Robert T. Olszewski Curriculum Vitae

Business Address: Center for Biomedical Informatics
Forbes Tower, Suite 8084
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Phone: (412) 647-7165
Fax: (412) 647-7190
E-mail: bobski@cbmi.upmc.edu
Homepage: http://www.cbmi.upmc.edu/~bobski

Home Address: 5124 Beeler Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15217

Phone: (412) 621-0933

Education

1998-2001
1991-1996 Ph.D. in Computer Science (2001)
MS in Computer Science (1994)
School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Dissertation Title: Generalized Feature Extraction for Structural Pattern Recognition in Time-Series Data
Advisors: Roy Maxion and Dan Siewiorek

1986-1990 BS in Computer Science (1991)
College of Applied Science and Technology,
Rochester Institute of Technology

Honors

1992-1995 US Air Force Laboratory Graduate Fellowship

1990 Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement,
Rochester Institute of Technology

1986-1990 Dean's List, Rochester Institute of Technology

Employment

2001-present Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh
Performed research targeted towards the advance detection of outbreaks of disease and episodes of bioterrorism.

1996-1998 Research Programmer, Carnegie Mellon University
Investigated issues in classification, feature extraction, and feature selection with the purpose of improving discrimination between normal and abnormal behavior in manufacturing sensor data and computer trace logs.

1992 Programmer, IBM (Burlington, Vermont)
Implemented a new programming platform for tool interfaces.

1990-1991 Programmer, IBM (Burlington, Vermont)
Developed an automated wafer movement system for a semiconductor fabrication clean room environment.

1990 Programmer, IBM (Burlington, Vermont)
Developed applications to enhance an existing manufacturing support system which provides system process control (SPC), lot tracking through the fabrication process, and tool interfacing for a semiconductor fabrication clean room environment.

1989 Microcode Developer, IBM (Boca Raton, Florida)
Designed, coded, debugged, and tested code to exercise low-level I/O routines.

Publication List

Invited and Refereed Journal Contributions

To appear David L. Banks, Robert T. Olszewski, and Roy A. Maxion, "Comparing Methods for Multivariate Nonparametric Regression," Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation. To appear.

2002 David Banks and Robert T. Olszewski, "Combinatorial Search in Multivariate Statistics," Statistics in Transition, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 803-821, October 2002.

2000 Roy A. Maxion and Robert T. Olszewski, "Eliminating Exception Handling Errors with Dependability Cases: A Comparative, Empirical Study," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 26, no. 9, pp. 888-906, September 2000.

Conference Proceedings

To appear Robert T. Olszewski, "Bayesian Classification of Triage Diagnoses for the Early Detection of Epidemics," in Recent Advances in Artificial Intelligence: Proceedings of the Sixteenth International FLAIRS Conference, pp. 412-416. AAAI Press, Menlo Park, California, 2003.

2002 Fu-Chiang Tsui, Jeremy Espino, Michael Wagner, Per Gesteland, Oleg Ivanov, Robert T. Olszewski, Zhen Liu, Xiaoming Zeng, Wendy Chapman, Weng Keen Wong, and Andrew Moore, "Data, Network, and Application: Technical Description of the Utah RODS Winter Olympic Biosurveillance System," in Proceedings of the AMIA Symposium, pp. 815--819. Hanley & Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2002.

2002 Oleg Ivanov, Michael M. Wagner, Wendy W. Chapman, and Robert T. Olszewski, "Accuracy of Three Classifiers of Acute Gastrointestinal Syndrome for Syndromic Surveillance," in Proceedings of the AMIA Symposium, pp. 345--349. Hanley & Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2002.

1998 Roy A. Maxion and Robert T. Olszewski, "Improving Software Robustness with Dependability Cases," in The Twenty-Eighth International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Computing, pp. 346-355. IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California, 1998.

1997 David Banks and Robert Olszewski, "Estimating Local Dimensionality," in Proceedings of the Statistical Computing Section of the American Statistical Association. ASA, 1997.

