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Prior to his current job, Bill worked as a research associate at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. As a research associate, he maintained the University's homepage and conducted workshops/seminars to help faculty, staff, and students develop web sites. As webmaster, Bill made the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's homepage a very organized, attractive, and resourceful website by (1) making the entire UTK webspace searchable, (2) designing advanced computer graphics and zooming maps, (3) adding audio and QuickTime movies, (4) developing numerous interactive Web-based applications, (5) creating a functional interface with a consistent look and feel, and (6) creating several slide shows which allow visitors to take a pictorial stroll of the UTK campus.
Bill also conducted workshops and seminars to help faculty, staff, and students develop personal and departmental web sites. These presentations covered the basic elements involved in developing a well designed website such as: designing the flow of information, selecting content, laying out text and graphics, making the site searchable, using images and tables, incorporating CGI scripts, displaying usage statistics, marketing and announcing the site, and improving the download time.
During this time he was invaluable in helping to design and develop the Faculty Information System (FIS). This World-Wide Web application allows users to browse and search detailed professional information on over 900 faculty at UTK. This system helps the University better understand and manage its resources by providing profiles of the faculty accomplishments in teaching, research, and service.
During this period, Bill also designed and developed a Document Tracking System (DTS). This database application is used to monitor official documents as they flow through the Office of Research (OR). This system has been instrumental in helping OR determine delays, and in answering questions concerning the status of grants and contracts as they become approved. This Document Tracking System was so successful that Chancellor Bill Snyder adopted it for use by his office. A modified version of the the DTS called the Business Industry Tracking System (BITS) is currently being used to track partnerships between the University of Tennessee and business contacts. This system has proven invaluable to UTK in maintaining and establishing new partnerships, tracking critical information, and matching interests between faculty and outside companies.
Prior to this job, Bill worked as a teaching and graduate student in the computer science department. His teaching responsiblities included: preparing classroom lectures and exams, grading, assisting students, and holding office hours. As a research assistant, Bill has developed and implemented many large-scale software applications that are still actively being used. In particular, while working for Jack Dongarra as a research assistant, Bill help develop the first versions of a mail facility package called the Numerical Analysts Net (NA-NET) and a graphical user interface to the Networked Library (Netlib). The NA-NET is a system developed to serve the community of numerical analysts and other researchers. Netlib is a repository of freely available software and documents of interest to the numerical and scientific communities.
Bill was raised in rural Vail, Iowa. After graduating from high school, he attended Iowa State University where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with a minor in Speech Communication. Bill then entered the Graduate School of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. There he received his master's and doctoral degrees in computer science.
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