System Engineering

Dr. John Durkin

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

I have over 25 years experience in the academic, government and private sectors in the area of advanced computer technologies. In the academic world, I have taught cutting-edge computer technology at universities and at firms abroad. I am truly committed to providing the very-best education possible to students, and have won international awards associated with this effort. In my government experience, I managed an important national research program, where I was responsible with planning, directing, and coordinating efforts to accomplish the program's objective. The results of this program won a national award. I have been, and always will be, very active in working to develop opportunities for individuals I direct. In the private sector, I founded the consulting firm Intelligent Computer Systems Inc., which is dedicated to providing advanced computer technology services to commercial and government organizations worldwide. The firm has won numerous contracts to assist organizations with using advanced computer technology to improve their operations. My specific skills include:

Extensive experience in managing a research organization

Skillful in planning, directing, and coordinating a research program

Highly active in supporting the work of others

Broad knowledge of intelligent programming technologies

Extensive experience in teaching intelligent programming courses

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1983.

M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1973.

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1970.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, The University of Akron, 1987 to present.

Teaching courses and conducting research in the areas of expert systems, fuzzy logic, neural networks, case-based reasoning and artificial intelligence. Courses I teach:Frame Based Expert System Design

Established and directing the Intelligent Machines Laboratory

Assisted in the development of a new curriculum in Computer Engineering

President, Intelligent Computer Systems, Inc., Akron, OH, 1979 to present.

Directing a consulting firm that provides services to world-wide organizations in the areas of expert systems, fuzzy logic, neural networks, case-based reasoning and artificial intelligence

Senior Course Instructor, Learning Tree International, Culver City, CA, 1986 to 1993.

Developed and taught a short-course on expert systems

Developed a short-course on fuzzy logic

Assisted in the development of a short-course on artificial intelligence

Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1986 to 1987.

Taught courses and conducted research in the area of expert systems

Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1984 to 1986.

Taught courses on expert systems and circuit analysis

Group Supervisor, U.S. Bureau of Mines Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 1982 to 1986.

Managed a group of research engineers and scientists

Planned, directed, and coordinated a strategic research program aimed at developing techniques to locate and communicate with miners trapped following a mine disaster. Won an IR-100 Award for the effort

Research Associate, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 1980 to 1982.

Performed research in expert system programming techniques

Developed several expert systems in support of the U.S. Bureau of Mines Research Center

Research Elect. Engr., U.S. Bureau of Mines Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 1970 to 1982.

Performed research in the areas of expert systems, acoustics, electromagnetics, radiation, and seismology

Formed the "Expert Systems Research Laboratory," which provided intelligent programming support for Bureau programs

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE (last ten years)

My consulting experience naturally falls into the following categories:

Program development - Assist an organization with formulating a program plan for introducing advance computer technology

Course development and presentation - Develop and present a course on advance computer technology to help an organization use the technology to improve their operations

System design - Design an advance computer technology computer system to help an organization improve operations

Computer modeling - Develop computer models for complex processesProgram Development

Performed an assessment study of expert system technology applied to automated sidewall lettering, Goodyear, Akron, OH, 2000 to 2001.

Developed a program plan for the introduction of intelligent computer systems to enhance manufacturing operations, Avery Dennison EFD Division, Avery Dennison, Painesville, OH, 1997 to 1999.

Developed a program plan for the introduction of expert system technology to assist government services, General Accounting Office, Washington, DC, 1995 to 1997. Congress asked the GAO to locate the top three people in the field of expert systems to support a new program to identify expert system opportunities in government service efforts. I was one of the three selected.

Developed a program plan for incorporating expert system technology into ICI Pharmaceuticals, ICI Pharmaceuticals, Manchester, England, 1990.

Developed a program plan for incorporating expert system technology into Facilities Development Corp., Facilities Development Corp., Albany, NY, 1990.

Developed a program plan for incorporating expert system technology into the EPA, EPA, Cincinnati, OH, 1990.

Performed an applicability study of expert system technology to the communications industry, Cincinnati Bell Information Systems, Maitland, FL, 1990.

Developed an expert system research program for tax form processing, Revenue Canada Taxation Office, Revenue Canada Taxation Office, Ottawa, Canada, 1990.

Course Development and Presentation

Developed and presented a fuzzy logic short course,Wellington, New Zealand, 1992.

Developed and presented an expert system short course, ICI Pharmaceuticals, Manchester, England, 1991.

Developed an expert system short course, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1988.

Developed an expert system short course, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 1988 to 1990.

Developed and presented an expert system short course, Learning Tree International, Culver City, CA, 1986 to 1993.

