BEN A. JULIANO, Ph.D.

Computer Science Department
California State University
Chico, California 95929-0410


530 898-4619  office  /  -6442  dept
530 898-5995  fax

Email: Juliano AT csuChico DOT edu
URL: http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~juliano/


 


Education

Ph.D., Computer Science; Certificate in Cognitive Science
The Florida State University (FSU), Tallahassee, Florida, April 1993.

M.S., Computer Science
The Florida State University (FSU), Tallahassee, Florida, December 1989.

B.S., Computer Science
University of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB), Laguna, Philippines, April 1986.

 

 

Employment and Research Experience

 

Professor, August 2007 - present
Department of Computer Science (CSCI)
California State University, Chico, CA 95929-0410

*  currently teaches both undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in Computer Science, either in a traditional classroom setting or via distance education (both using WebCT CE/Vista and HorizonLive!/HorizonWimba!) through CSUC's Satellite Education Network (SEN); involved in various activities with student organizations and advising graduate-level projects and theses.

Director, January 2006 - present
Institute for Research in Intelligent Systems (IRIS)
iris.ecst.csuchico.edu
California State University, Chico, CA 95929-0410

*  IRIS oversees the Intelligent Systems Laboratory, or ISL (see www.gotbots.org). In particular, IRIS handles policies and management issues pertaining to the ISL. IRIS shall also serve as an advocate for curriculum, research, outreach, and projects related to the ISL and its mission.

Principal Investigator, January 2004 - May 2004
Department of Computer Science (CSCI)
California State University, Chico, CA 95929-0410

*  CSUC Research Award (Acquiring additional equipment for the Intelligent Systems Laboratory) for operational expenses to acquire items overlooked in an NSF grant award.

Principal Investigator, August 2003 - July 2007
Department of Computer Science (CSCI)
California State University, Chico, CA 95929-0410

*  management and direction of a research team to acquire, setup, and deploy robotics equipment for an Intelligent Systems Laboratory that will facilitate the investigation, design, and implementation of control algorithms using "intelligent," non-traditional techniques such as fuzzy logic, neural networks, genetic algorithms, and hybrid (soft computing) approaches to solve complex problems (e.g. autonomous collaboration, search and rescue); awarded $346,188 from the National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) and Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) programs.

Associate Professor, August 2003 - July 2007
Department of Computer Science (CSCI)
California State University, Chico, CA 95929-0410

Principal Investigator, January 2002 - May 2002
Department of Computer Science (CSCI)
California State University, Chico, CA 95929-0410

*  CSUC Research Award (Outfitting an Intelligent Controls Laboratory for Teaching Machine Intelligence) for release time to prepare and write an external grant proposal to set up a College of ECST robotics laboratory.

Project Co-Director, March 1999 - August 2001
Computer Science (CSCI) and Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE)
California State University, Chico, CA 95929-0410

*  management and direction of a research team investigating the use of multi-processor DSP modules in simulating HVDC power systems on the PC platform; contract with Hingorani Powers Systems, Inc.; awarded $115,000 foundation grant for March 1999 - August 2000.

Principal Investigator, January 1999 - July 1999
Department of Computer Science (CSCI)
California State University, Chico, CA 95929-0410

*  CSUC Research Award (Software Support for an Intelligent Controls Laboratory); acquisition seed money to set up software support for a proposed Intelligent Control Laboratory (ICL) for the College of ECST using Mathworks' MATLAB and associated toolboxes (e.g. Fuzzy Logic toolbox, Control Systems toolbox, etc.).

Co-Investigator, August 1999 - October 1999
Department of Computer Science (CSCI)
California State University, Chico, CA 95929-0410

*  development of a concept paper and proposal, "Recruitment and retention of under-represented students in the College of ECT," presented and submitted to College of ECT Industrial Advisory Board, October 1999. (See slides.)

Principal Investigator, March 1999 - September 1999
Department of Computer Science (CSCI)
California State University, Chico, CA 95929-0410

*  development of a Sun Microsystems, Inc. Academic Equipment Grant for hardware support for a proposed Intelligent Control Laboratory (ICL) for the College of ECT.

Assistant Professor, August 1998 - July 2003 (tenured August 2002)
Department of Computer Science (CSCI)
California State University, Chico, CA 95929-0410

Assistant Professor, August 1994 - July 1998
Department of Computer Science (CSCI)
Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC 29528-6054

Visiting Assistant Professor, August 1993 - May 1994
Department of Computer and Information Science (CIS)
University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224-2645

Visiting Lecturer, April 1993 - June 1993.
College of Human Sciences (CHS)
The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1490

Graduate Instructor, January 1992 - April 1993
Department of Computer Science (CSCI)
The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4530

Instructor, NSF's Young Scholar's Program, May 1992 - July 1992
Department of Computer Science (CSCI)
The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4530

Graduate Teaching Assistant, August 1990 - December 1991
Department of Computer Science (CSCI)
The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4530

Graduate Research Assistant, January 1988 - September 1990
Department of Computer Science (CSCI)
The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4530

Graduate Teaching Assistant, January 1987 - May 1988
Department of Mathematics (MATH)
The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4510

Instructor I, March 1986 - August 1986
Institute of Computer Science (ICS)
University of the Philippines at Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

 

 

Technical Skills
Independent and collaborative technical research and publication; writing grants; research interests include
  • fuzzy sets theory, fuzzy logic, approximate reasoning, cognitive science
  • hybrid intelligent systems, autonomous robots (for search and rescue)
  • image processing, pattern recognition, bioinformatics
  • data mining, knowledge discovery, biosurveillance systems

Familiarity with
  • curriculum development/instruction of undergraduate- and graduate-level Computer Science courses; familiar with instructional tools and technologies such as Blackboard Learning System's Vista, Turning Technologies' Turning Point audience response systems (clickers), TurnItIn.com digital assessment suite, MOSS (Measure of Software Similarity), and others; distance education via delivery tools such as WebCT, HorizonLive, and others
  • a variety of programming languages including Java, C/C++, Perl/Tk, etc. and programming environments on multiple platforms, including various Unix/Linux-based workstations, desktops and laptops
  • LaTeX document processing system and its various support tools (BibTeX, Xfig, dvips, beamer, etc.)

