Teach
Intermediate Programming, Algorithms and Data Structures, Artificial
Intelligence, and Introduction to Computer Science. Classroom instruction,
administration, and syllabus, test, lab and quiz development.
Faculty
advisor for Society of Women Engineers.
Advise
on course selection and verification of eligibility. Assist students in
registration for CSE courses.
Manage
annual CSE@UTA Robot Programming Contest for area high school students.
Manage
CSE Infinity Project program implementation for CSE department freshmen.
Manage
CSE@UTA mentoring program for Spring 2002 first-year freshmen.
Work
with department as needed to support activities for potential students.
Teach
Master's level Expert Systems course. Teach Algorithms and Data Structures, VAX
Assembler and C, and Software Engineering. Classroom instruction,
administration, and syllabus, test, lab and quiz development. Wrote and
presented on research.
Next
Generation Controller (NGC) - Develop, jointly, architecture and specification document for
integration of information base facilities in an NGC. Contributed to
development of schema and documentation for NGC.
Concurrent Engineering - Develop expert executive
for concurrent engineering system focusing on conflict resolution.
Part Data Driven Controller (PDDC) - Design, knowledge
acquisition, and prototype of abrasive waterjet (AWJ) knowledge base (KB) for
robot task planning. Refinement of PDDC system architecture.
Support
local Program Director in development and implementation of local planning,
policies, and procedures. Write proposals and other documents for initiating
and entering into contracts with school districts. Design and develop
presentations about Project SEED for meetings with contracting organizations
and for presentations about the program at conferences and other events.
Develop and help implement plans for internal restructuring of organization.
Provide managerial review and feedback to specialists.
Write,
edit, and review documents for publication about Project SEED. Support National
Director in quick turnaround writing and research tasks. Review and analyze
evaluation results published about Project SEED. Coordinate activities and
facilitate communication between SEED sites. Plan and write Web page to create
an Internet presence for Project SEED. Attend local and regional educational
forums including Urban System Initiative meetings, various conferences, and
university recruiting events representing and giving presentations on Project
SEED.
Assist
in planning, scheduling and implementation of all local Project SEED
contractual obligations. Promote Project SEED to schools, administrators and
board members. Write and edit newsletters for community dissemination. Organize
internal training and work on evaluations, special events, presentations, and
teacher training. Develop, jointly, national level SEED curriculum. Teach
algebra to fourth through eighth grade classes using Socratic discovery
techniques in the Project SEED enrichment program in Dallas ISD. Plan lessons.
Critique other SEED instructors. In 1983-1985 as a full-time employee of Texas
Instruments, worked one hour daily as a corporate volunteer mathematics
specialist with Project SEED.
Teach
Master's and undergraduate level C++ course. Classroom instruction,
administration, and syllabus, test, and project assignment development.
Integrated Strike Planning System (ISPS) - Design and prototype of ISPS weaponeering and
targeting expert systems using the Automated Reasoning Tool for Naval strike
planning. Knowledge acquisition from in-house and customer experts. ISPS demo
design participation.
A Real-Time Embedded Inferencing System (ARTEMIS) - Lisp design and prototype of
real-time embedded artificial intelligence (AI) software development tools for
real-time AI architecture.
Pilot's Associate (PA) - Architecture design
participation on PA multiple expert system pilot aiding for single seat jet
fighter. Automated Reasoning Tool design and implementation of system executive
expert system to control PA multi-agent planning system. Customer
presentations, design and specification discussions. Technical management of
one system and one engineer.
M-1
Fire Control (M1FC) - Implementation of autocuing algorithms for simulation and breadboard of
M1FC tank fire control system. DEC Command Language design and implementation
of fire control system simulation driver.
Dissertation
title "Control and Coordination of Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Planning
Systems".
Advanced
software engineering, robotics, object-oriented software, distributed
databases, neural networks, parallel and distributed processing, and computer
vision.
Survey
of Artificial Intelligence (AI), expert systems, software engineering, and
graphics.
Worked
full-time at Texas Instruments during degree and moved to TI AI lab after AI
classes.
Math-oriented BA in CS. Numerical solutions, program verification, digital logic, and classical logic.
Minor in business. Supported myself with scholarships and work.
Presentation
and public relations skills; Structures and delivery strategies for presenting
staff developments; Management and promotional skills; Coordination and
supervisory skills. Project SEED Socratic group discovery methodology, Project
SEED philosophy and student psychology, six (6) levels of Project SEED advanced
mathematics curriculum, spiral curriculum development, techniques for i)
promoting discovery learning, ii) motivating students, iii) managing a
classroom, iv) creating a positive learning environment.
Software
engineering, US government software documentation requirements, Ada language,
Deming quality control training, Automated Reasoning Tool (ART) training.
