UNREFEREED CONFERENCE and other PRESENTATIONS

1. 
   Karthik Krish, Stuart Heinrich, Wesley Snyder, Halil Cakir, Siamak Khorram, "A new feature based image registration algorithm" , ASPRS 2008 Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, April 2008
   
2. 
   Stuart Heinrich, Karthik Krish, Wesley Snyder, Siamak Khorram, Halil Cakir , "Matching Mobile Targets in Uncalibrated Aerial Images", ASPRS 2008 Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, April 2008
   
3. 
   W. Snyder, “A Strategy for Shape Recognition”, Workshop on Challenges and Opportunities in Image Understanding, Anuj Srivastava, ed., College Park, MD, January, 2007.
   
4. 
   W. E. Snyder, and R. Ramanath, “Spatiospectral Shape Recognition,” presented in the ATRWG workshop, Jun. 2003
   
5. 
   W. Snyder, “Clinical Applicability of Thermal Imaging” invited presentation to the U.S. Army Burn Center, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, March, 1998.
   
6. 
   Qi, H. and Snyder, W., “Lesion detection and characterization in Digital mammography by Bezier histograms”, SPIE Medical Imaging, San Diego, February, 1999.
   
7. 
   Snyder WE, Qi H, Sander W, “A Hexagonal coordinate system”. SPIE Medical Imaging, San Diego, CA, February, 1999.
   
8. 
   W. Snyder, E. Schwartz, G. Snyder, “Thermal Imaging in Trauma”, Advanced technology for Combat Casualty Care, Sponsored by U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Ft. Walton Beach, FL, 19-22 May, 1997.
   
9. 
   Van Horn, Snyder, and Herrington. “Automated Catheter Motion Correction in 3-D Intracoronary Ultrasound Image Sequences.” June 24, 1996 International Symposium on Cardiovascular Imaging’ in the Netherlands.
   
10. 
    Van Horn, Snyder, and Herrington. “3-D Intracoronary Ultrasound Surface Detection Using the “Thin-Plate” Model.” Computers in Cardiology 1996.
    
11. 
    C. Wang, W. Snyder, G. Bilbro, P. Santago, “A Performance Evaluation of FBP and ML Algorithms for PET Imaging”, SPIE Medical Imaging, 1996.
    
12. 
    Thrower, Bilbro, and Snyder, “Optimal Image Segmentation”, Machines that Learn, Snowbird, Utah, April, 1996.
    
13. 
    C. X. Wang, W.E. Snyder, G. L. Bilbro. Optimal Interpolation of Images, Neural Networks for Computing Conference, Snowbird Utah, April, 1995
    
14. 
    G. Bilbro, W. Snyder, S. Garnier, “Image Optimization with a Locally Connected Analog Neural Network” Neural Networks for Computing Conference, Snowbird Utah, April 5-8 1994
    
15. 
    C. Wang, L. Small, W. Snyder, and R. Williams, “Edge Detection in Gated Cardiac Nuclear Medicine Images”, Seventh IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, Winston-Salem, NC June 1994.
    
16. 
    Mark Van Horn, W. Snyder, G. Braden, and D. Herrington, “Intracoronary Ultrasound Catheter Motion Compensation using the Generalized Hough Transform”, Computers in Cardiology, Sept. 94
    
17. 
    Garnier, Bilbro, Snyder, “Recovering Resolution and Reducing Noise in Basis Images via Optimization Methods using Physical Models. SPIE, San Diego, July 1994.,
    
18. 
    Snyder, Garnier, Bilbro, “Removal of Noise from MRI Images”, SMRI, Dallas, March, 1994.
    
19. 
    Symonds, M. and Snyder, W. “Reconstruction of Positron Emission Tomography using Maximum a-Posteriori methods and Mean Field Annealing Techniques” SPIE conference on Physics of Medical Imaging, Newport Beach February, 1994.
    
20. 
    Campbell, J. Snyder, W., Santago, P. Rajala, S. Hamilton, C. “Reducing Respirator Artifacts in Chest MR Images through Hybrid Space Motion Tracking and Post Processing”, SPIE Medical Imaging 94, Newport Beach, CA February, 1994.
    
21. 
    Mark Van Horn, Wesley E. Snyder, and David M. Herrington, “A Radial filtering scheme applied to intracoronary ultrasound images”, Computers in Cardiology, Sept 93.
    
22. 
    Y. Han, W. Snyder, D. Herrington, “Quantitative Angiography: densitometry guided edge detection using mean field annealing”, Computers in Cardiology, 1993.
    