System Design

Designed an expert system for down-loading and processing manufacturing setpoints, Avery Dennison, Painesville, OH, 1998.

Designed an expert system for measuring manufacturing equipment efficiencies, Avery Dennison, Painesville, OH, 1998.

Designed an expert system for monitoring and controlling manufacturing equipment, Avery Dennison, Painesville, OH, 1998.

Designed a neural network to assist new product development, Avery Dennison, Painesville, OH, 1996 to 1997.

Designed an expert system to assist in plastic injection machine diagnosis, ABF Plastics, Medina, OH, 1996.

Designed an expert system to assist in insurance underwriting, Economical Mutual Insurance Co., Ontario, Canada, 1993 to 1995.

Designed an expert system for electronic chip selection, SIEMANS, Santa Clara, CA, 1991.

Designed an expert system for identifying minerals, ARCO Oil and Gas Company, Piano, TX, 1988.

Computer Modeling

Developed computer models for through-the-earth electromagnetic communications,for contract "Cost Reduction of Coal Energy Through the Use of a Wireless Through-The-Earth Telemetry System for Mine Monitoring and Control and Emergency Voice Communications," funded by Department of Energy, supported by Transcom Co., Pittsburgh, PA, 1993 to 1995.

Developed computer models for through-the-sea electromagnetic communications, contract funded by Department of Defense, supported by Sandia Research, Inc., Albq., New Mexico, 1993 to 1994.

Developed computer models for through-the-earth electromagnetic communications,for contract "A Wireless Through-The-Earth Telemetry System for Mine Monitoring and Emergency Verbal Communication," funded by the Ben Franklin Partnership Fund, Small Business Research Seed Grant Program, Analog Digital Engineering Company, Pittsburgh, PA, 1991 to 1992.

Developed computer models for through-the-earth electromagnetic communications, for contract "Electromagnetic Tomography for Coal Mine Operations Planning," Sandia Research, Albq., NM, 1991.

UNIVERSITY-RELATED RESEARCH CONTRACTS

"Data Mining Software Grant," IBM, 2002.

"Expert System Opportunities for NASA Research," NASA, 1995 to 1996.

"Design of a Hypertext Online Help Facility for an Expert System Interface," NASA, 1990 to 1991.

"Expert System Application for Space Station Power Distribution," NASA, 1990 to 1991.

"Expert System Ground Station Diagnostics of a 30/20-Gigahertz Satellite Transponder: NASA's Advanced Communications Techology Satellite (ACTS)," NASA, 1989 to 1990.

"Expert System Application for Tutoring Farmers in Growing Specialty Crops," Department of Agriculture, 1989 to 1991.

"Expert System Diagnostics for a 30/20-Gigahertz Satellite Transponder: NASA's Advanced Communications Techology Satellite (ACTS)," NASA, 1988 to 1989.

PUBLICATIONSBooks

Durkin, J., Engineering Circuit Analysis, McGraw Hill, in progress.

Durkin, J., and Zixing Cai, Expert Systems, Tsinghua University Press, China, in progress.

Durkin, J., Expert Systems: Design and Development, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1994.Recognized in journals as one of the leading textbooks on expert systems.

Durkin, J., Expert Systems: Catalog of Applications, Intelligent Computer Systems, Inc., Akron, OH, 1993.

Durkin, J., Electromagnetic and Seismic Techniques for Locating Trapped Miners, United States Bureau of Mines Research, Pittsburgh, PA, 1978.

Book Chapters

Durkin, J., The Quest For The Intelligent Machine, in "Intelligent Systems: Techniques and Applications," C. T. Leondes, (ed.), CRC Press, pp. 1-23, 2003. Lead chapter in a six-volume book.

Durkin, J., Expert Systems: History and Applications, in "Expert Systems: Technologies and Applications," C.T. Leondes, (ed.), Academic Press, pp. 1-22, 2002.Lead chapter in a eight-volume book.

Durkin, J., Expert Systems: Tools and Applications, in "Expert Systems: Technologies and Applications," C.T. Leondes, (ed.), Academic Press, pp. 23-52, 2002.

Durkin, J., Expert System Technology: Expert System Tools, in "The Handbook on Expert Systems," J. Liebowitz, (ed.), CRC Press, 1997.

Journals

Durkin, J., Man & Machine: I Wonder If We Can Coexist, AI and Society, to be published 2003.

Durkin, J., The Business Value of Data Mining, Marketing Management Journal, to be published 2003.

Cai, J., J. Durkin, and Q. Cai, Opportunities, Applications, and Suggestions for Data Mining, Computer Science, Vol. 29, No. 9, pp. 225-228, 2002.

