JOSEPH J LAVIOLA JR

Home Address
170 Waterman Street
Providence, RI 02906
(401) 751-0966

School Address
Brown University, Box 1910
Providence, RI 02912
(401) 863-7662

jjl@cs.brown.edu
http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/jjl/


EDUCATION

Brown University: 2005, Ph.D. in Computer Science
Advisor: Andries van Dam

Brown University: 2001, Sc.M in Applied Mathematics, GPA 3.63/4.0

Brown University: 1999, Sc.M. in Computer Science, GPA 3.88/4.0
Thesis Title: "Whole-Hand and Speech Input in Virtual Environments"

Florida Atlantic University: 1996, B.S. in Computer Science, GPA 3.92/4.0

Barry University: 1990-1991, Courses taken while in High School

Cardinal Newman High School: 1992, GPA 3.86/4.0

ACADEMIC INFORMATION

Major: Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Subfields of Concentration: Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Human-Computer Interaction, Large-Scale Data Visualization

Current Courses: Time Series Analysis, Advanced Mathematical Statistics
Courses Taken: Computer Graphics, Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Human Factors and User Interface Design, Interactive Computer Graphics, Software Systems Design, Computational Geometry,Operating Systems, Statistical Language Learning, Topics in Animation and Scientific Visualization, Topics in Lattice Theory, Topics in Advanced Scientific Computing, Motion Perception, Experimental Design, Interdisciplinary Scientific Visualization, Statistical Inference I, Statistical Inference II, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Real Analysis, Mathematical Methods of Applied Science I and II, Spectral Methods, Nonparametric Statistics

COMPUTER SCIENCE RELATED SKILLS

Languages: C/C++, Java, Pascal, MC68000, LISP, SQL, HTML, Verilog
Systems: DOS, UNIX, Windows, OS/2, VM, WIN95, WINNT
Databases: DB2, DB2/2, Lotus Notes
Tools: SQA, Paradigm Plus, Microsoft Office, FrameMaker, STL, Tcl/Tk, OpenGL, Open Inventor, World ToolKit, POSIX Threads, Mathematica, Matlab, MPI, SPSS, S-Plus, TecPlot

HONORS AND AWARDS

Best Paper Presentation (Applied Estimation Session), American Control Conference (2004).
The van Dam Fellowship (2000-2001).
IBM Cooperative Fellowship(1998).
Elected as Associate Member to Sigma Xi(1998).
FAU's Aaron Finerman Award(1996).
FAU's Faculty Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement(1996).
Microsoft Senior Achievement Award(1995).
Elected to Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society(1995).
Elected to Freshman Honors Society Phi Eta Sigma(1993).
Palm Beach Post Pathfinder Nominee for Business(1992).

WORK EXPERIENCE

JJL Interface Consultants, Inc. January(2000) - Present
Title: Founder and Lead Consultant
Responsibilities: Provide user interaction consulting services in a variety of areas.

Brown University Computer Graphics Lab. May(1998) - Present
Title: Research Assistant
Responsibilities: Research in multimodal interfaces for virtual environments. Assisted in the startup and development of the Brown University Technology Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Visualization.

Fraunhofer Center for Research in Computer Graphics. May(1997) - December(1997)
Title: Research Scientist
Responsibilities: Research in gesture based interfaces for virtual environments using projective display technologies.

UCS, Inc. May(1996) - August(1996)
Title: Software Technician
Responsibilities: Software Test Automation, Software Quality Assurance.

IBM. May(1995) - November(1995)
Responsibilities: Database Query with SQL, Web publishing.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Assistant Varsity Baseball Coach at Olympic Heights High School(1993-1994).
Assistant Baseball Coach at American Legion Post 164(1993).

Hobbies include sports, computer games, and film.

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST