EricBreimer

EricBreimer

Associate Professor | Computer Science Department | Siena College

Updated Spring 2009

 

1.   Professional Employment:

 

Year                 Institution                               Rank                                        Subject Field                          

2008-present   Siena College                           Associate Professor                Computer Science
2002-2008       Siena College                           Assistant Professor                Computer Science

1999-2002       Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.   Instructor                                Computer Science

 

2.   Degrees/Certification Earned:

 

Year                 Degree/Certification                Institution                                                                              

2002                Ph.D., Computer Science        Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

2000                M.S., Computer Science         Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

1997                B.S., Computer Science          Binghamton University

1995                A.S., Computer Science          Dutchess Community College

 

3.   Membership in Scholarly/Professional Organizations:

 

Professional Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

 

4.   Courses Taught:

Course                                                             Number           Institution       Most Recently Taught          

Web Design                                                     CSIS-401         Siena                Spring 2009*

Multimedia Development                               MUMD-290   Siena                Spring 2009*

Management Information Systems                 CSIS-114         Siena                Spring 2008*

Survey of Information Technology                CSIS-116         Siena                Spring 2008*

Analysis of Algorithms                                  CSIS-385         Siena                Spring 2007

Introduction to Computer Applications        CSIS-010         Siena                Spring 2005

Web Design                                                     CSIS-201         Siena                Fall 2004

Bioinformatics                                                CSIS-400         Siena                Fall 2003

Data Structures                                               CSIS-210         Siena                Spring 2004

Procedural Design and Programming              CSIS-120         Siena                Spring 2003

Data Structures and Algorithms                     CSCI 2300      RPI                  Spring 2002

Beginning C Programming                               CSCI 1190      RPI                  Fall 2001

Intro Data Structures and Applications         ITEC 1961      RPI                  Spring 2001

 

5.   Courses and/or Programs Developed:

 

Fall 2006         Multimedia Minor

 

      In collaboration with Larry Medsker and Mary Ann Egan, I helped developed a new minor in Multimedia approved by the Board of Instruction.  The minor includes courses covering the fundamentals of art, multimedia systems design, web systems development, video and audio production, oral and written communication, working in teams, working with clients, and ethical behavior in the work environment.

 

Fall 2006         MUMD-290: Multimedia Development

 

      In collaboration with Larry Medsker and Mary Ann Egan, I developed a new course Multimedia approved by the Board of Instruction. Course covers the history of multimedia, human-computer interaction, digital representation, media compression, delivery of multimedia over the World Wide Web, image editing, animation techniques, and video processing and production. 

 

Spring 2005     CSIS-114: Management Information Systems

 

      In collaboration with Bob Yoder, I developed a syllabus, lectures, and computer lab activities for a service course adopted as a requirement in the School of Business.  Topics: attributes of information, organizational structures, electronic business systems, enterprise resource planning, electronic commerce, decision support, expert systems, and security, ethical, and societal challenges of IT.

 

Fall 2004         CSIS-201: Web Design

 

      I developed a laboratory-based course for students minoring in computer science or information systems. Topics: web page design, website management, Internet history and structure, web protocols, client/server model, IP addresses, web servers, HTML, PHP, web graphics, Flash, E-commerce, and security/privacy issues of the Internet.

 

Fall 2003         CSIS-400: Bioinformatics

 

      I developed a special topics course studying the integration of mathematical, statistical and computer methods to analyze biological and biochemical data. Topics: sequence databases, pair-wise alignment, multiple sequence alignment, protein structure, phylogenetic trees, and gene finding.

 

Fall 2002         CSIS-116: Survey of Information Technology

 

      I developed a capstone course for the minor in information systems. Topics: principles of information systems, modern hardware technology, advance spreadsheet applications, database management systems, information representation, data communication networks, e-commerce, information security, HTML, and XML.

