777 Beacon Street NW | | | Associate Professor and Chair |
Palm Bay, Florida 32907 | | | Florida Institute of Technology |
email: wds@cs.fit.edu | | | The Program in Computer Science |
www: http://cs.fit.edu/%7Ewds | | | 150 W. University Boulevard |
(407) 768-8000 extension 8066 | | | Melbourne, Florida 32901 |
Education:
M.S. | Computer Science | University of Florida | 1986. |
Ph.D. | Mathematics | Southern Illinois University | 1980. |
M.S. | Mathematics | Southern Illinois University | 1976. |
B.A. | Mathematics major/Physics minor) | Southern Illinois University | 1972.
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Professional Experience:
1995 - Present | Program Chair | Computer Science | Florida Tech |
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1994 - Present | Associate Professor | Computer Science | Florida Tech |
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1986 - 1994 | Assistant Professor | Computer Science | Florida Tech |
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1984 - 1986 | Visiting Lecturer | Computer and Information Sciences
| University of Florida |
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1980 - 1984 | Assistant Professor | Department of Mathematics
| Murray State University |
Research Interests:
Parallel Algorithms, Numerical Analysis, Computational Genetics,
Computer Graphics and it Applications.
Journal Papers:
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C. FULTON, S. PRUESS, AND W. SHOAFF, Parallel computation of
Sturm-Liouville spectral density functions, Parallel Algorithms and
Applications, 4 (1994), pp. 41-51.
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M. INUI, W. SHOAFF, L. FAUSETT, AND M. SCHNEIDER, The recognition of
imperfect strings generated by fuzzy context sensitive grammars,
International Journal of Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 62 (1994), pp. 21-29.
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height 2pt depth -1.6pt width 23pt, Domain independent
temporal reasoning with recurring events, Computational Intelligence,
(1995).
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M. SCHNEIDER, H. LIM, AND W. SHOAFF, The utilization of fuzzy sets
in the recognition of imperfect strings, International Journal of Fuzzy Sets
and Systems, 49 (1992), pp. 331-338.
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W. D. SHOAFF, Tchebycheff approximation of continuous functions by
harmonic polynomials on conic sections, Journal of Approximation Theory, 44
(1985), pp. 277 - 288.
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S. THIfEBAUX, J. HERTZBERG, W. SHOAFF, AND M. SCHNEIDER, A
stochastic model of actions and plans for anytime planning under
uncertainty, International Journal for Intelligent Systems, (1994).
Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters and Technical Reports:
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E. MCDUFFIE, M. SCHNEIDER, W. SHOAFF, F. BUONI, AND E. SHNAIDER,
Combining a fuzzy expert system and temporal scheduling, in Proceedings of
the 7th Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Symposium, Pensacola Beach,
Florida, May 5 - 7 1994, Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society.
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R. MORRIS, W. SHOAFF, AND L. AL-KHATIB, Consistency of a network of
non-convex intervals, in Proceedings of the 6th Florida Artificial
Intelligence Research Symposium, M. B. Fishman, ed., Florida Artificial
Intellignece Research Symposium, April 18 - 21 1993, pp. 295-299.
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height 2pt depth -1.6pt width 23pt, Path consistency in
a network of non-convex intervals, in 13th International Joint Conference on
Artificial Intelligence, R. Bajcsy, ed., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc., 28
August -- 3 September 1993, pp. 655 - 660.
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height 2pt depth -1.6pt width 23pt, An algebraic
formulation of temporal knowledge for reasoning about recurring events, in
Proceedings of the TIME-94 International Workshop on Temporal Representation
and Reasoning, S. D. Goodwin and H. H. J., eds., Pensacola Beach, Florida,
May 4 1994, pp. 29 - 34.
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height 2pt depth -1.6pt width 23pt, Reasoning about
recurrence, in Workshop Notes, Spatial and Temporal Reasoning, AAAI-94,
Seattle, Washingtion, 1994.
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height 2pt depth -1.6pt width 23pt, Design of an
intelligent human-computer interface for the test, control and monitor system
at kennedy space center, Technical Report CR-183406, National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, October 1988.
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W. D. SHOAFF AND C. D. CHAN, A parallel algorithm for the singular
value decomposition of rectangular matrices, in Parallel Processing for
Scientific Computing, G. Rodrigue, ed., Society for Industrial and Applied
Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA, 1989, ch. 14, pp. 72-76.