Durkin, J. and S. Shope, Guest Editors' Introduction On Applied Research in Machine Learning, Intelligence: New Visions of AI in Practice, pp. 1-6, Jan., 2002.

Srinivas, Y., W. Timmons, and J. Durkin, A Comparative Study of Three Expert Systems for Blood Pressure Control, Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 20, pp. 267-274, 2001.

Casas, F., W. Timmons, and J. Durkin, A Framed-Based Supervisory System for Interpretive Vital Signs Monitoring, The 2001 Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Durham, N.C., Oct., 2001.

Durkin, J., Surface Vertical Magnetic Field Produced by a Finite Loop Buried in an Earth Containing a Thin Conducting Sheet, Radio Science, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 19-23, Jan./Feb., 1997.

Durkin, J., Expert Systems: A View of the Field, IEEE Expert, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 56-63, 1996.Invited paper.

Durkin, J., Expert Systems: An Overview of the Field, PC AI, pp. 37-39, Jan., 1994.Invited paper.

Tallo, D., J. Durkin, and E. Petrik, Intelligent Fault Isolation and Diagnosis for Satellite Communication Systems, Telematics and Informatics, Pergamon Press (New York, N.Y.), Vol. 9, No. 3&4, pp. 173-190, Nov./Dec., 1992.

Durkin, J., Induction Via ID3, AI Expert, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 48-53, Apr., 1992.

Durkin, J., Designing an Induction Expert System, AI Expert, Vol. 6, No. 12, pp. 29-35, Dec., 1991.

Durkin, J., Earth Conductivity Estimates from Through-The-Earth Electromagnetic Transmission Tests, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 300-307, March, 1991.

Durkin, J., Expert Systems in the Sciences, The Ohio Journal of Science, Vol. 90, No. 5, pp. 171-179, Dec., 1990.Invited paper and the first "Research Review" paper published in this journal in its ninety year history.

Durkin, J., R. Godine and Y. Lu, Expert System for Specialty Crop Management, AI Applications in Natural Resource Management, Vol. 4, No. 3, Summer, 1990.

Durkin, J., Introducing Students to Expert Systems, Expert Systems: The International Journal of Knowledge Engineering, Oxford, UK, Vol. 7, No. 2, May, 1990.Invited paper.

Durkin, J., Electromagnetic Detection of Trapped Miners, IEEE Communications, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 37-46, Feb., 1984.

Durkin, J., The Error in Working Level Hour Calculations When the Alpha Energy From the Radon Daughters is Not Discriminated, Health Physics, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 477-481, 1981.

Durkin, J., Electronic Radon Daughter Dosimetry, Health Physics, Vol. 37, pp. 757-764, Dec., 1979.

Conferences

Durkin, J., Web Mining Research: A Survey, Fifth Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications, Sandia Research, Albq., NM, pp. 12-25, May 2002.

Durkin, J. and J. Cai, A Survey of Methods for Scaling Up Inductive Algorithms, Proceedings of the 28th VLDB Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, pp. 131-169, 2002.

Casas, F., W. Timmons, and J. Durkin, A Framed-Based Supervisory System for Interpretive Vital Signs Monitoring, The 2001 Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Durham, N.C., Oct. 2001.

Durkin, J., AI in the Next Millennium, keynote speaker at the Third Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications, Sandia Research, Albq., NM, May, 2000. Invited paper.

Tallo, D. and J. Durkin, Intelligent Fault Isolation and Diagnosis for a Communication Satellite System, Goddard Conference on Space Applications of Artificial Intelligence, May, 1992.Won the conference's best-paper award.

Durkin, J., A Smart Form Approach to Office Management, The World Congress on Expert Systems, Orlando, FL, Dec., 1991.

Durkin, J., D. Tallo and E. Petrik, FIDEX: An Expert System for Satellite Diagnostics, Space Communications Technology Conference, Onboard Processing and Switching, NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH, Nov. 12-14, 1991.

Schlegelmich, R., J. Durkin and E. Petrik, GTEX: An Expert System for Diagnosing Faults in Satellite Ground Stations, Space Communications Technology Conference, Onboard Processing and Switching, NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH, Nov. 12-14, 1991.

Durkin, J., Selecting Appropriate Expert System Applications in the Sciences, Centennial Annual Meeting of The Ohio Academy of Science, Ohio State University, Apr. 26-28, 1991.

Lu, Y.C. and J. Durkin, Expert Systems As An Aid To Agricultural Extension, Third International Conference on Computers in Agricultural Extension, Orlando, Florida, Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 1990.