 

 

 

 

 

6.   Instructional Material Developed:

 

2003-present   Comprehensive Course Websites

 

      I have developed comprehensive course websites that provide resources for both students and fellow faculty members who might teach these courses in subsequent semesters. Each course website includes the syllabus, schedule of topics, PowerPoints, handouts, project descriptions, lab files, review material, and multimedia content (See http://www.cs.siena.edu/~ebreimer/courses)

 

      Course Websites                                                         Semesters                                                             

      CSIS-385: Analysis of Algorithms                             Spring 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004                            

      CSIS-114: Management Information Systems           Spring 2007, 2006, 2005 and Fall 2006

      CSIS-116: Survey of Information Technology           Spring 2007 and Fall 2005, 2004, 2003               

      CSIS-401: Web Design                                               Fall 2006              

      CSIS-210: Data Structures                                          Spring 2004                                                          

      CSIS-400: Bioinformatics                                           Fall 2003              

 

2005-2006       CSIS-114 Instructor Lab Materials for Blackboard

 

      In collaboration with Bob Yoder and Jami Cotler, I helped developed 10 innovative laboratories for CSIS-114: Management Information Systems that integrate computer-based and interactive activites.  Lab handouts and instructor guides are posted on Blackboard to support other faculty teaching the course. The lab activities include the use of spreadsheets and databases to implement decision support systems and expert systems, the use of MapInfo to study geographic information systems, and the use of computer mediated communication to facilitate collaboration and discussion.

 

7.   Seminars on Teaching Methods Given or Attended:

 

      Date                      Seminar Title (add (G) if Given)                                                                                

      3/6/2009                School of Science Brown Bag Lunch (G)

                                    Title: Paperless Labs – Integrating Video Podcasts and Electronic Documents for

                                    Computer-based lab Activities

      1/17/2003              Siena Mid-semester Conference on Student Engagement                                                                  

      9/03/2002              Siena New Faculty Orientation Seminar                                                                    

      5/20/2002              Siena Untenured Faculty Retreat                               

 

8.   Academic Advising:

 

2004- present        Advisor to computers science majors class of 2008 and undeclared science majors.
                             

      Date                      Activity                                                                                                                     

      Spring 2007           Individual meetings with 8 advisees  

      Fall 2006               Individual meetings with 8 advisees

      5/17/2006              Attended Siena Advising Seminar

      Spring 2006           Individual meetings with 8 advisees

      Fall 2005               Individual meetings with 8 advisees

      Spring 2005           Individual meetings with 10 advisees

      4/1/2005                Organized advisee registration session and lunch

      11/12/2004            Organized advisee registration session and lunch with Dr. Flatland                         

      9/9/2004                Held academic advising orientation session               

      Fall 2004               Individual meetings with 10 advisees

 

9.   Student Activities:

 

Date                      Event                                                         Activity/Role                                                 

5/16/2009              CS Dept. Gradution Lunch                       Organized formal program

5/5/2009                CS Dept. Spring Lunch                             Organized publicity and informal program

12/9/2008              CS & Math Dept. Holiday Party             Organized publicity and refreshments

5/6/2008                CS Dept. Spring Lunch                             Organized publicity, informal program

12/10/2007            CS & Math Dept. Holiday Party             Organized publicity, recruited students

5/8/2007                CS & Math Dept. Spring Lunch               Organized publicity, informal program

12/12/2006            CS & Math Dept. Holiday Party             Organized publicity, recruited students

5/9/2006                CS & Math Dept. Spring Picnic               Organized publicity, volleyball

12/14/2005            CS & Math Dept. Holiday Party             Organized publicity, recruited students

9/22/2005              CS & Math Dept. Welcome Party           Organized publicity, recruited students

5/10/2005              CS & Math Dept. Spring Picnic               Organized publicity, recruited students

12/16/2004            CS & Math Dept. Holiday Party             Publicity, tree decorating                               

5/11/2004              CS & Math Dept. Spring Picnic               Organized publicity, volleyball

12/12/2003            CS & Math Dept. Holiday Party             Organized refreshments, decorations

5/07/2003              CS & Math Dept. Spring Picnic               Organized publicity, volleyball

12/12/2002            CS & Math Dept. Holiday Party             Organized refreshments, publicity

 

10. Other Teaching Related Activities:

 

a. Independent Study Supervisor:

 

Semester          Project Title                                                    Student(s)                                                      

Spring 2007     Advanced Web Applications                          Jim Dzembo, Chris McConnell

 

      Jim and Chris studied advanced PHP programming techniques and learned fundamental concepts in web application architecture and web content management. Together, they added key components to the Computer Science Department’s Web Content Management System (1 credit each).

