NAME: Dick B. Simmons
TITLE: Professor
Emeritus, Computer Science and Engineering
EDUCATION:
Ph.D.
Computer and Information Sciences, University of Pennsylvania.
M.S.
Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania.
B.S.
Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University.
HONORS:
IEEE Third
Millennium Medal: “in recognition and appreciation of valued services and
outstanding contributions,” 2000; Elected Fellow of the IEEE: “For the
development of software models, metrics, and agent-based tools for software
project management,” 1988; IEEE Golden Core Member: “one of the
distinguished core of dedicated volunteers whose leadership and service have
made the IEEE Computer Society the world’s preeminent association of computing
professionals,” 1996; IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Service Award,
"for Continuous and Outstanding Leadership on Intersociety
Activities," October 29, 1987; IEEE Centennial Medal - for
Extraordinary Achievement - 1984;
EXPERIENCE:
Educational: Professor Emeritus, Computer Science
and Engineering, 2008 to Present; Professor,
Computer Science and Engineering, 1976 to 2008; Director and Co-PI, Shared Software Infrastructure Program, 2004 to
2008. Director, Software Process
Improvement Laboratory (formerly the Cognitive Systems Laboratory), 1987 to
2008; Panel Chair, “21st-Century
Global Software Development and Education,” The Twenty-Ninth Annual
International Computer Software and Application Conference, Edinburgh,
Scotland, UK, 26-28 July 2005; Panel
Member, “Panel on Computer Curricula for Software Engineering,” The
Twenty-Eight Annual International Computer Software and Application Conference,
Hong Kong, China, September 28-30, 2004; President,
Software Commercialization and Innovation Center, Inc., 2001 to 2003; Program
Co-Chairman, CompSac2000, Twentieth-Fourth Annual International Computer
Software and Applications Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, October 24-27, 2000; Professional Development Seminar Presenter,
“Metric Based Software Project Management,” The Twenty-Second Annual International
Computer Software and Application Conference, Vienna, Austria, August
17-18, 1998; Panel Organizer and Chair,
“Panel: Testing Complex Multi-Process Software Systems,” The Twenty-Second
Annual International Computer Software and Application Conference, Vienna,
Austria, August 17-18, 1998; Program
Committee Chair, The 1998 Stephen S. Yau International Workshop on
Advanced Software Technology in the 21st Century and Related Topics
in Computer Applications, Santa Clara, CA, March 8 & 9, 1998; Vice President, Software Commercialization
and Innovation Center, Inc., 1997 to 2001; Tutorial Presenter, “Computer Networks and Information
Infrastructures,” The Twentieth Annual International Computer Software and
Applications Conference, Seoul, Korea, August 19, 1996; Panel Organizer and Chair, “Panel:
Which Network Will Win?” The Twentieth Annual International Computer
Software and Applications Conference, Seoul, Korea, August 22, 1996; Tutorial
Presenter, "Computer Networks and National Information Infrastructures,"
18th Annual Int. Computer Software and Applications Conference, Taipei,
Taiwan, November 7, 1994; Panel Member, "National
Information Infrastructure," 18h Annual Int. Computer Software and
Applications Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 10, 1994; Keynote Speaker,
"Cognitive Systems Framework," VII International Symp. on
Artificial Intelligence, Monterrey, N. L., Mexico, October 18-21, 1994; Tutorial
Presenter, "Wide Area Distributed AI Systems, Computer Networks, and
the Information Highway," VII International Symposium on Artificial
Intelligence, Monterrey, N. L., Mexico, October 18-21, 1994; Panel
Member, "NSF/Contact Issues," VII International Symposium on
Artificial Intelligence, Monterrey, N. L., Mexico, October 20, 1994; Invitee,
The Workshop on U.S.-Mexico Cooperation in Computer and Information Science
and Engineering Research, sponsored by the National Science Foundation,
USA, and Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Mexico, held at El Paso,
Texas, February 18-20, 1994; Invited Lecturer, "Expert Systems
Building Tools," NASA, Johnson Space Flight Center, Houston, Texas, July 19, 1993; Invited
Speaker, Eighteenth International Symposium of Computer Sciences,
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, March 11-13, 1993; Program Chairman, CompSAC92,
16th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference,
Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 21-25, 1992; Invited Lecturer, ITESM
(Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey), Monterrey,
Mex., March 11-13, 1993, and Oct. 20-24, 1991; Conference Co-Chairman, CompSAC91,
15th Annual Int. Computer Software and Applications Conference,
Tokyo, Japan, September 11-13, 1991; IEEE Computer Society, Distinguished
Visitor, 1987 to 1990, 1975 to 1976, 1973 to 1974; EAC/ABET Visitor
to University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, 1987; University of Florida, Gainesville,
Florida, 1985; Invited Lecturer MICON, Tokyo, Japan, May, 1986; IEEE
Visiting Lecturer, Lectured on Computer Networks in Bogotá,
Columbia; Lima, Peru; Santiago, Chile; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1982, on
Computer Networks in Beijing, Chengdu, Guilin and Guangzhou, China in 1980, and
on Minicomputer systems in Lima, Peru; Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Caracas, Venezuela,
in 1974; Member, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Visiting
Committees to University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN, 2005.
