Curriculum Vita

I. I. Biographical Data

Dennis Higgins

Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences
Chair, Computer Science program area (1990-98,2000-2001)
SUNY College at Oneonta
Oneonta, NY 13820
Phone: (607) 436-3552 Home: 432-1957
EMAIL: HIGGINDM@.ONEONTA.EDU

II. II. Academic Background

• BA, Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1975
• MA, Mathematics, SUNY Binghamton, 1980
• MS, Computer Science, SUNY Binghamton, 1985

III. III. Work Experience

· 1994-present, Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences, SUNY Oneonta

• 1983-1994, Lecturer, Mathematical Sciences, SUNY Oneonta
• 1981-83: Instructor: Mathematical Sciences, University of Scranton
• 1980-81: Visiting Lecturer, Mathematics, St. Lawrence University
• 1990-1995, 1999 editorial consultant for Scott/Jones and DC Heath Publishers (areas of Java and C++ texts, and Software Engineering)
• Freelance writer of short stories

IV. IV.Areas of Specialization and Research

Speech-enabled and other java applications, modeling.

V. V. Awards

VI. VI. Publications

· “A Java Implementation of Charles Peirce’s Existential Graphs” (co-author, Bram Van Heuvln, Philosophy; student programmers Hatfield, Kilpatrick, Wong.)  CCSCSC (Consortium of Computing at Small Colleges, South Central) April, 2001

· “Java front-end for Speech-enabled SQL-type databases ” (co-author, K. Nally)  CCSCSC (Consortium of Computing at Small Colleges, SC), April 2001

• Higgins, Nally, "Speech-enabling SQL Databases using Java 2", COA/Wizards Conference, Syracuse, NY October 2000

· Higgins, Nally, "A Speech-enabled Audubon bird guide using java and an MS Access Database", Evolution of Computational Science Conference, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY Aug. 5, 2000

· Higgins, Dennis, "A Speech-enabled Database using java's JDBC and MS ODBC bridge", CIT 2000, SUNY Buffalo, NY June 20th, 2000

· Higgins, Dennis, "Speech-Enabling the Data Structures Curriculum,", April, 2000 CCSCNE Conference Proceedings, Ramapo College, NJ

· Higgins, Dennis, "Speech-enabled Software: Coming Applications in Education" presented at Syllabus Conference, Nov 11, 1999, Boston, MA.

· Higgins, Dennis, The Game of Life, AMATYC Review, Vol. 18, #2: 51-54, Spring, 1997

· Higgins, Dennis, The AIDs Epidemic, AMATYC Review, Vol. 17, #2:50-54, Spring, 1996

The following 10 articles were developed under SUNY/NSF DUE-9254326 and appeared in Snapshots of Applications in Mathematics, SUNY Delhi, 1994:

• Earthquakes, p.45-46
• Estimating Wildlife Populations, p.65-66
• Farr's Law Applied to AIDs, p.69-70
• The Game of Life, p.83-84
• Gravitation, p.85-86
• Gravitational Anomalies, p.87-88
• Fractals and Chaos, p.79-80
• Is Democracy Fair?, p.99-100
• Remote Sensing, p.125-126
• Strike and Dip, p.143-144
I have the following short story publications:

· "On Shoulders of Giants" ASCENT, published by the Sierra Club, 1989

· "Vigil" in The Climbing Art ,(1990)

· "Dances with Rocks" in Rock and Ice, #43, 1991

· "No Place I'd Rather Be" in The Climbing Art, 1995

· "The Little Boys of Summer" in Aethlon published at E. Tennessee State, 1994

· "Unravelings" ASCENT, published by AAC, 1999

Student directed research publications:

• Stender, Model Train Controller Panel, 1989 MAA Seaway Section Conference Proceedings
• Verrelli, Cellular Automata Applications in Encryption, 1991 MAA Seaway Section Conference Proceedings
• Close, Volterra Mappings in Predator/Prey Models, 1996 MAA Seaway Section Conference Proceedings
• Brown, OOD for an Editor in C++, 1997 MAA Seaway Section Conference Proceedings
• Griebel, Nally, St.Onge, Modeling and Educational Java Applications for Grades K-12 and Beyond,  MAA Seaway Section Conference Proceedings 1999
•  Davis, Hatfield, Kilpatrick, Java applications in Education, 1999
Cukrovany, Mason, Speech-enabled Java Home-controller using X-10 devices 2000 MAA Seaway Section Conference Proceedings

VII. VII.Conferences, Papers

· “A Java Implementation of Charles Peirce’s Existential Graphs” (co-author, Bram Van Heuvln, Philosophy) CAP, (Computers and Philosophy Conference, Carnegie-Mellon University, Summer, 2001

· “A Java Implementation of Charles Peirce’s Existential Graphs” (co-author, Bram Van Heuvln, Philosophy; student programmers Hatfield, Kilpatrick, Wong.)  CCSCSC (Consortium of Computing at Small Colleges, South Central) April, 2001

· “Java front-end for Speech-enabled SQL-type databases ” (co-author, K. Nally)  CCSCSC (Consortium of Computing at Small Colleges, SC), April 2001

· “A Java Implementation of Charles Peirce’s Existential Graphs” (co-author, Bram Van Heuvln, Philosophy; student programmers Hatfield, Kilpatrick, Wong.)  CIT 2001

· Higgins, Nally, "Speech-enabling SQL Databases using Java 2", COA/Wizards Conference, Syracuse, NY October 2000

· Higgins, "Speech-enabled Databases using Java 2", TLTC Presentation, October 2000

· Higgins, Nally, "A Speech-enabled Audubon bird guide using java and an MS Access Database", Evolution of Computational Science Conference, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY Aug. 5, 2000

· Higgins, Dennis, "A Speech-enabled Database using java's JDBC and MS ODBC bridge", CIT 2000, SUNY Buffalo, NY June 20th, 2000

· Higgins, Dennis, "Speech-Enabling the Data Structures Curriculum,", April, 2000 CCSCNE Conference, Ramapo College, NJ

· Higgins, Dennis, "Speech-enabled Software: Coming Applications in Education" presented at Syllabus Conference, Nov 11, 1999, Boston, MA.

Student presentations (SUNY Oneonta Convivia, TLTC Presentations, Oneonta Research Day Celebration, Oneonta Schools Technology Board)

• Halpin, Speech Recognition, 1986
• Weidman, Coastal Erosion and Spit Formation, 1988
• VanVranken, Geographical Information System for the City of Oneonta, 1992
• Gilmore, Gravity Modeling with Gravimeter Data, 1992
• Cheng & Cervi, A Lotus-Type Database with Numerical Functions, 1992
• Andrews, Computer Communication in Assembly Language, 1995-6
• Kratky, Mittler, Robot Arm, 1998
• Griebel, Nally, St.Onge, Modeling and Educational Java Applications for Grades K-12 and Beyond, 1999
•  Davis, Hatfield, Kilpatrick, Java applications in Education, 1999
• Cukrovany, Mason, Speech-enabled java interface for x-10 device home controller, 2000
• Lam, Luan, Designing and modeling a "dog world", 2001
• Arango, Array image buffering for USB port camera: Recognizing patterns, 2001

I maintain a student project page at www.oneonta.edu/~javaInEd

VIII. VIII.Current Work

Higgins, Nally, "Speech-enabling SQL Databases using Java 2", .) submitted to CCSCSC (Consortium of Computing at Small Colleges, SC)

I applied for 3 Faculty-Student research grants (for Spring 2001) with Dr D. Allison, Mathematical Sciences, in the areas of modeling and virtual reality.

