PARVAC Personnel

Mark Haselkorn <markh [at] u [dot] washington [dot] edu>

Dr. Mark Haselkorn is founding chair of the Department of Technical Communication in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington, directs the Pacific Rim Visualization and Analytics Center (PARVAC), is CCI Lead on the National Center for Border Security and Immigration, and also founded and directs the UW’s Interdisciplinary Program in Humanitarian Relief. Dr. Haselkorn worked on an NSF initiative on the emerging frontier of "Humanitarian Service Science & Engineering." He has worked with the military on a number of projects, including the integration of DoD and VA electronic medical records and the Air Force’s strategic management of ICT under the threat of Y2K (a study published by the National Research Council). He has conducted foundational research in the area of intelligent transportation systems, managing projects totaling over $3M, including development of the first Web-based real-time traveler information system (Traffic Reporter, 1990). Dr. Haselkorn is currently the President of the IEEE Professional Communication Society.

Tracy Andrus <tandrus [at] wileyc [dot] edu>

Professor Tracy Andrus is the Director of the Lee P. Brown Criminal Justice Institute at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas. Dr. Andrus obtained his Bachelors in Criminal Justice from Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana. He obtained his masters degree in criminal justice from the University of Louisiana Monroe and his PHD from Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas. On May 7, 2005 Dr. Andrus became the first African American in the nation to earn a PHD in juvenile justice. His dissertation was entitled A Macro Analysis of Poverty and African American Incarceration. Most of Dr. Andrus’ research focuses on ‘Rights and laws surrounding ex-felons and vulnerable groups.’ Dr. Andrus is the President of the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice (SWACJ). 

Dr. Andrus is currently conducting research here at the University of Washington for ten weeks. His research team consist of two students from Wiley College. They are researching issues surrounding border security and civil liberties infringments. The title of their research is "Equal Protection of the Law in the Era of Terrorism". Dr. Andrus is the principle investigator for DHS grant. The research is funded by Department of Homeland Security. The scope of the research is to analyze the laws and policies that govern immigration and border security. Additionally, the researchers will examine the application, policies and procedures of 287G and it’s impact on immigrants and American citizens in regards to civil liberties infringement. 

Findings and outcomes from this study will help DHS better understand the impact that these laws are having on the citizens and immigrants. Dr. Andrus and the Wiley College research team will apply for additional funding to conduct a much broader research project once a proposal is developed here at UW. The actual study will be conducted in several differnt states and will be generalizable over a much larger area. 

Bruce Campbell <brucedc [at] u [dot] washington [dot] edu>

Bruce currently works as a Research Scientist at the University of Washington while attempting to improve various virtual communities through quality computer-mediated communications. Most recently Bruce is working with the Visual Analytics for emergency response community and the international ocean habitat conservation community.

He coordinates the Industrial Engineering 599 B seminar entitled Visualization and Analytics.

Daniel Dailey <dailey [at] ee [dot] washington [dot] edu>

Dr. Daniel J. Dailey is a research track Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington. He also holds an Adjunct appointment in Civil & Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering where he serves as the Director of the Intelligent Transportation Systems program. He has published over 100 technical papers and reports on a variety of topics including: GIS, GPS, distributed computing, modeling of stochastic processes, computer vision, data fusion and ITS systems as well as distance learning. He is co-author of a book titled "Wireless Communication for Intelligent Transportation Systems," and is a past president of the IEEE ITS Council.

Matt Dunbar <mddunbar [at] uw [dot] edu>

Matt Dunbar is the GIS Specialist at the UW Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE), where he provides support and training in research projects involving spatial data. He has been a member of two PARVAC research project teams: 1) National Center for Border Security and Immigration (NCBSI) Organizational Analysis, and 2) Nepal  Economic Corridor Mapping. 

Matt has eight years of GIS project experience spanning the range from data acquisition, to modeling and analysis, as well as web and hard-copy presentation. He has specific research experience in handheld GIS systems, time-series or change analysis, geographic visualization, remote sensing, open source web mapping, and population distribution modeling and analysis. Matt has an M.A. in Geography and is completing his PhD in Geography from the University of Kansas.

Tom Furness <tom [dot] furness [at] hitlabnz [dot] org>

Tom Furness is the founder of the Human Interface Technology Laboratory and the PARVAC. He is a professor of Industrial Enginering and holds adjunct professorships in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Technical Communications. He is also a founder of the HIT Lab New Zealand at the University of Canterbury, where he is an Erskine Fellow and founder of the HIT Lab Australia at the University of Tasmania. Dr. Furness is a pioneer in the early development of the field of Virtual Reality while working for the USAF at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in the development of advanced cockpits for military aircraft. His professional career spans over 40 years and includes the development of advanced interface technology for medicine, education, scientific visualization, telecommunications, business and enterprise, and entertainment. He holds twenty patents and has received the Discover Award for his invention of the virtual retinal display.

Konrad Schroder <perseant [at] hitl [dot] washington [dot] edu>

Konrad Schroder received a BS with Distinction in Mathematics and a BA in Latin from the University of Washington in 1995. As soon as he could, he began work at the UW’s Human Interface Technology Laboratory (HITLab), starting as a System Administrator and working up to the position of Assistant Director for Information Technology and Services, a composite of sys-admin, webmaster, consultant, programmer and fleetmaster with a degree of management thrown into the mix.

Konrad has been an active member of the NetBSD Foundation since 1999, where he is a kernel developer and the maintainer of the NetBSD Log-Structured Filesystem (LFS); overseen digitization of Classical Latin works under the name of Project Libellus; and been a founding member of a seed-level startup company focusing on Wearable Computing hardware design. In addition to his HITLab and PARVAC work he is currently engaged in mathematical modeling for RaTLab LLC and application programming for Mediacast LLC.

