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Name: Edwin J. Kay
Address:
Home: 1104 Prospect Ave
Bethlehem, PA 18018
(610) 867‑3136
School: CSE Department
Lehigh University
19 Memorial Drive West
Bethlehem, PA 18015
(610)758-3623
FAX: (610)758-4096
ejk0@lehigh.edu
Personal Data: Married to Janice Lee Kay
Father of Gwen,
William, and Natalia
Degrees
B.S., Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, 1964
M.S., Mathematics, Lehigh University,
1966
Ph.D., Mathematics, Lehigh University,
1968
Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, Lehigh
University, 1971
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor to Professor,
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem,
PA. September, 1983 ‑ present. Associate Chair, July, 2001-present.
Co-Director, Computer Science and Business Program, July 1, 2002 - present.
Interim Chair, November, 2001 ‑ December 2002. Director, Cognitive
Science Program, September, 1987 ‑ July, 1992. Courses taught:
Introduction to Structured Programming (Pascal, Java, C++), Advanced Programming, Object Oriented
Programming (Smalltalk), Automata and Formal Grammars, Artificial Intelligence
Programming, Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Programming Languages, LISP,
Introduction to Engineering.
Professor, Department of Mathematics,
University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon (Peace Corps assignment). September, 1995 - June, 1997. Courses taught:
Calculus, Abstract Algebra.
Instructor to Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. February,
1971 ‑ September, 1983. Courses taught: Introductory Psychology,
Statistics and Design of Analysis, Advanced Topics in Statistics, Mathematical
Psychology, Quantitative Psychology, Experimental Psychology.
Instructor, Mathematics Department, Cedar
Crest College, Allentown, PA. September, 1968 ‑ August, 1969. Courses taught: Calculus, Probability and Statistics.
Teaching Assistant, Department of
Mathematics, Rice University,
Houston, Texas. February, 1967 ‑ June, 1967. Course
taught: Finite Mathematics.
Teaching Assistant, Department of
Mathematics, Lehigh University,
Bethlehem, Pa. September, 1964 ‑
June, 1966, and September, 1967‑
June, 1968. Courses taught: Calculus, Linear Algebra, Differential
Equations, Complex Analysis.
Industrial Experience
Research Scientist, Tektronix
Laboratories, Tektronix, Inc. August, 1985 ‑ June, 1986.
Honor Societies
Pi Mu Epsilon (Mathematics Honorary)
Sigma Xi
Phi Beta Delta
Professional Societies
Association for Computing Machinery
Awards
NDEA Predoctoral Fellow, 1966‑1967
NIGMS Postdoctoral Fellow, 1969‑1971
Grants
THC effects: Determination of effective,
non‑aversive dosages.
National Institute of Drug Abuse. $5000. June, 1974 ‑ May, 1975
Using Protocol Analysis to Investigate
Methods of Improving the
Teaching of Smalltalk. Tektronix,
Inc. $48,000.
September, 1987 ‑ August, 1988.
Evaluation of Simulator Performance
Measures. Federal Aviation
Administration, $25,000. July 1, 1993 ‑ June 30, 1994.
Development of a Conveyor Friction
Scale. Accu-sort Systems. $31,889. September 15, 1994 - June 30, 1995.
Papers
Dissertation (Mathematics):(1969)
Characterizations and Applications of Sequential Norms. Dissertation Abstracts International, 29,
4271B (University Microfilms No. 69‑7343).
Dissertation (Psychology):(1972) The
application of Signal Detectability Theory to a Multiple Look Task. Dissertation Abstracts International, 32,
543B (University Microfilms No. 72‑9298).
Kay, E. J. (1969). A characterization of
sequential norms.
Mathematics Association of America Annual
Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Krawiec, S. & Kay, E. J. (1988). Regions in the Escherichia coli
Genome Devoid of Loci Preclude a
Meaningful Assessment of Gene
Distribution. American Society for
Microbiology Conference on
Organization of the Bacterial
Chromosome. Pine Mountain, Georgia.
Krawiec, S. & Kay, E. J. (1988).
"Log Normal" Distribution of Loci on the E. coli Chromosome Does Not
Arise From "Log Normal" Distribution of Gene Sizes. XVIth
International Congress of Genetics. Toronto, Canada.
Nyby, J., Kay, E. J., &
Jubilian, B. (1988). Male responsiveness
to female pheromones in house mice: Effect of lithium chloride aversive
conditioning. Conference on Reproductive Behavior. Omaha, Nebraska.
Consulting
Spring of 1979: Design and analysis of experiments to assess
the
palatability of foods for dogs. The Alpo Corporation.
