CURRICULUM VITA
AARON H. KONSTAM
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Teaching:
Twenty-seven years college teaching experience. Taught computer science 26 years, including courses in programming, data structures, structure of programming languages, computer simulation and modeling, compiler design, artificial intelligence, and computer architecture. Taught general and organic chemistry for 2 years.
Computer Programming:
Thirty-six years experience in all aspects of computer programming: scientific, business, numerical and non-numerical. Used both digital and analog machines.
Research:
Research and publications in the following computer-related fields: parallel processing, parallel programming languages, computer science education, computer uses in education, modeling, file processing with microcomputers, software physics, software transferability, user-friendly interfaces, expert systems and optimization and genetic algorithms..
Consulting:
Consulted for business and public school computer users on software and hardware selection, applications programming and user training. Delivered lectures and symposia for computer users on a variety aspects of computer technology and its applications. Ten years experience as an officer of computer consulting and marketing firms.
Computer Center Management:
Organized Lindenwood Colleges computer center and directed it for 3 years. Organized and administered the first computer centers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Monsanto Research Corporation. Currently System Administrator for Sun computer network for the computer science department at Trinity University.
Computer Languages:
Extensive experience with a variety of machine and assembler languages and such higher order languages as Fortran, C, Cobol, APL, PL/I, Snobol, Lisp, Prolog, CSMP, Dynamo, GPSS, Simscript, Algol, Pascal, Basic, Scheme, ADA and Logo.
EDUCATION:
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1957.
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, 1961.
Post-doctoral research in physical organic chemistry. Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 1962-1964.
EMPLOYMENT:
Aug. 1972 - Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
present Associate Professor of Computer Science
Promoted to Professor in 1986.
Teaching courses in introductory computing science, theory of machines, theory of programming languages, compiler design, data structures, computer simulation and computer architecture. Research areas included computer-aided instruction, brain modeling, microcomputer use, programming language concepts, the interface between the user and the designer of software, and natural language interfaces, expert systems, simulation, distributed processing and genetic algorithms..
July 1969 - The Lindenwood Colleges, St. Charles, Missouri
June 1972 Associate Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Computer Center.
Designed a computer science and applied mathematics curriculum and taught all courses offered. Developed college computer center from its beginning and administered its program, including fund raising, budget preparation and equipment selection. Developed academic and administrative computer applications. Also worked in a training program for elementary school mathematics teachers.
Feb. 1965 - Monsanto Research Corporation, Dayton, Ohio
June 1969 Senior Research Chemist
Promoted to Research Specialist
Prepared proposals for government-sponsored research in chemistry and physics and did or directed the research on contracts obtained. For 1 1/2 years managed fledgling computer facilities and acted as programming consultant. Research involved sophisticated mathematical analysis and extensive computer programming, e.g., mathematical models for Lake Erie and for cloud formation, simulation of chemical reactions, prediction of the solubility of organic compounds and development of equations for flow of liquids, gases and solids through microscopic channels.
Sept. 1967 - Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
Dec. 1967 Instructor in general chemistry in evening session
Aug. 1962 - Technion-Israel Institute of Technology,
July 1964 Haifa, Israel
Research Associate
Did post-doctoral research on dipole moments of isotopic molecules. Also acted as director of institute's first computer center.
Sept. 1961 - Brooklyn College of the City University of New York
July 1962 Instructor
Taught general and organic chemistry.
Sept. 1957 - Pennsylvania State University,
Aug. 1960 University Park, Pennsylvania
Graduate Teaching Assistant in general chemistry.
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
Spectral Studies on Selected Organo-Silicon Compounds, Ph.D. thesis, Dissertation Abst. 23, 72 (1962).
"d-Orbital Participation in Silane Conjugation", L. Goodman, A. H. Konstam and L. H. Sommer, Journal of American Chemical Society 87, 1012-16 (1965).
Exploration for a Statistical Correlation Between Algae Growth Rate and Environmental Factors, A. H. Konstam, et al., Report to Inorganic Division, Monsanto Co. (1968).
Flow Through Micro- Openings, W. H. Hedley, A. H. Konstam, et al., Final Report to Fort Detrich, DA 18064-AMC-563(a) (1968).
Investigation to Determine the Factors Which Affect the Solubility of Organic Compounds, R. C. Binning, W. H. Hedley and A. H. Konstam, Final Report to Edgewood Arsenal, DA-18-035-AMC-136(A) (1968).
Sintering of Organic Powders, R. C. Binning, A. D. Snyder and A. H. Konstam, Final Report to Edgewood Arsenal, DA-18-035-AMC-136(A) (1968).
"Calculation of Solubility Parameters of Polar Compounds", A. H. Konstam and W. H. Feairheller Jr., A.I.Ch.E. Journal 16, 837-40 (1970).
"The Small Computer in Undergraduate Education", A. H. Konstam, Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Pedagogic Languages with Small Computers, University of Kansas, January 1972, 9-13.
"Computers, Clay and Calculus", D. Soda, A. H. Konstam and J. Johnston, in Proceedings of the 1972 Conference on Computers in the Undergraduate Curricula, Atlanta, Georgia, June, 1972.
"A Serious Game as an Introduction to Urban Planning", A. H. Konstam, J. Bartholomew and J. Johnston, in Proceedings of the 1972 Conference on Computers in the Undergraduate Curricula, Atlanta, Georgia, June, 1972.
"The Small computer Pro and Con", A. H. Konstam in Proceedings of SIGUCC Symposium on the Administration and Management of Small College Computing Centers, Atlanta, Georgia, June, 1972. (all invited paper)
"APL as a Lingua Franca in the Computer Science Curriculum", A. H. Konstam and J. E. Howland, in Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium on Computer Science Education, Detroit, Michigan, February, 1974.
