RESUME of Thea Iberall, Ph.D.
Employment History
2000- INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
Computer programming and technical writing. Clients include Microsystems Development, Fisher-Price, LeapFrog, Synapse Communications.
2001 UNITED INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES
Chief Scientist/Vice President, Engineering;
Responsible for software and hardware prototype and product development; assessed new technologies; worked with patent attorneys. Managed development of DIVO, integrating full-motion video into Web pages. Oversaw corporate network infrastructure. Staff of 20 programmers, engineers, web developers, graphic designers, network administrators, and product support teams. Programming in Java, ASP.
1988-00 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY CENTER, SCHOOL OF CINEMA-TELEVISION, L.A., CA. Managing Director, ETC Research and Lab Services (1996-00); Project Manager (1994-95)
Managed work-for-hire Laboratory specializing in project management, database design, networking, Web design, and custom programming. Directed research projects in databases, networking, and data modeling. Project manager on Integrated Studio Project. Programming in HTML, Visual C++ and Visual Basic. Use of CASE tools.
DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. Research Assistant Professor (1989-94); Co-director (1988-1992), USC Hand Skills Laboratory; Research Scientist (1988-89)
Research in brain modelling and robotics. Taught graduate courses and trained students in design of multiprocessor robots and neural network designs. Wrote grant proposals. Received USC grant and NSF grant.
1991-96 COMPUTER CONSULTANT
Trainer in desktop publishing, office software, graphic design, database management, and object-oriented programming for Computer Contracted Training, Computer Education International, Mind over Macintosh, and PC Workshop. Packages include Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, Powerpoint, Filemaker, Netscape.
1991-92 CP GARTH, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. Director
Program and coordinate development of educational software. Developed Rocks N' Stuff, published by Intellimation (Santa Barbara).
1987 UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO, DEPTS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE and KINESIOLOGY, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Visiting Assoc. Prof.
Taught graduate-level course on artificial intelligence and gave seminars on computational modelling and expert systems.
1980-87 HARTFORD GRADUATE CENTER, SCH. OF ENGINEERING & SCIENCE,
Hartford, CT. (affiliated with RPI, Troy, NY); Assoc. Professor (1986-87);
Assistant Professor (1981-86); Adjunct Lecturer (1980)
Taught graduate courses (over 500 students) in artificial intelligence and in computer architecture. Developed microprocessor laboratory and supervised master's theses. Received INTERLISP-D training on Xerox 1186 AI machines. Consulted on OVERSEER expert system at Institute of Living. Extensive use of LISP, assembly language, and Macintosh & IBM word processing & graphics tools.
1979-80 COLECO INDUSTRIES, W. Hartford, CT. Manager; Sr Programmer
Programmed electronic games using microcomputers. Ten projects became successfully marketed products. Programmed automatic test equipment which was installed on assembly line in Gloversville, NY. Extensive use of assembly language and BASIC.
1977-79 WANG LABORATORIES, Lowell, Mass. Systems Programmer
Developed BASIC editor and precompiler and PASCAL compiler for Wang OIS system. Extensive use of assembly language and BASIC.
1973-76 CITICORP, New York, NY. Programmer; Computer Operator
Programmed financial packages on IBM mainframe timesharing system. Extensive use of PL/I and FORTRAN.
Publication Highlights
• coauthor of The Grasping Hand (Elsevier, 1994)
• coeditor of Dextrous Robot Hands (Springer-Verlag, 1990)
• coauthor of Computer Architecture, 3rd Ed. (Van Nostrand-Reinhold, 1985)
• 10 published articles in books or peer-review scientific journals
• 26 papers in artificial intelligence, robotics, and neural networks
• Seminars, colloquia or workshops presented around the world
Education
2001 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, CA
Master's, Professional Writing
1987 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Amherst, MA
Ph.D. in Computer Science. Dissertation: A Neural Model of Human Prehension
1978 BOSTON UNIV. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, Boston, MA
M.S. in Computer Engineering. GPA: 4.0. Concentration on microprocessors. Thesis: KIM-1 Controller for Model Trains
1975 NEW YORK UNIV. COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS, NY, NY
B.A. in Computer Science. Honors thesis: Shading Algorithm for Two-D Polygons.
Affiliations
Society for Neuroscience, Association for Computing Machinery
Personal Background
Raised in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Published poet. Produced playwright. Hobbies include tennis, juggling, and
clowning. Member of 1998 Los Angeles Poetry Slam Team. Lived for year in Guatemala, semi-fluent in Spanish.