Spring of 1980: Political poll for Jeanette Reibman,
Democratic candidate for U. S.
Congress.
September, 1986 to 1989. Analysis of
verbal protocols. Tektronix,
Inc.
September, 1990 to Nov, 1993. Statistical study of the Age‑60 Rule.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Software Developed
Stefan Fedyschyn and I have developed an
extensive software package for simulating the Intel 8085 microprocessor. The software, ENVI85, produces an integrated
environment which includes an editor, an assembler, a simulator, and a
debugger.
Publications
1. Kay, E. J., Rohatgi, K., &
Krawiec, S.(1974) Morphometric modelling
of mitochondria in Tetrahymena Pyriformis ST exposed to chloramphenical and
lithium bromide. Journal of
Protozoology, 21, 608‑612.
2. Kay, E. J.(1974) ‑Fem‑ale
or ‑Mal‑e authorship. American Psychologist, 29,
639-640.
3. Kay, E. J., & Weber, J.(1975) Detection in a four‑observation two‑channel
task. Perception and Psychophysics,
17, 425‑428.
4. Kay, E. J.(1975) Aversive effects of
repeated injections of THC in rats. Psychological
Reports, 37, 1051‑1054.
5. Rubenstein, H., Richter, M., &
Kay, E.(1975) Pronounceability and the
visual recognition of nonsense words. Journal
of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 14, 651‑657.
6. Kay, E. J., Soul, H. & Trutt,
D.(1976) Some subnormal operators and
hypergeometric kernel functions. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and
Applications, 53, 237‑242.
7. Kay, E. J., Lyons, A., Newman, W.,
& Mankin, D.(1977) A test‑retest
study of the Personal Orientation Inventory.
Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 2, 87‑89.
8. Altenor, A., Kay, E. J., &
Richter, M.(1977) The generality of
learned helplessness in the rat. Learning
and Motivation, 8, 54‑61.
9. Kay, E. J., & Trutt, D.(1977) Newton spaces of analytic functions. Journal
of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 60, 325‑328.
10. Kay, E. J. & Richter, M.
L.(1977) The category confound: a design error. Journal of Social
Psychology, 103, 57‑63.
11. Kay, E. J., Lyons, A., Newman, W.,
Mankin, D., & Loeb, R.(1978) A
longitudinal study of the personality
correlates of marijuana use. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,
46, 470‑477.
12. Altenor, A. & Kay, E.
J.(1980) The effects of postweaning
rearing conditions on the response to stressful tasks in the rat. Physiological Psychology, 8, 88‑92.
13. Vatza, E. J., Byatt, S. E., Kay, E.
J., Kerchner, M., Richter, M. L., & Seay, M. B.(1980) Comment on "Combining Results of
Independent Studies." Psychological Bulletin, 88(2), 494‑495.
14. Richter, M. L. & Kay, E.
J.(1980) The role of expectancy and
aftereffects in alternation. Learning
and Motivation, 11, 503‑532.
15. Kay, E. J.(1980) Conditioned
aversions in rats and pigeons. Lehigh
Research Review, 11, 1‑3.
16. Goett, J. A. & Kay, E.
J.(1981) Lithium chloride and THC lead
to
conditioned taste aversions in the
pigeon. Psychopharmacology, 72,
215‑216.
17. Richter, M. L., Vatza, E. J., Seay,
M. B., Kerchner, M. T., Kay, E. J., & Byatt, S. E.(1981) Combining results
of independent studies: Distributional tails and directional hypotheses. The Journal of Psychology, 108, 119‑122.
18. Jensen‑Osinski, B. J., Beidler,
P. G., Kay, E. J. & Aronson, J.
L.(1982). The graying of the classroom: impact of older people as peers in the
classroom on the attitudes and on performance of undergraduates. Lifelong Learning Research Conference
Proceedings, University of Maryland (pp. 116-120). College Park Maryland).
19. Seay, M. B., & Kay, E. J.(1983)
Three factor analysis of dyadic
interactions. Developmental
Psychology, 19(6), 868‑872.
20. Kay, E. J., Jensen‑Osinski, B.
J., Beidler, P. G., & Aronson, J. L.(1983). The graying of the college
classroom. The Gerontologist, 23(2),
196‑199.
21. Nyby, J., Kay, E. J., Bean, N. J.,
Dahinden, Z., & Kerchner, M.(1985). Male mouse (Mus musculus) attraction to
airborne urinary odors of conspecifics and to food orders: effects of food
deprivation. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 99(4), 479‑490.
22. Bailey, W. A., & Kay, E.
J.(1986) Toward the standard analysis of
verbal data. Proceedings of the 1986
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (pp. 582‑587).
