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`2007 – Present
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`150 Jaguar Dr., SH 4119, Mobile, AL 36688
`(251) 461-1378
`sruss@southalabama.edu
`U.S.
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`Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Samuel H. Russ
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`Education
`Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1991.
`Thesis Title: An Information-Theoretic Approach to Analysis of Computer Architectures and
`Compression of Instruction Memory Usage
`Thesis Advisor: Dr. Cecil O. Alford
`Bachelor's of Electrical Engineering (with Highest Honor), Georgia Institute of Technology, 1986.
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`Employment
`University of South Alabama
`Interim Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2015-2016)
`Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2011-present)
`Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
`Developing new class in signal integrity, developing cross-disciplinary collaborative research efforts,
`updating labs and class materials, teaching both undergraduate and graduate classes.
`2000 - 2007
`Scientific-Atlanta (Later Cisco, Now Technicolor)
`Manager, Advanced Technologies R&D, Explored major new technologies including home
`networking and multi-room video distribution; oversaw construction of prototypes and demonstrations;
`demonstrated technologies at trade shows and to stock analysts; managed group of approximately 10
`designing set-top boxes for the cable television industry including all phases of high-volume electronic
`design including layout, high-speed digital design, emissions considerations, gate array conversion, and
`designing with custom ASICs; supervised cross-functional team to increase hard drive reliability; wrote
`numerous patent applications. Products deployed widely, including Time Warner Cable and Cablevision.
`IVI Checkmate (Now Ingenico)
`1999 – 2000
`Matrix Manager, Electrical Engineering, Supervised staff of approximately 6 electrical engineers,
`oversaw assignments, allocated time across multiple projects, worked to coordinate project schedules
`with priorities, assisted in sales and other customer communications.
`Staff Electrical Engineer, Oversaw major design overhaul of touch-pad payment system including
`embedded-systems design, power-system design, and system layout and schematic capture. System
`deployed widely at Wal-Mart, Home Depot, and others.
`1994 - 1999
`Mississippi State University
`Thrust Leader, Computing Systems Research Thrust and Systems Integration Group, NSF Engineering
`Research Center -- Coordinate research plans and NSF reporting for 6 faculty and 3 full-time staff, assist
`in development of strategic plans and pursuit of funding opportunities, oversight of development of the
`ERC-wide integrated testbed. Managed multi-year research project in distributed computing that
`included 11 students and 5 faculty.
`Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering -- Developed all-new graduate
`class in circuit board design, authored textbook chapter, developing new undergraduate lab, pioneered
`teaching classes over 2-way interactive video.
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`1992 - 1994
`Dickerson Vision Technologies (Now Cognex)
`Director of Manufacturing--Oversaw the development and implementation of a manufacturing plan for
`the company.
`Senior Applications Engineer--Developed firmware and user-interface software for the company's
`proprietary hardware, Assisted in development of machine vision system hardware, Assisted in sales
`duties.
`1987 - 1991
`Georgia Institute of Technology
`Graduate Research Assistant--Helped design five VLSI chips while developing two custom CPU's,
`Silicon-compiler-based computer chip design, including initial design, full functional simulation, size
`and timing optimization, and manufacturing test development.
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`Publications
`Books
`1. Samuel H. Russ, Signal Integrity: Applied Electromagnetics and Professional Practice, Springer,
`2016. (Textbook)
`Book Chapters
`1. Samuel H. Russ, “High-Speed Digital Effects”, Chapter 10 of John Kraus and Daniel Fleisch,
`Electromagnetics with Applications, Fifth Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1998. (Textbook)
`2. Samuel Russ, Bret Webb, Jonathan Holifield and Justin Walker (2011). “PILS: Low-Cost Water-
`Level Monitoring, Environmental Monitoring”, Dr. E.O. Ekundayo, Ph.D., (Ed.), pp. 137-156,
`ISBN: 978-953-307-724-6, InTech, (Peer-reviewed)
`Journal Articles
`1. Samuel H. Russ, Cade C. Cashen, Thomas Thomas, and Roma Hanks, “Smart Grid Architecture
`for Unobtrusive Home Health Monitoring,” National Social Science Journal, Vol. 44, No. 1,
`2015, pp. 62-68.
`2. Samuel H. Russ, Tho D. Ha, and Jonathan H. Shapiro, “Simulation-based Optimization of Wear
`Leveling for Solid-State Disk Digital Video Recording,” IEEE Transactions on Consumer
`Electronics, Vol. 60, No. 3, Nov. 2014, pp. 363-367.
