NAME: Dick B. Simmons

TITLE: Professor Emeritus, Computer Science and Engineering

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. Computer and Information Sciences, University of Pennsylvania.

M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania.

B.S. Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University.

HONORS:

IEEE Third Millennium Medal: “in recognition and appreciation of valued services and outstanding contributions,” 2000; Elected Fellow of the IEEE: “For the development of software models, metrics, and agent-based tools for software project management,” 1988; IEEE Golden Core Member: “one of the distinguished core of dedicated volunteers whose leadership and service have made the IEEE Computer Society the world’s preeminent association of computing professionals,” 1996; IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Service Award, "for Continuous and Outstanding Leadership on Intersociety Activities," October 29, 1987; IEEE Centennial Medal - for Extraordinary Achievement - 1984;

EXPERIENCE:

Educational: Professor Emeritus, Computer Science and Engineering, 2008 to Present; Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, 1976 to 2008; Director and Co-PI, Shared Software Infrastructure Program, 2004 to 2008. Director, Software Process Improvement Laboratory (formerly the Cognitive Systems Laboratory), 1987 to 2008; Panel Chair, “21st-Century Global Software Development and Education,” The Twenty-Ninth Annual International Computer Software and Application Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 26-28 July 2005; Panel Member, “Panel on Computer Curricula for Software Engineering,” The Twenty-Eight Annual International Computer Software and Application Conference, Hong Kong, China, September 28-30, 2004; President, Software Commercialization and Innovation Center, Inc., 2001 to 2003; Program Co-Chairman, CompSac2000, Twentieth-Fourth Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, October 24-27, 2000; Professional Development Seminar Presenter, “Metric Based Software Project Management,” The Twenty-Second Annual International Computer Software and Application Conference, Vienna, Austria, August 17-18, 1998; Panel Organizer and Chair, “Panel: Testing Complex Multi-Process Software Systems,” The Twenty-Second Annual International Computer Software and Application Conference, Vienna, Austria, August 17-18, 1998; Program Committee Chair, The 1998 Stephen S. Yau International Workshop on Advanced Software Technology in the 21st Century and Related Topics in Computer Applications, Santa Clara, CA, March 8 & 9, 1998; Vice President, Software Commercialization and Innovation Center, Inc., 1997 to 2001; Tutorial Presenter, “Computer Networks and Information Infrastructures,” The Twentieth Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Seoul, Korea, August 19, 1996; Panel Organizer and Chair, “Panel: Which Network Will Win?” The Twentieth Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Seoul, Korea, August 22, 1996; Tutorial Presenter, "Computer Networks and National Information Infrastructures," 18th Annual Int. Computer Software and Applications Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, November 7, 1994; Panel Member, "National Information Infrastructure," 18h Annual Int. Computer Software and Applications Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 10, 1994; Keynote Speaker, "Cognitive Systems Framework," VII International Symp. on Artificial Intelligence, Monterrey, N. L., Mexico, October 18-21, 1994; Tutorial Presenter, "Wide Area Distributed AI Systems, Computer Networks, and the Information Highway," VII International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Monterrey, N. L., Mexico, October 18-21, 1994; Panel Member, "NSF/Contact Issues," VII International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Monterrey, N. L., Mexico, October 20, 1994; Invitee, The Workshop on U.S.-Mexico Cooperation in Computer and Information Science and Engineering Research, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, USA, and Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Mexico, held at El Paso, Texas, February 18-20, 1994; Invited Lecturer, "Expert Systems Building Tools," NASA, Johnson Space Flight Center, Houston, Texas, July 19, 1993; Invited Speaker, Eighteenth International Symposium of Computer Sciences, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, March 11-13, 1993; Program Chairman, CompSAC92, 16th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 21-25, 1992; Invited Lecturer, ITESM (Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey), Monterrey, Mex., March 11-13, 1993, and Oct. 20-24, 1991; Conference Co-Chairman, CompSAC91, 15th Annual Int. Computer Software and Applications Conference, Tokyo, Japan, September 11-13, 1991; IEEE Computer Society, Distinguished Visitor, 1987 to 1990, 1975 to 1976, 1973 to 1974; EAC/ABET Visitor to University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, 1987; University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 1985; Invited Lecturer MICON, Tokyo, Japan, May, 1986; IEEE Visiting Lecturer, Lectured on Computer Networks in Bogotá, Columbia; Lima, Peru; Santiago, Chile; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1982, on Computer Networks in Beijing, Chengdu, Guilin and Guangzhou, China in 1980, and on Minicomputer systems in Lima, Peru; Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Caracas, Venezuela, in 1974; Member, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Visiting Committees to University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN, 2005. University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, February 1993; Florida International University, Miami, Florida, March, 1990; the Instituto Techologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterey, Monterey, Mexico, May 1988; University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1985; North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1984; University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 1983; Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, 1981; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1977; and University of Virginia, 1974; Chairman, Electronic Data Processing Technical Sales Seminar, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Kuwait, Sponsored by Department of Commerce, Domestic and International Business Administration, 1977; Head, Computing Science Division, Industrial Engineering Department, July 1973 to January 1974; Associate Professor, 1971; Instructor, University of Virginia, Summer 1963 and Capitol Radio Engineering Institute, 1961 through 1963.

