Teaching Summary and
Philosophy
I try to make computer science an
enjoyable subject, while addressing the challenges, methods, and underlying
complexities of problem solving. I
prefer to emphasize the major "nuts and bolts" issues and methods
which pervade a subject. I like to
present and deal with the big picture, realizing that sometimes details must be
addressed, but am determined not to get bogged down by them unless they are
necessary for understanding.
In general, I would divide the world of
educators, scholars, and researchers into perfectionists
and “productionists”. I am concerned with educating so that students can learn, understand, solve
problems, be motivated and get things done.
I know and respect the work that goes into producing perfection. I also know many perfectionists who never
finish what they set out to do. Given
the choice, I would prefer to be more productive even knowing that my work is
not perfect.
My teaching philosophy has been developed
from a perspective which was impressed upon me early on by my late father:
" There are no poor students, only poor teachers". Although, I can safely say that my experience
has not confirmed this point of view, it has served as a starting point and
stimulus towards always striving for real excellence.
The
young mind of the typical college student is a fragile entity with potential
that you can turn on or off. I view my
job as the instructor for a computer science course as the primary perpetrator
of interest and thinking at the appropriate level for the subject matter and
beyond.
For
example, at the introductory level, teaching large classes, on the use of applications and elementary programming on a personal computer, I feel that a
"promotional" attitude is essential.
That is, I promote the main features of a programming language or
application; addressing the questions:
"What is the language/application intended for and what can
students satisfactorily get done for their needs?" Essential, specific, syntactic,
developmental, and conceptual issues are also discussed. For introductory programming courses the issues of structured programming and
problem solving, combined with those in the previous sentence are considered of
critical importance.
During
the past few years I have made the adjustment to a breadth-first approach to teaching the
introductory computer science course which combines topics like hardware,
software, programming languages, and algorithms.
For
intermediate level courses such as data
structures and algorithms more
complex programming methodologies, problems, and issues are the focus with
consideration for time-space efficiency tradeoffs. By this point students are expected to be
more experimental and research-oriented in their thinking. In advanced courses like artificial intelligence (AI)
the breadth and diversity of the discipline is stressed; the problems which distinguish
AI from other disciplines and other approaches in computer science are
considered; the methodologies, tools,
and languages employed in AI research are also presented. Finally, but not at all in the least, at this
point students are encouraged to pursue term projects which involve programming
and research on a topic area of their choice, culminating in a substantial
paper and class presentation.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My
research interests are focused in three areas: intelligent tutoring systems, experimental cognitive science/computer
chess, and technological mishaps.
These domains involve more specific problems in a number of areas
including problem solving, knowledge-based systems, human-computer interaction,
expert systems, natural language processing and the management of
interdisciplinary teams. Recently I have
recognized that a pervading theme which ties all my research interests together
is testing of performance, evaluation
of existing, missing and essential knowledge for competence, and suggested
remedies. In other words, how to prevent
ERROR(s) --- their origins and sources.
Intelligent tutoring systems is a broad
domain with the general goal of improving education. As such it touches upon a number of different
disciplines including computer science, education, psychology, and beyond.
For the past three years I have been the project coordinator for a
research team trying to develop an intelligent tutoring system for AIDS. Our approach is based on an educational
technique called concept mapping. Thus
far we have developed our knowledge base for AIDS as well five other STDs. These are in the form that we call a
"SmartBook" developed in hypercard.
Our AIDS SmartBook© was directly linked to an expert module which
consisted of an expert system developed in the expert systems shell
MacSmarts. The expert system was able to
interrogate the learner and refer him/her directly back to the SmartBook for
further information. Other research work in this area exploits a number of
different AI aspects of our system involving various ways of interrogating the
knowledge base via the expert module, the student modeller and tutoring
module.
A
"Rules of the Road" SmartBook for navigation of the seas has been
developed with cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. A number of cadets used this SmartBook in
preparation for exams in their navigation course. The concept of SmartBooks is being developed
as a generic methodology "SmartTutor" where we are adding tutoring
support for CIS 1.5, the introductory course.
I
have also worked in a number of different research areas in experimental cognitive science using computer chess as an application
domain, both as an academic researcher
and as a consultant. My interest has
always been focused on the knowledge-based approach and its necessity for
successful problem solving in chess as opposed to brute force methods. This was demonstrated in the Bratko-Kopec
Test, a set of 24 positions which has been used by computer chess researchers
around the world to evaluate the strength of their programs. As the time when computer chess programs will
supersede even the best human players draws near, my publication Test,
Evaluate and Improve Your Chess: a knowledge-based approach (with Hal Terrie) is based
on a taxonomy of 157 test positions (in six tests) intended to
demonstrate that there is still a knowledge-based problem space in chess which
will remain beyond the realm of the best computer programs for many years.
