Server: Netscape-Communications/1.1 Date: Monday, 25-Nov-96 20:40:28 GMT Content-type: text/html Dr. Roger Webster Resume

Roger W. Webster, Ph.D.

webster@cs.millersv.edu
http://cs.millersv.edu/
http://zansiii.millersv.edu/

Education:

Temple University - School of Engineering, Architecture and Computer Science. Philadelphia, PA. Ph.D. degree (1988) in Computer Science. Dissertation area: Computer Vision, Image Processing and Artificial Intelligence. Title: Partial Boundary Matching and Shape Fitting Using the Medial Axis Transformation. Dissertation published in IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, September/October 1991, Vol. 22, No. 5.

Temple University - School of Engineering, Architecture and Computer Science. Philadelphia, PA. MA degree (1986) in Computer Science. Major course work in Computer Vision, Image Processing and Artificial Intelligence. Thesis project published in the Proceedings of the International Association of Pattern Recognition Workshop on Machine Vision Applications (IAPR MVA'90), Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 1990.

Bentley College- Graduate School, Waltham, Massachusetts. MS degree (1982) in Computer Information Science. Major course work in Computer Networking and Distributed Processing. Thesis project published in the Proceedings of the Annual ACM Conference on Office Automation, University of Toronto, Ontario, June 1984.

University of Southern Maine - School of Business and Economics. Portland, Maine. BS degree (1979) in Business Administration. Major course work in Marketing Research, Computer Science, Statistics.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Center for Advanced Engineering Study, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Accepted as a Fellow for the Summer 1991 term to study: Mathematics, Robot Vision, and Expert Systems.
Special Summer Program. Completed short professional courses:

Employment:

Millersville University of Pennsylvania

Millersville, PA., Department of Computer Science. January 1983 to present. Responsibilities include: Currently responsible for the following courses: Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality, Robot Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Real-Time Systems Engineering, Internet Programming with Java.

Hewlett-Packard Corporation

Medical Systems Division. Engineering Research and Development Lab. Waltham, Massachusetts. January 1979 to January 1983.

Research Interests:

Graphics, Virtual Reality, and Virtual World Modelling, Internet Programming with Java, Robot Vision, Real Time Systems Engineering, Artificial Intelligence.

Publications:

Webster, Roger, Wayde, Steve, and Auvil, Nathan, "A Laboratory for Teaching Undergraduate Engineering Students Software Development Skills for Building Virtual Reality Applications", Proceedings of the ISCS '97 International Conference on Computer Simulation, sponsored by the Society for Computer Simulation International, Phoenix, Arizona, January 12-15, 1997.

Webster, Roger, Wayde, S., "A Virtual Backhoe Simulation and Training System", Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE '96),sponsored by IEEE Committee on Education, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 6-8, 1996.

Webster, Roger, Wayde, Steven, "A Virtual Reality Laboratory for Undergraduates in Computer Science", Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Computer Graphics and Visualization, sponsored by ACM SIGGRAPH, IEEE Technical Committee on Computer Graphics, EuroGraphics, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 1-5, 1996. Presenter.

Webster, Roger, Wayde, Steven, "A Virtual Reality and Scientific Visualization Laboratory for Undergraduates in Computer Science -Work-in-Progress", Proceedings of the Annual American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference, sponsored by ASEE and DELOS (Division of Laboratory Oriented Studies, Washington, D.C., June 24-27, 1996. Poster Presentation.

Webster, Roger, "A Workstation Laboratory to Improve Undergraduate Instruction in Artificial Intelligence", The International Journal for Engineering Education, Tempus Publications, Hamburg, Germany, November 1995, Vol. 11 No. 4-5, pp.101-110.

Ingargiola, Giorgio, N. Hoskin, R. Aiken, R. Dubey, J. Wilson, M. Papalaskari, R. Webster, "A Repository that Supports Teaching and Cooperation in the Introductory AI Course", Proceedings of the national ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium (ACM/SIGCSE '94). Phoenix, Arizona, March 10-12, 1994. Sponsored by the Association of Computing Machinery and the Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (ACM/SIGCSE).

Webster, Roger. "Two Combinatoric Problems in Discrete Mathematics", IEEE Potentials Journal , Problems no. 4 and 5 in the GamesMan Section, April 1994, Vol. 13 No. 2, pp. 48.