University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, February 1993; Florida
International University, Miami, Florida, March, 1990; the Instituto
Techologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterey, Monterey, Mexico, May 1988;
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1985; North
Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1984; University of
Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 1983; Old Dominion University, Norfolk,
Virginia, 1981; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1977; and
University of Virginia, 1974; Chairman, Electronic Data Processing Technical
Sales Seminar, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Kuwait, Sponsored by Department
of Commerce, Domestic and International Business Administration, 1977; Head,
Computing Science Division, Industrial Engineering Department, July
1973 to January 1974; Associate Professor, 1971; Instructor,
University of Virginia, Summer 1963 and Capitol Radio Engineering Institute,
1961 through 1963.
Industrial: Supervisor,
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Advanced Programming and Processor Technology
Group, 1968 to 1970; Member of Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories,
1963 to 1970; First Lieutenant, U. S. Army Signal Corps, 1961 to 1963; Design
Engineer, Radio Corporation of America, Electronic Data Processing
Division, June 1959 to 1961.
Consulting: Foley & Lardner LLP, 321 North
Clark Street, Suite 2800, Chicago, IL 60610, 2007 TO 2008; Howrey
LLP, 1111 Louisiana, 25th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, 2007; Edwards
Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02199,
2007; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA,
2004; Software Commercialization and Innovation Center, Bryan, TX,
1997-2005; University of Oklahoma,
Norman, Oklahoma, 1999 to 2004; Hyundai
Electronics Industries Co., Seoul, Korea, 1996; NASA, Johnsons Space Flight Center, 1993. Digital Equipment
Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts, 1992; Board of Regents, State
University System of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida, 1991 to 1992; Board
of Regents, State University System of Louisiana, 1991; Houston Area
Research Center, The Woodlands, Texas, 1988, 1985; General Dynamics,
Fort Worth, TX, 1988; College of Engineering, Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1986; Georgia Center for
Continuing Education, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 1985; North
Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1985; National
Information Center, Ministry of Interior, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 1982 to
1983; Institute of Information Industry, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of
China, 1981 to 1984; Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North
Carolina, 1976 to 1980; Naval Electronic Systems Engineering Center,
Vallejo, California, 1976; University of Mississippi, 1974; and Bristol
Datamaster Division, ACCO, Glen Cove, New York, 1972.
Military: First
Lieutenant, Automatic Data Processing Planning and Operations Officer, U.
S. Army Strategic Communications Command, Computer Systems
Directorate, July 1961 to September 1963.
PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES:
President, IEEE Computer
Society, Elected National office, 1976; President, Amdahl Computer Users
Group, Elected National office, 1976 to 1978; President, Data General
Computer Users Group, Elected National office, 1974 to 1975; Junior Past
President, IEEE Computer Society, 1977 to 1978; Vice President, IEEE
Computer Society, Elected by IEEE Computer Society Governing Board, 1974 to
1975, & 1981 to 1982; Chairman, Program, CompSAC92, The Sixteenth
Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Chicago,
Illinois, September 21-25, 1992; Conference Co-Chairman, CompSAC91, The
Fifteenth Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference,
Tokyo, Japan, September 9-13, 1991; ACM/IEEE Computer Society Fall Joint
Computer Conference Committee, 1986 to 1987; IEEE Computer Society Long
Range Planning Committee, 1984; Elections Committee, 1983; R. E.
