Shermane A. Austin

Education

InstitutionDegree and MajorDate Conferred
City College of New York    B.S. Economics   September, 1984
City College of New York    M.S. Computer Science   June, 1985
City University of New York    Ph.D., Computer Science   February, 1993

Research (Selected)

"Observations and simulations of intense spring sea breezes along the New York-New Jersey coast", S.D. Gedzelman, K.Y. Kong, S.A. Austin, 6th International Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes, American Meteorological Society Conference, January, 2005

"Mesoscale Aspects of the Urban Heat Island around New York City", S.D. Gedzelman, S. Austin , Journal of Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 75(1-2), 29-42, doi: 10.1007/s00704-002-0724-2, 2003

"Visualization of Meteorological and Related Data Using Plug-ins based on Latex Technology", M. Vulis, S. Austin, American Meteorological Society Annual Conference, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems(IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, January 2001, Albuquerque, New Mexico

"LateX-based Implementation of Real-Time GIS Layers", M. Vulis, S. Austin, 12th European TeX Conference, September, 2001, Netherlands

"The Greater New York City Sea Breeze Vortex and Watchung Front", S. Austin, S. Gedzelman, IN Biometerology and Urban Climatology at the Turn of the Millenium, (Eds) R.J. deDear, J.D. Kalma, T.R. Oke, A.Auliciems, World Meteorological Organization, pp. 571-574, 2000

"Intelligent Web-based System for Retrieval of Meteorological Data", S. Austin, I. Maslov, M. Vulis, EOS Abstracts, Association of Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2000, San Francisco

"Mesocale and synoptic-scale effects on the validation of NSCAT by means of data buoy reports", S. Austin and W. Pierson, Journal of Geophysical Research, 04(C5), 11,437-11447, 1999

"Simulated Comparisons of Remotely Sensed Winds with Measurements by the Deep Ocean National Data Buoys and with Synoptic Scale Winds in the Marine Boundary Layer", S. Austin, W. Pierson, W. Sylvester, Proceedings of the NASA Scatterometer Science Symposium, November 1997, Hawaii

Education (selected)
"Engaging minority students in NASA-related missions", J.Harrington, Jr, J.C. Leary, S.A. Austin, L. Hayden, L.P. Johnson, H. Schulte, D. Walters, AAS Spring Meeting, #204, #12.04, May, 2004, Denver, CO

"Evolution of a Computational Earth and Space Science Course", L. Johnson, S. Austin, J. Steiner, AAS Spring Meeting, #202, 10.12, May 2003, Nashville, Tennessee

"Course Innovations for Space Science Curriculum", L. Johnson, S. Austin, N. Tyson, C. Liu, I. Robbins, E. Zirbel, I. Ekejuiba, J. Steiner, J. Frost, AAS Fall Meeting, #201, #150.04, February, 2002, Seattle, WA

"METNET:Using Real-Time Local Weather Data in Earth Science Classes in New York City", S. Austin, S. Gedzelman, S. Richards, B. Friedman, American Meteorology Society Annual Conference, 11th Symposium on Education, January 2002, Orlando, Florida

"Enhancing Diversity in Earth and Space Science", S. Austin, L. Johnson, J. Frost, J. Steiner, AGU, abstract#ED71B-0051, December, 2002, San Francisco

"The New York City Space Science Research Alliance Enhancing Undergraduate Education and Research: An Educational Initiative Targeting Increased Diversity in Space Science", L. Johnson, S.Austin, et al., American Astronomical Society Spring Meeting, Education Symposium, June, 2001, Pasadena, California

"METNET: Real-time Data for Research and Education", S. Austin, MUSPIN/NASA Annual Conference, Atlanta, September, 2000

"Integrating the Internet into Classroom Instruction - Strategies to Enhance Existing Curriculum", S. Gersh, S. Austin, National Education Computing Conference, 1999, Atlantic City, NJ

"Urban Science and Technology in New York", S. Austin, S. Gedzelman, V. Thomas, NASA Science Informations System Newsletter, Issue 52, 1999

Research grants/contracts

Hewlett Packard (HP) Teaching with Technology Grant
Equipment: wireless mobile lab and related peripherals, value: $75,000
Summer, 2004
Principal Investigator

NASA IRA Information Network for Research and Education, Cooperative Agreement
$100,000 February, 2004 -January, 2005
Principal Investigator

NASA IRA Information Network for Research and Education, Cooperative Agreement, NCC 5-530
$1,050,000, February, 2001 -January, 2004
Principal Investigator

NASA Space Science Minority University Initiative
$750,000, January, 2001-December, 2003
Co-Investigator
Principal Investigator - Prof. Leon Johnson, Medgar Evers College

NASA IRA Networking Infrastructure Award, Cooperative Agreement NCC 5-98, $2,400,000, September, 1995 - August, 2000
Principal Investigator

NYSTAR Award, CUNY Institute of Software Design
$100,000,
Co-Investigator, faculty development coordinator for wireless applications
Principal Investigator: Ted Brown, CUNY Graduate Center, Computer Science Department

JPL Research Associate
Summer, 1998
Principal Investigator, Williard Pierson, Remote Sensing, CCNY

University Research Associate, Institute for Climate and Planets, GISS/NASA
9/1994-8/1996

Some of the CS Courses I've taught

Undergraduate
Introduction to Computing
Discrete Math I
Discrete Math II
Computer Organization and Assembly Language
Data Structures
Object-Oriented Software Design
Probability and Stochastic Processes
Introduction to Database
Programming Language Paradigms
Software Engineering
Analysis of Algorithms
Theoretical Computer Science
Data Communication and Networks
Logic and Switching Theory
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Computer Architecture
Operating Systems
Scientific Programming
Introduction to the Internet
Internet Programming
Unix System and Network Administration

Graduate
List and String Processing
Database I
Database II