ICS.DEKEN@R20.UTEXAS.EDU (10/01/85)
Subject: Information Science Program at NSF - Staffing Changes
Beth Adelson has been appointed to the position of Associate Program Director,
Information Science Program, effective August 15, 1985. Dr Adelson has been at
Yale University since 1983, as a Research Associate in the Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory. She holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University. Dr.
Adelson has published numerous articles in the areas of cognitive science and
artificial intelligence. Recent works include papers on software design <<IEEE
Transactions on Software Engineering>> and the acquisition of categories for
problem solving <<Cognitive Science>>.
Joseph Deken has been appointed to the position of Program Director,
Information Science Program, effective September 3, 1985. Dr. Deken was most
recently Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, with a
joint appointment in the Department of Business and the Department of Computer
Sciences, and taught from 1976 to 1980 at Princeton University. His Ph.D. in
mathematical statistics is from Stanford University. Dr. Deken is the author
of several books on computing, the most recent of which is <<Silico Sapiens:
The Fundamentals and Future of Robotics>>, which will be Published by Bantam
books in January 1986. His other writing includes <<Computer Images: State of
the Art>> (Stewart, Tabori, and Chang, 1983), <<The Electronic Cottage>>
(William Morrow, 1981), and numerous articles on statistics and statistical
computing.
Program announcements and other information about the Information Science
and Technology programs at NSF are available from:
Division of Information Science and Technology
National Science Foundation
1800 G St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20550
Correspondence may be addressed to the attention of Dr. Adelson or
Dr. Deken as appropriate.
-------