Computers
are pervading nearly every aspect of human life. Their use in complex systems and the real possibility of disastrous accidents
(especially where human error may be involved) must be addressed. In 1982, I
co-authored a report with Professor Donald Michie, (former Chief Scientist and
founder of the Turing Institute in Glasgow, Scotland) for the Commission of the
European Communities entitled: Mismatch Between Machine Representations and
Human Concepts: dangers and remedies. (1982). The various forms of
computer malfunction and accidents involving computers and complex systems are
considered in two papers: (1)Technology
Transfer Crises in the 1980s: mishaps at the human interface; (2) Societal
and Technological Problems of Computers (with Q. Jiang). Presently this is my area of primary area
of research interest with spe-cific investigation of medical information systems.
Most Recent
Publications
1. (with D. Close and J. Aman).
"CS1: Perspectives on Programming Languages and the Breadth-First
Approach". In Journal of Computing in Small Colleges, In Proceedings
of The Fifth Annual Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges:
Northeastern Conference, April 28-29, 2000, Ramapo College, NJ.
(Presented with D. Close), pp. 228-234.
2. (with D. Close and J. Aman).
"Teaching the Second Computer Science Course: Lessons Learned at Three
Institutions and Directions For the New Millennium". In Proceedings
of the 5th Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education (http://www.cs.ubc.ca/wccce/), Kamloops, British
Columbia, May 4-5, 2000. (Presented by D. Kopec).
3. "Smart Books: A
generic methodology to facilitate delivery of post-secondary education".
In Proceedings AMCIS 2001 (Association for Information Systems) 7th Americas
Conference on Information Systems. Boston,
August 2-5, 2001, Curriculum and Learning Track; (CDROM).
4. (with D. Close and J. Aman).
"Teaching in Shifting Sands: Changes in CS2". In The
Journal of Computing in Small Colleges, In Proceedings of the Seventeenth
Annual Eastern Small College Computing Conference, Shepherd College,
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, October 26 & 27, 2001, pp. 171-175.
5. Panel (with R. Close and C.
Ricardo). "Outcomes and Assessment of the Introductory Sequence of
Computer Science Courses". The Journal of Computing in Small
Colleges, In Proceedings of the CCSC Central Plains Conference,
Kansas City Community College, April 5-6, 2002, pp. 55-57.
6.Panel (with R. Close and C.
Ricardo). "Outcomes and Assessment of the Introductory Sequence of
computer Science Courses". The Journal of Computing in Small
Colleges, In Proceedings of the CCSC: Northeastern Conference, Worcester, MA,
April 19-20, 2002, pp. 72-74.
7. (with P. Whitlock and M. Kogen).
"SmartTutor: Combining SmartBooks™ and Peer Tutors for Multi-Media
Online Instruction". In Proceedings of the International Conference
on Engineering Education, University of Manchester, Manchester, England,
(UMIST), CDROM, August 18-21, 2002.
8. "Knowledge-based Test
Suites for the Evaluation of Chess Strength". Presented at the
Koltanowski Memorial Conference on Chess and Education, December 13-17, 2001, Dallas, Texas.
9. (with M. Kabir, D. Reinharth,
O. Rothschild, and J.C. Castiglione). "Human Errors in Medical
Practice: Systematic Classification and Reduction with Automated Information
Systems". Journal of Medical Systems Vol. 27, No. 4, August,
2003, pp. 297-313.
10. (with A. Eskicioglu). "The
Ideal Multimedia-Enabled Classroom: Perspectives from Psychology, Education and
Information Science". Presented at the ASEE Annual Conference
(American Society for Engineering Education), Nashville Tennessee,
June 21-25, 2003. Proceedings on CDROM.
11. (with P. Whitlock and M.
Kogen). "Enhancing The First Computer Science Course With Peer Tutors,
SmartBooks TM and SmartTutors" in : Innovations - 2003: World
Innovations in Engineering Education and Research. (Eds. W. Aung, M.Hoffmann,
et.al.) August, 2003, pp. 85-94. Selected to appear in the McGraw Hill Contemporary
Learning Series. (Forthcoming)
12. (with A. Eskicioglu). "The
Ideal Multimedia-Enabled Classroom: Perspectives from Psychology, Education,
and Information Science". Journal of Educational Multimedia and
Hypermedia, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2003, pp. 199 -
221.
13. (with H. Terrie). "Test,
Evaluate, and Improve Your Chess: a knowledge-based approach". 2nd
ed., USCF Press, New Windsor, NY, 2003, 312 pages.
14. (with T.A. Marsland and J.
Cox). "SEARCH". Chapter 63 in The Computer Science and
Engineering Handbook, (2nd ed., Ed. A. Tucker), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL,
Chapter 26, August, 2004.pp. 1-26
15. (with G. Shagas, J. Selman,
D. Reinharth, and S. Tamang ). "Development
of an Expert System for Aiding Migraine Diagnosis". The Journal of
Information Technology in HealthCare 2004; Vol. 2, No. 5, pp. 355-364, The Netherlands.
16. (with G. Shagas, M. Kabir,
D. Reinharth, and J. Castiglione, S. Tamang ). "Errors in Medical
Practice: Identification, Classification and Steps Towards Reduction".
