Kingsley C. Nwosu, Ph.D.

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Publications

Awards/Recognitions

Education

Nigeria

CKC Onitsha

Although a naturalized citizen of the United States, I hail from Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria. Like most Nigerians in the US, I came to the United States to further my education.

In July 1989, I joined the IBM POWER Parallel/AIX-ESA System Development team in Kingston New York as an Associate System Programmer/System-Engineer. Between 1989 and 1994, I was primarily involved in different areas of the Research and Development of the High Performance File Systems for the IBM AIX-ESA and Symmetric Processors (SP - a supercomputer) systems. Specifically, I was responsible for the design, development, implementation, testing, and delivery of the Logical Volume Manager (a high-volume, high-performance, replicated/mirrored file system) including the command and recovery infrastructures. My responsibilities also included system build, integration, and regression testing. At the time of leaving IBM in 1994, I have been promoted to Research and Development Staff Member and have received a number of awards and recognitions .

In July 1994, shortly after completing my doctoral program, I left IBM and joined the Broadband Access System Development Organization of the AT&T Network Systems Division (now part of Lucent Technologies) as a Member of Technical Staff. I worked on the design, development, implementation, testing, and integration of the Bandwidth Manager for the Hybrid-Fiber Coaxial System (HFC-2000). My responsibilities included all aspects of Upstream/Downstream Time Slot and Frequency allocation/de-allocation, Upstream/Downstream transmission path allocation/de-allocation, Upstream/Downstream Frequency Agility (Fault-Tolerance), Upstream/Downstream Frequency Monitoring, and System Growth/De-growth. Briefly, I was involved in the software architecture, software design and implementation of an ATM/ADSL broadband access system. Currently, I am part of the Software Technology Center involved in the Research and Development efforts in the area of Object-Oriented (OO) and Component-Based Software Development. We consider our group at Lucent as OO experts. We support and provide training for Lucent-based projects that are involved in OO software development. We help in the areas such as Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, Implementation, Testing, and Architecture. In addition, we help with OO Software development tools.

Besides being an active member of a number of professional organizations , I am also involved with a number of universities in New Jersey either as an Adjunct or a Visiting Professor. Since January 1995, I have been affiliated, as an Adjunct Professor, with the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey where I have taught classes, primarily, on C++ Programming Language, and Object-Oriented Systems. I am also a Visiting Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, New Jersey where I have taught classes on Introductory and Advanced C++ Programming Language, Object-Oriented System Design and Analysis, and graduate research courses on the Design and Implementation of Multimedia Delivery Systems, and Multimedia Database Systems.

I have research interests in various areas through which I have been able to produce several publications for various conferences, workshops, and journals. I recently co-edited a book on Multimedia Database Systems published by Kluwer Academic Publishers. I have served as a Program Committee member for several IEEE/ACM conferences and workshops, and I am a co-founder and the Program Chair of the IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Data Base Management Systems (IW-MMDBMS). I am a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Multimedia Tools and Application. I have also served as a Guest-Editor for special issues of the IEEE Multimedia Journal, and the International Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications. I have also been recognized by a number of Who's Who publications.

Educational Background

Ph.D., Computer Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.

M.S., Computer Science, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.

B.S., Computer Science, The University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana.

School Certificate and GCE, Christ the King College (C.K.C.), Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria.

Areas of Research Interests

Biometrics,

Multimedia Computing/Information Systems, Operating Systems,

Object-Oriented Programming, Object-Oriented Design,

Distributed Processing/Computing, Parallel Processing, Computer Networks,

Parallel Algorithm Design and Analysis, Information Storage/Retrieval,

Software Engineering, ATM Networks/Systems, Theoretical Computer Science.

Professional Memberships

Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)

National Society On Systems Engineering (NCOSE)

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) [Computer Society]

		Technical Committee on Distributed Computing
		Technical Committee on Multimedia Computing
		Technical Committee on Data Engineering
		Technical Committee on Computer Communications

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) [Communication Society ]

New York Academy of Sciences

American Association of University Professors (AAUP) [Part-Time Chapter]

Mathematical Association of America (MAA)

BOOKS

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1. Kingsley C. Nwosu, B. Thuraisingham, P. B. Berra (Eds.),
   Multimedia Database Systems : Design and Implementation Strategies,
   Kluwer Academic Publishers, March 1996 (ISBN:0-7923-9712-6).
   
