Ph.D.,

HONORS / AWARDS:

Publishing Prize Competition Award, The Journal of Faith and Science Exchange.
University Fellowship, Ohio State University.
Phi Kappa Phi, Youngstown State University.
C.P. Gould Society, Youngstown State University.
Junior Class Honors (top 1%), Youngstown State University.
Valedictorian, Struthers High School.
Ohio State Champion, Extemporaneous Speaking.

• Artificial Intelligence (AI), including
• artificial neural networks
• rule-based systems
• fuzzy logic
• hybrid AI
• distributed AI
• testing and evaluation of AI systems

• with applications in
• data fusion
• intelligent decision support, and
• modeling and simulation

• Philosophy and Theology, emphasizing relations with Al

WORK HISTORY:

Advancia Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK
Senior Systems Engineer, 6/93 – 5/99; currently Consulting Systems Engineer

• Conducted artificial neural network research with backpropagation learning, co-authoring papers on results.
• Conducted hybrid artificial intelligence research, using CLIPS, FuzzyCLIPS and MATLAB, co-authoring papers on the results.
• Presented technical briefings on artificial neural networks and AI, in-house and at Cameron University.
• Provided technical supervision for a decision-aid project involving integration of standard AI knowledge engineering with object-oriented analysis.
• Wrote proposals (including SBIRs) for artificial neural network and data fusion research and development.
• Participated in formulation of Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) protocol standards, as a member of the Computer Generated Forces (CGF) Working Group.
• CO-authored and presented conference papers on CGF application to evaluation of intelligent decision support systems (Orlando and Aberdeen, 1995).
• Constructed CGF test exercises, using ModSAF.
• Defined behavioral representations for artificially intelligent agents.
• Designed and programmed a fuzzy logic tool to assist with evaluation of an intelligent decision support system.
• Proposed and helped organize, in cooperation with NASA, a workshop for the AAAI-94 AI Conference (Seattle, 1994) on Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Environmental Applications.

Unemployed during a period of economic recession in late-1992 and early 1993, I maintained all my professional memberships, kept my technical abilities current by reading the professional literature, and practiced artificial neural network programming on my home computer.

GENERAL DYNAMICS – ELECTRIC BOAT DIVISION, Groton, CT
Engineering Specialist, 10/89 – 4/92

• Designed the multisensor data fusion portion of a prototype damage control system for naval vessels.
• Checked knowledge bases for logical errors, and participated in knowledge acquisition interviews of domain experts, during implementation of a prototype rule-based platform management system.
• Contributed, as team member, to architectural design of an integrated C3I system, and to evaluation of the prototype decision aids it comprised (e.g., maneuver advisor, signature management, contact classification).
• Organized and directed, as Principal Investigator, a multisensor fusion IR&D subtask that produced a working man-in-the-loop simulation testbed for alternate data fusion architectures and involved interfacing of a rule-based system with artificial neural network modules; supervised the work of three C programmer/analysts during detail design and implementation.
• Authored a paper describing my data fusion design for platform damage control, and presented it at a General Dynamics Artificial Intelligence Conference in San Diego (November 1991).
• Gave a presentation in Fort Worth, TX (at a conference sponsored by the General Dynamics Artificial Intelligence Working Group) concerning hybrid (symbolic and artificial neural network) systems (November 1990).
• Co-authored a paper describing in-house sensor fusion research, and presented it at an AAAI workshop in Boston (July 1990).
• Presented briefings on multisensor data fusion (to representatives of a periscope manufacturer, to Electric Boat technical staff, and to General Dynamics corporate executives – VP level).

OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH, Arlington, VA
Scientific Officer (TDY from U.S. Army), 12/88 – 10/89

• Implemented and tested an autoassociative artificial neural network system (based upon prior work contained in my doctoral dissertation), using supercomputing resources at the Naval Research Laboratory (Washington, DC); implementation language was CM-FORTRAN and hardware consisted of two Connection Machines (CM-2s) with a VAX 8800 front-end.
• Assisted supervisor in organizing an Artificial Intelligence contractor meeting on Intelligent Computer Assisted Instruction.
• Assisted supervisor in management of funding for basic research in the field of Cognitive Science.
• Reviewed and evaluated contract research proposals in the area of Cognitive Science.
• Reviewed and evaluated artificial neural network research proposals (originally received by DARPA in response to its BAA solicitation).