Medical and Care Compunetics 1 (Eds. Lodewijk Bos, Swamy Laxminarayan
and Andy Marsh) Proceedings of the 1st ICMCC (International Congress on
Medical and Care Compunetics), The Hague,
The Netherlands,
June 2-4, 2004, pp. 126-134.
17. (with G. Shagas, D.
Reinharth, and S. Tamang ). "Development
of a Clinical Pathways Analysis System with Adaptive Bayesian Nets and Data
Mining Techniques". Medical and Care Compunetics 1 (Eds.
Lodewijk Bos, Swamy Laxminarayan and Andy Marsh): Proceedings of the 1st
ICMCC (International Congress on Medical Care Compunetics), The Hague, The Netherlands, June 2-4, 2004 , pp. 70-80.
18. (with G. Shagas, J. Selman,
D. Reinharth, and S. Tamang ). "Development
of an Expert System for Differentiating Tension Type Headaches from
Migraines". Medical and Care Compunetics 1 (Eds. Lodewijk Bos,
Swamy Laxminarayan and Andy Marsh): Proceedings of the 1st ICMCC
(International Congress on Medical Care Compunetics), The
Hague, The Netherlands,
June 2-4, 2004, pp. 81-92.
19. (with E.
Pesochin and E. Rhein ). "Technology, Knowledge, Culture
and Management: the keys to success". In Proceedings of The Fourth
International Conference on Knowledge, Culture, and Change in Organizations.
University of Greenwich,
London, UK, August 3-6, 2004.
20. (with G. Yarmish and J.
Aman). "Teaching Formal Methods in Software Engineering". In Proceedings
of the Annual Meeting of the New England Section of ASEE (American Society of
Engineering Education), Fairfield University, Fairfield CT, April 7-8,
2005. (CD ROM)
21. (with S.
Tamang, G. Shagas, and K. Levy). "Improving End the Life
Care: An Information Systems Approach to Reducing Medical Errors". Medical
and Care Compunetics 2 (Eds. Lodewijk Bos, Swamy Laxminarayan and Andy
Marsh): Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Medical and Care
Compunetics (ICMCC), The Hague, The Netherlands,
June 1-3, 2005, pp. 93-104.
22. (with K. Levy, M. Kabir, D.
Reinharth, and G. Shagas). "Development of an Expert System for
Classification of Medical Errors". Medical and Care Compunetics 2 (Eds.
Lodewijk Bos, Swamy Laxminarayan and Andy Marsh): Proceedings of the 2nd
International Congress on Medical and Care Compunetics (ICMCC), The Hague, The Netherlands, June 1-3, 2005, pp.
110-116.
23. (with R. Eckhardt, S. Tamang, and D. Reinharth). "Towards a Mobile Intelligent System with Application to HIV/AIDS".
Medical and Care Compunetics 2 (Eds. Lodewijk Bos, Swamy Laxminarayan
and Andy Marsh): Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Medical
and Care Compunetics (ICMCC), The Hague, The
Netherlands,
June 1-3, 2005, pp. 30-35.
24. (with S.
Tamang). "Improving the Care at the End of Life: a
case-based reasoning approach to reducing medical errors". In Proceedings
of the Third International Conference on Computer Science and its Applications,
San Diego, CA , June 28-30, 2005.
25. (with A. Sverdlov and S. Tamang). "Applied Software Synthesis".
In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Science and
its Applications, San Diego,
CA, June 28-30, 2005.
26. (with E.
Pesochin and E. Rhein ). "Technology, Knowledge, Culture
and Management: the keys to success". (with revisions). Accepted for
the 6th European Conference on Knowledge Management, Limerick, Ireland,
September 8-9, 2005.
27. (with S.
Tamang, T. McCoffie, and R. Eckhardt). "The Development of
Health Surviellance Networks". Medical and Care Compunetics 3,
(Eds. Lodewijk Bos, Laura Roa, Kanagasingam Yogesan, Brian O'Connell, Andy
Marsh, and Bernd Blobel): Proceedings of the 3rd ICMCC (International
Congress on Medical and Care Compunetics), The Hague, The Netherlands, June
7-9, 2006, pp. 74-85.
28. (with S.
Tamang, R. Eckhardt, K. Levy, and G. Shagas). "The State
of the Art in Reduction of Medical Errors". Medical and Care
Compunetics 3, (Eds. Lodewijk Bos, Laura Roa, Kanagasingam Yogesan, Brian
O'Connell, Andy Marsh, and Bernd Blobel): Proceedings of the 3rd ICMCC
(International Congress on Medical and Care Compunetics), The Hague, The
Netherlands, June 7-9, 2006, pp. 126-137.
29. (with A. Ebrahimi and C.
Schweikert). "Taxonomy of Novice Programming Error Patterns with Plan,
Web, and Object Solutions". Submitted to ACM Computing Surveys,
December 2006.
30. (With R. Eckhardt, K. Harrow, M. Kobrak, and P. Whitlock). "SmartTutor:
A Unified Approach for Enhancing Science Education". The Journal of
Computing Sciences in Colleges,Vol. 22, No. 3, January 2007, pp. 29-36.
