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Venu G. Dasigi, Ph.D.

Work: 419-372-7559Work: vdasigi@bgsu.edu

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EDUCATION ......................................................................................................................................... 2

EXPERIENCE ....................................................................................................................................... 2

INITIATIVES, DIVERSITY EXPERIENCE, AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS ................. 4

PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH ..................................................................................................... 5

GRANTS AND PROJECTS ................................................................................................................ 10

PRESENTATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 10

WORKSHOPS OFFERED .................................................................................................................. 11

COURSES DEVELOPED/TAUGHT AND THESES SUPERVISED ................................................... 11

CONSULTING ..................................................................................................................................... 14

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION ...................................................................................................... 14

SHORT COURSES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT .......................................................... 15

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS .................................................................................................... 16

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION ......................................................................................................... 16

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY ....................................................................................................... 17

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Venu G. Dasigi, Ph.D.

Work: 419-372-7559Work: vdasigi@bgsu.edu

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EDUCATION

Dec ‘88 Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science University of Maryland, College Park, MD

May ‘85 Master of Science, Computer Science University of Maryland, College Park, MD

May ‘81 Master of Electronic Engineering, Electronic Engineering Netherlands Universities Foundation for International Cooperation / Philips International Institute of Technological Studies , Eindhoven, Netherlands

May ‘79 Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering Andhra University, Waltair, India

University Gold Medalist (first ranker).

EXPERIENCE

Jan ’14 – Present

Interim Dean of Technology, Architecture, and Applied Engineering, and Professor of Computer Science (Tenured) Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH All aspects of college administration in a collective bargaining environment: strategic planning; program development, support, and infrastructure; budgeting; outreach; fund-raising; etc. Accomplishments1 include creation of a strategic plan, new ABET accreditation for some of the programs, facilitation of NAAB accreditation, facilitation of a $3M renovation of a new Architecture facility, creation of several new positions, establishment of a newsletter, a capital campaign, etc.

Jul ‘12 – Jan ‘14

Department Chair of Computer Science and Professor (Tenured) Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH All aspects of departmental administration in a collective bargaining environment: strategic planning; faculty and staff recruitment, retention, development, management, and evaluation; program development and administration; student recruitment, retention, and management; course schedules; advising; budget management; etc. Accomplishments1 include initial implementation of a collective bargaining agreement, creation of a strategic plan, creation and implementation of an assessment process, implementation of an ABET-conformant curriculum, hiring three new tenure-track faculty members, three promotions, implementation of new articulations, a department lab, etc.

Jul ’03 - Jul ‘12

Department Chair and Professor (Tenured) Kennesaw (formerly Southern Polytechnic) State University, Marietta, GA (SPSU) All aspects of departmental administration: strategic planning; faculty and staff recruitment, retention, development, management, and evaluation; program development and administration (four different Bachelor's programs, two different Master's programs, several certificate programs, and a doctoral program in development); student recruitment, retention, and management; course schedules; advising; budget management; etc. for a growing department with about 775 students, 19 faculty members, with just a single support staff member.

1 Accomplishments in leadership positions are often results of teamwork involving colleagues.

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Accomplishments1 include managing a complex history of evolution of programs and merger with another department, creation of a new game development program, two graduate certificates,

and several online offerings, three ABET-accredited programs under two ABET commissions, hiring of four tenure-track faculty members, a case of tenure and several cases of promotion, etc.

Jul ’01 - Jul ‘03

Graduate Program Head and Professor (Tenured)

Kennesaw (formerly Southern Polytechnic) State University, Marietta, GA (SPSU) Graduate program administration responsibilities: program development and administration (two different Master's programs and two certificate programs); student recruitment, retention, and management; course schedules; advising; etc. for programs with about 150 graduate students, about 12 faculty members, and a support staff member.

Aug ’99 - Jul ‘01

Graduate Coordinator and Associate Professor (Tenured)

Kennesaw (formerly Southern Polytechnic) State University, Marietta, GA (SPSU) Graduate program administration responsibilities: program development and administration (two different Master's programs and two certificate programs); student recruitment, retention, and management; advising; etc. for programs with about 150 graduate students, about 12 faculty members, and a support staff member. Also develop/teach courses, research/publish, pursue grants, professional development, and service.

Aug ’98 - Aug ‘99

Associate Professor

Kennesaw (formerly Southern Polytechnic) State University, Marietta, GA (SPSU) Develop and teach courses, research and publish, seek grant and consulting activities, seek professional development, and perform professional service.

May ’98 - Jul ‘98

Summer Research Fellow Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, NY

Develop an architecture for a Global Information Base.

May ’97 - Jul ‘97

Summer Research Fellow Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, NY

Information fusion for automatic classification of Reuters newswire stories.

May ’96 - Jul ‘96

Summer Research Fellow Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

Information fusion for automatic classification of Reuters newswire stories.

May ’95 - Jul ‘95

Summer Research Fellow Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

Develop an information fusion approach and apply it to Associated Press newswire stories.

Aug ‘94 - Jul ‘98

Director of Graduate Programs and Associate Professor (Tenured) Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT Graduate program administration responsibilities, including Master's program development and administration; student recruitment, retention, and management; course schedules; advising; etc. for a small graduate program that grew from 0 to 40 graduate students. Also develop and teach courses, research and publish, seek grant and consulting activities, seek professional development, and perform professional service.

Dec '88 - Jul '94

Assistant Professor Wright State University, Dayton, OH Develop and teach courses, research and publish, seek grant and consulting activities, seek professional development, and perform professional service.

Aug '84 - May '88

Part-time Computer Science Instructor University of Maryland University College, College Park, MD

Teach full-credit courses as needed (generally one or two per semester).

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Jan '83 - Dec '88

Graduate Research Assistant University of Maryland and University of Maryland University College, College Park, MD Work on research topics, assist professor, and publish.

Aug '82 - Dec '84

Graduate Teaching Assistant University of Maryland and University of Maryland University College, College Park, MD Assist Professors in teaching classes, typically involving grading assignments and labs, and conducting recitations.

Sep '81 - Jun '82

Research and Development Engineer Philips India, Ltd. (Peico Electronics and Electricals, Ltd.), Pune, India Worked on a challenging firmware reverse engineering project and the development of a new video terminal.

Dec '80 - May '81

Full-time Student Programmer Philips Data Systems, Eindhoven, Netherlands Completed the development and testing of the back-end of a Pascal cross-compiler for the Motorola MC6809 microprocessor.

May '80 - Aug '80

Full-time Student Programmer Philips Audio Division, Eindhoven, Netherlands Completed the development and testing of the hardware and software for a microprocessor- controlled dot-matrix LCD unit for a radio receiver.

