Computer Science and
Operations Research
North Dakota State University
IACC Building, Rm. #258-A6
Fargo, ND 58105
phone: (701) 231-6124
e-mail:
slator@cs.ndsu.edu
QUALIFICATIONS
Ph.D. | 1988 |
Computer Science (Related Area: Linguistics)
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Dissertation: Lexical Semantics and Preference Semantics Analysis;
Advisor: Dr. Yorick A. Wilks. |
M.S. | 1985 |
Computer Science (Minor: Linguistics),
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM;
Thesis: Natural Language Interface: An Algorithm for Design. |
B.S. | 1983 |
Computer Science (with Honors; second major in English),
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. |
EXPERIENCE
2001-present | Professor |
Department of Computer Science and Operations Research
North Dakota State University. |
1996-2001 | Associate Professor |
Department of Computer Science and Operations Research
North Dakota State University. |
1992-1996 | Assistant Professor (Research) |
The Institute for the Learning Sciences
Northwestern University. |
1990-1992 | Research Associate |
The Institute for the Learning Sciences
Northwestern University. |
1989-1992 | Research Specialist |
Natural Language Group, Computing Research Laboratory,
New Mexico State University. |
1988-1990 | Assistant Professor |
Department of Computer Science
North Dakota State University. |
1985-1988 | Graduate Research Fellow |
Natural Language Group, Computing Research Laboratory,
New Mexico State University. |
PUBLICATIONS
Books
- Wilks, Yorick A., Brian M. Slator, and Louise Guthrie
(1996). Electric Words:
Dictionaries, Computers and Meanings. Cambridge, MA: MIT
Press.
Journal Articles
- Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat, Donald P. Schwert, and Brian
M. Slator. (2001). Geology Explorer: Virtual Geologic Mapping
and Interpretation. Journal of Computers and
Geosciences. 27(4).
- Slator, Brian M., Paul Juell, Phil McClean, Bernhardt
Saini-Eidukat, Donald Schwert, Alan White, Curt Hill
(1999). Virtual Environments for Education. The Journal of
Network and Computer Applications. 22(4). Academic Press.
- Manaris, Bill Z. and Brian M. Slator (1996). Interactive
Natural Language Processing. IEEE Computer Magazine. Vol. 29,
No. 7, pp. 28-32 (Introduction to the Special Edition on
Interactive Natural Language Processing).
- Guthrie, Louise, James Pustejovsky, Yorick A. Wilks
and Brian M. Slator (1996). The Role of Lexicons in Natural
Language Processing. Communications of the ACM. Vol. 39,
No. 1, pp. 63-72. (Special Edition on Natural Language
Processing, edited by Yorick A. Wilks)
- Slator, Brian M. and Scott D. MacQuarrie (1995).
Case-based Reasoning, Multi-media Learning Environments and
Tools for AI. International Journal of Microcomputer
Applications (IJMA). Vol. 14, No. 3, 101-106. Edited by
L. Miller. (Revision of MIDAS-94, below).
- Slator, Brian M. and Kerim C. Fidel (1994). Topical
Indexing and Questions to Represent Text for Retrieval and
Browsing. Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering , Vol. 6,
No. 4, pp. 495-510. (Special Issue on Knowledge Extraction from
Text, edited by Steven Leo Lytinen). Wiley and Sons: New
York.
- Wilks, Y., Guthrie L, Guthrie J, Cowie J, Farwell D, Slator B, and
Bruce, R. 1993. A Research Program on Machine-Tractable
Dictionaries and Their
Application to Text Analysis. Literary and Linguistic
Computing, Vol. 8, No. 4.
(special issue, eds. Ostler & Zampolli)
- Slator, Brian M. (1992). Sense and Preference. Computers
and Mathematics with Applications: an International Journal
(CMAIJ), Vol. 23, No. 6-9, pp. 391-402 (Invited paper, Special
Issue on Semantic Networks, edited by Fritz Lehmann, also
appears in SNAI, below).
- Slator, Brian M. and Christopher K. Riesbeck
(1992). TaxOps: a case-based advisor. International Journal of
Expert Systems, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 117-140 (Special issue on
Case-based Reasoning, edited by Evangelous Simoudis), JAI Press:
Greenwich, CT.
- Wilks, Yorick A., Dan C. Fass, Cheng-Ming Guo, James
E. McDonald, Tony Plate, and Brian M. Slator (1990). Providing
Machine Tractable Dictionary Tools. Machine Translation,
Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 99-151. (Revision of SATL, below).
- Andersen, Sandra and Brian M. Slator (1990). Requiem for a
Theory: the Story Grammar story. Journal of Experimental and
Theoretical Artificial Intelligence (JETAI), Vol. 2, No. 3,
pp. 253-275.
- Slator, Brian M. (1989). Extracting Lexical Knowledge
from Dictionary Text. Knowledge Acquisition: an International
Journal (KAAIJ), edited by Brian R. Gaines and John
Boose. Vol. 1, No. 1, March. pp. 89-112. London: Academic
Press. (Revision of Proceedings of KAKBSW, below).
- Slator, Brian M., Matthew P. Anderson and Walt Conley
(1986). Pygmalion at the Interface. Communications of the ACM.
(Special Section on the Human Aspects of Computing, edited by
Henry Ledgard), Vol. 29, No. 7, July. pp. 599-605. (Revision of
CRL-MCCS-85-26, below).
Conference Proceedings
- Opgrande, John E., Brian M. Slator, Aaron Bergstrom, Phil
McClean, Bradley Vender, Alan R. White (2002). Coordinating
Pilot Studies for Distributed Learning Environments with
Web-based Support Tools. Proceedings of the International
Conference on Information and Knowledge Sharing. St. Thomas, VI:
November 18-20, pp. 83-88.
- Clark, Jeffrey T., Brian M. Slator, Aaron Bergstrom, Francis
Larson, Richard Frovarp, James E. Landrum III, William Perrizo,
William Jockheck. (2002). DANA (Digital Archive Network for
Anthropology) A Model for Digital Archiving. Proceedings of the
17th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2002), Special
Track on Database and Digital Library Technology. Madrid, Spain,
March 10-14.
- Slator, Brian M., Jeffrey T. Clark, James Landrum III, Aaron
Bergstrom, Justin Hawley, Eunice Johnston, and Shawn
Fisher. (2001). Teaching with Immersive Virtual
Archaeology. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on
Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM-2001). Berkeley, CA,
Oct. 25-27, pp. 253-262.
- Clark, Jeffrey T., Brian M. Slator, Aaron Bergstrom,
Francis Larson, Richard Frovarp, James E. Landrum III, William
Perrizo. (2001). Preservation and Access of Cultural Heritage
Objects Through a Digital Archive Network for
Anthropology. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on
Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM-2001). Berkeley, CA,
Oct. 25-27, pp. 28-38.
- Slator, Brian M. (2001). Immersive Role-Based
Environements for Education. Invited Speaker. Proceedings of the
WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet (WebNet 2001),
Orlando, FL, Oct. 23-27, pp. 1132-1138.