Merwin Memorial Committee, 1982 to 1983; Nominations Committee,
1978; Program, First International Conference on Software (COMPSAC 77); Publications
Committee, 1975; and Midwest Area Committee, 1969 to 1970; Member,
Program Committee, CompSAC95, Dallas, Texas, 1995, and CompSAC94, Taipei,
Taiwan, 1994; Program Committee, Fifth International Symposium on
Artificial Intelligence, Cancun, Mexico, December 8-11, 1992; IEEE Computer
Society History Committee, 1989-1991; IEEE Computer Society Entrepreneur
Awards Committee, 1990; IEEE Board of Directors, Elected National
office, 1980 to 1981; Technical Activities Board, 1980 to 1981; Long
Range Planning Committee, 1981 to 1983; United States Activities Board,
1980 to 1981; Nominations Committee, 1981; and Technical Activities
Committee Search Committee, 1983 to 1985.; Member, IEEE Computer
Society Governing Board, Elected National office, 1971 to 1973, 1975 to 1978. American
Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS): Chairman, Publications
Committee, 1986 to 1987; Awards Committee, 1986 to 1988; Harry
Goode Award Committee, 1986 to 1988; and Constitution & Bylaws
Committee, 1975 to 1976. Secretary, Elected by AFIPS Board of
Directors, 1973 to 1975; Member, Board of Directors, 1987 to 1988, 1975
to 1976; Executive Committee, 1987 to 1988, 1975 to 1976; Constitution
& Bylaws Committee, 1985 to 1986; Awards Committee, 1986 to
1987; Distribution Committee, 1982 to 1983; and National Computer
Conference Board 1988, 1979 to 1981.
RESEARCH
INTEREST/AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Software
Engineering, Expert Systems, Software and Hardware Automation, Productivity
Improvement Techniques, Computer Architecture, and Computer Networks
RESEARCH SUPPORT:
IBM, Intel, and Avnet:
“Shared Software Infrastructure Program,” 2006-2007; IBM: “Shared
Software Infrastructure Hub Project,” 2004-2005; IBM: “SCIC Equipment
Grant”, 2002-2003. Compaq: “SCIC Equipment Grant,” 2002-2003. Dell: “Distance
Learning Service”, 2001-2003; TEES: “Software Modeling Technology
Business Technology Initiative,” 2001-2002; NetNear U: “Internet
Software Research and Development”, 2000; SpiderMed.com
Inc.: “Internet Graphics Users Interface”, 2000; HP: “Software Assessment and Plan Tracking Tools”, 2000; General Electric: “Software Testing”,
2000; Principal Investigator, Internet Software Research and Development,
sponsored by Twister Communications:
“Internet Software Research and Development,” 2000; TEES: “Business Development Initiative,”“High Technology Software
Start-up Company Incubator Development”, 1996; Rockwell Int.:
"Software Sustaining Engineering Process Improvement," 1996; HP:
"Software Process Attributes Monitoring and Predicting Grants," 1995
through 1996; HP: "Test Selection Advisor Projects," 1995
through 1996; HP: "Visualization Tool for Management
Projects," 1995 through 1996; Rockwell Int., "Flight Design
and Dynamics Department Sustaining Engineering Evaluation of Current
Processes," 1995; HP: "Software Process Assessment and
Improvement Projects," 1994 through 1995; IBM: "Investigation
of Computer Window Cluttering," 1992 through 1993; OSI:
"Distributed Network Advisors," 1994; Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company: "Distributed Network Advisors," 1992-1993; State of
Texas Advanced Technology Program: "Distributed Network Advisor",
1992 through 1993; IBM: "Reusable Distributed Expert Systems,"
1990 through 1991; Texaco: "Review and Assessment of AI Systems for
application to the Energy Industry," 1990; Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board: "Seamless AI Environment," 1988-1990; General
Dynamics Corp.,: "AI Integration in Conventional Aircraft Design and
Manufacturing Environments," 1987 through 1990; IBM:
"Interactive Statistics Workstation," 1984 to 1985; Boeing
Computer Services, Control Data Corporation, and Floating Point Systems:
"Super Computer Applications," 1983; NASA: "The Analysis
of the Statistical and Historical Information gathered during the Development
of the Shuttle Primary Flight Software," 1982; Rome Air Development
Center: Griffiss Air Force Base, New York, "COBOL Statistics
Collector Development," 1976 to 1977; NASA: "DOMONIC System
Extension to Improve Performance, Evaluate Software Reliability, and Expand
Documentation Capabilities," "NASA Automatic Documentation System
Extension to Multi-Manufacturers Computers and to Measure, Improve and Predict
Software Reliability," "NASA Automatic Documentation Project,"
and "NASA Automatic Documentation Study," 1972 to 1978; American
Association of Railroads: "Rail Crossing Information & Numbering
System," 1974 to 1976; UNITECH: "Operating System Development
Projects," 1971; Head, Computer Technology Division, Texas Engineering
Experiment Station, 1983 to 1985; Director, Data Processing Center,
Texas Engineering Experiment Station, 1972 to 1982.