`3. Samuel H. Russ and Salim Alsharif, “Packet Loss Behavior of HomePlug AV Traffic at Video
`Bit Rates”, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Vol. 57, No. 2, May 2011, pp. 823-826.
`4. Samuel H. Russ and Ramesh Nallur, “Digital Video Recording onto Solid-State Disks:
`Feasibility and Lifetime Estimation”, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Vol. 57, No.
`2, May 2011, pp. 558-563.
`5. Samuel H. Russ and Sasan Haghani, “802.11g Packet-Loss Behavior at High Sustained Bit Rates
`in the Home”, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Vol. 55, No. 2, May 2009, pp. 788-
`791.
`6. Samuel H. Russ, and Ramesh Nallur, “A Framework for Calculating Fundamental DVR
`Performance Limits”, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Vol. 55, No. 1, Feb. 2009,
`pp. 132-138.
`7. Ioana Banicescu, Sheikh Ghafoor, Vijay Velusamy, Samuel H. Russ, Mark Bilderback,
`“Experiences from integrating algorithmic and systemic load balancing strategies”, Concurrency
`and Computation: Practice and Experience, Volume 13, Number 2, pp. 121-139 (2001).
`8. Roger L. King, Samuel H. Russ, Aric B. Lambert, Donna S. Reese, “An artificial immune system
`model for intelligent agents”, Future Generation Computer Systems, Volume 17 , Issue 4, pp.
`335 - 343 (January 2001).
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`9. Dr. Samuel H. Russ, Jonathan Robinson, Matt Gleeson, Brad Meyers, and Chun-Heong Tan,
`“Using Hector to Run MPI Programs over Networked Workstations”, Concurrency - Practice
`and Experience, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 189-204 (1999).
`10. Russ, S.H. Reece, K. Robinson, J. Meyers, B. Rajan, D. Rajagopalan, L. Chun-Heong Tan,
`"Hector: an agent based architecture for dynamic resource management", IEEE Concurrency,
`Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 47-55, Apr-Jun 1999.
`11. Dr. Samuel H. Russ, Jonathan Robinson, Dr. Brian K. Flachs, and Bjorn Heckel, “The Hector
`Distributed Run-Time Environment”, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems,
`Vol. 9, No. 11, pp. 1102-1114 (1998).
`12. S.H. Russ and C.O. Alford, “Coupled Noise and Its Effects on Modern Packaging Technology”,
`IEEE Transactions on Components, Hybrids, and Manufacturing Technology, Volume 13,
`Number 4, December 1990, pp. 1074-1082.
` U.S. Patents
`1. U.S. Patent Number 6,748,080, “Apparatus for entitling remote client devices”, Samuel Russ,
`Michael Gaul, Anthony Wasilewski, and Howard Pinder, June 8, 2004.
`2. U.S. Patent Number 7,181,010, “Apparatus for entitling remote client devices”, Samuel Russ,
`Michael Gaul, Anthony Wasilewski, and Howard Pinder, February 20, 2007.
`3. U.S. Patent Number 7,360,233, “Broadcast carousel system access for remote home
`communication terminal”, Samuel Russ, Michael Gaul, and Anthony Wasilewski, April 15, 2008.
`4. U.S. Patent Number 7,360,235, “Systems and methods for operating a peripheral record/playback
`device in a networked multimedia system”, David Davies, Samuel Russ, and Irvan Krantzler,
`April 15, 2008.
`5. U.S. Patent Number 7,499,822, “Analog set-top calibration patterns in manufacturing”, Leo
`Montreuil, Wayne B. Williams, Samuel H. Russ, and Robert Kriete, March 3, 2009
`6. U.S. Patent Number 7,505,592, “Apparatus for entitling and transmitting service instances to
`remote client devices”, Samuel H. Russ, Michael Gaul, Anthony Wasilewski, and Howard Pinder,
`March 17, 2009
`7. U.S. Patent Number 7,516,470, “Locally-updated interactive program guide”, Samuel H. Russ
`and Michael Gaul, April 7, 2009
`8. U.S. Patent Number 7,826,711, “Digital Video Disc (DVD) Player or Digital Video Recorder
`(DVR) Playback with Memory”, Samuel H. Russ, Nov. 2, 2010.
`9. U.S. Patent Number 7,849,486, “Networked subscriber television distribution”, Samuel H. Russ,
`David Lett, Jonathan Robinson, and Michael Gaul, Dec. 7, 2010.