 

Spring 2006     E-Commerce & Web Applications                 Das Nobel, Charles Perkins

 

      Das and Charles helped develop the prototype for the Computer Science Department’s Web Content Management System.  They investigated the requirements and researched alternatives and options.  In the process, they learned about the latest E-commerce technologies used to support web applications and content management systems and applied them in unique ways (1 credit each).

 

Fall 2005         Bioinformatics Research                                 Michael Devanandan

 

      Michael helped develop improvements and enhancements to a sequence comparisons algorithm, which enabled the inter-comparison of every protein in the Protein Data Bank (PDB) rather than a smaller subset. He also helped develop software to divide and schedule computational experiments on multiple servers, which allowed us to better manage our computational resources. Michael learned the fundamentals of sequence comparison and clustering algorithms (3 credits).

 

Fall 2005         Advanced Web Design                                    Kelly Morgan

 

      Kelly helped redesigned Siena College's academic affairs website by collecting requirements and specifications from the VPAA’s office, organizing over 300 pages of content into a central hierarchy, designing prototype templates, and implementing PHP-driven scripts for dynamically generating pages.  Kelly studied fundamental web technologies including XHTML, PHP, and CSS (3 credits).

 

Spring 2005     Advanced Web Design & Digital Media         Diana Mastrodomenico, Michael Quinn

 

      Michael and Diana studied the World Wide Web as a medium for presenting interactive media and digital art.  They researched software used in the field of digital media and graphics, including Macromedia Fireworks and Flash. They studied the principles of human computer interaction and its relevance to website design and digital media (3 credits each).

 

Spring 2004     Predicting Protein Structure                            Dan Schuldt

 

      Dan helped prepare large-scale machine learning experiments to help predict the secondary structure of protein sequences. Dan wrote several programs to help automate computational experiments and he conducted several bench-mark experiments to test the limits of our software.  Dan learned fundamentals about protein structure and prediction algorithms (3 credits).

 

Fall 2003         Machine Learning & Bioinformatics               Nick Sitterly, Kevin Johnson

 

      Kevin and Nick studied Support Vector Machines (SVMs), which are learning machines that can perform classification and pattern recognition.  Together, they applied SVMs to predict the secondary structure of protein sequences taken from the Protein Data Bank (PBD).   They implemented scripts to automatically extract data from the PDB and to convert data to the proper format.  They learned fundamentals about machine learning and the protein secondary structure prediction problem (3 credits each).

 

b. Honors Thesis Committee Member:

 

9/2006-5/2007       Provided guidance, feedback, and evaluation for Scott Burch who successfully defended his honors thesis about the impact of the Sarbannes Oxley Act.

     

c. Internship Supervisor:

     

6/2007-present      Currently supervising Caitlin Sheil in the design and development of a website and an online donation system for the Shaker Heritage Society in Albany, NY.

 

Spring 2005           Supervised Jennifer Stannard in the comprehensive redesign of the CS Department Website. PHP and JavaScript were used to enhance the content management capabilities and to make the website compliant with Siena College’s guidelines.

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

SCHOLARLY DEVELOPMENT

 

1.   Publications:

 

Refereed Journal/Book                                                                                                                                   

 

*6/2009           Labs First: A Computer Scientist’s Guide to Teaching Management Information Systems, Eric A. Breimer, Jami Cotler, Robert Yoder, Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 24, Iss. 6, pp. 124-131, 2009.

 

12/2005           Discovering Optimization Algorithms Through Automated Learning, Eric A. Breimer, Mark K. Goldberg, David Hollinger, Darren T. Lim, DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science Vol. 69, pp. 7-27, 2005.

 

8/2003             A Learning Algorithm for the Longest Common Subsequence Problem, Eric Breimer, Mark Goldberg, Darren Lim, ACM Journal of Experimental Algorithms (online), Vol. 8, Article 4, 2003

 

12/2001           On the Height of a Random Set of Points in a d-dimensional Unit Cube, Eric A. Breimer, Mark K. Goldberg, Brian Kolstad, Malik Magdon-Ismail, Journal of Experimental Mathematics Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 583-597, 2001.

 

Refereed Conferences/Workshops                                                                                                                 

 

2/2006             Clustering the Protein Databank, Computers in Scientific Discovery III, Ghent, Belgium. Online proceedings.