U.S. ARMY – AVIATION SYSTEMS COMMAND, St. Louis, MO
Operations Research Analyst, 8/87 – 12/88

• Organized the Artificial Intelligence training of technical staff in Mission Equipment Division of Aviation Systems Command.
• Reviewed and evaluated contract research reports in applied Artificial Intelligence (e.g., validation of an expert system for helicopter maintenance, application of AI to tactical systems, research in knowledge representation).
• Participated with supervisor in the planning of an aircraft simulation facility, intended for study of problems in helicopter cockpit systems integration and the human-computer interface.
• Completed an ARO course at the University of Pennsylvania ("Introduction to Parallel Architectures and Processing in AI Applications").
• Attended three-day briefing at Wright Patterson Air Force Base on Pilot’s Associate AI program.

I spent the time between foregoing and following employers writing my doctoral dissertation.

ONLINE COMPUTER LIBRARY CENTER, Dublin, OH
Systems Analyst, 8/83 – 5/86

• Designed and implemented a selection system for hardware acquisition (including RFIs, evaluation spreadsheets, and RFPs).
• Designed and implemented procedures for supervising in-house use of legally protected software.
• Wrote three large (150-200 pp.) computer user manuals for a distributed communications processor (DCP).

I spent the time between foregoing and following employers completing three years of full-time graduate coursework for the Ph.D.

ANN ARBOR COMPUTER CORPORATION, Ann Arbor, MI
Software Supervisor, 12/79 – 7/80

• Planned project schedule and staffing for a Post Office automation contract.
• Hired, trained, and supervised a Data Group comprised of six programmer/analysts

Systems Analyst, 12/78 – 12/79

• Programmed in TAL language on TANDEM equipment.
• Designed, coordinated, and helped present operator and programmer training courses.
• Wrote draft of a large Operators Manual for an automated mail sorting system.

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK, Detroit Branch, Detroit, MI
Jr. Systems Analyst, 12/77 – 8/78

• Conducted Feasibility Study for automation of Bond Department.
• Analyzed data requirements for integrating employee records of Chicago Federal Reserve and the Detroit Branch

GENERAL FOODS CORPORATION, Battle Creek, MI
EDP Analyst, 10/76 – 10/77

• Programmed in COBOL (w/ JCL) for an IBM OS/360 system; application was a QA system.
• Wrote portions of the user manual for the QA system.
• Performed maintenance programming in RPG II.

SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE INVENTORY:

CLIPS, FuzzyCLIPS, MATLAB (including Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic Toolboxes), Stuttgart Neural Network Simulator (SNNS), EMACS, TROFF, WORD, Excel, PowerPoint, VOLKSWRITER, TEN/PLUS, C-CALC, Basic, COBOL, JCL, FORTRAN, CM-FORTRAN (for Connection Machine CM-2), C, TANDEM (TAL, TGAL, VS Editor), SNOBOL, PL/1, APL, RPG II, OS/360, UNIX (various versions), DOS, AIM II benchmark suite.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

American Association for Artificial Intelligence.
International Neural Network Society.
Cognitive Science Society.

PUBLICATIONS and PRESENTATIONS:

Metzler, Theodore. "And the Robot Asked ‘What do you say I am?’: Can Artificial Intelligence Help Theologians and Scientists Understand Free Moral Agency?" The Journal of Faith and Science Exchange IV (2000): 37-48.

Heineken, Carolyn; Metzler, Theodore; Ortiz, Rafael; and Wonsewitz, Ray. "Tuning a Fuzzy Expert System for Simulations of Population Behavior." Presented at the IASTED International Conference on Modeling and Simulation, 5-8 May, 1999, Philadelphia, PA, and published in Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Modeling and Simulation, pp. 317-321. ACTA Press, May 1999.

Ortiz, Rafael and Metzler, Theodore. "Planning US Border Patrol Staffing with a Modeling and Simulation Tool." Presented at the IASTED International Conference on Modeling and Simulation, 13-16 May, 1998, Pittsburgh, PA, and published in Modeling and Simulation: Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference, pp. 312-316, Edited by M.H. Hamza. Anaheim: IASTED/ACTA Press, 1998.