Exploratory research using

 

 

Professional Affiliations
International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA)
- conference co-founder, 2001 (formerly called International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS)
Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence (SIGART)
Institute of Electric and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
- Computer Society (CS)
- Special Interest Group on Fuzzy Systems (FS)
- Special Interest Group on Knowledge & Data Engineering (KDE)
UPE, Upsilon Pi Epsilon International Honor Society for Computer Science
SX, Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society
SZ, Sigma Zeta (Beta Mu Chapter), Honorary Science Society

 

 

Awards and Honors
  • Sabbatical leave from CSU, Chico for Fall 2004
  • CSUC Professional Achievement Honor, University Teacher-Scholar Award for "distinguished faculty for excellence in research, publications, funded projects, international recognition, or for creative work in any area of their professional lives," Spring 2004
  • National Science Foundation (Acquisition of robotics equipment for an Intelligent Systems Laboratory), three year $346,188 Major Research Instrumentation and Research in Undergraduate Institutions award, Fall 2003
  • CSU Research Award (Outfitting an Intelligent Controls Laboratory for Teaching Machine Intelligence), $4380, CSUC Graduate, International and Sponsored Programs, Spring 2002
  • Nominee, CSUC Outstanding Professor Award, Fall 2000.
  • CSUC Research Foundation Grant (Real-Time Power Systems Simulation), $115,000, CSUC Research Foundation and Hingorani Power Electronics, Spring 1999
  • CSU Research Award (Software Support for an Intelligent Controls Laboratory), $4551, CSU-Chico Graduate, International and Sponsored Programs, Fall 1998
  • Teaching with Technology University Grant (Introduction to Robotics), $1805, Coastal Carolina University Faculty Welfare & Development, Spring 1998
  • Teaching with Technology University Grant (Wireless Data Communications and Mobile Computing Systems), $4200, Coastal Carolina University Faculty Welfare & Development, Spring 1998
  • UPE, Upsilon Pi Epsilon International Computer Science Honor Society, Gamma Chapter, Coastal Carolina University, 1997
  • Professional Activities University Grant, $600, CCU Academic Affairs and Faculty Welfare & Development, Fall 1997
  • Professional Activities University Grant, $120, CCU Academic Affairs and Faculty Welfare & Development, Spring 1997
  • Professional Activities University Grant, $700, CCU Academic Affairs and Faculty Welfare & Development, Spring 1996
  • Professional Activities University Grant, $700, CCU Academic Affairs and Faculty Welfare & Development, Fall 1995
  • Distinguished Teacher Award (finished in Top Ten), Coastal Carolina University, 1995
  • Professional Activities University Grant, $300, CCU Academic Affairs and Faculty Welfare & Development, Spring 1995
  • Certificate in Cognitive Science, FSU Institute for Cognitive Sciences, 1993
  • Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, FSU Computer Science, 1992
  • Outstanding University Graduate Teaching Assistants (nominee), FSU, 1991
  • Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, FSU Computer Science, 1991 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, FSU Computer Science, 1990
  • K. S. Fu Certificate of Appreciation (Best Student Paper award), North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society, 1990

 

 

Consulting Experience
  • Member, Review Panel for various CISE Divisions of the National Science Foundation (NSF), 2002-present.
  • Member, Joint Graduate Review Board of the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC); reviewed the Doctor of Philosophy degree program in Computational Science (offered jointly by Claremont Graduate University and San Diego State University), January 2002.
  • Reviewed Ed Epp's Prelude to Patterns in Computer Science using Java. Franklin Beedle & Associates, Wilsonville, OR, Fall 1999, while affiliated with CSU, Chico.
  • Design and implementation of multimedia presentation for Dr. Ed Cerny, Coach's Corner, for the South Carolina Governor's Conference on Tourism & Travel, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, January 28-31,1998.
  • Analysis and recommendation for computing equipment and software for Matthew H. Lyn, General Manager, Holliday Associates (Pee Dee Farms), Galivants Ferry, South Carolina, May 1995.
  • Design and successful implementation of a prototype wireless communication/tracking system using Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers and radio packet modems with SOLIS, Inc. (Signal-Oriented Location and Information Systems), Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, September 1 to December 30, 1994.
  • Reviewed A. B. Shiflet (1996), Data Structures in C++: Including breadth & laboratories. West Publishing Company, St. Paul, MN (ISBN 0-314-06744-2), Spring 1994, while affiliated with University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida.