INITIATIVES, DIVERSITY EXPERIENCE & INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

Initiatives: a. Facilitated a strategic plan for the College of Technology, Architecture, and Applied Engineering(TAAE) (2014). Contributed to the development of a strategic plan for the School of Computing &Software Engineering at SPSU, including the development of strategic goals, actions, and priorities(2007-2008), and later to a revised version (starting 2010).b. Involved in a capital campaign for the College of TAAE in conjunction with Advancement (2014-on). Facilitated a $3M renovation for a new Architecture facility.c. Led development of a strategic plan for the Department of Computer Science at BGSU (2012-14) and for the Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering at SPSU (2008-10).d. Facilitated an Outcomes Assessment process for Computer Science at BGSU (2012-14). Didthe same previously at SPSU, by bringing together ideas from the Faculty Course AssessmentReports (FCARs) and Industry Advisory Board Capstone evaluations; also provided initial trainingon FCARs (2004). (This became part of a successful accreditation effort for BSCS and has beenadopted by other programs at the university in connection with the SACS reaffirmation effort.) Alsoled the effort to extend assessment to all of our programs, and sustain the process in practicalways (2006-2008).e. Set up an Industry Advisory Board for the department at SPSU with representatives frommultinational to local companies, state and federal government agencies, and a few alumni; thehighly effective capstone evaluations by the IAB have become part of the departmental culture.f. Facilitated ABET-ETAC accreditation and facilitated NAAB continuation of candidacy forArchitecture in the College of TAAE; initiated the ABET process in the CS department at BGSU(2012-15). Led the department to successful ABET accreditation of the BSCS program (2005 and2011) and BSSWE program (2011) and BS-CGDD program (2011).g. Initiated and obtained faculty consensus to offer two credit-based certificate programs - theGraduate Transition Certificate in Computer Science (GTCCS) and the Graduate Certificate inSoftware Engineering (GCSWE) - in the online mode in addition to the traditional mode.Developed an online "franchise" proposal for GTCCS, which was approved by the UniversitySystem of Georgia (2008).h. Wrote two major Technology Fee proposals to fund classroom technologies for supporting and

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archiving live hybrid/online classes, and integrate use of Tablets into such offerings. i. Initiated and sustained a CS Tutoring program at SPSU, 2006-12. j. Initiated CS Colloquium Series at SPSU, along with a web site http://cse.spsu.edu/colloquia; also served as the Colloquium Coordinator (1998-2001, 2006-2008). k. Developed a mid-semester feedback form for use in classes, later adopted for online use.

Diversity Experience: a. Implemented new measures to advertise positions in outlets with gender and ethnic diversity.

b. Facilitated a Tech Trek camp for girls, both in the College of TAAE and in CS (2014-present). c. Facilitated and participated in the NSF-sponsored Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program at my university. I have co-directed the research of several undergraduate students under this program. A paper co-authored with a student under this program, "Statistical Characterization of Spanish Poetry," has been accepted, and other students have won awards for their research presentation. d. Worked on a committee to develop a proposal for the State of Georgia African American Male Initiative program. The proposal was successful in obtaining funds for some support activities (the maximum allowed under the initiative). e. To support a diverse spectrum of student abilities, I initiated a tutoring program, initially through some special one-time funds, which I have since been able to sustain and expand through other funds. I have actively supported the honors program, as well. f. Participated in a Chautauqua short course, "Increasing the Retention of Under-Represented Groups - and the Learning of All Groups - in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Courses" (2008). g. Am not only familiar with affirmative action procedures in relation to hiring faculty and staff, but have had some success in recruiting some excellent minority candidates, as well. h. Have a strong record of supporting nontraditional students: Such experience includes working in faculty and supervisory roles in educational environments serving significant nontraditional student populations, developing class schedules to serve them adequately, developing programs that meet their needs, etc. An important related experience is my active involvement in promoting, developing, and teaching online programs and offerings to serve traditional and nontraditional students. i. Have significant experience developing international articulations and recruiting international students (China, India, and Cameroon); see below.

International Collaborations (Bachelor’s and Master’s level): 7. Evaluating a number of collaboration possibilities for BGSU in India (2013-present).

6. International School of Engineering (Computer Science), Hyderabad, India (2014). 5. Ningbo University, Ningbo, PRC (visited May 2012). 4. National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan (visited October, 2012). 3. P.K. Fokam Institute of Excellence in Yaoundé, Cameroon (visited in 2008 and 2010). 2. North China University of Technology, Beijing, PRC (visited 9n 2005 and 2007). 1. Northeast Normal University, Changchun, PRC (visited in 2005 and 2007).

PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH

Publications: Work in Progress:

2. Dasigi, V., Program Assessment and Continuous Improvement: Background, Related Work, and a Proposal, Work in Progress. 1. Dasigi, V., O. Karam, and S. Pydimarri: Improving Functional Characterization and Clustering of Genes via Biomedical Literature Mining, Work in Progress. Refereed journal articles: 8. Liu, Y., S. Navathe, A. Pivoshenko, V. Dasigi, R. Dingledine, and B. Ciliax: Text Analysis of MEDLINE for Discovering Functional Relationships among Genes: Evaluation of Keyword

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Extraction Weighting Schemes, International Journal of Data Mining and Bioinformatics, 1(1), pp. 88-110, 2006. 7. Liu, Y., S. Navathe, A. Pivoshenko, J. Civera, V. Dasigi, A. Ram, B. Ciliax, and R. Dingledine:Text Mining Biomedical Literature for Discovering Gene-to-Gene Relationships: A ComparativeStudy of Algorithms, ACM/IEEE Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics,2(1), pp. 62-76, January-March 2005.6. Dasigi, V., Mann, R., and V. Protopopescu: Information Fusion for Text Classification - AnExperimental Comparison, Pattern Recognition Journal, 34, pp. 2413-2425, 2001.5. Dasigi, V.: A Catalog of Common Bugs in C++ Programming, Journal of Small CollegeComputing, 1999, pp. 268-277.4. Dasigi, V.: C++ > C + OOP (A Personal View of Teaching Introductory Programming usingC/C++), Journal of Small College Computing, pp. 142-150, 1996.3. Dasigi, V.: Logical Form Generation as Abduction - Part 1: Knowledge Representation,International Journal of Intelligent Systems, 9(7), pp. 571-608, July, 1994.2. Dasigi, V.: Logical Form Generation as Abduction - Part 2: A Dual-Route ParsimoniousCovering Approach, International Journal of Intelligent Systems, 9(7), pp. 609-651, July,1994.1. Dasigi, V. and J. Reggia: Parsimonious Covering as a Method for Natural Language Interfacesto Expert Systems, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, an international journal, premiere issue,1989, pp. 49-60.

Refereed Conference / Workshop Papers: 29. Dasigi, V., O. Karam, S. Pydimarri: An Evaluation of Keyword Selection on Gene Clustering inLiterature Mining, Fifth IASTED Conference on Computational Intelligence, August 2010, pp.119-124.28. Prabhu, P., S. Navathe, S. Tyler, N. Narkhede, B. Palanisamy, and V. Dasigi: LITSEEK:Enhancing Public Health Literature Search by Query Expansion with External Knowledge Bases,DTMBIO - ACM 3rd International Workshop on Data and Text Mining in Bioinformatics,November 2009.27. Dasigi, V. and H. Reichgelt: Issues with Online STEM Education - Assessment andAccreditation, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Southeast Section AnnualConference, April 5-7, 2009.26. Dasigi, V.: Practical Program Outcomes Assessment - A Case Study, accepted forInternational Conference on Engineering Education, Puerto Rico, July 2006, pp. T1A1-T1A5.25. Kadiyala, S., K. Namuduri, and V. Dasigi: Securing Organizational Knowledge using AutomatedAnnotation, First NSF/ NSA/ AFRL workshop on Secure Knowledge Management, Buffalo, NY,September 23-24, 2004.24. Liu, Y., B. Ciliax, K. Borges, V. Dasigi, A. Ram, S. Navathe, and R. Dingledine: Comparison ofTwo Schemes for Automatic Keyword Extraction from MEDLINE for Functional Gene Clustering,Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Computational Systems Bioinformatics Conference (CSB2004), Stanford University, Stanford CA, August 16-19, 2004, pp. 394-404.23. Machiraju, C., S. Kanda, and V. Dasigi: Application of Intelligent Information RetrievalTechniques to a Television Similar Program Guide, Proceedings of the 17th InternationalConference on Industrial & Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence & ExpertSystems (EA/AIE), Orchard, R., et al. (Eds.), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, LNAI 3029, pp.788-796, May 2004. (Abstract at www.springerlink.com/index/HXLV3YY79G2F9N2A.pdf).22. Dasigi, V. and X. Liu: Issues in Automatic Classification and Retrieval of Closed CaptionTranscripts, Proceedings of First Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence,2003, pp. 521-528.21. Liu, X., L. Liang, A. Wang, and V. Dasigi: A Smart TV Guide, Proc. the InternationalConference on Embedded Systems and Applications - ESA-03, Las Vegas, June 23-26,2003, pp. 22-25.20. Zhang, Y. and V. Dasigi: A Test Bed for Information Retrieval Experimentation, Proc. IASTEDInternational Conference on Applied Informatics, Innsbruck, Austria, February2003, pp. 1191-1196 (available on CD-ROM).19. Kongovi, M., G. Guzman, and V. Dasigi: Text Categorization: An Experiment using Phrases,Advances in Information Retrieval (BCS-IRSG EuropeanColloquium on IR Research),

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Crestani, F., M. Girolami, and C. van Rijsbergen (Eds.), Lecture Notes in CS, Springer-Verlag, pp. 213-228, 2002.18. Dasigi, V. and N. Verma: Automatic Generation of Category Profiles and their Evaluationthrough Text Classification, Proc. 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Technologies,November, 2001, pp. 421-427.17. Verma, N. and V. Dasigi: A New Frequency-Based Approach to Building Category Profiles forText Classification, IASTED Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, 2001,pp. 1-5.16. Dasigi, V.: Information Fusion Experiments for Text Classification, Proceedings ofIEEE Information Technology Conference, Syracuse, September, 1998, pp. 23-26.15. Dasigi, V.: An Experiment in Medical Information Retrieval, Proceedings of ACM Symposiumon Applied Computing (SAC),1998, pp. 477-481.14. Dasigi, V. and R. Mann: Information Fusion for Automatic Text Classification, the DOEWorkshop on Foundations of Information/Decision Fusion: Applications to EngineeringProblems, 61-66, 1996.13. Dasigi, V. and R. Mann: Toward a Multi-Sensor Neural Net Approach to Automatic TextClassification, in Advanced IT Tools (Proceedings of International Federation for InformationProcessing (IFIP) World Conference on IT Tools), Chapman & Hall, pp. 367-373, 1996.12. Dasigi, V. and R. Mann: Neural Net Learning Issues in Classification of Free Text Documents,Working Notes of the AAAI Spring Symposium on Machine Learning in Information Access,pp. 101-103, March, 1996.11. Dasigi, V.: Covering Telegraphic Text, Proceedings of Seventh Florida AI ResearchSymposium (FLAIRS-94), 1994, pp. 189-192.10. Dasigi, V.: Parsing = Parsimonious Covering? (Abduction in Logical Form Generation),Proceedings of the Twelfth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI),1991, 1031-1036.9. Dasigi, V.: Abductive Modeling in Sub-Domains of Language Processing, in the working notes ofAAAI Workshop, ``Towards Domain-Independent Strategies for Abduction'', 1991, pp. 25-31.(Also available as part of technical report WSU-CS-91-08.)8. Thirunarayan, K. and V. Dasigi: On the Relationship between Abductive Reasoning and BooleanMinimization, in the working notes of AAAI Workshop, ``Towards Domain-IndependentStrategies for Abduction'', 1991, pp. 84-88. (Also available as part of technical report WSU-CS-91-08.)7. Dasigi, V.: Abductive Inference in AI: Potential Unifications, in Proceedings of the 5thRocky Mountain Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Las Cruces, New Mexico, June,1990, pp. 219-224.6. Dasigi, V.: A Dual-Route Parsimonious Covering Model of Descriptive TextInterpretation, in Gardin, F., et al. (Eds.), Computational Intelligence II, North-Holland,1990, pp. 157-163.5. Dasigi, V.: A Non-Rule-Based Approach to a Natural Language Interface Shell, in Ras, Z. (Ed.),Methodologies for Intelligent Systems, 4, North-Holland, 1989, pp. 183-190.4. Dasigi, V.: Towards Generic Knowledge-Based Interfaces, Proceedings of First AnnualConference of the International Association of Knowledge Engineers, U of Maryland, CollegePark, 1989, pp. 362-382.3. Dasigi, V. and J. Reggia: An Abductive Approach to Natural Language Interfaces for ExpertSystems, in Proceedings of the Third Annual IEEE Expert Systems in GovernmentConference, Antonisse, H., J. Benoit and B. Silverman (Eds), Computer Society Press of theIEEE, pp. 41-46, 1987.2. Dasigi, V. and J. Reggia: Abduction in Discourse Processing: A Parsimonious Covering Model,in The Role of Language in Problem Solving, Boudreaux, J., B. Hamill and R. Jernigan (Eds),North Holland, 1987, pp. 49-69.1. Reggia, J., S. Tuhrim, S. B. Ahuja, T. Pula, B. Chu, V. Dasigi, and J. Lubell: Plausible Reasoningduring Neurological Problem Solving, in Proceedings of the 5th World Congress on MedicalInformatics, Washington, DC, October, 1986, pp. 17-21. Also TR-1610, Department of ComputerScience, University of Maryland, College Park, January, 1986.

