CURRICULUM VITAE

Robert M. Geist III

CONTACT INFORMATION:

School of Computing

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina USA 29634-0974

phone: 1-864-247-2211

e-mail: geist@g.clemson.edu

EDUCATION:

Mathematics:

Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 5/74

M.S., University of Notre Dame, 1/73

B.A., Duke University, 6/70

Computer Science:

M.A., Duke University, 12/80

HONORS AND AWARDS:

B.A. degree Summa Cum Laude

Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Eta Sigma, Sigma Xi

IFIP WG 7.3, Computer Performance Modeling and Analysis

Julia Dale Prize in Mathematics, 1970

Best Paper, 2^nd Government Neural Networks Applications Workshop, 1991

Highest-rated Paper, 30^th ACM Southeast Conf., 1992

Sigma Xi Award for Excellence in Research, 1994

Faculty Award of Excellence for Achievement in the Sciences, 1997

National Scholars Award of Distinction, 2005

Günther Enderle Award of the Eurographics Association, 2005

IBM Faculty Awards(3), 2007, 2008, 2009

Alumni Distinguished Professor, 2015-2017

ACM Distinguished Educator, 2009-present

PUBLICATIONS:

Wang, C., Wang, S., and Geist, R., "Painting with Turbulence," Proc. SIGGRAPH '16: ACM SIGGRAPH 2016 Talks, Anaheim, California, July, 2016.
Watcharopas, C., Sapra, Y., Geist, R., and Levine, J., "Extracting Surface Geometry from Particle-Based Fracture Simulations," Proc. 11^th Int. Symp. on Visual Computing (ISVC15), Las Vegas, Nevada, December, 2015; appears in: G. Bebis et al. (Eds.): ISVC 2015, Part I, LNCS 9474, pp. 82-91, Springer, Heidelberg (2015).
Geist, R., Levine, J., and Westall, J., "A Problem-Based Learning Approach to GPU Computing," Proc. Workshop on Education for High-Performance Computing (EduHPC '15), Austin, Texas, November, 2015, Article No. 5.
Levine, J., Corsi, C., Tessendorf, J., Bargteil, A., and Geist, R., "A Peridynamic Perspective on Spring-Mass Fracture," Proc. ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Symp. on Computer Animation (SCA 2014), Copehagen, Denmark, July, 2014, pp. 47-55.
Corsi, C., Geist, R., and Lingerfelt, D., "A Virtual Graphics Card for Teaching Device Driver Design," Proc. of the ACM SIGCSE Technical Symp. on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2014), Atlanta, Georgia, March, 2014, pp. 555-560.
Corsi, C., Geist, R., and Westall, J., "Methods for Computing NASCAR Tire/Track Intersections," Proc. of the 49^th Annual ACM Southeast Conf., Kennesaw, Georgia, March, 2011, pp. 276 - 280.
Duchowski, A., Geist, R., Westall, J., and Schalkoff, R. "τεχνη Trees: A New Course in Data Structures," Proc. of the ACM SIGCSE Technical Symp. on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2011), Dallas, Texas, March, 2011, pp. 341-346.
Geist, R., and Westall, J., "Lattice-Boltzmann Lighting Models," Chapter 25, GPU Computing GEMS Emerald Edition, Wen-mei Hwu, Editor, Morgan Kaufmann, February, 2011.
Geist, R., Corsi, C., Tessendorf, J., and Westall, J., "Lattice-Boltzmann Water Waves," Proc. 6^th Int. Symp. on Visual Computing (ISVC10), Las Vegas, Nevada, November, 2010; appears in: G. Bebis et al. (Eds.): ISVC 2010, Part I, LNCS 6453, pp. 74-85, Springer, Heidelberg (2010).
Geist, R., Jones, Z.H., and Westall, J., "Predicting Disk Scheduling Performance with Virtual Machines," Proc. IFIP PERFORM 2010 Workshop, Vienna, Austria, October, 2010; appears in: K.A. Hummel et al. (Eds.): PERFORM 2010 (Haring Festschrift), LNCS 6821, pp. 61-72, International Federation for Information Processing (2011).
Geist, R., Jones, Z., and Westall, J., "Virtualization of an Advanced Course in Operating Systems," Proc. 3^rd Int. Conf. on the Virtual Computing Initiative (ICVCI3), Raleigh, North Carolina, October, 2009.
Steele, J., and Geist, R., "Relighting Forest Ecosystems," Proc. 5^th Int. Symp. on Visual Computing (ISVC09), Las Vegas, Nevada, November, 2009; appears in: G. Bebis et al. (Eds.): ISVC 2009, Part I, LNCS 5875, pp. 55-66, Springer, Heidelberg (2009).
Geist, R., Jones, Z. H., and Westall, J., "Virtualizing High-Performance Graphics Cards for Driver Design and Development," Proc. 19^th Annual Int. Conf. of the IBM Centers for Advanced Studies (CASCON 2009), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November, 2009, pp. 261-269.
Geist, R., and Steele, J., "A Lighting Model for Fast Rendering of Forest Ecosystems," Proc. IEEE/EG Symposium on Interactive Ray Tracing (RT08), Los Angeles, California, August, 2008, pp. 99 - 106, and back cover.
Geist, R., Jones, Z., and Steele, J., "Parallel Processing Flow Models on Desktop Hardware," Proc. of the 46^th Annual ACM Southeast Conf., Auburn, Alabama, March, 2008, pp. 417 - 422.
Geist, R., Steele, J., and Westall, J., "Convective Clouds," Natural Phenomena 2007 (Proc. Eurographics Workshop on Natural Phenomena), Prague, Czech Republic, September, 2007, pp. 23 - 30, 83, and back cover.
Davis, T., Geist, R., Matzko, S., and Westall, J., "τεχνη: Trial Phase for the New Curriculum," ACM SIGCSE Bulletin 39:1 (2007), pp. 415 - 419; also appears in: Proc. of the ACM SIGCSE Technical Symp. on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2007), Covington, Kentucky, March, 2007.
Geist, R., Steele, J., and Westall, J., "Enhancing Webserver Performance Through the Use of a Drop-in, Statically Optimal, Disk Scheduler", Proc. of the 31^st Annual Int. Conf. of the Computer Measurement Group (CMG 2005), Orlando, Florida, December, 2005, v.2, pp. 697-706.
Geist, R., Martin, J., Westall, J., and Yalla, V., "Performance Tuning of Gigabit Network Interfaces", Proc. of the 31^st Annual Int. Conf. of the Computer Measurement Group (CMG 2005), Orlando, Florida, December, 2005, v.2, pp. 687-696.
Geist, R., Hicks, J., Smotherman, M., and Westall, J., "Parallel Simulation of Petri Nets on Desktop PC Hardware", Proc. of the 2005 Winter Simulation Conf. (WSC 2005), Orlando, Florida, December, 2005, pp. 374-383.
Rasche, K., Geist, R., and Westall, J., "Re-Coloring Images for Gamuts of Lower Dimension", Computer Graphics Forum, 24:3 (2005), pp. 423 - 432.
Rasche, K., Geist, R., and Westall, J., "Detail Preserving Reproduction of Color Images for Monochromats and Dichromats", IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications, 25:3 (2005), pp. 22 - 30.
Geist, R., Martin, J., and Westall, J., "Small Aggregations of ON/OFF Traffic Sources", Proc. IASTED Int. Conf. on Communication and Computer Networks, Boston, Massachusetts, November, 2004, pp. 312 - 318.
Davis, T., Geist, R., Matzko, S., and Westall, J., "Course Development under τεχνη", Proc. Eurographics 2004 Education Program, Grenoble, France, August, 2004, pp. 23 - 27.
Gairing, M., Geist, R., Hedetniemi, S., and Kristiansen, P., "A Self-Stabilizing Algorithm for Maximal 2-Packing," Nordic Journal of Computing, 11:1 (2004), pp. 1 - 11.
Van Pernis, A., Geist, R., and Rasche, K.,"Global Diffuse Illumination for Image Sequences," Proc. IASTED Int. Conf. on Computer Graphics and Imaging (CGIM 2004), Kauai, Hawaii, August, 2004, pp. 74 - 80.
Geist, R., Rasche, K., Westall, J., and Schalkoff, R., "Lattice-Boltzmann Lighting," Rendering Techniques 2004 (Proc. Eurographics Symposium on Rendering), Norrköping, Sweden, June, 2004, pp. 355 - 362, 423.
Wang, S., Davis, T., Geist, R., Westall, J. and Kundert-Gibbs, J., "Digital Production Arts: Coming Soon to a College Near You!" Proc. of the 42^nd Annual ACM Southeast Conf., Huntsville, Alabama, April, 2004, pp. 416 - 421.
Davis, T., Geist, R., Matzko, S., and Westall, J., "τεχνη: A First Step," ACM SIGCSE Bulletin 36:1 (2004), pp. 125 - 129; also appears in: Proc. of the ACM SIGCSE Technical Symp. on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2004), Norfolk, Virginia, March, 2004.
Geist, R., Wells, P., and Westall, J., "The Effect of Leaky Bucket Filters and TCP Congestion Feedback on Network Traffic Arrival Processes," Proc. of the 41^st Annual ACM Southeast Conf., , Savannah, Georgia, March, 2003, pp. 286 - 291.
Geist, R., Rasche, K., Srivatsavai, R., and Westall, J., "A Distributed Rendering System for Scientific Visualization," Proc. of the 41^st Annual ACM Southeast Conf., , Savannah, Georgia, March, 2003, pp. 359 - 364.
Rasche, K., Geist, R., and Westall, J., "Out of Order Rendering on Visualization Clusters," Proc. IASTED Int. Conf. on Modeling and Simulation (MS 2003), , Palm Springs, California, February, 2003, pp. 461 - 467.
Geist, R., and Westall, J.,"Fast and Accurate Synthesis of Correlated Processes by Pre-compensated Transfer of Correlation," Proc. of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems Modeling and Simulation (CNDS 2002), San Antonio, Texas, January, 2002, pp. 11 - 17.
Geist, R., Rasche, K., and Westall, J., "An HSV Representation of Non-Newtonian, Lattice-Boltzmann Flows," Proc. SPIE Conf. on Visualization and Data Analysis (VADA 2002), San Jose, California, January, 2002, pp. 246-258.
Geist, R., Sehkar, V., and Westall, J., "Graphics Benchmarking," Proc. of the 27^th Annual Int. Conf. of the Computer Measurement Group (CMG2001), Anaheim, California, December, 2001, pp. 151-160.
Geist, R., and Westall, J., "Correlational and Distributional Effects in Network Traffic Models," Performance Evaluation, 44 (2001), pp. 121-138.
Westall, J., and Geist, R., "Practical Aspects of Simulating Systems Having Arrival Processes with Long Range Dependence," Proc. of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conf. (WSC 2000), Orlando, Florida, December, 2000, pp. 666 - 674.
Geist, R., Paramasivam, K., and Westall, J., "Enhanced Scheduling Performance on Linux Disk Mirrors," Proc. of the 26^th Annual Int. Conf. of the Computer Measurement Group (CMG 2000), Orlando, Florida, December, 2000, pp. 515 - 522.
Danforth, R., and Geist, R., "Automatic Mesh Refinement and Its Application to Radiosity Computations," Int. Journal of Robotics and Automation 15:1 (2000), Acta Press, pp. 1 - 8.
Geist, R., and Westall, J., "Correlational and Distributional Effects in Network Traffic Models," Proc. of the IEEE Int. Computer Performance and Dependability Symp. (IPDS 2000), Chicago, Illinois, March, 2000, pp. 113 - 122.