12/2003           Intrusion Detection: A Bioinformatics Approach, Scott Coull, Joel Branch, Boleslaw Szymanski, Eric Breimer, 19th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference, December 8-12, 2003, Las Vegas, Proceedings, pp. 24-33.

 

6/2002             A Supervised Learning Approach for Detecting Significant Local Alignments, Eric A. Breimer, Mark K. Goldberg, International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology, April 18-21, 2002, Washington DC, Currents in Computational Molecular Biology, pp. 26 - 27.

 

4/2002             Learning Significant Alignments: An Alternative to Normalized Local Alignment, Eric A. Breimer, Mark K. Goldberg, 13th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems, June 27-29, 2002, Lyon, France, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2366, pp. 37-45.

 

1/2001             Experimental Evaluation of the Height of a Random Set of Points in a d-dimensional Cube, Eric A. Breimer, Mark K. Goldberg, Brian Kolstad, Malik Magdon-Ismail, Workshop on Algorithm Engineering and Experiments, January 5-7, 2001, Washington DC.

 

1/2000             A Learning Algorithm for the Longest Common Subsequence Problem, Eric A. Breimer, Mark K. Goldberg, Darren T. Lim, Workshop on Algorithm Engineering and Experiments, January 7-8, 2000, San Francisco, Proceedings, pp. 147-156.

  

1/2000             A Task-based Architecture for Application-aware Adjuncts, Robert Farrell, Peter Fairweather, Eric Breimer, International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, January 9-12, 2000, New Orleans.

 

 

 

 

Technical Reports                                                                                                                                          

 

12/1998           Case Study of a Learning Algorithm for the Longest Common Subsequence Problem, Eric A. Breimer, Mark K. Goldberg, Computer Science Technical Report, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1998.

 

1/1998             Exploring Collaborative Learning in Rensselaer's Classroom-in-the-Round, Robert F.Dugan, Eric A. Breimer, Darren T. Lim, Ephraim P. Glinert, Mark K. Goldberg, Computer Science Technical Report, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1998. 

 

Ph.D. Thesis                                                                                                                                                  

 

9/2002             A Machine Learning Approach for Designing Dynamic Programming Algorithms, Eric A. Breimer, Ph.D. Thesis, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2002

 

2.   Papers Presented:

 

*4/25/2009      Labs First: A Computer Scientist’s Guide to Teaching Management Information Systems, Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeastern Conference, Plattsburgh NY

 

1/06/2001        Experimental Evaluation of the Height of a Random Set of Points in a d-dimensional Cube, Workshop on Algorithm Engineering and Experiments, Washington DC

       

1/08/2000        A Learning Algorithm for the Longest Common Subsequence Problem, Workshop on Algorithm Engineering and Experiments, San Francisco, CA

 

3.   Invited Lectures/Presentations:

 

5/5/2006          Clustering the Protein Databank, Computer Science Colloquium, Williams College, Williamstown, MA

 

2/6/2006          Clustering the Protein Databank, Computers in Scientific Discovery III, Ghent, Belgium

 

9/28/2004        Intrusion Detection, Association of Information Technology Professionals Annual Meeting, Albany, NY

 

11/12/2001      SEAL: System for Enhancing Algorithms through Learning  , Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS), Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

                       

 

 

 

 

4.   Grants, Contracts, Consultations:

 

Year                 Brief Description of Work                              Funding (if granted)                                       

*2009              NSF CCLI Grant                                          Submitted 5/2009

 

      Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) proposal ($200,000) with Kevin Kittredge and Jason Hofstein to develop innovative menu-driven video podcasts to support a model inverted classroom where the goal is to improve active student learning in class.

 

*2008              NSF CCLI Grant                                          Ranked competitive, not funded

      Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) proposal ($140,000) to develop video podcasts and support material to enhance outreach efforts with two-year colleges and high schools.

 

 

2006                Reassign-time award for Research,                 6 hours for 2006-2009 academic years

 

2005                Summer Pedagogy Fellowship (COTFD)      $2,400

 

      Proposal to develop innovative laboratory activities for management information systems accepted by Siena College’s Committee on Teaching and Faculty Development (COTFD).