Industrial: Supervisor, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Advanced Programming and Processor Technology Group, 1968 to 1970; Member of Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1963 to 1970; First Lieutenant, U. S. Army Signal Corps, 1961 to 1963; Design Engineer, Radio Corporation of America, Electronic Data Processing Division, June 1959 to 1961.

Consulting: Foley & Lardner LLP, 321 North Clark Street, Suite 2800, Chicago, IL 60610, 2007 TO 2008;  Howrey LLP, 1111 Louisiana, 25th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, 2007;  Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02199, 2007;  Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA, 2004;  Software Commercialization and Innovation Center, Bryan, TX, 1997-2005; University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 1999 to 2004; Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Seoul, Korea, 1996; NASA, Johnsons Space Flight Center, 1993. Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts, 1992; Board of Regents, State University System of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida, 1991 to 1992; Board of Regents, State University System of Louisiana, 1991; Houston Area Research Center, The Woodlands, Texas, 1988, 1985; General Dynamics, Fort Worth, TX, 1988; College of Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1986; Georgia Center for Continuing Education, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 1985; North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1985; National Information Center, Ministry of Interior, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 1982 to 1983; Institute of Information Industry, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, 1981 to 1984; Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, 1976 to 1980; Naval Electronic Systems Engineering Center, Vallejo, California, 1976; University of Mississippi, 1974; and Bristol Datamaster Division, ACCO, Glen Cove, New York, 1972.

Military: First Lieutenant, Automatic Data Processing Planning and Operations Officer, U. S. Army Strategic Communications Command, Computer Systems Directorate, July 1961 to September 1963.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

