Ronald J. Vetter, Ph.D.
Department of Computer Science
E-mail: vetterr@uncw.edu
Cell: (910) 538-3523
Education:
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Ph.D.,
Computer Science,
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M.S.,
Computer Science,
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B.S.,
Computer Science,
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B.S.,
Mathematics,
Professional
Experience:
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Co-Founder
and Chief Executive Officer, Mobile Education LLC, Wilmington, NC 2007-present.
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Professor,
Computer Science Department, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2000-present.
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Department
Chair, Computer Science Department, University of North Carolina Wilmington,
2000-2005.
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Associate
Professor and Assistant Chair, Computer Science Department,
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Associate
Professor, Mathematical Sciences Department,
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Director,
Computer Systems Institute,
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Assistant
Professor,
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Assistant
Professor, Mathematical Sciences Department,
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Assistant
Professor, Computer Science and
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Teaching
Assistant, Computer Science Department,
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Teaching
Assistant,
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Computer
Systems Analyst and Network Consultant, CBI Computer Services, Fargo, 1983-95.
Principal Areas of
Research Interest:
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Computer
Networks
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Mobile
Computing
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Parallel
and Distributed Systems
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Web-based
Distance Learning
Publications:
86. On the Design and Implementation of a System
Integrating Outlook Mobile Services with the Short
Message
Service, with S. Border and J. Brown, Proceedings of the 2008 International
Conference on
Wireless
Networks (ICWN'08), Las Vegas, NV, July 14-17, 2008.
85.
SMS: Short Message Service, with J. Brown and B. Shipman, Computer,
Vol. 40, No. 12, December 2007, pp. 106-110.
84. Extending GridNexus to Support the Visual
Assembly of Web Services, with E. Harris and J. Brown, Proceedings of the
International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences,
and Engineering (CISSE 07), December 3-12, 2007.
83. Interactive Services on Mobile
Devices for Higher Education, with J. Brown, R. Hoon, and D. Saunders-White, Proceedings
of the 2007 Educause Conference, Seattle, Washington, October 23-26, 2007.
82.
Parallel Processing
with GT4, with J. Brown, M. Freeze, and E. Harris, Poster Presentation at
the International Conference on the Virtual Computing Initiative (ICVCI 2007),
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, May 7-8, 2007.
81.
Metadata Lessons
Learned from the iLumina Digital Library, with B. Heath, D. McArthur, and M.
McClelland, Communications of the ACM,
Vol. 48, No. 7, July 2005.
80. Project Numina: Enhancing Student
Learning with Handheld Computers, with B. Heath, R. Herman, G. Lugo, J. Reeves,
and C. Ward, Computer, Vol. 38, No. 6, June 2005, pp. 46-53.
79.
GridNexus: A Grid
Services Scientific Workflow System, with J. Brown, C. Ferner, T. Hudson, A.
Stapleton, A. Martin, J. Martin, A.
Rawls, W. Shipman, and M. Wood, International Journal of Computer &
Information Science, Vol. 6, No. 2, June 2005.
78.
On the Design and
Implementation of a Location-Aware Campus-Based Computing Infrastructure, with
E. Dunn, Poster Presentation at the 2005 UNC Teaching and Learning with
Technology Conference, Raleigh, NC, March 30, 2005.
77.
A Mobile Learning
Environment to Support a Virtual Education Community in Science and
Mathematics, with B. Heath, R. Herman, G. Lugo, J. Reeves, and C. Ward, Technological
Horizons in Education Journal, Vol. 32, No. 8, March 2005.
76.
Integrating Digital
Libraries with Traditional Libraries: Collaborating for Sustainability, with D.
Pfohl and D. Ward, Poster Presentation at the NSF NSDL Workshop,
75.
Integrating Digital
Libraries with Traditional Libraries: A Model for Sustaining NSDL Collections,
with S. Cody and D. Ward, Poster Presentation at the NSF NSDL Workshop,
74.
An Integrated
Framework for Implementing Quality of Network Concepts, with C. Ferner, Journal
of Network and Systems Management, Vol. 10, No. 4, December 2002.
73.
Course Notes #48 -
Dynamic Media on Demand: Exploring Wireless and Wired Streaming Technologies
and Content, with T. Rhyne, L. Bishop, D. Holmes, and A. Turner, Proceedings of the 29th International
Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH '02),
72.
