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  Invited Talks (past 5 years):

  • Building Mobile Phone Applications, ACM Distinguished Lecture, Keynote address at the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges (CCSC) annual conference, Roanoke College, Salem, VA, November 13-14, 2009.

  • UNCW Mobile Applications: Interactive Text Message and iPhone Development, with J. Brown, C. Alvarez, R. Valea, and P. Whisenhunt, UNCW Board of Trustees Meeting, Wilmington, NC, October 22, 2009.

  • Mobile Education LLC, with J. Brown, UNCW Entrepreneurship Center Hi-Growth Startup Pitch Event, Wrightsville Beach, NC, April 29, 2009.

  • Building Mobile Messaging Applications with SMS, UNCW Admissions Master Class, UNC Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, March 28, 2009.

  • UNCW Text Message Applications, with J. Brown, J. Watkins, and Wade Grant, 2009 Wilmington Area IT Professionals Technology Exchange and Fair, March 26, 2009.

  • UNCW Text Message Applications, with J. Brown, L. Kraus, and T. Thompson, 2009 UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) Conference, March 13-20, 2009.

  • Dub Hunt: Interactive Campus Scavenger Hunt, with J. Brown, A. Dorow, C. Logan, T. Skandier, and T. Thomas, 2009 Southern Regional Orientation Workshop, Oxford, MS, March 13-15, 2009.

  • Dub Hunt: Interactive Campus Scavenger Hunt, with J. Brown, A. Dorow, and C. Logan, NC National Orientation Directors Association Conference, Greensboro, NC, February, 12, 2009.

  • Building Mobile Messaging Applications with SMS, ACM Distinguished Lecture, Duke University, Durham, NC, February 5, 2009.

  • UNCW Text Message Applications, with J. Brown and D. Saunders-White, 2008 UNC CAUSE Conference, Greensboro, NC, December 17-18, 2009.

  • On the Design and Implementation of a System Integrating Outlook Mobile Services with the Short Message Service, with S. Border and J. Brown, 2008 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'08), Las Vegas, NV, July 14-17, 2008.

  • 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.

  • Building Mobile Messaging Applications with SMS, ACM Distinguished Lecture, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, March 18, 2008.

  • Extending GridNexus to Support the Visual Assembly of Web Services, with E. Harris and J. Brown, International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering (CISSE 07), December 3-12, 2007.

  • 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.

  • Building Mobile Messaging Applications with SMS, Invited talk at the University of Virginia, June 19, 2007.

  • Interactive Services on Mobile Devices for Higher Education, with J. Brown, 2007 Southeast Educause Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 10-13, 1007.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Investigating Innovative Applications of Blogs and Podcasts in University Environments, with L. Patterson, Poster Presentation at the Interact Technology Showcase, UNCW Information Technology Division, Wilmington, NC, March 29, 2007.

  • Real-time Shuttle Bus Tracker, with A. Rawls and J. Brown, Poster Presentation at the Interact Technology Showcase, UNCW Information Technology Division, Wilmington, NC, March 29, 2007.

  • 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 Division, Wilmington, NC, March 29, 2007.

  • Short Message Service Applications, with B. Shipman, and J. Brown, Poster Presentation at the Interact Technology Showcase, UNCW Information Technology Division, Wilmington, NC, March 29, 2007.

  • Application of Biometrics to Mobile Devices, with A. Curley, B. Shipman, J. Kim, and K. Ricanek, Poster Presentation at the Interact Technology Showcase, UNCW Information Technology Division, Wilmington, NC, March 29, 2007.

  • An Update on UNCW’s Grid Computing Research Project, with N. Martin and J. Brown, UNC-GA, Chapel Hill, NC, September 18, 2006.

  • UNCW’s Grid Computing Project, Presentation to NCCU’s Computer Science and Information Systems Departments, Durham, NC, June 23-24, 2006.

  • Virtual Learning Community Project, with D. Ward and G. Lugo, Poster Presentation at the ITSD Interact 2006 Technology Showcase, UNCW Information Technology Division, Wilmington, NC, March 29, 2006.

  • GridNexus: a Graphical User Interface for Grid Computing, with N. Martin, C. Ferner, J. Brown, A. Martin, J. Martin, and L. Bartolotti, 57th Southeast/61st Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Memphis, TN, November 1-4, 2005.

  • Classroom Uses of Mobile Devices, PT3 Technology Institute, UNCW School of Education, April 23, 2005.

  • On the Design and Implementation of a Location-Aware Campus-Based Computing Infrastructure, with E. Dunn, 2005 UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, Raleigh, NC, March 30, 2005.

  • Technology in the Classroom: Wireless Networking and Handheld Computers in Lecture and Lab, with B. Heath, UNCW Adult Scholars Leadership Program, February 24, 2005.

  • UNCW's Mobile Learning Environment, Multimedia Users Group for Teaching and Learning, North Carolina State University, January 20, 2005.

  • GridNexus and JXPL: A Grid Services Workflow System, with J. Brown and C. Ferner, MCNC Grid Technology Workshop, December 14, 2004.

  • Integrating Digital Libraries with Traditional Libraries: Collaborating for Sustainability, with D. Pfohl and D. Ward, Poster Presentation at the NSF NSDL Workshop, Chicago, IL, November 15-17, 2004.

  • An Introduction to Emerging Web and Grid Services, ACM Distinguished Lecture, University of Pittsburgh, October 21, 2004.

  • An Introduction to Emerging Web Technologies, ACM Distinguished Lecture, Allegheny College, October 20, 2004.

  • Future Prospects for Mobile Learning, PT3 Summer Technology Institute, UNCW Executive Development Center, June 14, 2004.

  • Technology in the Classroom: Wireless Networking and Handheld Computers in Lecture and Lab, UNCW Watson School of Education, Classroom Presentation, March 22, 2004.

  • Technology in the Classroom: Wireless Networking and Handheld Computers in Lecture and Lab, with B. Heath, UNCW Adult Scholars Leadership Program, March 4, 2004.

  • An Introduction to Emerging Web Technologies, ACM Distinguished Lecture, Indiana University, February 4, 2004.