President, IEEE Computer Society, Elected National office, 1976; President, Amdahl Computer Users Group, Elected National office, 1976 to 1978; President, Data General Computer Users Group, Elected National office, 1974 to 1975; Junior Past President, IEEE Computer Society, 1977 to 1978; Vice President, IEEE Computer Society, Elected by IEEE Computer Society Governing Board, 1974 to 1975, & 1981 to 1982; Chairman, Program, CompSAC92, The Sixteenth Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Chicago, Illinois, September 21-25, 1992; Conference Co-Chairman, CompSAC91, The Fifteenth Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Tokyo, Japan, September 9-13, 1991; ACM/IEEE Computer Society Fall Joint Computer Conference Committee, 1986 to 1987; IEEE Computer Society Long Range Planning Committee, 1984; Elections Committee, 1983; R. E. Merwin Memorial Committee, 1982 to 1983; Nominations Committee, 1978; Program, First International Conference on Software (COMPSAC 77); Publications Committee, 1975; and Midwest Area Committee, 1969 to 1970; Member, Program Committee, CompSAC95, Dallas, Texas, 1995, and CompSAC94, Taipei, Taiwan, 1994; Program Committee, Fifth International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Cancun, Mexico, December 8-11, 1992; IEEE Computer Society History Committee, 1989-1991; IEEE Computer Society Entrepreneur Awards Committee, 1990; IEEE Board of Directors, Elected National office, 1980 to 1981; Technical Activities Board, 1980 to 1981; Long Range Planning Committee, 1981 to 1983; United States Activities Board, 1980 to 1981; Nominations Committee, 1981; and Technical Activities Committee Search Committee, 1983 to 1985.; Member, IEEE Computer Society Governing Board, Elected National office, 1971 to 1973, 1975 to 1978. American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS): Chairman, Publications Committee, 1986 to 1987; Awards Committee, 1986 to 1988; Harry Goode Award Committee, 1986 to 1988; and Constitution & Bylaws Committee, 1975 to 1976. Secretary, Elected by AFIPS Board of Directors, 1973 to 1975; Member, Board of Directors, 1987 to 1988, 1975 to 1976; Executive Committee, 1987 to 1988, 1975 to 1976; Constitution & Bylaws Committee, 1985 to 1986; Awards Committee, 1986 to 1987; Distribution Committee, 1982 to 1983; and National Computer Conference Board 1988, 1979 to 1981.

RESEARCH INTEREST/AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Software Engineering, Expert Systems, Software and Hardware Automation, Productivity Improvement Techniques, Computer Architecture, and Computer Networks

RESEARCH SUPPORT:

IBM, Intel, and Avnet: “Shared Software Infrastructure Program,” 2006-2007; IBM: “Shared Software Infrastructure Hub Project,” 2004-2005; IBM: “SCIC Equipment Grant”, 2002-2003. Compaq: “SCIC Equipment Grant,” 2002-2003. Dell: “Distance Learning Service”, 2001-2003; TEES: “Software Modeling Technology Business Technology Initiative,” 2001-2002; NetNear U: “Internet Software Research and Development”, 2000; SpiderMed.com Inc.: “Internet Graphics Users Interface”, 2000; HP: “Software Assessment and Plan Tracking Tools”, 2000; General Electric: “Software Testing”, 2000; Principal Investigator, Internet Software Research and Development, sponsored by Twister Communications: “Internet Software Research and Development,” 2000; TEES: “Business Development Initiative,”“High Technology Software Start-up Company Incubator Development”, 1996; Rockwell Int.: "Software Sustaining Engineering Process Improvement," 1996; HP: "Software Process Attributes Monitoring and Predicting Grants," 1995 through 1996; HP: "Test Selection Advisor Projects," 1995 through 1996; HP: "Visualization Tool for Management Projects," 1995 through 1996; Rockwell Int., "Flight Design and Dynamics Department Sustaining Engineering Evaluation of Current Processes," 1995; HP: "Software Process Assessment and Improvement Projects," 1994 through 1995; IBM: "Investigation of Computer Window Cluttering," 1992 through 1993; OSI: "Distributed Network Advisors," 1994; Southwestern Bell Telephone Company: "Distributed Network Advisors," 1992-1993; State of Texas Advanced Technology Program: "Distributed Network Advisor", 1992 through 1993; IBM: "Reusable Distributed Expert Systems," 1990 through 1991; Texaco: "Review and Assessment of AI Systems for application to the Energy Industry," 1990; Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board: "Seamless AI Environment," 1988-1990; General Dynamics Corp.,: "AI Integration in Conventional Aircraft Design and Manufacturing Environments," 1987 through 1990; IBM: "Interactive Statistics Workstation," 1984 to 1985; Boeing Computer Services, Control Data Corporation, and Floating Point Systems: "Super Computer Applications," 1983; NASA: "The Analysis of the Statistical and Historical Information gathered during the Development of the Shuttle Primary Flight Software," 1982; Rome Air Development Center: Griffiss Air Force Base, New York, "COBOL Statistics Collector Development," 1976 to 1977; NASA: "DOMONIC System Extension to Improve Performance, Evaluate Software Reliability, and Expand Documentation Capabilities," "NASA Automatic Documentation System Extension to Multi-Manufacturers Computers and to Measure, Improve and Predict Software Reliability," "NASA Automatic Documentation Project," and "NASA Automatic Documentation Study," 1972 to 1978; American Association of Railroads: "Rail Crossing Information & Numbering System," 1974 to 1976; UNITECH: "Operating System Development Projects," 1971; Head, Computer Technology Division, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, 1983 to 1985; Director, Data Processing Center, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, 1972 to 1982.

NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS:

Journal Articles: 18 Conference Proceedings: 57 Book Chapters: 8 Technical Reports 450

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Wang, Y., Lively, W. M., and Simmons, D. B., “Software security analysis and assessment model for the web-based applications,” Journal of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering, Vol. 9, Numbers 1, 2, Supplement 2, 2009, pp. 179-189.

Wang, Y., Lively, W. M., and Simmons, D. B., “Web Software Traffic Characteristics and Failure Prediction Model Selection,” Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering, June 30, 2008. 

Wang, Y., Lively, W. M., and Simmons, D. B., “Software Security Analysis and Assessment for the Web-Based Application,” Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering, June 30, 2008. 

Simmons, D. B., Lively, W. M., Nelson, C., and Urban, J. E., “Rapid Insertion of Leading Edge Industrial Strength Software into University Classrooms,” Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives, Idea Group, Inc., 701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Suite 200, Hershey, PA 17033, 2007, pp. 670-676.

Zhang, D., and Simmons, D. B., “Use Statistical Method to Build Open Source Software Maturity Model,” Proceedings of the 2007 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, & Applied Computing, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 25-28, 2007

Wang, Yong, and Simmons, Dick, “Modeling Web Accessibility:  A Case Study on Texas A&M University People Website,” Proceedings of the 18th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI 2006), Arlington, Virginia, November 13-15, 2006, pp. 115-118.

Simmons, D. B., and Ma, N. “Software Engineering Expert System for Global Development,” International Conference on TOOLS with ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (ICTAI-2006), Arlington, VA, November 13-15, 2006, pp 33-38.

Wang, Y. and Simmons, D. B., “Enhanced Enterprise Web-based Application Security Using Group Services,” Proceedings of the 10th IASTED International Conference – SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND APPLICATIONS, Dallas, TX, USA,  November 13-15, 2006, pp. 210-215.

Simmons, D. B., “Software Engineering Education in the New Millennium,” The Thirtieth Annual International Computer Software and Application Conference, Chicago, USA, 18-21 September 2006, pp. 46-47.

Kim, Sang Eun; Lively, William; and Simmons, Dick, “An Effort Estimation by UML Points in Early Stage of Software Development, Software Engineering Research, 2006, pp. 415-421.

Simmons, Dick B., “Position Paper: Software Engineering Education: Past, Present, and Future,” Workshop on Advances in Computer Science and Engineering (RAM2006), Berkeley, California, 6 May 2006.

Simmons, Dick B., “Twenty-first Century Software Production Paradigms,” Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Annual International Computer Software and Application Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 26-28 July 2005, p. 367.

Yun, Seok-Jun, and Simmons, Dick B., “Continuous Productivity Assessment and Effort Prediction Based on Bayesian Analysis,” Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Hong Kong, September 28-30, 2004, pp. 44-49.

Yun, Seok-Jun, and Simmons, Dick B., “Continuous Productivity Assessment and Prediction Tool”, Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 21-24, 2004, pp. 366-371.

Wu, Ching-She, and Simmons, Dick B., “A Data Mining Approach for Dynamic Software Project Plan Tracking,” Fifteenth International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, San Francisco, CA, June 30 through July 3, 2003, pp. 634-638.

Simmons, D., “Measuring and Tracking Distributed Software Development Projects,” 9th IEEE Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 28-30, May, 2003, pp. 63-69.