`10. U.S. Patent Number 7,860,250, “Apparatus for entitling and transmitting service instances to
`remote client devices”, Samuel H. Russ, Michael Gaul, Anthony Wasilewski, and Howard Pinder,
`Dec. 28, 2010.
`11. U.S. Patent Number 7,861,272, “Networked subscriber television distribution”, Samuel H. Russ,
`David Lett, Jonathan Robinson, and Michael Gaul, Dec. 28, 2010.
`12. U.S. Patent Number 7,870,584, “Interactive program guide with selectable updating”, Samuel H.
`Russ and Michael Gaul, Jan. 11, 2011.
`13. U.S. Patent Number 7,876,998, “DVD playback over multi-room by copying to HDD”, William
`Wall and Samuel H. Russ, Jan. 25, 2011.
`14. U.S. Patent Number 7,908,625, “Networked multimedia system”, Neil C. Robertson, David B.
`Lett, Samuel H. Russ, Bohdan S. Prus, Michael A. Gaul, and Ajith N. Nair, March 15, 2011.
`15. U.S. Patent Number 7,937,737, “Field qualification of disk drives in consumer electronics
`devices”, Samuel H. Russ and Mark R. Murray, May 3, 2011.
`16. U.S. Patent Number 7,961,780, “Generated set top calibration patterns in manufacturing”, Leo
`Montreuil, Wayne B. Williams, Samuel H. Russ, and Robert Kriete, Jun. 14, 2011.
`17. U.S. Patent Number 7,978,720, “Digital media device having media content transfer capability”,
`Samuel H. Russ, Christopher L. Stallings, July 12, 2011.
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`18. U.S. Patent Number 8,046,806, “Multiroom point of deployment module”, William E. Wall,
`Samuel H. Russ, Oct. 25, 2011.
`19. U.S. Patent Number 8,127,236, “Proximity detection using wireless connectivity in a
`communications system”, Paul J. Claussen, Ajith N. Nair, and Samuel H. Russ, Feb. 28, 2012.
`20. U.S. Patent Number 8,181,205, “PVR Channel and PVR IPG Information”, Samuel H. Russ,
`Michael A. Gaul, and Dariusz S. Kaminski, May 15, 2012.
`21. U.S. Patent Number 8,208,796, “Systems and methods for prioritizing the storage location of
`media data”, Bohdan Prus and Samuel H. Russ, June 26, 2012.
`22. U.S. Patent Number 8,280,229, “DVD playback over multi-room by copying to HDD”, William
`E. Wall and Samuel H. Russ, October 2, 2012.
`23. U.S. Patent Number 8,295,338, “Generated set top calibration patterns in manufacturing”, Leo
`Montreuil, Wayne B. Williams, Samuel H. Russ, and Robert A. Kriete, October 23, 2012
`24. U.S. Patent Number 8,364,015, “Stretch and zoom bar for displaying information”, Samuel H.
`Russ and Gary Hibbard, January 29, 2013.
`25. U.S. Patent Number 8,549,567, “Media content sharing over a home network”, Samuel H. Russ,
`David B. Lett, Jonathan Robinson, Michael A. Gaul, October 1, 2013.
`26. U.S. Patent Number 8,627,385, “Systems and methods for operating a peripheral record playback
`device in a networked multimedia system”, David B. Davies, Samuel H. Russ, Irvan J. Krantzler,
`January 7, 2014.
`27. U.S. Patent Number 8,966,550, “Home communication systems,” David B. Davies, Samuel H.
`Russ, Irvan J. Krantzler, February 24, 2015.
`28. U.S. Patent Number 9,762,970, “Access of stored video from peer devices in a local network,”
`David B. Davies, Samuel H. Russ, and Irvan J. Krantzler, September 12, 2017.
` Non-U.S. Patents
`1. European Patent Number EP1543680B1, “Locally-updated interactive program guide”, Samuel
`Russ and Michael Gaul, Feb. 17, 2010.
`2. European Patent Number EP1673937B1, “Proximity detection using wireless connectivity in a
`communications system”, Paul Claussen, Ajith Nair, and Samuel Russ, April 21, 2010.
`3. European Patent Number EP1604523B1, “Method for determining the encryption of a service
`content depending on the fidelity of the reformatting of said content”, Samuel Russ, Michael
`Gaul, Anthony Wasilewski, and Howard Pinder, Nov. 21, 2012.
`4. European Patent Number EP1552699B1, “Networked multimedia system”, Neil Robertson,
`David Lett, Samuel Russ, Bohdan Prus, Michael Gaul, and Ajith Nair, Dec. 18, 2013.
