PhD

• PhD Advisor: Dr. Rosalee Wolfe
• PhD Committee Members:
  • Dr. Jacob Furst
    • Associate Dean, DePaul CTI.
  • Dr. John McDonald
    • Assistant Professor, DePaul CTI.
  • Dr. Rosalee Wolfe
    • Professor, DePaul CTI

Scholarly Activities

Publications

Academic Presentations Given

09-1999: "Computer Animation of American Sign Language", 2nd Annual PhD Conference , September, 1999.

Conferences Attended

1. CATA 2001 -- Seattle, WA. March, 28-30, 2001 
   Presented paper describing the structure of the DePaul's ASL transcriber.
2. SIGGRAPH 2000 -- New Orleans, LA, July 23-28, 2000.
   Student Volunteer.

Colloquia attended

Research
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Thesis topic
 
Automatic Verb Agreement in Computer Synthesized Depictions of American Sign Language

Research Interests

• Usability.
• Interaction design.
• Information design (card sorting).
• Web design and programming.
• Computer graphics.

Research plan

Stage one. Literature review on alternatives for the transcription of ASL.
Stage two. Passed dissertation proposal defense.
Stage three. Work on Dissertation.

Collaborations within CTI

• Working with Dr. Rosalee Wolfe on a NSF grant as an evaluator of the current progress on the writing of a book in Web Site Design.
• American Sign Language (ASL) lab coordinator.
• Part-time faculty since Fall 1999.

Collaborations outside of CTI

Progress in the PhD program
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Courses completed

• GPH 595 Topics in Graphics
• GPH 539 Three Dimensional Graphics
• GPH 536 Smooth Surface Modeling
• GPH 572 Principles of Computer Animation
• SE 455 Software Development Methods
• SE 550 Distributed Software Development
• SE 452 Component-Based Enterprise Computing
• HCI 590 Topics in Human Computer Interaction
• HCI 440 Introduction to HCI
• HCI 450 Usability in Computer Systems
• HCI 400 Design/Analysis for HCI
• HCI 460 Evaluation for HCI
• CSC 690 Research Seminar
  

Status in the program

1. Matriculated: June 2000.
2. Breadth exams: 
   • Human Computer Interaction, Summer 2000. Passed.
   • Software Engineering, Summer 2001. Passed.
3. Depth exam:
   • Computer Graphics, Winter 2001. Passed (highest distinction)
     
4. Thesis proposal:
• Automatic Verb Agreement in Computer Synthesized Depictions of American Sign Language. Passed (June 6, 2002)
5. Thesis defense:

Schedule

• Winter  02 -- CSC 699 -- Research Topics
• Winter 02 -- HCI 590 -- Topics in HCI
• Spring 02 -- CSC 690 -- Research Seminar
• Spring 02 -- GPH 595 -- Topics in Graphics

last updated 6/10/02

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