NUMBER OF
PUBLICATIONS:
Journal
Articles: 18 Conference Proceedings: 57 Book Chapters: 8 Technical
Reports 450
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Wang,
Y., Lively, W. M., and Simmons, D. B., “Software security analysis and
assessment model for the web-based applications,” Journal of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering, Vol.
9, Numbers 1, 2, Supplement 2, 2009, pp. 179-189.
Wang,
Y., Lively, W. M., and Simmons, D. B., “Web Software Traffic Characteristics
and Failure Prediction Model Selection,” Proceedings
of the 17th International Conference on Software Engineering and
Data Engineering, June 30, 2008.
Wang,
Y., Lively, W. M., and Simmons, D. B., “Software Security Analysis and
Assessment for the Web-Based Application,” Proceedings
of the 17th International Conference on Software Engineering and
Data Engineering, June 30, 2008.
Simmons,
D. B., Lively, W. M., Nelson, C., and Urban, J. E., “Rapid Insertion of Leading
Edge Industrial Strength Software into University Classrooms,” Handbook of Research on Open Source
Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives, Idea Group, Inc., 701 E. Chocolate
Avenue, Suite 200, Hershey, PA 17033, 2007, pp. 670-676.
Zhang,
D., and Simmons, D. B., “Use Statistical Method to Build Open Source Software
Maturity Model,” Proceedings of the 2007
World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, & Applied
Computing, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 25-28, 2007
Simmons, D. B., and Ma, N. “Software
Engineering Expert System for Global Development,” International Conference on TOOLS with ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
(ICTAI-2006), Arlington, VA, November 13-15, 2006, pp 33-38.
Wang, Y. and Simmons, D. B., “Enhanced
Enterprise Web-based Application Security Using Group Services,” Proceedings of the 10th IASTED
International Conference – SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND APPLICATIONS, Dallas,
TX, USA, November 13-15, 2006, pp. 210-215.
Simmons, D. B., “Software Engineering
Education in the New Millennium,” The
Thirtieth Annual International Computer Software and Application Conference, Chicago,
USA, 18-21 September 2006, pp. 46-47.
Kim, Sang Eun; Lively, William;
and Simmons, Dick, “An Effort Estimation by UML Points in Early Stage of
Software Development, Software
Engineering Research, 2006, pp. 415-421.
Simmons, Dick
B., “Position Paper: Software Engineering Education: Past, Present, and
Future,” Workshop on Advances in Computer Science and Engineering (RAM2006),
Berkeley, California, 6 May 2006.
Simmons, Dick
B., “Twenty-first Century Software Production Paradigms,” Proceedings of the
Twenty-Ninth Annual International Computer Software and Application Conference,
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 26-28 July 2005, p. 367.
Yun,
Seok-Jun, and Simmons, Dick B., “Continuous Productivity Assessment and Effort
Prediction Based on Bayesian Analysis,” Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth
Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Hong Kong,
September 28-30, 2004, pp. 44-49.
Yun, Seok-Jun,
and Simmons, Dick B., “Continuous Productivity Assessment and Prediction Tool”,
Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Software Engineering
Research and Practice, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 21-24, 2004, pp. 366-371.
Wu, Ching-She,
and Simmons, Dick B., “A Data Mining Approach for Dynamic Software Project Plan
Tracking,” Fifteenth International Conference on Software Engineering and
Knowledge Engineering, San Francisco, CA, June 30 through July 3, 2003, pp.
634-638.
Simmons, D.,
“Measuring and Tracking Distributed Software Development Projects,” 9th
IEEE Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems, San Juan,
Puerto Rico, 28-30, May, 2003, pp. 63-69.