Refereed Extended Abstracts:

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3. Dasigi, V.: Implementation of Boolean Minimization in an Abductive Framework, Proceedings of the IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON), 1995, pp. 575-581. Abstract refereed. 2. Dasigi, V.: An Abductive View of High Level Speech Recognition, in Proceedings of the IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON), 1993, pp. 618-624. Abstract Refereed. 1. Dasigi, V.: Layered Irredundant Covering, in Proceedings of the IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON), 1993, pp. 913-919. Abstract Refereed. Poster Papers: 7. Gao, F., V. Dasigi, and S. Gannamuneni: Examining How People Participated in the Synchronous Chat Events in the #EdChat Community from 2009 to 2014, AECT (Association for Educational Communications and Technology) Convention, Indianapolis, IN, November 3-7, 2015. 6. Dasigi, V., O. Karam, and S. Pydimarri: Issues in Functional Characterization and Clustering of Genes by Literature Mining, 1st IEEE International Conference on Computational Advances in Bio and medical Sciences (ICCABS), February 2011. 5. Nuhfer-Halten, B., A. Avila-Vila, V. Dasigi, and O. Karam: Text Mining Spanish Poetry, panel presentation at the Southeastern Coastal Conference on Languages and Literatures, Georgia Southern University, March 2009. 4. Karam, O., V. Dasigi, and S. Pydimarri: Fusion of Keyword Selection Mechanisms for Clustering PUBMED Abstracts, Poster at the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB), Annual Meeting of the International Society for Computational Biology, Vienna, July 21-25, 2007. 3. Pydimarri, S., O. Karam, V. Dasigi, and R. Singh: Mining MEDLINE for Gene Clustering: A Comparison of Feature Selection Approaches, Poster at the International Symposium on Bioinformatics Research and Applications (ISBRA), Atlanta, May 2007. 2. Dasigi, V., S. Kanda, and S. Navathe: Text Mining of MEDLINE Abstracts, Poster at the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB), Annual Meeting of the International Society for Computational Biology, Detroit, June 25-29, 2005. 1. Liu, Y., B. Ciliax, A. Pivoshenko, J. Civera, V. Dasigi, A. Ram, R. Dingledine, and S. Navathe: Evaluation of a New Algorithm for Keyword-Based Functional Clustering of Genes, Poster paper at RECOMB 2004, the Eighth Annual international Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology, San Diego, CA, March 2004. Virtual Presentation: 1. Gao, F., V. Dasigi, and S. Gannamuneni: Identifying Members’ Participation Trends in the #Edchat Online Community, AECT (Association for Educational Communications and Technology) - LKAOE (Learning and Knowledge Analytics in Open Education) 2015 Summer International Research Symposium, in Shanghai, China, June 17-19, 2015. Abstract refereed. Technical Reports: 18. Albrecht, B., K. Christensen, V. Dasigi, J. Huggins, and J. Paul: The Pledge of the Computing Professional: Recognizing and Promoting Ethics in the Computing Professions, ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society, 42(1), August 2012, pp. 6-8. 17. Henderson, P., D. Baldwin, V. Dasigi, M. Dupras, J. Fritz, D. Ginat, D. Goelman, J. Hamer, L. Hitchner, W. lloyd, B. Marion, C, Riedesel, and H. Walker: Striving for Mathematical Thinking - ITiCSE 2001 Working Group Report, SIGCSE Bulletin, December 2001, pp. 114-124. 16. Dasigi, V.: Broadband Content Processing, Proc. Yamacraw Industrial Advisory Board Workshop, October, 2000, not refereed. 15. Dasigi, V. and V. Madisetti: A Web-Based Interface for a Digital Broadband Home, Proc. Yamacraw Industrial Advisory Board Workshop,October, 2000, not refereed. 14. Rahim, M., V. Madisetti, K. Naik, and V. Dasigi: Web-Enabled Transcoding for Broadband Residential Networks, Proc. Yamacraw Industrial Advisory Board Workshop, October, 2000, not refereed. 13. Ahmad, F., V. Madisetti, Y. Jiao, and V. Dasigi: Web-Enabled Information Appliances for Broadband Residential Networks, Proc. Yamacraw Industrial Advisory Board Workshop, October, 2000, not refereed. 12. Dasigi, V.: The LSI-Based Retrieval Component of KARNAC and Its Demonstration, SBIR

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Report to Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc., 2000, not refereed. 11. Dasigi, V.: Information Fusion with Multiple Feature Extractors for Automatic Text Classification and Retrieval - Scaling Issues, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Report, January, 1999, not refereed. 10. Dasigi, V. and P. O'Neil: Toward an Architecture for a Global Information Base, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Report, July, 1998, not refereed. 9. Dasigi, V., Mann, R., and V. Protopopescu: Multi-Sensor Text Classification Experiments - A Comparison, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Technical Report ORNL/TM-13354, January, 1997, not refereed. 8. Dasigi, V. and R. Mann: Toward a Multi-Sensor-Based Approach to Automatic Text Classification, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Technical Report ORNL/TM-13094, October, 1995, not refereed. 7. Dasigi, V.: Toward Domain-Independent Strategies for Abduction (Report on AAAI-91 Workshop), IEEE Expert, 6(6), December, 1991, pp. 68-69. Editorially reviewed, not refereed. 6. Josephson, J. and V. Dasigi (Editors): Working notes of AAAI Workshop, "Towards Domain-Independent Strategies for Abduction", 1991. Available as technical report WSU-CS-91-08. 5. Dasigi, V.: Word Sense Disambiguation in Descriptive Text Interpretation: A Dual-Route Parsimonious Covering Model. Doctoral Dissertation (reviewed by dissertation committee), TR-2151, Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, December, 1988. 4. Dasigi, V.: Discourse Processing: A Parsimonious Covering Model for Abductive Inference, TR-1657, Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, April, 1986. 3. Dasigi, V.: Processing of Discourse: A Survey and Critical Analysis, TR-CSC-476, Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, May, 1985. 2. Dasigi, V.: Translation of a Pascal Intermediate Code into MC6809 Assembly Code, Report No. 888, Philips International Institute, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, May, 1981. Master's Thesis (reviewed by thesis committee). 1. Dasigi, V.: Alphanumeric Display Unit for Microprocessor-Controlled Domestic Radio Receivers, Report No. 856, Philips International Institute, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, October, 1980. Unrefereed Articles: 2. Dasigi, V.: Abduction: To Infer or To Kidnap? (OR Abductive Inference, Its Characterizations, and Its Applications), Sacred Heart University Occasional Papers, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT 06432-1000, volume 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 35-43. 1. Dasigi, V., O. Karam, B. Nuhfer-Halten, L. Epperson, and A. Avila-Vila: Computational Deconstruction of Spanish Poetry, Draft.

