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Eleanor O'Meara Hare
Education
B.A., Chemistry, Hollins College, 1958
M.S., Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, 1973
Ph.D., Computer Science, Clemson University, 1989
Employment History
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
-- Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, 1998 - present
-- Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, 1990 - 1998
-- Chief Undergraduate Advisor,
Department of Computer Science, 1996 - present
-- Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, 1983 - 1989
-- Acting Director of Instruction,
Department of Computer Science, 1988 - 1989
-- Instructor, Department of Computer Science, 1979 - 1983
-- Visiting Instructor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1974 - 1979
-- Lecturer, Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1973
-- Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematical Sciences, 1971 - 1973
Pendleton High School, Pendleton, South Carolina
-- Teacher (physics, chemistry, and general science) and
head of science department, 1964 - 1965
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
-- Research Specialist, Laboratory for the Engineering Sciences, 1959 - 1964
-- Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, 1958 - 1959
University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia
-- Research Assistant, Cancer Research, 1957 - 1958
Hollins College, Roanoke, Virginia
-- Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, 1956 - 1957
Refereed Pulications
Conference Presentations
"On the Bandwidth of Binomial Trees" with Carlos Soares (former grad student) at the 28th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing, March 3 - 7, 1997, Boca Raton, FL.
"The Graph Certificate" at the 27th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing, Feb. 19 - 23, 1996, Baton Rouge, LA.
"Utilization of Cut Vertices in Finding the Domination Number of a Graph." at the 26th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing, March 6 - 10, 1995, Boca Raton, FL.
"Tiling m x n Rectangles with Cuisenaire Rods" with P. Z. Chinn, at the Sixth International Conference on Fibonacci Numbers and their Applications, July 18 - 22, 1994, Pullman, WA.
"Tiling a 3 x n Area with Cuisenaire Rods of Length Less Than or Equal to k" at the 25th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing, March 7 - 11, 1994, Boca Raton, FL.
"Utilization of Cut Vertices in Finding the Domination Number of a Graph" at the 6th Cumberland Conference on Graph Theory and Computing, May 17 - 19, 1993.
"Domination in Graphs Similar to Grid Graphs" with W. R. Hare, at the 24th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing, Feb. 1993, Boca Raton, FL.
"Unbeatable Dominating Sets in Graphs" with David C. Fisher, at the Seventh Quadrennial International Conference on Graph Theory, Combinatorics, Algorithms and Applications, June 1 - 5, 1992, Kalamazoo, MI.
"Fractional Domination of Pm x Pn" with Lionel Stewart, at the 23rd Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing, Feb. 3 - 7, 1992, Boca Raton, FL.
"An Algorithm for Computing the Dominatioin Number of Graphs with Small Tree-Width" at the Fourth Cumberland Conference, May 16 - 19, Atlanta, GA.
"k-Packing of Pm x Pn" at the 22nd Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing, Feb. 11 - 15, 1991, Baton Rouge, LA.
"k-Weight Domination and Fractional Domination of Pm x Pn" at the 21st Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing, Feb. 12 - 16, 1990, Boca Raton, FL.
"Beatable sets" with S. T. Hedetniemi, at the 20th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing, Feb. 20 - 24, 1989, Boca Raton, FL.
"Simplicial graphs" with G. A. Cheston, S. T. Hedetniemi and R. C. Laskar, at the 19th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing, Feb. 15 - 19, 1988, Baton Rouge, LA.
"An Algorithm for k-covering and k-packing Products of Paths and Products of Cycles" with S. T. Hedetniemi, at the NSF/AMS Joint Summer Research Conference on Graphs and Algorithms, June 28 - July 4, 1987, Boulder, CO.
"A Linear Algorithm for Computing the Knight's Domination Number of a k x n chessboard" with S. T. Hedetniemi, at the Eugene Strens Memorial Conference on Intuitive and Recreational Mathematics, July 27 - Aug. 2, 1986, Calgary, Alberta.
"A Linear Algorithm for Computing the Knight's Domination Number of a k x n Chessboard" with S. T. Hedetniemi, at the 18th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing, Feb. 23 - 27, 1987, Boca Raton, FL.
