Experience:
- 2006 - Present CSE Department, TAMU
- 2000 - 2006 NuView, Board of Directors
- 2000 - 2002 Allaire Corporation, Board of
Directors
- 2000 - 2001 RLX Technologies
- 1998 - 1999 AltaVista Company
- 1986 - 1998 Compaq Computer Corporation
- 1983 - 1986 Future Computing/McGraw-Hill
- 1975 - 1983 University of Texas at Arlington,
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering (tenured)
- 1973 - 1974 Stephen F. Austin State
University, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Education:
Ph.D.,
Computer Science, Texas
A&M University,
1973. Thesis: Detection of Parallel Processable Code in Computer Programs.
Supervisor: Dr. Udo Pooch. Thesis published as: “A Variable Delay Method for Improving Recognition
of Parallel Processable Code in Computer Programs,” The Computer Journal,
Vol. 17, May 1974, pp. 157 - 164.
B.S. and
M.S., Mathematics, Texas A&M University-Commerce (ETSU), 1970. Thesis:
Summable Functions and Generalized Series. Supervisor: Dr. Bill Anderson. Thesis published as: “A counter example
concerning Lacunary Series,” B.D. Anderson, R.G. Ward, Gazetta Mathematica,
Series A, Vol. LXXVII, Nr. 11, November 1972, pp. 401-402.
Research
Interests:
Cognitive
science, embodied dynamical agents, modeling attention and action selection,
representation, continuous-time simulations, evolved neural networks, modeling
and simulation, computer systems management, programming
Research
Collaborator:
Dr. Robert Ward,
Centre of Cognitive Neuroscience, Bangor
University, Bangor, UK
Recent
Publications:
"Representation in Dynamical Agents," Ward, R. &
Ward, R., Neural Networks 22 (2009), 258-266. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2009.03.002
“Opponent Process Control in Linked, Dynamical
Agents,” Ward, R. & Ward, R. Proceedings of the 30th Annual
Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2008, July 23-26, 2008,
Washington, D.C., pp. 625-630.
"Selective attention and control of action: Comparative psychology
of an artificial, evolved agent and people," Ward, R. & Ward, R., Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and
Performance, Oct 2008, Vol. 34, No.5, pp 1165-1182.
"Selective attention in linked,
minimally cognitive agents," Ward, R. & Ward, R., Research
Workshop: Closing the gap between neurophysiology and behaviour: A
computational modelling approach University
of Birmingham, United Kingdom
May 31st-June 2nd 2007.
"Cognitive conflict without explicit conflict monitoring
in a dynamical agent," Ward, R. & Ward, R., Neural Networks 19
(2006), 1430-1436.
"Conflict Monitoring in a Dynamical
Agent," R. Ward and R. Ward, Proceedings of the 28th Annual
Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2006, July 26-29, 2006,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, pp. 2347-2352.
For a
complete list of publications, send me an email.
Patents:
Computer
System Manager for Monitoring Events and Operating Parameters and Generating Alerts,
US Patent #5,367,670, Nov. 22, 1994.
Member:
ACM, IEEE