Research (brief description of currently active areas of research): 1. Text Mining for Biomedical Literature and Databases: Articles from the biomedical literature are

analyzed for identifying keywords associated with various genes, and clustering genes based on the functions indicated by such keywords. A system for mining MEDLINE abstracts, which can support both queries by biomedical scientists and experimentation by algorithms has been developed. Ongoing work includes integration of various biomedical knowledge bases and tools. 2. Text Mining for Literary Analysis: The goal in this inter-disciplinary research is to study the applicability and potential value of text mining techniques in identifying themes in a generation of Spanish poets, compare and contrast them, and propose hypotheses about the impact of the social, political, and economic conditions of their time on their poetry. 3. Conceptual Indexing, Retrieval, and Classification (Content Processing): The goal is to facilitate conceptual retrieval of technical information. In this broad task, I have focused on statistical and knowledge-based techniques, machine learning, and information fusion with multiple feature extractors. Work has been done at the universities, as well as at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Air Force Research Laboratory. Some of the more recent work deals with closed captions in video streams (e.g., TV transmissions) in order to perform automatic classification or retrieval with them. Experimental work based on reference collections, such as TIPSTER (AP and WSJ newswire) and OHSUMED (medical abstracts with related information). 4. Abductive Inference and Natural Language Processing: My past work includes modeling abductive inference with special focus on some aspects of natural language processing, as well as,

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identifying connections with other abductive task domains. Although currently somewhat inactive, I continue to be interested in this area. 5. Pedagogical and Accreditation Issues in Computer Science: I am always looking for ways tocommunicate concepts better to students and give them techniques that make their learningprocess smoother. I am interested in cataloging ideas that can be practically applied by studentsand instructors, e.g., common pitfalls in a certain programming language, common errors anddebugging techniques, etc., as well as emerging issues in online education and accreditation.

GRANTS AND PROJECTS

Successful Grants and Sponsored Projects: 6. 1999-2004: Co-Investigator, "Project Yamacraw: Embedded Software," State of Georgia, $200-236K each year (last year: $87K), with several other faculty members.5. 1999: $33K Subcontract from Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc., Roswell, GA: Small BusinessInnovation Research (SBIR) project to Air Force. I helped them in writing the $100K proposal, andafter the award, in carrying out the work.4. 1998: Project Director, "Information Fusion with Multiple Feature Extractors for Automatic TextClassification and Retrieval," Air Force Office of Scientific Research, $25K.3. 1995-96: Project subcontractor, "A Multi-Sensor Neural Net Approach for Classifying MedicalText," (from Systran Corporation, Dayton), US HHS Small Business Innovation Research.Approximately $32,581. Helped write the proposal and carried out the $100K research component.2. 1995-96: Project director, "Information Retrieval using Neural Networks," University Researchand Creativity Grants Program. Approximately $3K.1. 1990: Principal Investigator, "Intelligent Indexing and Retrieval of Technical Information andRelated Issues," State of Ohio Research Challenge grant, $20K.

Other/Miscellaneous Grants: 5. 2000-10: Several SPSU Technology Fee and Equipment Grants ranging from $1,500 to$30,000.4. 1996-97: Travel grant to present a paper at IFIP World Conference on Advanced IT Tools,Canberra, Australia, from the Federation of Computing in the United States.3. 1994-95: "Stanford University Workshop on Medical Informatics (for Integration into anInformation Retrieval Course)," Academics for Creative Teaching.2. 1991: International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence, Inc. (IJCAII), Travel grant toAustralia, to present a paper at IJCAI-91.1. 1991: American Association for Artificial Intelligence - Sponsorship to organize a workshop at thenational AI conference.

PRESENTATIONS

(This list does not include paper presentations, which are mostly implied by the list of publications.)

25. Presentation Applications of Information Retrieval and Text Mining, National ChanghuaUniversity of Education, Changhua, Taiwan, 2011.24. Presentation at P.K. Fokam Institute, on Outcomes Assessment, Cameroon, 2008.23. Press Conference at P.K. Fokam Institute, on Online Education, Cameroon, 2008.22. Workshop Leader: Search and Mining Engines and their Applications, sponsored by TataConsultancy Services, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management, India, June 2006.21. Presentation at the Symposium on Best Assessment Practices VIII, on Practical ProgramOutcomes Assessment - A Case Study, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN,February 26-28, 2006.20. Presentation at the International Symposium on Modern Applied Technology and Management,on Information Retrieval, Classification, and Text Mining, Beijing, China, September 2, 2005.19. Acting Conference Chair Remarks at Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence,Hyderabad, India, December 2003.

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18. Presentation at the Yamacraw Industrial Advisory Board Meeting, Smart Networked Appliance Platform Technologies (SNAPTECH), October 2002. 17. Colloquium at the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India, Information Fusion for Automatic Text Classification and Retrieval, July 2001. 16. Colloquium at Andhra University, India, Information Fusion for Automatic Text Classification and Retrieval, July 2001. 15. Presentation at the Yamacraw Industrial Advisory Board Meeting, Software Development for Broadband Residential Area Networks, October 2000. 14. Presentation to Dilato, Inc. Advisory Board, Small Business Innovation Research, 2000. 13. Panel SIGCSE-2001 Conference, Information Technology Curriculum Development, 2001. 12. SPSU CS Colloquium, Information Fusion Experiments for Text Classification and Retrieval, March 1999. 11. Teaching Presentation at the University Teaching, Learning, and Technology Showcase (1999). 10. Computer Science colloquium, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Information Fusion for Automated Text Classification, April 1998. 9. Rome Laboratory Information Institute Annual Meeting, Blue Mountain, NY: Automatic Text Classification & Retrieval using (Algorithmic) Sensor / Information Fusion, June 1997. 8. Computer Science / Electrical Engineering colloquium, University of Connecticut, Storrs: A Multi-Sensor Neural Net Approach to Automated Text Classification, February 1997. 7. Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Bangalore, India, Abductive Inference, 1993. 6. Avionics Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, Abduction: A Crime or a Logic? April 1992. 5. Computer Society of India, Andhra University Student Chapter, India, Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing, September 1991. 4. Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence (SIGART), Dayton Chapter, Abduction in Artificial Intelligence, Or AI Types Don't Abduct, They Abduce, July 1990. 3. Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence Research, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, An Abductive Model of Low Level Natural Language Processing, June 1990. 2. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Student Chapter, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, Natural Language Processing - An Artificial Intelligence Perspective, Spring 1989. 1. Second Symposium on the Role of Language in Problem Solving, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Panelist on Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to Problem Solving, 1986.

