J. Carter Matheney Tiernan
Curriculum Vita

EXPERIENCE

Project SEED June 1992 - present

Coordinator (Jan 1995 - present)

Support local Program Director in development and implementation of local planning, policies, and procedures. Write proposals and other documents for initiating and entering into contracts with school districts. Design and develop presentations about Project SEED for meetings with contracting organizations and for presentations about the program at conferences and other events. Develop and help implement plans for internal restructuring of organization. Provide managerial review and feedback to specialists.

National Liaison (June 1995 - present)

Write, edit, and review documents for publication about Project SEED. Support National Director in quick turnaround writing and research tasks. Review and analyze evaluation results published about Project SEED. Coordinate activities and facilitate communication between SEED sites. Plan and write Web page to create an Internet presence for Project SEED. Attend local and regional educational forums including Urban System Initiative meetings, various conferences, and university recruiting events representing and giving presentations on Project SEED.

Mathematics Specialist (June 1992 - present)

Assist in planning, scheduling and implementation of all local Project SEED contractual obligations. Promote Project SEED to schools, administrators and board members. Write and edit newsletters for community dissemination. Organize internal training and work on evaluations, special events, presentations, and teacher training. Develop, jointly, national level SEED curriculum. Teach algebra to fourth through eighth grade classes using Socratic discovery techniques in the Project SEED enrichment program in Dallas ISD. Plan lessons. Critique other SEED instructors. In 1983-1985 as a full-time employee of Texas Instruments, worked one hour daily as a corporate volunteer mathematics specialist with Project SEED.


University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Jan. 1990 - May 1992, Jun - Aug 1992 - 1996, 1998 - 1999

Computer Science Engineering (CSE) Instructor (Summers 1992 - 1996, 1998 - 1999 Part-time)

Teach Master's level Expert Systems course. Teach Algorithms and Data Structures and Software Engineering. Classroom instruction, administration, and syllabus, test, lab and quiz development.

Computer Science Engineering (CSE) Faculty Associate (Jan 1990 - May 1992)

Teach Software Engineering, VAX Assembler and C, and Pascal. Classroom instruction, administration, and syllabus, test, lab and quiz development. Assisted in national workshop planning. Wrote and presented on research.

Automation and Robotics Research Institute - UTA (ARRI) Jan 1990 - June 1992

Next Generation Controller (NGC) Faculty Associate (March 1991 - June 1992)

Develop, jointly, architecture and specification document for integration of information base facilities in an NGC. Contributed to development of schema and documentation for NGC.

Concurrent Engineering Faculty Associate (January 1991 - March 1991)

Develop expert executive for concurrent engineering system focusing on conflict resolution.

Part Data Driven Controller (PDDC) Faculty Associate (January 1990 - December 1990)

Design, knowledge acquisition, and prototype of abrasive waterjet (AWJ) knowledge base (KB) for robot task planning. Refinement of PDDC system architecture.


University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) June 1997- August 1997

Computer Science (CS) Instructor (Summer 1997 Part-time)

Teach Master's and undergraduate level C++ course. Classroom instruction, administration, and syllabus, test, and project assignment development.


Texas Instruments (TI) July 1983 - January 1990

Integrated Strike Planning System (ISPS) Software Design and Knowledge Engineer (January 1989 - January 1990)

Design and prototype of ISPS weaponeering and targeting expert systems using the Automated Reasoning Tool for Naval strike planning. Knowledge acquisition from in-house and customer experts. ISPS demo design participation.

A Real-Time Embedded Inferencing System (ARTEMIS) Software Design and Knowledge Engineer (Fall 1988 - Dec. 1988)

Lisp design and prototype of real-time embedded artificial intelligence (AI) software development tools for real-time AI architecture.

Pilot's Associate (PA) Software Design and Knowledge Engineer(Spring 1986 - Summer 1988)

Architecture design participation on PA multiple expert system pilot aiding for single seat jet fighter. Automated Reasoning Tool design and implementation of system executive expert system to control PA multi-agent planning system. Customer presentations, design and specification discussions. Technical management of one system and one engineer.

M-1 Fire Control (M1FC) Software Design Engineer (July 1983 - Spring 1986)

Pascal implementation of autocuing algorithms for simulation and breadboard of M1FC tank fire control system. DEC Command Language design and implementation of fire control system simulation driver.


EDUCATION

Project SEED 1983 - present

Professional Training

Presentation and public relations skills; Structures and delivery strategies for presenting staff developments; Management and promotional skills; Coordination and supervisory skills. Project SEED Socratic group discovery methodology, Project SEED philosophy and student psychology, six (6) levels of Project SEED advanced mathematics curriculum, spiral curriculum development, techniques for i) promoting discovery learning, ii) motivating students, iii) managing a classroom, iv) creating a positive learning environment.

University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) 1988 - 1992

Ph.D. Computer Science, May 1992

Advanced software engineering, robotics, object-oriented software, distributed databases, neural networks, parallel and distributed processing, and computer vision coursework. Dissertation title "Control and Coordination of Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Planning Systems".

University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) 1984 - 1987

M.S. Computer Science, May 1987

Survey of Artificial Intelligence (AI), expert systems, software engineering, and graphics coursework. Worked full-time at Texas Instruments during degree and moved to TI AI lab after AI classes.

Texas Instruments 1983 - 1990

Professional Training

Software engineering, US government software documentation requirements, Ada language, Deming quality control training, Automated Reasoning Tool (ART) training.