`5. European Patent Number EP1334617B1, “Networked Subscriber Television Distribution”,
`Samuel Russ, David Lett, Jonathan Robinson, and Michael Gaul, April 1, 2015.
`6. European Patent Number EP1920601B1, “Multiroom Point of Deployment Module,” William
`Wall and Samuel Russ, May 4, 2016.
`7. European Patent Number EP1510033B1, “Apparatus for Entitling Remote Client Devices,”
`Samuel H. Russ, Michael Gaul, Anthony Wasilewski, and Howard Pinder, Aprl 26, 2017.
`8. European Patent Number EP1540946B1, “Broadcast Carousel System Access for Remote Home
`Communications Terminal via a Gateway Device,” Samuel Russ, Michael Gaul, and Anthony
`Wasilewski, April 18, 2018.
`9. European Patent Number EP2008280B1, “Method and Device for Prioritizing the Storage
`Location of Media Data,” Bohdan Prus and Samuel Russ, September 26, 2018.
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` Patents Applied For
`Approximately 20 additional U.S. patent applications have been submitted and are in review.
`Conference Papers
`1. E. Spencer, D. Clark, S. Russ, et al., "First results from a time domain impedance probe for
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`measuring plasma properties in the ionosphere," 2017 IEEE 60th International Midwest
`Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Boston, MA, 2017, pp. 1284-1287.
`2. E. Spencer, D. Clark, R. Gollapalli, S. Russ and B. Kerrigan, "A System On Chip design for fast
`time domain impedance spectroscopy," 2017 IEEE 60th International Midwest Symposium on
`Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Boston, MA, 2017, pp. 124-127.
`3. Ramya Manikyam, J. Todd McDonald, William R. Mahoney, Todd R. Andel, and Samuel H.
`Russ, “Comparing the effectiveness of commercial obfuscators against MATE attacks,”
`Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Software Security, Protection, and Reverse Engineering
`(SSPREW '16), 2016, Article 8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3015135.3015143
`4. Samuel Russ, Tho Ha, and Jonathan Shapiro, “Simulation of Digital Video Recording to
`Maximize Solid-State Disk Lifetime,” Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on
`Consumer Electronics, Jan. 10-13, 2014, pp. 562-563.
`5. Thomas Thomas, Cade Cashen, and Samuel Russ, “Leveraging Smart Grid Technology for Home
`Health Care”, Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Consumer Electronics, Jan.
`11-14, 2013, pp. 276-277.
`6. Cade Cashen, Samuel Russ, and Thomas Thomas, “Using a Wireless LAN to Perform Motion
`Detection”, Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Consumer Electronics, Jan. 11-
`14, 2013, pp. 63-64.
`7. Nicklaus Thomas, David Evans, and Samuel Russ, “A Markovian Algorithm for Creating
`Immersive Public-Speaking Audiences”, Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on
`Consumer Electronics, Jan. 11-14, 2013, pp. 384-385.
`8. Samuel H. Russ, “Podcasting to Improve Software Usage”, Proceedings of the 2012 ASEE
`Southeastern Section Conference, April 1-3 2012, Starkville, MS, Paper ID 605.
`9. Samuel H. Russ, “Using Student ID Numbers to Create Customized Homework Problems”,
`Proceedings of the 2012 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference, April 1-3 2012, Starkville, MS,
`Paper ID 606.
`10. Samuel H. Russ and Ramesh Nallur, “Digital Video Recording Onto Solid-State Disks”, 2011
`Digest of Technical Papers, 2011 International Conference on Consumer Electronics, pp. 495-
`496. (2nd place in best paper contest, 2011.)
`11. Mohammad Mushtaq, Samuel H. Russ, and Mohammad S. Alam, “Variable FEC to Reduce ECC
`Overhead in Digital Video Transmission”, 2011 Digest of Technical Papers, 2011 International
`Conference on Consumer Electronics, pp. 215-216.
`12. Samuel H. Russ and Salim Alsharif, “Behavior of HomePlug AV Traffic At High Sustained Bit
`Rates in the Home”, 2011 Digest of Technical Papers, 2011 International Conference on
`Consumer Electronics, pp. 682-683.
`13. Samuel H. Russ, Viswakalyan Perepa, Silas Leavesly, and Bret Webb, “Novel Low-Cost Salinity
`Sensor for Embedded Environmental Monitoring”, Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon 2010,
`March 18-21, 2010, pp. 53-56.
`14. Samuel H. Russ and Kung-Hsien Chen, “Thermally Conductive Circuit Boards”, Proceedings of
`the 59th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC 2009), May 2009, pp. 465-
`468.