- Slator, Brian M. with the members of CsCI345
(2001). Rushing Headlong into the Past: the Blackwood
Simulation. Proceedings of the Fifth IASTED International
Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications
(IMSA 2001). Honolulu, HI, August 13-16, pp. 318-323. Complete
author list at
http://lions.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/~mooadmin/papers/imsa-final.htm
- Slator, Brian M., Jeffrey Clark, Paul Juell, Phil
McClean, Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat, Donald P. Schwert, Alan
R. White (2001). Research on Role-based Learning
Technologies. Proceedings of the First IEEE International
Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
(ICALT-01). Madison, WI, Aug. 6-8. pp. 37-41
- Brian M. Slator, Jeffrey Clark, Paul Juell, Phil McClean,
Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat, Donald P. Schwert, Alan R. White, John
Bauer, Francis Larson, Bradley Vender, Aaron Bergstrom, Otto
Borchert, Robert Cosmano, Justin Hawley, Christina Johnson, John
Opgrande, Rebecca Potter, Paul Rye, Lester Sjoblom, Shannon
Tomac, and the NDSU Worldwide Web Instructional Committee
(2001). Demonstrations of Virtual Worlds for Education Research
at NDSU. Proceedings of the International Conference on
Intelligent Multimedia and Distance Education
(ICIMADE-01). Fargo, ND, June 1-3. pp. 148-154
- Borchert, Otto, Aaron Bergstrom, Jill Hockemeyer, Jeffrey
Clark, Paul Juell, Phil McClean, Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat, Donald
P Schwert, Brian M Slator, Alan R White, Curt Hill, John Bauer,
Francis Larson, Brad Vender, Bryan Bandli, Bing Chen, Michelle
Dean, Richard Frovarp, Guy Hokanson, Christina Johnson, Jeff
Kittleson, Ned Kruger, James Landrum, Mei Li, Benjamin Nichols,
John Opgrande, Rebecca Potter, Patrick Regan, Lai Ong Teo,
Anurag Tokhi, Shannon Tomac, Joy Turnbull, Jane Willenbring,
Qiang Xioo, Xinhai Ye, Melissa Zuroff. (2001), Recent Advances
in Immersive Virtual Worlds For Education. Proceedings of the
34th Annual Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium
(MICS-01), Cedar Falls, IA. April 5-7. [CD-ROM: /PAPERS/
BORCHERT.PDF]
- Slator, Brian M., Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat, Donald
P. Schwert, (2001) Mining for Problem-solving Styles in a
Virtual World. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference
of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education
(SITE'01), Orlando, FL, March 4-10, pp. 2536-2540.
- McClean, Phillip, Bernie Saini-Eidukat, Donald Schwert,
Brian Slator, Alan White (2001). Virtual Worlds in Large
Enrollment Biology and Geology Classes Significantly Improve
Authentic Learning. In Selected Papers from the 12th
International Conference on College Teaching and Learning
(ICCTL-01), Jack A. Chambers, Editor). Jacksonville, FL: Center
for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning. April 17-21,
pp. 111-118.
- Clark, J. T., A. Bergstrom, J. Landrum, III, F. Larson, and
B. Slator. (2001). Digital Archiving Network, for Anthropology.
In Proceedings of the Virtual Archaeology Between Scientific
Research and Territorial Marketing Conference, Arezzo, Italy,
November 2000. Edited by F. Niccolucci. Oxford: BAR
International Series.
- Hill, Curt and Brian M. Slator (2000). Computer Science
Instruction in a Virtual World. World Conference on Educational
Media, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA 2000), June
26-July 1, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Slator, Brian M. (1999). Intelligent Tutors in Virtual
Worlds. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on
Intelligent Systems. Denver, CO. June 24-26, pp. 124-127.
- White, Alan R., Phillip E. McClean, and Brian M. Slator
(1999). The Virtual Cell: An Interactive, Virtual Environment
for Cell Biology. World Conference on Educational Media,
Hypermedia and Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA 99), June 19-24,
Seattle, WA, pp. 1444-1445.
- Slator, B.M., P. Juell, P.E. McClean, B. Saini-Eidukat,
D.P. Schwert, A. White, C. Hill (1999). Virtual Environments for
Education at NDSU. World Conference on Educational Media,
Hypermedia and Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA 99), June 19-24,
Seattle, WA, pp. 875-880. (*Outstanding Paper Award*).
- Slator, Brian M. and Curt Hill (1999). Mixing Media For
Distance Learning: Using IVN And Moo In Comp372. World
Conference on Educational Media, Hypermedia and
Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA 99), June 19-24, Seattle, WA,
pp. 881-886.
- Slator, Brian M., Donald Schwert, Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat
(1999). Phased Development of a Multi-Modal Virtual Educational
World. Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers
and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE'99), Cherry Hill, NJ,
May 6-8, pp. 92-96.
- Saini-Eidukat, Bernhardt, Don Schwert and Brian M. Slator
(1999). Designing, Building, and Assessing a Virtual World for
Science Education. Proceedings of the 14th International
Conference on Computers and Their Applications (CATA-99), April
7-9, Cancun, pp. 22-25.
- McClean, P.E. , D.P. Schwert, P. Juell, B. Saini-Eidukat,
B.M. Slator, A. White. (1999). Cooperative Development of
Visually-Oriented, Problem-Solving Science
Courseware. International Conference on Mathematics/Science
Education &Technology, March 1-4, San Antonio, TX,
pp. 486-491.
- Schwert, D.P., B.M. Slator, B. Saini-Eidukat, (1999). A
Virtual World For Earth Science Education In Secondary And
Post-Secondary Environments: The Geology Explorer.
International Conference on Mathematics/Science Education
&Technology, March 1-4, San Antonio, TX, pp. 519-525.
- Slator, Brian M., Jeff Clark, Paul Juell, Joe Latimer, Phil
McClean, Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat, Don Schwert, Alan White, Neil
Amalraj, Spencer Anderson, Radha Balakrishnan, John Bauer, Aaron
Bergstrom, Otto Borchert, Jill Bozovsky, Bing Chen, Krista
Dauner, Faye Erickson, Golam Farooque, Curt Hill, Lance Holden,
Jason Huck, Kuo-Di Jian, William Jockheck, Beau Kautzman,
Srinivas Kanala, Umesh Kedla, Trevor Klein, Srinivas Kolipaka,
Ned Kruger, Atif Majeed, Suresh Maram, Kishore Peravali, Rebecca
Potter, Mark Rose, Jaime Sebelius, Mahesh Sharma, Josh Stompro,
Leah Tilly, Brad Vender, Dean Vestal, Pradeep Vorugu, Eric
Vossler, Jin Wang, Hong Wu, Yihe Wu, Qiang Xiao, Jozef Zelenak,
Jun Zhou (1999). Research and Development of Virtual Worlds for
Immersive Instruction. In the Proceedings of the Small College
Computing Symposium (SCCS99). La Crosse, WI, April 15-17. Online
see:
http://www.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu/~slator/html/abstracts/sccs-wwwic-99.html.
- Slator, Brian M. and Golam Farooque (1998). The Agents in an
Agent-based Economic Simulation Model. Proceedings of the 11th
International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry
And Engineering (CAINE-98) November 11-13, 1998, Las Vegas,
Nevada USA, pp. 175-179. (International Society for Computers
and Their Applications (ISCA)).