Danforth, R., Duchowski, A., Geist, R., and McAliley, E., "A Platform for Gaze-Contingent Virtual Environments," Proc. of the AAAI Smart Graphics Symp., Stanford, California, March, 2000, pp. 66 - 70.
Westall, J., Geist, R., and Spicer, K., "Simulation Modeling of Self-Similarity in Network Traffic," Proc. of the 25^th Annual Int. Conf. of the Computer Measurement Group (CMG99), Reno, Nevada, December, 1999, pp. 803 - 811.
Danforth, R. and Geist, R., "A Spring-loaded Vertex Model for Automatic Surface Meshing," Proc. IASTED Int. Conf. on Computer Graphics and Imaging (CGIM'99), Palm Springs, California, October, 1999, pp. 10 - 16.
Geist, R., Ogale, A., McAliley, E., and Waters, K., "Visualization of Polymer Flows," Silicon Graphics World 9:9 (1999), pp. 13 - 14.
Geist, R., Treglia, D., and Westall, J., "Real-time, 3-D Graphics in Linux," Proc. 5^th Annual Linux Expo, Raleigh, North Carolina, May, 1999, pp. 9 - 17.
Geist, R., Haring, G., and Westall, J. (guest editors), Special Issue, Performance Evaluation, 35:3-4(1999).
Geist, R., Westall, J., Tregila, D., and Smotherman, M., "Real-time, 3-D Graphics for the Linux PC," Proc. of the 24^th Annual Int. Conf. of the Computer Measurement Group (CMG98), Anaheim, California, December, 1998, pp. 863 - 873.
Flower, A., Geist, R., and Westall, J., "ATM Device Driver Development in Linux," Proc. 4^th Annual Linux Expo, Durham, North Carolina, May, 1998.
Geist, R., Vernon, D., and Schalkoff, R., "Rendering Inversion in the Automated Construction of Virtual Environments," Proc. 3^rd ASCE Specialty Conf. on Robotics for Challenging Environments (ROBOTICS '98), Albuquerque, New Mexico, April, 1998, pp. 85 - 91.
Geist, R., and Westall, J., "Bringing the High-End to the Low-End: High Performance Device Drivers for the Linux PC," Proc. of the 36^th Annual ACM Southeast Conf., Atlanta, Georgia, April, 1998, pp. 251 - 260.
Geist, R., "Four-Stage Model for Predicting Creep Behavior," ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 124:1(1998) pp. 118 - 120.
Westall, J., and Geist, R., "A Hybrid Tool for the Performance Evaluation of NUMA Architectures," Proc. 1997 Winter Simulation Conf. (WSC '97), Atlanta, Georgia, December, 1997, pp. 1029 - 1036.
Geist, R., Schalkoff, R., Stinson, T., and Gurbuz, S., "Autonomous Virtualization of Real Environments for Telepresence Applications," PRESENCE: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 6:6(1997), MIT Press, pp. 645 - 657.
Geist, R., "Performance Bounds for Modeling NUMA Architectures," Information Processing Letters, 63:2(1997), pp. 113 - 117.
Geist, R. and Ross, R., "Disk Scheduling Revisited: Can O(n²) Algorithms Compete?" Proc. of the 35^th Annual ACM Southeast Conf., Murfreesboro, Tennessee, April, 1997, pp. 51 - 56.
Geist, R., Chetuparambil, M., Hedetniemi, S., and Turner, A. J., "Computing Research Programs in the U.S.," Communications of the ACM, 39:12(1996), pp. 96 - 99.
Geist, R., and Westall, J., "Performance and Availability Evaluation of NUMA Architectures," Proc. of the IEEE Int. Computer Performance and Dependability Symp. (IPDS '96), Urbana, Illinois, September, 1996, pp. 271 - 280.
Geist, R., and Heim, O., "Towards Photorealism in Virtual Environments," Proc. of the 34^th Annual ACM Southeast Conf., Tuskegee, Alabama, April, 1996, pp. 125 - 132.
Geist, R., Smotherman, M., and Westall, J., "Performance Evaluation of NUMA Architectures," Proc. of the 34^th Annual ACM Southeast Conf., Tuskegee, Alabama, April, 1996, pp. 78 - 85.
Geist, R., Trivedi, K., Dugan, J., and Smotherman, M., "Modeling Imperfect Coverage in Fault-Tolerant Systems," Proc. of the 25^th IEEE Int. Symp. on Fault-Tolerant Computing (FTCS-25) Highlights from Twenty-Five Years, Pasadena, California, June, 1995, pp. 176-181. (reprinted from 1984)
Geist, R., Junkins, S., and Heim, O., "Color Representation in Virtual Environments," Color Research and Application, 21 (1996) pp. 121 - 128; abstract also appears in: Proc. 1^st ISCC Pan-Chromatic Conf., Williamsburg, Virginia, February, 1995, p. 35.
Geist, R., and Westall, J., "Disk Scheduling in Linux," Proc. of the 20^th Annual Int. Conf. of the Computer Measurement Group (CMG94), Orlando, Florida, December, 1994, pp. 739-746.
Geist, R., Crane, D., Daniel, S. and Suggs, D., "Systems Modeling with Xpetri," Proc. 1994 Winter Simulation Conf. (WSC '94), Orlando, Florida, December, 1994, pp. 611-618.
Junkins, S., Geist, R., and Crane, D., "Photorealism in PHIGS", Proc. of the 32^nd Annual ACM Southeast Conf., Tuscaloosa, Alabama, March, 1994, pp. 269-277.
Tomek, L., Mainkar, V., Geist, R., and Trivedi, K.,"Reliability Modeling of Life-Critical, Real-Time Systems," Proceedings of the IEEE, 82 (1994), pp. 108-121.
Geist, R., Suggs, D., and Reynolds, R., "Minimizing Mean Seek Distance in Mirrored Disk Systems by Cylinder Remapping," Performance Evaluation, 20 (1994), pp. 97-114; also appears in: Proc. of the 16^th IFIP Int. Symposium on Computer Performance Modeling, Measurement, and Evaluation (PERFORMANCE '93), Rome, Italy, September, 1993, pp. 91-108.
