Adam J. Conover, D.Sc.

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Doctor of Science, Applied Information Technology, (08/2008)
Towson University, Towson, MD 21252

Master of Science, Computer Science: Software Engineering Track, (08/2005)
Towson University, Towson, MD 21252

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, (08/1994)
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA 16444

06/2004 – Present

Towson University — Lecturer

•  Courses
  • AIT500 - Fundamentals of Computer Programming and Data Structures 
  • COSC109 - Computers and Creativity 
  • COSC175 - (CS0) General Computer Science
  • COSC236 - (CS1) Introduction to Computer Science I 
  • COSC237 - (CS2) Introduction to Computer Science II 
  • COSC336 - (CS3) Introduction to Algorithms and Data Structures
  • COSC457 - Database Management Systems (3 credits)
• University Service
  • Web application (Glassfish/J2EE) and RDMBS (JavaDB) programming where needed.

01/2006 – Present  (occasional)

Florida Institute of Technology — Adjunct Instructor

• Courses
  • MGT5014 - Information Systems   (3 credits)
  • MGT5150 - Software Project Management   (3 credits)
  • MGT5151 - Introduction to Database Management Systems   (3 credits)
  • MGT5153 - Telecommunications Systems Management   (3 credits)

03/1996 – 09/2003

Larson Texts, Inc. — Senior Programmer / Systems Analyst: Software development, technical leadership, and systems analysis for a leading producer of software and text books for mathematics education.

General responsibilities included:

• Multi-Tier Client-Server applications
• Web-based applications (Java Servlets, JSP, DHTML/Javascript)
• Multimedia CD-ROM applications (Macromedia Director/Lingo, Toolbook)
• Apache web-server / Jakarta Tomcat application-server administration
• Database design and administration (MS-SQL 2000, PostgreSQL, Apache Derby)
• Network and systems security administration in a mixed (Windows, MacOS, Linux) environment
• Management of corporate Code Versioning System (CVS)
• Process improvement research
• Technology training for staff members ranging from junior programmers and to sales representatives

Several large projects included:

• Series of embedded system applications (Z80 assembly), in cooperation with Texas Instruments, Inc.
• Interactive animated mathematical simulations (Java Applets) to augment textbook course sites
• Custom distributed chat/presentation engine for peer tutoring
• Web-based, multi-grade mathematics tutorial/practice/testing application with full classroom management support
• Planning and implementation of a corporate wide CRM (SalesLogix) system

09/1994 – 03/1996

Werner Co. — Computer Operator (Corporate office): IBM AS/400 system administration, operations and support for systems and users at multiple local and remote sites.

01/1990 – 08/1994

Edinboro University — Student Hardware/Software Technician: Student employment at the University's Computing and Communications Center (now Technology & Communications) providing software/hardware support for faculty, staff, and student computers and labs.

Conover, A. J., and Hammell II, R. J. Temorally autonomous agent interaction. International Journal of Agent Technologies and Systems (2011).  Publication Pending

Conover, A. J., and Hammell II, R. J. Concurrent agent interaction and “belief” promulgation in temporally asynchronous environments. International Journal of Agent Technologies and Systems 1,3 (2009).

Conover, A. J. A simulation of temporally variant agent interaction via belief promulgation. In Agent-Based Societies: Social and Cultural Interactions, S. G. Collins and G. P. Trajkovski, Eds. IGI Global, Hershey, PA, USA, 2008.

Conover, A. J. A simulation of temporally variant agent interaction via passive examination. In Agent-Based Societies: Social and Cultural Interactions, S. G. Collins and G. P. Trajkovski, Eds. IGI Global, Hershey, PA, USA, 2008.

Conover, A. J. A Simulation of Temporally Asynchronous Agent Interaction Dynamics. PhD thesis, Towson University, 8000 York Road, Towson MD, 21252, July 2008. Supervised by Dr. Robert Hammell II, Dr. Goran Trajkovski.

Conover, A. J. An exploration of software slicing as a technique for feature extraction and component mining in Java. Master’s thesis, Towson University, 8000 York Road, Towson, Maryland 21252, Aug. 2005. Advisor: Yeong-Tae Song.

Conover, A. J., and Song, Y.-T. A framework for component mining of Java applications via dynamic slicing. In SERA (2005), IEEE Computer Society, pp. 40–47.

Conover, A. J., and Song, Y.-T. Slicing Java programs using the JPDA and dynamic object relationship diagrams with XML. In SERA (2004), W. Dosch, R. Y. Lee, and C. Wu, Eds., vol. 3647 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, pp. 201–213.

Conover, A. J., and Trajkovski, G. P. Effects of temporally asynchronous interaction on simple multi-agent behavior. In Emergent Agents and Socialities: Social and Organizational Aspects of Intelligence. Technical Report FS-07-04 (The American Association for Artificial Intelligence, 445 Burgess Drive, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA, Nov. 9–11 2007), AAAI Press, pp. 34–41.

Trajkovski, G. P. An imitation-based approach to modeling homogeneous agents societies (computational intelligence and its applications series). IGI GLobal, Hershey, PA, USA, 2006, ch. On a Software Platform for MASIVE Simulations. Chapter Contributed by Adam J. Conover.

• Multi-Agent Systems
• Swarm Intelligence
• Social Networks
• Programming Languages
• Web Application Technologies

Status: Willing to relocate.
Recreational interests: Mountain Biking, Rock Climbing, Martial Arts, Chess, Bass Guitar.