1995 David Banks, Roy Maxion, and Robert Olszewski, "Comparing Methods for Nonparametric Regression," in Proceedings of the Statistical Computing Section of the American Statistical Association, pp. 136-141. ASA, 1995.

1993 Roy A. Maxion and Robert T. Olszewski, "Detection and Discrimination of Injected Network Faults," in The Twenty-Third International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Computing, pp. 198-207. IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California, 1993.

Technical Reports and Distributed Papers

2001 Robert T. Olszewski, Generalized Feature Extraction for Structural Pattern Recognition in Time-Series Data, Ph.D. thesis, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, February 2001. Available as technical report CMU-CS-01-108.

1999 David L. Banks, Robert T. Olszewski, and Roy A. Maxion, "Comparing Methods for Multivariate Nonparametric Regression," Technical Report CMU-CS-99-102, Carnegie Mellon University, January 1999.

Conference Presentations without Proceedings

2002 Robert Olszewski, "Classification of Free-Text Descriptions of Patient Symptoms for the Detection of Disease Outbreaks." Presented at the Classification Society of North America Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, June 2002.

2001 Robert Olszewski, "Generalized Structural Pattern Recognition in Time-Series Data." Presented at the Classification Society of North America Conference, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, June 2001.

1997 Robert Olszewski and David Banks, "Estimating Local Dimensionality." Presented at the Classification Society of North America Conference, American University, Washington, DC, June 1997.

1994 Robert T. Olszewski and Dean M. Behrens, "A Generalized Approach to Partitioning Networks Based on Direct Models of Equivalency." Presented at the International Sunbelt Social Networks Conference, New Orleans, February 1994.

Courses Taught

Teaching Assistant

1994 Fundamental Structures of Computer Science I (15-211)
Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University

1993 Fundamental Structures of Computer Science I (15-211)
Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University

1993 Basic Computer Systems (15-740)
Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University

Last Modified: Thu May 15 16:00:34 EDT 2003

Business Address:	Center for Biomedical Informatics Forbes Tower, Suite 8084 200 Lothrop Street Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Phone: (412) 647-7165 Fax: (412) 647-7190 E-mail: `bobski@cbmi.upmc.edu` Homepage: `http://www.cbmi.upmc.edu/~bobski`

Home Address:	5124 Beeler Street Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: (412) 621-0933

Education
1998-2001 1991-1996	Ph.D. in Computer Science (2001) MS in Computer Science (1994) School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University Dissertation Title: Generalized Feature Extraction for Structural Pattern Recognition in Time-Series Data Advisors: Roy Maxion and Dan Siewiorek
1986-1990	BS in Computer Science (1991) College of Applied Science and Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology

Honors
1992-1995	US Air Force Laboratory Graduate Fellowship
1990	Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement, Rochester Institute of Technology
1986-1990	Dean's List, Rochester Institute of Technology

Employment
2001-present	Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh Performed research targeted towards the advance detection of outbreaks of disease and episodes of bioterrorism.
1996-1998	Research Programmer, Carnegie Mellon University Investigated issues in classification, feature extraction, and feature selection with the purpose of improving discrimination between normal and abnormal behavior in manufacturing sensor data and computer trace logs.
1992	Programmer, IBM (Burlington, Vermont) Implemented a new programming platform for tool interfaces.
1990-1991	Programmer, IBM (Burlington, Vermont) Developed an automated wafer movement system for a semiconductor fabrication clean room environment.
1990	Programmer, IBM (Burlington, Vermont) Developed applications to enhance an existing manufacturing support system which provides system process control (SPC), lot tracking through the fabrication process, and tool interfacing for a semiconductor fabrication clean room environment.
1989	Microcode Developer, IBM (Boca Raton, Florida) Designed, coded, debugged, and tested code to exercise low-level I/O routines.