Durkin, J. and R. Schlegelmich, Transformer Diagnostic Expert System, LEVEL5 Third Annual Expert Systems Conference, Indialantic, Florida, Nov., 1989.

Durkin, J., R. Godine and Y.C. Lu, Expert System for Specialty Crop Management, The 11th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Detroit, Michigan, Aug. 18-19, 1989.Won the conference's best-paper award.

Lu, Y.C., R. Godine, and J. Durkin, Shiitake Expert System, The Shiitake Mushroom National Symposium, May, 1989.

Durkin, J., Overview of Expert System Activities at The University of Akron, presented at SIGART Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 28, 1989.

Durkin, J., MINID: Mineral Identification Expert System, presented at LEVEL5 Second Annual Expert Systems Conference, Indialantic, Florida, Nov., 1988.

Durkin, J. and F. Kissell, DUSTPRO: A Distributed Expert System Solution To Coal Mine Dust Control, Second Annual Conference and Exposition on Experts Systems 88, Dearborn MI, April 26-28, 1988.

Kissell, F., J. Durkin, S. Ruggier, and S. Wirch, Development of Two Expert Systems Which Give Advice On Coal Mine Dust Control, Third Annual Conference on Innovated Mining Techniques, Pennsylvania State University, Oct., 1987.

Fisher, T. and J. Durkin, Use of Expert Systems in Intelligent Control For Mining Applications, IEEE/IAS Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, Sept. 28 - Oct. 3, 1986.

Fisher, T. and J. Durkin, Advances In Computerized Mine Monitoring and Control Prospects For the Future, 1985 National Coal Board Mining Conference, Birmingham, United Kingdom, June 12-14, 1985.

Durkin, J., Assessment of Present Electromagnetic Techniques for the Location of Trapped Miners, Fifth WVU Conference on Coal Mine Electrotechnology, 1980.

Durkin, J., An Overview of Research in the Location of Trapped Miners Through Seismic Techniques, SME-AIME, Minneapolis, MN, Oct., 1980.

Durkin, J., An Overview of Bureau of Mines Communications Research, Fifth WVU Conference on Coal Mine Electrotechnology, Morgantown, WV, July 30-31, 1980.

Durkin, J., An Overview of EM Techniques for Locating Trapped Miners, Fifth WVU Conference on Coal Mine Electrotechnology, Morgantown, WV, July 30-31, 1980.

Durkin, J., Detection Capability of a Post Disaster Seismic System, 21st Meeting of the Acoustics Emissions Working Group, Cornell University, Ithica, NY, June 29 - July 2, 1980.

Durkin, J., An Overview of Research in the Location of Trapped Miners Through Seismic Techniques, SME-AIME, Minneapolis, MN, Oct., 1979.

Durkin, J., Discriminating Earmuff, U.S. Bureau of Mines Noise Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, March, 1975.

Durkin, J., Discriminating Earmuff, U.S. Bureau of Mines Noise Conference, Las Vegas, NV, May, 1975.

Durkin, J., Personnel Protection, Proceedings of Research in Noise Control, Publication IC-8686, Available from the U.S. Bureau of Mines Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 1975.

Durkin, J., Discriminating Earmuff, Noisexpo, Chicago, IL, Sept., 1973.

Durkin, J., Instrumentation for Noise Measurements and Personal Protection, U.S. Bureau of Mines Noise Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, Feb., 1973.

Durkin, J., Noise Instrument Design, Bureau of Mines Noise Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 1973.

Durkin, J., Progress in Noise Abatement, American Mining Congress, Sept., 1972.

Technical Reports

Durkin, J., Case-Based Reasoning: Introduction and Overview, Dirt Devil, Cleveland, OH, 2002.

Durkin, J., Knowledge Discovery In Databases: Tools and Techniques, Sandia Laboratories, Albq., NM, 2002.

Durkin, J., Estimating Intrinsic Customer Value, Dirt Devil, Cleveland, OH, 2002.

Durkin, J., Assessment of the Goodyear Lettering System, Goodyear, Akron, OH, 2001.

Durkin, J., Case-Based Reasoning Opportunities at Goodyear, Goodyear, Akron, OH, 2001.

Durkin, J., Case-Based Reasoning: Introduction and Overview, Goodyear, Akron, OH, 2001.

Durkin, J., Knowledge Discovery In Databases: Tools and Techniques, Dirt Devil, Cleveland, OH, 2001.

Durkin, J., Scalable Data Mining Techniques, Dirt Devil, Cleveland, OH, 2001.

Durkin, J., Review of Jess: JAVA Based Expert System Shell, Sandia Laboratories, Albq., NM, 2001.

