Special Projects

Killer Whale Training

Developed SWACS, the Sea World Audio Cueing System, to train killer whales for shows at the Sea World marine parks. SWACS uses computer-generated sound projected underwater in a synthetic pseudo-language. Sea World

 

Sound Noise and Vibration

Technical lead for development of SDRC Sound Quality – a sound, noise, and vibration system that was used at 1/3 of the world’s major auto manufacturers and many other industrial and consumer products companies. SDRC

 

Biological Fingerprinting

Matching algorithm development and testing for a biological fingerprinting system based on the autoimmune antibody antigen profile. The system was used by the US military during Desert Storm, but for law enforcement and general use was obviated by DNA-based techniques using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) replication.

 

Microdisection and Chromatography

A small amount of work doing microdisection of hair follicles and preparing materials and assisting wtih thin-layer chromatographic analysis. UCLA Medial School

 

Consumer Electronics and Services

First Popular Hand-held Video Jukebox

Initial approach, engineering evaluation, and design. Creative NOMAD

 

Computer – Hardware and Systems

First Moderately-Priced, Professional Digital Audio Workstation

Software architect, hardware advisor. Hybrid Arts ADAP-II

 

Workstation-based Video Conferencing

Sun Microsystems Laboratories

 

First Handheld Programmable Portable Computer

Software designer, hardware advisor. This ruggedized portable computer used the first 2 line x 16 character LCD display ever brought into the US. Azurdata

 

Early VLIW (Very Long Instruction Word) Processor and Multi-transaction Asynchronous Buss

Early digital synthesizer. Architecture. MSI and nMOS design. Independent study at UCSD.

 

Computer – Software

Data and Audio Storage - DDS-3 Tape System and Drive Design

Seagate, Sony

 

Storage Subsystem - SGI Indigo-2

SGI

 

DirectDAT

Software to support multichannel audio and sequential data recording and analysis. Used by 1/3 of the world's major auto manufacturers, Harley Davidson, Bell-Huey helicopter, major consumer products companies. Synthesis

 

Highly Portable Source-level Debugger for Ada

TeleSoft

 

68000 Debugger

Wrote boot ROM, debugger, and chip-layout aware memory tester for early 68000 development board. Renaissance Systems

 

UCSD Pascal Project

12th member of the UCSD Pascal Project. Responsible for LSI-11 and PDP-11 interpreters after 1.3. Wrote native code generator for TI990. Wrote first Motorola 68000 disassembler (before chip was released).

James Gosling has written that the Java bytcode virtual machine was based on UCSD Pascal’s p-code.

 

Audio

Sony Oxford Console

Responsible for software that allowed Oxford console automations to be saved and shared. Also allowed 3rd party editing applications. Sony Professional Systems, Japan

 

Digital Signal Processor

Quintprocessor. Ariel and NeXT

 

Audiophile Audio

Trained an audiophile manufacturer on successfully designing systems with digital and low-level audio circuitry in the same box, for their first CD player. Counterpoint

 

Dubbing Stage Automation

In 1981, designed a system to computer-control all major recording and mixing function in Universal’s main dubbing stage. Volition Systems

 

Space Enthusiast

Currently researching ways high dynamic range imaging techniques and processing can support analysis of rocket booster behaviour.

 

As an associate member of the Space Dermatology Foundation, participated in space medicine meetings at Kennedy, Johnson, and Ames. Topics included liquid pressure and transport, healing, monitoring bone length changes with extended weightlessness.

 

As a guest of Sam Beddingfield, attended both the launch and landing of STS-34 – the Atlantis mission that launched Galileo. Have also attended two additional shuttle landings.

 

On of a small number of guests invited to the launch of the SETI HRMS (High Resolution Microwave Survey) at Goldstone.

 

Guest at JPL for two Mars mission landings or first transmissions.