Craig Thompson Professor, IEEE Fellow, and Charles Morgan / Acxiom Graduate Research Chair in Database Computer Science and Computer Engineering Deptartment University of Arkansas JB Hunt (JBHT) 516, Fayetteville, AR 72701 479-799-0214, 479-575-5339-fax, cwt@uark.edu [Research Projects] - [Vita] - [Professional Bio] - [Personal Bio]

Teaching

• Fall 2013 – CSCE 4613 – Artificial Intelligence
• Fall 2013 – CSCE 4561 – Capstone I
• Spring 2013 – CSCE 4963 – Capstone II
• Spring 2013 – CSCE 5053 – Advanced Virtual Worlds

Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin, May, 1984.
• M.A. in Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin, August, 1977.
• B.S. in Mathematics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, June 1971.

Research Interests

• Project: Everything is Alive
• Data Engineering - object databases, data grids, heterogeneous data sources
• Software Engineering - distributed object middleware, design patterns, aspects
• Artificial Intelligence - agents, natural language, knowledge representation, ontologies
• Other - pervasive computing, RFID, digital licensing

Advising

• BS/MS/PhD Thesis Template (.doc)
• Advising - Frequently Asked Questions
• How to do research at MIT AI Lab
• Sources of Support

Computing as a Career

• Student survival skills
• Best undergraduate degrees by salary
• Kinds of computing jobs
• Computing as a career - do the numbers add up?
• Computing as a discipline – the computational method
• Myths and realities of undergraduate education from a computing career perspective
• The knowledge cycle
• Working for the man versus becoming an entrepreneur
• Which degree? Bachelors, Masters, or Doctorate?
• Helping your child succeed in reading, writing, math, and sports
• Clueless what to major in - how parents can help?
• Taulbee Survey
• Poetry to memorize