In, Hoh Peter; Foster, Thomas; Thomas; Surprise, Jason; Jung, Sung-Oh; Simmons, Dick B.; and Fujihara, Hiroko, “Web-Based Feature Reduction System; A Case Study,” Proceedings of the Symposium on Applications and the Internet 2003, Orlando, Florida, 27-31 January 2003, pp. 406-409.

Simmons, Dick B., “Software Engineering Licenses in Texas,” Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth Annual International Computer Software and Application Conference (COMPSAC ‘02), Oxford, England, 24 August - 1 September, 2002, p. 346.

Jung, Jinhwan, and Simmons, D. B., “Capability Assessment Tool,” Proceedings of the 6th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Orlando, Florida, July 14-18, 2002, pp. 6–11.

Jung, Jinhwan and Simmons, D. B., “CASE Tool Based Process Maturity Assessment,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 24-27, 2002, pp. 329-335.

In, H.P., Foster, T., Surprise, J., Jung, Sung-Oh, Simmons, D.B., “Web-Based Feature Reduction System: A Case Study”, Proceeding of the 2002 International Symposium on Applications and the Internet, Jan. 28 – Feb. 1, 2002, Nara, Japan.

Wu, Ching-She, Simmons, D. B., “Software Project Planning Associate (SPPA): A Knowledge Based Approach for Dynamic Software Project Planning and Tracking, Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, October 25-27, 2000, pp. 305-310.

Simmons, D. B., Wu, Ching-She, “Plan Tracking Knowledge Base”, Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, October 25-27, 2000, pp. 299-304.

Crouch, S. D., and Simmons, D. B., “The Unique Reference NCSLOC Metric”, Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, October 27-29, 1999, pp. 16-17.

Simmons, D. B., “Software Engineering in the Twenty-first Century,” Proceedings of the Advanced Software Technology in the Twenty-first Century and Related Topics in Computer Applications, Santa Clara, CA, March 8 & 9, 1998.

Simmons, D. B., Ellis, N. C., Fujihara, H., and Kuo, W., Software Measurement -- A Visualization Toolkit for Project Control & Process Improvement, Prentice Hall, 1998.

Babiker, E., Simmons, D., Shannon, R., and Ellis, N., "A Model for Reengineering Legacy Expert Systems to Object-Oriented Architecture," Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 12, No. 3, 1997, pp. 363-371.

Fujihara, H., Ellis, N. C., Shannon, R. E., and Simmons, D. B., "Knowledge Conceptualization Tool,” IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, March-April 1997, Volume 9, Number 2, pp. 209-220.

Crocoll, W. M., Ellis, N. C., and Simmons, D. B., “The Trust Relationship Between Users and Intelligent Support Systems,” Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Cancun, Mexico, -November 12-15, 1996, pp. 77-84.

Garcia, M., Ellis, N. C., and Simmons, D. B., “A Knowledge Based System Used to Estimate Schedule, Effort, Staff, Documentation, and Defects in a Software Development Process,” Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Cancun, Mexico, November 12-15, 1996, pp. 306-314.

Ellis, N. C., and Simmons, D. B., “A Knowledge Based System Approach to Ergonomic Design,” Proceedings of the 14th International System Safety Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 12-17, 1996, pp. 3C2_1 - 3C1_11.

Simmons, D. B., Ellis, N. C., and Kuo, W., “Software Process Agents,” Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, June 10-12 1996, pp. 323-329.

Huarng, K., and Simmons, D. B., “An Object knowledge Canonical Form for Knowledge Reuse,” Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1, Jan 1996, pp. 135-146.

Goodman, S., Ellis, N., and Simmons, D., “An evolving ergonomic safety design associate,” Proceedings, International Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Conference, Seattle, WA, 1995, pp. 197-205.

Garcia, M., Ellis, N. C., and Simmons, D. B., “Intelligent Software Status Predictor,” Proceedings of Fuzzy Logic 95, Burlingame, CA, November 7 - 9, 1995, pp. 15/1-15/8.

Garcia, M., Ellis, N. C., and Simmons, D. B., “Intelligent Software Life Cycle Phase Predictor,” Proceedings of the Eight International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Monterrey, Mexico, October 17-20, 1995, pp. 342-347.

