CIS Friends and Former CIS Faculty

We would like to acknowledge the valuable contributions of former CIS faculty, faculty who serve as outside members on dissertation committees, and friends of the CIS PhD Program.

CIS Friends

Frederick T. Bail
Kent W. Bridges

Associate Professor Botany Department, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

Interests: computer cartography; analysis of seagrass ecosystems, including factors controlling distribution patterns; scientific visualization studies as an adjunct to data analysis and statistics; development of Web-based tools for a range of scientific and instructional applications

Richard Chadwick

CIS Dissertation Committees: Randall Larsen (member)

Website: http://www.hawaii.edu/intlrel/

Toni Chalaire

Research Assistant Communication and Information Sciences Program, University of Hawai`i at Manoa

Interests: Former teaching assistant

Robert L. Cheng

CIS Dissertation Committees: Jeng-Chung Chen (member)

James Corbett

CIS Dissertation Committees: Carleton Allen Moore (member)

Sharon P. Cox

CIS Dissertation Committees: John Lee Reardon (member)

John Engel

CIS Dissertation Committees: Michael Cress (member)

Robert G. Fichman

CIS Dissertation Committees: John Lee Reardon (member)

Catherine Fulford

Professor and Chair Department of Educational Technology, University of Hawai`i at Manoa

Interests: Instructional Design, Visual Design, Photography, Video

CIS Dissertation Committees: Sunyeen Pai (member)

Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~fulford/

Steve Goldberg

CIS Dissertation Committees: Dadong Wan (member)

Kenneth A. Griggs
L. S. Harms

CIS Dissertation Committees: David K. Lassner (member)

John Head

CIS Dissertation Committees: Jerome B. Heath (member)

Timothy R. Hill

Professor of Management Information Systems

Interests: e-Learning/Technology-Supported Learning (Immersive Interactive Tutorial Environments) Collaborative Teaching and Learning Technologies Multimedia and Content-layered e-Documents Emerging Technology Applications/Methods: Mobile/Pen-based Computing, Web-Intelligence e-Learning/Blended Learning Methodologies e-Commerce/e-Learning Marketplace Issues

CIS Dissertation Committees: Leorey O. Marquez (member)

Theodor Irmer

CIS Dissertation Committees: David K. Lassner (member)

Anthony Kuh

Professor of Electrical Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawai`i at Manoa

Interests: machine learning (learning theory, kernel machines, reinforcement learning), adaptive signal processing, and sensor networks

Elisabeth N. Kunimoto
Sumner J. La Croix

Professor of Economics Department of Economics University of Hawai`i at Manoa

Interests: economic history and development of the Asia-Pacific region; industrial organization; law and economics

CIS Dissertation Committees: Johannes Meier (member)

Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~lacroix

Art Y. Lew

Professor (deceased) Department of Information and Computer Sciences, University of Hawai`i at Manoa

Interests: systems programming, systems analysis, software engineering, information and computer sciences

CIS Dissertation Committees: Richard Peyton Halverson (chairperson), Lai Kuen So (chairperson)

Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~artlew/

Robert Littman

CIS Dissertation Committees: Randall Larsen (member)

Gerald W. Lundeen

CIS Dissertation Committees: T. N. Kamala (member), Zhengfu Liu (member)

James B. Marsh

CIS Dissertation Committees: Shakti S. Rana (member)

Isao Miyamoto
Dale Myers

Associate Professor Department of Mathematics University of Hawai`i at Manoa

Interests: biking, hiking, hang gliding

CIS Dissertation Committees: Zhi Cheng Li (member)

Website: http://www/~dale/hiking/hiking_trails.html

Walter Nunokawa

CIS Dissertation Committees: Diane M. Nahl (member)

Marvin E. Ortel
Joseph N. Pelton

CIS Dissertation Committees: Ryota Ono (member)

Michael Peters

CIS Dissertation Committees: Justin M. W. Goo (member)

Alex Quilici
Syed A. Rahim

CIS Dissertation Committees: Kumiko Aoki (member), Shakti S. Rana (member)

Robert Randall

CIS Dissertation Committees: Mauricio Sanchez Featherman (member)

Gay Reed

Mark Rosenbaum

CIS Dissertation Committees: Anthony Wong (member)

Pauline J. Sheldon
Helen B. Slaughter

CIS Dissertation Committees: Joyce Yukawa (member)

Hisami K. Springer

CIS Dissertation Committees: LeAnn Garrett (member)

David Lynn Stampe
Clyde S. Tamaru

CIS Dissertation Committees: Lotus Elizabeth Y. W Kam (member)

Majid Tehranian

CIS Dissertation Committees: Randall Larsen (chairperson)

Daniel Watanabe

CIS Dissertation Committees: Dadong Wan (member)

Edward J. Weldon Jr.

professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawai`i at Manoa

CIS Dissertation Committees: Richard Peyton Halverson (member)

Rosemary H. Wild
Lynne R. Wilkens

CIS Dissertation Committees: Su-Chin Wu (member)

Steven Woods

CIS Dissertation Committees: Asanga Porage (member)

Shirley F Yamashita
Russell Yost

CIS Dissertation Committees: Xiangdong Ke (member)

Junku Yuh

Professor of Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering University of Hawai`i at Manoa

Interests: control, robotics, design

CIS Dissertation Committees: Ya Liu (member)