 

2005                Reassign-time award for Research                  6 hours for 2005/2006 academic year

 

2004                Reassign-time award for Research                  6 hours for 2004/2005 academic year

 

2003                NSF Information Technology Research         Ranked competitive, not funded

 

      Collaborative proposal with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Wadsworth Center to study novel machine learning approaches to challenging problems in bioinformatics. Requested $162,000 over 3 years for computers equipment, summer salary, and support for 2 undergraduate research assistants.

 

5.   Other Related Activities:

 

Workshops/Conferences Attended

 

*9/22/2008                        Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Computer Science Day, Troy NY

 

      I attended a one-day conference hosted by RPI with distinguished lectures in the areas of Data Mining and Machine learning.

7/30/2007 - 8/2/2007         Campus Technology 2007, Roadmap to IT Leadership, Washington DC

 

      I participated in a four day conference focusing on cutting edge technologies for college and universities. The conference includes a site visit to the University of Maryland were we learned about  their innovative use of video conferencing and multimedia technology.

 

2/17/2006 – 2/19/2006      PKAL Workshop on Technology and Learning Spaces, Memphis TN

      I participated in a three day workshop focusing on innovation and planning with respect to classroom technology and learning spaces. Leading experts in the field gave presentations and invited administrators and faculty worked in teams to develop plan of action for their respective institutions.

 

 

SERVICE

 

1.   Service to Scholarly/Professional Organizations:

 

Poster Judge

 

      *4/24/2009      Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeastern Conference, Plattsburgh NY

 

Session Chair 

 

      2/5/2006          Computers in Scientific Discovery III, Ghent, Belgium

 

Journal Article Reviewer

 

      *2009              Reviewed 1 paper for Advances in Human-Computer Interaction.

      2007                Reviewed 1 paper for Computing in Science & Engineering.                                          

      2006                Reviewed 1 paper for the ACM’s Journal of Experimental Algorithms.

      2005                Reviewed 2 papers for the ACM’s Journal of Experimental Algorithms.

      2004                Reviewed 1 paper for the ACM’s Journal of Experimental Algorithms.

      2003                Reviewed 2 papers for the ACM’s Journal of Experimental Algorithms.

 

 

 

2.   Siena Community Service:

 

a. College-wide Service Activities:

 

*?/2009-present   Digital Science Center Building Committee

 

      Working with Karen Quaal and Don DelManzo, the committee developed a comprehensive plan and vision for a new building for ITS, Math, Computer Science, Physics, and Digital Media/Electronic Journalism.  Scott Vandenberg and I researched our current space and designed the initial layout and configuration of Computer Science department’s floor. We worked with the architect to create scale floor plans.

 

*4/17/2009            Judge, School of Business Annual Student Conference 2009

*9/2007-present   School of Science Webmaster
                       

      I designed, implemented, and maintain a website and content management system for the School of Science.  The departments of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Physics use the website and system to maintain various academic-based and research-based web pages. (See http://www.sos.siena.edu).

 

 

*5/2008-8/2008     iTunes U Project

 

      In collaboration with Eric Crossman, Ken Swarner, Doug Hatch, Phyllis Conroy, and Chuck Rothman, I helped develop and implement Siena’s iTunes U system.  Specifically, I implemented a login and authentication system that integrates Siena’s Active Directory with iTunes’ credentialing system, and helped organize the iTunes U pages.

 

*1/2008-5/2008     CRES Website & Content Management System

 

      In collaboration with Karen Mahar and student from my Multimedia Team Project course, I implemented a website and content management system for the Center for Revolutionary Era Studies which is a unique partnership between Siena College and the Saratoga National Battlefield Museum.

 

*1/2009- present  Board of Instruction (BOI)

 

      At large representative and sub-committee chair for reviewing proposed changes to Siena’s 39-credit hour limit on courses in the major.

 

9/2005-5/2008       Advisory Committee on Technology Services (ACTS)

 

      Attended a nationally recognized workshop on technology and space planning with Linda Richardson, Gary Thompson, Tim Lederman, and Bob Drake to develop a plan of action for Siena;   co-presented Siena’s plan to the campus community and developed a website to promote Siena’s learning spaces and technology initiatives;  participated in a site visit to Hamilton College to compare technology infrastructure;  in collaboration with Gary Thompson and Sean Conley, developed a proposal for a multimedia development center. co-authored Siena’s hardware replacement plan; reviewed Siena’s EEC standardization and replacement plan; helped develop ACTS goals and priorities as part of the college’s 5-year strategic plan; communicate technology related issues and opportunities in the School of Science.