- Slator, Brian M., D. Schwert, B. Saini-Eidukat, P. McClean,
J. Abel, J. Bauer, B. Gietzen, N. Green, T. Kavli, L. Koehntop,
B. Marthi, V. Nagareddy, A. Olson, Y. Jia, K. Peravali,
D. Turany, B. Vender, J. Walsh (1998). Planet Oit: a Virtual
Environment and Educational Role-playing Game to Teach the
Geosciences. In the Proceedings of the Small College Computing
Symposium (SCCS98). Fargo-Moorhead, April
17-18. pp. 378-392. Online see:
http://www.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu/~slator/html/abstracts/sccs-oit-98.html
- Hill, Curt and Brian M. Slator (1998) Virtual Lecture,
Virtual Laboratory, or Virtual Lesson. In the Proceedings of the
Small College Computing Symposium (SCCS98). Fargo-Moorhead,
April 17-18. pp. 159-173.
- Slator, Brian M. and Harold "Cliff" Chaput
(1996). Learning by Learning Roles: a virtual role-playing
environment for tutoring. Proceedings of the Third International
Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems
(ITS'96). Montréal: Springer-Verlag, June 12-14,
pp. 668-676. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, edited by
C. Frasson, G. Gauthier, A. Lesgold).
- Hooker, Robert and Brian M. Slator (1996). A Model of
Consumer Decision Making for a Mud Based Game. Proceedings of
the Simulation-Based Learning Technology Workshop at the Third
International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems
(ITS'96). Montréal, June 11, pp. 49-58.
- Slator, Brian M. (1994). Tools for Managing Stories and
Questions. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference
on Tools with AI (TAI-94). New Orleans, November 6-9,
pp. 237-238.
- Slator, Brian M. and Scott D. MacQuarrie
(1994). Case-based Reasoning, Multi-media Learning Environments
and Tools for AI. Proceedings of the Second Annual
Mid-continent Information and DAtabase Systems Conference
(MIDAS-94). Fargo, ND, May 22-23, pp. 188-202.
- Hinrichs, Thomas R., E. Ray Bareiss and Brian M. Slator
(1993). Representation Issues in Multimedia Case Retrieval.
Proceedings of the AAAI-93 Workshop on Case-Based Reasoning
. Edited by David B. Leake. AAAI Press Technical Report
Series.
- Slator, Brian M. and E. Ray Bareiss (1992) Incremental
Reminding: the case-based elaboration and interpretation of
complex problem situations. Proceedings of the 14th Annual
Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Bloomington, IN,
pp. 1122-1127.
- Slator, Brian and Kerim C. Fidel (1991). Knowledge
Acquisition for Case-based Consulting. In the Proceedings of
the 6th Banff Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge-based Systems
Workshop (KAKSW). Banff, Canada, Oct. 6-11, pp. 30/1-15.
- Guthrie, Louise, Brian M. Slator, Yorick A. Wilks, and
Rebecca Bruce (1990). Is There Content in Empty Heads?
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on
Computational Linguistics (COLING-90). Helsinki, Finland,
Aug. 20-25.
- Slator, Brian M., Shahrzad Amirsoleymani, Sandra
Andersen, Kent Braaten, John Davis, Rhonda Ficek, Hossein
Hakimzadeh, Lester McCann, Joseph Rajkumar, Sam Thangiah, Daniel
Thureen (1990). Towards Empirically Derived Semantic Classes.
Proceedings of the 5th Annual Rocky Mountain Conference on
Artificial Intelligence (RMCAI-90). Las Cruces, NM, June
28-30. pp. 257-262.
- Slator, Brian M. (1989). Using Context for Sense
Preference. P roceedings of the First International Lexical
Acquisition Workshop (FILAW). Detroit, MI: IJCAI-89. August
21. pp. 13/1-8. (Revision appears in Using On-Line Resources to
Build a Lexicon, edited by Uri Zernik, Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates, 1991).
- Slator, Brian M. and Yorick A. Wilks (1989). PREMO:
Parsing by Conspicuous Lexical Consumption. Proceedings of the
International Workshop on Parsing Technologies (IWPT).
Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University. August
28-31. pp. 401-413. (Revision appears in Current Issues in
Parsing Technologies, edited by Masura Tomita, Kluwer Academic
Publishers, 1991).
- Slator, Brian M., Richard H. Fowler, and Imre
Balogh. (1989). Cognitive Systems and Cognitive Reality.
Proceedings of the 4th Annual Rocky Mountain Conference on
Artificial Intelligence (RMCAI-89). Denver, CO, June 8-9,
pp. 199-206. (Also as NDSU-CS-TR-89-8, below).
- Fowler, Richard H. and Brian M. Slator (1989). Information
Retrieval and Natural Language Analysis. Proceedings of the 4th
Annual Rocky Mountain Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(RMCAI-89). Denver, CO, June 8-9, pp. 129-136. (Also as
NDSU-CS-TR-89-7, below).
- Slator, Brian M., Richard H. Fowler and Imre Balogh
(1989). On Psychological Plausibility in Artificial
Intelligence. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium
on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems: Poster Session Program
(ISMIS'89). Charlotte, NC: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(ONRL-DSRD-24). October 12-14, pp. 155-166.
- Slator, Brian M. (1988). Extracting Lexical Knowledge from
Dictionary Text. Proceedings of the 3rd Knowledge Acquisition
for Knowledge-Based Systems Workshop (KAKBSW). Sponsored by
AAAI. Banff, Canada. November 7-11. Paper No. 33,
pp. 1-18. (Revision in KAAIJ, above).
- Slator, Brian M. (1988). PREMO: the PREference Machine
Organization. Proceedings of the Third Annual Rocky Mountain
Conference on Artificial Intelligence (RMCAI-88). Denver, CO,
June 13-15, pp. 258-265.
- Slator, Brian M. (1988). Constructing Contextually
Organized Lexical Semantic Knowledge-bases. Proceedings of the
Third Annual Rocky Mountain Conference on Artificial
Intelligence (RMCAI-88). Denver, CO, June 13-15,
pp. 142-148.
- Wilks, Yorick, Dan Fass, Cheng-Ming Guo, James
E. McDonald, Tony Plate, and Brian M. Slator. (1988). Machine
Tractable Dictionaries as Tools and Resources for Natural
Language Processing. Proceedings of the 12th International
Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING-88). Budapest,
Hungary, Aug. 22-27, pp. 750-755.
- Slator, Brian M. and Yorick A. Wilks. (1987). Towards
Semantic Structures from Dictionary Entries. Proceedings of the
Second Annual Rocky Mountain Conference on Artificial
Intelligence (RMCAI-87) Boulder, CO, June 17-19,
pp. 85-96. (Also as CRL-MCCS-87-96, below; revised in LAAI,
above).
- Wilks, Yorick, Dan Fass, Cheng-Ming Guo, James
E. McDonald, Tony Plate, and Brian M. Slator (1987). A Tractable
Machine Dictionary as a Resource for Computational Semantics.
