellon University, 8 years Publications: "Developing software for User Interface," Addison Weslay, 1991; "User Interface Software," Wilay, 1993; Numerous other papers Notes:   US-580 ENGEL Gerald L. Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Connecticut at Stanford Scofieldtown Road STANFORD 06903 Connecticut United States of America Telephone: (1-203) 322 3466 E-mail: g.engel@compmail.com Language(s): English Professional areas: Computers and Society (Computer Uses in Education) (Strategies and Planning); Software (Software Engineering) Consultancy areas: Computer Science Education; Software Engineering; Curriculum Development Professional societies: Association Computing Machinery; IEEE Computer Society; IEEE Board of Directors; Computing Science Accreditation Board; General Chair IFIP. Academic degree(s): Master of Arts, 1965, Louisiana State University; Ph.D., Education, 1974, Pennsylvania State University Education: University of Connecticut, Stanford, 1984-present; Christophe Newport University, USA, 1979/1984; Old Dominion University, Norfolk, USA, 1978/1979; University of Oregon, USA, 1983/1984 Working experience: Professor Computer Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Research and teaching primarily focused on Computer Sciences Education, Additional work in accreditation and curriculum development, 1984/1989; Director Waterbury Campus, University of Connecticut. An interim position as chief Executive Officer of the Campus, 1990/1991; Program Director National Science, Foundation Washington DC, Responsible for Infrastructure programs, development and special projects in the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate Publications: "Curricula 78", Association for Computing Machinery, 1979; "Computing Curricula 91", IEEE Computer Society, 1991; "Guidelines for Accreditation in Computer Science in the United States", Computing Sciences Accreditation Board, Stanford, 1993 Notes:   US-581 FREUND Spencer Assistant Vice President for Admin/Telecom Department of Computing, Communications, and Media Services California State University, Sacramento 6000 J Street SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95819-6047 United States of America Telephone: (916) 278 57 64 Telefax: (916) 278 56 44 E-mail: spencerfreund@csus.edu Language(s): English Professional areas: Computers and Society (Computer Uses in Other Systems) (Strategies and Planning); Computer Communications and Networks Consultancy areas: Multimedia; Networks. Broadband Networks; Computer Uses in Education. Instructional Development such as Compressed Video and etc. Professional societies: NAB, BEA, SMPTE, EDUCOM, CAUSE, AECT, etc. Academic degree(s): M.Sc., MS, Radio/Television Broadcasting, 1969, Brooklyn College-City University of New York Education: New York Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, USA, 1962-1967; Brooklyn College-City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 1967-1969; New York University, New York City, NY, USA, 1971-1972; Nova University, Hollywood, Florida, USA, 1978-1979 Working experience: Assistant Vice President for Administration and Telecommunications, CSU, Sacramento, 4 years; Director of University Media Services, CSU, Sacramento, 5 years Publications: "Leveraging the Future: The Telecommunications Plan for the CSU", The California State University, 41 pages, 3/1/94 Notes:   US-582 GRINSTEIN Georges Professor and Director Computer Science Department and Institute for Visualization and Perception Research University of Massachusetts at Lowall LOWELL MA 01854 United States of America Telephone: (1-508) 934 3627 Telefax: (1-508) 452 4298 E-mail: grinstein@cs.uml.edu Language(s): English; French; German Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Applications (Computer Graphics) (Image Processing and Pattern Recognition) (Modeling); Software (Parallel Computing); Others (Visualization) (Human Computer Interaction) (Virtual Reality) Consultancy areas: Visualization; Human Computer Interfaces; Virtual Reality Professional societies: IEEE; ACM; IFIP. Academic degree(s): Ph.D. Mathematics, 1978, University of Rochester, NY; M.Sc. Mathematics, 1969, New York University Education: 1963-67, City College of New York, USA; 1967-69, New York University, USA; 1972-76, University of Rochester, New York, USA Notes:   US-583 HSIAO David Professor Department of Computer Science Naval Postgraduate School MONTEREY CA 93943-5100 United States of America Telephone: (1-408) 656-2168 Telefax: (1-408) 506-2067 E-mail: hsiao@cs.nps.navy.mil Language(s): English; Chinese Professional areas: Hardware (Computer Architecture and Organization) (Applications of Microprocessors); Software (Database) (Object-Oriented Technology) (Parallel Computing); Other (Theory of Computation) Consultancy areas: Database. Systems and Machines Professional societies: ACM; IEEECS; IFIP. Academic degree(s): Ph.D. in Computer Science, 1968, University of Pennsylvania, SA; M.Sc. in Mathematics, 1964, Miami University, USA Education: 1965-68, University of Pennsylvania; 1962-64, Miami University; 1957-61, Miami University (B.A.) Working experience: 3 years, Assistant to the Director, Computer Centre, and Systems Analysis Instructor, Miami University; 1 year, Senior Staff Scientist and Engineer, Honeywell; 10 years, Associate and Full Professor of Computer Science, Ohio State University; 11 years, Professor of Computer Science, Naval Postgraduate School; 1 year, Visiting Professor of Computer Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong Publications: 4 Books (two of them translated into Japanese and Russian respectively), and over 100 papers Notes:   US-584 KIZZA Joseph Professor of Computer Science Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Tennessee 615 McCallie Avenue CHATTANOOGA 37408 Tennessee, United States of America Telephone: (1-615) 755 4043 Telefax: (1-615) 755 5259 E-mail: jkizza@utcvm.utc.edu