Paul Douglas Wiedemeier, Ph.D.

Clarke M. Williams, Jr. Endowed Professor of Computer Science

The University of Lousiana at Monroe
700 University Avenue
Computer Science and Computer Information Systems Department
Hemphill Airway and Computer Science Building, Room 348
Monroe, Louisiana 71209
Phone: (318) 342-1856
FAX: (318) 342-1857
Email: wiedemeier AT ulm DOT edu
URL: http://www.cs.ulm.edu/~pdw/


Education

Ph.D. in Computer Engineering and Computer Science, August 1997 - May 2005,
University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, Missouri
  • Dissertation Title: "Transport, Network, and Data-Link Layer Protocol Designs to Improve Geo-Stationary Earth Orbit Satellite Data Set Transmission Performance"
  • Advisor: Dr. Harry W. Tyrer
M.S. in Computer Science, July 1992,
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan
  • Thesis Title: "A Space Efficient Parallel Sequence Database Comparison Method"
  • Advisor: Dr. Xiaoqui Huang
B.S. in Computer Science, May 1990,
Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
  • Advisor: Dr. Alexander Kleiner


Academic Employment

Assistant Professor, August 2005 - Present,
The Univesity of Louisiana at Monroe, Computer Science and CIS Department, College of Business Administration, Monroe, Louisiana
  • Responsible for the instruction of a wide variety of Computer Sciences courses at the undergraduate level.
  • Advised undergraduate students in academic matters.
Assistant Professor, August 1999 - May 2005,
Columbia College of Missouri, Department of Computer and Information Science, Columbia, Missouri
  • Responsible for the instruction of a wide variety of Computer and Information Sciences courses at the undergraduate level.
  • Advised undergraduate students in academic matters.
Instructor, August 1995 - May 1997 and June 1998 - July 1998,
University of Missouri - Columbia, Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, Columbia, Missouri
  • Responsible for the instruction of CECS 283, "Introduction to the Internet, WWW and Multimedia Systems"
  • Responsible for the instruction of CS 315, "Systems Analysis II"
Graduate Teaching Assistant, August 1991 - May 1992 and August 1990 to May 1991,
Michigan Technological University, Department of Computer Science, Houghton, Michigan
  • Supervised first year Graduate Teaching Assistants who taught FORTRAN classes.
  • Coordinated the instruction of all FORTRAN courses taught by Graduate Teaching Assistants.
  • Responsible for the instruction and grading of one or two FORTRAN classes each academic quarter.


Courses Taught or Currently Teaching

CSCI 498 - Research, The University of Louisiana at Monroe
CSCI 462 - Data Communications, The University of Louisiana at Monroe
CSCI 440 - Internet Systems Management, The University of Louisiana at Monroe
CSCI 412 - Computer Architecture, The University of Louisiana at Monroe
CSCI 411 - Operating Systems, The University of Louisiana at Monroe
CSCI 398 - Computer Projects, The University of Louisiana at Monroe
CSCI 377 - Internet for the User, The University of Louisiana at Monroe
CSCI 340 - Internet Programming, The University of Louisiana at Monroe
CSCI 310 - Organization of Programming Languages, The University of Louisiana at Monroe
CSCI 253 - Computer Organization and Assembly Language Programming, The University of Louisiana at Monroe
CSCI 200 - Introduction (to Programming in Java), The University of Louisiana at Monroe
CSCI 170 - Computer Literacy, The University of Louisiana at Monroe
CSCI 167 - Software Applications, The University of Louisiana at Monroe
CSCI 163 - Computer Science and the User, The University of Louisiana at Monroe
 
CISS 493 - Senior Seminar in Computer Information Systems, Columbia College of Missouri
CISS 445 - Programming Languages, Columbia College of Missouri
CISS 370 - Operating Systems, Columbia College of Missouri
CISS 325 - Systems Analysis, Design, and Implementation Project, Columbia College of Missouri
CISS 320 - Systems Analysis and Design II, Columbia College of Missouri
CISS 285 - Structured Systems Analysis and Design, Columbia College of Missouri
CISS 280 - Systems Analysis and Design I, Columbia College of Missouri
CISS 274 - Introduction to Internet Technology and Electronic Commerce, Columbia College of Missouri
CISS 245 - Advanced Programming, Columbia College of Missouri
CISS 240 - Introduction to Programming, Columbia College of Missouri
CISS 238 - Java Programming, Columbia College of Missouri
CISS 234 - Visual Basic, Columbia College of Missouri
CISS 170 - Introduction to Computer Information Systems, Columbia College of Missouri
MATH 104 - Beginning Algebra, Columbia College of Missouri
INCC 111 - Introduction to Columbia College, Columbia College of Missouri
 