Proceedings of the Works hop on Natural Language Technology
Planning (WNLTP). Blue Mountain Lake, NY, Sept. 20-23, Paper
No. 6, pp. 1-25. (Also as CLNLP, 1989, above, and
CRL-MCCS-87-105, below).
Book Chapters
- Slator, Brian M., Harold H. Chaput, Kerim C. Fidel,
Ken Greenlee, Debra Jenkins, Scott MacQuarrie, Colette Marine,
Leena Nanda, Lee Pavlock, and Diane Schwartz (1994). Problem
Solving and Case-based Reasoning. Annual Review of
Communications. National Engineering Consortium: Chicago,
IL. pp. 435-444.
- Louise Guthrie, Joe Guthrie, Yorick A. Wilks, Jim Cowie,
David Farwell, Brian M. Slator, and Rebecca Bruce (1994). A
research program on machine-tractable dictionaries and their
application to text analysis. In Text Analysis and Machine
Tractable Dictionaries, edited by Nicoletta Calzolari.
- Slator, Brian M. (1994). Machine Tractable Dictionaries
in the 21st Century. In Machine Tractable Dictionaries,
edited by Cheng-Ming Guo. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing
Corporation.
- Wilks, Yorick A., Dan C. Fass, Cheng-Ming Guo, James
E. McDonald, Tony Plate, and Brian M. Slator (1994). Providing
Machine Tractable Dictionary Tools. In Semantics and the
Lexicon (SATL), edited by James Pustejovsky. Dordrecht,
Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers. (Revision appears in
Machine Translation, 5, 2, 99-151, edited by Sergei
Nirenburg.)
- Bareiss, E. Ray, and Brian M. Slator (1993). The
Evolution of a Case-based Approach to Knowledge Representation,
Categorization, and Learning, In Categorization by Humans and
Machines. (The Psychology of Learning and Motivation,
Vol. 29, Chapter 6, pp. 157-186, edited by Nakamura, Taraban,
and Medin). San Diego: Academic Press.
- Slator, Brian M. (1992). Sense and Preference. In
Semantic Networks in Artificial Intelligence (SNAI), edited by
Fritz Lehmann, pp. 391-402. New York: Pergamon Press. (also
appears in CMAIJ, above).
- Slator, Brian M. (1991). Using Context for Sense
Preference. In Using On-Line Resources to Build a Lexicon,
edited by Uri Zernik, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
pp. 65-90. (Revision of Proceedings of FILAW, below)
- Slator, Brian M. and Yorick A. Wilks (1991). PREMO:
Parsing by Conspicuous Lexical Consumption. In Curren t Issues
in Parsing Technologies, edited by Masura Tomita. Dordrecht:
Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 85-102. (Revision of
Proceedings of IWPT, below).
- Slator, Brian M. and Yorick A. Wilks (1990). Towards
Semantic Structures from Dictionary Entries. Linguistic
Approaches to Artificial Intelligence (LAAI), edited by Ulrich
Schmitz, Rudiger Schutz and Andreas Kunz. Frankfurt: Peter Lang
Publishing House. pp. 419-460. (Revision of RMCAI-87 and
CRL-MCCS-87-96, below).
- Wilks, Yorick A., Dan C. Fass, Cheng-Ming G uo, James
E. McDonald, Tony Plate, and Brian M. Slator (1989). A Tractable
Machine Dictionary as a Resource for Computational Semantics. In
Computational Lexicography for Natural Language Processing,
edited by Bran Boguraev and Ted Briscoe. Harlow, Essex, UK:
Longman and New York: Wiley and Sons. pp. 193-228. (Also as
Proceedings of WNLTP, 1987, and CRL-MCCS-87-105, below).
- Conley, Walt, Brian M. Slator, Matthew P. Anderson, and
Richard A. Sitze. (1986). Designing and Prototyping a Scientific
Problem Solving Environment: The NMSU Science Workbench.
Research Data Management in the Ecological Sciences, edited by
William K. Michener. The Belle W. Baruch Library in Marine
Science, No. 16. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina
Press. pp. 383-409. (Also as CRL-MCCS-85-3, below).
Commentary and Bibliography
- Slator, Brian M. (1991). Review of Palmer's
" Semantic processing for finite
domains" Computational Linguistics,
Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 243-245.
- Slator, Brian M. (1990). What's That Up the Road, A
Head?: a commentary on Dietrich's
" Computationalism." Social
Epistemology, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 190-193, edited by Steve
Fuller and Stephen Downes. London, New York: Taylor and
Francis.
- Balogh, Imre and Brian M. Slator (1990). An Annotated
Bibliography on the Foundations of AI. The Foundations of
Artificial Intelligence: A Source Book, edited by Derek
Partridge and Yorick A. Wilks. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge
University Press.
- Slator, Brian M. (1989). Decomposing Meat: a commentary
on Sticklen's
" Problem-solving Architecture at
the Knowledge Level." Journal of
Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence (JETAI),
Vol. 1, No. 4. pp. 259-262, edited by Eric Dietrich and Chris
Fields. London, New York: Taylor and Francis.
Technical Correspondence
- Slator, Brian M. (1996) Educational Technologies Utilized
in the Audit Coach Project. Internal Auditor. Journal of the
Institute of Internal Auditors. June. p. 37.
- Slator, Brian M. (1989). Extracting Lexical Knowledge
from Dictionary Text: Research Note. The ACM SIGART Newsletter,
(Special Issue on Knowledge Acquisition), No. 108, April,
pp. 173-174.
- Slator, Brian M. (1987). More on Intelligent
Interfaces. Communications of the ACM, (Forum Section),
Vol. 30, No. 1. Jan. p. 6.
Published Abstracts
- White, Alan R., Phillip E. McClean and Brian M. Slator
(1999). The Virtual Cell: A Virtual Environment for Learning
Cell Biology. The Tenth International Conference on College
Teaching and Learning: Innovation in a Global Learning
Community. April 14-17, 1999. Jacksonville, Florida.
- Sainieidukat, Bernhardt, Don Schwert and Brian M. Slator
(1998). Text-Based Implementation of the Geology Explorer, a
Multi-User Role-Playing Virtual World to Enhance Learning of
Geological Problem-Solving. GSA Abstracts with Programs,
Vol. 30, No. 7, October, 29. Toronto.
- Slator, Brian M. (1990). Response to Dietrich's
" Computationalism" ,
Soc. Epistem, 4(2), Ap-Je 90. Abstract in The Philosophers
Index, Philosophy Documenation Center, Bowling Green State
University, Bowling Green, OH (also appears in DIALOG, the
on-line computer system).
- Slator, Brian M. and Stan Szpakowicz (co-chairs)
(1989). Report of the Working Group: ``Knowledge Acquisition
from Text.'' Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge-Based Systems
Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 1, February, edited by John Boose and
Brian Gaines.
- Slator, Brian M. (1988). Lexi cal Semantics and a
Preference Semantics Parser for Text. In ``New Mexico State
University's Computing Research Laboratory: Research in
Progress.'' Edited by Yorick A. Wilks and Rebecca Gomez. The AI
Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 1, Spring. pp. 79-94. (Also as
CRL-MCCS-87-101).