University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) 1980 - 1983

B.A. Computer Science, May 1983

Math-oriented BA in CS. Numerical solutions, program verification, digital logic, and classical logic coursework. Minor in business. Supported myself with scholarships and work.


EXTRA CREDENTIALS

Programming Languages and Environments

System administrator of twenty Macintosh network. Web page design and development. Extensive HTML, C, C++, Lisp and Pascal programming. User of Macintosh, Windows, Unix, DOS, Sun, VMS, Ada, and FORTRAN. Various word processing, graphics, database, and spreadsheets. Knowledge engineering tools. Familiar with Prolog, Basic. Also some knowledge of robot control and programming and experience with real-time systems design and programming.

Publications

Papers
Tiernan, J.C.M., K.S. Barber, and K.A. Harbison-Briggs, "Integration of Blackboard Based Process Knowledge with Conventional Robot Control Functions on Parallel Hardware", American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-90), July 29 - August 3, 1990.
Tiernan, J.C.M., K.S.Barber, K.A.Harbison-Briggs,AAAI-90 Manufacturing Planning & Control Wkshp, "Using Process Knowledge for Intelligent Robotic Manufacturing Applications", Jul 29 - Aug 3, 1990.
Tiernan, J.C.M., K.S. Barber, K.A. Harbison-Briggs, "Knowledge Acquisition of Process Knowledge for Intelligent Robotic Manufacturing Applications", Proc. of Midcon 90, pp. 240-243, Sept. 11-13, 1990.
Barber, K.S., J.C.M. Tiernan, and K.A. Harbison-Briggs, "A Process Model for an Intelligent Robotic Planning System", Proc. of Modeling and Simulation Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, May 4-5, 1991,Vol. 22 No. 2,pp.1013-1020.
Goldstein, D.G. and Tiernan, J.C.M., "Heterogeneous Distributed Knowledge Based Systems ", AAAI-91 Workshop on Cooperation Among Heterogeneous Intelligent Agents, July, 1991.
Barber, K. S., K. A. Harbison-Briggs, O. R. Mitchell and J. C. M. Tiernan, "Symbolic Representation and Planning for Robot Control Systems in Manufacturing" in Applications of AI in Manufacturing, ed. A. (Fazel) Famili, Dana S. Nau, Steven H. Kim, AAAI press, 1992.
Tiernan, J.C.M., Time-Constrained Conflict Resolution for Cooperating Heterogeneous, Multi-Agent Intelligent Systems, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Texas at Arlington, 1992.
Choo, Joshua, Amir Sharif-Homayoun, and Carter Tiernan, "Socratic Pedagogy and the Integration of Technology", Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Technology and Education, New Orleans, LA, March 17-20, 1996, Vol. 1, pp. 374-376.
Curry, Susan and Carter Tiernan, "Distance Learning for Staff Development" , Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Technology and Education, New Orleans, LA, Mar. 17-20, 1996, Vol. 1, pp. 377-379.
Leffler, Warren, Wayne Patterson, and Carter Tiernan, "Teaching Function-Based Programming Socratically", Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Technology and Education, New Orleans, LA, March 17-20, 1996, Vol. 2, pp. 381-383.
Technical Reports
Mullen, D., R. Duff, J.C.M. Tiernan, and K.S. Barber, "Overview of Trajectory Planning within Intelligent Kinematic Engine", Automation and Robotics Research Institute Technical Report, ARRI-TR90-9, June 1990.
Tiernan, J.C.M., K.S. Barber, K.A. Harbison-Briggs, "Knowledge Acquisition of Process Knowledge for Intelligent Robotic Manufacturing Applications", Automation and Robotics Research Institute Technical Report, ARRI-TR90-15, April 1990.
Tiernan, J.C.M., K.S. Barber, K.A. Harbison-Briggs, "Abrasive Waterjet Knowledge Base Architecture and Design", Automation and Robotics Research Institute Technical Report, ARRI-TR90-20, May 1990.

Contract Awards

Martin Marietta, Inc. "Evaluation, Testing and Compliance for Platform Services in the Open Architecture for the Next Generation Controller Program," 1/5/91 - 3/30/91, $60,000. Co-Investigators: K.A. Harbison-Briggs, K.S. Barber, and J.C.M. Tiernan.

Invited Participant

Midcon 90, Dallas, Texas, September 1990, speaker.
American Association for Artificial Intelligence, Workshop on Knowledge-Based Control Systems, Boston, Massachusetts, August 1990, participant.
American Association for Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing Planning and Control Workshop, Boston, Massachusetts, August 1990, participant.
American Association for Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing Planning and Control Workshop, Washington,D.C., July 1993, planning committee.
International Conference on Technology and Education, New Orleans, LA, March 1996, presenter.


ACTIVITIES

Outstanding Teacher Award, Sigma Xi Research Society, UTA chapter, 1993-94
Faculty Associate, Automation and Robotics Research Institute
National Merit Scholarship recipient, Blue Bell corporation
University of Tennessee Endowment Scholarship recipient
American Association for Artificial Intelligence
North Texas Association for Artificial Intelligence
Association for Computing Machinery
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
Sigma Xi Research Society


REFERENCES
Mail addresses available upon request

Dr. Wayne Patterson
Dr. Lynn Peterson, 817-273-3785 days, peterson@cse.uta.edu
Dr. Hamid Ebrahimi, 214-954-4432 days

Personal

J. Carter M. Tiernan, US citizen. Willing to relocate nationally or internationally.
214-823-6178 home
214-536-0612 mobile
214-954-4432 days
jcmtiernan@excite.com
5849 Oram #8, Dallas, Texas, 75206

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