23. 
    T. Johnson, W. Snyder, D. Herrington, “Compensated Simulated Annealing vs. Dynamic Programming used for Boundary Detection in Intracoronary Ultrasound” Computers in Cardiology, 1993.
    
24. 
    S. J. Garnier, G. L. Bilbro, J. W. Gault, W. E. Snyder, Y. S. Han, “Magnetic Resonance Image Analysis”, SPIE conference on Image Modeling, San Jose, Feb. 1993.
    
25. 
    Snyder, W. Mean Field Annealing Diffuses Images over Scale Space, Second International Conference on Fuzzy Theory and Technology, Oct. 1993.
    
26. 
    I. Abdelqader, S. Rajala, G. Bilbro, and W. Snyder, “Optimum Displacement Estimates using Mean Field Annealing, SPIE, San Jose, February, 1993.
    
27. 
    Y.-S. Han and W. Snyder, “Discontinuity-preserving Vector Smoothing on Multivariate MR Images Using Vector Mean Field Annealing” Proceedings of SPIE 1992 at San Diego Conference on Mathematical Methods in Medical Imaging, 1992.
    
28. 
    Y.-S. Han and W. E. Snyder, “Adaptive Edge-Preserving Smoothing via Adaptive Mean Field Annealing,” Proceedings of SPIE’92 at San Diego Conference on Neural and Stochastic Neural Methods in Image and Signal Processing, 1992.
    
29. 
    Snyder, W., Johnson, T., Herrington, D. and Bilbro, G. “Solution of the Recirculant Multilayer Graph Problem using Compensated Simulated Annealing”, SPIE, San Diego, June, 1992.
    
30. 
    Symonds, M., Snyder, W. and Santago, P. “Segmentation of Phase-coded Magnetic Resonance Images using Mean Field Annealing”, Society for Computer-aided Radiology (SCAR) annual conference, 1992.
    
31. 
    H. Gage, P. Santago, W. Snyder “Quantification of Brain Tissue Through Incorporation of Partial Volume Effects” SPIE Medical Imaging VI, Newport Beach, CA, Feb, 1992.
    
32. 
    Herrington, D., Johnson, T. Santago, P. Snyder, W., “Semi-automated Boundary Detection for Intravascular Ultrasound”, Computers in Cardiology 1992, Durham, NC Oct 11-14, 1992.
    
33. 
    Y.-S. Han, D.M. Herrington, and W.E. Snyder, “Quantitative angiography using Mean Field Annealing,”, Computers in Cardiology 1992, Durham, Oct. 11-14, 1992.
    
34. 
    Logenthiran, Snyder, and Santago, “MAP Segmentation of Magnetic Resonance Images using Mean Field Annealing”, SPIE Symposium on Electronic Imaging, Science and Technology, February, 1991.
    
35. 
    Herrington, Santago, Johnson, Downes, Braden, Snyder “Image Processing and Display of 3-D intra-coronary Ultrasound Image Data” in Computers in Cardiology, 1991.
    
36. 
    Y. Han, W. Snyder, “New Applications of Mean Field Annealing to the Restoration of Medical Images”, 13 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Orlando, Oct. 31- Nov 3, 1991.
    
37. 
    Hiriyannaiah, Snyder, and Bilbro, “Noise in Reconstructed Images in Tomography: Parallel, Fan, and Cone Beam Projections.” Symposium on Computer Based Medical Systems, Chapel Hill, NC June 3-6, 1990
    
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    P. Santago, K.M. Link, W. E. Snyder, J.S. Worley, S. A. Rajala, Y.S. Han: “Restoration of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images,” Symposium on Computer Based Medical Systems, Chapel Hill, NC June 3-6, 1990
    
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    Bilbro and Snyder, “Correction of Distortions in Optical Coordinate Measuring Machines”, 15th Conference on Production Research and Technology, Berkeley, CA, January, 1989.
    
40. 
    Hemler and Snyder, “Procedural 3-D Object Recognition”, SPIE Symposium on Intelligent Control of Robot Systems, Cambridge, MA, fall, 1988.
    
41. 
    Aanstoos, Ruedger, Snyder, and Beatty, “Application of VHSIC Standard Chip Set to the Design of the NEEDS - Information Adaptive System”, GOMAC, 1982.
    
