Rahul Simha

Phone: 202-994-7181
E-mail: simha@gwu.edu
Campus Location(s): Phillips 717
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 3:30 - 5:30 PM

Prof.Simha interests are in the areas of: compilers, security, and computer systems in general, including embedded and distributed computing, networks and virtual machines.

Interests

Research: Compilers, Security, Embedded and Distributed Systems, Networks, Simulation, Bioinformatics. ; Teaching: Java, C, Algorithms, Integrated Science.

Education

PhD, 1990, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

MS, 1986, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Research

• Compilers: Prior work on instruction-level parallelism, power-aware compilation, embedded systems. Current interest: security and compilers.
• Security: Compilers and security, secure OS, electronic voting.
• Networks: Prior work on routing, optical networks, load balancing, performance optimization. Current interest: some problems in wireless networks.
• Simulation: Prior work on optimization in simulation, stochastic optimization methods. Current interest: complex systems, in particular, phase transition in combinatorial problems.
• Bioinformatics: Prior work on parallel protein folding. Current interest: modeling of biomolecular networks.
• Other areas: computer science education, science education, tablet computing.

John L. Sibert

Phone: 202-994-4953
E-mail: sibert@gwu.edu
Campus Location(s): Phillips 720C
Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00 - 2:00 PM and 4:00 - 6:00 PM, Wednesday 2:30 - 4:30 PM 

Dr.Sibert teaches Haptic Displays; Human Robot Interaction; Wearable Interfaces; Human Performance in Virtual Environments.

Interests

Computer Graphics; Human Computer Interaction; Object Oriented Paradigms; Programming Languages

Education

Ph.D, 1974, Geography, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

M.A., 1971, Geography, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

B.A., 1968, History, Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio

Selected Publications

1. John L. Sibert, Christopher L. Covington and Robert W. Lindeman, Vibrotactile Feedback for Enhanced Control of Urban Search and Rescue Robots , UIST 2005 Proceedings DVD, Seattle Washington, October 23-26 2005.
2. John L. Sibert, Using task context variables for selecting the best timing for interrupting users , Proceedings of the 2005 ACM joint conference on Smart objects and ambient intelligence, Grenoble, October 2005. pp 171-176.
3. Robert W. Lindeman, Robert Page, John L. Sibert, James N. Templeman, Using Vibrotactile Cues for Virtual Contact and Data Display in Tandem , Proceedings of HCII 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada 22-27 July 2005.

Rhys Price Jones

Phone: 202-994-9393
E-mail: rhyspj@gwu.edu
Campus Location(s): Phillips 707
Office Hours: Tuesday 10:00 - 11:00 AM. By e-mail appointment

Application of genetic algorithms to biological and medical problems.  Prof.Jones Joint holder of patents in automated document analysis:

US Patent 7024022, April 4, 2006: a quantized aesthetic value
US Patent 7035438, April 25, 2006: a quantized interest value
US Patent 7035439, April 25, 2006: a quantized ease-of-use value
US Patent 7072495, July 4, 2006: a quantized communicability
US Patent 7092551, August 15, 2006: a quantized comfort value
US Patent 7092552, August 15, 2006: a quantized convenience
US Patent 7095877, August 22, 2006: a quantized eye-catching ability value

Interests

Bioinformatics; Game Theory; Artificial Intelligence; Graph Theory; Genetic Algorithms

Education

Ph.D., 1976, Mathematics, Mathematics, University of London, Royal Holloway College

M.Sc., 1973, University of Calgary

M.S., 1985, Computer Science, Indiana University

B.A., 1972, Mathematics, University of Oxford

Selected Publications

1. Bioinformatics Textbook. Shuba Gopal (Biology Department, RIT), Anne Haake (IT Department, RIT), Paul Tymann (CS Department, RIT) and I have recently signed a contract with McGraw Hill to produce a textbook for teaching undergraduate bioinformatics. The book should appear in 2007.
2. Rhys Price Jones, Steven Harrington (Xerox Corporation � lead author), J. Fernando Naveda (RIT) and Nishant Thakkar (IBM), Expression of document structure in automatic layout , Electronic Imaging Symposium, January 2006, submitted.
3. Rhys Price Jones, J. Fernando Naveda (RIT), Paul Roetling (of Roetling Consulting, and a consultant with Xerox), Steven J. Harrington (Xerox) and Nishant Thakkar (RIT student), On the Structure of Style Space for Documents , American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) 2004 Fall Symposium on Style and Meaning in Language, Art, Music, and Design.
4. Rhys Price Jones, J. Fernando Naveda, Paul Roetling, Steven J. Harrington (lead author) and Nishant Thakkar, Aesthetic Measures for Automated Document Layout , Steven Harrington at the ACM Symposium on Document Engineering, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 28-30, 2004.
5. Rhys Price Jones, Steven Harrington (lead author) and Fernando Naveda, Towards a Science of Document Intent , First International Workshop on Web Document Analysis, Seattle, Washington, September 8, 2001.

Dianne Martin

Phone: 202-994-7181
E-mail: dmartin@gwu.edu
Campus Location(s): Tompkins Hall 103
Office Hours: Wednesday 4:00 - 6:00 PM Rice Hall 603

Prof.Martin is teaching Multimedia Taxonomy; Internet Policy Issues; Historical, Social and Ethical Issues of Computing; Gender Workforce Issues in Science and Technology.

nterests

Design of Educational Software; Implementation of Computer Technology in Education; E-Commerce, Internet Policy Issues; Multimedia Taxonomy; Historical, Social and Ethical Issues of Computing

Education

Ed.D., 1987, Teacher Education, The George Washington University

M.S., 1972, Computer Science, University of Maryland

B.A., 1965, Economics and Mathematics Education, Western Maryland College

Selected Publications

1. Martin, C. D. and Pearson, W., Broadening Participation through a Comprehensive, Integrated System: Final Report on an NSF Workshop , Pathways to STEM Careers: Preparing the STEM Workforce for the 21st Century,� January, 2005.
2. Wardle, C., Martin, C.D. and Clark, V.A., The Increasing Scarcity of Women in Information Technology Is a Social Justice Issue , Challenges for the Citizen of the Information Society: Proceedings of 7th International Conference, ETHICOMP 2004, p. 983-903, Syros, Greece, April 2004.
3. Yousef, M., Martin, C. D., Similarities and Differences Between HCI Academics and Software Designers on the Ranking of Criteria Measuring the Semantic Efficacy of Interface Metaphors , HCI International 2003.
4. Heller, R.S., Martin, C.D, Haneef, N., and Gievska-Krlui,S., Using a Theoretical Multimedia Taxonomy Framework , ACM Journal of Educational Resources in Computing. Vol. 1, no.1, Spring 2001, Article #6, 22 pages.
5. Martin, C.D., Using Technology to Create Trust in a Virtual World , Proceedings of the COE International Symposium on Creative Digital Media, Keio University Research Center, Tokyo, Japan, December, 2000