KAMYAR DEZHGOSHA, Ph. D.
University of
Illinois at Springfield
One University Plaza,
MS HSB137
Springfield, IL
62703-5407
Office (217) 206-7243
kdezh1@uis.edu
Areas of Computer networking, Java
Network Programming, Software Engineering,
expertise web-based application
development, and Image compression
algorithms.
Education 1985-1989 University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
Ph.D. Engineering Science
1976-1978 University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles,
California
M.S. Computer Science
1971-1976 University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
B.S. Electrical Engineering
Teaching 2002-Present University of Illinois at
Springfield, Springfield, Illinois
experience · Courses taught: Java network
programming, Object-oriented design with
Java, Network programming
concepts, C# programming and .Net framework
1/2002-7/02 Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania (Associate Professor)
· Courses
taught: Java network programming, Intro. to C++ programming, Intro. to computer science.
1989-2000 Central State University,
Wilberforce, Ohio
· Courses taught: Computer
science I & II, Data structures & software
design, Computer networks,
Computer architecture, C programming,
Object-oriented design with
C++, Principles of operating systems, Introduction to Java Programming
1996-2002 Capital University, Dayton, Ohio (adjunct faculty)
· Courses taught as an adjunct faculty:
Computer networks, Java Programming, Intro. To parallel computing, Software
engineering, Digital logic & design, Computer graphics.
1996-1997 Wright State University, Dayton,
Ohio (adjunct faculty)
· Course taught as an adjunct faculty:
Introduction to computer
communication (Fall 96,
Winter 97, Spring 97)
Funded · 1995-2000 Network resource and training site (NRTS),
Morgan State
research University/ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, $250,000,
(Principal Investigator: Dezhgosha).
· 1996-1998 Programming Environment and
Training (PET), Nichols
Research Corporation,
Involved 10% of my time per year as a
research
associate, $ 230,000,
(Principal Investigator: Mr. R. Marcus).
· 1995-1997 Performance evaluation in
networked-based parallel
computing, NASA Lewis
Research Center, $147,622, (Principal
Investigator: Dezhgosha).
· 1994-1996 Mars
Pathfinder outreach program for local schools, Jet
Propulsion Laboratory,
$19,898, (Principal Investigator: Dezhgosha).
· 1993-1996 Client/server
study, NASA Lewis Research Center,
$249,900, (Principal
Investigator: Dezhgosha)
· 1993-1996 Automated target acquisition,
recognition, and tracking,
Wright Laboratories-OAI,
Involved 10% of my time per year, $543,797,
(Principal Investigator: Dr.
Abd-Allah).
· 1995-1997 Urban Environmental Initiative
(UEI), Sponsored by NASA,
Involved 10% of my time per year as Co-PI, Subcontract to CSU
$50,000,
(PI: Prime Technologies,
Inc.)
· 1996
A mini-grant to purchase networking hardware and software,
NSF/Michigan State
University, $1,000, plus matching fund, (Project
Director: Dezhgosha).
· 1993-1995 Computer
networks laboratory, National Science
Foundation-Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement, $38,203
($19,101 from NSF + matching
fund from CSU), (Principal Investigator:
Dezhgosha)
· 1993-1994 An integrated approach to
feature-based automatic target
recognition, Advanced
Research Projects Agency (ARPA)-Administered
by Ohio Aerspace Institute
(OAI), Involved 10% of my time per year,
$2,905,821, (Principal Investigator: Dr. R. Moses from Ohio State
University, with 13 other
Investigators)
·1993-1993 Development and simulation of
on-board data-flow
architectures for Pluto
Flyby Spacecraft, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
$20,506, (Principal Investigator: Dezhgosha)
· 1992
A mini-grant to acquire Software tools (COMNET II.5, LANNET
II.5) for improving computer
networks course/lab, National Science Foundation, $1,000, plus $1,200 matching
fund from Central State University, (Project Director: Dezhgosha).