31. "Computer Chess and
Artificial Intelligence": In Proceedings of Artificial
Intelligence @ 50, (ed James Moor), Dartmouth
College, Handover , New Hampshire,
July 13-15, 2006.
Earlier Publications
1. Panel Presentation: "How
Should Data Structures and Algorithms Be Taught?". With Professor D.
Close (United States Coast Guard Academy) and Dr. J. Aman (Dir. Academic
Computing, Columbus School for Girls), In Proceedings of the Conference on
Innovation and Computer Science Education, ITiCSE'99, pp. 175-176, June 27
- July 1, 1999, Cracow, Poland.
2. Panel Presentation: "How
Should The Second Computer Science Course(CS2) Be Taught?". With
Professor D. Close (United States Coast Guard Academy) In Proceedings of The Fourth Annual
Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges: Northeastern Conference; Providence, RI,
pp. 212-213, April 23-24, 1999.
3. Panel Presentation: "How
Should Data Structures and Algorithms Be Taught?". With Professor D.
Close (United States Coast Guard Academy) In Proceedings of The Fourth Annual
Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges Conference: Northeastern
Conference; Providence, RI, pp. 231-232, April 23-24, 1999.
4. D. Kopec (with R. Close and
V. Proulx) "Good Web, Bad Web". (Panel Discussion) In
Proceedings of The Journal of Computing in Small Colleges
(ed. John J. Meinke), Volume 12, No 5, Northeastern University, pp. 228-31,
April, 1997
5. D. Kopec (with T. A.
Marsland) "SEARCH".(methods in Artificial Intelligence) (in
the CRC Computer Science and Engineering Handbook, ed. A. Tucker), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL., pp. 676 -
696, December, 1996.
6. D. Kopec (with C. Chabris)
"The Fifth Harvard Cup Human Versus Computer. (R)Intel Chess Challenge".
ICCA Journal, Vol.17, No.4, pp. 224-232, December, 1995.
7. D. Kopec. "Structured
Induction and Its Feasibility as a Technique for Assignment of Coast Guard
Reserves". (Report to Internal the U.S. Coast Guard Research and
Development Center, October, 1994).
8.D. Kopec (with R. Henley)
" SmartChess User's Handbook". R&D Publishing, Manasquan, N.J.,
1994.
9. D. Kopec (with C. Wood)
"Introduction to SmartBooks. Booklet to accompany interactive
educational software AIDS SmartBook, Jones and Bartlett
Publishers, Boston, MA (1994). Also published as United States Coast Guard
Academy, Center for
Advanced Studies Report No. 23-93, December, 1993.
10. D. Kopec (with C.
Chabris)"The 4th Harvard Cup: human versus computer chess challenge".
ICCA Journal, Vol.16, No.4, pp. 232-41, December, 1993.
11. D. Kopec (with S. Benn) "The Bratko-Kopec Test Recalibrated".
ICCA Journal, Vol. No. 3, pp.144-46, September,1993
12. D. Kopec (with M. Brody, C.
Shi, and C. Wood) "Towards an Intelligent Tutoring System with
Application to Sexually Transmitted Diseases". in Artificial
Intelligence and Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Knowledge-based systems for
learning and teaching, Ellis Horwood Publishers, Chichester, England,
May,1992, pp. 129-51. This publication also published in the 1989 University of Maine Spring Symposium on Artificial
Intelligence and Intelligent Tutoring Systems, May 22-24, pp. 203-218, #25 on
this list
13. D. Kopec. "Man-Machine
Chess: Past, Present, and Future". in The Encyclopedia of Computer
Science and Technology, (eds. A. Kent J.G. Williams), Marcel Dekker
Publications, New York, N.Y., Vol. 26, pp. 233-69, 1992.
14. D. Kopec (with M. Newborn
and M. Valvo) "The 22nd Annual ACM International Computer Chess
Championship". Albuquerque,
New Mexico, pp. 100-110, Nov.
17-20, 1991 Communications of the ACM, Vol. 35, No. 11, 1992.
15. D. Kopec (with Q. Jiang)
"The Societal and Technological Problems of Computers". Computers
and Artificial Intelligence , Slovak Technical Institute, Bratislava, CFSR Vol. 11,
No.4, pp.409-418, 1992.
16. D. Kopec (with M. Newborn)
(1991) "The 21st ACM North American Computer Chess Championship".
New York, N.Y.,
Nov. 11-14, 1990 Communications of the ACM, Vol. 34, No. 11, pp.
85-92.
17. D. Kopec (with C. Wood and
M. Brody) (1991) "An Educational Theory for Transferring Domain Expert
Knowledge Towards the Development of an Intelligent Tutoring Systems for STDs".
Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education Vol. 2 (2), Winter,
1991, pp. 67-82 .
18. D. Kopec (with H. Berliner and
Ed Northam) (1991) " A Taxonomy of Concepts for Evaluating Chess
Strength: examples from two difficult categories". In Advances in
Computer Chess 6, (ed. Don Beal), Ellis Horwood, Chichester, England,
pp. 179-91.