IX. X.College Service (including Departmental service)

I designed the original Computer Science program at SUNY Oneonta and have helped with the evolving curriculum.  Our program currently has about 150 majors. From 1990-1998 and currently, I am chair of the CS group within Mathematical Sciences. I have taught most undergraduate courses including: C, C++, Java, Pascal, FORTRAN, (Freshman-level courses); Assembly Language (8086-386), Data Structures, Topics/Fundamentals of CS, (Sophomore-Junior courses); Software Design and Development, Program Translation, Modeling and Simulation, Programming Languages, Numerical Computing (Junior-Senior courses).  In the past, I have also taught mathematics courses (Pre-Calculus through Differential Equations as well as introductory courses in Discrete Mathematics and Statistics). I am familiar with a variety of hardware platforms (pc, workstation and mainframe) and operating systems including Windows (X, NT, 95/98), UNIX, Vax VMS. Typically,  I manage all staffing of the Fitzelle computer lab and supervise lab assistants. For a time, I also handled student accounts and maintenance on a DEC UNIX workstation. In addition to the languages listed above, I've coded in APL, Basic, FORTH, Prolog, Lisp, and IBM-360 Assembly.

My home page, www.oneonta.edu/faculty/higgindm includes a link to an on-line java course I developed (at /.../java/ javaClass.html). The site includes examples of typical GUI classes, concurrency (Operating System) and socket/datagram (Network/communication) applications, providing both source code and applet where appropriate (or screen shot and application source) as well as student lab exercises. There is a section on swing. Links are also available for other courses and those pages feature labs, projects and sample exams.

Computer Science, Long Range Planning, Personnel, Course, Search Committees of Mathematical Sciences (currently a member of all of these)

Undergraduate Advisees: about 40 (for 2000-2001)

Internship supervision and Teaching Assistantships in Computer Science: I supervised all CS interns and teaching assistants in CS through Fall, '98, and in 1999-2001; an average of 15-20 per year. I supervised an average of 15 interns or special projects (CSCI 399) during fall and spring of 1999-2000 and 5 or 6 such projects for Fall, 2000.

Educational Technology

• 1987-88 Microvax II disk $8150
• Projection Panels $3000
• 1988-89 PC Software upgrades $3595
• 1989-90 Fitzelle Lab Hardware $1666
• 1990-91 Hi-screen/mouse sw & hw $229
• 1992-93 3 386 machines for Fitz Lab $6300
• 1993-94 3 486 machines for Fitz Lab $6000
• 1994-95 Alpha ULTRIX Workstation for CS Program $7230
• 1996-7 Part of committee writing successful ETC Lab Award Grant $39,000
• 1998 UnCAS Laptop grant: 6 laptops to support peer tutorial program in Fitzelle Lab
• 1998-99 Student-Faculty Research Grant to develop applets for educational applications $840
• 1999 UnCAS Laptop grant: 8 laptops for CSCI 311 Software Design class.
• 1999 TLTC Stipend and equipment: $2500 stipend, $180 for software
• 1999 Faculty-Student Grant to continue Java in Education project $220
• 1999 Student-Faculty Grant to develop device-drivers for a pc using URDA 386 Trainer $800
• 2000 Student-Faculty grant for wireless headset and X-10 devices $400
• 2000 TLTC Stipend to work with servlets, jdbc-odbc bridge, and speech-enabled java applications $2500

Alumni work grants: to fund computer science projects 1985-91, a total of $4250

Graduate Research (GRI) Grants:
1992-93: D. Higgins and C. Coker, Determining eigenvalues in Foulkes' Conjecture; $554 to purchase Ethernet cards for pcs in Fitzelle Hall.
1999: D. Higgins, Dedicated system for speech-enabled and networked java applications $1610.

I received a Provost’s Grant to support travel to Texas to present a paper at CCSCSC in April 2001: $1320

I. XI.Interests

I enjoy horse-back riding and own two horses. I have rock climbed extensively in the Northeast and written some stories about it. I like to sail, cross-country ski and swim.  I also enjoy reading and writing. Since 1989, I have (part-)owned and operated a cross-country ski lodge on the Tug Hill Plateau: Winona Lodge.