Date: Thursday, 21-Nov-96 23:16:24 GMT Server: NCSA/1.3 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/html Last-modified: Tuesday, 13-Jun-95 18:27:25 GMT Content-length: 4588 Robert C. Whitehair (whitehair@cs.umass.edu)>

Robert C. Whitehair


PhD Student
Computer Science Department
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
(413) 545-3444 (office)
(413) 545-1249 (fax)
whitehair@cs.umass.edu


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CURRICULUM VITAE

Research Interests

Theoretical and mathematical foundations as applied to AI, simulation, and computational mathematics, including discrete mathematics, probability theory, and formal languages; formal analysis techniques, design theories, and software engineering methodologies for constructing sophisticated problem solvers (especially artificial intelligence-based systems); multi-agent, distributed problem solving systems; scheduling, planning, and OR optimization tools and algorithms; application of abstractions and approximations in real-time AI and as meta-level knowledge in sensor interpretation systems; and languages and development tools for parallel and distributed processing. I am currently applying my theoretical research results in further research and development of enterprise management systems, concurrent engineering systems, and simulation and analysis applications. I have recently started a research project that is attempting to build the world's first fully deployed "Virtual Enterprise."

Education

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts. September 1989 -- present.
Doctor of Philosophy: Computer Science.
PhD Thesis: IDP/UPC: A Framework for the Analysis of Sophisticated Control
Advisor: Dr. Victor R. Lesser
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. September 1980 -- March 1984.
Bachelor of Science: Computer Science

Employment

Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts. September 1986 --- present.
Corporate Director and Research Consultant, Probots, Inc., Northampton, MA. 1991 -- present.
Educational/Research Consultant, Probots Developments, Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia. 1993 -- present.
Corporate Director and Consultant, Top Level, Inc., Amherst, MA. September 1989 -- present.
Staff Research Writer, Smithsonian World Television Series/Adrion Malone Production Company, Washington, DC. Summer-Fall 1986.
Instructor, Michigan State University, Department of Computer Science, East Lansing, Michigan. September 1985 --- June 1986.
Consultant, Arthur Andersen & Co., Pittsburgh, PA. September 1984 - September 1985.
Research Assistant, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. March 1983 - March 1984.
Associate Programmer, International Business Machines, Endicott, NY. Summer of 1983.
Research Associate, GTE Automatic Electric Research and Development, Phoenix, AZ. Summer of 1982.
Associate Programmer, International Business Machines, Lexington, KY. Summer of 1981.

Friends and Family

These are some interesting pictures that will eventually have clever captions under them.

I'm the one on the right. (On the right side of the picture, that is.) The other guy is someone I walked with in a parade once. Long story. If you want to hear it, ask my wife. She appears below. She used to be a charter sail boat captain in the Caribbean.

DIS Laboratory (my group's lab)

UMass Computer Science Dept. (my department)

last updated: 8 December 1994