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W. D. SHOAFF, H. S. NEWMAN, T. R. NUTTALL, AND J. C. HOZIER,
Supercomputer simulation of chromosomes, in Proceedings of the First
International Conference on Electrophoresis, Supercomputing and the Human
Genome, H. A. Lim and C. R. Cantor, eds., Teaneck, New Jersey, April 10 - 13
1990, Supercomputer Computations Research Institute and Florida State
University, pp. 235 - 244.
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W. SHOAFF, L. DAVIS, J. HOZIER, AND M. SCHNEIDER, The detection of
fuzzy repetitive patterns in long strings with application to microsatellite
mapping, (1994).
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W. D. SHOAFF, T. R. NUTTALL, AND J. C. HOZIER, A software system of
the assembly, manipulation, and visualization of digitally simulated
chromosomes, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Modelling and
Computer Methods in Molecular Biology and Genetics, N. A. Kolchanov and V. A.
Ratner, eds., Commack, New York, 1990, Institute of Cytology and Genetics,
USSR Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
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S. THIfEBAUX, J. HERTZBERG, W. SHOAFF, AND M. SCHNEIDER, A
stochastic model of actions and plans for anytime planning under
uncertainty, in Beiträge zum 7. Workshop ``Planen und Konfigurieren'',
A. Horz, ed., Arbeitspapiere der GMD No. 723, 1993, pp. 51 - 62.
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S. THIfEBAUX, J. HERTZBERG, W. SHOAFF, AND M. SCHNEIDER, A
stochastic model of actions and plans for anytime planning under
uncertainty, Technical Report TR-93-027, International Computer Science
Institute, Berkeley, California, May 1993.
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S. THIfEBAUX, J. HERTZBERG, W. SHOAFF, AND M. SCHNEIDER, A
stochastic model of actions and plans for anytime planning under
uncertainty, in Current Trends in AI Planning, C. Bäckström and
E. Sandewall, eds., IOS Press, December 1994, pp. 292 - 305.
Other Conference Presentations:
``Tchebycheff Approximation of Continuous Functions by Harmonic Polynomials
on Conic Sections,''
William Shoaff, American Mathematical Society Annual Meeting,
San Fransico, January, 1981.
``CalcPac: A Computerized Calculus Tutor,''
William Shoaff,
Kentucky Section of the Mathematical Association of America Annual Meeting,
Louisville, May 1983.
Demonstration of the Digisome Project Software -- Cray Research, Inc.,
William Shoaff,
Genome Sequencing II,
Hilton Head, South Carolina, September 30 - October 3, 1990.
``Parallelization of SLEDGE on Distributed Memory Machines,''
William Shoaff, Charles Fulton, Steve Pruess,
Gregynog Workshop on Computational Techniques in Spectral Theory and Related Topics,
Gregynog, Wales, July 11 -- July 16, 1993.
Grants and Awards:
Design and Development of a Graphical User Interface for the
Florida Solar Energy Center,
1 November 1994 to 30 June 1995,
$15,070.00, William Shoaff (PI).
Environmental Shading from a Directed Source, Florida Solar Energy Center,
1 May 1994 to 5 August 1994,
$4,315.00, William Shoaff (PI).
Clinical Trials for a Computerized Macular Degeneration Test and
Comparison with Conventional Amsler Grid,
Holmes Regional Hospital,
10 January 1994 to 9 January 1995,
$19,838, James McManus (PI), Joel Blatt, William Shoaff, and Alan Stokes
(Co-Investigators).
Development of User Interface and Clinical Trials for a Computerized
Macular Degeneration Test,
Holmes Regional Hospital,
10 January 1993 to 9 January 1994,
$16,351, James McManus (PI), Joel Blatt, William Shoaff, and Paula Sind
(Co-Investigators).
Development of a Computerized Test for Macular Degeneration,
Holmes Regional Hospital,
10 January 1992 to 9 January 1993,
$19,956, James McManus (PI), Joel Blatt, William Shoaff, and Paula Sind
(Co-Investigators).
Supercomputer Simulation of a Human Chromosome,
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, 17 November 1992 to 15 December 1993,
80 service units;
(PSC charges $250 per service unit to academic users),
William Shoaff (PI) and John Hozier.
