VITA

            My elementary and secondary education was obtained in Bombay, India, where I also studied at the University of Bombay for four years as an undergraduate student. In March 1978, I joined the University of Amazonas in Manaus, Brazil; and received the degree of Bachelor of Science with major in Mathematics in 1980. In February 1987, I joined the University of Sao Paulo and completed the coursework towards a master’s degree in computer science in December 1988. I received a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Louisville in December 1993.

            In Manaus, Brazil I have worked at Doroteia High School, the Institute of Amazonian Research, the Amazon Institute of Technology, as a faculty member in the Department of Statistics and Computer Science at the University of Amazonas. In 1989, I was awarded an assistantship by the Brazilian Ministry of Education to work on a project in numerical analysis at the Speed Scientific School, University of Louisville, and Louisville, KY. An article related to his work, co-authored with Dr. Melvin J. Maron, was published in the January 1993 issue of the College Mathematics Journal.

            In my two years of work at Hanover College, I made several innovations in the computer science curriculum including proposing a general computer science course specific for a liberal arts college. I am currently a lecturer in Computer Science at Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, IN, where I am responsible for innovating and organizing computer competency requirement, service and lower level courses in computer science and information systems.

My area of interest is computer languages, and stays very current in the field. Recently I have organized and conducted two courses on Java and JavaScript, which were offered at our department for the first time.

Education:

Master of Science in Computer Science, December 1993.
University of Louisville -- Kentucky

Master's Thesis:

"Study of the Condition Numbers for Ill-Conditioned Linear Systems."

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, University of Amazonas, Brazil 1980.

Publications:

A Geometric Interpretation of the Columns of the (Pseudo) Inverse of a Matrix, Published in The College Mathematics Journal, MAA Vol. 24, No. 1, page 73, January 1993.

Published in Resources for Teaching Linear Algebra, Mathematical Association of America-MAA Notes Volume 42, page 209, 1997.

Graduate course work:

Simulation, Software Engineering, Data Base Design, Automata Theory, Operating Systems, Distributed Operating Systems, Control Theory, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, Approximation Theory, Advanced Programming, Non-Linear Programming, Data Structures, Discretization Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations, Numerical Linear Algebra, Probability Theory and Statistical Inference. Graduate Semester Hours: Computer Science (30), Mathematics (24), Statistics and Probability Theory (12).

Courses taught:

Computing Tools, Intro to Computers and Their Use, Computer Programming I and II, Introduction to JAVA, Introduction to JavaScript, Data Structures, Algorithm Analysis, Operating Systems, Elementary Algebra, College Algebra, Discrete Mathematics, Numerical Analysis. Introduction to Database design, Statistical Data Analysis and Inference.

Curriculum development:

Courses:

Introduction to JAVA, Introduction to JavaScript (conducted summer II 2002)

Introduction to XML

Programs:

Certificate program in Information Technology (approved by APC November/2002)

  Presentation: 

I was invited at a regional conference sponsored by Thompson learning publishers. I presented the strengths and weakness of our computer competency requirement at IUS, how it is executed in terms of adjuncts, classrooms, texts and keeping the material current, we also discussed the future of computer science introductory courses in CS at the national level, which was the main goal of the conference.

Employment History:

1.      Current - Senior Lecturer at Indiana University Southeast (IUS) in Computer Science since summer 93. (Part-time Fall 95 to summer 97).

2.      1995-97 - Lecturer at Hanover College in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.

3.      Spring 94 Part time Instructor at Jefferson Community College.

4.      1992-93 Part-time Computer Science Instructor at University of Louisville and part-time Computer Information Systems Instructor at Elizabethtown Community College.

5.      1988-89 Graduate Research Grant at University of Louisville.

6.      1983-88 Faculty Member at University of Amazonas, Brazil.

7.      1981-83 Data Analyst and Programmer at Research Institute of Amazonian Research, Brazil.

8.      1980-81 Instructor at Technical Institute of Amazonas, Brazil.

9.      1979-80 Mathematics teacher at Santa Doroteia high school, Brazil.

Computer Skills:

Languages: ASP.NET, XML, C++, Visual Basic, JAVA, C, Basic, FORTRAN, and Pascal.

Systems/Packages:

IMSL, Minitab, UNIX, Maple, ileaf, Xwindows, Vax-VMS, DOS, Lotus 1-2-3, Quattro Pro, dBase IV, Paradox, WordPerfect, Front Page, and MS Office XP on Macintosh and PC, JavaScript, JAVA, C & C++.

Equipment:

IBM/3, IBM 370/156, IBM 4331, PDP-11, Vax Cluster, Personal Computers and Macintosh on LAN.