Geist, R., and Trivedi, K., "An Analytic Treatment of the Performance and Reliability of Mirrored Disk Subsystems," Proc. of the 23^rd IEEE Int. Symp. on Fault-Tolerant Computing (FTCS-23), Toulouse, France, June, 1993, pp. 442-450.
Geist, R., Reynolds, R., and Suggs, D., "A Markovian Framework for Digital Halftoning," ACM Trans. on Graphics, 12(1993), pp. 136-159.
Geist, R., and Suggs, D., "Neural Networks for the Design of Distributed, Fault-Tolerant, Computing Environments," Proc. of the 11^th IEEE Symp. on Reliable Distributed Systems, Houston, Texas, October, 1992, pp. 189-195.
Geist, R., Suggs, D., Reynolds, R., Divatia, S., Harris, F., Foster, E., and Kolte, P., "Disk Performance Enhancement through Markov-based Cylinder Remapping," Proc. of the 30^th Annual ACM Southeast Conf., Raleigh, North Carolina, April, 1992, pp. 23-28. (Highest-rated Paper)
Geist, R., Offutt, A. J., and Harris, F.,"Estimation and Enhancement of Real-Time Software Reliability through Mutation Analysis," IEEE Trans. on Comp., Special Issue on Fault-Tolerant Computing, 41 (1992), pp. 550-558.
Geist, R.,"Neural Networks for Visual Quantization Encoding," Proc. of the 2^nd Government Neural Network Applications Workshop, Huntsville, Alabama, September, 1991. Award: Best Paper
Geist, R., "Extended Behavioral Decomposition for Estimating Ultrahigh Reliability," IEEE Trans. on Reliab., 40 (1991), pp. 22-28.
Geist, R., Reynolds, R., and Suggs, D., "Application of Feedback Networks to the Solution of Massive Markov Processes," Proc. Fall 1990 Annual Mtg. of the Biomedical Engineering Soc., Blacksburg, Virginia, October, 1990, pp. 275-284.
Geist, R., and Trivedi, K., "Reliability Estimation of Fault-Tolerant Systems: Tools and Techniques," IEEE Computer, Special Issue on Fault-Tolerant Computing, 23 (1990), pp. 52-61; also appears in: Suri, N., Walter, C., and Hugue, M. Advances in Ultra-Dependable Distributed Systems, IEEE Comp. Soc. Press, Los Alamitos, California, 1994.
Geist, R., Smotherman, M., and Talley, R., "Modeling Recovery Time Distributions in Fault-Tolerant Systems," Proc. of the 20^th IEEE Int. Symp. on Fault-Tolerant Computing (FTCS-20), New Castle Upon Tyne, England, June, 1990, pp. 499-504.
Geist, R., and Reynolds, R., "Colored Noise Inversion in Digital Halftoning," Proc. of Graphics Interface '90 (GI '90), Halifax, Nova Scotia, May, 1990, pp. 31-38.
Geist, R., Pargas, R., and Khambekar, P., "Digital Halftoning by Parallel Simulation of Neural Networks," Proc. of the Fifth Distributed Memory Computing Conf. (5DMCC), Charleston, SC, April, 1990, pp. 165-170.
Smotherman, M., and Geist, R., "Phased Mission Effectiveness Using a Nonhomogeneous Markov Reward Model,"Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 27(1990), pp. 241-255.
Geist, R., and Reynolds, R., "The Most Likely Steady State for Large Numbers of Stochastic Traveling Salesmen," Proc. of the First Int. Workshop on Numerical Solution of Markov Chains, Raleigh, North Carolina, January, 1990, pp. 569-581; also appears in: Numerical Solution of Markov Chains, W. Stewart ed., Marcel Dekker, New York, 1991, Chapter 28, pp. 529-541.
Geist, R., Smotherman, M., and Brown, M., "Ultrahigh Reliability Estimates for Systems Exhibiting Globally Time-Dependent Failure Processes," Proc. of the 19^th IEEE Int. Symp. on Fault-Tolerant Computing (FTCS-19), Chicago, Illinois, June, 1989, pp. 152-158.
Geist, R., and Smotherman, M., "Ultrahigh Reliability Estimates Through Simulation," Proc. of the Annual Reliab. and Maintainability Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia, January, 1989, pp. 350-355.
Geist, R., Reynolds, R., and Westall, J., "Selection of a Checkpoint Interval in a Critical Task Environment," IEEE Trans. on Reliab., 37 (1988) pp. 395-400.
Geist, R., Smotherman, M., Trivedi, K., and Dugan, J., "The Use of Weibull Fault Processes in Modeling Fault Tolerant Systems," AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics,11 (1988), pp. 91-93.
Geist, R. M., and Daniel, S. W., "A Continuum of Disk Scheduling Algorithms," ACM Trans. on Comp. Sys.,5 (1987), pp. 77-92. (See also: review by S. Chanson, ACM Computing Reviews, 28 (1987).)
Atkins, J., and Geist, R. M., "Fibonacci Numbers and Computer Algorithms," The College Mathematics Journal,18 (1987), pp. 328-336.
Geist, R., Reynolds, R., and Pittard, E., "Disk Scheduling in System V," Proc. of the ACM SIGMETRICS Conf. on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems, Banff, Alberta, May, 1987, pp. 59-68.
Geist, R., Allen, R., and Nowaczyk, R., "Towards a Model of User Perception of Computer System Response Time," Proc. of the ACM SIGCHI Conf. on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI + GI '87), Toronto, Ontario, April, 1987, pp. 249-253.
Geist, R., Stevenson, D., and Allen, R., "The Perceived Effect of Breakdown and Repair on the Performance of Multiprocessor Systems," Performance Evaluation, 6 (1986), pp. 249-260.
Geist, R., Smotherman, M., Trivedi, K., and Dugan, J., "The Reliability of Life-Critical Computer Systems," Acta Informatica, 23 (1986), pp. 621-642.