42. 
    Snyder and Rajala, “Acquisition of Tracks of Sub-pixel Targets in Infrared Satellite Imagery”, DARPA Infrared Sensor Signal Processing Workshop, Naval Research Labs, Washington, D.C., October, 1982.
    
43. 
    Gruver, Snyder, and Hedges, “A Computational Algorithm for Decentralized Minimum Energy Control of Large Scale Systems”, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Ft. Lauderdale, December, 1979.
    
44. 
    Snyder and Gruver, “Microprocessor Implementation of Optimal Control for a Robotic Manipulator”, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Ft. Lauderdale, December, 1979.
    
45. 
    Snyder and Mian, “Microcomputer Control of Manipulators” 9th International Symposium on Industrial Robots, Washington, 1978.
    
46. 
    Snyder and Gruver, “Distributed Microcomputer Control of a Robotic Manipulator”, First International Conference on Mini-and Microcomputers in Control, San Diego, 1978.
    
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    Snyder, Reece, and Benz, “Multispectral Classification Using CTD’s”, Government Microcircuits Applications Conference, Monterey, 1978.
    
48. 
    Snyder and Tang, “Finding the Extrema of a Region”, Princeton Workshop on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, 1978.
    
49. 
    Snyder, “Computer Control of Robots, A Servo Survey”, First North American Symposium on Industrial Robots, Chicago, 1976.
    
50. 
    Snyder “Automatic Visual Inspection” National Computer Conference, May, 1975.
    
51. 
    Snyder “Automatic Visual Inspection of Hybrid Circuits” Allerton Conference on Circuits and Systems, Urbana, IL, 1974.
    
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    Chien, Snyder, and Jones “Robots and Incremental Control” Second Symposium on Incremental Motion Control Systems and Devices, Urbana, IL, 1973.
    

1. 
   Han and Snyder, “Adaptive edge-preserving smoothing via adaptive-mean-field annealing” in Mathematical Imaging and Vision, Vol 8, ed. by Gerhard Ritter. SPIE Press, December, 1999.
   
2. 
   W. Snyder, D. Nissman, D. Van den Bout, and G. Bilbro, “Kohonen Networks and Clustering: Comparative Performance in Color Clustering”, Advances in Neural Network Information Processing Systems, Morgan-Kaufmann, San Mateo, 1990.
   
3. 
   Bilbro, Mann, Miller, Snyder, Van den Bout, and White, “Optimization by Mean Field Annealing”, in Advances in Neural Network Information Processing Systems, Morgan- Kaufmann, San Mateo, 1989.
   
4. 
   Bilbro and Snyder, “Range Image Restoration using Mean Field Annealing”, in Advances in Neural Network Information Processing Systems, Morgan-Kaufmann, San Mateo, 1989.
   
5. 
   Bilbro, White, and Snyder, “Image Segmentation with Neurocomputers”, in Neural Computers Springer-Verlag, NY, 1988.
   
6. 
   Snyder, “Introduction”, in Automation and Robotics in the Textile and Apparel Industry, G. Berkstresser, editor, Noyes, NJ, 1985.
   
7. 
   N. Page, W. Snyder, and S. Rajala, “Turbine Blade Image Processing/Robot Vision System”, in Advanced Software in Robotics, A. Danthine, Ed., North Holland Press, 1984.
   
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   Snyder and Rajala, “Track Acquisition of Sub-pixel Targets”, Image Sequence Processing, Springer-Verlag, 1982.
   
9. 
   Snyder, Benz, and Reece, “Charge Coupled Pattern Classification”, Advances in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Vol 67, 1979.
   

1. 
   Invited participant, Augmenting Accuracy, Speed, Efficiency of Human Choice”, workshop in Chicago, September, 2011. Experts in the field to discuss modeling of human brain function.
   
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   Invited participant, “Frontiers in Computer Vision”, MIT, August, 2011. Sponsored by NSF and ARO, this collected the top people in the field.
   
3. 
   “Robots and Robotics” Independent Computer Consultants Association, Dec. 3, 2002.
   
4. 
   Invited Participant, Army Neural Net Technology Opportunities Workshop, Chapel Hill, October, 1988
   
5. 
   Plenary Panelist at IEEE Symposium on Intelligent Control, Arlington, VA, August, 1988
   
6. 
   Invited Participant, NATO Workshop on Neural Computers, Duesseldorf, 1987
   
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   Invited Participant, NSF Workshop on Multisensor Integration, Utah, 1987
   
8. 
   Invited Participant, Joint US/Sweden Workshop on Robot Vision (NSF) Sweden, May, 1984
   
9. 
   Invited Participant, NATO Workshop on Image Motion Analysis, Germany, 1981
   

B. Externally and internally sponsored grants and contracts as well as non-sponsored and independent programs that have supported your scholarship; indicate funding levels and duration. (summary back to 1976, amounts not corrected for inflation) - Projects funded while CACC director (1996-2000) are not included.