WORKSHOPS OFFERED

6. One-week Workshop: Search and Mining Engines and their Applications, sponsored by Tata Consultancy Services, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management, India, June 2006. 5. Workshop: Object-Oriented Programming using C++, Institute for Computer Technology, 2 full days, April / May, 1997, March, 1996, January / February, 1995. 4. Short Workshop: Object-Oriented Programming using C++, CCSCNE-96, University of Hartford, April, 1996. 3. On-site Workshop: Object-Oriented Programming using C++, NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc., 20 hours, March / April, 1995. 2. National Aerospace Applications Conference, Dayton, OH, Tutorial on Natural Language Processing, October 23, 1989. 1. Workshop on: Natural Language Processing to practicing scientists and engineers from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, one day, Summer, 1989. COURSES DEVELOPED/TAUGHT AND THESES SUPERVISED

Courses Developed: 13. CS 5120/4120 – Analysis and Design of Algorithms (BGSU) (2013): Offered for the first time at

the undergraduate level.

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12. CS 5423 - Mathematical Structures for Computer Science - Online version (2008): Full course development for the online medium; the emphasis is on the connections of the mathematical concepts to computer science. Developed and delivered in the Blackboard/Vista environment; delivery also included Wimba live classroom, with sessions archived for asynchronous use. 11. CS 5123 - Advanced Programming and Data Structures - Online version (2006): Full course development for an online version of the course. This is a very significant experience for me in pedagogy. The development of online course materials was comparable to writing a textbook, with a special focus on giving students an experience comparable to in-class instruction. Originally developed in WebCT/Blackboard/Vista. Later versions, delivered using Wimba live classroom, with sessions archived for asynchronous use. 10. CS 4904 - Information Retrieval and Search Engines (2003): A new laboratory-based undergraduate course, ranging from classic work to very current advances in search engines. 9. CS 6163 - Information Retrieval and Search Engines (2001): A renewed version of CS 622 below, with new material on search engine principles added, using a contemporary textbook. 8. CS 366 - Object-Oriented Programming using C++ (1998): A slow-paced introduction to OOP and C++, including a close comparison of the C and C++ languages, and a lighter treatment of advanced topics, such as multiple inheritance. 7. CS 113 - Discrete Structures (1997): This is a mathematically oriented course providing the foundation for computer science. All core material was included, with connections to computer science emphasized. 6. CS 622 - Information Retrieval (1997): This is a course I introduced, based on the few courses offered at other universities on this emerging area. It is an inter-disciplinary course: Information and library science departments take a librarian- or user-oriented approach, while computer science departments take a technical database / systems approach. What I sought is a meaningful combination. 5. CS 642 - Artificial Intelligence (1996): The objective of this course is to provide an overview of Artificial Intelligence (AI), namely, state space search, knowledge representation and reasoning in AI, and application areas such as expert systems, machine learning, natural language processing, AI languages, etc. 4. CS 654 - Principles of Object-Oriented Programming using C++ (1995): Basic principles of object-oriented programming (OOP) using C++. Besides relevant theory, I emphasize many practical aspects, such as preventing memory leaks, avoiding C++ pitfalls that are hard to debug, tricky issues with C++, reference parameters and return values, issues with virtual functions, multiple inheritance, virtual inheritance, etc. (CS 5183 at SPSU) 3. CS 602 - Advanced Data Structures and Algorithms (1994): Among others, this course assumes the responsibility of providing an exposition to the CS "culture." The relationship of data structures and algorithms, time and space efficiency, algorithm design techniques, etc. are included, covering a broad spectrum of topics. 2. CS 605 - Discrete Structures and Logic (1994): The objective of this course is to help students develop a rigorous mathematical attitude toward CS, by introducing the relevant mathematical and logical foundation - a tall order given the mix of students. My response to this challenge has been to take an intuitive approach: making connections between the mathematical concepts and their real-world parallels, and relating the concepts to programming situations familiar to the students. 1. CS 790 - Artificial Intelligence and Abductive Inference (1990): A research course focusing on characterization, theory, modeling, and applications (e.g., diagnosis and natural language processing) of abductive (as opposed to deductive) inference.

Supplementary Instructional Materials Developed (not included above): CS 1301 - Computer Science I

CS 5183 - Object-Oriented Programming in C++ CS 6123 - Programming Language Concepts CS 5050 – Research and Design Methods in CS (BGSU)

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Courses Taught (U is undergraduate / G is graduate): 1. G: Artificial Intelligence I, Artificial Intelligence II, and Artificial Intelligence III

2. G: Natural Language Processing I and Natural Language Processing II 3. G: AI and Abductive Inference 4. U/G: Analysis and Design of Algorithms 5. U/G: Information Retrieval and Search Engines (Undergrad version was lab-based) 6. U/G: Data Structures and Software Design (and variations at the undergrad and transition levels) 7. U/G: Comparative Programming Languages (and variations including more or less theory) 8. U/G: Discrete Structures and Logic (variations at the undergrad and transition levels) 9. U/G: OOP using C++ (Undergraduate and transition) 10. U: Introduction to Data Processing (Computer productivity course for non-majors) 11. U: Introduction to the Computing Disciplines (a 2-hour orientation course) 12. U: Computer Programming I - Pascal (for non-majors) 13. U: Structured Programming in FORTRAN 77 (for non-majors) 14. U: Computer Science I, Computer Science II, and Computer Science III (and variations in Pascal, Ada, and C++) 15. U: Assembly Language Programming 16. U: Undergraduate Honors Project 17. G: Independent Study; Master's Project; Master's Thesis; PhD Seminar; PhD Qualifiers; PhD Dissertation

Supervision/Direction of Projects / Theses / Independent Study: Besides the following MS Theses, I recently served on the Ph.D. Committees of Armen Ilikchyan

(Ph.D., ISU-BGSU Consortium, 2015), with work in Text Mining and Quality of product reviews, Ying Liu (Ph.D., Georgia Tech, 2005), with work in algorithms for keyword identification and gene clustering, based on mining biomedical literature, and Santosh K. Ray (Ph.D., BITS, India, 2010), with work on an ontology-based question-answering system, based on the rough set theory. 33. Shilpa Gannamuneni, Identifying Members’ Participation Trends in the #EdChat Online Community, M.S. Project, Bowling Green State University, 2015. [Joint supervision with Fei Gao.] 32. Maitreyee Bhise, Clustering of Yeast Genes using Literature Mining, M.S. Project, Bowling Green State University, 2015. 31. Pukar Hamal, NLM Data Parallel Parsing and Storing in a Database, M.S. Project, Bowling Green State University, 2014. 30. Sailaja Pydimarri, Mining MEDLINE for Gene Clustering: A Comparison of Feature Selection Approaches, M.S. Thesis, Southern Polytechnic State University, 2007. 29. Sirisha Kanda, Incremental Algorithms for Automatically Updating MEDLINE Data for Text Mining, M.S. Thesis, Southern Polytechnic State University, 2005. (Won best student poster award at ACMSE-2005.) 28. Chandrashekar Machiraju, Application of Information retrieval Techniques to Closed Captions, with a Focus on Query Expansion, M.S. Thesis, Southern Polytechnic State University, Summer 2004. 27. Yuan Zhang, A Test Bed for Information Retrieval Experimentation, M.S. Project, Southern Polytechnic State University, Spring 2002. 26. Miknon Go, Text Classification using Automatically Generated Category Profiles, M.S. Project, Southern Polytechnic State University, Spring 2002. 25. Navneet Verma, Text Classification using Category Profiles - An Experimental Study, M.S. Thesis, Southern Polytechnic State University, December 2000. 24. Rashmi Verma, SPSU Student Advising System for Master's Degree Programs in the CS Department, M.S. Project, Southern Polytechnic State University, December 2000. 23. Aditi Sharma, e-RESERVATION - Web-Based Flight Search / Reserve Engine, M.S. Project, Southern Polytechnic State University, December 2000. 22. Jeanette Eckles, Making the Degree Audit Decision, M.S. Project, Southern Polytechnic State University, December 2000. 21. Ying Xie, Visual and Flexible Geographic Information System (GIS) Components for Traffic Flow Analysis, M.S. Project, Southern Polytechnic State University, January 2000. 20. Suzy Y. Yoshizumi, A Web Commerce Application using Active Server Pages and Visual C++, M.S. Project, Southern Polytechnic State University, December 1999.

