PhD Production

PhD Production in Computer Science at Florida State University


The Department of Computer Science at Florida State University awarded its first doctoral degree in 1981. Its doctoral recipients since that time have continued to contribute to research and education in Computer Science. The effectiveness of the program in educating research scholars and scientists can be seen from the list below. PhD graduates have served as the following:

  • program director at the National Science Foundation;
  • faculty at more than 20 colleges and universities in the US and at universities in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East;
  • researchers at government and industrial labs (including EPA, Lucent, Mitre);
  • conference chairs;
  • editors of journals; and
  • contributors to technology companies.

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Zema
Hall Henn
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Megh
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Tami
Glas
Hods
McCr
Leac
Trav
Gier
Harm
Kunc
Zieg
Bisw
Geor
Holm
Shar
Dief
Kim
Sant
Ehlm
Park
Poli
Naga
Itzk
Mayn
Pose
Juli
Lamm
Ncub
Park
Yoon
Chun
Fang
Muel
Ward
Ford
Kim
Joo
Huan
Devo
Still
Whit
Yuan
LeBl
Moon
Noe
Oh
Uh
Adai
Gran
Heal
Renn
Tu
Wein
Eave Suarez Courntey Strotmann
Lee
Li
Lim
Han-Ku
Black
Thomas
Whaley
Chi
Le-Van
Kreahling
Muhammad
Zhao
Kim
McDonald
Davis
Faraj
Haynes
Long
Jakimoski
Andel
Birch
Hoang
Kulkarni
Gaitros
Hu
Hines
Ustymenko
Datta
Shou
West
Yu
Toh
Weir
Wu
Zhu