`15. Samuel H. Russ and Sasan Haghani, “Behavior of 802.11g Traffic at High Sustained Bit Rates in
`the Home”, 2009 Digest of Technical Papers, 2009 International Conference on Consumer
`Electronics, Jan. 2009, pp. 423-424.
`16. Samuel H. Russ, and Ramesh Nallur, “A Framework for Calculating Fundamental DVR
`Performance Limits”, 2009 Digest of Technical Papers, 2009 International Conference on
`Consumer Electronics, Jan. 2009, pp. 51-52.
`17. Samuel H. Russ, Rashid Jean-Baptiste, Tangirala Shailendra Krishna Kumar, and Marion G.
`Harmon, “Transparent Real-Time Monitoring in MPI”, IPPS/SPDP Workshops 1999, in Parallel
`and Distributed Processing, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 1586, Springer-Verlag,
`1999, pp. 1327-1334.
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`18. Roger L. King, Aric B. Lambert, Samuel H. Russ, and Donna S. Reese, “The Biological Basis of
`the Immune System as a Model for Intelligent Agents”, IPPS/SPDP Workshops 1999, in Parallel
`and Distributed Processing, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 1586, Springer-Verlag,
`1999, pp. 156-164.
`19. Aric Lambert, Roger King, Sam Russ, and Donna Reese, “Intelligent Control Agents for
`Resource Management of Heterogeneous Parallel Computing”, Computational Intelligence for
`Modeling, Control, and Automation (CIMCA 98) in Concurrent Systems Series, vol. 55, IOS
`Press, 1999, pp. 116-121.
`20. Samuel H. Russ and Adam Gaither, “Developing An Integrated Environment for Computational
`Field Simulation”, Object-Oriented Methods for Inter-Operable Scientific and Engineering
`Computing: Proceedings of the 1998 SIAM Workshop, pp. 50-57.
`21. Samuel H. Russ, Ioana Banicescu, Sheikh Ghafoor, Bharathi Janapareddi, Jonathan Robinson,
`and Rong Lu, “Hectiling: An Integration of Fine and Coarse-Grained Load-Balancing
`Strategies”, Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on High Performance
`Distributed Computing, August 1998, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 106-113.
`22. Samuel H. Russ, “An Architecture for Rapid Distributed Fault Tolerance”, 3rd International
`Workshop on Embedded High-Performance Computing, in J. Rolim, Editor, Parallel and
`Distributed Processing, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 1388, Springer-Verlag, 1998,
`pp. 925-930.
`23. Dr. Samuel H. Russ, Brad Meyers, Jonathan Robinson, Matt Gleeson, Laxman Rajagopalan,
`Chun-Heong Tan, and Bjørn Heckel, “User-Transparent Run-Time Performance Optimization”,
`Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Embedded HPC Systems and Applications,
`Geneva, April 1997.
`24. J. Robinson, S.H. Russ, B. Flachs, and B. Heckel, “A Task Migration Implementation of the
`Message-Passing Interface”, Proceedings of the 5th High Performance Distributed Computing
`Conference (HPDC-5), August 1996, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 61-68.
`25. S.H. Russ, B. Flachs, J. Robinson, and B. Heckel, “Hector: Automated Task Allocation for
`MPI”, Proceedings of the 10th International Parallel Processing Symposium, April, 1996, IEEE
`Computer Society, pp. 344-348.
`26. W.S. Tan, C.O. Alford, and S.H. Russ, “GT-EP: A Novel High-Performance Real-Time
`Architecture”, Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Computer Architecture, May
`1991, pp. 12-21.
`Reports
`1. Aric B. Lambert, Roger L. King, Samuel H. Russ, Donna S. Reese, “Adaptive Analysis for the
`Design of Hardware Agents Using the Artificial Immune System Model for Resource
`Management of Heterogeneous Systems”, Miss. State Technical Report No. MSSU-COE-ERC-
`98-10, Aug. 1998.
`2. Daniel H. Linder, Robert B. Reese, Jon Robinson, and Samuel H. Russ, “JavaCADD: A Java-
`based Server and GUI for Providing Distributed ECAD Services”, Mississippi State University
`Technical Report No. MSSU-COE-ERC-98-07, May 1998.
`3. Samuel H. Russ, “Using Hector in an Architecture for Rapid Distributed Fault Tolerance”,
`Mississippi State Technical Report No. MSSU-EIRS-ERC-97-17, December 1997.
`4. Samuel H. Russ, Jonathan Robinson, Matt Gleeson, and Jose Figueroa, “Dynamic
`Communication Mechanism Switching in Hector”, Mississippi State Technical Report No.