Huarng, K., and Simmons, D. B., “Knowledge Reuse through the Application of the Object Knowledge Canonical Form,” Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual International Computer Software and Application Conference, Dallas, Texas, August 9-11, 1995, pp. 40-45.

Huarng, K., and Simmons, D. B., “Integration of Uncertainty Management Systems with Object-Oriented Expert System Building Tools,” Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, November 9-11, 1994, pp. 51-56.

Fleming, M. A., Ellis, N. C., and Simmons, D. B., “An Environment for Objective Usability Measurement,” Proceedings of the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, October 17-19, 1994, 153-167.

Jilg, J. M., Simmons, D. B., and Ellis, N. C., "Translation of Uncertainty Representation Formats through a Knowledge Canonical Form," Journal of Information Sciences, Volume 77, Numbers 1&2 (double issue), March 1994, pp. 101-118.

Simmons, D. B., Fujihara, H., Stanley, J. G., Shannon, R. E., and Barrow, J., "Distributed Network Advisor", Proceedings International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Monterrey, Mexico, September 20-24, 1993, pp. 138-144.

Fujihara, H., Simmons, D. B., Ellis, N. C., and Shannon, R. E., "A Knowledge Acquisition Tool for Structuring Interview Data," Proceedings International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Monterrey, Mexico, September 20-24, 1993, pp. 316-324.

Simmons, D. B., Ellis, N. C., and Escamilla, T. D., "Manager Associate," IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 3, June, 1993, pp. 426-438.

Fujihara, H., Babiker, E. M., and Simmons, D. B., "Fuzzy Approach to Document Recognition," Proceedings of the Second IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, San Francisco, California, March 28-April 1, 1993, pp. 980-985.

Medrano, J., Fujihara, H., Simmons, D. B., "Extension of knowledge Acquisition Support Environment (KASE)," Proceedings of the First Engineering and Architecture Symposium, Workshop, and Exhibition (E&A'93), Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, March 15-16, 1993.

Jilg, J., Simmons, D., and Ellis, N., "A Fuzzy Translation of Knowledge Bases Incorporation Uncertainty Management," Proceedings of the Golden West International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Reno, Nevada, June 1-3, 1992, pp. 295-300.

Simmons, D., Ellis, N., and Stanley, J., "Knowledge Sharing between Distributed Knowledge Based Systems," Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual IEEE International Phoenix Conference on Computers and Communications, Scottsdale, Arizona, April 1-3, 1992, pp. 701-705.

Reddy, P. D., and Simmons, D. B., "Knowledge Acquisition Support Environment (KASE)," Proceedings of the Eighth IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications, Monterey, CA, March 2-6, 1992, pp. 157-161.

Simmons, D. B., "A Win-Win Metric Based Software Management Approach," IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 39, No. 1, February, 1992, pp. 32-41.

Simmons, D. B., "Communications: A Software Group Productivity Dominator," Software Engineering Journal, IEE British Computer Society, United Kingdom, Vol. 6, No. 6, November, 1991, pp. 454-462.

Gutekunst, K. R., Van Buijtenen, C. M., Ellis, N. C., and Simmons, D. B., "A Hypertext-based Knowledge Organization Tool," Proceedings of the International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence: Applications in Informatics, Cancun, Mexico, November 13-15, 1991, pp. 471-477.

Lease, M., Brooks, S., Escamilla, T., Ellis, N., Simmons, D., and Stanley, J., "NetAdvisor -- A Computer Associate for Network Users and Managers," Proceedings of the International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence: Applications in Informatics, Cancun, Mexico, November 13-15, 1991, pp. 378-384.

Haverda, T. H., Ellis, N. C., and Simmons, D. B., "The Visual Detectability Analysis Associate," International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 7, 1991, pp. 311-316.

Simmons, D. B., Escamilla, T. D., and Ellis, N. C., "Expert System Building Tools," Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Kogakuin University, Tokyo, Japan, September 11, 1991, pp. 169-174.