   
2. Kingsley C. Nwosu, B. Thuraisingham, P. B. Berra (Eds.),
   Multimedia Database Management Systems: Research Issues and Future Directions,
   Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol. 4, No. 2, March 1997, Kluwer Academic Publishers (ISBN:0-7923-9886-6).

   Contents

   1. B. Thuraisingham, K. Nwosu, P. B. Berra,
      Editorial.
   
   
   
   2. C. Djeraba, K. Hadouda, H. Briand,
      Management of Multimedia Scenarios in an Object-Oriented Database Systems
   
   
   
   3. P. Bohannon, D. Lieuwen, R. Rastogi, A. Silberschatz, S. Seshadri, S. Sudarshan,
      The Architecture of the Dali Main-Memory Storage Manager
   
   
   
   4. G. Sheikholeslami, A. Zhang,
      Supporting Content-Based Retrieval in Large Image Database Systems
   
   
   
   5. V. Hakkoymaz, G. Ozsoyovglu,
      A Constraint-Driven Approach to Automate the Organization and Playout of Presentations in Multimedia Databases
   
   
   
   6. K. Lee, Y. Kyu Lee, P. B. Berra,
      Management of Multi-structured Hypermedia Documents : A Data Model, Query Language, and Indexing Scheme
   
   
   
   7. D.A. Adjeroh, M.C. Lee and C.U. Orji,
      Techniques for Fast Partitioning of Compressed and Uncompressed Video

1. Kingsley C. Nwosu, Robert Seacord,
   Life Cycle Activity Areas for Component-Based Software Engineering Processes,
   Proc. of Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems (TOOLS), pp. 537-541, August 1-5, 1999, Santa Barbara, CA. (Copyright: IEEE Computer Society Press).

2. Kingsley C. Nwosu, Robert Seacord,
   Workshop on Component-Based Software Engineering Processes,
   Proc. of Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems (TOOLS) , pp. 532-546, August 1-5, 1999, Santa Barbara, CA. (Copyright: IEEE Computer Society Press).

3. Cyril Orji, Donald Adjeroh, Patrick Bobbie, Kingsley C. Nwosu,
   Design and Configuration Rationales for Digital Video Storage and Delivery Systems
   Multimedia Tools And Applications Journal , Vol. 6, No. 1, January 1998, pp. 5-32.
   
   
4. Donald Adjeroh, Kingsley C. Nwosu,
   Multimedia Database Management - Requirements and Issues,
   IEEE Multimedia , Vol. 4, No. 3, July-Sept. 1997, pp. 24-33. (copyright: IEEE Computer Society Press)
   
   
5. Donald Adjeroh, Cyril Orji, Kingsley C. Nwosu, Patrick Bobbie,
   Multimedia Database Management Systems
   to appear in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (Allen Kent, Editor)
   
   
6. Donald Adjeroh, Cyril Orji, Kingsley C. Nwosu, Patrick Bobbie,
   Multimedia Database Management Systems,
   Encyclopedia of Micro-Computers, Volume 23, pp. 345-359. Eds.: Allen Kent, James Williams
   
   
7. Kingsley C.Nwosu, B. Thuraisingham, P. Berra,
   Multimedia Database Systems : A New Frontier,
   IEEE Multimedia , Vol. 4, No. 3, July-Sept, 1997, pp. 21-23. (copyright: IEEE Computer Society Press)
   
   
8. Kingsley C. Nwosu, Cyril Orji, Donald Adjeroh,
   Dynamic Reallocation of Multimedia Data Objects
   Proc. 1996 Pacific Workshop on Distributed Multimedia Systems, Hong Kong, June 27-28, 1996. (copyrigth: Institute of Electrical Engineers)
   
   
9. Cyril Orji, Kingsley C. Nwosu,
   Data Layout for Interactive Video-On-Demand Storage Systems
   Proc. Eight International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE,'96), June 10-12, 1996, Lake Tahoe, Nevad.
   
   
10. Cyril Orji, Mario Sanchez, Kingsley C. Nwosu,
    Time Mechanics as Applied to Event Ordering
    Proc. IEEE S outheast Conference, Tampa, Florida, pp. 661-664, April 11-14, 1996.
    
    
11. Cyril Orji, Kingsley C. Nwosu, N. Rishe
    Multimedia Object Storage and Retrieval
    Proc International Symposium on Multimedia Systems, March 18-20, 1996, pp. 368-3 75, Yokohama, Japan.
    