Publication List
Invited and Refereed Journal Contributions
To appear	David L. Banks, Robert T. Olszewski, and Roy A. Maxion, "Comparing Methods for Multivariate Nonparametric Regression," Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation. To appear.
2002	David Banks and Robert T. Olszewski, "Combinatorial Search in Multivariate Statistics," Statistics in Transition, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 803-821, October 2002.
2000	Roy A. Maxion and Robert T. Olszewski, "Eliminating Exception Handling Errors with Dependability Cases: A Comparative, Empirical Study," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 26, no. 9, pp. 888-906, September 2000.

Conference Proceedings
To appear	Robert T. Olszewski, "Bayesian Classification of Triage Diagnoses for the Early Detection of Epidemics," in Recent Advances in Artificial Intelligence: Proceedings of the Sixteenth International FLAIRS Conference, pp. 412-416. AAAI Press, Menlo Park, California, 2003.
2002	Fu-Chiang Tsui, Jeremy Espino, Michael Wagner, Per Gesteland, Oleg Ivanov, Robert T. Olszewski, Zhen Liu, Xiaoming Zeng, Wendy Chapman, Weng Keen Wong, and Andrew Moore, "Data, Network, and Application: Technical Description of the Utah RODS Winter Olympic Biosurveillance System," in Proceedings of the AMIA Symposium, pp. 815--819. Hanley & Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2002.
2002	Oleg Ivanov, Michael M. Wagner, Wendy W. Chapman, and Robert T. Olszewski, "Accuracy of Three Classifiers of Acute Gastrointestinal Syndrome for Syndromic Surveillance," in Proceedings of the AMIA Symposium, pp. 345--349. Hanley & Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2002.
1998	Roy A. Maxion and Robert T. Olszewski, "Improving Software Robustness with Dependability Cases," in The Twenty-Eighth International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Computing, pp. 346-355. IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California, 1998.
1997	David Banks and Robert Olszewski, "Estimating Local Dimensionality," in Proceedings of the Statistical Computing Section of the American Statistical Association. ASA, 1997.
1995	David Banks, Roy Maxion, and Robert Olszewski, "Comparing Methods for Nonparametric Regression," in Proceedings of the Statistical Computing Section of the American Statistical Association, pp. 136-141. ASA, 1995.
1993	Roy A. Maxion and Robert T. Olszewski, "Detection and Discrimination of Injected Network Faults," in The Twenty-Third International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Computing, pp. 198-207. IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California, 1993.

Technical Reports and Distributed Papers
2001	Robert T. Olszewski, Generalized Feature Extraction for Structural Pattern Recognition in Time-Series Data, Ph.D. thesis, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, February 2001. Available as technical report CMU-CS-01-108.
1999	David L. Banks, Robert T. Olszewski, and Roy A. Maxion, "Comparing Methods for Multivariate Nonparametric Regression," Technical Report CMU-CS-99-102, Carnegie Mellon University, January 1999.

Conference Presentations without Proceedings
2002	Robert Olszewski, "Classification of Free-Text Descriptions of Patient Symptoms for the Detection of Disease Outbreaks." Presented at the Classification Society of North America Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, June 2002.
2001	Robert Olszewski, "Generalized Structural Pattern Recognition in Time-Series Data." Presented at the Classification Society of North America Conference, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, June 2001.
1997	Robert Olszewski and David Banks, "Estimating Local Dimensionality." Presented at the Classification Society of North America Conference, American University, Washington, DC, June 1997.
1994	Robert T. Olszewski and Dean M. Behrens, "A Generalized Approach to Partitioning Networks Based on Direct Models of Equivalency." Presented at the International Sunbelt Social Networks Conference, New Orleans, February 1994.

Courses Taught
Teaching Assistant
1994	Fundamental Structures of Computer Science I (15-211) Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University
1993	Fundamental Structures of Computer Science I (15-211) Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University
1993	Basic Computer Systems (15-740) Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University