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EMPLOYMENT

• Assistant Professor 8/98-present
  Department of Computer Science
  California State University, Chico, Chico, California
• Job Description: Permanent, tenure-track; graduate and undergraduate instruction; active research; advisor to the Network for Women in Computer Science and Technology (NeWT) student organizations.
• Assistant Professor 8/96-8/98
  Department of Computer Science
  Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina
• Job Description: Permanent, tenure-track; active research; undergraduate instruction and advising
• Graduate Teaching Assistant 1/96-5/96
  Department of Computer Science
  Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
• Job Description: Full classroom responsibility for C programming course
• Graduate Research Assistant 8/95-12/95
  Department of Computer Science
  Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
• Job Description: Teaching Assistant Research Sabbatical - Special Projects
• Graduate Teaching Assistant 8/92-7/95
  Department of Computer Science
  Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
• Job Description: Full classroom responsibility and Fortran course coordinator
• Graduate Teaching Assistant 8/89-5/92
  Department of Computer Science
  Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois
• Job Description: Full classroom responsibility for Computer Literacy and Pascal

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COURSES TAUGHT

• CSCI 015B: Programming and Algorithms, II
• CSCI 057: Introduction to Unix
• CSCI 116H: Mind in the Machine
• CSCI 122 : Machines, Brains, and Minds
• CSCI 123 : Language, Intelligence, and Computation
• CSCI 190 : Special Projects
• CSCI 222 : Expert Systems
• CSCI 223 : Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
• CSCI 273M: Database Management
• CSCI 323 : Theory of Artificial Intelligence
• CSCI 397C: Object-Oriented Database Systems
• CSCI 398 : Master's Special Projects
• CSCI 399 : Master's Thesis

• steering committee, program committee, session co-chair, "International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS'02)". Amsterdam, April 2002.
• co-founder, local organizing co-chair, session chair, International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS'01)", an Int'l collaboration with V.N.Alexandrov, J.J.Dongarra, B.A.Juliano, and C.J.Tan. San Francisco, CA, May 2001.
• participant, "Embodied Intelligence", Dr. Rodney Brooks, MIT Summer Professional Institute, June 1999.
• attendee, "CELT conference on Excellence in Teaching and Learning". California State University, September 1998.
• attendee, "Task Force on Teaching Effectiveness". Seminar series at Coastal Carolina University, September 1996 - November 1997.
• attendee, "Back to Mars", Dr. Terry Huntsberger of USC and JPL. University of South Carolina Computer Science Colloquium, September 1997.
• participant, "Web-based Teaching Supplements", Dr. Benjoe Juliano of CCU. Workshop sponsored by the Computer Science Department, Coastal Carolina University, May 1997.
• attendee,"Is there any Real Virtue in Virtual Reality?", Dr. Frederick Brooks of UNC, Chapel Hill. University of South Carolina Computer Science Colloquium, April 1997.
• co-organizer, "Java", Dr. Ken Martin of University of North Florida. Numbers & Bytes Colloquium, Coastal Carolina University, March 1997.
• co-organizer, "Intro to X-Windows 101", Scott Gregory of Unitrends, Inc. Numbers & Bytes Colloquium, Coastal Carolina University, March 1997.
• workshop presenter, Neural Information Processing Systems, NIPS '96. Tricks of the Trade workshop, Snowmass, CO, December 1996.
• attendee, Neural Information Processing Systems, NIPS '96. Main conference, Denver, CO, December 1996.
• co-organizer, "Finite State Methods for Image Definition, Compression and Manipulation", Dr. Karel Culik of USC. Numbers & Bytes Colloquium, Coastal Carolina University, October 1996.
• participant, "An Introduction to Proposal Writing", Robert Lucas. Coastal Carolina University workshop, October 1996.
• participant, "Scholarly and Professional Writing", Robert Lucas, Coastal Carolina University workshop, October 1996.
• conference volunteer, Neural Information Processing Systems, NIPS '95. Main conference, Denver, CO, December 1995.
• attendee, Neural Information Processing Systems, NIPS '95. Pre-Conference tutorials, main conference, and workshops, Denver/Vail, CO, December 1995.
• participant, Program for Instructional Excellence Teaching Assistant Conference. Semi-annual conference, sponsored by the Program for Instructional Excellence, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1992-1995.
• attendee, Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), National Conference. Kansas City, 1992
• contest participant, ACM Regional Programming Contest. University of Iowa, 1991.

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PRESENTATIONS     (see ~renner/pubs.html for actual presentations)

• S.Vasupongayya, R.S.Renner, B.A.Juliano, 2001. "Model Generation of Network Ensembles using Two-Level Cross-Validation" Presented at the 1st International Conferene on Computational Science, San Francisco, CA, May, 2001.
• R.S. Renner, 2000. "A Framework for Integrating Ensemble Classifiers and Scientific Database Technologies" Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, Honolulu, HI, Nov.1, 2000.
• R.S. Renner, 2000. "Systems of Ensemble Networks Demonstrate Superiority over Individual Cascor Nets." Presented at the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IC-AI), Las Vegas, NV, June 2000.
• S.J. Sheel, R.S. Renner(slides), and S.K. Dawsey (presenter), 2000. "Alternatives to Math Placement Exams: A Look at Discriminant Analysis, Neural Networks, and Ensembles of Networks". Presented at the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IC-AI), Las Vegas, NV, June 2000.
• R.S. Renner, 2000. "Crossing the Threshold with Neural Networks". invited talk, Sonoma State University M*A*T*H Colloquia, March 2000.
• R.S. Renner (presenter), R.C. Lacher, 2000. "Combining Constructive Neural Networks for Ensemble Classification." Joint Conference on Intelligent Systems (JCIS), Atlantic City, NJ, Feb.2000.
• R.S. Renner and B.J. Juliano, 1999. "Proposal for Funding Program of Under-Represented Individuals in Computer Science", presented to the CSU, Chico College of ECT Advisory Board, Fall 1999.
• R.S. Renner (presenter), R.C. Lacher, B.J. Juliano, 1999. " A Simulation Tool for Managing Intelligent Ensembles" International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IC-AI), Las Vegas, NV, July 1999, pp.578-584.
• R.S. Renner, 1999. "Neural Network Ensembles". invited talk, Chico Mathematics Colloquia, May 1999.
• R.S. Renner, 1999. "Improving Generalization of Constructive Neural Networks Using Ensembles." Dissertation defense, Florida State University, Department of Computer Science, Tallahassee, Florida.
• R.S. Renner, 1998. "Generalization and Neural Network Ensembles". invited talk, Chico State Computer Science Dept., April 1998.
• R.S. Renner, 1997. "Prospectus for research on Improving Generalization of Constructive Neural Networks Using Ensembles." Prospectus defense, Florida State University, Department of Computer Science, Tallahassee, Florida.
• R.S. Renner, 1996. "Optimization Techniques for Improving Performance and Training of a Constructive Neural Network." Presented at the Neural Information Processing Systems 'Tricks of the Trade' Workshop, NIPS '96, Snowmass, CO, December 1996.
• R.S. Renner, 1995. "Explorations of a Constructive Neural Network for Prediction." invited talk, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC, November 1995.
• R.S. Renner, 1995. "Hypermedia Functionality Under an Object-Oriented Paradigm." O-O database presentation, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, April 1994.
• C. J. Kacmar, R.S. Renner (presenter), and J. Carey, 1994. "Exploring a new technology for experimental research." Presented at the Western Academy of Management Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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PUBLICATIONS     (see ~renner/pubs.html for full papers)