Dugan, J., Trivedi, K., Smotherman, M., and Geist, R., "The Hybrid Automated Reliability Predictor," AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 9 (1986), pp. 319-331.
Smotherman, M., Geist, R., and Trivedi, K., "Provably Conservative Approximations to Complex Reliability Models," IEEE Trans. on Comp., Special Issue on Fault-Tolerant Computing C-35 (1986), pp. 333-338.
Allen, R., Geist, R., and Nowaczyk, R., "User Distortions of Computer System Response Time in an Interactive Environment," Proc. of the 24^th Annual ACM Southeast Conf., Tampa, Florida, April, 1986, pp. 33-38.
Ng, M. M., and Geist, R. M., "The Perceived Effect of System File Placement on the Waiting Time of Customers in a Batch Environment," Proc. of the 24^th Annual ACM Southeast Conf., Tampa, Florida, April, 1986, pp. 17-23.
Trivedi, K. S., and Geist, R. M., "Modeling and Analysis of Fault-Tolerant Multiple Processor Systems," Proc. of AUTOMATION '86, Houston, Texas, March, 1986, pp. 400-416; also appears in: Handbook of Advanced Semiconductor Technology and Computer Systems, G. Rabbat ed., Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1988, pp. 776-796.
Trivedi, K., Dugan, J., Geist, R., and Smotherman, M., "Hybrid Reliability Modeling of Fault-Tolerant Computer Systems," Computers and Electrical Engineering, Special Issue on Reliability and Verification of Computing Systems, 11 (1984), pp. 87-108. (See also: review by W. S. Lai, ACM Computing Reviews, 27 (1986).)
Wagner, R. A., and Geist, R. M., "The Crippled Queen Placement Problem," The Science of Computer Programming, 4 (1984), pp 221-248.
Geist, R. M., "How to Live to Be 100," The College Mathematics Journal, 15 (1984), pp. 256-263.
Geist, R. M., "Perception-Based Configuration Design of Computer Systems," Information Processing Letters, 18 (1984), pp. 55-57.
Dugan, J., Trivedi, K., Geist, R., and Nicola, V., "Extended Stochastic Petri Nets: Applications and Analysis," Proc. of the 10^th IFIP Int. Symposium on Computer Performance Modeling, Measurement, and Evaluation (PERFORMANCE '84), Paris, France, December, 1984, pp. 507-519.
Trivedi, K., Geist, R., Dugan, J., and Smotherman, M., "Issues in Reliability Modeling of Fault-Tolerant Computers," Proc. of the 2^nd GI/NTG/GMR Conf. on Fault-Tolerant Computing Systems, Bonn, West Germany, September, 1984, pp. 228-239.
Geist, R., Trivedi, K., Dugan, J., and Smotherman, M., "Modeling Imperfect Coverage in Fault-Tolerant Systems," Proc. of the 14^th IEEE Int. Symp. on Fault-Tolerant Computing (FTCS-14), Orlando, Florida, June, 1984, pp. 77-82.
Geist, R., and Trivedi, K., "Hybrid Modeling Techniques and Their Application to Fault-Tolerant Computer Systems," Proc. of the 15^th Annual Pittsburgh Modeling and Simulation Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April, 1984, pp. 783-787.
Geist, R. M., "Probability and Statistics with Reliability, Queuing, and Computer Science Applications. By K. S. Trivedi. Prentice-Hall, 1982." American Mathematical Monthly, 91 (1984), pp. 323-324 (invited review).
Geist, R. M., and Trivedi, K. S., "Ultrahigh Reliability Prediction for Fault-Tolerant Computer Systems," IEEE Trans. on Comp., C-32 (1983), pp. 1118-1127.
Trivedi, K. S., and Geist, R. M., "Decomposition in Reliability Analysis of Fault-Tolerant Computer Systems," IEEE Trans. on Reliab., R-32 (1983), pp. 463-468.
Geist, R. Trivedi, K., Dugan, J., and Smotherman, M., "Design of the Hybrid Automated Reliability Predictor," Proc. of the IEEE/AIAA 5^th Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Seattle, Washington, November, 1983, pp. 16.5.1-16.5.8.
Geist, R. M., "Student-Down System Design," Proc. of the National Educational Computing Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, June, 1983, pp. 360-363.
Geist, R. M., and Trivedi, K. S., "The Integration of User Perception in the Heterogeneous M/M/2 Queue," Proc. of the 9^th IFIP Int. Symposium on Computer Performance Modeling, Measurement, and Evaluation (PERFORMANCE '83), College Park, Maryland, May, 1983, pp. 203-216.
Daniel, S. W., and Geist, R. M., "V-SCAN: An Adaptive Disk Scheduling Algorithm," Proc. of the IEEE International Symposium on Computer Systems Organization, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 1983, pp. 96-103.
Geist, R. M., and Trivedi, K. S., "Optimal Design of Multilevel Storage Hierarchies," IEEE Trans. on Comp., C-31 (1982), pp. 249-260.
Geist, R. M., and Trivedi, K. S., "Queueing Network Models in Computer System Design," Mathematics Magazine, 55 (1982), pp. 67-80.
Geist, R., Kraines, D., and Fink, P., "Natural Language Computing in a Linear Algebra Course," Proc. of the National Educational Computing Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, June, 1982, pp. 203-208.
Connolly, F. X., and Geist, R. M., "On Extending Free Group Actions on Spheres and a Conjecture of Iwasawa," Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 274 (1982), pp. 631-640.
Geist, R. M., "Response to Query #4," TYCMJ, 11 (1980), pg. 126.
Geist, R. M., "Semicharacteristic Detection of Obstructions to Rational Homotopy Equivalence," General Topology and Its Applications,7 (1977), pp. 185-199.