KLA-Tencor $41,000

ADAC $10,000

ARO 1,022,116

CCSP 750,525

GE 318,643

NASA 366,488

NSF 94,900

ORNL 20,000

Northern Telecom 36,431

RTI/DARPA 9,920

SMDC 250,000

Westinghouse 180,000

SPONSORED GRANTS AND PROPOSALS(RECENT)

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  Detection of Low-order Curves in Images using Biologically-plausible Hardware. Oct 1, 2011 – July 1, 2012 “xxx” Army Research Office, $50,000
  
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  A Password System Based on Sketches. August 15, 2011 – Sept 30, 2014, Army Research Office, $213,569
  
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  Teleoperation of a Team of Robots with Vision, ARO, $50,000, Jan-Sept, 2010.
  
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  On-the-fly Scene-dependent ATR, AFOSR, $361,118, 2007-2009.
  
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  Fast and Robust Target Tracking, ARO,$50,000, 2009 (G. L. Bilbro, PI)
  
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  Visual Control of an Autonomous Automobile, 2009-May 2010, Gift from Lotus, Inc. $26,000
  
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  Elucidation of biological Mechanisms Affecting Nutrient Digestion and Metabolism in Beef Cattle, Huntington, Whisnant, Cassady, Moore, co-PIs. submitted 5-15-06, USDA, $349,652. Declined.
  
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  Two-dimensional Shape Recognition by Parametric Transform, Army Research Office, $49,000, 1 June, 2006 - 1 Feb, 2007. Declined
  
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  On-the-fly Scene-dependent ATR, AFOSR, $287,529, Submitted 2006, Declined
  
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  A Biologically-plausible Architecture for Shape Recognition, Army Research Office, $30,000, 1 Sept, 2005-15 May 2006.
  
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  SIRG: Terahertz Sources and Detectors via Gallium Nitride Technology for Non Destructive Biological and Materials Analysis, with Kim, Ki Wook, Barlage, Douglas, Cuomo, Jerome, Snyder, Wesley, Johnson, Mark, NSF, $2,500,000, 2005, declined.
  
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  Active Contours for Multispectral Images with Non-homogeneous Regions, Army Research Office, $50,000 1 January 2005- 30 Sept 2005
  
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  Positioning and Reliable Data Transmission of Sensor Networks, Army Research Office (with Peng Ning, CSC), $199,833, 1 August 2004-31July 2007.
  
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  Multispectral Infrared Cameras, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, $198,000, April 15, 2003-April 15, 2004.
  
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  Smart Automated Target Recognition using Weighted Spectral Measurements, U of Tenn. Subcontract to U.S. Army $95,000. May 2002-May 2003.
  
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  Hyperspectral volume-based Shape Recognition, U.S. Army Research Office, $30,000. Jan. 1, 2003 - July 1, 2003.
  
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  Missing Data Estimation: Implementation Issues, ARO, $101,688 (completed April 2002)
  
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  Shape from Scanning Electron Microscope Images, unrestricted gift from KLA-Tencor, fall, 2001, $25,000.
  
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  Positron Emission Tomography, unrestricted gift from PEM Technologies, Inc. January, 2002, $5000.
  

Participation in centers, consortia, institutes, interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary activities and other organized scholarly efforts between departments within and across colleges or institutions.

I was one of the founders of the Center for Communications and Signal Processing at NCSU, and have participated in it actively since its foundation.

I worked on the organization of the Piedmont Triad Research Institute, a program in which faculty from NCSU were proposed to reside in Winston-Salem and do research at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine while participating in teaching and advising of NCSU students.

IV. EXTENSION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH CONSTITUENCIES OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY
A. ACCOMPLISHMENTS

List accomplishments as applicable, e.g., bulletins, brochures, reports, pamphlets, non-refereed publications, computer software, educational videotapes, slide sets, popular press articles, and other pertinent evidence.

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  Program Consultant, U.S. Army Research Office, 2004-2008
  
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  Program manager, U.S. Army Research Office Systems and Control Program, 2003.
  