Metzler, Theodore and Ortiz, Rafael. "Modeling Population Behavior with Fuzzy Logic Agents." Presented at Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering (ANNIE ’97) Conference, 9 – 12 November 1997, St. Louis, MO, and published in Smart Engineering Systems: Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Data Mining, and Evolutionary Programming, pp. 273-278, Edited by Cihan H. Dagle, et al. New York: ASME Press,1997.

Metzler, Theodore and Pope, Charles. "Detention and Deportation Operational Staffing Model (OSM)." Presentation to Deputy Commissioner and Executive Associate Commissioners of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) at INS Headquarters, Washington, D.C., 12 June 1997.

Metzler, Theodore and Nordyke, John. "Use of ModSAF in Development of an Automated Training Analysis and Feedback System." In Proceedings of 6^th Conference on Computer Generated Forces and Behavioral Representation, pp. 151-155. Orlando: Institute for Simulation and Training, 1996.

Metzler, Theodore and Kelly, Joseph. "A Method to Quantify the Application Value of Intelligent Decision Support Systems." In Proceedings of 5^th Conference on Computer Generated Forces and Behavioral Representation, pp. 385-390. Orlando: Institute for Simulation and Training, 1995.

Metzler, Theodore and Kelly, Joseph. "A Method for Testing Intelligent Decision Support Systems, Using Distributed Interactive Simulation." In Test Technology Symposium XXI Proceedings, pp. 481-488. Aberdeen, Maryland: Department of the Army, 1995.

Metzler, Theodore A. and Gore, Ronald H. "Application of Hybrid AI to Identification of Chemical Compounds." In TECOM Artificial Intelligence Technology Symposium Proceedings, pp. 415-428. Aberdeen, Maryland: Department of the Army, 1994.

Robideaux, Bret R. and Metzler, Theodore A. "Adding Intelligent Services to an Object Oriented System." In Third CLIPS Conference Proceedings, Volume 1, pp. 143-152. NASA Conference Publication #10162, 1994.

Gore, Ronald H. and Metzler, Theodore A. "Classifying Infrared Spectra of Compounds with Modular Neural Networks." In AI Technologies for Environmental Applications: Workshop Notes, 1994 National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pp. 145-152. Menlo Park, California: American Association for Artificial Intelligence, 1994.

Metzler, Theodore A. "Neural Networks: A Familiarization Briefing." Presentation at Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma, 26 October 1993.

Metzler, Theodore; Thaxton, Edgar; and Whitney, Mark. Damage Control Advisor: Sensor/Actuator Technology Assessment. Report Number P-490-91-010. Groton, Connecticut: General Dynamics – Electric Boat Division, January 1992.

Metzler, Theodore A. "A Multisensor Fusion Architecture for Platform Damage Control." In Proceedings: 1991 Interdivisional Conference on Artificial Intelligence. San Diego, California: General Dynamics, 1991.

McGee, J.; Metzler, T.; and Paesano, S. Pre-Planned Product Improvement Study: Advanced Command and Control Evaluation. Groton, Connecticut: General Dynamics – Electric Boat Division, 28 June, 1991.

Metzler, Theodore A. Progress Report for Multisensor Data Fusion. Report Number P-490-90-036. Groton, Connecticut: General Dynamics – Electric Boat Division, November 1990.

Metzler, Theodore A. and Kost, Michael R. Jr. "Neural Network and Symbolic Processes in a Multisensor Fusion System." In Proceedings GDAI-90. Fort Worth, Texas: General Dynamics, 1990.

Metzler, Theodore and Kost, Michael. Detail System Design: Multisensor Data Fusion Subtask. Report Number C-490-90-011 (C). Groton, Connecticut: General Dynamics – Electric Boat Division, July 1990.

Metzler, Theodore and Kost, Michael. General System Design: Multisensor Data Fusion Subtask. Report Number C-490-90-004 (C). Groton, Connecticut: General Dynamics – Electric Boat Division, June 1990.

Metzler, T. DCP Operations Manual. Dublin, Ohio: Online Computer Library Center, 1984.

Metzler, T. DCP Systems Support Manual. Dublin, Ohio: Online Computer Library Center, 1984.

Metzler, T. DCP Customer Services Manual. Dublin, Ohio: Online Computer Library Center, 1984.