 

 

Professional Activities at California State University, Chico

  1. University-Level

    • Member, CSUC Enrollment Management Advisory Committee (EMAC), December 2007 - present.
    • Member, CSUC University Technology Advisory Committee (UTAC), August 2006 - present.
    • Senator, representative for the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology, August 2003 - May 2006.
      • Vice Chair, Faculty and Student Policies (FASP) Committee of the Academic Senate, August 2005 - May 2006.
      • Member, Faculty and Student Policies (FASP) Subcommittee on University Student Groups Policy Review, Academic Senate, September 2005 - May 2006.
      • Chair, Faculty and Student Policies (FASP) Subcommittee on ADA Committee Charge, Academic Senate, March 2005 - May 2006.
      • Member, Faculty and Student Policies (FASP) Committee, Academic Senate, August 2003 - May 2005.
      • Member, CSUC Enrollment Management Advisory Committee, August 2003 - May 2006.
    • Senator, representative for the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology, August 2000 - May 2003.
      • Member, Faculty and Student Policies (FASP) Committee, Academic Senate, August 2000 - May 2003.
    • Member, Faculty Recognition and Support (FRAS) Committee, August 2005 - May 2007.
      • Chair, Outstanding Professor Award (OPA) Committee, August 2006 - May 2007.
    • Member, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Subcommittee of the Faculty Recognition and Support (FRAS) Committee, August 2005 - May 2006.
    • Member, Outstanding Faculty Service Award (OFSA) Subcommittee of the Faculty Recognition and Support (FRAS) Committee, August 2005 - May 2006.

  2. Intelligent Systems Lab (ISL) / Institute for Research in Intelligent Systems (IRIS)

  3. College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Construction Management (ECC)

    • Member, Engineering Assessment Council (EAC), August 2007 - present.

  4. Department of Computer Science (CSCI)

    • Assessment Coordinator, August 2006 - present.
      • coordinates (since Spring 2002) administration of the Major Field Test (MFT) in Computer Science
      • coordinates gathering of assessment data for program assessment, analysis, and interpretation culminating in annual program improvement reports
    • Associate Chair (to Prof. Ralph Hilzer, Interim Chair), January 2006 - May 2007.
    • Co-Developer and Coordinator, Honors in the Major, January 2001 - present.
    • Accreditation Committee
      • Member, September 2001 - May 2002.
    • Assessment Committee
      • Chair, August 2005 - present.
      • Member, August 2003 - May 2005.
    • Curriculum Committee
      • Chair, August 1999 - January 2000; coordinated and organized updating of department entry in the 2001-2003 University Catalog (updating course descriptions, adding/deleting courses, photo shoots, and others).
      • Member, February 2000 - July 2000.
      • Member, August 1998 - May 1999.
    • Graduate Committee
      • Member, May 2002 - present.
    • Hiring/Search Committee
      • Member, September 2000 - May 2001.
    • Laboratory Committee
      • Chair, August 2005 - present.
      • Member, August 2000 - May 2002.
    • Lab Advisory/Hiring Committee
      • Member, September 1998 - August 1999; search for a Unix system administrator for the Computer Science Department and the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology.
    • Personnel Committee
      • Chair, August 2005 - May 2006.
    • SAP Champion, SAP Labs, Palo Alto, California; foster mutual relationship between CSUC and SAP Labs relative to the master's degree program in computer science, January 2002 - May 2005.
    • UPE, Upsilon Pi Epsilon International Honor Society, Alpha Chapter
      • Adviser, September 1998 - May 2004.
      • Spear-headed the Computer Science Department Recognition Ceremony as a department tradition beginning Spring 1999.

  5. Member, Advisory Board, CSUC Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching ( CELT), September 2005 - present.
    • Member, CELT Director Search Committee, September 2006 - December 2006.
  6. Faculty Mentor, Getting Connected program of the Academic Advising Programs (AAP), CSUC Enrollment Management, Fall Semester, 2003.
  7. Faculty Mentor, Getting Connected program of the Academic Advising Programs (AAP), CSUC Enrollment Management, Fall Semester, 2002.
  8. Member, CSUC Service-Learning Steering Committee, work with Byron Jackson, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean of Undergraduate Education; October 2000 - May 2002.
  9. Member, University FMI Appeals Committee, September 1999 - May 2000.
  10. College of ECST Lab (OCNL 431) Planning Committee, August 2003 - April 2005.
  11. Volunteer, Transfer Day, College of ECT Career Booth, November 13, 1999.
  12. Volunteer, Freshman Admission Day, College of ECT Career Booth, November 14, 1998.
  13. Volunteer, ACM 1998 Northwest Pacific Region Programming Contest, CSU-Chico, November 1998.

  14. HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative - 2005 Higher Education Edition ; proposal not accepted.
  15. "Altering sinks in poplar to increase carbon-carrying capacity," $1.5M proposal written with John Nishio (CSUC Biocompatible Plant Research Institute) and Renee Renner (CSUC Computer Science) for the development and implementation of an intelligent proteomics database for the genus Populus (poplar) to support research for carbon sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems; submitted a US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Notice DE-FG01-05ER05-10, March 2005; preproposal accepted, but final proposal not accepted.
  16. "A regional watershed classification, risk assessment, and prioritization system," $895,641 grant proposal submitted to the EPA's Development of watershed classification systems for diagnosis of biological impairment in watersheds and their receiving water bodies, Sorting Code 2003-STAR-A1, in collaboration with UC Davis and the California Department of Fish and Game, December 2002; written with Kristin Cooper-Carter, Fraser Shilling, and Renee Renner; proposal not accepted.
  17. "Neuro-Fuzzy Systems Defuzzified," presented for the Fall 2003 M*A*T*H Colloquium series, Sonoma State University, Mathematics Department, October 22, 2003.
    "The ECST Intelligent Systems Laboratory," Upsilon Pi Epsilon lecture series, October 15, 2003.
  18. "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence," guest lecture for CSCI 14: Introduction to Computer Science, December 9, 2002.
  19. "Seeking potential grants and collaborative research in the Washington, D.C. area," a progress report prepared with Dr. R.S. Renner and Dr. M. Callan, submitted to Dr. K. Derucher, Dean, CSUC College of ECST, March 2001.
  20. "An Introduction to Fuzzy Logic," presented for the Fall 1999 M*A*T*H Colloquium series, Sonoma State University, Mathematics Department, September 29, 1999.
  21. "Introduction to Computer Science and Programming," presented for Computer and Technology Camp, sponsored by the Department of Physical Education and Exercise Science, June 11, 1999.
  22. "An Introduction to Fuzzy Logic," presented for CSU-Chico Mathematics Department's MATH-CSCI Colloquium, November 6, 1998.
  23. "What's so Fuzzy about Fuzzy Logic?," presented for the CSU-Chico Math Club, October 27, 1998.
  24. "Fuzzy Logic and Control," presented for the CSUC chapter of the American Institute of Mechatronics Engineers (AIME), October 7, 1998.