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  Program manager, U.S. Army Research Office Information Assurance Program , 2000- 2002
  
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  1975 University of Illinois - Visiting Assistant Professor
  
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  1968-1969 US Peace Corps, Malawi
  
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  1967-1968 IBM/Raleigh - Diagnostic Engineer
  

Spring Semester, 2008-: 25% reduction in salary Jan-March to serve as program manager for Army Research Office.

Fall semester-2007: 100% leave with pay to work with the University of Western Australia.

Fall semester-2000: 40% , 30% teaching, 30% leave without pay to write a book

Spring semester, 2001: 25% Army Research Office, 75% scholarly leave

1995-1996(40% Academic Year, full time summer) Army Research Office (Clearance level: secret)

Summer, 1994, 95 Army Research Office

1990-1993 Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Professor of Radiology

1987 fall semester DFVLR (West German Aeronautics and Space Agency), visiting scientist, Munich.

1983, 84 & 85 (summers) GE Corporate Research Labs; Schenectady, NY

1980 spring semester DFVLR (West German Aeronautics and Space Agency), visiting scientist, Munich

1977 & 1979 (summers) Advisor to United Nations International Development Organization on Robotics; Warsaw

1976 (summer) NASA Langley Research Center, visiting scientist

Consulting

I have served as a consultant to Westinghouse Turbine Components Division, to General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center, and many small companies.

From 1976 through 1986 I was involved in teaching one or two short courses per year through the Division of Continuing Education. These courses included “Principles of Microcomputers,” “Digital Electronics” and “Computer Image Analysis.” I have also offered these in-plant at Dupont, GE, Westinghouse, ITT, and IBM. I have offered the courses “Industrial Robots”, “Image Processing and Analysis”, and “Computer Vision” for the short course company, ICS.

Industrial Robotics Image Processing Computer Vision

& Analysis (Author)

Stockholm Jan. 1981 Munich May 1981 Washington, DC June 1986

San Diego Oct. 1981 Washington, DC Jan. 1983 JPL Aug. 1986

San Francisco Dec. 1981 London Feb. 1983 Los Angeles March 1986

London April 1982 Raleigh (IBM) Aug. 1983 Burlington, VT Aug. 1985

London Oct. 1982 San Diego Apr. 1984 Einhoven Sept 1986

Tel Aviv Jan. 1985 JPL June 1987

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  External Advisory Board, Sandia National Labs, 2003-2004.
  
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  Chair: NSF Workshop on Industry/University Cooperation in Machine Vision. Raleigh, NC March 16, 2000. Sponsored by NSF, the Kenan Institute, the Automated Imaging Association and CACC, this workshop attracted guests from all over the USA.
  
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  Workshop on “The tether-free world and wireless internetworking” February, 2000. This workshop was hosted by the NSF and included representatives at very high levels from most government agencies involved in networking, including the DoD. I was moderator of the round-table discussions, in which research funding priorities were debated.
  
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  NSF proposal review panel, 1998
  
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  US Army Research Office, IPA, 60% time during academic year, full-time in summer, 1995-1997.
  
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  Program evaluator-Electrical Engineering Dept., U of Memphis, Spring 1995.
  
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  Army Breast Cancer Program proposal study section, Feb. 1994.
  
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  NSF Proposal review panel, October 1992
  
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  Program reviewer, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, 1990, 1992, 1993
  
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  University of Kentucky Center for Robotics Review Panel 1991
  
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  NSF Presidential Young Investigator Review Panel 1990
  
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  Program review panel, NASA Langley Research Center 1989
  
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  SBIR review panel, NSF, 1988
  
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  Member, NASA Advisory Council Committee on Guidance, Control and Information Systems, 1984
  
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  Advisor to United Nations on Automation in Poland, 1977 and 1979
  

N/A

I created and ran a small business (Communication Unlimited) which employed up to 22 people and did contract software development for clients with image processing applications. Business ran from 1986 - 1993, and closed while still showing a profit.

Systems and Methods for Using Diffraction Patterns to Determine Radiation Intensity Values for Areas Between and Along Adjacent Sensors of Compound Sensor Arrays (NCSU FILE # 97-67 AWARDED

Developed a general-purpose image analysis system (ifs), made it into a cross-platform system (release 6, June 2004)

The Corporate Research and Development Center of General Electric spent over five million dollars and two years of effort taking the concept of range image analysis (which I developed for them) from a paper concept to the construction of what is still the most precise and sophisticated range image scanner in the world. All of the image analysis routines which were implemented in that system came as a direct result of my work.