- Slator, Brian M. (1988). A Preference Semantics Parser
for Text. In Catalog of CRL Marketable Products. Computing
Research Laboratory, New Mexico State University, Las
Cruces. January.
- Slator, Brian M. and Matthew
P. Anderson. (1986). Impatient Users and Foreign-Speak.
Computational Linguistics, Vol. 12,
No. 2. April-June. pp. 154.
Reviews of Published Work
- Trujillo, Arturo (1998). A Review of "Yorick A. Wilks, Brian
M. Slator and Louise M. Guthrie, Electric Words: Dictionaries,
Computers, and Meanings. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1996",
appearing in Natural Language Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 2,
pp. 187-189.
- Kilgarriff, Adam (1997). A Review of "Wilks, Slator,
and Guthrie, Electric Words: Dictionaries, Computers and
Meanings. 1996. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press," appearing in the
Journal of Linguistics, Vol. 35, No. 97, pp. 961-968.
- Lingua Survey of Books (1996). An Annotated
Bibliography Entry for "Wilks, Slator, and Guthrie, Electric
Words: Dictionaries, Computers and Meanings. 1996. Cambridge,
MA: MIT Press," appearing in No. 59, August.
- Michiels, Archibald (1996). A Review of "Wilks,
Slator, and Guthrie, Electric Words: Dictionaries, Computers and
Meanings. 1996. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press," appearing in the
Journal of Computational Linguistics, Vol. 22, No. 3,
pp. 435-440.
- Warner, Julian (1996). A Review of "Wilks, Slator,
and Guthrie, Electric Words: Dictionaries, Computers and
Meanings. 1996. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press," appearing in the
Journal of the American Society for Information Science,
October, pp. 791-792.
Technical Presentations
- Slator, Brian M, Donald Schwert, John Bauer, Rebecca Potter
(1998). Panel Discussion: Designing and Building Highly
Interactive, Multi-user, Internet-based, Adventure-style,
Educational Games. ValleyCon 23, Doublewood Inn, Fargo,
ND. September 26th.
- Slator, Brian M. (1997). Case-based Reasoning and
Performance Support, Invited Address, Training and Education
Forum. Research Communications, Intel Corporation, Portland,
OR. April 10th
- Slator, Brian M. (1997). "Case-based Reasoning and
Multimedia Educational Technology: Artificial Intelligence Meets
Educational Games" a talk presented as part of the NDSU
Psychology Department Colloquium Series; January 17, 1997, 3:30
PM, MinardHall 209
- Slator, Brian M. (1996). Multimedia Advances at the
Intelligent Learning Center, Keynote Address, Mid-continent
Information and DAtabase Systems Conference (MIDAS III), Fargo,
ND, August 6-7.
- Gomez, Fernando, Paul Jacobs, Bill Manaris, Risto
Miikkulainen, Robert Oakman and Brian M. Slator (1994). Natural
Language Processing Tools and Environments: The Field in
Perspective, Panel, Proceedings of IEEE 6th International
Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, New Orleans,
LA, pp. 227-238, November.
- Bareiss, E. Ray, and Brian M. Slator (1991). From
Protos to ORCA: reflections on a unified approach to knowledge
representation, categorization, and learning. Presentation at
the Conference on Categorization and Category Learning by Humans
and Machines (CCLHM). Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech
University. Oct. 11-12.
- Slator, Brian M., Richard H. Fowler, and Imre Balogh
(1989). On Psychological Plausibility in Artificial
Intelligence. Poster Presentation at the International
Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems (ISMIS'89).
Charlotte, NC: Oak Ridge National Laboratory. October 12.
- Slator, Brian M. and Stan Szpakowicz (co-chairs)
(1988). Report of the Working Group: ``Knowledge Acquisition
from Text.'' Oral Presentation at the 3rd Knowledge Acquisition
for Knowledge-Based Systems Workshop (AAAI). Banff,
Canada. November 7-11.
- Slator, Brian M. (1988). Pragmatics and Word Sense
Selection. Oral Presentation at the 3rd New Mexico Computer
Science Conference. University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque. April, 22.
- Conley, Walt and Brian M. Slator. (1984). Implementing
a Computing Support Environment for Ecological Research Teams:
The NMSU Science Workbench. Poster Presentation at the Second
International Congress on Computers in Science. Washington DC,
Oct. 28 - Nov. 1.
Technical Reports
- Guthrie, Louise, Joe Guthrie, Yorick A. Wilks, Jim
Cowie, David Farwell, Brian Slator, and Rebecca Bruce (1992) , A
research program on machine-tractable dictionaries and their
application to text analysis. Computing Research Laboratory
Memoranda in Computer and Cognitive Science. (MCCS-92-249). New
Mexico State University, Las Cruces.
- Bruce, Rebecca, Yorick A. Wilks, Louise Guthrie, Brian
Slator, and Ted Dunning (1992), NounSense - A Disambiguated Noun
Taxonomy with a Sense of Humour. Computing Research Laboratory
Memoranda in Computer and Cognitive Science.
(MCCS-92-246). New Mexico State University, Las Cruces.
- Bareiss, E. Ray, and Brian M. Slator (1991). From
Protos to ORCA: reflections on a unified approach to knowledge
representation, categorization, and learning. (ILS Tech. Report
#20) . Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
- Slator, Brian M., Christopher K. Riesbeck, Kerim
C. Fidel, Maureen Zabloudil, Andrew Gordon, Michael S. Engber,
Tamar Offer-Yehoshua, Ian Underwood (1991). TaxOps: Giving
Expert Advice to Experts. Institute for the Learning Sciences
(ILS Tech. Report #19) . Northwestern University, Evanston,
IL.
- Ledbetter, W. Nolan, Stuart W. Opp, Dean M. Roehrich,
James C. Thiel, Scott B. Weiss and Brian M. Slator (Editor),
(1990). Implications of Computing: Social, Medical, Financial,
Political, and Personal. Department of Computer Science
Technical Report. (NDSU-CS-TR-90-20-45). North Dakota State
University, Fargo.
- Braaten, Kent and Brian M. Slator (1990). Explicating
the Cross-reference Structure of Longman's Dictionary.
Department of Computer Science Technical Report.
(NDSU-CS-TR-90-17-42). North Dakota State University, Fargo.
- Slator, Brian M., Shahrzad Amirsoleymani, Sandra
Andersen, Kent Braaten, John Davis, Rhonda Ficek, Hossein
Hakimzadeh, Lester McCann, Joseph Rajkumar, Sam Thangiah, Daniel
Thureen (1990) A Methodology for Empirically Deriving Semantic
Classes. Department of Computer Science Technical Report.
(NDSU-CS-TR-90-7-32). North Dakota State University, Fargo.
- Andersen, Sandra and Brian M. Slator (1990). Requiem
for a Theory: the Story Grammar story. Department of Computer
Science Technical Report. (NDSU-CS-TR-90-6-31). North Dakota
State University, Fargo.
- Fowler, Richard H., Brian M. Slator and Imre Balogh
(1989). On Psychological Plausibility in Artificial
Intelligence. Computing Research Laboratory Memoranda in
Computer and Cognitive Science. (MCCS-89-150). New Mexico
State University, Las Cruces.