Durkin, J, Potential AI Applications Within EFD, Avery Dennison, Painesville, OH, July, 1997.

Durkin, J., R. Schlegelmilch, and D. Tallo, PART I -Fault Isolation Expert (FIDEX), Final Report published in NASA technical series, Contract NAG3-923, March 31, 1992.

Durkin, J., R. Schlegelmilch, and D. Tallo, PART II - Ground Terminal Expert (GTEX), Final Report published in NASA technical series, Contract NAG3-923, March 31, 1992.

Durkin, J., Expert System Diagnostics for a 30/20 Gigahertz Satellite Transponder, Semi-annual report published in NASA technical series, Contract NAG3-923, March 31, 1989.

Durkin, J., Framework for Autonomous Vehicle Navigation, Publication IR-4507, Available from the U.S. Bureau of Mines Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct., 1986.

Durkin, J., Safety Considerations for Robot Control, Publication IR-8677, Available from the U.S. Bureau of Mines Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 1985.

Durkin, J., An Intelligent Control System, Publication IR-4, Available from the U.S. Bureau of Mines Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 1984.

Durkin, J., Automated Longwall Mining System Study, Publication IR-4492, Available from the U.S. Bureau of Mines Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA, Sept., 1984.

Durkin, J., Apparent Earth Conductivity Over Coal Mines as Estimated from Through-The-Earth Electromagnetic Tests, Publication RI-9051, Available from the U.S. Bureau of Mines Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 1984.

Durkin, J., Vertical Magnetic Noise in the Voice Frequency Band Within and Above Coal Mines, Publication RI-8828, Available from the U.S. Bureau of Mines Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 1983.

Durkin, J., Evaluation of Electromagnetic Techniques for Locating Trapped Miners, Publication RI-8771, Available from the U.S. Bureau of Mines Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 1982.

Durkin, J., Evaluation of the Seismic System for Locating Trapped Miners, Publication RI-8567, Available from the U.S. Bureau of Mines Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 1981.

Durkin, J., Speech Intelligibility While Wearing Electronic Hearing Protectors, Publication IR-8358, Available from the U.S. Bureau of Mines Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 1979.

Durkin, J., Possible Modifications to the Trapped Miner Seismic System, Publication Interim Report-4268 PMSRC, Available from the U.S. Bureau of Mines Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 1979.

Durkin, J., Evaluation of a Geometrical Factor for Alpha Counting Using a Solid State Surface Barrier Detector, Publication Interim Report 1731, Available from the U.S. Bureau of Mines Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 1977.

Durkin, J., An Electronic Instrument for Radon Daughter Dosimetry, Publication IR-8255, Available from the U.S. Bureau of Mines Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 1977.

AWARDS

IR-100 Award - Electromagnetic Transmitter for Locating Trapped Miners, presented by "Industrial Research/Development," 1979. This award is given yearly to the one-hundred most signification technological developments during the past year in the United States.

Best Paper Award - Expert System for Specialty Crop Management, The 11th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Detroit, Michigan, Aug. 18-19, 1989.

Leading Expert Systems Instructor Award - presented by "International Journal of Knowledge Engineering," Oxford, UK, from a world-wide survey of teachers in expert systems, 1990.

Best Paper Award - Intelligent Fault Isolation and Diagnosis for a Communication Satellite System, Goddard Conference on Space Applications of Artificial Intelligence, May, 1992.

Students' Choice Award - presented by the Phi-H-Sigma chapter of The University of Akron, as "The Favorite Faculty Member of the College of Engineering," 1994.

PATENTS

Radon Daughter Dosimeter. Patent # 3,044,762. Issued 9/12/78.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers, Senior Member.

Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Robotics International, Senior Member.

American Association for Artificial Intelligence.

REFERENCES

Cornelius Leondes, Ph.D., University of California, 1601 Starling Court, Carlsbad, CA 92009, 619-***-****, *******@********.***

Alton Burks, Ph.D., Dosebusters, 3231 Arapahoe, Pittsburgh, PA 15241, 412-***-****, *******@******.***

John Welch, Ph.D., University of Akron, Elect. Engr. Dept., Akron, OH 44325, 330-***-****, ******@******.***

Steve Shope, Ph.D., Sandia Research, Inc., PO Box 2545, Corrales, NM 87048, 505-***-****, *****@*************.***

Jaeseung Shim, Cleveland State University, 7164 Enfield Drive, Mentor, OH 44060, 440-***-****, *************@*****.***

Tom Stockum, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 1144 East Market Street, Akron, OH 44316, 330-***-****,

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George Luger, Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 643 Cedar N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87106, 505-***-****, *****@**.***.***

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