Developed a software package (Interopt) for general optimization.

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  Associate Head, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, April 2005 - March 2007
  
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  Responsible for assigning 120 Teaching Assistants per year to roughly 600 classes, labs, and problem periods.
  
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  Responsible, with guidance from the area committees, for making approximately 130 faculty assignments.
  
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  Develop exam schedules which do not have conflicts.
  
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  Chair two committees: course and curriculum, awards
  
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  Contact for any student with complaint about anything in the undergraduate curriculum.
  
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  Manage two graduation ceremonies per year.
  
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  Responsible for class evaluations and feedback to faculty.
  
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  Serve as primary contact for the distance education program.
  
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  Work with the undergraduate student organizations, attending many of their meetings and representing the department at official activities such as senior awards, HKN induction.
  
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  Supervisor of the department engineering technician and mechanic.
  
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  Act for the department head when he is not available.
  

Executive Director, Center for Advanced Computing and Communication, NCSU and Duke University 1996-May, 2000:

Chair, NCSU graduate school program on Biomedical Engineering, 1996

Faculty senate, 1995-97

Faculty Senate budget committee, 1995-97

University Research Committee, 1995-1999, Chair, 1997-1998

Organizing faculty member-Center for Communications and Signal Processing

Curriculum in Medical Information Systems.

The committee which led to the founding of the Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering Institute.

Collaborated with CSC faculty on the Artificial Intelligence Curriculum.

Co-Chair, Robotics and Automation Society Ethics Committee

Special sessions chair, International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2006

Member of program committee: International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2001.

Vice-president, IEEE Neural Networks Council, 1997-98

Member, Academic Council of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers,

1994, 1995

Editorial Board Member, Computers in Biology and Medicine, 1994

Secretary, IEEE Neural Networks Council, 1993-1994

Reviewer for NSF and ARO, many proposals

Reviewer for Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing

Reviewer for various IEEE Transactions (PAMI, SMC, TNN, and others)

Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks

General Chair, IEEE Symposium on Computer-based Medical Systems, Winston-Salem, NC,

June, 1994.

Program Committee, Second Carolina Conference in Biomedical Engineering, Chapel Hill, Feb. 1994.

Program Chair, IEEE Symposium on Neuroinformatics and Neurocomputing, Rostov-on-

Don, Russia, Oct, 1992

Program Committee: International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Brighton, UK,

Sept. 1992.

Program Committee: IEEE Symposium on Computer-based Medical Systems, Durham, NC,

June, 1992.

Program Committee, International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Singapore, Nov.1991.

Program Committee, SPIE Conference on Applications of Artificial Intelligence: Machine

Vision and Robotics, Orlando, April, 1992.

International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Automation, Robotics, and Computer Vision, Singapore, September, 1992.

Newsletter Editor, IEEE Neural Networks Council, 1991-

Track chair, Computer-based Medical Systems 1990

Session chair, IEEE TENCON, Bombay, November, 1989

Track chair, Optimization and Neural Networks, NIPS workshop, Denver, November, 1989

Member, ADCOM of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, 1988-1991

Editorial Board, Journal of Neural Network Computing

Founding Member, IEEE Neural Networks Council

Founding Member, IEEE Robotics Council, 1983-88 (Prior to formation of Robotics and Automation Society, the Robotics Council coordinated all activities within the IEEE in this area.)

Newsletter Editor, IEEE Robotics Council (Society), 1985-1989

Organizing Chair, International Conference on Neural Networks (ICNN), June, 1989 (Over

2000 attendees. This is the premier conference in neural networks, worldwide.)

Organizer of invited session on Neural Networks in Robotics at International Conference of

Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 14-19, 1989

Program committee, Applications of Artificial Intelligence VII, Orlando, 27-31 March, 1989

Chairman, IEEE Computer Society Robotics Technical Committee, 1985-86

Newsletter Editor, IEEE Robotics Technical Committee, 1983-1984

Volunteer Paramedic Dare County EMS, Fall 2000-spring 2001

One year of course work in Clinical Medicine, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, 1993- 1994

Course work in Emergency Medical Science (Paramedic level), Wake Technical Community College.

Certifications: EMT-Paramedic, Neonatal resuscitation, Basic Trauma Life Support (BTLS-Advanced), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Various church activities, including working at the ARK shelter for the homeless.

Assisted in production of school newsletters

Assistant Scoutmaster 1996-1998