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1981

Name

Advisor

Thesis Title

Position

Activities and Honors
J. Francioni Kandel Decomposition of Fuzzy Switching Functions Winona State University Publications Board, CRA
Editorial Board, IEEE Computer
Executive committee, Supercomputing
Program Co-Chair, ACM Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Tools
1983
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
D. Repovs Lacher Generalized Three-Manifolds with Zero-Dimensional Singular Set Research Professor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 1997 Republic of Slovenia Award
1995 Ambassador for Science of the Republic of Slovenia
M. Zemankova Kandel Fuzzy Relational Data Bases NSF Director for CISE : ISI : Information and Data Management Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Intelligent Information Systems
Advisory Board, ACM SIGMOD
Board of Directors, NAFIPS
1992 ACM SIGMOD Contributions Award
1995 Deputy Division Director, NSF Information, Robotics and Intelligent Systems
1993 Principal Scientist, Mitre Corp.
1989 Director, NSF Database and Expert Systems Program
1986
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
L. Hall Kandel A Methodological Approach to a Re-Usable Fuzzy Expert System University of South Florida Associate editor, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
Associate editor, International Journal of Intelligent Data Analysis
Associated editor, The Handbook of Fuzzy Logic
Electronic Editor, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B
1997 Outstanding Contributions award, IEEE SMC Society
1995 President, NAFIPS
1992 Co-editor, NAFIPS, IFIS
1991 Board of directors, North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society
Associate editor, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
1987
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
A. Henne Kandel Fuzzy Algorithm for Priority Estimation in Immediate Area Networks Sverdrup Corp.
M. Schneider Kandel COFESS – Cooperative Expert Systems for Intelligent Recognition Holon Academic Institute of Technology, Israel
1988
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
George Meghabghab Kandel Hierarchical Analysis of Visual Motion Roane State Community College, Tennessee
Kyung-Whan Oh Kandel New Methodologies in the Design of a General Purpose Fuzzy Expert System: Applications with AI Based Precipitation Retrieval Designed for Satellite Microwave Measurement Provessor, Computer Science and Engineering Dept, Sogan University, South Korea
1989
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
D. Tamir Kandel A Schema for Knowledge Representation and its Implementation in a Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing System 1995 Chair, FLAIRS Conference
J. Glasgow Hawkes Emerging Systems and Machine Intelligence Bayou Software
R. Hodson Kandel Real Time Expert Systems’ Computer Architecture Christopher Newport University
1990
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
K. McCroan Lacher Displaying Geographic Information: Efficient Methods for Raster Display EPA NAREL Environmental Radiation Laboratory, Montgemery
S. Leach Kandel Grouper: A Knowledge-Based Expert System for Redistricting Florida State University 1970 Woodrow Wilson Fellow
B. Traversat Riccardi NEPTUNE: The Application of Coarse-Grain Data Flow Methods to Scientific Parallel Programming
1991
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
E. Giering Baker Compile Time Processing of Ada Task Constructs for Real-Time Programming Rational Software
M. Harmon Baker Predicting Execution Time on Contemporary Computer Architectures Professor, Florida A & M University McKnight Doctoral Fellow
D. Kuncicky Lacher Isomorphism of Reasoning Systems with Applications to Autonomous Knowledge Acquisition Bioreason Director, Computer and Multimedia Services, FAMU/FSU COE
Patent, hybrid artificial intelligence technology and expert networks
U. Ziegler Hawkes A Neural Network which Rapidly Learns to Perform a Multi-Step Task University of Western Kentucky
P. Biswas Kandel Conceptualizing the Design of Knowledge Based Systems Lucent Technologies Visiting researcher, Krupp Forschungsinstitut, Germany
A. George Hawkes A Fault-Tolerant Computer System for Digital Signal Processing University of Florida
D. Holmes Hawkes An Informal Reasoning Technique and Truth Maintenance Subsystem for Global Diagnosis in an Instructional System (deprecated)
A. Sharieh Riccardi Exploiting Parallel Processing in Large Scientific Applications University of Jordan
T. Diefenbach Hawkes The Effect of Verbal Messages on User Friendliness: An Empirical Investigation Using an Intelligent Tutoring System Infinity Software
Y. Kim Kohout Use of Fuzzy Relational Information Retrieval Technique for Generating Control Strategies in Resolution-Based Automated Reasoning Gyeongsang National University, South Korea
P. Santiprabhob Kohout Fuzzy Connected Protection Structures Dean, Science and Technology, Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand
1992
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
B. Ehlmann Riccardi Applying an Object-Oriented Database Model to a Scientific Database Problem: Managing Experimental Data at CEBAF Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University 1970 NSF Fellowship
D. Park Kandel Intelligent Fuzzy Reasoning Models with Application to Fuzzy Control University of Korea at Chochiwoon
D. Poling Hawkes The Application of Imprecise Decision Tables in Intelligent Tutoring Tables
S. Nagarajan Kohout Mimicking Human Language Processing Features Using Fuzzy Syntax-Semantics Analyzer and Semantic Interpreter
I. Itzkovich Hawkes A Conceptual Approach to Reusability in Object-Oriented Design DSI, Israel
W. Mayne Riccardi An Investigation of Guarded Assignments as a Coordination Language for Large Grain Parallel Programming
C. Posey Hawkes Applications of Neural Networks to Intelligent Tutoring Systems Armament Laboratory, Eglin AFB, Florida
1993
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
B. Juliano Bandler A Fuzzy Logic Approach for Cognitive Diagnosis California State University, Chico 1990 Best Student Paper award, North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society
J. Lamm Schwartz Modified Election Methodology: A Methodology for Describing Human Beliefs Florida State University
C. Ncube Bandler A Cognitive Hinting Structure for Deep Domain Knowledge University of West Florida
J. Park Hawkes Neural Network Processing of Linguistic Symbols Using Multi-Level Grading Rule Dept of Computer Science & Statistics, Seo Kyeong University, Korea
1994
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
Byungjoo Yoon Lacher Rule Extraction using Destructive Learning in Artificial Neural Networks Associate Professor, Myong-Ji University, Seoul, South Korea
H. Chung Schwartz An Automated System for Symbolic Approximate Reasoning Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, Republic of China