PATENT:

U.S. Patent #5638190, Context Sensitive Color Quantization System and Method, 1997.

FILM CREDIT:

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Weta Digital Ltd., December, 2012.

GRANTS (PI or co-PI):

MRI: Development of the Intelligent River, a Basin-Scale Monitoring Instrument, NSF (CISE/CNS), $3,039,175, September, 2011 - August, 2017.
Modeling and Simulation for Automotive Competition, Toyota Racing Development, $1,355,900, May, 2010 - August, 2017.
Modeling and Visualization of High Reynolds Number Flows, Toyota Racing Development, $67,000, May, 2014 - August, 2015.
Performance Evaluation of Disk Array Systems, Network Appliance Corp., $62,000 (graduate student fellowships), January, 2005 - August, 2012.
GPU Virtualization in Support of the Virtual Computing Initiative, IBM, $90,000 (Ph.D. Fellowship), August, 2011 - May, 2014.
CPATH EAE: τεχνη - Evaluation, Adoption, and Extension, NSF (CISE/CCF), $492,845, August, 2007 - July, 2011.
Performance Modeling of Data Staging in Storage Hierarchies, IBM Faculty Award, $38,000, July, 2009 - June, 2010.
A Virtual PCI Platform for Driver Design, Development, and Education, IBM, $25,532 (Ph.D. Fellowship), August, 2009 - May, 2010.
Series versus Parallel Virtualization of the PPC/Cell, IBM Faculty Award, $25,000, July, 2008 - August, 2009.
A Language for Data-parallel Computations, NVIDIA, $25,000 (Ph.D. Fellowship), August, 2008 - August, 2009.
VCL Supercomputing, IBM Faculty Award, $25,000, June, 2007 - May, 2008.
An Experimental, GPU-based Supercomputer, NVIDIA, $25,000 (Ph.D. Fellowship), August, 2007 - August, 2008.
Lattice-Boltzmann Modeling, NVIDIA, $25,000 (Ph.D. Fellowship), August, 2006 - August, 2007.
τεχνη: A New Approach to the B.A. Degree in Computer Science, NSF (CISE/EIA), $390,018, July, 2003 - July, 2007.
An Experimental Supercomputer from Commodity Components, CU Research Investment Fund Program., $100,000, February, 2007 - June, 2007.
Motion Capture in Clinical Science, Mindfield, LLC, Charleston County, U.S. Dept. of Education, $146,688, October, 2004 - September, 2005.
Design and Implementation of a Graphics Supercomputer from Commodity Components, NSF (CISE/ACI/ITR), $284,834, August, 2001 - July, 2005.
Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films, NSF (ENG/EEC/ERC), $16,571,478, August, 1998 - July, 2004.
Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films, State of South Carolina, $5,782,339, August, 1998 - July, 2004.
IBM Parallel Processing Laboratory, IBM, eServer BladeCenter (equipment, U.S. list $124,808) June, 2004.
Validated Modeling of Network Component Performance , NSF (CISE/(I/U)CRC), $50,000, July, 2001 - June, 2004.
A National Prototype for Simulation-Based Materials Design, The W.M. Keck Foundation, $1,300,000, January, 2001 - December, 2003.
Multi-modal Interfaces for Scientific Collaboration , IBM, $62,656 (Ph.D. Fellowship), August, 2000 - December, 2003.
Digital Imaging Research: Space-time Photography , SC Commission on Higher Education, $47,700, August, 2001 - December, 2001.
Graphics Benchmarking for Linux Systems, Dell Computer Corp., $48,875, October, 2000 - September, 2001.
SCINET: High Speed Connection, NSF (CISE/ANIR), $386,470, October, 1998 - September, 2001.
Modeling, Simulation, and Virtualization of Physical Phenomena, NSF (CISE/EIA/MRI), $500,000, August, 1997 - July, 2001.
Real-time Visualization of Polymer Flows, NASA (EPSCoR), $36,520, January, 2000 - December, 2000.
AViiON Systems Performance Analysis, Data General Corporation, $221,652, August, 1992 - December, 2000.
Advanced Sensing and Control Techniques to Facilitate Semi-Autonomous Decommissioning of Hazardous Sites, U.S. Dept. of Energy, $870,733, September, 1996 - September, 2000.
Virtual Servoing of Serpentine Robots for Enhanced Manipulation NSF (EHR/EPSCoR), $400,000, January, 1999 - July, 2000.
A Linux Workstation for High-Performance Graphics, NASA Ames Research Center, $148,056, January, 1997 - February, 2000.
Collaborative Vehicle Design Framework, U.S. Army Tank Command (TACOM), $463,157, December, 1997 - March, 1999.
ATM Network Support for the Linux Operating System, IBM Corp., $57,914, January, 1997 - December, 1997.
A Multi-College Initiative: Virtual Reality Systems in Undergraduate Education, $236,601, CU Innovation Fund, January, 1994 - December, 1996.
Multi-threaded, Asynchronous Execution of Extended Stochastic Petri Nets, Data General Corporation, AViiON AV550 Dual MC88110 Workstation (equipment, U.S. list $34,410), June, 1994.
Towards a Theory of Hierarchical Modeling, NSF (CISE/CCR), $99,398, September, 1991 - February, 1994.
Disk Subsystem Performance Enhancement, Data General Corporation, AViiON 5120 Dual Processor Server and HADA (disk array) System (equipment, U.S. list $22,150), January, 1993.
Software Reliability for Real-Time Control Systems, NASA Langley Research Center, $20,000, August, 1989 - October, 1990.
Markov-Based Enhancement of Image Information Content, SUN Microsystems, SUN 4/330 Workstation (equipment, U.S. list $69,540), September, 1990.
Processor Scheduling in the Multiprocessor UNIX Environment, Data General Corporation, AViiON 4000 Dual Processor Workstation (equipment, U.S. list $24,690), September, 1990.
Use of Two-Parameter Failure Distributions in Reliability Modeling, NASA Langley Research Center, $54,000 (graduate student fellowship), August, 1987 - August, 1990.
Sufficiency and Necessity in Reliability Modeling, NASA Langley Research Center, $110,000, April, 1987 - August, 1990.
Behavioral Integration of Modeling Systems with Application to Agroclimatic Prediction, AT&T, 2 3B2/1000 Multiprocessor Systems (equipment, U.S. list $264,400), August, 1989.
HARP: Towards Phase III, NASA Langley Research Center, $54,000 (graduate student fellowship), August, 1986 - August, 1989.
Modeling and Analysis of Parallel Processing Systems, Concurrent Computer Corporation, MC6700 Multiprocessor System (equipment, U.S. list $220,000), February, 1989.
Computer System Configuration Design, AT&T, 3B2/310 System (equipment, U.S. list $31,475), January, 1989.
The Disk Scheduling Problem, Clemson URI Program in Discrete Mathematics and Computational Analysis (ONR), $8,000, June, 1988 - August, 1988.
A Modeling Tool for Improved Product Design, NCR Corp., $28,581, July, 1986 - June, 1987.
Cost Effectiveness in Solution Techniques for HARP Models, NASA Langley Research Center, $18,218, October, 1985 - September, 1986.
Numerical Issues in the Design of the Hybrid Automated Reliability Predictor, NASA Langley Research Center, $22,800, October, 1984 - September, 1985.
Perception-Based Configuration Design of Computer Systems, AT&T, 3B2/300 System (equipment, U.S. list $24,358), December, 1984.
Computer Systems Modeling, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, 3230 System (equipment, U.S. list $233,250), November, 1984.
Design of the Hybrid Automated Reliability Predictor, NASA Langley Research Center, $135,000, October, 1982 - September, 1984.
Evaluation of CARE III, NASA Langley Research Center, $39,990, January, 1981 - October, 1981.