Gael Tarleton <gdt [at] u [dot] washington [dot] edu>

Gael Tarleton is PARVAC’s Manager of Partnerships and New Initiatives, and also a Senior Advisor to UW’s Institute for National Security Education and Research (INSER). At UW, Gael has focused on connecting faculty and students across UW to tackle the most important safety and security challenges of our generation. From regional preparedness to nuclear proliferation to human security, she has fostered partnerships that advance research and understanding. Gael built science and technology collaborations between the United States and Russia while working at SAIC during the 1990s. She started her career in Washington, D.C. as a research analyst in the national intelligence community, where she developed a life-long appreciation for how to collect, analyze, and distribute data to help people solve complex problems. Gael just began a four-year term as a part-time elected official, serving as Seattle Port Commissioner.

Zelda Zabinsky <zelda [at] u [dot] washington [dot] edu>

Dr. Zelda B. Zabinsky is a Professor in Industrial Engineering at the University of Washington with adjunct appointments in Electrical, Mechanical, and Civil and Environmental Engineering. She has published numerous papers in the areas of global optimization and algorithm complexity, and a book, Stochastic Adaptive Search in Global Optimization, in 2003. She has worked with Boeing in developing software to aid engineers in optimizing the design of composite panels for aircraft. She has also performed research on optimization of air traffic flow management, where the objective function is not only multimodal, but also incorporates probabilistic effects. As a co-PI of PARVAC, Professor Zabinsky is integrating optimization under uncertainty in the area of disaster management. Dr. Zabinsky is on the editorial board of the Journal of Global Optimization. She teaches courses in Operations Research and has received the annual teaching award in Industrial Engineering several times.

Alena Benson <alenabenson [at] gmail [dot] com>

Alena Benson is a masters student in Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington.  Her research with PARVAC is directed toward sustainably integrating information and communication systems (ICS) within organizations to support collaborative decision making.  She is also interested in visual analytics and analytical reasoning, user-centered design, and computer-supported collaboration.  Her background is in computer science and she has industry experience in user-centered system design.

Faria Bhatti <faria_hb [at] hotmail [dot] com>

Faria Bhatti is a Masters student in the department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington. She is the content editor and graphic designer for PARVAC. Faria got her B.S. in Technical Communication in 2008 from the University of Washington and is now pursuing an M.S. in Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington. Her focus in M.S. is Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and User Centered Design (UCD).

Pallavi Damera <pallavid [at] u [dot] washington [dot] edu>

Pallavi Damera is a Masters student in Technical Communication at the University of Washington. She will be working on User research, Data Visualization and Process modeling to support research on early warning of societal disruption. She received a B.Tech in Information and Communication Technology from DAIICT, India and Post grad Diploma in User Interface Design from National Institute of Design, India. Worked on Patterns in Vertical Search UIs and User behaviors as a Design research Intern at Yahoo! R&D, Bangalore.

Carrie Garrison-Laney <carrie [dot] gl [at] gmail [dot] com>

Carrie Garrison-Laney is a Master’s student in Human Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington.  As a PARVAC research assistant, she supports the National Center for Border Security and Immigration (NCBSI) Organizational Analysis project.  Her background is in geological hazard research and previously worked for the US Geological Survey.  She has a BS in Geology from San Francisco State University, and an MS in Environmental Systems from Humboldt State University.

Juan Leon <jmleon69 [at] gmail [dot] com>

Juan Miguel Leon is a senior at Wiley College and is double majoring in History and Criminal Justice. After obtaining his Bachelors degree, his plans are to pursue a Masters degree in Law. He has a 2 year research experience with Purdue University on a project called ‘Innocence Project.’ He is also a member of Blackstone Prelaw and National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice. He was also awarded two scholarships: The Running Rebel Scholarship and Presidential Scholarship. For the research project at University of Washington, he is a student research assistant and will continue to be an assistant research with this project in future. 

Huseyin Onur Mete <mete [at] u [dot] washington [dot] edu>

Huseyin Onur Mete is a PhD student in Industrial Engineering at the University of Washington. He is developing optimization models and solution methods for emergency management problems in PARVAC. Mete got his B.S. in Industrial Engineering at Istanbul Technical University, Turkey; and M.S. in Industrial Engineering at Bogazici University, Turkey.

Rebecca Walton <rebeccaww [at] gmail [dot] com>

Rebecca Walton is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington. Her research interests involve information and communication technology for development (ICTD), particularly information systems design and process improvement. She is a primarily qualitative researcher with extensive field experience, having designed and participated in research projects in regions including Africa, Central Asia, and the U.S. Her research experience involves ICTD projects to support public health, microfinance, and emergency logistics. She has a B.A. in English from Abilene Christian University and an M.A. in technical writing from the University of North Texas.

Keyona White <misskeyona [at] yahoo [dot] com>

Keyona White is a senior at Wiley College and is obtaining a Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice. After graduation, she plans to pursue a Masters degree in Criminal Justice. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated at Wiley College. She has prior experience of conducting research and presenting at Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice (SWACJ). She is a student research assistant and will continue to be an assistant research with this project with University of Washington.

Kristin Wieben <kristin [dot] wieben [at] gmail [dot] com>

Kristin Wieben just received her Masters in Public Administration from the University of Washington. As a PARVAC research assistant, she supports the National Center for Border Security and Immigration (NCBSI) Organizational Analysis project. Kristin also did on-the-ground work in Kathmandu on the Nepal Economic Corridor Mapping Project. She holds a BA in political science and English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.