 

 

Professional Activities at Coastal Carolina University

  • University-Level

    • Core Curriculum Committee, oversees adherence to the University's common set of general education requirements known as the core curriculum.
      • Chair, September 1997 - July 1998
      • Member, September 1996 - August 1997
    • Member, University Web Oversight and Policy Committee, September 1997 - July 1998; issues concerning overall institutional policy for long-term planning for University-wide applications of the Web.
    • Member, Performance Indicators Task Force (Task Force #5); considers institutional benchmarks for Performance Indicators that will influence funding from the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education.
    • Member, Steering Committee, First CCU Academic Conference, February 1997 - July 1998; work with other University constituents in organizing the first in-house academic conference at Coastal Carolina University.
    • Member, Academic Computer Users Committee, November 1995 - May 1997; work with CCU Provost and other faculty and staff members to help develop a set of guiding principles for an institutional plan with regard to university-wide academic computer usage and technology.
    • Member, Information Technology Planning Task Force of the Long Range Planning Committee, September 1996 - March 1997; work with CCU Long Range Planning Committee in developing a plan outlining information technology and how it impacts the University.
    • Member, International Programs Committee, September 1995 - August 1997; this committee cooperates in supervising and promoting the activities of the Office of International Programs.
    • Team Coastal Challenge, Annual Fund Raising Campaign.
      • Team Leader, 1996
      • Member, 1997, 1995
    • Member, Faculty Panel, Freshman Orientation, Summer 1996; shared expectations from students.
    • Member, (Informal) Internet Committee, August 1995 - May 1996; participation in planning, organizing, and deciding on issues that pertain to setting up CCU's web server and related web pages.
    • Member, Wellness Committee (Health Nuts Program), August 1994 - July 1998; promoting an actively fit and healthy lifestyle among faculty and staff.

  • College-/Department-Level

    • Webmaster, Department of Computer Science, Coastal Carolina University (refer to list of electronic publications), Summer 1995 - July 1998.
    • Member, Computer Advisory Committee, Wall School of Business Administration and Computer Science, August 1994 - July 1998; planning and recommendations concerning computing equipment.
    • Outside Committee Member, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Mathematics, Spring 1996 to Fall 1996; search for two Assistant Professors in Mathematics.
    • Outside Committee Member, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Mathematics, Fall 1996 - March 1998; search for an Assistant Professors in Statistics.

  • "Introduction to Web Programming," proposed Summer I 1997 Special Topics in Computer Science and project with the Wall School; involves instruction/supervision of Computer Science majors interested in Web programming (HTML, CGI scripts, Java, etc.), geared to implement a Web Page for the Wall School.
  • Instructional Web Supplements Workshop, May 1997; sponsored by the Department of Computer Science, designed to introduce interested faculty of the Wall School to using the Web to supplement instruction.
  • "Computer-Based Learning," presented at a Teaching Effectiveness Seminar with Dave Bryon (Information Technology Services), Craig Gilman (Marine Science), and Eric Pauley (Biology), February 28, 1997.
  • "Fuzzy Objects," Honors project conducted with Alex Lecouras, Computer Science student, Spring 1996; involved direct supervision of undergraduate research project on an object-oriented design and implementation of fuzzy sets and fuzzy relational methods.
  • Invited Paper Reviewer, Academy of Business Administration National Conference, Computer Applications in Business Track; January 1995 and January 1996.
    Participant, Campus Friends, Spring and Fall 1995; Freshman orientation and mentoring program.
  • "Computing with words: Fundamentals of fuzzy control," presented for the Numbers & Bytes Club (Mathematics and Computer Science) and the CCU Computer Science Department, November 1995.
  • "Computers & technology in the classroom: Computer Science at Coastal Carolina University," presented regularly in the Campus Visit program to recruit incoming freshmen into the Computer Science degree program; in participation since Fall 1994.
  • "Fuzzy Logic," presented for the Honors Capstone Seminar on Postmodernism, Fall Semester 1994, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina.

