Dr. Richard F. Sincovec, Ph.D.

Henson Professor

Professional Experience

Education

Ph.D. Applied Mathematics Iowa State University, 1968
M.S. Applied Mathematics Iowa State University, 1967
B.S. Applied Mathematics University of Colorado, 1964

Professional Positions

University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
Henson Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, August 2000 – present

Chair, Computer Science and Engineering, August 2000 – August 2008

U. S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Coleman-Richardson Distinguished Visiting Professor, Computer Science, July 2008 – June 2009

University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Director, Division of Computer Science; Professor of Computer Science , August 1997 - July 2000

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Director, Computer Science and Mathematics Division, January 1995-August 1997
Director, Engineering Physics and Mathematics Division, August 1994-January 1995
Head, Mathematical Sciences Section, April 1991 - August 1994

University of Tennessee, Knoxville , TN
Adjunct Professor, Computer Science, 1991 - 1997

Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science (RIACS), NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Director, August 1990 - March 1991
Head, Parallel Systems Division, June 1988 - August 1990

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
Chairman, Computer Science Department, December 1982 - May 1986
Acting Chairman, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, March 1981 - December 1982
Professor of Computer Science, September 1980 - June 1988

Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Software Engineering Institute
Visiting Scientist, May - June 1986

Hewlett-Packard Co., Colorado Springs, CO
Visiting Faculty Scientist, July 1986 - August 1987

Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, 1979 - 1980

Boeing Computer Services Company, Seattle, WA
Manager, Numerical Analysis, 1977 - 1979 (16 professionals)
Acting Manager, Mathematics and Modeling Unit, February - May 1978 (68 professionals)

Kansas State University, Manhattan , KS
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, 1974 - 1977
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, 1970 - 1974

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
Consultant, 1971 - 1977, 1979 - 1988
Mathematician, Summer 1971 - 1972

Exxon Production Research Company, Houston, TX
Senior Research Mathematician, 1968 - 1970.

Ames Laboratory, Ames, IA
Graduate Research Assistant and Junior Mathematician, 1966 - 1968.

Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Graduate Teaching Assistant and Instructor in Mathematics, 1964 - 1968.

E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co., Chattanooga , TN
Process and Quality Control Engineer, Summers 1963 - 1965.

University of Colorado Computing Center, Boulder, CO
NSF Research Assistant, Summer 1962.

Honorary and Professional Societies

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (S.I.A.M.)
Supercomputer Activity Group
Association for Computing Machinery (A.C.M.)
SIGADA, SIGSOFT, SIGNUM (Board of Directors, 1981 - 1984), SIGPLAN
Society of Petroleum Engineers of A.I.M.E. (1968 - 1982)
Sigma Tau
Phi Theta Kappa

Professional Activities

Ongoing

  • National Center for Information Technology Education, Associate Director, Lincoln, NE.
  • Stratcom/Spacecom, Omaha, NE.
  • Supercomputing 2000, Dallas, Texas, November 6-10, 2000.
  • ACM North Central North America Regional Programming Contest, Host site, Lincoln, NE.
  • Computer Science and Engineering Day, Lincoln, NE.

Previous

  • Organizing Committee for Downtown Lincoln Association's Downtown Technology Fair, Lincoln, NE, 2000-2003.
  • Mayor's Economic Development Committee and Technology Committee, Lincoln, NE, 2000-2002
  • ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, Tutorial Chair, Feb 28- Mar 2, 1999, San Antonio, TX; Mar 19-21, 2000, Como, Italy; and Mar 11-14, 2001, Las Vegas, NV.
  • Regional Workshop in the Mathematical Sciences, Panelist, October 27-28, 2000.
  • Organizing Committee for SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing, San Antonio, Texas, March 22-24, 1999.
  • NCAR Scientific Computing Division, Advisory Panel, 1993-99.
  • ORNL Review Special Issue on Computational Sciences, Organizer, Guest Editor (planned the entire issue and solicited 19 papers), and Author, 1997-98.

Journal Editorship

  • Editor-in-Chief , SIAM Review , January 1994 - December, 1998.

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