EMPLOYMENT:

    6/17 - present: Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus, School of Computing, Clemson University

    11/21 - 7/22: Visiting Researcher, WetaFX Digital, Wellington, New Zealand

    6/18 - 10/18: Visiting Professor, Weta Digital, Wellington, New Zealand

    8/15 - 6/17: Alumni Distinguished Professor, School of Computing, Clemson University

    1/07 - 8/15: Professor, School of Computing, Clemson University

    7/13 - 7/14: Interim Director, School of Computing, Clemson University

    11/11 - 12/11: Visiting Professor,Weta Digital, Wellington, New Zealand

    9/11 - 10/11: Visiting Professor of Computer Science, University of New Mexico

    1/07 - 6/08: Interim Director, School of Computing, Clemson University

    8/87 - 12/06: Professor of Computer Science, Clemson University

    1/02 - 5/02: Visiting Professor of Computer Science, University of New Mexico

    1/84 - 7/87: Associate Professor of Computer Science, Clemson University

    7/83 - 12/83: Associate Professor of Computer Science, Duke University

    1/81 - 6/83: Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Duke University

    7/80 - 12/80: Research Associate in Computer Science, Duke University

    8/77 - 6/80: Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Pembroke

    1/77 - 6/77: Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    9/74 - 8/77: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Pembroke

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Mathematics:

Introduction to College Mathematics, College Algebra, Trigonometry, Finite Mathematics, Introduction to Statistics, Point Set Theory, Calculus (I, II, Intermediate, Advanced I, II), Linear Algebra, Probability and Statistics (I, II), Abstract Algebra (I, II), Dynamical Systems

Computer Science:

Introduction to Data Processing, Introduction to Programming, Programming Methodology, Data Structures, Introduction to Operating Systems, Introduction to Computer Graphics, Advanced Modeling Techniques in Computer Graphics (graduate), Virtual Reality Systems (graduate), Mathematical Methods for Systems Analysis I, II (graduate), Systems Modeling (graduate), Operating System Design (graduate), GPU Computing

OTHER RELATED ACTIVITY:

Keynote Address: Real-Time Modeling and Rendering of Natural Phenomena, 7^th Int. Symp. on Visual Computing

(ISVC 2011), Las Vegas, Nevada, September, 2011.

Co-founder (with S.T. Wang, Dept. of Art), Digital Production Arts Program, Clemson Univ. M.F.A. degree

program, 1999.