· 1990-1990 A survey on applications of
artificial neural networks, GE Aircraft Engines of Cincinnati, $10,000,
(Principal Investigator: Dr. Ajayi-Majebi, Research Associate: Dezhgosha).
· 1989-1991 Computer-aided training system for
a process operation method, Martin Marietta Energy Systems Inc., Piketon, Ohio,
$60,000, (Project Director: Dr. Brewster, Research Associate: Dezhgosha)
Work 2000-2001 NCR
Corporation, Dayton, Ohio,
Experience Senior Software
Engineer (Software Engineer III)
·
Involved
in all phases of software development for Merlin Project. Merlin is a
Collaborative Product Data Management solution based on eMatrix that is used to
automate the delivery of engineering information for many of the company’s
product lifecycle processes. It has a Client/Server architecture with embedded
Oracle database and both Web/desktop interfaces.
1989-2000 Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio
1993-2000 Associate Professor of Computer Science
(Promoted to Full Professor on 2000)
· Co-authored a Laboratory Manual on Computer
Networks with 16
colleagues from various schools in the
U.S.,
Prentice-Hall, 1999
· Brought in 3 funded research as Principal
Investigator
(PI)
totaling over $340,000.
· Setup and managed an Internet Lab of Win95
PCs.
· Setup a Web server on a NT platform and a
Web site for
NRTS.
· Established an ATM Network (FORE Systems
switch)
and Parallel Computing Laboratory.
1989-1993 Assistant Professor of Computer Science
· Brought in 3 funded projects as PI totaling over
$310,000
· Designed and added 3 new courses to the
computer
science
curriculum at CSU
· Established and managed a Unix-based
computer network
laboratory ( e-mail, DNS, installed Compiler
licenses, etc.)
1978-1984 Telecommunication Company of Iran assigned to American
Bell
International Inc. (ABII) and Telecommunication
Research Center,
Tehran, Iran.
· Involved in software development and
Automatic Test
Equipment (ATE) development as a systems
analyst, group
supervisor, and research engineer.
Publications · K. Dezhgosha, M.M. Jamali,
S.C. Kwatra,” A VLSI Architecture
journal for
Real-time Image Coding Using a Vector Quantization based
Algorithm,” In
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, January
1992, pp.
181-189.
Other Refereed
·
J. Black
and K. Dezhgosha "802.11 Wireless Adapter Driver Vulnerability
Publications Using the Linux Lorcon Library," In Proc. ICWN2007
(The 2007 International
Conference on Wireless Networks), WorldCOMP'07, June 25-28, 2007, pp. 174-179.
-
K. Dezhgosha and S. Angara, "Web Services for Designing Small-scale Web
Applications," In Proc. EIT2005
(IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology),
May 22-25, 2005.
· A. Gaikaiwari, K. Dezhgosha, “A Web-based Corporate Directory Application using
LDAP (V3) (RFC 2251),” In
Proceedings of 2005 MICS (Midwest Instruction and
Computing Symposium), April 8-9, 2005.
.· M. Peshave, K. Dezhgosha, “How Search Engines Work and A Web Crawler
Application,” In
Proceedings of 2005 MICS (Midwest Instruction and
Computing Symposium), April 8-9, 2005.
.· M. Akhtar, K. Dezhgosha, “Distributed Online Banking,” In
Proceedings of 2004 MICS
(Midwest Instruction and
Computing Symposium), April 16-17, 2004.
.· A book on Computer Networks Laboratory Assignments,Contributions from NSF/MSU
Workshop Participants,
Contributed Two Lab Assignments, Prentice Hall, ISBN
0-13-011702-1, 1999.
.· K.Dezhgosha, A.K. Sylla, E. Ngouyassa, “Lossless and Lossy
Image Compression Algorithms for
On-board Processing in
Spacecrafts,” In
Proceedings of 1994 NAECON, May 1994.
· K. Dezhgosha, M.M. Jamali, S.C. Kwatra,”Performance
Evaluatin
of the VQ Based Image Coding Algorithm,” In Proc.