Webster, Roger, G. Ingargiola, R. Aiken, "Augmenting Undergraduate Instruction in Artificial Intelligence using Software Demonstration Modules and ToolKits", Proceedings of the 1993 International Conference on Computers in Education Applications of Intelligent Computer Technologies, Taipei, Taiwan, December 15-17, 1993, pps. 306-311. Sponsored by the Artificial Intelligence in Education Society, American Association of Artificial Intelligence, IEEE Computer Society - Taipei Section, and National Central University of Taiwan. Presenter.

Webster, Roger and David Hess. "A Real-Time Software Controller for a Digital Model Railroad System", Proceedings of the First IEEE International Conference on Real-Time Applications, New York City, N.Y., May 11-12, 1993, pp. 126-130, Sponsored by the IEEE Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems, Office of Naval Research, Naval Surface Warfare Center, and New Jersey Institute of Technology, Presenter.

Webster, Roger and Y. Wei. "An Intelligent Mobile Robot Golfing System Using Binocular Stereo Vision", Proceedings of the IAPR 11th International Conference on Pattern Recognition ICPR'92 , The Hague, The Netherlands, August 30 - September 4, 1992, pp. 603-607. Sponsored by the International Association for Pattern Recognition Society (IAPR), Presenter.

Webster, Roger and Y. Wei. "ARNIE P - A Robot Golfing System Using Binocular Stereo Vision and an Heuristic Feedback Mechanism", Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems IROS'92 , Raleigh, North Carolina, July 7-10, 1992, pp. 2027-2034. Sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and the Robotics Society of Japan, Presenter.

Webster, Roger and Paul Ross, "A Workstation Laboratory to Improve Undergraduate Instruction in Artificial Intelligence", Proceedings of the Annual American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference, Toledo, Ohio, June 21-25, 1992, pp.448-455. Sponsored by the ASEE Division of Experimentation and Laboratory Oriented Studies (DELOS). Poster Presentation.

Webster, Roger and Y. Wei. "A Robot Golfing System Using Binocular Stereo Vision - Work in Progress", Proceedings of the Canadian Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Society's Vision Interface International Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May 11-17, 1992, pp.195-202 . Sponsored by the Canadian Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Society, Presenter.

Webster, Roger, P. LaFollette, and R.L. Stafford. "Isthmus Critical Points and Solving Jigsaw Puzzles in Computer Vision", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, September/October 1991, Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 1271-1278.

Webster, Roger. "Useful Artificial Intelligence Tools - A Review of Heuristic Search Methods", IEEE Potentials Journal , October 1991, Vol. 10 No. 3, pp. 51-54.

Webster, Roger, P.W. Ross, P. LaFollette, and R.L. Stafford. "A Computer Vision System that Assembles Canonical Jigsaw Puzzles Using the Euclidean Skeleton and Isthmus Critical Points", Proceedings of the International Association of Pattern Recognition Workshop on Machine Vision Applications (IAPR MVA'90), Tokyo, Japan, November 28-30, 1990, pp. 421-426, Presenter.

Webster, Roger, "Blueprint Reading Robot Speeds PCB Drilling". Manufacturing Systems Magazine. Hitchcock Publishing Corporation. November 1988, pp. 64-67.

Webster, Roger, "Partial Boundary Matching and Shape Fitting Using the Medial Axis Transformation", University Microfilms International: Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ph.D. Dissertation, Temple University, 1988, pp. 1-208.

Webster, Roger, Contributed a small paragraph entitled: "Robot Drills Off Blueprints". Advanced Manufacturing Technology Bi-Monthly Report. Technical Insights Publishing Corporation. Vol. 9, no. 23, December 12, 1988. p. 7.

Webster, Roger, "A Robot that Reads PCB Blueprints". Electronic Production and Packaging Magazine. Cahners Publishing Corporation. February 1988, p. 58.

Webster, Roger, "How to Determine the Need for Distributed Processing". Data Pro Research Corporation Technical Support publication. May 1986, pp. 66-72. Reprinted from Proceedings of the ACM Annual Conference on Office Automation.

Ungaro, Collin, Linking Microcomputers. McGraw Hill, April 1985. Contributed an article reprinted from: Data Communications Magazine February 1985, pp. 93-98.

Webster, Roger, "Building a Microcomputer Local Area Network". Data Communications Magazine, McGraw Hill, February 1985, pp. 195-203.

Webster, Roger, "Distributed Software - How, When, and Why?". Proceedings of the Annual ACM International Conference on Office Automation, University of Toronto, Ontario, June 1984. Presenter, pp. 80-87.