 

 

Other Professional Activities

  • Co-Founder and Member of International Steering Committee, International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA, formerly ICCS), August 2000 - present.
  • Member, International Steering Committee, 2002 International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS-2002), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 21-24, 2002.
  • Local Organizing Co-Chair, 2001 International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS-2001), San Francisco, California, May 28-30, 2001.
  • Chair, Invited Session on Applications of Fuzzy Logic, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IC-AI 2000) June 26 - 29, 2000, Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • Chair, Invited Session on Fuzzy Logic Applications in the Cognitive Sciences, 7th International Conference on Fuzzy Theory & Technology (FT&T 2000), of The Fifth Joint Conference on Information Sciences (JCIS), February 27 - March 3, 2000, Atlantic City, New Jersey.
  • Invited Journal Referee (in coordination with Dr. Ladislav Kohout, Florida State University), Information Systems (Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.); August 1996 - May 1999.
  • Journal Referee in the areas of fuzzy relations, approximate reasoning, artificial intelligence, fault detection and diagnosis, International Journal of Fuzzy Sets and Systems (Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.); August 1995 - present.
  • Journal Referee in the areas of artificial intelligence, cognitive science and their applications, International Journal of Intelligent Systems (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.); August 1994 - present.
  • Chair, Invited Session on Relational Decision Support Architectures, Second Annual Joint Conference on Information Sciences (JCIS 1995), September 28 - October 1, 1995, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
  • Chair, Invited Session on Fuzzy Expert Systems II, Second IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 1993), March 28 - April 1, 1993, San Francisco, California.
  • Worked with Dr. Wyllis Bandler (Florida State University) refereeing articles for the Special Issue on Fuzzy Methods for Knowledge-Based Systems, International Journal of Intelligent Systems, Volume 6, Number 2.
  • Formerly an alternate for and co-referee with Dr. Wyllis Bandler for the International Journal of Fuzzy Sets and Systems and the International Journal of Intelligent Systems, August 1990 to April 1993.

 

 

Conferences, Seminars, Workshops

  • Presenter, Chico State CELT Conference presentation, "Faculty/Student Collaborative Research," with Brian Oppy and Ted Singelis, October 11, 2007, MLIB Studio A.
  • Participant, Chico State AURA Workshop with Mary Allan, Feb. 17, 2006, Kendall Hall 207/209.
  • Attendee, Alpha Geeks and the Next Generation Textbook by Joe Picarad and Kent Sandoe, 11th Annual CELT Conference, Oct. 14, 2005.
  • Participant, "Introduction to Oracle 8i: SQL and PL/SQL," by Brad Terry, Quilogy, Roseville, California, March 18-22, 2002.
  • Participant, "Effective Ways to Encourage Students to Interact Outside of the Classroom in Web-Based or Web-Supplemented Courses," by Paul Persons et al., 6th Annual CELT Conference, September 22, 2000.
  • Participant, "Evaluating Students in Online Courses," by Judith Baker (CSUC/TLP), 6th Annual CELT Conference, September 21, 2000.
  • Attendee, WebCT 3/HorizonLive Tutorials sponsored by CSUC/TLP, MLIB 457, July 24-28, 2000.
  • Participant, 2000 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 26 - June 29, 2000.
  • Participant, Invited Session on "Computing with Words," 7th International Conference on Fuzzy Theory & Technology (FT&T 2000), of The Fifth Joint Conference on Information Sciences (JCIS), February 27 - March 3, 2000, Atlantic City, New Jersey.
  • Attendee, "From computing with numbers to computing with words," by Lotfi Zadeh (U.C. Berkeley), SJSU Math and Computer Science Fall 1999 Colloquium Series, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, September 24, 1999.
  • Participant, 4th On-line World Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications (WSC4), Muroran Institute of Technology (MIT, Japan) and World Federation on Soft Computing (WFSC), September 21-30, 1999.
  • Attendee, WebCT Workshop sponsored by CSUC/TLP, IMC Studio A, September 2, 1999.
  • Attendee, "New Fronteirs in Computing: Systems on a Chip - What you need to know," Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing (BISC) Seminar, Braun Auditorium, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, July 31, 1999.
  • Participant, 1999 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 28 - July 1, 1999.
  • Participant, "Embodied Intelligence," a professional development workshop by Rodney Brooks (MIT's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory), June 21-24, 1999.
  • Co-organizer, "Interactive Learning Environment: Entertaining Education," student presentation co-sponsored by Upsilon Pi Epsilon and ACM Student Chapter, April 22, 1999.
  • Participant, "Creating a Teaching Portfolio," by Jim Eison (University of South Florida), sponsored by CSU-Chico's Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) Annual CELT Conference, September 18, 1998.
  • Participant, "RTP Workshop," by Arthur Gee, sponsored by CSU-Chico Faculty of Color Mentor Program, September 17, 1998.
  • Participant, "Imagine the Possibilities," CSU-Chico Sponsored Programs Workshop with Bob Jackson, September 11, 1998.
  • Participant, 1997 Conference on Emerging Issues in Business and Technology, sponsored by Western Illinois University's College of Business and Technology, held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, November 14-16, 1997.
  • Attendee, "Six Degrees of Freedom: Virtual Reality in the lab and on the street" by Linda Jacobson (SGI VR Evangelist), USC Engineering Colloquium (in conjunction with a visit by the SGI Magic Bus, Silicon Graphics, Inc.) University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, November 14, 1997.
  • Participant, Institute for Operations Research and Management Science's INFORMS `97, Special Invited Session on Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Decision Making, Dallas, Texas, October 26-29, 1997.
  • Participant, Higher Education Network Association (HENA) Conference, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, October 8-11, 1997.
  • Participant, National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Intelligent Systems and Semiotics (ISAS) Conference `97, Workshop 2 on Knowledge Representation in Intelligent Systems, Gaithersburg, Maryland, September 23-25, 1997.
  • Participant, 30th Annual Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE) Summer Conference, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, June 7-12, 1997.
  • Organizer and presenter, Instructional Web Supplements Workshop, Department of Computer Science, Coastal Carolina University, scheduled for May 1997.
  • Attendee, "Is there any real virtue in Virtual Reality?" by Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. (Kenan Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), 3rd Annual College of Science & Mathematics Lecture, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, April 24, 1997.
  • Participant, Java Workshop, Addison-Wesley Computer Science and Clemson University Department of Computer Science, April 12, 1997, Clemson, S.C.
  • Attendee, "Introduction to Java" by Ken Martin (Department of Computer and Information Science, College of Computer Science and Engineering, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida), Numbers & Bytes Mathematics and Computer Science Colloquium, Coastal Carolina University, March 27, 1997.
  • Attendee, "Introduction to X-windows 101" by Scott Gregory (Unix Software Developer for Unitrends, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina), Numbers & Bytes Mathematics and Computer Science Colloquium, Coastal Carolina University, March 6, 1997.
  • Participant, Scholarly Writing Workshop (with Robert Lucas), Coastal Carolina University's Office of Grants and Sponsored Research, October 24, 1996.
  • Participant, Proposal Writing Workshop (with Robert Lucas), Coastal Carolina University's Office of Grants and Sponsored Research, October 23, 1996
  • Attendee, "Finite state methods for image definition, compression and manipulation" by Karel Culik II (Department of Computer Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina), Numbers & Bytes Mathematics and Computer Science Colloquium, Coastal Carolina University, October 3, 1996.
  • Attendee, Fifth IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE `96), New Orleans, Louisiana, September 8-11, 1996.
  • Co-author, International Conference on Computers in Education, Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education (AACE), Raffles City, Singapore , December 5-8, 1995.
  • Participant, Higher Education Network Association (HENA) Conference, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, October 25-28, 1995.
  • Participant and Chair of an Invited Session, Second Annual Joint Conference on Information Sciences, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, September 8 - October 1, 1995.
  • Participant, 28th Annual Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE) Summer Conference, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, June 18-22, 1995.
  • Participant, Sixty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Academy of Science (SCAS), Greenville, South Carolina, April 6-7, 1995.
  • Participant, Grant Application Workshop (with Ralph Butler), Department of Computer Science, College of Computing Sciences and Engineering, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, February 1994.
  • Participant and Chair of an Invited Session, Second IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 1993), San Francisco, California, March 28 - April 1, 1993.
  • Participant, World Congress on Expert Systems (WCES `91), Orlando, Florida, 1991.
  • Participant, 29th Annual Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Southeast Regional Conference, Auburn University, Alabama, April 10-12, 1991.
  • Participant, Tenth Annual North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS) Conference, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, 1991.
  • Participant, Ninth Annual North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS) Conference: A Quarter Century of Fuzziness, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 6-8, 1990.
  • Participant, Third International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA) World Congress, Seattle, Washington, August 6-11, 1989.
  • Participant, Second Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Symposium (FLAIRS), Orlando, Florida, April 3-6, 1989.