19. D. Kopec. (1990) "Technology
Transfer Crises in the 1980's: failures at the man-machine interface".
In Proceedings of the 15th Annual Meeting of the Technology Transfer
Society (June 26-28) Dayton,
Ohio, Technology Transfer in a
Global Economy, ed. Robert W. Harrison pp. 173-76.
20. D. Kopec (with Hans Berliner
and Ed Northam) (1990) "A Taxonomy of Concepts for Evaluating Chess
Strength". In Proceedings of SUPERCOMPUTING '90 , New York City, New
York, Nov 15-17, pp. 336-43.
21. D. Kopec "Advances
in Man-Machine Play". (1990) In Computers, Chess and Cognition,
eds. T.A. Marsland and J. Schaeffer, Springer-Verlag, New York, pp. 9-33.
22. D. Kopec (with M. Newborn)
(1990) "The Twentieth Annual North American Computer Chess Championship".
In Communications of the ACM, 33, 7, pp.92-104.
23. D. Kopec (with M. Newborn )
(1989) "Results of the Nineteenth ACM North American Computer Chess
Championship". In Communications of the ACM, 32, 10, pp.
1225-1230.
24. D. Kopec (E.
Northam, D. Podber and Y. Fouda. (1989)) "The Role of
Connectivity in Chess". In Proceedings of the Workshop on
Game-Tree Search, during the 6th World Computer Chess Championship; Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada, May 28
- June 1, pp. 78-84.
25. D. Kopec (with M. Brody)
(1989) "Towards an Intelligent Tutoring System for Sexually Transmitted
Diseases". In Proceedings of the 1989 University of Maine Spring
Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Tutoring Systems, May
22-24, pp. 203-218.
26. D. Kopec (with M. Brody)
(1989) "Development and Student Use of a Computer-based Smart Book
Concerning Sexually Transmitted Diseases". In Proceedings of the
Sixth Canadian Symposium on Instructional Technology, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
27. D. Kopec (with M. Brody,and
L. Latour) (1988). "Extraction and Representation of Expert Knowledge
Concerning Sexually Transmitted Diseases". National Association of
Research in Science Teaching, St.
Louis, MO.
28. D. Kopec (with L. Latour and
M. Brody) (1988). "Towards an Expert/Novice Learning System with
Application to Infectious Disease". In Proceedings of AAAI Spring
Mini-Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM) at Stanford
University, March 22-24, pp. 9-10. This article was also published in the ACM
SIGART Special Issue on Knowledge Acquisition. April, pp. 140-43.
29 . D. Kopec (with B. Libby and
C. Cook) (1988). "The Ending King & Bishop vs. Rook (KRBKR)".
In Proceedings of the AAAI Spring Mini-Symposium on Computer Games at Stanford University, March 22-24, pp. 60-61.
30. D. Kopec (with M. Newborn)
(1988). "Results of the ACM's Eighteenth Computer Chess Championship".
Report in Communications of the ACM, August, Vol. 31, No. 8, pp.
992-995.
31. D. Kopec (with M. Newborn)
(1987). "Belle and Mephisto Dallas Capture Computer Chess Titles at the
FJCC". Report in Communications of the ACM, July, Vol. 30,
No. 7, pp. 640-645.
32. D. Kopec (with M. Newborn
and W. Yu) (1986)." Experiments in
Chess Cognition". In Advances in Computer Chess 4 (ed. D.
Beal) Pergamon Press, Oxford,
England, pp.
59-79.
33. D. Kopec (with M. Newborn)
(1986). "ACM's Sixteenth North American Computer Chess Championship".
In Communications of the ACM, 29, 7, pp. 687-91.
34. D. Kopec. (1985) "Chess
Computers: A critical descriptive analysis of the currently available
commercial chess computers". Abacus, Vol. 2, 4, pp. 10-28, 35-38.
Chess Computers: a critical descriptive survey of commercial products
(1987). Reprinted with modifications (1987) in A Computer Science Reader:
selections from ABACUS, Springer-Verlag, New York (ed. E. Weiss).
35. D. Kopec, M. Newborn.
(1985). ACM's Fifteenth North American Computer Chess Championship . In
Communications of the ACM, 28, 8, pp. 757-59.
36. D. Kopec (with M. Newborn)
(1984). "The Fourth World Computer
Chess Championship". In Communications of the ACM, 27, 8, pp.
845-49.
37. D. Kopec. Contributing
Editor, The Computer Chess Digest Annual (1984), with four articles:
1. Report from New York
, pp. 54-69; 2. Choosing an Opening Library (69-72); 3. An example of a type of
Turing Test (82-84); 4. Experiments in chess cognition (D. Kopec, M. Newborn,
W. Yu), pp.84-103, (ed. E. Irazoqui), New
York.
38. D. Kopec (with D. Michie)
(1983). " Mismatch between machine representations and human concepts:
dangers and remedies". Report to the EEC under subprogram FAST, Brussels, Belgium.
