BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH ~ THOMAS I. M. HO
OFFICE ADDRESS
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Department of Computer Technology
723 West Michigan Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5132 USA
Phone: +1 317 274 6799
Internet: tho@iupui.edu
Fax: +1 317 274 9702
WorldWideWeb: http://www.engr.iupui.edu/~ho
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
Purdue University
Computer Sciences
1974
M.S.
Computer Sciences
1971
Computer Sciences
1970
Purdue University
B.S.
Purdue University
(Graduated with highest distinction)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PERMANENT APPOINTMENTS
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS
1995- present
Chairman & Professor, Department of Computer Technology
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
1990- 1992
Director, Information Networking Institute
PURDUE UNIVERSITY, recipient of the Data Processing Management Association 1985 Four-Year
Institution Award
1988-1990
Professor of Computer Technology
1984-1988
Professor and Head of Computer Technology
1978-1984
Associate Professor and Head of Computer Technology during the
creation of academic department
1974-1978
Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences and Management
CONSULTING AND TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
1993-1995
Senior Fellow - Information Systems and Computer Science
NATIONAL COMPUTER BOARD, Singapore
1993-1995
Consultant - IT2000 Education Sector Programme
INTELENET COMMISSION (on loan from Purdue University) INdiana TELEcommunications NETWORK
1986-1988
Executive Director (appointed by the Governor) during the creation of
INTELENET
PITTSBURGH SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER, Pittsburgh
1993
External Liaison, Common Knowledge: Pittsburgh
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Management Information Systems Quarterly Discovery
(http://www.cox.smu.edu///mis/misq/applied/home.html)
Founding member of editorial board, 1995
Association for Computing Machinery
Member, Curriculum Committee on Information Systems,
1985-1988
Data Processing Management Association Education Foundation
Member, Board of Regents, 1985-1989
Member, Executive Committee on Model Curriculum
Development for Computer Information Systems, 1981-1982
TECHNICAL PAPERS
INTELENET Serves Indiana as a Role Model for the Nation. Proc. National Communications Forum
(September 1987), pp. 23-26.
Public Infrastructure Networks: the INdiana TELEcommunications NETwork case study. Proc. 1988
CAUSE National Conference (November-December 1988), (with Edward J. Tully).
Lessons learned in systems integration of large-scale telecommunications networks. Proc. Pacific
Telecommunications Council 12th Annual Conference, pp.491-494.
Lessons learned in building a successful undergraduate information systems academic program. In Studies
in Computer Science: In Honor of Samuel D. Conte (edited by John Rice & Richard A. DeMillo), New York:
Plenum Press, 1994, pp. 77-84.
Singapore's IT2000: Applying a National Information Infrastructure to Education to Develop its Economy.
Proc. CommunicAsia94 International Conference, pp. E1-E7.
Singapore’s IT2000: On the New Frontier of National Information Infrastructure. Proc. IDATE16th
International Conference, pp. 431-437.
Real-time Streaming on the World Wide Web: a Reality Check for Distance Learning. Proc. 1998
International Conference on Technology and Education.
Application of real-time streaming audio to Web-based courses. Proc. 1998 American Society for
Engineering Education Annual Conference, session 3620, (with Brian Ho).
Application of real-time streaming audio and video to Web-based courses. Indiana Partnership for
Statewide Education 1998 All Partners Conference.
Experiences with Real-time Streaming Audio/video in Delivering Web-based Courses. Proc. WebNet 99
World Conference on the WWW & Internet, pp, 1296-1297.
Maximizing accessibility to technology education via real-time streaming audio/video on the World Wide
Web. Accepted by Intertech 2000.
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Collaborators in the Previous 48 Months
Patricia Biddinger, IUPUI
Chuck Fearnow, IUPUI
Brian Ho, IUPUI
Ali Jafari, IUPUI
David Mills, IUPUI
Gregor Novak, IUPUI
Robert Orr, IUPUI
Ken Reid, IUPUI
Amy Warner, IUPUI
Bonnie Williams, IUPUI
David Williamson, IUPUI
Graduate Thesis Advisor
Jay F. Nunamaker, Jr., University of Arizona
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