CECS 283 - Introduction to the Internet, WWW and Multimedia Systems, University of Missouri - Columbia
CS 315 - Systems Analysis II, University of Missouri - Columbia
 
CS 201 - Introduction to Programming for Engineering and Applied Sciences, Michigan Technological University


Submissions In-Review

     


Invited Book Chapters

  1. Harry W. Tyrer and Paul D. Wiedemeier, Satellites for Internet Communication, IEC Annual Review of Wireless Communications, International Engineering Consortium, June, 2006, 147 Pages, ISBN: 978-1-931695-40-4.

  2. Harry W. Tyrer and Paul D. Wiedemeier, Satellites for Internet Communication, IEC Annual Review of Communications, Volume 58, International Engineering Consortium, January, 2006, 730 Pages, ISBN: 978-1-931695-36-7.


Magazine Articles

  1. Paul D. Wiedemeier, Using Udpcast to IP Multicast Data over Amateur Packet Radio Networks , ARRL QEX Magazine, ISSN: 0886-8093, Issue No. 251, November/December 2008.


Journal Publications

  1. Paul D. Wiedemeier, Exploring the NS-2 Network Simulator and the NAM Network Analyzer (Tutorial Abstract), The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 23, No. 4, Pages 6-7, April, 2008.

  2. Paul D. Wiedemeier, Jose L. Cordova, Lon A. Smith, and Kimberly W. Taylor, An Evaluation of the Efficacy of Seminars in Retaining and Recuiting Computer Science Majors, The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 22, No. 5, Pages 78-88, March, 2007.

  3. Paul D. Wiedemeier, Jose L. Cordova, Linda B. Sherrell, and Dawn Wilkins, How are you Enrollments? (Panel Abstract), The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 22, No. 5, Pages 87-88, March, 2007.

  4. Paul D. Wiedemeier, Preventing Plagiarism in Computer Literacy Courses, The Journal of Computing in Small Colleges, Vol. 17, No. 4, Pages 154-193, March, 2002.


Conference Proceedings

  1. Paul D. Wiedemeier, Using Udpcast to IP Multicast Data over Amateur Packet Radio Networks , Proceedings of the 27th ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference, September 2008.

  2. Paul D. Wiedemeier, Transmitting Medical Imagery over 2-Meter Amateur Packet Radio Networks using TCP Reno and UDP, Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, CD-ROM ISBN: 978-1-4244-1487-1, Paper #1067, Big Sky, Montana, March, 2008.

  3. Paul D. Wiedemeier, Performance Modeling of TCP and UDP over Packet Radio Networks using the ns-2 Network Simulator, Proceedings of the 26th ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference, September 2007.

  4. Paul D. Wiedemeier and Harry W. Tyrer, Improved Near-Earth Internet Data Transmission Using New Multi-Layer OSI Protocol Designs Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, CD-ROM ISBN: 1-4244-0525-4, IEEE Catalog Number: 07TH8903C, Paper #1060, Presentation 4.0301, Big Sky, Montana, March, 2007.

  5. Paul D. Wiedemeier and Harry W. Tyrer, Multiple Segment Transmission with Majority Decoding Transport Layer Protocol for Geo-Stationary Earth Orbit Satellites, Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, CD-ROM ISBN: 0-7803-8155-6, IEEE Catalog Number: 04TH8720, Paper #1004, Big Sky, Montana, March, 2004.

  6. Paul D. Wiedemeier and Harry W. Tyrer, Large File Transmissions over High Bandwidth High Delay Communication Channels using TCP, Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, CD-ROM ISBN: 0-7803-7651-X, IEEE Catalog Number: 03TH8652, Paper #1177, Big Sky, Montana, March, 2003.

  7. Harry W. Tyrer, Paul D. Wiedemeier, and Richard W. Cattlet, Rural Telemedicine: Satellites and Fiber Optics, Proceedings of the 38th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Copper Mountain, Colorado, Vol. 37, Pages 417-422, 2001, Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation, Instrument Society of America, Research Triangle Park, N.C., 2001.

Ph.D. Dissertation

  1. Paul D. Wiedemeier, Transport, Network, and Data-Link Layer Protocol Designs to Improve Geo-Stationary Earth Orbit Satellite Data Set Transmission Perforamance, Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Computer Science, University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, May, 2005.


Paper Presentations

  1. Paul D. Wiedemeier, Using Udpcast to IP Multicast Data over Amateur Packet Radio Networks , 27th Amateur Radio Relay League and Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Digital Communication Conference, September 26th - 28th, Chicago, Illinois, 2008.

  2. Paul D. Wiedemeier Performance Modeling of TCP and UDP over Packet Radio Networks using the NS-2 Network Simulator, 26th Amateur Radio Relay League and Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Digital Communication Conference, September 28th - 30th, Hartford, Connecticut, 2007.

  3. Paul D. Wiedemeier, Jose L. Cordova, Lon A. Smith, and Kimberly W. Taylor, An Evaluation of the Efficacy of Seminars in Retaining and Recuiting Computer Science Majors, 5th Annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Mid-South Conference, March 30th, The University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana, 2007.

  4. Paul D. Wiedemeier and Harry W. Tyrer, Improved Near-Earth Internet Data Transmission Using New Multi-Layer OSI Protocol Designs, 2007 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Big Sky, Montana, March 3rd - 10th, Presentation 4.0301, 2007.

  5. Paul D. Wiedemeier and Harry W. Tyrer, Transport, Network, and Data-Link Layer Protocol Design Specifications that improve Near-Earth Data Communication Performance, 5th IEEE Core Technologies for Space Systems Conference - Space Technologies for Defense and Exploration, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Colorado Springs, Colorado, November 8th - 10th, 2004.

  6. Paul D. Wiedemeier and Harry W. Tyrer, MST/MD: A Transport Layer Protocol that improves Large Data Set Transmission over Geo-Stationary Earth Orbit Satellites, 4th NASA Space Internet Workshop, National Aeronatics and Space Adminstration, Hanover, Maryland, June 8th - 10th, 2004.

  7. Paul D. Wiedemeier and Harry W. Tyrer, A Multiple Segment Transmission with Majority Decoding Transport Layer Protocol for Geo-Stationary Earth Orbit Satellites, 2004 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Big Sky, Montana, March 7th - 12th, 2004.

  8. Paul D. Wiedemeier, Preventing Plagiarism in Computer Literacy Courses, 8th Annual Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges Central Plains Conference, April 5th and 6th , Kansas City Kansas Community College, Kansas City, Kansas, 2002.


Tutorial Presentations

  1. Paul D. Wiedemeier Exploring the NS-2 Network Simulator and the NAM Network Analyzer, 6th Annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Mid-South Conference, April 4th, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, Arkansas, 2008.


Panel Presentations

  1. Paul D. Wiedemeier, Jose L. Cordova, Linda B. Sherrell, and Dawn Wilkins, How are you Enrollments?, 5th Annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Mid-South Conference, March 30th, The University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana, 2007.


Poster Presentations

  1. Amir Shrestha and Paul D. Wiedemeier, Modeling GEO Satellite based VHF Packet Radio Network Data Multicasts , 9th Annual ULM Student Research Symposium, April 21th, The University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana, 2009.

  2. Tiffany Riley and Paul D. Wiedemeier, Quality Evaluation of Randomly Distorted X-PicMap Formatted Computed Axial Tomography Images , 9th Annual ULM Student Research Symposium, April 21th, The University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana, 2009.

  3. Amir Shrestha and Paul D. Wiedemeier, Modeling GEO Satellite based VHF Packet Radio Network Data Multicasts , 83rd Louisiana Academy of Sciences Conference, February 23rd, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana, 2009.

  4. Heather Nikki Simmons and Paul D. Wiedemeier, Evaluating the Quality of X-Bitmap Formatted X-Ray Imagery , 8th Annual ULM Student Research Symposium, April 30th, The University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana, 2008.


Funded Proposals and Synergistic Activities

  1. Wiedemeier, Paul D., January 2007, The University of Louisiana at Monroe Student Technology Access Plan Grant, Digital Logic Software and Hardware for the Enhancement of Computer Organization and Architecture Education at ULM, $3,341.

  2. Wiedemeier, Paul D., March 2006, The University of Louisiana at Monroe Student Technology Access Plan Grant, A Wireless Laptop Sandbox, $14,795.