Language(s): English Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Applications (Artificial Intelligence/Expert System); Computers and Society; Hardware (Applications of Microprocessors) (Hardware System Architecture); Software (Systems Analysis) (Software Engineering) (Application Software) (Programming) Consultancy areas: Artificial Intelligence; Expert Systems; Neural Networks; Computer Uses in Education Professional societies: ACM; Computers & Society; ICMCM; Uganda Mathematical Society; Computing in Small Colleges. Academic degree(s): B.Sc. Mathematics, 1975, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; M.SE Computer Science, 1980, California State University, Sacramento, USA; MA, 1985, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA; Ph.D. Computer Science, The University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA Education: The University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA, 4 years Working experience: Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Computer Science, Computer Architecture, Computer Organization, Advanced Artificial Intelligence. Organizing conferences in Computer Ethics. Developing curricula for an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, a Master of Science degree in Computer Science Publications: "Computer Modelling and Solution Techniques for Urban Problems", J. Computing in Small Colleges, Allentown, USA, 1992; "Towards a Virus & Worm free Computing Environment", Journal of Information Ethics, 1993; "Entangling the Campus Computer Maze: A Freshman Experience", Collegiate Microcomputer, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA, 1993; "Modelling Techniques for Analyzing Complex Systems", Math. Modelling and Scientific Computing, St Louis, USA, 1993; "A Method for verifying Rule-Based Knowledge-Bases", Math. Modelling and Scientific Computing, 1994, St Louis, USA Notes: US-585 MEANDZIJA Branislav President Department of Computer Science Meta Access, Inc. P O Box 21956 SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA 93121-1956 United States of America Telephone: (805) 965 60 16 Telefax: (805) 965 60 16 E-mail: meandzij@ucsbxa.ucsb.edu Language(s): English; German Professional areas: Computer Communications and Networks (Wide Area Networks (WANs)); Software (Software Engineering) (Application Software); Others (Network Management) Consultancy areas: Networks. Network Management Professional societies: IEEE - Vice Chair, CS Committee on Enterprise Network; IFIP - TC6 W6. Academic degree(s): Ph.D., Computer Science, 1980; M.Sc., Computer Science, 1978, Technische Universität, Wien, Austria Education: Technische Universität, Austria, 1972-1980 Working experience: Research Scientist, TU, Vienna, 1981-1982; Assistant Professor, University of Alabama, 1982-1983; Assistant Professor, SMU, 1983-1988; Associate Professor, University of California, 1989-1990; President, Meta Access, Santa Barbara, California, USA, 1989-present Publications: Managing Change in Distributed System Management, Morris Slowan (Ed), 1994; Integration Through Metacommunication, INFOCOM, 1990; Archetype, IEEE, TOSE 1986; Distributed Design Through Stepwise Repr., IFIP Symposium on Protocol Spec., 1988; Towards Truly Open Systems, IFIP, Int'l Symposium on Prot. Spec., 1987; A Formal Method For Composing a Network Comment Language, IEEE TOSE, 1984 Notes:             US-586 NORCIO Anthony Professor Department of Information Systems University of Maryland (UMBC) 5401 Wilkens Avenue BALTIMORE MD 21118 United States of America Telephone: (1-410) 455 3938 Telefax: (1-410) 455 1073 E-mail: norcio@umbc.edu Language(s): English Professional areas: Software (Software Engineering) (Application Software); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Artificial Intelligence/Expert System) Consultancy areas: Human Computer Interfaces; Software Engineering (Design and Engineering) Professional societies: IEEE Computer Society; Association of Computing Machinery; Human Factors Society. Academic degree(s): Ph.D., 1978, Catholic University of America, USA; M.Sc. Information Science, 1973, University of Maryland, USA Notes: US-587 PARKER John Owner Database Software Development Division Quantitative Systems P.O.Box 462 CAYUCOS CA 93430 United States of America Telephone: (1-805) 995-3076 E-mail: 72060.1270@compuserve.com Language(s): English Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Applications (Database); Software (Application Software) Consultancy areas: Database Design (Database Development for Museums); Management Information Systems (Computer Aided Cultural Resource Management) Professional societies: Society for American Archaeology; Society of professional Archaeologists; Society for California Archaeology; Cultural Heritage Council. Academic degree(s): Ph.D. in Archaeology, 1994, UCLA; M.Sc. in Anthropology, 1982, University of California, Davis Education: California State university, Sonoma, B.A., 6 years; University of California, Davis, M.A., 2 years; UCLA, Ph.D., 10 years Working experience: Director, Archaeological Cultural Heritage Programmes Council, to develop and direct summer field school: Programs, data recovery and analysis, 1983-1991; Director, UCLA Archaeological Information Centre, to develop and maintain computer and hardcopy database of all cultural resources in 3 county area, UCLA, California, 1986-1989; Owner, Quantitative Systems, to develop database management solutions for government agencies and private organizations dealing with museum collections and cultural resources, Cayucos, California, 1988-present Publications: "Dots on a map: Using cultural resource management data to reconstruct prehistoric settlement patterns," Doctoral Dissertation, University Microfilms Inc., 1994; "Ethnographic and prehistoric settlement systems in the clear lake basin," Centre for Archaeological Research at Davis, 1993 Notes:     Return to Menu    Contact: Yong-Nam Kim, Information and Informatics Division, UNESCO