Atlanta, Georgia.
23. Bailey, W. A., & Kay, E. J.
(1987) Structural Analysis of Verbal
Data . Conference Proceedings: Human Factors in Computing Systems
and Graphics Interface,
ACM/SIGCHI
(pp. 297‑301). Ottowa, Ontario.
24. Avitzur, B & Kay, E. (1990) Surface‑Layer Modeling of Friction
Using Rotational Motion of Rigid Bodies.
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Technology of
Plasticity (pp. 981-987). Kyoto, Japan.
25. Avitzur, B, Eto, M., and Kay, E. (1991) Rolling vs. Sliding Friction. ASME Proc. Eng.‑Tribology, Vol 2.,
Tribological Aspects in Manufacturing (pp. 165‑175) Atlanta Georgia.
26. Kay, E. & Nyby, J. (1992) LiCl Aversive Conditioning has Transitory
Effects on Pheromonal Responsiveness in Male House Mice (Mus Domesticus), Physiology
and Behavior, 52, 105‑113.
27. Avitzur, B., Eto, M., & Kay, E.
(1992) Treating Rolling vs. Sliding Friction by the Wave Model, Wear, 156,
211‑237.
28. Kay, E. J. (1992) Appendix A: Analysis of Variance. In
C. A. Ferguson, L. Menn, & C. Stoel‑Gammon (Eds.), Phonological
Development (pp. 418‑420).
Timonium, Maryland: York Press, Inc.
29. Hyland, D. T., Kay, E. J., Deimler,
J. D., & Gurman, E. B. (1992)
Airline Pilot Age and Performance: A Review of the Scientific
Literature, Technical Report 8025‑1A, FAA Contract No. DTFA‑02‑90‑90125. Cherry Hill, NJ: Hilton Systems, Inc. (This
later appeared as "Age 60 study, part II: Airline pilot age and
performance - a review of the scientific literature, 1994, DOT/FFA/AM-94/21)
30. Kay, E. J., Harris, R. M., Voros, R.
S., Hillman, D. J., Hyland, D. T., & Deimler, J. D. (1993) Age 60
Project: Consolidated Database Experiments, Final Report (Technical Report
8025‑3C, FAA Contract No. DTFA‑02‑90‑90125). (This
later appeared as "Age 60 study, part III: consolidated database
experiments, 1994, DOT/FAA/AM-94/22)
31. Hyland, D. T., Kay, E. J., &
Deimler, J. D. (1993) Age 60 Project:
Experimental Evaluation of Pilot Performance (Technical Report 8025‑4B,
FAA Contract No. DTFA‑02‑90‑90125). (This later appeared as
"Age 60 study, part IV: experimental evaluation of pilot performance, 1994,
DOT/FAA/AM-94-23)
32.
Vihman, M. M., Kay, E. J., de Boysson‑Bardies, D., Durand, C., & Sundberg, U. (1994)
External sources of individual differences? A cross‑linguistic analysis
of the phonetics of mothers' speech to one‑year‑old children. Development
Psychology, 30(5), 651-662.
33. Blank, G. D., Kogut, P. A., Mousley,
K., & Kay, E. J. (1995) Semantic interpretation in linear time in the ATIS
domain. Applied Intelligence, 5(4),
319-350.
34. Ndibi, P. B. & Kay, E. J. (1997) The regulatory framework for the
exploitation of medicinal plants in Cameroon: the case of Prunus africana
on Mount Cameroon. Biodiversity and
Conservation, 6, 1409-1412.
35. Ndibi, P. B. & Kay, E. J. (1999)
Measuring the local community=s participation in the
management of community forests in Cameroon.
Biodiversity and Conservation,8, 255-272.
36. Blank, G. D., Kay, E. J., Pottenger,
W. M., Heigl, J. J., Roy, S., & Sahasrabudhe (2002) Teaching abstract data
type semantics with multimedia, Euorpean conference on object oriented
programming. Workshop on teaching
object-oriented programming, June 2002.
37. Blank, G. D., Barnes, R. F., &
Kay, E. J. (2003) The universal Computer: Introducing Computer Science with
Multimedia (Mcgraw-Hill/Primis)
38.
Krawiec, S., Slater, D., & Kay, E. J. (2005) A ‘hybrid’ bacteriology
course: the professor’s design and expectations; the students’ performance and
assessment, Microbiology Education, 6, 8-13.
39. Frees, S., Kessler, G. D., & Kay, E.
J. (2007) The PRISM Interaction Suite for Precision
Manipulation in Immersive Virtual Environments, ACM Transactions on
Computer-Human Interaction, 14,
1-31.