1990 IEEE Int.
Symposuim on Circuits and Systems, May 1990
· K. Dezhgosha, M.M. Jamali, S.C. Kwatra, “ A
Codebook,
Distortion and
Comparator (CDC) Chip Architecture for Real-time
Image Coding,”
In Proc. 1990 IEEE Int. Symposium on Circuits
and Systems, May
1990.
· K.Dezhgosha, M.M. Jamali, S.C. Kwatra,”
Real-time VLSI
Architecture for
a VQ-based High-quality Image Coding
Algorithm,” In
Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Acoust., Speech, and Signal
Processing, May 1989.
· K. Dezhgosha, M.M. Jamali, S.C. Kwatra,” A
Perceptually-based
Heuristic
Codebook Design Algorithm,” In Proc. IEEE Int.
Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 1989.
· K. Dezhgosha, S.C. Kwatra, M.M. Jamali,” A
VQ-based High
Quality Image
Coding Algorithm for Real-time Applications,” In
Proc. 31st
Midwest Sysmposium on Circuits and Systems, August
1988.
Conference · Web Services for Designing Small-scale Web Applications,
papers/panels 2005 IEEE International Conference on
Electro Information Technology (EIT2005), Lincoln, Nebraska, May 22-25,
2005.
· Computer Networks and Data Communications: A Laboratory Focus,
In Proc. ACM SIGCSE'97,
San Jose,
California, February 1997.
· Performance Evaluation in
Network-based Parallel Computing,
In 3rd HBCUs Research Conference, NASA LeRC,
Cleveland,
Ohio, April 1996.
· Client/server Study, In 2nd
Annual LeRC HBCUs Conference,
Cleveland, Ohio,
April 1995.
· Experiments for an Undergraduate Computer
Networks
Laboratory, In
1995 Annual Conference of American Society for
Engineering
Education (ASEE).
· K. Dezhgosha,” Workshop Experience for
Teaching
Undergraduate
Networking,” Annual Computer Science
Conference
(CSC/SIGCSE’93), Indianapolis, Indiana, Feb. 18-19,
1993.
· K. Dezhgosha, “ Software Quality Assurance,”
NSF/Purdue
Summer Institute on bringing the industry
view of software
engineering to the classroom at Purdue
University, Indianapolis,
August 8-9, 1992.
.
Professional · Reviewer IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems.
Activities · Reviewer IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
· Reviewer Journal of VLSI
Signal Processing
· Reviewer FIPSE Program,
U.S. Department of Education
· External Reviewer for Internal Grants at
City University of New
York (CUNY)
· Reviewer for ACM SIGCSE2000-2003’s Journal
and Conference papers
Other Scholarly
Activities · Attended The 2007 International Conference on
Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS2007), Toronto, Canada, June 25-29,
2007.
· Attended a
3-day workshop on Using Access, SQL Server, and
XML in your Database Course, Sponsored by
NSF Chautauqua Field Center at University of Dayton, June 15-17,
2006.
· Selected as a participant in
Wireless Networks and Ubiquitous Computing 2004, Sponsored by
NSF and hosted by Michigan State University, July 19-23, 2004.
· Attended a 3-day workshop on
Managing Persistent Data in the .NET Environment, Sponsored by
NSF Chautauqua Field Center at University of Dayton, June 17-19, 2004.
· Attended a 3-day workshop on
Introduction to the Microsoft.NET Framework and Persistent Data, Sponsored by
NSF Chautauqua Field Center at University of Dayton, June 9-11, 2003.
· Was awarded a PLDI’99 NSF educator’s grant ($1,000)
to
attend
PLDI’99 conference and tutorial, Atlanta, Georgia, April 30- May 4, 1999.
· Hosted a two-day workshop at Central State
University with presenters and speakers from NASA, Morgan State University, and
other participating institutions. The focus of workshop was on web design,
supercomputing, distance learning, and NASA programs for K-12 teachers. April
29-30, 1999.