- Fowler, Richard H. and Brian M. Slator (1989). Information
Retrieval and Natural Language Analysis. Department of Computer
Science Technical Report. (NDSU-CS-TR-89-7). North Dakota State
University, Fargo. (Also as RMCAI-89, above).
- Balogh, Imre, Richard H. Fowler, and Brian
M. Slator. (1989). Cognitive Systems and Cognitive Reality.
Department of Computer Science Technical Report.
(NDSU-CS-TR-89-8). North Dakota State University, Fargo. (Also
as RMCAI-89, above).
- Byrne, James M., Kevin J. Iliff, Walter D. Krein,
Rebecca A. Massey, Daniel C. Olson, Paul R. Solheim, Keith
A. Stowman, and Brian M. Slator (Editor), (1989). Reflections on
the Social Implications of Computing. Department of Computer
Scienc e Technical Report. (NDSU-CS-TR-89-9). North Dakota
State University, Fargo.
- Slator, Brian M. (1988). Lexical Semantics and
Preference Semantics Analysis. Computing Research Laboratory
Memoranda in Computer and Cognitive Science. (MCCS-88-143). New
Mexico State University, Las Cruces. (Dissertation).
- Slator, Brian M. (1988). Lexical Semantics and a
Preference Semantics Parser. Computing Research Laboratory
Memoranda in Computer and Cognitive Science. (MCCS-88-116). New
Mexico State University, Las Cruces.
- Slator, Brian M. and Yorick A. Wilks. (1987). Towards
Semantic Structures from Dictionary Entries. Computing
Research Laboratory Memoranda in Computer and Cognitive Science.
(MCCS-87-96). New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. (Also in
Proceedings of RMCAI-87 ).
- Wilks, Yorick, Dan Fass, Cheng-Ming Guo, James
E. McDonald, Tony Plate, and Brian M. Slator. (1987). A
Tractable Machine Dictionary as a Resource for Computational
Semantics. Computing Research Laboratory Memoranda in Computer
and Cognitive Science. (MCCS-87-105). New Mexico State
University, Las Cruces. (Also in CLNLP, 1989, and Proceedings
of WNLTP, 1987).
- Slator, Brian M., Walt Conley and Matthew
P. Anderson. (1986). GRAFFER: An Adaptive and Transparent
Interface. Computing Research Laboratory Memoranda in Computer
and Cognitive Science. (MCCS-87-94). New Mexico State
University, Las Cruces. (Originally issued as CRL-MCCS-86-43
).
- Slator, Brian M., Walt Conley and Matthew
P. Anderson. (1986). Towards an Adaptive Front-End. Computing
Research Laborat ory Memoranda in Computer and Cognitive
Science. (MCCS-86-54). New Mexico State University, Las
Cruces.
- Slator, Brian M. and Matthew
P. Anderson. (1985). Pygmalion at the Interface: Impatient Users
and Foreign-speak. Computing Research Laboratory Memoranda in
Computer and Cognitive Science. (MCCS-85-26). New Mexico State
University, Las Cruces. (Expanded version published in CACM,
29, 7, 1986).
- Conley, Walt, Brian M. Slator, Matthew P. Anderson, and
Richard A. Sitze (1985). Designing a Scientific Problem So lving
Environment: The NMSU Science Workbench. Computing Research
Laboratory Memoranda in Computer and Cognitive Science.
(MCCS-85-3). New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. (Also
published in RDMES, 1986).
- Sachania, Vikash, Clint Burleson, Chris Esposito and
Brian M. Slator. (1985). Database Management Systems: Rbase 4000
Tutorials. Department of Computer Science Technical Report.
(NMSU-TR-85-CS-01). New Mexico State University, Las Cruces.
PUBLICITY
- WDAY, KVLY, KVRR, KXJB (2000). Local Television coverage of
NSF Award, Wed. Sept 13-14
Feature stories on the $1.94 Million NSF grant, running on all
four local television stations on the evening and morning
news.
- Coomber, Sarah (2000). Dream worlds, real learning. Fargo
Forum, Sept 14, pp. B1-2.
Feature story on the WWWIC group and the $1.94 Million NSF
grant award, to B. Slator, PI
- Ray, Bipasha (2000). NSF awards SU $1.9 million grant to
develop virtual games. The NDSU Spectrum (student newspaper),
104(7), Tuesday, Sept 19th, page 1.
Front page article on the WWWIC group and the $1.94 Million NSF
grant award, to B. Slator, PI
- It9s Happening at State (2000). NDSU researcher receives
$1.9 million NSF grant. Sept 20th, page 1-2
Ten paragraph article with photo about the $1.94 Million NSF
grant award.
- NDSU Viewbook (2000). NDSU Faculty Enrich their Teaching by
Discussing their Research in Classes and Involving Students in
the Labs and Out in the Field. NDSU University Relations, page
8. (also online at http:// www.ndsu.edu/ndsu/
prospective_students/ viewbook/ faculty.shtml)
Half-page description with photo of virtual environment
research with reference to winning the Boyer award.
- It9s Happening at State (2000). State college faculty
collaborate with NDSU researchers, February 23rd, page 4.
Four paragraph notice about the ND-EPSCoR Faculty Laboratory
and Research Experience (FLARE) award to Curt Hill, VCSU, and
Brian Slator, faculty mentor, and their classroom use of a
3computerized learning environment2.
- It9s Happening at State (2000). Faculty to present at
Internet2 conference, March 22rd, page 7.
Six paragraph notice about the Spring 2000 Internet2 Member
Meeting in Washington DC featuring the Virtual Cell and the
Geology Explorer.
- It's Happening at State (2000). NDSU project showcased on
Internet2 Web site. June 14, page 5
Four paragraph notice about the Virtual Cell being the
"showcase" site featured on the Internet2 home page.
- Cine Hugues (1999). Three-dimensional program to take
students to next century. The NDSU Spectrum (student newspaper),
102(43), Friday, March 5th, page 1.
Front page feature article, with photo, detailing the WWWIC
projects in general and the Geology Explorer in particular.
- It9s Happening at State (1999). Web research group hits
conference circuit. March 17th, page 7
Seven paragraph article about the 8+ conference papers about to
be published by the WWWIC group during the summer of 1999.
- Mikkelsen, Lindsey and Andrew Hass (1999). Governor9s
School. Fargo Forum, Tuesday, July 6th, page B8
Verge section feature article with photos about the NDSU
Governor9s School including a 1-paragraph description of the
Dollar Bay Retailing game.
- News for North Dakotans (1999). Two NSF Grants Bring Latest
Technology, Instruction to NDSU. NDSU Agriculture Communication
Newsletter. August 26th, page 10-12.
Feature article describing EPSCoR equipment grant and
development plans for the Virtual Cell
- It9s Happening at State (1999). Two NSF grants bring latest
technology, instruction to NDSU. September 1st, page 3.
Feature article describing EPSCoR equipment grant and
development plans for the Virtual Cell (a revision of the
8/26/99 News for North Dakotans article).
- Christensen, Megan (1999). NDSU students explore virtual
world through Internet. Fargo Forum, Sunday, September 5th, page
E3
Metro and State section feature article describing WWWIC
role-based approach and the in-classroom experiments,
particularly Geology Explorer at Minot State University.
