BEN CHOI
Associate Professor in Computer Science
College of Engineering and Science
Louisiana Tech University
Vita:
Award, Education,
Professional, Experience,
Teaching, Research,
Service;
Ben's Computer Evolution & Journey
AWARD:
Research Foundation of Louisiana Tech
University, Certification of Commemoration:
In recognition of accomplishments leading
to the filing of a U.S. patent application (May 2, 2002).
Research Foundation of Louisiana Tech
University, Certification of Commemoration:
In recognition of accomplishments leading
to the filing of a U.S. patent application (October 12, 2006).
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Science
in Electrical and Computer
Engineering,
The Ohio State University, August 1986.
Master of Science
in Electrical and Computer
Engineering,
The Ohio State University, September 1988.
Thesis:
“Parallel Distributed Computer Architecture and
General Associative Memory for Artificial Intelligent Processing”.
Ph.D.
in Electrical and Computer Engineering,
The Ohio State University, June 7, 1996.
Dissertation:
“Automata for Learning Sequential Tasks”.
PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETIES:
IEEE
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers):
Member
since 1982.
ACM
(Association for Computing Machinery):
Member
since 1988.
REGISTRATION/CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES:
Pilot, FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) certified (1993 to present):
Fly airplanes and helicopters.
HONORARY SOCIETIES:
Upsilon Pi Epsilon (International
Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines)
Tau Beta Pi (The Engineering Honor Society)
Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical Engineering Honor
Society)
EXPERIENCE:
Parallel Distributed Computer
Architectures and Circuits Research:
Master of Science Research Project,
The Ohio State University (8/86-9/88)
Develop parallel and distributed computer
architectures and
design an Application Specific Integration Circuit (ASIC),
a general associative memory, for information retrieval.
Software Development: Department of
Engineering Graphic,
The Ohio State
University (9/86-12/87)
Develop special graphic communication programs by
using digitized images and speech processing techniques.
Computer Consultant: Academic
Computing Services,
The Ohio State
University (6/88-12/89)
Solve computer problems for faculties, staffs, and students, and
provide advice on Windows, MS-DOS, Apple Macintosh,
Amiga, and UNIX operating systems.
Artificial Intelligence Research:
Department of Computer and
Information Science,
The Ohio State
University (9/88-12/90)
Design
hardware architecture for a new AI machine - a Prolog machine.
Machine Learning Research: Ph.D.
Research Project,
The Ohio State
University (1/91-6/97)
Create a new learning system and develop new
algorithms for
learning, adapting, and handling information.
System Performance Engineer: Lucent
Technologies - Bell Labs Innovations
Formerly AT&T Bell
Labs, Columbus, Ohio (7/97-8/99)
Work on Network Configuration Management Systems for wire-line and
wireless networks, evaluate and responsible for the overall performance,
specify hardware and software architectures to meet performance requirements.
Assistant Professor: Computer
Science, College of Engineering and Science,
Louisiana Tech
University, Ruston, Louisiana (9/99 – 8/05)
Enthusiastically pursuit research, motivate and
teach students, and actively provide services.
Technical Consultant: ProGuard
Technologies Inc.,
A start-up company
based out of Monroe, Louisiana (6/05 – 8/05)
Provide expert advice in starting up an Information Technology company.
Lead a development team in designing Cell Phone and GPS mobile products and
services.
Visiting Scholar: School of Computer
Science, Telecommunications and Information Systems,
DePaul University,
Chicago, Illinois (6/06 – 7/06)
Work with Professor Steven Lytinen on Semantic Web and Swarm Intelligence.
Visiting Researcher: School of
Computer Science and Software Engineering,
The University of
Western Australia, Perth, Australia (8/06 – 10/06)
Work with Professor Mark Reynolds on Temporal Logic, Multi-Agent Systems, and
Semantic Web.
Visiting Scholar: Department of
Computer Science,
Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China (11/06)
Work with Professor Dik Lun Lee on Search Engine Technology, Location-Based
Systems, and Robotics.
Associate Professor (Tenured): Computer
Science, College of Engineering and Science,
Louisiana Tech
University, Ruston, Louisiana (9/05 – Present)
Continuing enthusiastically pursuit research, motivate and
teach students, and actively provide services.
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