"Algorithms for Computing the Domination Number of a k x n Complete Grid Graphs" with S. T. Hedetniemi, at the 17th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing, Feb. 10 - 14, 1986, Boca Raton, FL.
"Another Upper Bound for the Bandwidth of Trees" with W. R. Hare and S. T. Hedetniemi, at Combinatoria, a Conference on Discrete Mathematics, Aug. 1 - 3, 1985, Sundance UT.
Other Publications
A paradigm for table-driven linear algorithms on trees. Clemson University Computer Science Dept. Research Rept. #91-124, August, 1991.
Grants and Contracts
Advanced Placement Graduate Institute in Computer Science, 1997, $18,116.
Honors
Fellow of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications, '92 - present.
Who's Who in America, 54th Edition (2000),
Who's Who of American Women, 20th Edition.
Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 25th Edition.
Who's Who in the Media and Communications, 1st Edition.
Graduate Student Research Directed
Lionel Stewart, Jan. 21, 1994 - Domination of Pm x P2 x Pn.
Carlos Soares, Jan. 22, 1994 - An Upper Bound for the Bandwidth of Binomial Trees.
Jason Poffenberger, Apr. 15, 1996 - Fractional Packing and Fractional Domination of P3 x Pn.
Service
University
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, '97 - '99 (ex-officio).
Computer Skills Subcommittee, '97 - '99 (chair).
Degree Progress Report Committee, '97 - present.
Commission on Undergraduate Studies, '92 - '95.
Faculty Senate '90 - '93, '97 - '00, '01 - '04.
Advisory Committee, '90 - '91, '97 - '98.
Executive Committee, '91 - '93.
Policy Committee, '90 - '93, '97 - '98, chair '91 - '93.
Select Committee to Study Sabbaticals, '96 - '97.
Ad Hoc Committee to Review the Purchase of Business and Finance Systems
Software by the Office of Business and Finance, chair '90 - '91.
Finance Committee, 91 - '95.
Faculty Manual Committee, '91 - '93.
Alternate, '89 - '90.
College of Sciences/College of Engineering and Sciences
Scholarship, Awards and Honors Committee, '96 - '99.
Ad Hoc Committee to draft teaching evaluation form, '95-'96.
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, '92 - '95.
Advisory Committee for Alumni Professorships, '80 - '81.
Department of Computer Science
Department Head Recruiting Committee, '92 - '95, '97 - '98.
Undergraduate Affairs Committee, '88 - present.
Honors and Awards Committee, '88 - present, chair '89 - '02.
High School Programming Contest, '96 - '97.
Memberships
Member ACM, '80 - '95.
Member AAUP,
AAUP Executive Committee, '89 - '91, '93 - '97
Pro Bono
Computer consultant to Health Talents International, a medical missionary effort based in Birmingham, Alabama, summer, '92.
Grader for AP Computer Science, summer '97.
PROMPT (Professors Rethinking Options in Mathematics for Preservice Teachers)
July 11 - 23, 1993, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
Reunion, Aug. 5 - 8, 1994, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
Reunion, July 31 - Aug. 5, 1995, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
Reunion, Jan. 9 - 11, 1996, Winter AMS Meeting, Orlando, FL
NSF Conference on Algorithms and Complexity, August 4 - 8, 1987, Boca Grande Conference Center of the Colorado College, Colorado.
NSF/AMS Joint Summer Research Conference on Graphs and Algorithms, June 28 - July 4, 1987, Boulder, Colorado.
NSF/CMBS Regional Conference on Applications of Combinatorics and Graph Theory to Computing, June 17 - 21, 1985, Huntsville, Alabama.
Community Service
Faculty Advisor, Clemson University Young Democrats, '89 - '92.
League of Women Voters
Charter Member of the League of Women Voters of the Clemson Area.
Local Board member, '88 - '94.
Chair, League of Women Voters of South Carolina Study of the Availability of
Medicaid Nursing Home Beds,
'88 - '92. (Author of several articles in the SC Voter.)
Chair, League of Women Voters of South Carolina Child Welfare Study, '71 - '72.
Personal Information
Married to William R. Hare (Bill), one child, three step-children, four grand-children.
Anderson Symphony Orchestra - oboe and English Horn, '76 - present.