Supercomputer Simulation of a Human Chromosome,
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, 15 November 1991 to 1 December 1992,
80 service units;
William Shoaff (PI), John Hozier, and Ted Nuttall.
Supercomputer Simulation of a Human Chromosome,
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, 15 January 1991 to 15 January 1992,
96 service units, William Shoaff (PI), Ted Nuttall, and John Hozier.
Supercomputer Simulation of a Human Chromosome,
Cray Research, Inc., 12 June 1990 to 16 August 1990,
$10,000, William Shoaff (PI) and Ted Nuttall.
NSF Grant No. ASC-882 1626, Mathematical Software for Parallel Computers,
15 August 1989 to 31 January 1992, $100,146 Charles Fulton (PI),
Donald Fausett, Laurene Fausett, Gary Howell, and William Shoaff (Co-Investigators).
NASA/ASEE Summer Fellowship at Kennedy Space Center,
Man-Machine Interfaces for Checkout of the Space Station and Ground Support,
10 June 1988 to 10 August 1988, $10,000.
Visitor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Numerical Linear Algebra Year,
Hypercube Algorithms for the Singular Value Decomposition,
26 March 1988 to 2 April 2 1988 and 22 May 1988 to 28 May 1988,
(Travel and Expenses).
National Computer Graphics Association Educational Grant, 20 March 1988 to 24
March 1988, (Travel and Expenses).
SIGGRAPH Educational Grant, 27 July 1987 to 31 July 1987,
(Travel and Expenses).
Murray State University Instructional Improvement Grant,
``Computer Aided Instruction in Calculus'', Summer 1983, $2,000.
NATO Advanced Study Institute,
``Computational Methods of Complex Analysis,'' Braunlage,
West Germany, Summer 1982.
(Travel and Expenses).
University Service
- Sigma Xi, President-Elect, May 1994 - May 1995.
- Computer Science Senator, Faculty Senate, Fall 1993 - present.
- Computer Science Representative, Campus Curriculum Committee, March
1993 - present.
- SACS Educational Support Services Committee Member, Fall 1993 - present.
- College of Engineering Awards Committee, 1994.
- Electrical and Computer Engineering Master's Comprehensive Examination Committee,
1988 - 1993.
- Reviewer for proposals submitted to Dr. Helmstetter for his Basic
Science Research Grants from NIH, 1992.
- Treasurer, FIT Sigma Xi Club, Fall 1988 - June 1991.
- Teaching Faculty Representative, FIT Network Advisory Board, 1990.
Department Service
- Program Chair, Computer Science, Fall 1995 - present.
- Chair, Computer Science Curriculum Committee, Fall 1993 - present.
- Chair, Computer Science Master's Comprehensive Examination Committee,
1988 - 1990, 1992 - 1993.
- Member, Computer Science Master's Comprehensive Examination Committee,
Fall 1993 - present.
- Chair, Computer Science Facilities Committee, 1989 - 1993.
- Member, Computer Science Facilities Committee, Fall 1993 - present.
- Chair, Computer Science Handbook Committee, Spring 1993.
- Course Coordinator for Graphics and Theoretical Computer Science (16 courses).
- Computer Science Department Ombudsman, 1989 - 1990.
- Computer Science Department Chair-Search Committee Member, 1988.
- Computer Science Department Sun System Administrator, 1986 - 1989.
- Faculty Sponsor, FIT ACM Chapter, 1986 - 1987.
Community and Other Service
- Advisory Computer Science Editor, Journal of Applied Mathematics and
Stochastic Analysis.
- Member SACS Visiting Committee, Louisiana Tech University, October 1994.
- Mathematical Association of America Institution Represesentive, 1994.
- Faculty Sponsor, Euclidean Math Club, Murray State University, 1982 - 1984.
- Mathematics Department Chair Search Committee, Murray State University, 1983.
- Judge, Space Coast Odessey of the Mind, 1990 - 1994.
Personal:
Born: | July 31, 1950, in Carbondale, Illinois. |
Height: | 5'8'' |
Weight: | 145 lbs. |
Health: | Excellent. |
Martial Status: | Married, no children. |
Avocations: | Sailing, bicycling, cooking, reading. |
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