- Associated Press (1999). NDSU students discover virtual
experiences9 through the Internet. Reprinted in the Minot State
University Red & Green (student newspaper), 81(3), September
16th (online at http:// www. misu. nodak. edu/ redgreen/
sept16_99/ ndsu.html)
Feature article, revised from Christensen9s Fargo Forum
article, picked up by the Associated Press.
- Fargo Forum (1999). NDSU Computer expert in satellite
conference. Tuesday, October 5th, page A5
Short 5-paragraph notice about the PBS Adult Learning Service
satellite videoconference, Thursday, Oct. 7th, 1999.
- It9s Happening at State (1999). Slator scheduled as panelist
for interactive satellite conference, October 6th, page 3.
Six paragraph notice about the PBS Adult Learning Service
satellite videoconference, Thursday, Oct. 7th, 1999.
- The NDSU Spectrum (1999), Slator invited to serve as
videoconference panel member. 103(12), Friday, October 8th, page
3.
Short 2-paragraph announcement about the PBS Adult Learning
Service satellite videoconference, Thursday, Oct. 7th, 1999.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2001
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NDSU College of Science and Mathematics Award for Excellence in
Research.
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$1000 cash; $500 supplies.
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2001-2002
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North Dakota State University, Department of Graduate Studies
and Research, Grant-in-Aid; Towards Construction of a Virtual
Archeology Site; to Dr. Brian M. Slator, PI, and Dr. Jeff Clark,
Co-PI;
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one year, $6,000.
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2000-2005
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National Science Foundation (NSF-ITR) No. EIA-0086142 to
Dr. Brian M. Slator, PI, Dr. Phil McClean, Dr. Bernhardt
Saini-Eidukat, Dr. Donald Schwert, Dr. Alan White. Systems for
Learning Science and Assessing Student Learning;
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5 years, $1.94
Million.
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2000-2003
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US. Department of Education (FIPSE) # P116B000734 to Dr. Alan
White, PI, Dr. Phil McClean, and Dr. Brian Slator. Training
Future Scientists with a Virtual Cell:
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3 years, $366,006
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2000-2002
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ND-EPSCoR, IIP Seed Grant Award, Intelligent Tutoring Using
Case-based Reasoning. Dr. Brian M. Slator, PI,
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$10,000 for 1
year (renewable for 1 additional year).
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2000
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Ernest L. Boyer International Award for Excellence in Teaching,
Learning and Technology at the 11th International Conference on
College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL, April, 2000
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$5000
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2000
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Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology Award
(one of 35 given) at the 11th International Conference on
College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL, April 12-15, 2000
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2000-2002
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National Science Foundation (DUE-CCLI) No. DUE-9981094 to
Dr. Brian M. Slator, PI, Dr. Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat, and
Dr. Don Schwert. New Directions in Virtual Geoscience Education;
| 23 months, $74,192.
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1999
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Undergraduate Research Salary Support, Dollar Bay Governor's
School Project, Office of the President, Allan Fischer,
NDSU, (to Brian Slator and Joe Latimer, Co-PIs).
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$2,000 for 6 months.
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1998-1999
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Undergraduate Research Salary Support, Geology Explorer Project,
College of Science and Mathematics, Kevin McCaul, Dean and NDSU
Computer Science Department, Ken Nygard, Chair, (to Brian
Slator, PI, Bernie Saini-Eidukat, and Don Schwert)
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$3,700 for 9 months.
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1998
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ND-EPSCoR Science Bound Student Award to Jill Bozovsky
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$1,458
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1998
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ND-EPSCoR Faculty Laboratory And Research Experience Award
(FLARE) to Curt Hill
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$6,400
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1998
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Nominated for the NDSU College of Science and Mathematics Meier
Junior Faculty Award:
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$250 Nomination Award
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1998-1999 |
National Science Foundation (GEO-ED), to
Dr. Brian M. Slator, PI, Dr. Don Schwert, Dr. Bernhardt
Saini-Eidukat.
Learning by Doing Physical Geology in a Virtual
Laboratory/Virtual Field Trip Computer Environment |
1 year, $50,000 |
1998-2003 | National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) and the University of North Dakota,
No. NCC5-310, to Dr. William Perrizo, PI, Dr. Suranjan
Panigrahi, Dr. Ray Knighton, and Dr. Brian M. Slator. Public
Access Resource Center Empowering the General Public to Use
EOSDIS-Phase III; | 5 years, $135,000. |
1998 | North Dakota State University,
Faculty Development Committee, No. 3522-6010, to Dr. Bernhardt
Saini-Eidukat, PI, Dr. Don Schwert, and Dr. Brian
M. Slator. Planet Oit: Virtual Laboratory for Physical
Geology; | 6 months, $2,500. |
1998-2000 | National Science Foundation
(EHR-DUE) No. DUE-9752548, to Dr. Phil McClean, PI, Dr. Paul
Juell, Dr. Don Schwert, Dr. Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat, and
Dr. Brian M. Slator. A Shared Development Environment for
Science-based Courseware; | 2 years, $155,000 |
1997 | North Dakota State University,
ND-EPSCoR, Equipment Repair for MOO Server | $250. |
1997-1998 | North Dakota State University,
Department of Graduate Studies and Research, Grant-in-Aid;
Developing Software Tools for Developing Synthetic
Environments; | 1 year, $4,000. |
1990-1996 | The Institute for the Learning Sciences. Supervised funded research projects (Roger C. Schank, Principal Investigator), through Andersen Consulting and Ameritech (corporate sponsors); | 6 years, $5.5 million. |
1989-1990 | North Dakota Board of Higher
Educat ion, through EPSCoR of the National Science Foundation
and the ASEND program; Natural Language Analysis for Knowledge
Acquisition; | $3,077 (year 1), $19,502 (year
2). |
1989-1990 | North Dakota State
University, Department of Graduate Studies and Research,
Grant-in-Aid; Natural Language Analysis for Knowledge
Acquisition; | 1 year, $5,000. |
1988-1990 | National Science Foundation
No. IRI-8811108, to Dr. Yorick A. Wilks, Principal
Investigator; A Tractable Machine Dictionary as a Resource for
Computational Semantics ; proposal by Wilks, Fass, Guo,
McDonald, Plate, and Slator (1987); | 2 years,
$130,000/year. |
1990 | The Academic American Encyclopedia
on CD-ROM; equipment and software from Grolier Electronic
Publishing Inc.; | $395. |
1988 | Travel and expense award for the best
paper submitted by a graduate student; 3rd Knowledge
Acquisition for Knowledge-based Systems Workshop, Banff,
Canada; | $500. |
1987 | Young Centennial Researcher Award,
New Mexico State University. | |
1985-1988. | Computing Research Laboratory
Graduate Fellowship, New Mexico State University | 3
years, $12,000/year. |
1986 | American Mensa Education and Research
Foundation Scholarship Competition. | $100. |
SERVICE
- CS-FSC (1998-present). Committee Chair, Faculty Search
Committee, Computer Science Department
- CAINE-98 (1998). Session Chair. 11th International Conference on
Computer Applications in Industry And Engineering. Las Vegas,
NV, Nov. 11-13. Dr. William Perrizo, Conference Chair.