Mobile Commerce:
Framework, Applications, and Networking Support, with U. Varshney, ACM/Baltzer
Journal on Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET), Special Issue on
Mobile Commerce, Vol. 7, June 2002, pp.185-198.
71.
Guest Editor’s
Introduction, with U. Varshney, Journal of Mobile Networks and
Applications, Special Issue on Mobile Commerce, Vol. 7, No. 3, June
2002.
70.
A Multicast Tree
Construction Algorithm for Large Multiparty Conferences, with P. Juell and
D. Brekke, Journal of Telecommunication Systems, Vol. 17, No. 3,
July 2001.
69.
A Collaborative
Approach for Creating Curriculum and Instructional Materials, with S. Sologuk
and R. Stammen, Journal of Technology
and Teacher Education (JTATE), Vol. 9, No. 2, June 2001, pp. 199-210.
68.
Towards a Sharable
Digital Library of Reusable Teaching Resources: Roles for Rich Metadata, with
D. McArthur, B. Graves, S. Giersch, D. Ward, R. Dillaman, R. Herman, G. Lugo,
J. Reeves, D. Knox, and S. Owen, Communications of the ACM,
Special issue on Digital Libraries, Vol. 44, No. 5, May 2001.
67.
Guest Editor’s
Introduction, with A. Weaver and K. Swigger, Decision Support Systems
Journal, Special Issue on E-Commerce, Vol. 31, No. 3, 2001.
66.
Teaching and Learning
in the Wireless Classroom, with P. Shotsberger, Computer, Vol.
34, No. 3, March 2001.
65.
The Wireless
Worldwide Web, Communications of the ACM, Invited Essay on the
future of computing, Vol. 44, No. 3, March 2001.
64.
A Framework for
Emerging Mobile Commerce Applications, with U. Varshney, Proceedings of
the 34th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
(HICSS-34), Maui, Hawaii, January 3-6, 2001.
63.
Mobile E-commerce: A
New Frontier, with U. Varshney and R. Kalakota, Computer, Special
Issue on E-commerce, Vol. 33. No. 10, October 2000.
62.
The Future of
E-Commerce, with A. Weaver, A. Whinston, and K. Swigger, Guest Editor's
Introduction, Computer, Special Issue on E-commerce, Vol. 33, No.
10, October 2000.
61. The Handheld Web: How Mobile Wireless
Technologies Will Change Web-Based Instruction and Training, with P.
Shotsberger, Educational Technology, Vol. XL, No. 5,
September-October 2000, pp.49-52.
60.
Emerging Mobile and
Wireless Networks, with U. Varshney, Communications
of the ACM, Vol. 43, No. 6, June 2000, pp. 73-81 (reprinted online in
the June 2000 issue of iMP: The Magazine on Information Impacts,
http://www.cisp.org/imp).
59.
An International
Distance Learning Nursing Course: Nursing in the US and Japan, with Yeoun Soo
Kim, Journal of Cultural Diversity,
Special Issue on International Education, Vol. 6, No. 2, Summer 1999, pp. 48-56
(reprinted in the 2001 IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics,
Schattauer Publishing Company, 2001).
58.
Network-based
Professional Development: A Comparison of Statewide Initiatives, with P.
Shotsberger, R. Stammen, G. Blue, and E. Greer, Proceedings of the World
Conference on the WWW and Internet (WebNet ‘99),
57.
Distance Learning
Design/Model (DLD/M) Project, Proceedings
of the Third UNC Workshop on the Use of Technology for Distance Education,
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, September 22-23, 1999.
56.
Web-Based
55.
Entrepreneurial
Creation of High Quality Distributed Learning Courses at the University of
North Carolina at Wilmington, with P. Turrisi, J. Brown, C. Ward, J. Wilson, M.
Albert, and C. Kearsley, Paper/Panel
Presentation at the 38th Annual Conference of the Association of General and
Liberal Studies, St. Louis, Missouri, October 15-17, 1998.
54. Developing Fifteen Online Courses in 140 Days!, with
C. Ward and G. Lugo, Proceedings of
the Second Annual UNC Workshop on the Use of Technology for Distance Education,
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, September 16-17, 1998.
53.
