PERSONAL DATA Born: November 17, 1951, Pensacola, FL, USA ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 1998 - Research Professor, Center for Spoken Language Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 1986 - 1998 Research Associate, Research Computer Scientist, Senior Research Computer Scientist, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 1994 - 1998 President, Multicom Research, Pittsburgh, PA 1984 - 1986 Member of Technical Staff , ATT Information Systems Labs, Denver, CO 1984 -1987 Partner, Daemon Associates, Boulder, CO 1981 -1983 President, Computer Systems Consultants, Panama City, FL EDUCATION Ph.D. Quantitative Psychology, 1984, University of Colorado, Boulder, Thesis: A Signal Processing Model of Auditory Lateralization M.A. Quantitative Psychology, 1981, University of Colorado, Boulder, Thesis: The Precedence Effect Revisited B.A. Mathematical Science / Psychology, 1973, Rice University, Houston, Texas ACADEMIC HONORS Allen Newell Medal for Research Excellence, Carnegie Mellon University, 1992