Escamilla, T. D., Simmons, D. B., and Ellis, N. C., "The Management of Uncertainty in Commercial Expert System Building Tools," Proceedings of the 2nd International IEEE Conference on Tools for Artificial Intelligence, IEEE Computer Society, Herndon, VA, November 6-9, 1990, pp. 471-477.

Mitta, D. M., Ellis, N. C., and Simmons, D. B., "Human Factors Data: Knowledge Sources for Intelligent Design Associates," Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 34rd Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, October 8-12, 1990, pp. 308-311.

Simmons, D. B., and Escamilla, T. D., "The Mechanics of Representing Knowledge," Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 33rd Annual Meeting, Volume 1, Denver, Colorado, October 1989, pp. 361-365.

Carver, D. L., and Simmons, D. B., "The Impact of Programming Methodology on Program Complexity," The Journal of Systems and Software, Volume 5, 1985, pp. 279-289.

Carlson, Walter M., and Simmons, Dick B., “Special Message: Intersociety cooperation,” Communications of the ACM, ACM Press, New York, NY, Volume 27, Number 3, March 1984, pp. 174-175.

Simmons, D. B., Marchbanks, M. P., Quick, M. J., Sheppard, S. V., and Brenner, B. C., "Complexity and Productivity Monitoring of Very Large Software Development Projects," Proceedings of the International Computer Symposium 1982, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, 1982, pp. 439-441.

Zolnowski, J. C. and Simmons, D. B., "Taking the Measure of Program Complexity," Proceedings of the 1981 National Computer Conference, pp. 329-336.

Zolnowski, J. C., and Simmons, D. B., "Measuring Program Complexity in a COBOL Environment," Proceedings of the 1980 National Computer Conference, pp. 757-766.

Elliott, R. W., Marchbanks, M. P., McWilliams, M. G., Ringer, L. J., and Simmons, D. B., "A Model for Estimating the Completion Status of Software Development Projects," Texas Engineering Experiment Station Technical Bulletin, July 1979, pp. 16-25.

Zolnowski, J. C., and Simmons, D. B., "Measuring Complexity in Structured vs Unstructured COBOL Programs," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 21, Pergamon Press, 1978, pp. 141-151.

Zolnowski, J. C. and Simmons, D. B., "Complexity Measure Applied to FORTRAN," Proceedings of COMPSAC 77, IEEE Catalog No. 77CH1291-4C, pp. 133-141.

Zolnowski, J. C. and Simmons, D. B., "Measuring Program Complexity," Digest of Papers: COMPCON 77, Fall 1977, IEEE Catalog No. 77CH1291-3C, pp. 336-340.

Crews, P. L., Lively, W. M., and Simmons, D. B., "A Multi-Lingual High Level Language Computer Architecture," Digest of Papers: Spring COMPCON 77, Spring 1977

Scott, R. and Simmons, D. B., "Predicting Programming Group Productivity -- A Communications Model," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Vol. SE-1, No. 4, December 1975, pp. 441-414.

Simmons, D. B., "Computer Network Management During Major CPU Upgrade," Proceedings of Guide 41, Denver, Colorado, November 9-14, 1975.

Thompson, L., Simmons, D. B. and Lively, W., "Application of Computer Assisted Instruction for Medical Diagnosis," Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Texas Conference on Computing Systems, No. V, 1974.

Simmons, D. B., Thompson, J. L., and Ward, D., "Introductory Computer Programming by Extension," Journal of Educational Data Processing, Vol. II, No. 6, pp. 19-26.

Scott, R. and Simmons, D. B., "Programmer Productivity and the Delphi Technique," Datamation, 1974, pp. 71-73.

Simmons, D. B., "Continuing Education Unit (CEU) records Management," Proceedings of the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers, Atlanta, Georgia, April 14-18, 1974.

Simmons, D. B., "Texas A&M: University Network Serving Outside Users," Datamation, March 1974, pp. 64-66.

Simmons, D. B., "The Art of Writing Large Programs," Computer, March/April 1972, pp. 43-49.