`MSSU-EIRS-ERC-97-8, September 1997.
`5. Samuel H. Russ, Brian Flachs, Jonathan Robinson, and Bjorn Heckel, “Hector: Automated Task
`Allocation for MPI”, Mississippi State Technical Report No. MSSU-EIRS-ERC-95-6, September,
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`Funded Grants and Contracts
`University of South Alabama
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`National Space Grant Foundation, Aug. 2018-May 2019, “Automation Infrastructure for
`Gateway Biological Laboratory,” PI, $28,062.
`Nfina (Local Mobile Company), March 2018 – March 2019, “Redhawk”, PI, $119,881.
`NASA, May 2016 – Present, “Spatially Resolved Measurements Of Plasma Density
`Irregularities In The Ionosphere F Region For Scintillation Studies”, Co-I, $100,000.
`Marine Environmental Science Consortium (GRI), Jan. 2011-Dec. 2011, “Conductivity
`Based In-Situ Hydrocarbon Sensor”, PI, $9,338.
`University of South Alabama Research Council (USARC), Feb. 2008 – Feb. 2009,
`“Instrumentation of Hurricane Forecast Models for Performance Optimization”, $5,000 for one
`year.
`Mississippi State University
`1. National Science Foundation, April 1998-March 1999, “An ERC-CREST Partnership in
`Distributed and Computational Systems", PI, $100,000/year, renewable for 5 years.
`2. Office of Naval Research, Nov. 1996-Nov. 1998, `”Distributed Visualization and Virtual
`Environments for Oceanography and Meteorology'', Co-PI, $200,000.
`3. U.S. Army Waterways Experiment Station, July 1996-July 1999, `”Efficient Parallel Wave
`Modeling'', PI, $200,000, Funded under CHSSI (Common HPC Scalable Software Initiative) of the DoD.
`($50,000 actually funded.)
`4. NSF Engineering Research Center for Computational Field Simulation, April 1995- May 1999,
`“Heterogeneous Computing Testbed (CA 8)", PI, By year: $34,983/$70,111/$55,916. Funded through
`NSF Engineering Research Center.
`Dickerson Vision Technology
`1. Small Business Innovations Research Program of the NSF, Division of Industrial Interface,
`September 1993 - February 1994, Award No. III-9260914. ($50,000 Phase I contract conducted at
`Dickerson Vision Technologies.)
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`Technology Transfer and Licensing
`Hector Distributed Run-Time Environment licensed by MPI Software Technology, Inc., Starkville,
`MS in June 1998 (while at Mississippi State University)
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`Courses Created and Enhanced
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`University of South Alabama
`EE 264 Microprocessor Systems and Interfacing – Replaced 68HC11 with Freescale 9S12 architecture
`and redesigned the entire course, Introduced use of 68HC11 simulator and accompanying podcast to
`enhance student’s ability to visualize microprocessor operation
`EE 268 Digital Logic Design Lab – Updated one lab experiment
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`EE 368 Microprocessor Systems Lab – Developed all-new sequence to tie EE 368 to senior projects
`with hands-on experiments like motors, photocells, and servomotors.
`EE 401 Introduction to ECE Design – Completely overhauled the first-semester senior project course.
`Added lectures on professionalism, career development, and legal aspects of engineering. Structured the
`course so that reports would lead up to their senior-project reports.
`EE 404 ECE Design – Completely overhauled the second-semester senior project course by requiring
`better projects and adding material on giving effective presentations. Obtained very enthusiastic response
`from the department’s Industrial Advisory Board.
`EE 446 – Obtained donation of boards from Freescale and redesigned all of the experiments to
`develop more interesting demonstrations and to switch from assembly language to C.
`EE 457/557 – Developing series of podcasts to augment in-class lectures with materials related to
`embedded systems and professional development.
`EE 469/569 Advanced Digital System Design – Developed all-new course in high-speed circuit board
`design from an electromagnetics perspective, and authored a textbook for the course. Added a lab
`experience in 2009.
`EE 560 Advanced Computer Architecture – Selected new textbook for the class and developed lecture
`materials to match
`EG 101 – Developed systematic curriculum shared by all sections including “checklists” for
`instructors, handouts, and lecture materials. Introduced motors project, which has become the most
`popular EG 101 project.
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`Mississippi State University
`EE 8993 High Speed Digital Design -- Offered on video nationwide, it features pioneering treatment
`of high-speed circuit board design from an electromagnetics perspective. Material from the class has
`been included in one of the best-known electromagnetics textbooks, and it continues to be one of the most
`popular graduate classes in the department.