In, Hoh Peter;
Foster, Thomas; Thomas; Surprise, Jason; Jung, Sung-Oh; Simmons, Dick B.; and
Fujihara, Hiroko, “Web-Based Feature Reduction System; A Case Study,”
Proceedings of the Symposium on Applications and the Internet 2003, Orlando,
Florida, 27-31 January 2003, pp. 406-409.
Simmons, Dick
B., “Software Engineering Licenses in Texas,” Proceedings of the
Twenty-Sixth Annual International Computer Software and Application Conference
(COMPSAC ‘02), Oxford, England, 24 August - 1 September, 2002, p. 346.
Jung, Jinhwan,
and Simmons, D. B., “Capability Assessment Tool,” Proceedings of the 6th
World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Orlando,
Florida, July 14-18, 2002, pp. 6–11.
Jung, Jinhwan
and Simmons, D. B., “CASE Tool Based Process Maturity Assessment,” Proceedings
of the International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice,
Las Vegas, Nevada, June 24-27, 2002, pp. 329-335.
In, H.P.,
Foster, T., Surprise, J., Jung, Sung-Oh, Simmons, D.B., “Web-Based Feature
Reduction System: A Case Study”, Proceeding of the 2002 International Symposium
on Applications and the Internet, Jan. 28 – Feb. 1, 2002, Nara, Japan.
Wu, Ching-She,
Simmons, D. B., “Software Project Planning Associate (SPPA): A Knowledge
Based Approach for Dynamic Software Project Planning and Tracking,
Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth annual International Computer Software and
Applications Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, October 25-27, 2000, pp. 305-310.
Simmons, D. B.,
Wu, Ching-She, “Plan Tracking Knowledge Base”, Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth
annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Taipei,
Taiwan, October 25-27, 2000, pp. 299-304.
Crouch, S. D.,
and Simmons, D. B., “The Unique Reference NCSLOC Metric”, Proceedings of the
Twenty-Third Annual International Computer Software and Applications
Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, October 27-29, 1999, pp. 16-17.
Simmons, D. B.,
“Software Engineering in the Twenty-first Century,” Proceedings of the
Advanced Software Technology in the Twenty-first Century and Related Topics in
Computer Applications, Santa Clara, CA, March 8 & 9, 1998.
Simmons,
D. B., Ellis, N. C., Fujihara, H., and Kuo, W., Software Measurement -- A
Visualization Toolkit for Project Control & Process Improvement,
Prentice Hall, 1998.
Babiker,
E., Simmons, D., Shannon, R., and Ellis, N., "A Model for Reengineering
Legacy Expert Systems to Object-Oriented Architecture," Expert Systems
with Applications, Vol. 12, No. 3, 1997, pp. 363-371.
Fujihara, H.,
Ellis, N. C., Shannon, R. E., and Simmons, D. B., "Knowledge
Conceptualization Tool,” IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering,
March-April 1997, Volume 9, Number 2, pp. 209-220.
Crocoll, W. M.,
Ellis, N. C., and Simmons, D. B., “The Trust Relationship Between
Users and Intelligent Support Systems,” Proceedings of the Ninth
International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Cancun, Mexico,
-November 12-15, 1996, pp. 77-84.
Garcia, M.,
Ellis, N. C., and Simmons, D. B., “A Knowledge Based System Used to Estimate
Schedule, Effort, Staff, Documentation, and Defects in a Software Development
Process,” Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Artificial
Intelligence, Cancun, Mexico, November 12-15, 1996, pp. 306-314.
Ellis, N. C.,
and Simmons, D. B., “A Knowledge Based System Approach to Ergonomic Design,” Proceedings
of the 14th International System Safety Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico,
August 12-17, 1996, pp. 3C2_1 - 3C1_11.
Simmons, D. B.,
Ellis, N. C., and Kuo, W., “Software Process Agents,” Proceedings of the 8th
International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering,
Lake Tahoe, Nevada, June 10-12 1996, pp. 323-329.
Huarng, K., and
Simmons, D. B., “An Object knowledge Canonical Form for Knowledge Reuse,” Expert
Systems with Applications: An International Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1, Jan
1996, pp. 135-146.
Goodman, S.,
Ellis, N., and Simmons, D., “An evolving ergonomic safety design associate,” Proceedings,
International Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Conference, Seattle, WA,
1995, pp. 197-205.
