Roy P. Pargas

Curriculum Vitae

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Clemson University1987-, Associate Professor

of Computer Science

****-****, ********* ********* ** Computer Science

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1980-1982, Research Assistant

1975-1980, Teaching Assistant

Paper Industries Corporation of the Philippines, Bislig, Surigao del Sur, Philippines

1974-1975, Operations Research AnalystDe La Salle University, Manila, Philippines

1972-1974, Instructor

of Mathematics

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Computer Science, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1982

M.S., Computer Science, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1981

B.S., Mathematics, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines, 1971

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

1. World Health Organization (WHO), Human Resources for Health, (HRH) Geneva,

Switzerland, (2006-2008), with James Witte, Ph.D. Sociology, George Mason,

developed SoftPoDD 2006, online survey system that helps member countries

diagnose their HRH needs and dialogue with HRH communities about solutions

2. Electro-Biology, Inc., Marlow, OK, (1998-2001), developed company s

computerized Balanced Inventory Flow Replenishment System

3. TAL, Ltd., Hong Kong, (1994), studied apparel plant of TAL, Ltd. and developed

plan for installation of apparel manufacturing simulation software for company

4. Food Chemical News, Inc. (now subsidiary of CRC Press), Washington, D.C., (1983-

1992), developed initial computerized subscription and desktop publishing system

5. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, TN, (1985-1987), developed

Park s first computerized backcountry reservation system

AWARDS

1. 2004 Clemson University Board of Trustees Award for Faculty Excellence

2. 2003 Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning Award for Innovative

Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology

CONTACT INFORMATION

School of Computing, 204 McAdams Hall, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0974

864-***-**** (work); 864-***-**** (cell); abovft@r.postjobfree.com

PERSONAL

Married, US Citizen

SPONSORED RESEARCH (Current)

1. Professional Development for Algebra Progress Monitoring, (co -PIs Anne Foegen,

Pamela Stecker, James Witte, and Roy Pargas), Department of Education Institute of

Education Sciences (IES) Special Education Research Grant, $940,7

8. Development of a Targeted Tablet PC Software Development Course, 2004

Microsoft Research Tablet PC and Computing Curriculum Grant, $48545, January

2005 June 2006, http://www.cs.clemson.edu/~pargas/tabletpc

9. Development of a Network Applications Course Using Microsoft .NET, SQL

Server, and IIS, 2003 Microsoft Curriculum and Content Development Grant,

$29520, January 2004 June 2005, http://www.cs.clemson.edu/~pargas/messagegrid

10. Soldier Fullbody Scanning and Analysis, U.S. Army TACOM, Co-Principal

Investigator (with B. Malloy, D. Stevenson, D. Jacobs, J. McGregor, R. Geist, G.

Fadel), $463, 136 ($75,000) (1996-1999)

11. Automating Information Extraction from 3D Scan Data, Defense Logistic s Agency,

Principal Investigator, $142,000 (1996-1997)

14. "

Look-Ahead Simulation of Production Scheduling," Defense Logistic Agency, Co-

Principal Investigator (with J. Peck) $34,128 (1992-1993)

15. "Automated Size Prediction for Try-On of U.S. Army Men's Initial Issue Dress

Uniform," Defense Logistics Agency, Co-Principal Investigator (with N. Staples and

S. Davis) $151,388 (1993-1994)

16. "Look Ahead Simulation of Shop Floor Operations," Defense Logistics Agency, Co-

Principal Investigator, $483,023 (with J.C. Peck) (1988-1989)

17. "Towards the Development of a Parallel Computation Research Laboratory," Intel

Corporation Equipment Grant, Co-Principal Investigator (with A. J. Turner) $130,000

(1989)

18. "Investigations into Multiprocessor System Design Issues," NCR Corporation, Co-

Principal Investigator (with A. W. Madison and J. M. Westall, Jr.) $159,820 (1988)

19. "Mapping and Partitioning Large Problems onto a Hypercube," Clemson University

Research Initiative Program in Discrete Mathematics and Computational Analysis,

Principal Investigator, $5,331 (1987)

20. "SAGE/FPST - A Hypercube Algorithm Design Tool," Floating Point Systems, Inc

.,

Beaverton, OR, Co-Principal Investigator (with K. R. Allen) $20,000 (1985)

21. "SAGE: A Systolic Array Generating Engine", Lockheed Electronics Company, Inc

.