- US-AC-TEL (1998-present). Committee member, University Senate
Ad Hoc Committee on Technology-Enhanced Learning. Don Schwert,
Chair
- CS-MIS (1998-present). Committee member, Management Information
Sciences (MIS) Steering Committee. Leo Vijayasarathy, Chair.
- NDSU-GIA (1998). Referee, Grant-in-Aid Program. NDSU Office of
Research Administration. Bill Perrizo, Interim Dean.
- ITR-2008 (1998-present) Committee member. Information
Technology Roundtable (ITR) 2008 Working Group. Bill Perrizo,
Interim Dean of Research, NDSU, Chair
- CAINE-98 (1998). Reviewer. 11th International Conference on
Computer Applications in Industry And Engineering. Dr. William
Perrizo, Conference Chair.
- ITR-ITTL (1997-present) Committee member. Information
Technology Roundtable (ITR) Working Group on Information
Technology Training and Literacy. Mark England, Assistant
Director, NDSU Libraries, Chair
- ATP-ITR (1996-present). Committee member. Academic
Technology Partnership (ATP) subcommittee of the NDSU
Information Technology Roundtable (ITR). Dr. Phil McClean,
Associate Professor, NDSU Plant Sciences, Chair.
- WWWIC (1996-present). Committee member. World Wide Web
Instructional Committee (WWWIC). Paul Juell, Associate
Professor, NDSU Computer Science, Chair.
- WOW-ITR (1996-1997). Committee member. Working on the Web
(WOW) subcommittee of the NDSU Information Technology Roundtable
(ITR). Rosi Kloberdanz, Chair.
- ANLP-97 (1996). Reviewer. Association for Computational
Linguistics, National Conference on Applied Natural Language
Processing. Dr. Martha Evens, Session Chair; Ralph Grishman,
Program Chair.
- ITS'96 (1996). Session Chair: Collaborative Learning
2. Third International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring
Systems (ITS'96). Claude Frasson, Conference Chair.
- IEEE-Computer (1995-1996) Guest Editor. IEEE Computer
Magazine, Special Issue on Interactive Natural Language
Processing. July, 1996 (with Dr. Bill Manaris).
- ICLS'96 (1996) Reviewer, International Conference on the
Learning Sciences. Danny Edelson and Eric Domeshek, Program
Co-Chairs.
- RCS-LEQSF (1994). Out-of-state Reviewer, Research
Competitiveness Subprogram of the Louisiana Education Quality
Support Fund ; Priscilla Kilcrease, Assistant Commissioner for
Sponsored Programs.
- IEC-CNRS (1994). Session Chair, International Engineering
Consortium Conforum on Network Reliability and Survivability
(session on User Perspectives). Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 20-22. James
Downey, Program Chair.
- IEEE-TKDE (1994). Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on
Knowledge and Data Engineering . Jeffrey J. P. Tsai, Editor.
- ID-IIT (1994). Review Student Projects, The Insititute
of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology as part of a grant
funded by the Joyce Foundation, Betsy Hughes, Director of
Development and Public Affairs.
- IEEE-CTAI (1993). Program Committee and Reviewer, 5th
IEEE Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence ,
Fernando Gomez, Vice-Chair.
- IEEE-Expert (1993). Reviewer, IEEE Expert Special Track
on Processing Natural Language, Terry Patten and Paul Jacobs,
Guest Editors.
- PACLING (1993). Reviewer, First Conference of the
Pacific Association for Computational Linguistics . Vancouver,
Canada. Fred Popowich, PACLING'93 Program co-chair.
- CL (1991-present). Reviewer, Computational
Linguistics, Edited by James F. Allen. Cambridge, MA: The MIT
Press.
- ICLS. (1991). Session Chair, Session 4-D, Industrial
Training, The International Conference on the Learning
Sciences, Northwestern University, August 4-7.
- NSF. (1990-present). Reviewer, National Science
Foundation, Knowledge Models and Cognitive Systems Program;
Helen M. Gigley, Program Director.
- IJMMS. (1988-present). Reviewer, International Journal of
Man-Machine Studies , Edited by Brian R. Gaines and
D. R. Hill. London: Academic Press.
- JETAI. (1988-present). Reviewer, Journal of
Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence , Edited
by Eric Dietrich and Chris Fields. London, New York: Taylor and
Francis.
- RMCAI-90. (1990). Reviewer, 5th Annual Rocky Mountain
Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Yorick A. Wilks, Program
Chair.
- ISMIS'90. (1990). Reviewer, International Symposium on
Methodologies for Intelligent Systems, Zbigniew Ras, Program
Chair.
- COLING-88. (1988). Auxiliary Reviewer, 12th International
Conference on Computational Linguistics, Budapest, Hungary.
- AAAI-87. (1987). Auxiliary Reviewer, 6th National
Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Seattle, WA.
- CACM. (1986). Reviewer, Communications of the ACM ,
Special Section on the Human Aspects of Computing, Edited by
Henry Ledgard, Vol. 29, No. 7, July.
PROFESSIONAL AND HONORARY SOCIETIES
- Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education (AACE)
- International Society for Computer and the Their
Applications (ISCA)
- American Assoc. for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
- Assoc. for Computational Linguistics (ACL)
- Assoc. for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Inst. of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Rocky Mtn. Soc. for Artificial Intelligence (RMSAI)
- Blue Key Honor Society (Undergraduate)
- Eta Phi Alpha (Undergraduate - Co-educational Honor ``Fraternity'')
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- North Dakota State University, Department of Computer Science.
- CS488: Human-Computer Interaction (9/98-12/98)
- CS128: Computer Science Problem Solving (9/96-12/96, 9/97-12/97)
- CS345: Topics in Computer Science (1/97-5/97, 1/98-5/98).
- CS426: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (1/97-5/97, 1/98-5/98).
- CS372: Comparative Programming Languages (5/97-6/97, 5/98-6/98)
- CS214: Self-paced C (5/97-6/97)
- CS525: Computational Linguistics (graduate, 8/89-11/89).
- CS596: Computational Linguistics II (graduate, 11/89-3/90).
- CS583: Computational Linguistics III (graduate, 3/90-5/90).
- CS424: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (3/89-5/89).
- CS489: Social Implications of Computing (11/88-3/89, 11/89-3/90).
- CS370: Comparative Programming Languages (8/88-11/88, 8/89-11/89).
- CS145: Introduction to Computer Science (service course, non-majors; 11/88-3/89, 3/90-5/90).
- New Mexico State University, Department of Computer Science.
- CS471: Programming Language Structure I. (Teaching Assistant; 6/84-8/84).
- CS271: Algorithmic Computations. (Pascal Programming for CS Majors, formal lecture; 1/84-8/84).
- CS273: Machine Programming and Organization. (PDP-11 Assembler, informal lecture, Q&A; 8/83-12/83).
- University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, Computer Center. Student Consultant and Tutor (6/81-5/83).
Last Updated: Feb 20, 1999, 4Sep01; Contact: slator@cs.ndsu.edu
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