 

 

Courses Taught

  • California State University, Chico

  • Coastal Carolina University
    (Responsibilities include academic advising of about 35 Computer Science majors per semester.)

      CSCI 105:   Introduction to Computer Applications
      CSCI 130:   Introduction to Computer Science
      CSCI 140:   Introduction to Algorithm Design I (in C and in C++)
      CSCI 150:   Introduction to Algorithm Design II (in C++)
      CSCI 209:   Programming in Java 4
      CSCI 310:   Computer Architecture
      CSCI 320:   Information Structures (in C and in C++)
      CSCI 380:   Introduction to Analysis of Algorithms 1
      CSCI 410:   Operating Systems
      CSCI 420:   File Organization and File Processing
      CSCI 499:   Special Topics - Computer Graphics 2
      CSCI 499:   Special Topics - WWW Programming 3
      CSCI 499:   Special Topics - Robotics 4

        1 first offering at CCU, Spring Semester 1995
        2 first offering at CCU, Spring Semester 1997
        3 first offering at CCU, Summer I Session 1997
        4 proposed and developed course for first offering at CCU, Fall Semester 1998

  • University of North Florida

      COP 3530: Data Structures (in C)
      COP 3601: Introduction to System Software
      CDA 4102/5105: Introduction to Computer Architecture
      CAP 4700/5715: Computer Graphics for CS Majors
      CIS 6930: Special Topics in Computer Science (Fuzzy Logic and Information Processing) 1

        1 first offering at UNF, Spring Semester 1994

  • The Florida State University

      CIS 4930: Pascal for Non-Specialists
      CGS 3462: Pascal for Non-Specialists
      COP 2001: Computer Programming I (Pascal)
      COP 3001: Computer Programming II (Pascal)
      Pascal Programming, FSU's Young Scholar's Program
      HOE 3000: Computer Applications in Human Sciences
      MAC 1141: Pre-Calculus for Business Majors

  • University of the Philippines at Los Baños

      CS 131: Fundamentals of Computer Organization
      CS 11: Introduction to Computer Science
      MA 16: College Algebra
      Turbo Pascal and dBase III; non-formal classes to train University staff.

 

 

Technical Publications

BOOKS, EDITED COLLECTIONS:

  1. V. N. Alexandrov, J. J. Dongarra, B. A. Juliano, R. S. Renner, and C. J. K. Tan (Eds.).  2001.  Computational Science - ICCS 2001, Parts I and II. (Appears as Lecture Notes in Computer Science series LNCS 2073 and 2074.) Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany. ISBN 3-540-42232-3 and 3-540-42233-1
  2. B. A. Juliano.  2001.  "Computing with words and the cognitive sciences."  In P. Wang (Ed.), Computing With Words, John Wiley & Sons, New York. ISBN 0-471-35374-4
  3. M. T. Cox, M. Hadim, B. A. Juliano, et al. (Eds.). 2000. Proceedings of International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IC-AI 2000, Volumes I-III, CSREA Press, Las Vegas, Nevada. ISBN 1-892512-59-9
  4. B. A. Juliano and W. Bandler.  1996.  Tracing Chains of Thought: Fuzzy Methods in Cognitive Diagnosis. Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany. ISBN 3-7908-0922-5
  5. B. A. Juliano.  1993.  A Fuzzy Logic Approach for Cognitive Diagnosis.  PhD Dissertation, The Florida State University, Department of Computer Science and Institute for Cognitive Sciences, Tallahassee, Florida.
  6. B. A. Juliano.  1989.  A Fuzzy Cognitive Map Framework for Approximating Chains of Thought.  Master's Thesis, The Florida State University, Department of Computer Science and Institute for Cognitive Sciences, Tallahassee, Florida.