`EE 4743 Computer Aided Digital Design -- Added breakthrough educational technology to permit
`remote access to logic synthesis capabilities. Offered on live two-way video starting Fall 1998.
`Courses Taught
`University of South Alabama
`EE 220, Circuit Analysis I, 1 course.
`EE 263, Digital Logic Design, 2 courses.
`EE 264, Microprocessor Sys-Interfacing, 4 courses.
`EE 268, Digital Logic Design Lab, 1 course.
`EE 368, Microprocessor Sys Interf Lab, 14 courses.
`EE 401, Intro Elec and CpE Design - W, 7 courses.
`EE 404, Elec and Comp Eng Designs-W, 7 courses.
`EE 440, HDL Logic Synthesis, 1 course.
`EE 446, Embedded System Design Lab, 2 courses.
`EE 457, Embedded System Design, 10 courses.
`EE 469, Signal Integrity, 5 courses.
`EE 534, VLSI Design Systems, 1 course.
`EE 540, HDL Logic Synthesis, 1 course.
`EE 548, Computer-Network Security, 5 courses.
`EE 557, Adv. Embedded System Design, 8 courses.
`EE 560, Adv Computer Architecture, 3 courses.
`EE 569, Signal Integrity, 5 courses.
`EG 101, Intro to Engineering & Design, 5 courses.
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`EG 231, Intro to Ethics and Economics, 2 courses.
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`Number Description
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`EE 2111 Electrical Lab I
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`EE 2713 Digital Devices
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`EE 4723 Microcomputers II
`EE 4743 Computer Aided Digital Design
`EE 8993 High-Speed Digital Design
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`Class Description
`Accompanies introductory digital class
`Introductory digital class
`Microcontroller interfacing
`VHDL, logic design, and synthesis
`Signal integrity and high-speed design
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`Honors and Awards
`University of South Alabama College of Engineering “Teacher of the Year” 2015
`Mobile Area Council on Engineering “Engineering Educator of the Year” 2015
`Technology and Engineering Emmy® Award, 2013, for “Pioneering Development of Multi-Room
`DVR.” Awarded to Cisco. I managed the groups that built the first prototypes, gave public
`demonstrations, wrote numerous patent applications, and developed the first mass-production set-top
`containing Multi-Room DVR.
`2nd Place in “Best Paper – Storage Category” at ICCE 2011. The paper is “Digital Video Recording
`Onto Solid-State Disks” as noted in Conference publications above.
`Attendee, “Top Prof” Banquet – University of South Alabama chapter of Mortar Board, 2009,2010
`Tau Beta Pi Engineering Professor of the Year – University of South Alabama chapter of Tau Beta Pi,
`2008. One of two highest awards in the College of Engineering for teaching, and the only award voted on
`by honor students in the College.
`Finalist, 53rd International Science and Engineering Fair, 1983, Albuquerque, NM.
`
`Professional Activities
`Expert Witness Engagements
`
`Case
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`Delaware
`
`2011-13 Plaintiff
`
`Jurisdiction and
`Case Number
`Southern District of
`Alabama
`Eastern District of
`Texas
`
`WNE Holdings v.
`Rockwell Automat.
`Personalized Media
`Corp. (PMC) v.
`Echostar
`Pegasus v. DirecTV
`et al.
`Apple v. Samsung
`
`Int’l Trade
`Commission 337-
`TA-796
`Delaware
`
`EON v. MobiTV et
`al.
`PMC v. Zynga
`
`Eastern District of
`Texas
`OpenTV v. Netflix Delaware
`Kaplan v. OnForce N.D. California
`Southern District of
`Intellectual
`New York
`Ventures v. J.P.
`Morgan Chase
`
`Dep. Trial
`
`0
`
`3
`
`0
`
`1
`
`1
`
`5
`
`0
`0
`2
`
`0
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`0
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`0
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`1
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`0
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`0
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`0
`0
`0
`
`IPR*
`Rep.
`0
`
`0
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`0
`
`0
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`0
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`4
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`0
`1
`0
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`Year(s) Witness
`for
`Plaintiff
`
`2011
`
`Expert
`Reports
`1
`
`2
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`1
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`4
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`1
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`1
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`0
`0
`2
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`2010-
`2015
`
`Plaintiff
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`2012
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`Respondent
`
`Defendant
`
`Plaintiff
`
`Defendant
`Defendant
`Defendant
`
`2013
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`2013
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`2014
`2014
`2013-
`now
`
`9
`
`
`
`
`
`Case
`
`PMC v. Amazon
`
`Jurisdiction and
`Case Number
`Delaware
`
`Sony v. Pace
`PMC v. Apple
`
`PMC v. Samsung
`
`Eastern District of
`Better Mouse Corp.
`Texas
`v. Steelseries et al.
`Eastern District of
`SyncPoint v.
`Texas
`Nintendo et al.
`USPTO (IPR)
`TQ Beta v. Dish
`Script v. ADT et al. Eastern District of
`Texas
`USPTO (IPR)
`EDTX and USPTO
`(IPR)
`Eastern District of
`Texas
`Eastern District of
`Music Choice v.
`Texas
`Stingray
`Broadcom v. AMD USPTO (IPR)
`Tech Pharmacy v.
`Eastern District of
`Alixa et al.
`Texas
`Rovi v. PMC
`Eastern District of
`Texas, Arbitration
`Eastern District of
`Texas
`Eastern District of
`Texas
`Eastern District of
`Texas
`USPTO (IPR)
`
`Year(s) Witness
`for
`Plaintiff
`
`Expert
`Reports
`1
`
`Plaintiff
`
`Plaintiff
`
`Defendant
`Plaintiff
`
`Defendant
`Patent
`Owner
`Patent
`Owner
`Plaintiff
`
`Petitioner
`Plaintiff
`
`Defendant
`
`2
`
`2
`
`1
`2
`
`0
`2
`
`2
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`2
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`0
`2
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`0
`
`2014-
`2015
`2015-
`2016
`2015-
`now
`2016
`2016
`
`2016
`2016-
`2017
`2016
`
`2016-
`now
`2016
`2017
`
`2017
`
`Dep. Trial
`
`9
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`0
`
`1
`
`1
`2
`
`1
`1
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`0
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`2
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`0
`2
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`1
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`0
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`1
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`0
`
`0
`0
`
`0
`0
`
`0
`
`0
`
`0
`1
`
`0
`
`IPR*
`Rep.
`5
`
`0
`
`0
`
`0
`0
`
`4
`2
`
`0
`
`4
`
`1
`0
`
`0
`
`1
`
`1
`
`1
`
`1
`
`0
`
`0
`
`0
`
`0
`
`0
`
`0
`
`0
`
`1
`
`Implicit v. Trend
`Micro
`2018-
`Implicit v. Palo
`Now
`Alto
`2018-
`Invensas v.
`Now
`Samsung
`2018-
`Selective Signals v.
`Now
`Palo Alto
`* Includes reports submitted for both IPRs and CBMRs
`Invited Lectures
` “Real-time Monitoring in MPI”, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, August 1998
`Consulting
`Consulted with various investment firms concerning telecommunications market, 2007 – ongoing
`Cox Communications – DVR Reliability – 2015
`Society Memberships
`Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (Senior Member), IEEE Consumer Electronics Society,
`IEEE Computer Society, Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Beta Phi
`Secretary, Northeast Mississippi Subsection of the IEEE, 1994-95
`Article Reviewer
`Computers and Electrical Engineering, Supercomputing '94, IEE Transactions, Concurrency:
`Practice and Experience, International Parallel Processing Symposium, IEEE Transactions on Education,
`IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, ICT 2012, ICAEE 2012
`Proposal Reviewer
`
`2017
`
`Defendant
`
`Defendant
`
`Plaintiff
`
`Petitioner
`
`2
`
`1
`
`2
`
`0
`
`10
`
`
`
`
`
`Army Research Office, National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy
`University Service
`Chair, Search Committee, ECE Department – Search for Assistant Professor positions, 2008-now
`(chair since 2011)
`Member, ECE Department Undergraduate Affairs Committee, 2015-now
`Member, College of Engineering Academic Standards Committee, 2016-now
`Member, Search Committee, College of Engineering – Search for 2 Associate Dean positions, 2015
`Member, Search Committee, College of Engineering – Search for Associate Dean positions, 2008-09
`Member, University of South Alabama Council on International Education, 2008-15
`Chairman, ECE Department “Open House” Committee, 2008-09
`Conducted open house and other demonstrations for the department, 2008-now
`Chairman, ECE Department Recruiting and Retention Committee, 2007-08
`Updated and conducted experiment for ACE program, 2007
`Member, Hearin Undergraduate Committee, 1998
`Department Coordinator, United Way Campaign, 1995
`Award Referee, 1995 Instructional Paper Award, MSU College of Engineering
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