Building
Video-on-Demand Servers, with D. Du, J. Hsieh, and J. Liu, Journal of Telecommunication
Systems, Special issue on Multimedia, Baltzer Science Publishers, Vol.
9, Nos. 3-4, September 1998.
52.
The Counter-Based
Congestion Avoidance Scheme for ABR Traffic in ATM Networks, with H. Choi and
K. Nygard, Proceedings of the 1998
IEEE International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference,
Phoenix/Tempe, AZ, February 16-18, 1998.
51. The Internet in the Year Ahead, with K. Kroeker, Computer, Vol. 31, No. 1, January
1998.
50.
Developing an Online
Web-based Course, Poster Presentation
at the World Conference of the WWW, Internet, and Intranet (WebNet '97),
49.
Web-Based Education
Experiences, with C. Severance, Computer,
Vol. 30, No. 11, November 1997.
48.
Developing an Online
Internet-based Course, Proceedings of
the First Annual UNC Workshop on the Use of Technology for Distance Education,
47.
Liveness Testing for
Video Conferencing on the Internet, with R. Hulm and D. Brekke, Proceedings of the 30th Annual Small
College Computing Symposium (SCCS '97), Kenosha, Wisconsin, April
17-19, 1997.
46.
Web-based Teacher
Professional Development: Current Implementations and Future Prospects, with P.
Shotsberger, R. Stammen, M. Nelson, and Linda Baker, Technology and Teacher
Education Annual of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher
Education (SITE ‘97),
45.
Asynchronous Transfer
Mode: An Emerging Network Standard for High Speed Communications, Book Chapter
in Advances in Computers,
Volume 44, Academic Press, March 1997.
44.
Web Publishing: No
HTML Expertise Needed, Computer,
Vol. 30, No. 2, March 1997.
43.
A Method for
Answering Queries over Future High Speed Networks, with W. Perrizo, A. Duggal,
Z. Zhang, and S. Krebsbach, Proceedings
of the ISCA 9th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry
and Engineering (CAIN), Orlando, Florida, December 11-13, 1996.
42.
Evaluation of
Computer Conferencing Tools for Conducting Collaborative Seminars on the
Internet, with P. Juell, D. Brekke, and J. Wasson, International Journal of Educational Telecommunications,
Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 233-248, December 1996.
41.
Survey of Congestion
Control Schemes for ABR Traffic in ATM Networks, with H. Choi, Data Communications Management,
Auerbach Publications, October 1996.
40.
TM-LAB: An
Experimental Program for Viewing and Investigating Thematic Mapper Imagery on
the PC, with J. Sanchez, M. Canton, W. Perrizo, Poster Presentation at the Pecora 13 Symposium, EROS Data
Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, August 19-22, 1996.
39.
Analysis of Variable
Bit Rate Traffic Using MPEG-1 Over ATM Networks, with Y. Chua, NDSU Workshop on ATM Networking,
38.
Choosing Optimal
Network Parameters for Effective Congestion Control in ATM Networks, with H.
Choi, NDSU Workshop on ATM Networking,
37.
Some Aspects of
Distributed Database Management in High Speed Network Environments, with S.
Junnuru and W. Perrizo, Proceedings of
the 11th International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSE '96),
Las Vegas, Nevada, July 9-11, 1996.
36.
A Multimedia System
for Asynchronous Collaboration Using the Multicast Backbone and the World Wide
Web, with C. Jonalagada, Proceedings
of the 1st Annual Conference on Emerging Technologies and Applications in
Communications, Portland, Oregon, May 7-10, 1996.
35.
Pioneering on the New
Frontiers of Education, with T. Krile and P. Juell, Internet Kiosk, Computer, Vol. 29, No. 5, May
1996.
34.
North Dakota State
University's World Wide Web Instructional Project, with P. Juell, J. Ross, V.
Tareski, T. Krile, and N. Lilleberg, Proceedings
of the 29th Annual Small College Computing Symposium (SCCS '96), St.
Cloud University, St. Cloud, MN, April 18-20, 1996.
33.
Design Criteria for
Offering a College Course in an Interactive Computer Mediated Communication
Environment (CD-ROM based), with J.
Wasson, D. Brekke, and P. Juell, Proceedings
of the 29th
32.
Scalability of the
MBone, with D. Brekke and P. Juell,
Proceedings of the 29th Annual Small College Computing Symposium (SCCS '96), St. Cloud University, St.
