James L. Schwing -- Curriculum Vita

Chair
Department of Computer Science
Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA 98926
Phone: (509) 963-1432
FAX: (509) 963-1449
email: schwing@cwu.edu
Citizenship: U.S.A.

Education

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts - B.S. Mathematics (May 1970)
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah - Ph.D. Mathematics (December 1976)

Experience

Summer 1973: Research Associate, Argonne National Labs
1974 - 1976: Research Fellow, University of Utah
1976 - 1979: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Old Dominion University
1979 - 1982: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Old Dominion University
1983 - 1993: Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Old Dominion University
1984 - 1986: Interim Chair, Department of Computer Science, Old Dominion University
1979 - 1984, 1986 - 1998: Assistant Chair and Undergraduate Program Director, Department of Computer Science, Old Dominion University
1994 - 1998: Professor, Department of Computer Science, Old Dominion University
1998 - present: Chair, Department of Computer Science, Central Washington University

Current Research Focus

The use of algebraic, relational approaches for geospatial feature correlation.
The design and application of biologically inspired algorithms on various models of distributed computation.
The development and analysis of a task-driven framework for characterizing the quality of conflated data relative to a given problem by addressing mathematical issues. Issues considered include: growing geospatial data from multiple sources, a variety of techniques for data generation, a variety of requested data combinations, and emerging data types. Briefly the approach is task-driven includes the development of task-specific measures, the use of a task-driven conflation agent, and the identification of task-related default parameters.
User interface design and the integration of multidisciplinary application and analysis programs. This work allows the user to define data and control analysis program execution through a single environment.
The design and application of parallel algorithms on various models of parallel computation, including the PRAM, meshes with multiple buses and reconfigurable meshes. Applications include image processing and computer vision algorithms. Here the main effort is directed at low and mid-level vision tasks.

Refereed Publications

Grants Awarded

Professional Activities

Honors Awards and Prizes

ODU Teacher of the Year, 1980, for Delta Sigma Lambda

Last updated: May, 5, 2007

JL Schwing schwing@cwu.edu