External Grants and Research Projects:

National Science Foundation (NSF) Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program ($97,969) matching grant entitled "A Virtual Reality and Scientific Visualization Laboratory for Undergraduates in Computer Science". This grant has provided greatly improved, modern research equipment for Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, and Scientific Visualization. Scientific Visualization research is focused on high-performance 3D computer graphics for scientific modelling, virtual world modelling, and virtual reality simulations for research training and experimentation in the natural and physical sciences. NSF number 9651237 awarded to Dr. Roger Webster, Computer Science principle investigator.

National Science Foundation ARI Grant. Principle Investigator in project entitled: "Relacement and Renovation of Computer Science Research and Research Training Laboratories". Awarded $141,827 from the National Science Foundation's Academic Research Infrastructure Program (February 1995 - 1997) to provide funds for focused investment in the revitalization of facilities for undergraduate research in computer science and scientific visualization. This grant will provide the Computer Science department with newly renovated research facilities in the areas of Robotics, Scientific Visualization, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, and Real- Time Systems Engineering. NSF number 93-166 awarded to Dr. Albert Hoffman , Dean, Donald Stollenwork Facilities Manager, and Dr. Roger Webster, Computer Science principle investigator.

National Science Foundation Grant. Co-participant in project entitled: "Providing and Integrating Educational Resources for Faculty Teaching Artificial Intelligence", National Science Foundation Grant ($81,115), Summers 1994 and 1995, NSF Faculty Enhancement Program - Collaborative grant project with Temple University, Drexel University, Villanova University and Millersville University. Awarded to: Dr. Giorgio Ingargiola and Dr. Robert Aiken, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

National Science Foundation Grant. NSF Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program ($53,039) matching grant entitled "A Real-Time Systems Laboratory to Improve Undergraduate Instruction in Computer Science", Awarded to Dr. Roger W. Webster and Dr. Paul Ross, Millersville University, Grant No. DUE-9350841 (June 1993 to November 1995). Project Director.

National Science Foundation Grant. Co-participant in project entitled: "FLAIR - Flexible Learning with an Artificial Intelligence Repository", National Science Foundation Grant ($410,000), Sept. 1991- Feb. 1995, NSF Grant # CDA-9115254, Collaborative research project with Temple University, Drexel University, Villanova University and Millersville University. Awarded to: Dr. Robert Aiken and Dr. Giorgio Ingargiola, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

National Science Foundation Grant. NSF Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program ($86,600) matching grant entitled "A Workstation Laboratory to Improve Undergraduate Instruction in Artificial Intelligence", Awarded to Dr. Roger W. Webster, and Dr. Paul Ross, Millersville University, Grant No. USE-9050371 (July 1990 to December 1992). Project Director.

MIT Fellowship Stipend. Awarded one half tuition stipend to pursue research interests in "Mathematics, Robot Vision and Expert Systems". Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Advanced Engineering Study - Cambridge, Massachusetts. Summer Term 1991 and 1992.

ISC Research and Development Project. Awarded for research project entitled: "A Computer Vision System to Locate and Track Moving Objects in 3-Space". Sponsored by the International Signal and Control Corporation, Lancaster, PA, This project used a binocular stereo computer vision system to compute the location of practice missiles in 3-space in real time. Academic year 1990/91.

Corporate Research Grant entitled: "Unix Device Driver for Robot Vision Boards under Ultrix-32m". Sponsored by the MicroDisc corporation of Mt. Laurel, New Jersey. The purpose of this ($32,000) grant was to develop an Ultrix-32m device driver for a full series of image processing boards manufactured by the Imaging Technology Corporation. September 1986 - May 1987. Project Director.

Ben Franklin Advanced Technology Research Grant entitled: "Computer Vision Automated Drilling System". Contract number 85-45006322 under the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania act no. 223. Sponsored by the Rinehart Engineering Corporation and the Ben Franklin Partnership Program of Pennsylvania. The purpose of this ($210,000) grant was to develop a system for the automated recognition of coordinates of holes to be drilled on a printed circuit board. November 1985 - August 1986. Project Director.

Rinehart Engineering Award: awarded monies to attend an MIT short course during the summer of 1986. Sponsored by the Rinehart Engineering Corporation. July 1985.

Memberships:
IEEE Computer Society,
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM),
American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI),
International Society for Computer Simulation (ISCS),
American Association for Engineering Education (ASEE).

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