Cloud, MN, April 18-20, 1996.
31.
Emerging Technologies
for Distance Education, with V. Tong and P. Juell, Proceedings of the 29th
30.
Building
Video-on-Demand Servers Using Shared-Memory Multiprocessors, with D. Du, J. Hsieh, and J. Liu,
29.
Computer-Controlled
Devices Reach the Internet, Internet Kiosk, Computer,
Vol. 28, No. 12, December 1995.
28.
Using Color and Text
in Projecting Multimedia Presentations, with C. Ward and S. Shapiro, IEEE Multimedia, Vol. 2, No. 4,
Winter 1995, December 1995.
27.
Integrating
Interactive Graphics Techniques with Future Technologies, with T. Rhyne, E.
Gidney, T. Imielinski, and P. Maes, Proceedings
of the 22nd International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive
Techniques (SIGGRAPH '95),
26.
Accessing Earth
System Science Data and Applications through High-Bandwidth Networks, with M.
Ali, et. al., IEEE Journal on Selected
Areas in Communications, Special issue on Applications Enabling the
Large Scale Deployment of Gigabit Networks, Vol. 13, No. 5, June 1995.
25.
Softbots, Knowbots,
and Whatnots, Part of article on Where is Software Headed?, Computer, Vol. 28, No. 8, August 1995.
24.
Logistics of Running
a Collaborative Multimedia Seminar over
the Internet, with P. Juell, D. Brekke, and J. Wasson, Proceedings of the 28th Small College
Computing Symposium (SCCS '95), Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD,
April 20-21, 1995.
23.
Evaluation of Computer
Conferencing Tools for Conducting Collaborative Seminars on the Internet, with
P. Juell, D. Brekke, and J. Wasson,
Proceedings of the 28th Small College Computing Symposium (SCCS '95),
Augustana Collage, Sioux Falls, SD,
April 20-21, 1995.
22.
Design Principles for
Multi-Hop Wavelength and Time Division Multiplexed Optical Passive Star
Networks, with S. Tong and D. Du, Journal
of High Speed Networks, Vol. 4, No. 2, March 1995.
21.
ATM Concepts,
Architecture, and Protocols, Communications
of the ACM, Special Issue on ATM Networks, Vol. 38, No. 2, February
1995.
20. Mosaic and the World Wide Web, with
C. Spell and C. Ward, Computer,
Vol. 27, No. 10, October 1994 (reprinted in Japanese and published in the
February 1995 issue of Nikkei
Electronics).
19.
Videoconferencing on
the Internet, Hot Topics, Computer,
Vol. 28, No. 1, January 1995.
18.
Storage and Network
Requirements of a Low-Cost, Computer-Based Virtual Classroom, with P. Juell, D.
Brekke, and J. Wasson,Journal of
Computing and Information Technology, Vol. 2, No. 4, December 1994.
17.
Virtual Classroom
Easier Than You Think!, Open Channel, Computer,
Vol. 27, No. 6, June 1994 (reprinted in
Spanish and published in the Fall/Winter 1995 issue of the LANIA
Newsletter).
16.
Experiences With
Projected Multimedia Presentations, with C. Ward and S. Shapiro, Association
for Applied Interactive Multimedia, Proceedings
of the Third Annual Conference on Multimedia in Education and Industry (AAIM
'94), Charleston, SC, July 24-26, 1994.
15.
Research Issues in
Multimedia Database Management Systems, Proceedings
of the Second Annual Mid-Continent Information and Database Systems Conference,
14.
The Design of a
Remote, Low-Cost, Multimedia Classroom, with
P. Juell, D. Brekke, and J. Wasson, Proceedings.
of the 27th
13.
The Design and
Implementation of an Electronic Distance Learning System Using Electronic Mail
and a Network Presentation System (Mosaic), with P. Juell, D. Brekke, and J.
Wasson, Proceedings of the 27th Small College Computing Symposium (SCCS
'94), Winona State University, Winona, MN, April 29-30, 1994.
12.
A Network Architecture
for Distributed High Performance Heterogeneous Computing, with S. Bhattacharya,
D. Du, A. Pavan, S. Tong, and K.
Williams, Proceedings of the 8th
International Parallel Processing Symposium Workshop on Heterogenous
Computing (IPPS '94), Cancun, Mexico,
April 26-29, 1994.
