SERVICE TO RIT

       Current Activities
    • Institute Research Computing Advisory Board (9/2006-present) - Vice Chairperson
    • Center for Imaging Science Undergraduate Coordinator (5/2006-present)
    • College of Science Computer Committee (1/2004-present)
    • Center for Imaging Science Minor Coordinator (6/2003-present)
    • Center for Imaging Science Computer Advisory Committee (6/2003-present) - Chairperson
    • Center for Imaging Science Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (9/2002-present)

       Past Activities
    • College of Science Administrative Council (9/2007-8/2008)
    • College of Imaging Arts and Sciences Faculty Search Committee (Digital Cinema) (9/2007-5/2008)
    • Institute Research Computing System Administrator Search Committee (02/2007-6/2007)
    • Center for Imaging Science System Administrator Search Committee (9/2006-10/2006) - Chairperson
    • Center for Imaging Science Computer Strategy Task Force (5/2006-12/2006)
    • Institute Head of Research Computing Search Committee (11/2004-7/2005)
    • Center for Imaging Science Web Improvement Team (8/2004-12/2006)
    • College of Science Academic Conduct Committee / Alternate (1/2004-9/2007)
    • Center for Imaging Science Director Search Committee (8/2003-2/2004)

    SERVICE TO STUDENTS

    • Currently serving or have served on 80 research committees for Ph.D. dissertations, M.S. theses/projects and B.S. senior projects within the Chester F. Calrlson Center for Imaging Science, the College of Science, the College of Engineerring, and the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences. Have served as the major professor on 3 doctoral-level dissertation, 12 masters-level theses/projects and 21 bacheloriate-level senior projects.
    • Serve as faculty advisor for the RIT Cell Processor Programmers Users Group
    • Enacted an arrangement with ITT Visual Information Systems to provide 300 network licenses for their IDL and ENVI software for use by all RIT faculty, staff, and student researchers free of charge (a $4.28M donation)
    • Enacted an arrangement with Research Systems Incorporated (a Kodak Company) to provide their IDL and ENVI software to all students currently enrolled in Imaging Science courses free of charge (a $1.7M donation)
    • Regularly conduct group programming tutoring section for students who feel their skills need to be developed further to succeed in Imaging Science courses
    • Serve as the faculty advisor to the RIT student chapter of IS&T
    • Have employed 35 undergraduate students to date either as student employees or under the cooperative education program to assist on funded research programs providing the students with marketable experience in the field of imaging science and remote sensing
    • Midnight Breakfast server 20032, 20041, 20042, 20051, 20052, 20061, 20062, 20063, 20071, 20072, 20081
    • Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar Ceremony 20033, 20043, 20053, 20063, 20073
    • Residence Life Orientation Volunteer - 20041, 20051, 20061
    • RIT ROCS (Reaching Out for Community Service) - 20041, 20051

    RECRUITING EFFORTS/EVENTS

    • Greece Central School Distric Career Exploration Night - April, 8, 2008

    SERVICE TO PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

    • Serve as a reviewer for articles to be published in journals of The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
    • Serve as a reviewer for articles to be published in journals of Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T)
    • Serve as a reviewer for articles to be published in journals of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
    • Serve as a reviewer for articles to be published in journals of the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)
    • Serve as a reviewer for articles to be published in Remote Sensing of Environment
    • Serve as an International Program Committee (IPC) member and reviewer for the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) - 2006, 2007, 2008

    PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES / CONFERENCE SESSIONS CHAIRED

    • Mini-Symposium on Remote Sensing, GIS and Digital Image Processing, hosted by the Central New York Region of ASPRS, held at the Rochester Institute of Technology, May 1989.
    • Research in Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry and GIS in Central New York, hosted by the Central New York Region of ASPRS, held at the Rochester Institute of Technology, April 1992.
    • Information Extraction and Exploitation Algorithms, International Congress on Imaging Science 2006, hosted by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology, held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Rochester, NY, May 2006.
    • Reference Spectral Signatures Conference, hosted by the ITIC and National Signatures Program, held at the Northrop Grumman Corporation, Vienna, VA, May 2006.

    PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES / CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMMITTEES

    • Conference on Environmental Modelling and Simulation (EMS 2006), hosted by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, November 2006.

    • Conference on Environmental Modelling and Simulation (EMS 2007), hosted by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), Honolulu, HI, August 2007.

    • Conference on Environmental Modelling and Simulation (EMS 2008), hosted by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), Orlando, FL, November 2008.