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19. Virainder S. Balayan, Web-Based Survey Databases, M.S. Project, Southern Polytechnic State University, August 1999. 18. Joseph Visintainer, Automatic Stoplist Generation using Multiple Domains, Non-thesis M.S. Project, Sacred Heart University, April 1999. 17. Charles K. Early, A Pharmaceutical Expert System, Non-thesis M.S. Project, Sacred Heart University, April 1999. 16. Paul Robinson, Classification and Automated Retrieval of Unstructured Text, Non-thesis M.S. Project, Sacred Heart University, December 1998. 15. Timothy Leedy, Computer Security and Computer Crime, Non-thesis M.S. Project, Sacred Heart University, July 1998. 14. Bruce DeSimas, Digital Image Processing: Object Identification Techniques for Machine Vision, Non-thesis M.S. Project, Sacred Heart University, July 1998. 13. Eric Valcarcel, Internationalization of Windows Interfaces, Non-thesis M.S. Project, Sacred Heart University, April 1998. 12. David Tkacs, An Artificial Intelligence Approach to Solving the Rubik's Cube, Non-thesis M.S. Project, Sacred Heart University, December 1997. 11. Mary E. Beardmore, Extracting Semantic Relationships from a Machine-Readable English Dictionary, M.S. Thesis, Wright State University, December 1994. 10. Om Prakash Rajagopalan, Accessing Large Knowledge Bases: A Study in the Context of the UMLS Knowledge Sources, M.S. Thesis, Wright State University, December 1994. 9. Vijay Vallabhaneni, Implementation of Boolean Minimization in an Abductive Framework, M.S. Thesis, Wright State University, June 1994. 8. Bala Somakandan, Accessing the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) Knowledge Sources, Undergraduate Honors Project, Wright State University, June 1993. 7. Romy Lu, A Hypertext-Based Course Catalogue, M.S. Thesis, Wright State University, November 1992. 6. Evia Yeung, Towards a Knowledge-Based Intelligent Indexing and Retrieval System, M.S. Thesis, Wright State University, November 1991. 5. Walter Williams, Jr., Review of Case-Based Reasoning Concepts with Local Extended Implementation of Micro-Code, M.S. Thesis, Wright State University, June 1991 4. Sharon Hsu, Morphological Analysis for Information Retrieval, M.S. Thesis, Wright State University, February 1991. 3. Dan Corbett, A Conjunction Analysis Technique Applied to an Abductive Framework of Natural Language Processing, M.S. Thesis, Wright State University, January 1991. 2. Scott Berlon, An Expert Critiquing System: Critiquing the Initial Pharmacological Treatment of Hypercholesterolemia, M.S. Thesis, Wright State University, December 1990. 1. Paul Kennedy, A Graphical Knowledge Base Development Tool for a Second Generation Qualitative Process Automation Language Environment, M.S. Thesis, Wright State University, August 1990.

CONSULTING

5. Expert Witness on Reverse Engineering for Embedded Software, 2006. 4. Dilato, Inc., Atlanta, GA, Advisory Board Member, 2000-present. 3. International Learning, Inc., Roswell, GA, Web-based surveys, 1999. 2. Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc., Roswell, GA: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project. I helped them in writing the proposal, and after the award, in carrying out the work, 1999. 1. Consultant to a Manhattan law firm (Y2K remedial software and Ada compilers), 1998.

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION

23. ABET Computing Accreditation Commission, Program Evaluator for CS and IS programs (participated in regular, joint, and simultaneous visits), 2001-Present. 22. ABET Mentor for Program Evaluator Candidates, 2012. 21. Program Committee Co-Chair, Polytechnic Summit 2012.

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20. Papers Chair, ACMSE-2011, Kennesaw, GA. 19. Member of the Founding Group, Pledge of the Computing Professional (http://www.computing-professional.org) 18. Commissioner of ABET Computing Accreditation Commission & Team Chair, 2007-12 (Chaired teams evaluating CS, IS, and IT programs, with general and interim evaluations). 17. Member of ABET-CAC Documents Committee, 2008-09. 16. Alternate Member of ABET Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC), 2006-2007. 15. Panelist, NSF SBIR Proposal Evaluation (Phases I and II), Served on panels in 2007, 2008, and 2009. 14. Reviewer, Research Grant Proposal submitted to North Dakota EPSCoR (Experimental Programs for Stimulating Competitive Research), 1998, 2000. 13. Program Committee Member and Acting Conference Chair, First Indian international Conference on AI, December 2003. 12. Conceived and organized a one-day workshop at the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) national conference, entitled, "Toward Domain-Independent Strategies for Abduction"; also served on the program committee, 1991. 11. Program Committee Member, International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) International Conference on Web-Based Education, and IASTED International Conference on Advances in Computer Science and Engineering, 2008-present; Industry and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems (IEA/AIE), 2005; IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, and IASTED International Conference on Computer Science and Technology, 2001-04; 10. Reviewer, Journal of Neuro Computing (2008), IICAI Papers (2003), SIGCSE Papers (2001-present), International Association for Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (2002-03, 2008-09), Annual Northeastern Conferences of the Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges (1995-98), ICCI '93 Conference (1993), IEEE Computer Special issue (1992), ISMIS (1989). 9. Student Papers Chair and Program Committee Member, 43rd ACM Southeast Conference, 2005. 8. Student Posters co-chair, Fourth Annual Northeastern Conference of the Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges, 1998-99. 7. Papers co-chair and reviewer, Third Annual Northeastern Conference of the Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges, 1997-98. 6. Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions Coordinator, SIGCSE-2001 (Symposium of the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education), Charlotte, NC. 5. Session Chair, IASTED Applied Informatics, Innsbruck, 2003; SIGCSE-2000 session on Information Technology, Austin, TX; Technology in Teaching, INTERFACE conference, 1999; and others. 4. Panelist, "Logical Foundations of Computer Science and Discrete Mathematics," SIGCSE-2000. 3. Panel Chair, "Debugging in the Programming Course Context, and in General," Southeastern Conference of Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges, 1999. 2. Judge, SIGCSE-2000, SIGCSE-1999, and SIGCSE-1998 Student Research competitions. 1. Pre-publication Reviewer, Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science by Tim Gegg-Harrison, John Wiley, 2006; Essentials of Artificial Intelligence by Matt Ginsberg, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1993.