    
12. Kingsley C. Nwosu, Cyril Orji, Bobbie Patrick,
    Spatio-Temporal Effects of Multimedia Objects Storage and Delivery in Video-On-Demand Systems
    Multimedia Systems Journal., Vol. 5, Number 1, Jan. 1997, ACM/Springer-verlag, pp. 39-52. (copyright: ACM Press)
    
    
13. Cyril Orji, Mario Sanchez, Kingsley C. Nwosu,
    Veritable Time Representation for Clock Synchronization in Distributed Computing Systems
    Proc. of the ISCA Intern. Conf. on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems (PDCS'95), Sept. 1995, pp. 85-88, Orlando, Florida.
    
    
14. Kingsley C. Nwosu, Patrick Bobbie, Bhavani Thuraisingham,
    Data Allocation and Spatio-Temporal Implications for Video-On-Demand Systems
    Proc. 14th Annual IEEE International Phoenix Conf. on Computers and Communications, (IPCCC'95), Scottsdale, Arizona, March 28-31, 1995. (copyright: IEEE COmmunications Society)
    
    
15. Kingsley C. Nwosu, Bhavani Thuraisingham,
    Extending an Object-Oriented Data Model for Representing Multimedia Database Applications: A position Paper
    Proceedings of OOPSLA Workshop on Precise Behavioral Specifications in Object-Oriented Information Modeling, Portland, Oregon, Oct. 24, 1994, pp. 77-83.
    
    
16. Kingsley C. Nwosu, Bhavani Thuraisingham and P. B. Berra,
    ACM Multimedia'94 Conference Workshop on Multimedia Data Base Management Systems
    SIGMOD Record Vol. 24 No. 1, March 1995, pp. 70-72 (1995). (copyright: ACM Press)
    
    
17. Kingsley C. Nwosu,
    Partitioning Multimedia Objects for Optimal Allocation in Distributed Computing Systems
    Proc. 2nd African Conf. on Research in Computer Science, Burkina-Faso, Oct. 1994, pp. 827-842.
    
    
18. Kingsley C. Nwosu,
    On Complex Object Distribution Technique for Distributed Computing Systems
    Proc. 6th International Conf. on Computing and Information (ICCI'94), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 1994. (CD-ROM)
    
    
19. Kingsley C. Nwosu,
    An Analytical Model of Packet-Switching Finite-Buffered Multistage Interconnection Networks
    Proc. 1994 Supercomputing Symposium (SS'94): Canada's 8th Annual High Performance Computing and Exhibition, Toronto, Canada, June 1994, pp. 215-225. (copyright: The Univ. of Toronto, Ontario)
    
    
20. Kingsley C. Nwosu, Cheng-Sheng M. Chang,
    An Efficient Partitioning Strategy for Complex Objects in Distributed Computing Systems
    Proc. 10th International Conf. on Advanced Science and Technology (ICAST'94), Naperville, Illinois, March 1994, pp. 83-90.
    
    
21. Kingsley C. Nwosu, Bhavani Thuraisingham,
    Applying OMT for Designing Multimedia Information Systems Applications
    Proc. IEEE Dual-Use Technologies and Applications Conf., Utica, NY., May 1994, pp. 31-37.
    
    
22. Kingsley C. Nwosu,
    A Buffer Management Strategy for a Model of Digital Continuous Media Display
    Proc. 13th Annual IEEE International Phoenix Conf. on Computers and Communications (IPCCC'94), Phoenix, AZ., April 1994, pp. 440-447. (copyright: IEEE Communications Society)
    
    
23. Kingsley C. Nwosu, C.Y.R. Chen, and P. Bruce Berra,
    A Global Data Management Strategy for Distributed Computing Systems
    Proc. 13th Annual IEEE International Phoenix Conf. on Computers and Communications (IPCCC'94), Phoenix, AZ., April 1994, pp. 31-39. (copyright: IEEE Communications Society)
    
    
24. Kingsley C. Nwosu, C.Y.R. Chen, and P. Bruce Berra,
    Efficient Storage Techniques for Multimedia Objects in Distributed Multimedia Systems
    Proc. International Conf. on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS'93), Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Dec. 1993, pp. 334-342. (copyright: National Taiwan Univ., Taipei.)
    