     

5/2006-9/2006       School of Science Lobby Redesign Committee

 

6/2005-9/2005       Academic Affairs Web Design Project

     

      Supervised an independent study with Kelly Morgan to comprehensively redesign and re-organize Siena College’s Academic Affairs Website.

 

8/2005-5/2006       College Web Technology Working Group

     

      Reviewed consultant recommendations for the college’s website; helped developed requirements and specifications for the purchase of a web content management system; reviewed 15 vendor proposals; met with three final vendors and helped select final proposal.

 

9/2004-1/2005       Information Technology Steering Committee

     

      Solicited faculty input from the School of Science and provided feedback in the development of the college’s 5-year strategic plan for information technology.

 

9/2004-1/2005       Creative Arts Department Faculty Search Committee

 

4/2003-9/2005       Board of Instruction (BOI)
                       

      Sub-committee chairmen for Creative Arts department major change (2004-2005), Sub-committee for School of Business core circular changes for AACSB accreditation (2003-2004). Proposals reviewed: Simulation & Modeling, Computer Graphics, Computational Science Program, Honors Thesis I & II, Honors Research Colloquium, and Strategic Management Capstone Course.

 

1/2004-12/2004     Blackboard™ Trainer

     

      Attended expert training seminar (1/5/2004-1/6/2004). Prepared and delivered faculty training seminars on 8/26/2004 and 9/7/2004.

 

b. Admission and Recruitment Service Activities:          

 

Dates               Events/Activity                                                                                                               

*7/25/2008      Speaker, Guidance Counselor Session

*4/17/2008      Speaker, Accepted Student Reception, New York NY

11/2/2007        Attended Fall Friday

10/19/2007      Attended Fall Friday

7/27/2007        Speaker, Guidance Counselor Session

11/10/2006      Attended Fall Friday

9/7/2006          Participant, Admission Staff Orientation

8/1/2006          Speaker, Guidance Counselor Session

7/25/2006        Speaker, Guidance Counselor Session

4/25/2006        Speaker, Accepted Student Reception, Syracuse NY

12/1/2005        Attended Guidance Counselor Reception

10/8/2005        Presenter, Siena Family Week

9/25/2005        Presenter, Open House

9/9/2005          Participant, Admission Staff Orientation

8/1/2005          Attended Guidance Counselor Dinner

7/28/2005        Attended Guidance Counselor Dinner

4/25/2005        Speaker, Accepted Student Reception, Capital Region

4/4/2005          Attended Franciscan Scholars Dinner

3/10/2005        Presenter, HVCC Career Day

3/7/2005          Speaker, Presidential Scholars Program

2/21/2005        Speaker, Presidential Scholars Program

2/14/2005        Speaker, Presidential Scholars Program

1/12/2005        Speaker, Guidance Counselor Session

11/18/2004      Speaker, Guidance Counselor Luncheon, Rye NY

9/26/2004        Presenter, Open House

9/14/2004        Speaker, Admission Staff Orientation

8/2/2004          Speaker, Guidance Counselor Session

7/28/2004        Speaker, Guidance Counselor Session

7/20/2004        Attended Summer Day Reception

7/9/2004          Attended Summer Day Reception

4/20/2004        Speaker, Accepted Student Reception, Hartford CT

3/29/2004        Attended Franciscan Scholars Dinner

2/23/2004        Speaker, Presidential Scholars Program

2/16/2004        Speaker, Presidential Scholars Program

2/9/2004          Speaker, Presidential Scholars Program

9/21/2003        Presenter, Open House

2/24/2003        Speaker, Presidential Scholars Program

2/17/2003        Speaker, Presidential Scholars Program   

2/16/2003        Attended Presidential Scholars Reception

2/10/2003        Speaker, Presidential Scholars Program

2/9/2003          Attended Presidential Scholars Reception

1/23/2003        Presenter, HVCC Career Day

1/9/2003          Presenter, Open House

11/10/2002      Presenter, Open House

11/1/2002        Attended Fall Friday

10/11/2002      Attended Fall Friday

10/04/2002      Attended Fall Friday

9/22/2002        Presenter, Open House

 

 

 

 

c. Department Service:       

 

*1/2009-present   New Courses and Revisions to Multimedia and Information Systems Minor

 

      I have proposed and authored and extensive Board of Instruction proposal (to be submitted in Fall 2009) to add two new courses (Web Design and Web Application Development) to the catalog, and to implement pre-requisite changes to the Information Systems Minor to support a more rigorous three course sequence (note – this will be moved to course and program development after the proposal is accepted by the BOI).

