CSC482 INTRODUCTION TO TEXT ANALYTICS COURSE INTRODUCTION: PART
ONE Thomas Tiahrt, MA, PhD
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Information Introduction to Text Analytics (3 hr) Northwestern
College Online Analytics Program Office: VPH 109CPhone:
712-707-7052 Textbook: The Text Mining Handbook: Advanced
Approaches in Analyzing Unstructured Data by Ronen Feldman, James
Sanger; Publisher: Cambridge University Press (Dec. 11, 2006);
ISBN-13: 978- 0521836579 Email: [email protected] N.B. the
sound level from my headset is low compare to other sources, such
as music or podcasts. 2
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Who am I? 3 20102013 Deadwood-Mickelson Half Marathon
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Your Instructor Away from Work 4
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Educational Background 6 B.S. Accounting, University of South
Dakota M.A. Computer Science, University of South Dakota Ph. D.
Computational Science and Statistics, University of South
Dakota
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Professional Experience Software Development 7 Chief Scientist,
BrightPlanet Corporation Principal Software Engineer, BrightPlanet
Corporation Principal Software Engineer, VisualMetrics Corporation
Senior Software Engineer, Gateway Senior Software Engineer, Loral
Medical Imaging Systems, Inc. Senior Software Engineer, Siemens
Gammasonics, Inc. Senior Software Engineer, Parallel Software, Inc.
Senior Design Engineer, Mycro-Tek, Inc. Director of Software
Development, CMC Info Sys, Inc. Software Engineer, CMC Info Sys,
Inc.
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Software Patents 8 US Patent 6,741,979 System and method for
flexible indexing of document content May 25, 2004 Inventors:
Tiahrt; Thomas W US Patent 7,146,409 System and method for
efficient control and capture of dynamic database content July 21,
2001 Inventors: Bushee; William J., Tiahrt; Thomas W. US Patent
7,249,122 Method and system for automatic harvesting and
qualification of dynamic database content July 24, 2007 Inventors:
Bushee; William J., Tiahrt; Thomas W., Bergman; Michael K. US
Patent 7,676,555 System and method for efficient control and
capture of dynamic database content March 9, 2010 Inventors:
Bushee; William J., Tiahrt; Thomas W., Bergman; Michael K.
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Professional Experience Higher Education 9 Analytics Program
Director, Northwestern College Assistant Professor of Computer
Science, Northwestern College Research Assistant, University of
South Dakota Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of South
Dakota
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End of Part One of the Introduction 10 See part two for more
information.