Plainfield, NJ, Co-Principal Investigator (with K. R. Allen) $10,000, (1986)

22. "Development of a Computerized Backcountry Reservation System",

National Parks

Service, Gatlinburg, TN, Principal Investigator, $4,985 (1985)

23. "Computer-Aided Speech Education",

Clemson University Office of UniversityResearch, Principal Investigator, $2,000 (1984)

OTHER SPONSORED ACTIVITY

24. 3DM: A Tool for Automated Clothing Design, Tom and Linda Platt, Inc., Principal

Investigator, $13,000 (1999-2000)

25. Balanced Inventory Flow Replenishment System (BIFRS), Software Designer and

Implementer, Defense Logistics Agency, (1996-2000).

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal Publications

J.

C. Peck, R. P. Pargas, "Near-Term Simulation with Parallel Processing Computer

Technologies," Proceedings of the AAMA 1988 International Apparel Research

Conference, Atlanta, GA (October 1988).

R. P. Pargas, K. R. Allen, "SAGE: The Clemson University Systolic Array Generating

Engine", Proceedings of the Army Research Office Workshop on the Future

Directions in Computer Architecture and Software, Seabrook Island, South Carolina,

pp. 301-303 (May 1986).

Research (Technical) Reports

"On Compiling Loop Algorithms onto Systolic Arrays," Presented at the Second

SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing, (November 18-

21, 1985), Norfolk, Virginia. Report \#85-11-18, Department of Computer Science,

Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, 1985. (with K.R. Allen)

"SAGE: Clemson University Systolic Array Generating Engine," User Guide,

Version 2.1., Report \#86-10-17, Department of Computer Science, Clemson

University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, 1986. (with K.R. Allen)

Dissertation

Parallel Solution of Elliptic Partial Differential Equations on a Tree Machine.

Design and analysis of parallel algorithms to solve tridiagonal and block-

tridiagonal linear systems on a binary tree-structured network of processors.

Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,

Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 (1982

).

WORKSHOPS

CDC CYBER 205 Supercomputer Summer Institute,

August 1986, The University of

Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation. The two-

week workshop was designed to introduce scientists to supercomputing.

Clemson University Workshop on Parallel Computing, Clemson University, November

18-19, 1987. Sponsored by the Office of Naval Research through the Clemson

University Research Initiative Program.

PRESENTATIONS

Computing,

Norfolk, VA, November 18- 21, 1985. Clemson University Department

of Computer Science Technical Report \#85-11-18.

R. P. Pargas, 3DM: Software for Measurement Extraction from 3D Human Fullbody

Scans, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (December 2-4, 1996)

R. P. Pargas, EC94: Electronic Catalog for the Textile and Apparel Industry,

Exporters

Textile Advisory Committee, Washington, DC (November 1994)

R. P. Pargas, 3D Non-Contact Measurement Software, Champion, Inc.,

Alexander

City, AL (April 19-20, 1994

)

MEMBERSHIPS Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Technical Conference or Professional Meeting Activities

ACM Southeast Regional Conference (ACM SE Regional 2009)

Registration Chair, Member of program committee

Member of review committee, Conference session chair

International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP)

Member of review committee: 1987, 1988, 1992

IEEE Computer Special Issue on Systolic Arrays (Spring 1987)

Member of review committee: 1987

IEEE Fifth Distributed Memory Computing Conference (DMCC 1990)

Member of review committee, Conference session chair

ACM Southeast Regional Conference (ACM SE Regional 1990)

Special Sessions chair, Member of program committee

Member of review committee, Conference session chair

Intel Supercomputer Users Group (ISUG 1991)

Conference program chair, Member of review committee,

User s Group Vice-President, 1990-1991

1992 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 1992)

Member of review committee

SPIE Annual Symposium on Electronic Imaging: 3D Imaging and Capture

Program Committee (1998, 1999, 2000), Conference Co-Chair (2001,

2002, 2004)

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