Donald L. Allison, Jr.
225
Fitzelle Hall P.O.
Box 1097
(607)
436-3439 (work) (607)
435-1548 (cell)
http://www.oneonta.edu/faculty/allisodl allisodl@oneonta.edu
education
Ph.D. in Computer Science
Dissertation: “Building and Using Educational Virtual Environments for Teaching about Animal Behaviors”
Defense of research completed, May 2002; currently making final edits requested by my committee.
National Technological University, Fort Collins, CO n 1989
M.S. in Computer Engineering
Concentrations in artificial intelligence and computer graphics.
M.S. in Mathematics
B.S. with a double major in Mathematics and Physics
teaching experience
SUNY at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY n 2000 – present
Assistant Professor
I am presently an
assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and
Statistics. While here I have taught
courses in Introduction to Computer Technology, Fundamentals of Programming, Programming for Non-majors, Data Structures, Computer
Graphics, Compiler Construction, Artificial Intelligence, and Programming
Languages. Next semester I will be
teaching Computer Architecture and an advanced graphics course in Virtual
Reality, as well as Introduction to Computer Technology and Programming for
Non-majors.
Georgia Institute of
Technology,
Teaching Assistant
In the
Teaching Assistant
I taught college
algebra and business calculus for the math department at the U of I for four
semesters. The last three semesters I
was ranked excellent based on my student evaluations, and after graduating and
leaving, I was asked to return as an instructor.
Other WOrk experience
Hewlett-Packard, Colorado Springs, CO n 1981 – 1991
Software R&D Engineer
I designed,
developed and debugged realtime firmware and software for HP’s digitizing
oscilloscopes. I worked on all aspects
of the systems, from low level hardware drivers, pixel display routines, and
test and calibration software through user interface design and implementation,
to data management and measurement routines.
I’m quite familiar with HP’s microprocessor development systems,
emulators, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, pSoS, and design issues related to
software engineering realtime interrupt driven systems (for example handling
8KB data records when the samples are collected every nanosecond).
Computer Operator
I ran computer labs
and also production systems to handle grades, attendance records, and other
data for the college and local high schools.
Ground Radio Equipment Repairman
I maintained ground
to air communications equipment (VHF and UHF) along with point to point (HF)
communications systems, and other assorted electronic equipment (including the
base PA system). I spent part of my time
working in maintenance control, where I coordinated the repair of all
ground-based electronic equipment.
awards
·
Richard Siegfried Junior Faculty Prize for
Academic Excellence,
· Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center Leadership Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997
· President’s Fellowship, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992 – 1996
·
Outstanding Young Men of
· Who’s Who Among Colleges and Universities, 1979
·
Computer Honors Program Fellowship,
· National Merit Scholarship, 1971 – 1972
Publications and Papers
Supervised Student Projects:
§ Creating Digital Models from Real-World
Objects, Brian Wenzel. Research in progress.
§ Virtual Fish Project, Jonathan Weinell. Presented at the SUNY Oneonta Student
Research Show (2002) and as a poster at CCSCNE 2002. Awarded second place at CCSCNE.
§ Tracking using Video, Didier Arango. Presented at the SUNY Oneonta Student
Research Show (2001).
§ Building a Virtual World from a Dog’s Point
of View, Sammie Lam and
Yinshao Luan. Presented at the SUNY
Oneonta Student Research Show (2001).
Publications:
§ ”Virtual Reality for Education?,” Don Allison and Larry F. Hodges, VRST'00: The ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology 2000, October 2000.
§ “Virtual Gorilla Modeling Project: Middle School Students Constructing Virtual Models for Learning,” Kenneth E. Hay, Jane Crozier, Mike Barnett, Don Allison, Meredith Bashaw, Beth Hoos and Lori Perkins, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the Learning Sciences, June 2000,
§ “The Educational Value of an Information-Rich Virtual Environment,” Doug Bowman, Jean Wineman, Larry F. Hodges and Don Allison, Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, vol 8, num 3, June 1999, pp 317-331.
