Dr. Richard F. Sincovec, Ph.D.

Emeritus 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, Nebraska

Senior Science Fellow (part-time), Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, August 2011 - present

University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska

Emeritus Henson Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, August 2011 - present
Henson Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, August 2000 – August 2011

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.)
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

Journal Editorship

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

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