· Conducted a series of workshops in
partnership with Dayton Public Schools. The workshops entitled “ Science on the
Web” were held at CSU-west campus. Participants, K-12 local school teachers,
received 0.3 Professional Development Unit (PDU). Dates of workshops: Feb. 23,
March 2, and March 27, 1999. This activity was funded by NASA (CSU-NRTS).
· Attended SIGCSE’99 (Special Interest Group
in Computer Science Education) conference in New Orleans, LA. Also participated
in the preconference tutorial on Web Essentials held on March 24, 1999.
· Attended the 5th Annual MidWest
Conference of the Consortium
for Computing in
Small Colleges (CCSC:MW’98), Spring Arbor
College,
Michigan, September 25, 1998.
· Participated in a 3-day workshop on Origin 2000
Applications
Programming and Optimization (a
Distributed Shared Memory
Machine)
conducted by Silicon Graphics and
hosted by Wright
Patterson
Laboratories, Dayton, Ohio, December 8-10, 1997.
· Invited to participate in,“ Linking Leaders
for Systemic Change
Workshop,” Ohio
Aerospace Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, October
29-31, 1996.
· Invited as one of four participants from the 1992
workshop to
assist with a curriculum development
workshop on Computer
Networks for
Undergraduate Teaching Faculty sponsored by NSF
and hosted by
Michigan State University, Summer 1996.
· Invited as one of four participants from the
1992 workshop to
assist with a
curriculum development workshop on Computer
Networks for
Undergraduate Teaching Faculty sponsored by NSF
and hosted by
Michigan State University, Summer 1994.
· Attended Novell Certified Network Engineer
(CNE) courses:
including 116
hours of practical instruction on Netware Network
Management,
TCP/IP Internetworking, and SNA, May-August
1992, Dayton,
Ohio.
· Selected as a participant in a Parallel
Processing curriculum
development
workshop sponsored by NSF and hosted by Colgate
University, June19-July 3, 1992.
· Selected as participant in curriculum
development workshop on
Computer
Networks for Undergraduate Teaching Faculty
sponsored by NSF
and hosted by Michigan State University,
Summer 1992.
· Selected
as a participant in Summer Institute on Bringing the
Industry View of
Software Engineering to the Classroom
sponsored by NSF
and hosted by Purdue University, Indianapolis,
Indiana, June7-12,
1992.
· Selected as a participant in a three week
workshop on Computer
Networks for
Undergraduate Teaching Faculty sponsored by NSF
and hosted by
Michigan State University, July
14-August2, 1991.
· Selected as a participant in NSF/Tennessee State
University
workshop on
Neural Networks sponsored by NSF and hosted by
TSU, Nashville, May20-24, 1991.
· Selected as a participant in AFIPS workshop
on Computational
Science hosted
at University of North Carolina, Ashville, August
6-10, 1990.
· Participated in SOCHE workshop on Teaching
Excellence,
Sinclair
College, Dayton, Ohio, Feb. 22-23, 1990.
Volunteer · Serve as a member of Xenia
High School Technology Committee
activities (1998-99).
· Served as a mentor for NASA
SHARP PLUS apprentices
(Summers of 1995
and 1996)
Consulting · Have designed over 7 Web
Sites: including a marketing Web site
Experience which involved interactive database access for
airplane parts, in aviation industry www.euavnet.com (1997) and Yemen Embassy’s
Web in Paris (1998)
· Was a consultant to a research and
development company (Lafe
Technologies
Inc., Cleveland , Ohio) for image compression
algorithms.
Professional Association for Computing
Machinery (ACM), IEEE Computer
memberships Society, IEEE Communication
Society, Eta Kappa Nu, and Phi
Kappa Phi.
M.S.
Thesis/Projects
1.
“Windows 2000 Domain Server: System Development and
Administration,” John Almy, 2002
2.
“ Multi Autonomous Robot Exploration System,” Aleksandar
Stefanovski—Dr. Mark Lovik as Technical supervisor, 2002
3.
“WEBSTATISTICS: A Personalized Website Tracking Tool,” Shilpa
Akula, 2003
4.
“Personalized Information System,” Arul Sreekanth John, 2003