Pertinent Non-Academic Employment

Senior Computer Programmer/Analyst, June 1995 - August 1999,
University of Missouri - Columbia, Information and Access Technology Services, Columbia, Missouri
  • Responsible for the installation, configuration, and maintenance of nine networked attached QMS printers.
  • Responsible for the administration of the university's IBM Print System Manager software system.
  • Responsible for the technical support of the university's Sun Microsystems software support and maintenance contract.
  • Install and configure new Sun Microsystems for university departments.
  • Provide UNIX consulting services for university departments.
  • Managers: Mr. Randy Wiemer and Mr. Gregory K. Johnson
Computer Programmer/Analyst II, June 1993 - June 1995,
University of Missouri - Columbia, Missouri Research and Education Network, Columbia, Missouri
  • Performed system administration duties for numerous UNIX server which supported over 37,000 users.
  • Responsible for the installation, configuration, and maintenance of Sun Microsystems hardware running SunOS 4.1.x and Solaris 2.x.
  • Installed and configured new Sun Microsystems computer clusters for the State of Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Administration, and State Libraries, as well as Community Information Networks such as COIN, ORION, LLION, and WIN.
  • Provided UNIX consulting services for the State of Missouri Office of Administration and State Libraries..
  • Manager: Mr. William A. Mitchell
Graduate Research Assistant, August 1992 - June 1993,
University of Missouri - Columbia, Missouri Research and Education Network, Columbia, Missouri
  • Responsibilities similar to those described above.
  • Manager: Mr. William A. Mitchell
Graduate Research Assistant, May 1992 - August 1992,
Michigan Technological University, Department of Mining Engineering, Houghton, Michigan
  • Rewrote and ported FORTRAN source code to run on department Sun Microsystems workstations.
  • Managed and maintained department UNIX filesystems.
  • Supervisor: Dr. Rudolf Greuer
Programmer January 1990 - August 1990 and June 1991 - August 1991,
IBM Corporation, CAD/CAM Department, Rochester, Minnesota
  • Helped install and maintain CADAM CAD/CAM system software.
  • Wrote JCL and CLIST scripts to support CAEDS CAD/CAM system plotting.
  • Developed and maintained FORTRAN programs written for the CATIA CAD/CAM system.
  • Wrote documentation describing the function and operation of released software.
  • Managers: Mr. Stewart Lewis and Mr. Ali Kurtoglu
Computer Specialist, June 1988 - December 1989,
Veterans Administration Medical Center, ADP/IRM Department, Knoxville, Iowa
  • Developed and taught classes for the instruction of spreadsheet software operating on DEC PDP/11's.
  • Completed daily/weekly system operations, maintenance, and backups.
  • Responsible for the operation of 100+ terminals and printers located throughout the hospital.
  • Manager: Mr. James Presely


Professional Affiliations

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 1988 - Present
Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges (CCSC), 2000 - Present
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2006 - Present
Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL), 2006 - Present
Louisiana Academy of Sciences (LAS), 2006 - Present
Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR) Organization, 2006 - Present


Licenses

Technicians Amateur Radio License KE5LKY, Federal Communications Commission, 2006 - 2016


Honors and Awards

Clarke M. Williams, Jr. Endowed Professor of Computer Science - July 2006 - June 2009
Kappa Mu Epsilon - National Mathematics Honor Society, 1988 and 2005
Upsilon Pi Epsion - National Computer Science Honor Society, 2008
Sigma Xi - Sceintific Research Society, 2009


Technical Knowledge

Languages: C, C++, FORTRAN, HTML, Java, Perl
Operating Systems: SunOS 4.1.x, Solaris 2.x, AIX 1.x, IRIX 6.x, NetBSD 1.3.x, KNOPPIX 5.x, Fedora cores 6 & 8, Windows 95/98/XP


Outside Interests

Science Fiction and Fantasy
Freshwater Fishing
Recreational Swimming
Gardening
Amateur Radio


References

Dr. Jose Cordova
The University of Louisiana at Monroe
Computer Science Department
700 University Avenue
Monroe, Louisiana, 71209
(381) 342-1855
cordova AT ulm DOT edu
Dr. Lawrence West
Columbia College of Missouri
Computer and Mathematical Sciences Department
1001 Rogers Street
Columbia, Missouri, 65216
(573) 875-7641
lawest AT ccis DOT edu
Dr. Harry W. Tyrer
University of Missouri - Columbia
Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science
305 Engineering Building West
Columbia, Missouri, 65211
(573) 882-6489
TyrerH AT missouri DOT edu
Dr. David Poplawski
Michigan Technological University
Department of Computer Science
Fisher 210
Houghton, Michigan,  49931
(906) 487-2331
pop AT mtu DOT edu
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