Garcia, M.,
Ellis, N. C., and Simmons, D. B., “Intelligent Software Status Predictor,” Proceedings
of Fuzzy Logic 95, Burlingame, CA, November 7 - 9, 1995, pp. 15/1-15/8.
Garcia, M.,
Ellis, N. C., and Simmons, D. B., “Intelligent Software Life Cycle Phase
Predictor,” Proceedings of the Eight International Symposium on Artificial
Intelligence, Monterrey, Mexico, October 17-20, 1995, pp. 342-347.
Huarng, K., and
Simmons, D. B., “Knowledge Reuse through the Application of the Object
Knowledge Canonical Form,” Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual
International Computer Software and Application Conference, Dallas, Texas,
August 9-11, 1995, pp. 40-45.
Huarng, K., and
Simmons, D. B., “Integration of Uncertainty Management Systems with
Object-Oriented Expert System Building Tools,” Proceedings of the Eighteenth
Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Taipei,
Taiwan, November 9-11, 1994, pp. 51-56.
Fleming, M. A.,
Ellis, N. C., and Simmons, D. B., “An Environment for Objective Usability
Measurement,” Proceedings of the Pacific Northwest Software Quality
Conference, October 17-19, 1994, 153-167.
Jilg, J. M.,
Simmons, D. B., and Ellis, N. C., "Translation of Uncertainty
Representation Formats through a Knowledge Canonical Form," Journal of
Information Sciences, Volume 77, Numbers 1&2 (double issue), March
1994, pp. 101-118.
Simmons, D. B.,
Fujihara, H., Stanley, J. G., Shannon, R. E., and Barrow, J., "Distributed
Network Advisor", Proceedings International Symposium on Artificial
Intelligence, Monterrey, Mexico, September 20-24, 1993, pp. 138-144.
Fujihara, H.,
Simmons, D. B., Ellis, N. C., and Shannon, R. E., "A Knowledge Acquisition
Tool for Structuring Interview Data," Proceedings International
Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Monterrey, Mexico, September 20-24,
1993, pp. 316-324.
Simmons, D. B.,
Ellis, N. C., and Escamilla, T. D., "Manager Associate," IEEE
Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 3, June, 1993,
pp. 426-438.
Fujihara, H.,
Babiker, E. M., and Simmons, D. B., "Fuzzy Approach to Document
Recognition," Proceedings of the Second IEEE International Conference
on Fuzzy Systems, San Francisco, California, March 28-April 1, 1993, pp.
980-985.
Medrano,
J., Fujihara, H., Simmons, D. B., "Extension of knowledge Acquisition
Support Environment (KASE)," Proceedings of the First Engineering and
Architecture Symposium, Workshop, and Exhibition (E&A'93),
Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, March 15-16, 1993.
Jilg, J.,
Simmons, D., and Ellis, N., "A Fuzzy Translation of Knowledge Bases Incorporation
Uncertainty Management," Proceedings of the Golden West International
Conference on Intelligent Systems, Reno, Nevada, June 1-3, 1992, pp.
295-300.
Simmons,
D., Ellis, N., and Stanley, J., "Knowledge Sharing between Distributed
Knowledge Based Systems," Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual IEEE
International Phoenix Conference on Computers and Communications,
Scottsdale, Arizona, April 1-3, 1992, pp. 701-705.
Reddy, P. D.,
and Simmons, D. B., "Knowledge Acquisition Support Environment
(KASE)," Proceedings of the Eighth IEEE Conference on Artificial
Intelligence Applications, Monterey, CA, March 2-6, 1992, pp. 157-161.
Simmons, D. B.,
"A Win-Win Metric Based Software Management Approach," IEEE
Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 39, No. 1, February, 1992, pp.
32-41.
Simmons, D. B.,
"Communications: A Software Group Productivity Dominator," Software
Engineering Journal, IEE British Computer Society, United Kingdom, Vol. 6,
No. 6, November, 1991, pp. 454-462.
Gutekunst, K.
R., Van Buijtenen, C. M., Ellis, N. C., and Simmons, D. B., "A
Hypertext-based Knowledge Organization Tool," Proceedings of the
International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence: Applications in Informatics,
Cancun, Mexico, November 13-15, 1991, pp. 471-477.
Lease, M.,
Brooks, S., Escamilla, T., Ellis, N., Simmons, D., and Stanley, J.,
"NetAdvisor -- A Computer Associate for Network Users and Managers," Proceedings
of the International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence: Applications in
Informatics, Cancun, Mexico, November 13-15, 1991, pp. 378-384.
Haverda, T. H.,
Ellis, N. C., and Simmons, D. B., "The Visual Detectability Analysis
Associate," International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 7,
1991, pp. 311-316.
Simmons, D. B.,
Escamilla, T. D., and Ellis, N. C., "Expert System Building Tools," Proceedings
of the Fifteenth Annual International Computer Software and Applications
Conference, Kogakuin University, Tokyo, Japan, September 11, 1991, pp.
169-174.
Escamilla, T.
D., Simmons, D. B., and Ellis, N. C., "The Management of Uncertainty in
Commercial Expert System Building Tools," Proceedings of the 2nd
International IEEE Conference on Tools for Artificial Intelligence, IEEE
Computer Society, Herndon, VA, November 6-9, 1990, pp. 471-477.
Mitta, D. M.,
Ellis, N. C., and Simmons, D. B., "Human Factors Data: Knowledge Sources
for Intelligent Design Associates," Proceedings of the Human Factors
Society 34rd Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, October 8-12, 1990, pp.
308-311.
Simmons,
D. B., and Escamilla, T. D., "The Mechanics of Representing
Knowledge," Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 33rd Annual
Meeting, Volume 1, Denver, Colorado, October 1989, pp. 361-365.
Carver, D. L.,
and Simmons, D. B., "The Impact of Programming Methodology on Program
Complexity," The Journal of Systems and Software, Volume 5, 1985,
pp. 279-289.
Carlson, Walter
M., and Simmons, Dick B., “Special Message: Intersociety cooperation,” Communications
of the ACM, ACM Press, New York, NY, Volume 27, Number 3, March 1984, pp.
174-175.
Simmons, D. B.,
Marchbanks, M. P., Quick, M. J., Sheppard, S. V., and Brenner, B. C.,
"Complexity and Productivity Monitoring of Very Large Software Development
Projects," Proceedings of the International Computer Symposium 1982,
Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, 1982, pp. 439-441.
Zolnowski, J. C.
and Simmons, D. B., "Taking the Measure of Program Complexity," Proceedings
of the 1981 National Computer Conference, pp. 329-336.
Zolnowski, J.
C., and Simmons, D. B., "Measuring Program Complexity in a COBOL
Environment," Proceedings of the 1980 National Computer Conference,
pp. 757-766.
Elliott, R. W.,
Marchbanks, M. P., McWilliams, M. G., Ringer, L. J., and Simmons, D. B.,
"A Model for Estimating the Completion Status of Software Development
Projects," Texas Engineering Experiment Station Technical Bulletin,
July 1979, pp. 16-25.
Zolnowski,
J. C., and Simmons, D. B., "Measuring Complexity in Structured vs
Unstructured COBOL Programs," Computers and Industrial Engineering,
Vol. 21, Pergamon Press, 1978, pp. 141-151.
Zolnowski, J. C.
and Simmons, D. B., "Complexity Measure Applied to FORTRAN," Proceedings
of COMPSAC 77, IEEE Catalog No. 77CH1291-4C, pp. 133-141.
Zolnowski, J. C.
and Simmons, D. B., "Measuring Program Complexity," Digest of
Papers: COMPCON 77, Fall 1977, IEEE Catalog No.
77CH1291-3C, pp. 336-340.
Crews, P. L.,
Lively, W. M., and Simmons, D. B., "A Multi-Lingual High Level Language
Computer Architecture," Digest of Papers: Spring COMPCON 77, Spring 1977
Scott, R. and
Simmons, D. B., "Predicting Programming Group Productivity -- A
Communications Model," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering,
Vol. SE-1, No. 4, December 1975, pp. 441-414.
Simmons, D. B.,
"Computer Network Management During Major CPU Upgrade," Proceedings
of Guide 41, Denver, Colorado, November 9-14, 1975.
Thompson, L.,
Simmons, D. B. and Lively, W., "Application of Computer Assisted
Instruction for Medical Diagnosis," Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Texas
Conference on Computing Systems, No. V, 1974.
Simmons,
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