11.
Electronic
Timekeeping, with A. Manager and G. Wawers, NACUBO
Business Officer, Vol. 27, No. 6, December 1993.
10.
The Design and
Implementation of a Computerized Presentation System for a Classroom Using an X
Cluster, Technical Report:
NDSU-CSOR-TR9311, with P. Juell, D. Brekke, T. Gibbons, and J. Wasson,
August 1993.
9. Communication
Networks: Present and Future,
Proceedings of the First Annual Mid-Continent Information Systems
Conference (MISC-93),
8. The
CM-2 Data Transposition Problem, with D. Du and A. Kleitz, Proceedings of the Seventh
International Parallel Processing Symposium (IPPS '93), Newport Beach,
CA, April 13-16, 1993.
7. Distributed
Computing With High Speed Optical Networks, with D. Du, Computer, Vol. 26, No. 2, February 1993.
6. Network
Architectures for High Performance Computing Environments, Ph.D. Dissertation,
5.
Network
Supercomputing, with D. Du and A. Klietz, IEEE
Network, Vol. 6, No. 3, May 1992.
4. Network
Supercomputing: Experiments with a CRAY-2 to CM-2 HIPPI Connection, with D. Du
and A. Kleitz, Proceedings of the 6th
International Parallel Processing Symposium (IPPS '92) Workshop on Heterogeneous
Processing, Beverly Hills, CA, March 23-26, 1992.
3. Topological
Design of Optically Switched WDM Networks, with D. Du and K. Williams, Proceedings of the 16th Conference on
Local Computer Networks, Minneapolis, MN, October 14-17, 1991.
2.
A Dynamic CSMA/CD-Based Protocol Using Alternating Persistence, with D.
Du,
1. A Background Task Scheduler for MS-DOS, M.S. Thesis,
Invited Talks and Public
Presentations:
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Mobile
Education: A Collaborative Effort to Leverage IT Investments at UNCW, with Jeff
Brown,
Poster
Presentation at the Interact Technology Showcase, UNCW Information Technology
Systems Division, Wilmington, NC, April 2, 2008.
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Building
Mobile Messaging Applications with SMS, ACM Distinguished Lecture, College of
Charleston, Charleston, SC, March 18, 2008.
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Extending
GridNexus to Support the Visual Assembly of Web Services, with E. Harris and J.
Brown, Proceedings of the International Joint Conferences on Computer,
Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering (CISSE 07), December 3-12,
2007.
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Interactive
Services on Mobile Devices for Higher Education, with J. Brown, R. Hoon, and D.
Saunders-White, 2007 Educause Conference, Seattle, Washington, October 23-26,
2007.
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Building
Mobile Messaging Applications with SMS, Invited talk at the University of
Virginia, June 19, 2007.
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Interactive
Services on Mobile Devices for Higher Education, with J. Brown, 2007 Southeast
Educause Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 10-13, 1007.
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Parallel
Processing with GT4, with J. Brown, M. Freeze, and E. Harris, Poster
Presentation at the International Conference on the Virtual Computing
Initiative (ICVCI 2007), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, May 7-8, 2007.
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GridNexus:
A Graphical User Interface for Grid Computing Applications, with E. Harris,
Grid Computing Symposium and High Performance Computing Workshop, NC A&T
State University, Greensboro, NC, April 13, 2007.
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Investigating
Innovative Applications of Blogs and Podcasts in University Environments, with
L. Patterson, Poster Presentation at the Interact Technology Showcase, UNCW
Information Technology Systems Division, Wilmington, NC, March 29, 2007.
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Real-time
Shuttle Bus Tracker, with A. Rawls and J. Brown, Poster Presentation at the
Interact Technology Showcase, UNCW Information Technology Systems Division,
Wilmington, NC, March 29, 2007.
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GridNexus:
A Graphical User Interface for Grid Computing Applications, with E. Harris, N.
Martin, A. Stapleton, and J. Brown, Poster Presentation at the Interact
Technology Showcase, UNCW Information Technology Systems Division, Wilmington,
NC, March 29, 2007.
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Short
Message Service Applications, with B. Shipman, and J. Brown, Poster
Presentation at the Interact Technology Showcase, UNCW Information Technology
Systems Division, Wilmington, NC, March 29, 2007.
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Application
of Biometrics to
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