CURRICULUM VITAE

Stephen Y. Itoga

3015 Kahaloa Drive

Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

wk: (808) 956-3500 hm:(808) 988‑6414

 

                                                         Research Activities

My current research interests include computer graphics and animation and graphical database systems.  I have published papers in the areas of graphical databases, expert systems, intelligent tutoring systems, theory of algorithms, operations research, and formal language theory.  One of my current research interests is the extension of database query languages to support computer graphics and animation information.  Currently I am involved with information technology applications related to Environmental Research, the establishment of the Academy for Creative Media, bioinformatics, and campus wide distance learning activities.

 

                                                                 Education

PhD     (System Science)        University of California at Los Angeles, 1973

MS      (Aerospace)                Cornell University, 1966

BS       (Engr. Physics)           Cornell University, 1965

 

                                                        Employment History

University of Hawaii

            I hold the rank of Professor in the Department of Information and Computer Sciences, where I have been working full time since 1975. I am on the graduate faculty for the Communication and Information Sciences PhD program.  The following list describes some of my recent research and teaching efforts:

            Chairperson of the Manoa Distance Learning Committee

            IT Thrust Leader for the Hawaii EPSCoR Program (NSF)

            Bioinformatics Core leader for the Hawaii INBRE Program (NIH)

            Director of the IT Alliance

           

Industrial Experience:

            Naval Ocean Systems Center (1984): cargo loading expert system

            Fairchild Test Systems (1981-1982): database system for VLSI test stations.

            Boeing Aerospace Company (1980):  Inertial Upper Stage program for the space shuttle.

            TRW Defense Systems (1966-1975): satellite navigation, and guidance problems.

 

Past Grants for Research:

            National Science Foundation

            U.S. Agency for International Development

            U.S. Department of Agriculture

            U.S. Army Research Office

Honors:           American Men and Women of Science

                        Tau Beta Pi

Commercial Products

 

Frogs in Space, Educational Consultant and Science Advisor, produced by Computer Visualizations Inc., HI.,  marketed by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 1994.

 

Revealed treasures, Educational Consultant and Science Advisor, produced by Computer Visualizations Inc., HI., marketed by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 1994.

 

                                             Software Products for Distribution

 

            Itoga, S.Y., C.L. Chia, R.S. Yost, R. Mau, Professor Papaya, 1990.  This is an expert system to handle papaya management problems. Beta versions have been used by classes, extension specialists, and agriculture scientists.

 

            Yost, R.S., S. Itoga, Z. Li, ADSS: Acidity Decision Support System, 1990.  This is an expert system to manage soil acidity problems.  Versions of this product have been distributed to over 100 agriculture scientists and specialists. 

 

                                          Software Products not for Distribution

 

            Itoga, S.Y., K. Bridges, L. Frederick, R.I. Uyeda, The AI Microscope & Scan Gallery, 1988. As part of the Exploring Systems Earth Consortium system, this effort was judged by Hewlett Packard to be one of their top ten noteworthy grants.

 

 

                                                               Publications

 

            Yost, R.S., S. Itoga, Z. Li, C. Colfer, A. Le Istiqlal, P. Kilham, J. Hansen, Expert systems for information transfer about soil and crop management in developing countries Mann, C., and S. Ruth, editors, Expert Systems in Developing Countries: Practices and Promises, Westview Press, Boulder, CO., 1992, pp. 115-126.

 

            Itoga, S.Y., Chia, C.L., Yost, R.S., Mau, R.F.L., PROPA: A papaya management expert system, Knowledge-Based Systems, vol. 3(3), 1990, pp. 163-169.

 

            Itoga, S.Y., K. Bridges, L. Frederick, R.I. Uyeda, The AI microscope learning environment, J. Educational Technology Systems, vol. 18(1), 1989-90, pp. 3-14.

 

            Itoga, S.Y., A probabilistic version of the stable marriage problem, BIT, vol. 23, 1983, pp.161‑169.

 

            Itoga, S.Y., A generalization of the stable marriage problem, J. Opl. Res. Soc., vol. 32, 1981,  pp.1069‑1074.

 

            Itoga, S.Y., The string merging problem, BIT, vol. 21, 1981, pp.20‑30.

            Itoga, S.Y., A new heuristic for inferring regular grammars, IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Machine Intell., vol. PAMI‑3, no. 2, 1981, pp.191‑197.

 

            Itoga, S.Y., The upper bound for the stable marriage problem, J. Opl. Res. Soc., vol. 19, no. 8, 1978, pp.811‑814.

 

            Itoga, S.Y., Comparing language operations, Math. Systems Theory, vol. 10, 1977, pp.305‑321.

 

            D.A. Conrad and Itoga, S.Y., Role of correlations in navigation satellite error analysis, J. Spacecraft and Rockets, vol. 6, no. 4, 1969, pp.476‑478.

 

                                                          Conference Papers

 

            Itoga, Stephen, X. Ke, and Y. Liu, An Object-Oriented Uncertainty Retrieval Approach for Graphical Databases, 7th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, August, 1997, pp. 683-686.

 

            Ke, Xiangdong and S. Itoga, A Multimedia Retrieval Approach for Graphical Images and Animation, Manufacturing Agility and Hybrid Automation - I, Koubek, R., and W. Karwowski, editors, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Human Aspects of Advanced Manufacturing, IEA Press, Kentucky, 1996, pp. 196-199.

 

            Liu, Ya and S. Itoga, A Graphic Database Query Language, Proceedings of the 1995 Pacific Workshop on Distributed Multimedia Systems, Knowledge Systems Institute, 1995, pp. 68-75.