39. D. Kopec (with M. Newborn)
(1983). "The Thirteenth Annual North American Computer Chess
Championship at ACM '82". In Communications of the ACM, 26,
9, pp.. 695-97.
40. D. Kopec (with E. Irazoqui
and I. Bratko) (1983). "The
Bratko-Kopec Experiment Updated, The Computer Chess Digest Annual".
(ed. E. Irazoqui), New York.
41. D. Kopec (with I. Bratko) (1982). "The Bratko-Kopec Experiment:
A test for comparison of human and computer performance in chess". In Advances
in Computer Chess 3, (ed. M.R.B. Clarke). Oxford: Pergamon Press, pp.57-82.
42. D. Kopec (with T. Niblett)
(1980). "How hard is the King-Rook-King-Knight ending? (R) In Advances
in Computer Chess 2". (ed. M.R.B. Clarke). Edinburgh:
Edinburgh University Press, pp. 57-80.
43. D. Kopec (1979). "King
and Rook vs. King and Knight". Research Memorandum MIP-R-125, Edinburgh: Machine Intelligence Research Unit, University of Edinburgh. Also published in CHESS,
(1983). 47 (No. 895-6), pp. 388-95, Sutton Coldfield, England.
44. D. Kopec (with I. Bratko D. Michie) (1978). "Pattern-based
representation of chess end-game knowledge". Computer Journal,
21(2),pp. 149-53.
45. D. Kopec. "Recent
developments in computer chess". (1977). Firbush News 7 Edinburgh: Machine Intelligence Research Unit,
University of Edinburgh
(ed. J.E. Michie).
Presentations
1. ACM Workshop on Computer Chess (with Brent
Libby) Dallas, Texas,
November 1987.
2. Spring Symposium on Computer Games, Stanford University,
March 1988 (also participated in panel
discussion).
3. University of Maine 1989 Spring Symposium
on Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Orono, Maine, May 21-24.
4. Workshop on Game-Tree Search, Canadian
Information Processing Conference, Edmonton,
Alberta, May 28-June 1, 1989.
5. Artificial
Intelligence: An Emerging Science Or a Dying Art Form? Workshop at SUNY, Binghamton,
June 21-23, 1990.
6. Technology Transfer Society's 15th Annual
Meeting - International Symposium and Exhibit,
Dayton, Ohio, June 26-28, 1990.
7. Technical Session on Computer Chess at
Supercomputing '90, New York City, New York,
November 14, 1990.
8.
Presentations on Computer Chess and
Artificial Intelligence at the World Computer Chess Championships, Madrid, Spain,
; (Paper with Shawn Benn, presented in absentia by Professor Tony Marsland)
November 27, 1992.
9. Panel Presentation: "The Importance of
Chess and Computers to Education" (January,
1995)
Chess and Education Conference, NYC.
10. Panel
Presentation: “Good Web, Bad Web: aspects, issues, and implications for the
virtual classroom”. Northeast Regional
Small College
Computing Conference, Northeastern University,
April,
1997.
11. Workshop
on Kasparov vs. Deeper Blue (July, 1997), International Joint Conference on AI,
Providence,
RI.
12. GOOD
WEB BAD WEB: aspects, issues, and implications for the International University
Conference Celebrating 25th
Anniversary of Richmond, The American International University.
13. Panel Presentation: "How Should
Data Structures and Algorithms Be
Taught?"
With
Professor Dick Close (United States Coast Guard Academy). The Fourth Annual
Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges: Northeastern Conference; Providence,
RI, April 23-24.
14. Panel Presentation: "How Should The Second
Computer Science Course (CS2) Be Taught?"
With
Professor Dick Close (United States Coast Guard Academy). The Fourth Annual
Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges: Northeastern Conference; Providence,
RI, April 23-24.
15. Panel Presentation: "How Should Data
Structures and Algorithms Be Taught?" 4th Annual
With
Professor Dick Close (United States Coast Guard Academy) and Dr. Jim Aman (Dir. Academic Computing, Columbus School for Girls). Conference on Innovation and Technology in
Computer Science Education, ITiCSE'99,
June 27 - July 1, 1999, Cracow,
Poland.
16.
"Teaching The Second Computer Science Course: Lessons Learned at Three
Institutions and Directions For the New
Millenium".In Western Consortium
of Colleges for Computing,
Kamloops,
British Columbia, May 5, 2000.
17. Association for Information Systems 7th
Americas
Conference on Information Systems.
“SmartBooks:
A generic methodology to facilitate delivery of post-secondary education.”
Curriculum and Learning Track; Boston, MA,
August 4, 2001.
Invited
Lectures: "Computer Chess: bona-fide or banished member of
artificial
intelligence?"
University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, N.M. (Nov.
18, 1991)
Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. (Nov.
22, 1991)
University of New Brunswick,
Fredericton, N.B., Canada (Mar. 27, 1992)
Invited
Lectures: Man - Machine Chess: recent developments
University of Maine,
Orono, ME (Nov.