"Structured Programming and the Parallel Algorithm", A. H. Konstam, SIGCSE Bulletin, 7, No. 2, 43-47 February 1974.
"A Model of the Human Visual Processing System", A. H. Konstam, Delivered at the Third Annual Computer Science Conference, Washington, D. C., February, 1975.
"Structured Programming and the Parallel Algorithm", A. H. Konstam, SIGCSE Bulletin. 7 (1) June, 1975.
"File Manipulation on Microcomputer Systems with Floppy Disks", A. H. Konstam, J. Sigle and J. E. Howland, Seminar Proceedings of the International Microcomputer Exposition, Dallas, Texas, October, 1978.
"Parallelism in Programming Languages", A. H. Konstam, presented at the 1979 Computer Science Conference, Dayton, Ohio, February, 1979.
"The User-Designer conflict and Its Resolution", A. H. Konstam, in Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Computer Personnel Research Conference, Boca Raton, Florida, June, 1980.
"A Programming Language for Parallel Array Processing", A. H. Konstam, delivered at the Ninth Computer Science Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, February, 1981.
"A Method for Controlling Parallelism in Programming Languages", A. H. Konstam, SIGPLAN Notices 16 (9), 60 (1981).
"Microcomputers as a University Resource", A. H. Konstam, SIGUCC Newsletter, Fall, 1983, pp. 12-15.
"Software Portability through Simulation", A. H. Konstam and R. G. Reinhard, Proceedings of the National Computer Conference, 1984, Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Software Science Applied to APL", d. f. Wood and A. H. Konstam, IEEE Transactions in Software Science SE-11, pp. 994-1000 (1985).
"Performance Evaluation of Ethernet and Hyperbus Local Area Networks Using Computer Modeling", Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference , December, 1985, San Francisco, California.
Design of a Natural Language Query Interface, A. H. Konstam, Report on research conducted during academic leave, 1984-85.
Communication to the Editor of the ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, A. H. Konstam and D. Saphire, appeared in the September, 1986 issue.
"A Help System for Command Driven Applications", M. Coyne and A. Konstam, ACM SIGDOC Asterisk, 14, pp. 18-31 (March 1988)
"Automated Disaster Plan Auditing Using Knowledge Base Technology", J. Simon and A. Konstam, ACM SIGUCC Newsletter, 18, No. 3, pp. 24-28 (1988)
"Optimization in a Distributed Processing Environment, using Genetic Algorithms with Multivariate Crossover", A. Konstam, S. J. Hartley and W. L. Carr, Proceedings of the 1992 Computer Science Conference, pp. 109-116, Kansas City (1992).
"Using Genetic Algorithms to Generate Steiner Triple System", S. J. Hartley and A. H. Konstam, Proceedings of the 1993 Computer Science Conference, pp. 366-371, Indianapolis (1993).
"Linear Discriminant Analysis Using Genetic Algoriothms", A. H. Konstam, Proceedings of the 1993 Symposium on Applied Computing, pp. 152-156, Indianapolis (1993).
"Scheme as an Expository Language for Liberal Arts Students", J. E. Howland and A.H. Konstam, Proceedings of the LUV 93 Conference, Boston (1993); chosen to be replublished in a special issue of SIGPLAN Lisp Pointers,
"N-Group Classification Using Genetic Algorithms", A. H. Konstam, Proceedings of the 1994 Symposium on Applied Computing, pp. 212-216, Phoenix (1994).
"Teaching Computer Science Principles to Liberal Arts Students Using Scheme", SIGSCE Bulletin 26 (4), 29-34 (1994)
``The Uses of Technology in College and University Instruction'', A.H. Konstam and I. Molotsky, Academe, May/June 1996, pp. 66-71. Report of the AAUP Subcommittee on Technology in Education.
RESEARCH GRANTS
1973 - 1975 Two sequential grants from Trinity University Faculty Research and Development Council to support the construction of a model of the human visual processing system.
1984 - 1985 One year Academic Leave to work on the development of a natural language computer interface to a database.
Fall 1992 Academic leave to work on the use of genetic algorithms for optimizing functions with constraints.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Association for Computing Machinery. Program director and then Chairman, local chapter, 1973 - 1975.
ACM Special Interest Groups on Computer Science Education and on Programming Languages.
Association for Computational Linguistics.
Pi Mu Epsilon mathematics honorary society.
Upsilon Pi Epsilon computer science honorary society.
American Association of University Professors. Chairman, Trinity University chapter, 1978 - 1979. State officer, 1980 - 1986. President Texas Conference, 1986 - 1988. Member of National Council, 1990-1993;
Secretary-Treasures of Trinity AAUP Chapter 1993-1995.
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Faculty Research and Development Committee 1973-76
Board of Publications 1977-79, 1988-89
Student Finance Committee 1979-82
Commission on Promotion and Tenure 1980-83
Academic Standards Committee 1983-84
Commission on Graduate Studies 1985-86
University Court 1986-1989
Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Governance 1987-88
Library Committee 1990-1993
Faculty Development Commission 1993-1995
Faculty Senate Fall 1995
Employee Benefits Committee 1996 -
HONORS
American Men and Women of Science; the Physical and Biological Sciences, Jacques Cattell, ed., 11th edition (1966) through latest edition ; also listed in Who's Who in the World and Who's Who in the Southwest..
SPONSORSHIP OF STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
At Trinity University for:
Upsilon Pi Epsilon computer science honor society..
Jewish Student Association.