Editorial Board (Assoc. Ed.), Performance Evaluation (North-Holland), 1999 - 2004

Associate Editor, The College Mathematics Journal, 1984 - 1985

Program Chair, EduHPC-16, Workshop on Education for High-Performance Computing, Salt Lake City, UT, 2016

Program Chair and Proceedings Editor:

28^th Annual ACM Southeast Conference, Greenville, SC, 1990
33^rd Annual ACM Southeast Conference, Clemson, SC, 1995
38^th Annual ACM Southeast Conference, Clemson, SC, 2000
3^rd IEEE Int. Performance and Dependability Symp., Durham, NC, 1998

Lecturer, Applications of Probability Theory to the Analysis and Design of Computer Systems (an MAA

minicourse), Annual Summer Meeting of the AMS-MAA, Eugene, Oregon, August, 1984.

Editorial Consultant, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 1981-1982

Referee, journals:

ACM Trans. on Comp. Sys., ACM Trans. on Graphics, ACM Computing Surveys, Am. Math. Monthly, Computers & Graphics (Elsevier), Concurrency & Computation: Practice & Experience, IBM Jour. of Research and Development, IEEE Trans. on Comp., IEEE Trans. on Reliab., IEEE Trans. on Software Eng., IEEE Trans. on Parallel and Distributed Sys., IEEE Computer, IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications, Int. Jour. of Parallel Programming, JACM, Jour. of Pure and Applied Algebra, Journal of Systems and Software, Math. Magazine, Performance Evaluation, Proc. of the IEEE, ORSA Journal on Computing, Real-Time Systems, Stochastic Models, Software Practice & Experience, Simulation, The Computer Journal, The Visual Computer

Referee, annual conferences:

Eurographics, Eurographics Symposium on Rendering, IEEE International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Computing (FTCS), IEEE Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems, IFIP International Symposium on Computer Performance, Modeling, Measurement, and Evaluation (PERFORMANCE), ACM SIGMETRICS Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems, ACM SIGGRAPH Annual Conference, ACM SIGGRAPH Asia Annual Conference, National Educational Computing Conference, ACM Southeast Conference

Reviewer/Panelist, NSF, ARO

Reviewer, ACM Doctoral Dissertation Competition

Member, Program Committee:

International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC 2010 - 2021).
IBM International Cloud Academy Conference (ICA CON 2012 - 2013).
Third Int. Conf. on the Virtual Computing Initiative (ICVCI3) 2009.
Eurographics Workshop on Natural Phenomena 2007.
IEEE Int. Computer Performance and Dependability Symp. (IPDS), 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002.
IEEE Int. Fault-Tolerant Computing Symp. (FTCS-27) 1997.
ACM Sigmetrics Conf. on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems, 1996.
12^th IEEE Symp. on Reliable Distributed Systems, 1993.
11^th IFIP Int. Symp. on Computer Performance Modeling, Measurement, and Evaluation (PERFORMANCE '86), 1986.

M.S., M.F.A., and Ph.D. graduates:

2015: C. Wang
2010: R. Hooda, Z. H. Jones
2009: J. E. Steele (1^st place, ACM SE student paper competition, 2007)
2007: S. R. Matzko
2006: J. W. McPherson
2005: K. R. Rasche

2004: A. P. VanPernis (1^st place, ACM SE student paper competition, 1999), C. Watcharopas

2003: M. H. Bryant
2001: J. R. Soukup, V. M. Sekhar
2000: K. Paramasivam
1999: R. A. Danforth, A. G. Arens (1^st place, ACM SE student paper competition, 2000)
1998: D. H. Vernon, D. Treglia II
1997: C. S. Marshall, W. T. Stinson, M. K. Chetuparambil
1996: K. L. Adams, O. A. Heim
1995: A. B. Smith, L. E. Postner
1994: D. E. Crane
1993: J. S. Junkins, D. G. Suggs (1^st place, ACM SE student paper competition, 1990),

W. R. Reynolds (1^st place, ACM SE student paper competition, 1987, 1988)

1992: J. M. Hanks
1991: F. C. Harris, C. L. Dove
1990: C. G. Reynolds
1989: V. E. Rao, C. L. Wilson, W. G. Crosmun
1988: R. S. Shore, M. L. Brown, R. A. Allen
1987: M. P. Beede, (1^st place co-winner, ACM SE student paper competition, 1987)
1986: E. L. Pittard, M. M. Ng
1985: J. L. Richards
1981: S. W. Daniel

Member, ACM (SIGGRAPH, SIGMETRICS), Eurographics

Robert Geist

2021-11-25

6/17 - present:	Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus, School of Computing, Clemson University
11/21 - 7/22:	Visiting Researcher, WetaFX Digital, Wellington, New Zealand
6/18 - 10/18:	Visiting Professor, Weta Digital, Wellington, New Zealand
8/15 - 6/17:	Alumni Distinguished Professor, School of Computing, Clemson University
1/07 - 8/15:	Professor, School of Computing, Clemson University
7/13 - 7/14:	Interim Director, School of Computing, Clemson University
11/11 - 12/11:	Visiting Professor,Weta Digital, Wellington, New Zealand
9/11 - 10/11:	Visiting Professor of Computer Science, University of New Mexico
1/07 - 6/08:	Interim Director, School of Computing, Clemson University
8/87 - 12/06:	Professor of Computer Science, Clemson University
1/02 - 5/02:	Visiting Professor of Computer Science, University of New Mexico
1/84 - 7/87:	Associate Professor of Computer Science, Clemson University
7/83 - 12/83:	Associate Professor of Computer Science, Duke University
1/81 - 6/83:	Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Duke University
7/80 - 12/80:	Research Associate in Computer Science, Duke University
8/77 - 6/80:	Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
1/77 - 6/77:	Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9/74 - 8/77:	Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Pembroke