§ “Virtual
Gorilla Project,” Don Allison and Larry F. Hodges, AERA Symposium on Cross
Project Research in Virtual Environments, American Education
Research Association 1999 Annual Meeting, April 19--23, 1999.
§ “Building Lifelike Animals for Educational virtual Environments,” Don Allison and Larry F. Hodges, poster presentation at Lifelike Computer Characters '98, October 1998.
§ “Designing Animal Habitats within an Immersive VE,” Doug A. Bowman, Jean Wineman, Larry F. Hodges and Don Allison, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol 18, no 5, September/October 1998, pp 9-13.
§ “COOL-VR: A Virtual Environments Toolkit,” Georgia Institute of Technology Technical Report, GIT-GVU-98-14, 1998.
§ “The Virtual Reality Gorilla Exhibit,” Don Allison, Brian Wills, Doug Bowman, Jean Wineman and Larry F. Hodges, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol 17, no 6, November/December 1997, pp 30-38.
§ “Virtual Gorilla Project: Gorillas in the Bits,” Jean Wineman, Larry Hodges, Don Allison and Brian Wills, Ed-Media/Ed-Telecom World Conference, June 1997.
§ “Gorillas in the Bits,” Don Allison, Brian Wills, Larry F. Hodges and Jean Wineman, IEEE Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium '97 Conference Proceedings, March 1997.
Video:
§ Co-editor of the video proceedings of the AAAI 1998 Mobile Robot Competition and Exhibition
§ Modeling
and postproduction for ``
Invited Talks:
§ “Virtual
Reality as an Educational Technology: Results from the Virtual Gorilla
Project”, Richard Siegfried Lecture,
§ “Gorillas
in the Bits”, International Conference of the Learning Sciences '98, The
Georgia Tech Show session,
§ “Zoos
and Computers”, Gig-A-Bytes, Num 9840, (UT Austin Public Radio interview),
Popular Press Coverage
§ ABC
`World News Sunday,''
§ Japanese
television, Fuji TV Network Inc., “Tarzan,”
§ Discovery
Channel
§ MSNBC, “The Site Tonight,” September 1997.
§ German public television, October 1997.
§ “Virtual Gorillas”, Kathy A. Svitil, Discover, Vol 18 Num 4, April 1997, p 26.
§ “Microchimp”, Colleen Theis, *surface, Num 11, 1997, p 32.
§ “Animal Lovers' Zoo”, Popular Mechanics, January 1998, p 16.
§ “Aping the Big Apes”, Adhesives Age, March 1997, p 68.
§ “Ape Close and Personal”, ASPCA Animal Watch, Spring 1997, p 8.
§ “Zoo Goes Ape over VR”, R & D, Vol 39, Num 2, February 1997, p 3, 34.
§ “Gare au gorille...”, Sonia Feertchak, Science & Vie, Num 960, September 1997, p 167.
§ “Virtueller Tierpark”, Stern, 16/97, p 156.
§ “Warnendes Grunzen”, Der Spiegel, 17/1997, p 235.
§ “Einmal selber Affe sein”, Geo (Japanese edition), Num 4, April 1997,
§ p 131.
§ “Tussen de gorilla's”, Kijk (Dutch science magazine), June 1997, p 10.
§ “Acting Like an Ape”, Super Science (for kids), Scholastic, Vol 9, Num 1, September 1997, p 3.
§ “The
VR Gorilla-Rhino Test,” Ernest Adams, Gamasutra,
§ “Virtual
Gorillas”,
§ “Virtual
Gorillas”,
§ “Demo
Days: Virtual Gorilla Exhibit”,
Selected Professional Service
·
Educational Technology Committee,
· Faculty Senate, SUNY at Oneonta, 2001 – present
· Co-chair for student volunteers, IEEE Virtual Reality 2000 conference.
· Coordinator of student volunteers for ACM Interactive 3D Graphics conference, 1999.
· Student volunteer at IEEE Visualization ’95, ACM Siggraph ’94 and ’97, IEEE Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium ’97, and ’98, IEEE Virtual Reality ’99, International Conference on the Learning Sciences ’98, and the 15th Annual Cognitive Science Conference.
memberships
Association for Computing
Machinery
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Mathematical Association of