Professional Summary: This Ph.D. has over 25 years of experience in computer science and engineering - as a researcher, developer, technical consultant and educator. She has received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University. She spent ten years as a hardware and software developer for IBM in their Display Products Division and Banking Systems Division. She was recognized with multiple IBM awards, including the Outstanding Technical Achievement Award for her work on an image capture module for check sorting machines. This work included the development of a real-time operating system, digital logic, and communications protocols. This Expert has worked as an academic researcher and educator for UNC Charlotte since 1995. She is a Professor in the department of Computer Science and Associate Dean of the College of Computing and Informatics (CCI). Her research focus is on resource management, routing, and data management for wireless networks. She teaches graduate classes on communications and wireless networking and undergraduate classes on programming. This Ph.D. oversees the development of the undergraduate curriculum within the CCI departments of Computer Science and Software & Information Systems. She has worked as a communications consultant for the National Security Agency for the Wireless Interconnect Network and Reconfigurable Systems (WINARS) project and as an expert for the National Science Foundation’s Computer Information Science and Engineering (CISE) directorate. She has worked as a technical consultant and testifying expert since 2000. Her work has included focus on digital television programming, satellite network communications, check image capture and processing, software development practices, router technology, and mobile phone interfaces. Her experience includes research, prior art analysis, and analysis of software (algorithms and data structures) and digital logic. She has submitted numerous expert reports and rebuttal reports, providing opinions to support claim construction, infringement, non-infringement, and patent validity and invalidity. She has been deposed several times and has testified at a Markman hearing and in front of an arbitration panel. |
Expertise: § Communication networks resource management, routing, and data management, including for Internet, wireless access, cellular and satellite networks § Communication architectures, protocols, and standards including those related to OSI, TCP/IP, and 802.11 § Digital television programming protocols, data management, and standards, including television programming guides, video on demand, MPEG, and DVB § Software development practices, algorithms, and data structures Digital logic design, including microprocessor based design
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Additional Information: Ph.D., Computer Engineering M.S., Computer Engineering B.S., Electrical Engineering |