Frank Wenzhen Fang Lacher Constructive Neural Network Learning for Autonomous Rule Acquisition Image Technology
F. Mueller Whalley Static Cache Simulation and its Applications North Carolina State University (previously at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany) 1989 Fulbright-Stipend, Federation of German-American Clubs
L. Ward Hawkes A Fault-Tolerant Multi-Bus Interconnection Network
1995
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
C. Ford Riccardi Modelling Experimental Data Analysis University of Arkansas at Little Rock
E. Kim Kohout Analysis and Meta-analysis of Fuzzy Relational Structures by Means of Generalized Morphism and its Computer-aided Tool Support Florida State University 1997 Outstanding contribution, World Aviation Congress & Exposition
Y. Joo Bandler A Fuzzy Relational Approach to Cognitive Structures of an Urban Knowledge-based System Korea Telecom
1996
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
W. Huang Riccardi Multischema: Dynamic View Management for Object Database Systems
W. Devolder Hawkes Radio Training System: Speech Recognition and Graphical Event Representation in a Scenario-based Authoring/Tutoring Shell Western Illinois University
E. Stiller Riccardi A Heuristic Approach to RNA Secondary Structure Prediction Based on an Object-Oriented Representation Plymouth State College
1997
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
R. White Whalley Bounding Worst-Case Data Cache Performance Florida State University
Lili Yuan Lacher Aging in Artificial Neural Networks: Causes and Prevention of Repetition Induced Incompetence in Reinforced Learning Knights Technology
C. LeBlanc Hruska Utilization of State Information Via Recurrent Connections in Expert Networks Plymouth State College 1997 Assistant Professor, Keene State College
1996 University Fellow, Florida State University
S. Moon Baker Synchronization and Scheduling Issues for Real-Time Nested Transactions University of Suwon, South Korea
C. Noe Kohout Using BK-Products of Fuzzy Relations for Management of Granular Structures in Relational Architectures for knowledge-Based Systems Woosong University, Korea
D. Oh Baker Ada ’95 Tasking Performance Optimizations Soonchunhyang University, Chung-Nam, South Korea
G. Uh Whalley Effectively Exploiting Indirect Jumps Lucent Technologies
1998
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
K. Adair Bassett Unsupervised Recurrent Neural Networks for Grammar Induction Rio Grande Medical Technologies
B. Granville Kohout An Empirical Study of a Query-Language Front-End Processor Using BK-Products for Fuzzy Knowledge Based Systems Florida A & M University 1991 Auzzane Fellowship
1987 McKnight Doctoral Fellowship
1999
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
C. Healy Whalley Automatic Utilization of Constraints for Timing Analysis Furman University 1998 FSU Dissertation Research Grant
Renee Renner Lacher Improving Generalization of Constructive Neural Networks Using Ensembles California State University, Chico 1996 Coastal Carolina University
H. Tu Hawkes Families of Optimal Fault-Tolerant Multiple-Bus Networks and their Related Networks Eastern Connecticut State University
Larry Weinstein Lacher The Image Node: an Image Processing Neural Network Component BitPlayer
2000
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
S. Eaves Riccardi Managing Scientific Computations with a Java-Based Schema Extension Facility Acterna Corporation
B. Granville Kohout An Empirical Study of a Query-Language Front-End Processor Using BK-Products for Fuzzy Knowledge Based Systems Florida A & M University 1991 Auzzane Fellowship
1987 McKnight Doctoral Fellowship
2001
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
Tiki Suarez L.W. Hawkes Intelligent Wireless Management: Improving TCP Performance over Wireless Networks School of Business & Industry, Florida A & M University AT & T ALFP Fellow
2002
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
Courtney Lamar Smith L.W. Hawkes BREESZ – Browsable Repository for Elementary Educators and Students with a Zoomable Interface: A Computer Tool Prototype for Elementary Curriculum Integration School of EE & CS, University of Central Florida Lucent Technologies Research Fellow
2003
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
Andreas Strotmann L.J. Kohout Content Markup Language Design Principles University of Cologne, Germany University Fellow
Han-Ku Lee Gordon Erlbacher Towards Efficient Compilation of The HPJava for High-Performance Computing
Sangmi Lee Gordon Erlebacher A Modular Data Pipelining Architecture(MDPA) for enabling Universal Accessibility in P2P Grids Community Grid Lab, in Indiana University
Yaohang Li Michael Mascagni A Grid Computing Representation for Monte Carlo Applications
Sang Boem Lim Gordon Erlebacher Platforms for HPJava : Runtime Support for Scalable Programming in Java
2004
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
Jason Black Louis Hawkes   FAMU
Tavaris Thomas David Whalley   Lucent
Richard Whaley David Whalley   UT-San Antonio
Hongmei Chi Michael Mascagni   Post-doc, FSU
Tri Le-Van Desmedt   Visiting Professor, FSU
2005
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
William Kreahling David Whalley  
Jean Muhammad Ladislav Kohout  
Wankang Zhao David Whalley   Datamaxx, Tallahassee
Junkee Kim Erlebacher   Post-doc, Indiana
2006
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
Jeffrey Todd McDonald Alec Yasinsac   AFIT, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio
Warren Davis Ladislav Kohout   IBM Research Lab, Almaden, CA
Ahmed Faraj Xin Yuan   IBM, Rochester,MN
Keith Haynes Xiuwen Liu   US Military Academy, West Point
Jidong Long Daniel Schwartz   Optimi Corporation, Atlanta GA
Goce Jakimoski Burmester/Desmedt   Postdoctoral Position, Stevens Institute of Technology
2007
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
Todd Andel Alec Yasinsac   Wright Patterson AFB, OH
John Birch Jr. Robert Van Engelen   University of Texas at San Antonio
Ha Hoang Ladislav Kohout  
Prasad Kulkarni David Whalley   University of Kansas
David Gaitros Gregory Riccardi   Florida State University
Jiaqngyi Hu Mike Burmester   Florida State University
2008
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
Stephen Hines Tyson/Whalley  
Stanislav Ustymenko Daniel Schwartz   Apollo Group (University of Phoenix Arizona)
2009
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
Subhajit Datta Robert Van Engelen   Senior Specialist Researcher, Accenture Technology Labs
Yixin Shou Robert Van Engelen  
2010
Name Advisor Thesis Title Position Activities and Honors
Paul Edwin West Gary Tyson   Software Engineer at SPAWAR
Yanan Yu Ashok Srinivasan  
Huey L. Toh Lois Hawkes  
Charles M. Weir Sudhir Aggarwal   The MITRE Corp.
Yiming Wu Xiuwen Liu  
Yuhua Zhu Xiuwen Liu  

Phd production in Computer Science at Florida State University (earned doctorates; doctoral degrees awarded; PhDs produced in CS at FSU; PhD graduates). Since 1992. Since 1997.