 

9/2002-present      Computer Science Department Webmaster
                       

      Since arriving at Siena in 2002, I have provided the computer science department with continuous support and maintenance of their outstanding website.  This support includes comprehensive redesigns to meet both the college’s guidelines and commercial best-practices.  Over the years, redesigns have included original layouts and graphics, and comprehensive content development including facilities descriptions, faculty profiles, alumni and student profiles, comprehensive academic information, and online resources.  Recently, I have supervised several students in the development of a content management system for keeping the website content updated and accurate. (See http://www.cs.siena.edu).

 

1/2004-present      Computer Science Student Recruitment

 

      Dates               Activities                                                                                                                         

 

      4/3/2009          Volunteer, High School Programming Contest

 

      4/25/2008        Volunteer, High School Programming Contest

 

      1/13/2007        Volunteer, Project Impact, High School Outreach Program

 

      4/27/2007        Volunteer, High School Programming Contest

 

2/2006             Direct Mailing Initiative - I developed a welcome letter for prospective computer science majors and I organized a direct letter mailing to all accepted Presidential and Franciscan Scholars who indicated an interest in Computer Science.

     

      10/13/2006      Volunteer, Project Impact, High School Outreach Program

 

      3/24/2006        Volunteer, High School Programming Contest

 

      3/24/2005        Volunteer, High School Programming Contest

 

      3/27/2004        Volunteer, High School Programming Contest

 

 

9/2005-5/2006       Studio Classroom Design

 

      Assisted with the redesign of RB304 into a studio classroom (dual classroom and computer lab), developed scale floor plan and layout diagrams, assisted in the research and selection of flat panel monitors and computer desks.

 

1/2003-5/2006       Computer Science Department Assessment

 

      Implemented online alumni survey in conjunction with the CS Department’s 5-year plan. Developed and administered algorithm analysis assessment questions in conjunction with CS department’s ongoing internal assessment.

                             

9/2003-9/2005       Faculty Advisor, Computer Science Club

 

      Renewed the club’s ACM charter, helped organize, moderate, and publicize club activities, seminars, and study events; helped recruit student volunteers for the CS departments high school programming contest.

9/2003-9/2004       Coordinator, Computer Science Seminar

 

      Invited and scheduled speakers, coordinated refreshments and publicity.

 

      Date                Seminars Coordinated                                                      

      4/22/2004        Cyber Crime and the FBI,”

                              Martin McBride, FBI Special Agent                               

     

      3/10/2004        “Secondary Structure Prediction in Proteins,”

                              Darren Lim, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

      2/23/2004        “Generating Synthetic Workloads,”

                              Zackary Kurmas, Georgia Institute of Technology

 

      10/28/2003      “Change Point Problem in Bioinformatics,”

                              James Kilbride, Wadsworth Labs & RPI

 

 

11/2003-3/2004     Faculty Search Committee, Computer Science Department

 

      Reviewed over 60 applications, contacted numerous applicants, hosted several applicants on campus, and coordinated visit/interviews.

 

3.   Other Community Service:

 

1/2001-present                                                Information Technology Support Rensselaer Newman Foundation

I volunteer 6-10 hours a month and provide technology support and training for the foundation’s staff and leadership.  I assist with fund raising, database operations, and PC/network support.  The Rensselaer Newman Foundation provides financial support for the Chapel + Cultural Center and the Parish of Christ Sun of Justice, which support cultural events and provide charitable contributions for various groups in the Troy NY area.

9/2006-5/2007             Board of Managers                             Capital District YMCA

 

4.   Awards/Honors/Other Special Recognition:

 

2002          Robert McNaughton Prize, Computer Science Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Highest Academic Award for Graduate Students

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