 

            Liu, Ya and S. Itoga, An Interface for Graphics Retrieval, Tang Rongxi, Chief Editor, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer-Aided Drafting, Design and Manufacturing Technology, International Academic Publishers, Beijing, PRC, 1994, Vol. 1, pp. 123-126.

 

            Liu, Ya and S. Itoga, Indexing and Retrievaing Spatial Temporal Relations in Graphics Databases, Robotics and Manufacturing, Jamshidi, M. , Nguyen C., Lumia, R., and J. Yuh, editors, Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Robotics and Manufacturing, ASME Press Series, NY., 1994, pp. 613-617.

 

            Itoga, S. and J. Yuh, editors, Proceedings of ISCA: International Conference on

Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering,  December, 1993, ISBN:1‑880843‑07‑2.

 

            Itoga, S, New directions in expert systems research, Proceedings of the TropSoils Workshop: Phosphorus Decision Support System, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, March 11-12, 1992, pp.155-161.

 

            Chia, C.L., R.S. Yost, S. Itoga, R. Mau, and B. Kim, Developing an Expert System for Papaya Management Using Prolog, 84th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Horticultural Science, Orlando, Florida, 1987.

 

            Yost, R.S., S. Itoga, and G. Uehara, Applications of Expert Systems to Soil Management, Agri-Mation 2 Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 1986.

 

            Yost, R.S., S. Itoga, Z. Li, P. Kilham, Soil Acidity Management with Expert Systems, Proceedings of the IBSRAM Asian Regional Seminar on Soil Acidity, Land Clearing, and vertisols, Khon Kaen University, Thailand, 1986.

 

            Yost, R.S., S. Itoga, Z. Li, P. Kilham, Applications of Expert  Systems to Soil Management in the Tropics, American Society of Agronomy Meetings, New Orleans, LA., 1986.

 

 

                                             Invited Talks & Panel Discussions

 

            1996 Technology for the Field Naturalist - Internationalizing Field Research, Sponsored by Republic of China - National Science Council, Biology Promotion Center, Keelung, Taiwan, March 25-29, 1996.

            Research and Development of Distributed Multimedia Systems in the Pan Pacific Region, 1995 Pacific Workshop on Distributed Multimedia Systems, April 1, 1995, Honolulu, HI.

            Localizing Software for Other Languages & Cultures, Hawaii International Software Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, November 19, 1991.

            The Role of Expert Systems Technology in Aquaculture Development, Workshop on Milkfish Fry Production Technology, Gondol, Bali, Indonesia, Dec. 7, 1989.

 

                                                Non University Funded Grants

Itoga                                                                            USAF              2000                $125,000

     Support for the Next Generation Internet Program

Itoga                                                                            USAF              98                    $ 25,000

     Support for the Radar Modernization Program

Yuh, Ghasemi-Nejhad, Itoga, Sarkar, Sugihara                     ONR                97-99           $2,250,000

     Development of a Semi-Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Intervention Missions

Itoga, Yuh                                                                   Seagrant          95-96               $  9, 500

               Intelligent Virtual Reality and Animation Database Technologies Applied to Marine Environmental Studies

Bridges, Itoga                                                             Eisenhower     94-95               $ 12,165

            New Media & New Technology

Kim, Nejhad, Itoga, Yuh                                                        NSF                 94-97               $460,000

            Virtual Rapid Prototyping System for Piezoelectric Micro Systems

Itoga, Brock, Coleman                                                           USDA             91-95               $ 74,975

            Expert System Disease Module for Hawaiian Aquaculture

Itoga, Chia, Yost, Mau, Riha                                      NSF                 89-91               $ 90,000

            Interactive Inter‑disciplinary Expert Systems Development Environments           

Chia, Yost, Mau, Itoga                                                           USDA             86-89               $110,600

            Papaya Management Expert System

Bridges, Itoga                                                             US Dept of Ed 86-87              $ 23,814

            Networking Science Teachers to Enhance Instructional Abilities

Yost, Itoga, and others           Expert Systems

            Alley Cropping                                                           US/AID           89-90               $ 30,000

            Phosphorus                                                                 US/AID           88-90               $100,000

            Liming                                                                                    US/AID           86-88               $ 60,000

            Acid 4                                                                         US/AID           84-86               $ 60,000

Yost, Itoga, and others                                               Hawaii Dept of Ag     87-90               $ 60,000

            Expert System on Chemical Contamination

Itoga                                                                            PICHTR          85                    $  3,839

            Intelligent Tutoring Systems for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

 

                                                                 Contracts

 

Itoga                                                                Hawaii Dept of Ed      85-92               $280,000

            Summer Program for the Enhancement of Basic Education

Itoga                                                                            GTE                84                    $  7,000

            Feasibility study for a knowledge-based system for the GTD-5EAX

 

                        Non University Funded Equipment and Software Grants

 

Yuen, Yamauchi, Itoga                       Hewlett-Packard                     96                    $399,340

Itoga                                                    Autodesk                                 96                    $ 15,000

Itoga, Yuh                                           Autodesk                                 95                    $ 15,000

   Computer Graphics and Animation

Corbett, Itoga                                      Digital Equipment Corp.        94                    $ 15,000

            Software Engineering and Computer Graphics

Itoga, Bridges                                     Wavefront Technologies        91                    $350,000

            Scientific Visualization and Computer Graphics

Itoga, Bridges                                     Apple Corp                             90                    $ 15,000

            Intelligent Tutoring Systems (with U Mass at Amherst)

Itoga, Bridges                                     Hewlett Packard Corp            86-89               $200,000

            Exploring Systems Earth Consortium (one of the top ten HP noteworthy grants)

Itoga                                                                Texas Instruments      87                    $  2,950

            Personal Consultant Plus