11, 1994)
University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT. (Dec, 1995)
Computer
Chess and AI Roger
Williams University,
RI (Apr. , 1995)
Iona College,
New Rochelle, NY (May, 2001)
Iona College,
New Rochelle, NY
(Nov., 2001) Kasparov vs. Deep Blue Wesleyan
University, Middletown, CT.
(May, 1996)
Invited Lecture: Technological
Mishaps: Failure at the Human Interface
University of Maine,
Orono, ME
(April, 2000)
Technology
in the Classroom Symposium at the US
Coast Guard Academy:
"SmartBooks as an Educational
Technology"
Panel Moderator: Multimedia Courseware at Northeast Regional
Small College
"Computing
Conference, University
of Hartford" (April 19-20, 1996)
Academic
Titles/Honors:
Faculty
Advisor, Programming Team, Greater New York,
ACM Regional Programming Contest, Nassau Community
College,
October, 28th. Brooklyn
College College Team Placed 3rd = with New
York University, (6
of 8 problems solved), behind Columbia and Cornell. Amongst 42 teams participant.
Faculty Advisor for Coast Guard
Academy Programming Team
which tied 8-10th (amongst 17
teams) at Northeast Regional Programming
Contest 1995, Westfield
State College, Preliminary
Round,
(despite no Computer Science Department or Major).
Elected
to Board of Northeast Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges (April, 1999).
Papers Co-Chair: CCSCNE- 2002, Worcester State
College, MA; Membership Secy F2002.
Journal
Review Board: Computers
and Artificial Intelligence Slovak
Republic (since 1991)
Reviewer for The
Fourth Annual Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges:
Northeastern Conference; 1996 through 2001. Reviewer for AMCIS 2001
Book
Reviewer for a number of
computer science publishers and journals including: Irwin Publishers Computer
Science Press, West Educational Publishers, Jovanovic, Irwin, Wiley,
Springer-Verlag, etc.
Reviewer for ICCA Journal,
1995. Grant
Review For: Sigma Delta Epsilon
Fellowship (for Graduate Women in Science) Awards, 1991 - 1992.
Conference Coordinator and Program
Organizer: University of Maine 1989 Spring Symposium on
Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Tutoring Systems (May 21-24)
UM/AI-ITS-89.
Eleven invited international speakers participated; there were 60
registrants a number of whom came from abroad.
Computer chess
journalist since 1975; Assistant Editor, The Computer Chess Digest, 1984.
Communications
of the ACM Reporter on ACM North American Championships 1982-1992.
Assistant
Tournament Director: North American Computer Chess Championships: Orlando, 1988, New York
City, 1990, Albuquerque, 1992, Indianapolis, 1993.
Organizer of
Special Endgame Tournament to evaluate programs' strength during ACM Computer
Championships, New York City, NY, Nov., 1990.
Annual Reports
on the North American Computer Chess Championships (co-authored with Professor
Monty Newborn, tournament organizer) have appeared in the Communications of the ACM 1982-1994.
Monthly instructional
lectures on chess and computer chess on Internet Chess Club;
Typically 20 - 200 participants. (Since
January, 1997)
Consulting:
• Coast Guard Research and Development Center;
five weeks part time. Investigating possible use of structured induction
technology for Coast Guard Reserve Allocation problems (Summer, 1994).
• SAITEK Industries Ltd. (Hong
Kong), Advanced Chess Research Lab (1992).
• TDC (Training and Development Corporation) Bucksport, Maine;
evaluation of Automated Case Management Software (4 days, June, 1992)• February - July, 1991; Developer
of Opening Book for Sargon V chess computer as Consultant for Mediagenic
Inc., Menlo Park, California.
• From June, 1986
through December 1987; performed
numerous responsibilities as chess consultant for Fidelity International, the
largest worldwide manufacturer of chess
computers.
• Business Consultant for Intelligent Terminals
Ltd, 1981-82.
Grants:
1. University of Maine Book and Equipment Fund (1987).
($1615 awarded towards purchase of back volumes of the Artificial Intelligence
Journal by the Library)
2. Summer Grant (1987).($4000, from
Fidelity International to work with software development
team in San Diego, CA)
3. Faculty Research Funds Grant (1988) (with
Profs. M. Brody and L. Latour), $4000 through December 31, 1988 for
"Extraction, Representation and Use of Expert/Novice Knowledge Concerning
Sexually Transmitted (STD'S) in College Age Populations."
4.
PSC-CUNY-31 RESEARCH AWARD ($4200): Diagnosis and Design of Complex Systems Software.
5. PSC-CUNY 32 $4200 Funded for
Investigation of medical information systems.
2.
Consulting Grant From Compaq Computer Inc. for
the Calendar Year 2001 for up to $10,000 (actually received $3,300) to study the
performance of chess programs running on COMPAQ’s most powerful machines and
compilers. This Grant ended in December,
2001. Some of the results were presented at Dallas, 2001 and will be presented in Kopec
& Terrie, 2nd ed. 2003.