Papers
Tiernan, J.C.M., K.S. Barber, and K.A. Harbison-Briggs, "Integration of
Blackboard Based Process Knowledge with Conventional Robot Control Functions on
Parallel Hardware", American Association for Artificial Intelligence
(AAAI-90), July 29 - August 3, 1990.
Tiernan, J.C.M., K.S.Barber, K.A.Harbison-Briggs,AAAI-90 Manufacturing Planning
& Control Wkshp, "Using Process Knowledge for Intelligent Robotic
Manufacturing Applications", Jul 29 - Aug 3, 1990.
Tiernan, J.C.M., K.S. Barber, K.A. Harbison-Briggs, "Knowledge Acquisition
of Process Knowledge for Intelligent Robotic Manufacturing Applications",
Proc. of Midcon 90, pp. 240-243, Sept. 11-13, 1990.
Barber, K.S., J.C.M. Tiernan, and K.A. Harbison-Briggs, "A Process Model
for an Intelligent Robotic Planning System", Proc. of Modeling and
Simulation Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, May 4-5, 1991,Vol. 22 No.
2,pp.1013-1020.
Goldstein, D.G. and Tiernan, J.C.M., "Heterogeneous Distributed Knowledge
Based Systems ", AAAI-91 Workshop on Cooperation Among Heterogeneous
Intelligent Agents, July, 1991.
Barber, K. S., K. A. Harbison-Briggs, O. R. Mitchell and J. C. M. Tiernan,
"Symbolic Representation and Planning for Robot Control Systems in
Manufacturing" in Applications of AI in Manufacturing, ed. A. (Fazel)
Famili, Dana S. Nau, Steven H. Kim, AAAI press, 1992.
Tiernan, J.C.M., Time-Constrained Conflict Resolution for Cooperating
Heterogeneous, Multi-Agent Intelligent Systems, Ph.D. Dissertation, University
of Texas at Arlington, 1992.
Choo, Joshua, Amir Sharif-Homayoun, and Carter Tiernan, "Socratic Pedagogy
and the Integration of Technology", Proceedings of the Thirteenth
International Conference on Technology and Education, New Orleans, LA, March
17-20, 1996, Vol. 1, pp. 374-376.
Curry, Susan and Carter Tiernan, "Distance Learning for Staff
Development" , Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on
Technology and Education, New Orleans, LA, Mar. 17-20, 1996, Vol. 1, pp.
377-379.
Leffler, Warren, Wayne Patterson, and Carter Tiernan, "Teaching
Function-Based Programming Socratically", Proceedings of the Thirteenth
International Conference on Technology and Education, New Orleans, LA, March
17-20, 1996, Vol. 2, pp. 381-383.
Technical Reports
Mullen, D., R. Duff, J.C.M. Tiernan, and K.S. Barber, "Overview of
Trajectory Planning within Intelligent Kinematic Engine", Automation and
Robotics Research Institute Technical Report, ARRI-TR90-9, June 1990.
Tiernan, J.C.M., K.S. Barber, K.A. Harbison-Briggs, "Knowledge Acquisition
of Process Knowledge for Intelligent Robotic Manufacturing Applications",
Automation and Robotics Research Institute Technical Report, ARRI-TR90-15,
April 1990.
Tiernan, J.C.M., K.S. Barber, K.A. Harbison-Briggs, "Abrasive Waterjet
Knowledge Base Architecture and Design", Automation and Robotics Research
Institute Technical Report, ARRI-TR90-20, May 1990.
Martin
Marietta, Inc. "Evaluation, Testing and Compliance for Platform Services
in the Open Architecture for the Next Generation Controller Program,"
1/5/91 - 3/30/91, $60,000. Co-Investigators: K.A. Harbison-Briggs, K.S. Barber,
and J.C.M. Tiernan.
Texas
Workforce Development, “Deploying the Infinity Project Statewide”, 3/1/02 -
8/30/03, $65,000.
Office
of the Provost, “Retention of First-Time Freshmen in the Computer Science and
Engineering Department”, 11/1/02 - 11/1/03, $7,000.
Midcon
90, Dallas, Texas, September 1990, speaker.
American Association for Artificial Intelligence, Workshop on Knowledge-Based
Control Systems, Boston, Massachusetts, August 1990, participant.
American Association for Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing Planning and
Control Workshop, Boston, Massachusetts, August 1990, participant.
American Association for Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing Planning and
Control Workshop, Washington,D.C., July 1993, planning committee.
International Conference on Technology and Education, New Orleans, LA, March
1996, presenter.
Outstanding
Teacher Award, Sigma Xi Research Society, UTA chapter, 1993-94
Faculty Associate, Automation and Robotics Research Institute
National Merit Scholarship recipient, Blue Bell corporation
University of Tennessee Endowment Scholarship recipient
American Association for Artificial Intelligence
North Texas Association for Artificial Intelligence
Association for Computing Machinery
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
Sigma Xi Research Society