    
25. Kingsley C. Nwosu, C.Y.R. Chen, and P. Bruce Berra,
    Multimedia Object Modeling and Storage Allocation Strategies
    Special Issue of the Journal of Intelligent Information Systems (JIIS), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA., Vol. 3, No. 3/4, August 1994, pp. 357-391. (copyright: Kluwer Academic Publishers). Condensed version in CASE Center Technical Report Series, Report No. 9312, Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, NY, June 1993.
    
    
26. Kingsley C. Nwosu,
    A Design of Storage and Retrieval Schemes in a Multimedia Object Manager for Modeled Object and Efficient Multimedia Object Storage Strategies
    Proc. 2nd International Conf. on Information Systems and Management of Data (CISMOD'93), New Delhi, India, Oct. 1993, pp. 200-217.
    
    
27. Kingsley C. Nwosu, C.Y.R. Chen, and P. Bruce Berra,
    Multimedia Object Modeling and Storage Allocation Strategies for Heterogeneous Parallel Storage Devices in Real Time Multimedia Computing Systems
    Proc. IEEE 17th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conf. (COMPSAC'93), Phoenix, AZ., November 1993, pp. 216-223. (copyright: IEEE Communications Society).
    
    
28. Kingsley C. Nwosu,
    Object Modeling and Efficient Allocation of Multimedia Objects for Storage Device Architecture in Real Time Multimedia Information Processing Systems
    Proc. International Symposium on Applied Computing, (ISAC): Research and Applications in Software Engineering, Databases, and Distributed Systems, Monterrey, Mexico, Oct. 1993, pp. 169-178.
    
    
29. C.Y.R. Chen, S. Hsiao, D. Meliksetian, and Kingsley C. Nwosu,
    Performance Analysis of Finite-Buffered Multistage Interconnection Networks
    Proc. IEEE International Conf. on Communications (ICC'93), Geneva, Switzerland, pp. 53-57, May 1993. (copyright:IEEE Computer Society Press)
    
    
30. Kingsley C. Nwosu, C. Y. R. Chen, P. Bruce Berra,
    Modeling and Storage Allocation Strategies for Homogeneous Parallel Access Storage Devices in Real-Time Multimedia Information Processing
    Proc. IEEE 5th International Conf. on Computing and Information (ICCI'93), Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, pp. 565-569, May 1993.
    
    

Awards and Recognitions

IBM, Kingston, New York

Lucent Technologies, Inc., Whippany, New Jersey

Who's Who Publications Nominations

Marquis Who's Who in Eastern United States, 26th Edition, 1997/1998.
Marquis Who's Who in America, 52nd Edition.
Marquis Who's Who in the World, 15th Edition.
Dictionary Of International Biography, 26th Edition, March/April 1998.

IEEE/ACM Professional Activities

Program Chair - ACM MM'95 Workshop on Multimedia Database Management Systems Oct. 1994, San Francisco, California.

Program Chair - 1995 International Workshop on Multi-Media Data Base Management Systems (IW-MMDBMS'95), August 1995, Blue Mountain Lake, NY.

Program Committee Member - First Intern. Conf. on Visual Info. Systems (VISUAL'96), Melbourne, Australia, Feb., 1996.

Program Committee Member - 1996 International Conference on Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems (TOOLS), August 1996, Santa Barbara, CA.

Program Chair - 1996 International Workshop on Multi-Media Data Base Management Systems (IW-MMDBMS'96), August 1996, Blue Mountain Lake, NY.

Program Committee Member - 1996 Pacific Workshop on Distributed Multimedia Systems.

Program Committee Member - First IEEE Metadata Conference, April 1996.

Program Committee Member, 1996 ACM Multimedia Conference.

Program Committee Member, 2nd Intern. Conf. on Visual Info. Systems, San Diego, CA, 15-17 Dec. 1997.

Program Committee Member - 1997 International Conference on Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems (TOOLS), July 28 - August 1st, 1997, Santa Barbara, CA.

Guest Editor,

Program Chair, 5th IEEE International Workshop on Multimedai Data Base Management Systems (IW-MMDBMS'99), Blue Mountain Lake, New York.

Program Committee Member, European Workshop on Content-based Search Techniques and Applications, Toulouse, France, Oct., 1999.

Program Committee Member, 4th International Confer ence on Visual Information Systems, Lyon, France November 2-4, 2000.

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