SHORT COURSES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

23. Executive Leadership program, BGSU, 2015-16. 22. A series of Fred Pryor Courses, 2014-15. 21. Workshop on Legal Issues in Administration, 2007 and 2008. 20. One-day customer service workshop, 2008. 19. Six Sigma Green Belt, 2008. 18. Participated in the Chautauqua short course, "Increasing the Retention of Under-Represented Groups - and the Learning of All Groups - in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Courses," April 28-30, 2008.

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17. University System of Georgia Department Administrators Workshop, 2002 and 2007. 16. ACM SIGCSE workshops on Bioinformtics, Buffer Overflows and Security, Houston (2006); Teaching CS1 and CS2 in C#, Java Servlets, Component Architecture using JavaBeans, and Developing WebApps using DotNet and C#, Reno (2003); An Introduction to XML, Understanding and Developing Materials for CSAB Criteria 2K, The Life and Times of a Mouse Click (Event-Driven Programming), and Java Server Pages, Charlotte (2001); Component-Based Software Development in the Undergraduate Curriculum, Basics of Computer Security - Parts I and II, Computer Network Basics: What every professor should know, and Java Networking and Server-side Java, Austin (2000); Web Programming in Java and Concurrent Programming in Java, New Orleans (1999); Java and the Abstract Windows Tool-kit (one day) and Parallel Programming and Sample Courses, Atlanta (1998); Parallel Computing with Public Domain Software and Java Programming, San Jose (1997). 15. NSF Bioinformatics Workshop, Rochester Institute of Technology, July 2003. 14. GATech Yamacraw Faculty Development Workshops, "Information Security" (2001) and "Digital Signal Processing," (2000). 13. Summer Faculty Workshop on Personal Software Process and Team Software Process, jointly sponsored by Software Engineering Institute (Carnegie-Mellon University) and SPSU, July 26-August 3, 2000. 12. Software Engineering Education & Training Conference Tutorial, TSPi – Team Software Process, Austin, 2000. 11. Participant, Advanced Professional Development Workshop of National Association for Graduate Admissions Professionals (2000). 10. SECCSC short tutorial, Standard Template Library of C++, Augusta, 1999. 9. Attended Software Productivity Consortium's 12-hour satellite course on Statistical Process Control, 1999. 8. Attended a satellite panel on Creating Learning Environments on April 12, 1999. 7. Active participant in the Distinguished Professor Faculty Development program, 1999. 6. Learning Tree International: Windows Programming using Visual C++ - one week, 1997. 5. Stanford University School of Medicine short course: Medical Informatics - one week, 1996. 4. ACM Multimedia-95 Tutorial: Digital Libraries: Information Retrieval and Hypertext - half day, Research and Design Issues for Digital Libraries - half day (1995). 3. University of Tennessee, Knoxville: Parallel Processing with PVM - two days, 1995. 2. SIGIR Tutorials: Introduction to Information Retrieval (by C. van Rijsbergen) and Natural Language Processing for Information Retrieval, Pittsburgh (1993). 1. IJCAI Tutorials: Reasoning about Action and Change and Case-Based Reasoning, Detroit (1989).

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

ACM Senior Member of Association for Computing Machinery SIGCSE Member of ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education SIGIR Member of ACM Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval IEEE-CS Member of Computer Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

15. Conferred Senior Membership in Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2009. 14. Conferred Visiting Professorship by Northeast Normal University, PRC, 2007. 13. Nominated for an Outstanding Faculty Award at Southern Polytechnic State University, 2006. 12. Listed in Marquis Who's Who among America's Teachers, 8th edition, October 2004. 11. Conferred Honorary Professorship by Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management, India, 2003. 10. Selected Fellow of the Center for Teaching Excellence, SPSU, 2002-2003. 9. Nominated for Governor's Teaching Fellowship, 1999 and 2001.

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8. Selected for Distinguished Professor Faculty Development Program, 1999 (Participated).7. Listed in International Who's Who of Information Technology, 1999; Marquis Who's Who in theMedia and Communications, 1st edition, 1997; Outstanding Young Men of America, 1996; Men ofAchievement, 17th edition, 1995; Marquis Who's Who in the Midwest, 24th edition, 1993.6. Received for graduate teaching and research assistantships at the Department of ComputerScience, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1982-88.5. Received Philips International Institute - graduate scholarship, 1980-81.4. Received graduate scholarship at the School of Automation, Indian Institute of Science, 1979.3. Winner of Gold Medal (top ranker) for the class of Engineering, Andhra University, India, 1979.2. Winner of Second Prize in the All India Design Competition for Engineering Students, NationalDesign and Research Forum and Institution of Engineers (India), 1978.1. Selected in the entrance examination in 1974 for Indian Institutes of Technology (for Bachelor'sstudies), and Indian Statistical Institute (for Bachelor's studies), and in 1979 for IIT - Kanpur andIISc - Bangalore (for Master's studies).

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY

12. Directed and Taught non-profit SAT/PSAT prep courses (200+ students), 2006-2011 and 2013.11. Literary Coordinator, Telugu Association of Metro Atlanta (TAMA), 2001.10. Editor-in-Chief, American Telugu Association (ATA) Biennial Conference Literary Souvenir andindexed CD-ROM, Atlanta in July, 2000.9. Secretary, Powers Pointe Community Association, Inc., Marietta, GA, July 1999 - Dec. 2000.8. Career Fair Presenter, Computer Careers, Sope Creek Elementary School, Marietta, GA, 5thGrade and Kindergarten classes, 1999.7. Judge, Fulton County Science and Engineering Fair, 1999.6. Member of committee on general planning and development, Sunnyside School, CT, 1997-98.5. Participant, Roundtable conference on "How to Prepare the Best Science Students?" atStratfield Elementary School, Fairfield, CT, 1997.4. Elected Member, Executive Committee, Telugu Association of Connecticut, 1997-98.3. Active member of Telugu Association of Connecticut. Wrote, acted, directed, and produced skitsand plays for the annual spring event (1994-98).2. Acted in Sacred Heart University Theater production, The Skin of Our Teeth (written by ThorntonWilder), as a homeless professor! (1997).1. Member, Fathers Club, Sunnyside Elementary School, Shelton, CT, 1994-95. Involved in theinitial planning on purchasing computers for student use.