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES, TECHNICAL/PROGRESS REPORTS:

  1. N. Bhatnagar, B.A. Juliano, and R.S. Renner. 2007.  "AnQL: A query language for annotation documents," International Journal of Computer Science, 2(1), World Academy of Science, Engineering, and Technology (www.waset.org), pp. 1-8. ISSN: 1306-4428.
  2. B.A. Juliano, R.S. Renner, and R.M. Varahamurti. 2004.  "Acquisition of robotics equipment for an Intelligent Systems Laboratory, MRI/RUI Grant 0321385"  NSF Progress Report, Spring and Summer 2004, August 15.
  3. B.A. Juliano, R.S. Renner, and R.M. Varahamurti. 2003.  "Acquisition of robotics equipment for an Intelligent Systems Laboratory, MRI/RUI Grant 0321385"  NSF Progress Report, Fall 2003, December 31.
  4. D. Dawson and B. A. Juliano.  2002.  "Modifying XCS for size-constrained systems."  Neural Network World, 12(6), International Journal on Neural and Mass-Parallel Computing and Information Systems, Special Issue on Soft Computing Systems and Applications, pp. 519-531.
  5. S. Vasupongayya, R. Renner, and B. A. Juliano.  2001.  "Model generation of neural network ensembles using two-level cross-validation"  In Computational Science - ICCS 2001, Parts II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science series LNCS 2074). Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 943-951.
  6. B. A. Juliano.  1997.  "Getting caught in the Web: The Internet and small business opportunities."  Journal of Contemporary Business Issues, 5(2): 1-6.
  7. B. A. Juliano.  1997.  "To Web or not to Web: Netting small business opportunities."  Appears in Coastal Business Review 1997.  Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina.
  8. B. A. Juliano. 1996. "Using fuzzy relational methods to analyze urbanistics data."  Appears in Advances in Machine Intelligence and Soft Computing (Paul P. Wang, Editor).
  9. B. A. Juliano. 1996.  "Towards a meaningful fuzzy analysis of urbanistics data."  (Short version.)  Appears in P. P. Wang (Ed.), Advances in Information Sciences, Vol. IV, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
  10. B. A. Juliano. 1996. "Towards a meaningful fuzzy analysis of urbanistics data."  (Full-length version.) Information Sciences, 94(1): 191-211.
  11. C. Keller and B. A. Juliano.  1996.  "The benefits of object-based authoring systems for small businesses."  In G. Krippel (Ed.), Coastal Business Review 1996.  Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC, pp. 29-32.
  12. B. A. Juliano.  1996.  "Uncertainty in economic predictions."  In G. Krippel (Ed.), Coastal Business Review 1996.  Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina, pp. 19-24.
  13. B. A. Juliano and S. J. Sheel.  1995.  "Managing school buses on the information superhighway."  Coastal Business Review 1995.  Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina, pp. 3-6.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND PRESENTATIONS:

  1. B.A. Juliano and R.S. Renner. 2007.  "Robotics in the classroom: Providing robotics equipment to support intelligent systems curricula," poster appearing in D. Wilson and G. Sutcliffe (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twentieth International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference, Key West, Florida (published by The AAAI Press, Menlo Park, California).
  2. B.A. Juliano and R.S. Renner. 2007.  "An Undergraduate Course in Robotics and Machine Intelligence," submitted to AAAI Spring Symposium on Robotics and Robot Venues: Resources for AI Education, Stanford, CA.
  3. R.S. Renner and B.A. Juliano. 2007.  "Integrating Service Learning with Undergraduate Robotics Research," submitted to AAAI Spring Symposium on Robotics and Robot Venues: Resources for AI Education, Stanford, CA.
  4. N. Bhatnagar, B.A. Juliano, and R.S. Renner. 2006.  " Data annotation models," submitted to International Joint ACM SIGMOD/PODS Conference 2007, ACM Special Interest Group on Management of Data (SIGMOD) and ACM Symposium on Principles of Database Systems (PODS), Beijing, China.
  5. N. Bhatnagar, B.A. Juliano, and R.S. Renner. 2006.  "Data annotation models and annotation query language," submitted to International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE) 2007, Istanbul, Turkey.
  6. B. Juliano, C.-H. Chen, and E. Kroumova.  2002.  "Observations from using two modes of teaching undergraduate computer architecture."  Abstract to appear in Proceedings of the ACM 8th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2003).
  7. B. A. Juliano. 2000.  "Information reuse and integration with fuzzy cognitive structures."  In S. Murty and S.-C. Chen (Eds.), Proceedings of the ISCA 2nd International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, IRI-2000, Honolulu, Hawaii, pp. 5-8.
  8. B. A. Juliano.  2000.  "Inference and decision making with fuzzy cognitive structures."  In H. R. Arabnia (Ed.), Proceedings of International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Volume I, Las Vegas, Nevada, pp. 405-411.
  9. B. A. Juliano.  2000.  "Fuzzy information granulation in chains-of-thought."  In P. P. Wang (Ed.), Proceedings of the Fifth Joint Conference on Information Sciences (JCIS), Volume I, Atlantic City, New Jersey, pp. 22-24.
  10. B. A. Juliano and R. S. Renner.  1999.  "Fuzzy relational methods and urbanistics data."  In Proceedings of International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 1, Las Vegas, Nevada, pp. 585-590.
  11. R. S. Renner, R. C. Lacher, and B. A. Juliano.  1999.  "A simulation tool for managing intelligent ensembles."  In Proceedings of International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 1, Las Vegas, Nevada, pp. 578-584.
  12. B. A. Juliano.  1997.  "Fuzzy sets, fuzzy relations, and economic predictions."  Presented at the Special Invited Session on Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Decision Making of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science's INFORMS `97.  Dallas, Texas, October 26-29, and to appear in Proceedings thereof.
  13. B. A. Juliano.  1997.  "Getting caught in the Web: The Internet and small business opportunities."  In 1997 Conference Program & Proceedings for Emerging Issues in Business and Technology, College of Business and Technology, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois, pp. 155-163.
  14. B. A. Juliano.  1997.  "Web-based instructional supplements."  Presented at the 1997 Higher Education Network Association (HENA) Conference, October 8-11, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
  15. B. A. Juliano.  1997. "A symbolic representation of misconceptions." In A. M. Meystel (Ed.), Proceedings of the 1997 International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Semiotics (ISAS): A Learning Perspective, National Institute of Standards and Technology, September 23-25,Gaithersburg, Maryland, pp. 313-316.
  16. B. A. Juliano.  1997.  "Power pedagogy: Integrating technology into the classroom."  In P. Smith (Ed.), Proceedings of the 1997 ASCUE Summer Conference, 30th Annual Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE) Conference, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, pp. 115-126.
  17. L. Kohout and B. A. Juliano. 1996. "Dynamic aspects of interpretation of symbolic constructs."  Presented at the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Intelligent Systems and Semiotics (ISAS) Conference `96, Gaithersburg, Maryland, October 20-23.
  18. B. A. Juliano.  1995.  "Towards a meaningful fuzzy analysis of urbanistics data."  In P. P. Wang (Ed.), Proceedings of the Second Annual Joint Conference on Information Sciences (JCIS), Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, pp. 134-137.  (NOTE: Nominated for the Lotfi A. Zadeh Best Paper Award.)
  19. B. A. Juliano and S. J. Sheel.  1995.  "A look at the evolving classroom: Wireless data communication and mobile satellite communication."  In D. Jonassen and G. McCalla (Eds.), Proceedings of ICCE-95, International Conference on Computers in Education, December 5-8, Singapore, pp. 229-235.
  20. B. A. Juliano and S. J. Sheel.  1995.  "Wireless data communication and mobile satellite communication: Components of the 'virtual classroom'."  Presented at the 1995 Higher Education Network Association (HENA) Conference, October 25-28, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
  21. B. A. Juliano and S. J. Sheel.  1995.  "Wireless data communications prototyping:  A flexible, high-quality, and cost-effective information system for education."  In D. Armel (Ed.), Proceedings of the 1995 ASCUE Summer Conference, 28th Annual Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE) Conference, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, pp. 78-88.
  22. B. A. Juliano and S. J. Sheel.  1995.  "The design, analysis, and implementation of system interfaces that integrate the Magellan AIV-10 Global Positioning System Module and the Motorola RPM 405i Radio Packet Modem."  Presented at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Academy of Science, Greenville, South Carolina.  Abstract appears in  Bulletin of the SCAS, Vol. LVII, p. 118.
  23. B. A. Juliano and W. Bandler.  1993.  "Comparing hasse diagrams."  In Proceedings of the Second IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Vol. I, IEEE, San Francisco, California, pp. 156-160.
  24. B. A. Juliano and W. Bandler.  1991.  "Modeling the approximation of expert knowledge structures."  In J. Liebowitz (Ed.), Expert Systems World Congress Proceedings, Volume 2, Pergamon Press, New York, pp. 820-827.
  25. B. A. Juliano and W. Bandler.  1991.  "Towards intelligent diagnosis for effective knowledge communication."  In W. Day, K. Chang, and C. McCreary (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Annual ACM Southeast Regional Conference, Auburn University, Alabama, pp. 62-67.
  26. B. A. Juliano and W. Bandler.  1991.  "Comparing fuzzy cognitive structures: Homomorphisms between fuzzy cognitive maps."  In J. Keller and R. Krishnapuram (Eds.), Proceedings of the Tenth Annual NAFIPS Conference, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, pp. 111-115.
  27. B. A. Juliano.  1990.  "Fuzzy cognitive structures for automating human problem solving skills diagnosis."  In I. B. Turksen (Ed.), Proceedings of the Ninth Annual NAFIPS Conference: A Quarter Century of Fuzziness, Vol. II, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, pp. 311-314.
  28. B. A. Juliano and W. Bandler.  1989.  "Some basic formulations for implementing a diagnostic expert system based on cognitive maps."  In J. Bezdek (Ed.), Proceedings of the Third IFSA World Congress, Seattle, Washington, pp. 345-348.
  29. B. A. Juliano and W. Bandler.  1989.  "A theoretical framework for modeling chains-of-thought: Automating fault detection and error diagnosis in scientific problem solving."  In M. B. Fishman (Ed.), Proceedings of the Second FLAIRS, St. Petersburg, Florida, pp. 118-122.