7. PSC-CUNY $4200 Funded
for Software Technology: Studies and SmartBook Prototypes Towards the Reduction
of Medical errors
Grants
Applications Submitted
1.
To
NSF-ITR (Information Technology Research (Feb., 2000): Evaluation and Design of Complex Systems Software. Amount
Requested: $369K. (Not Funded)
2.
NSF-ITR (Jan. 2002) (Principal Investigator: Neng-Fa Zhou):
"A High Level/High
performance Language for Constraint Problem Solving"; Reviewed with High
marks; no funding
3. NSF
- CCLI (June, 2002) (Principal Investigator: Paula Whitlock),
with Myra Kogen; "ScienceTutor: On-Line Tutoring to
Aid Retention in Gateway Science Courses"; (in review)
4.
CUNY COLLABORATIVE INCENTIVE
GRANTS PROGRAM (April-23, 2002) (With
William Harris, and Gerald Weiss);
Integrating On-Line Technologies (in review)
Committees/Service
Honors Committee,
1987-88; Cultural Affairs Committee,
1988-91;
Faculty
Co-Advisor, Chess Club, 1988-91
Honors Committee, 1993-94 Assistant
Coach, Tennis Team, USCGA, 1993-1996 Faculty
Advisor, Chess Club, 1993-1996 Programming
Team Faculty Advisor, 1994, 1995
Health and Safety 1997-1998 Open
University Accreditation, Arts and Sci. 1998
Headed Open University Accredition for Systems
Engineering and Management Program, 1999.
Organized Department Seminar Series (1997 -
1999);
Brooklyn College
Chess Club Faculty Advisor (1999
– Organized Dept. Seminars (S2000 -
S2002)
Academic Computing (1999-2000);
Basic Skills Committee (2001-2002)
Faculty Council (Alternate F1999-
) Dept. Undergraduate
Curriculum Committee (2001 -
Started Programming Team (F2000 - )
Outcomes Committee (Chair) (2001 -
CGAS (F2002- )
Professional Accomplishments in the
domain of Chess
I have
been an active chess semi-professional since the age of 21, having learned the
game at age 8, and having participated in tournaments with adults since age
12. I achieved the title of
International Chess Master in 1985, and maintained a rank amongst the top 50
players in the U.S.
for many years. I have numerous chess
titles, tournament victories, popular and scholarly articles and books, as well as extensive experience as a chess
teacher at all levels, and as an organizer.
During the Summer of 1994 I expanded my chess activities by starting
KOPEC's CHESS CAMP (10 days) and by completing two 2-hour instructional chess
videos: How to Visualize Combinations and
Pawn Structures and How to Play Them
. In 1995 I also produced the tapes:
"How To Analyze A Position" (2 hrs) and "Opening Pawn
Structures: advanced concepts (4 hrs)
with Right Angle Productions of Putnam,
Connecticut. In 1998 I produced
the 2.5 hour tape The Kopec System with GMVideo of Twickingham, England..
Personal
Information: Married with 15 year old son.
Languages Spoken and Understood (besides
English) - Czech, Slovak, German, Russian,
French.
Sports
- advanced-intermediate
tennis player; also competitive in bowling, basketball, and baseball.
Relaxation
and enjoyment -
practical woodwork, bicycling, classical music, travel, diverse cuisine, nearly
all outdoor activities.
References:
1. Professor George
Markowsky, Chairman, Department of
Computer Science,
University of Maine,
Neville Hall, Orono, ME 04469-0122.
Tel.
(207) - 581-3940. email:
markov@umcs.maine.edu
2.
Professor Richard Close, Immediate Past Chairman,
Department of Computer Science
United States
Coast Guard
Academy, Saterlee Hall, New London, CT
06320-4195
Tel.
(203) - 444 - 8622 email: RClose@cga.uscg.mil
3. Dr. Richard Resch, Provost and
Vice-President, Richmond,
The American Intern’l University in London,
Queen’s Road, Richmond, Surrey, TW10 6JP,
UK
Tel.
( 011)-(44)-332 -8200 email: reschr@staff.richmond.ac.uk
4. Peter Dixon, Principal Lecturer and Past
Chairman, Department of Computing, Science, and Mathematics, Richmond,
The American International
University in London
Orchard House, 2 Station Road,
Waterbeach, Cambridge CB5 9HT
Tel. (011) - (44)
(01223) - 860280
5. Professor Donald Michie, Professor Emeritus,
Machine Intelligence, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland,
(January - May, 73-860
Shadow Mountain Drive, Palm Desert,
CA. 92260)
Tel.
(619) - 341- 4033. Fax: (619) - 346-4293
6. Professor Tony
Marsland, School of Computing Science,
University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Alberta,
CANADA T6G 7H1
Tel. (403) - 492-3971 .email: tony@cs.ualberta.ca
7. Professor Monroe
Newborn, School of Computer Science (Chairman 1975-84) McGill University,
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA H3A 2K6.
Tel. (514)- 398-7072. email: newborn@cs.mcgill.ca
