William Regli

Professor in the Department of Computer Science
the College of Engineering at Drexel University

Biography:

William Regli is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering at Drexel University with joint appointments in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics and Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is also Associate Technical Director of Drexel University's Applied Communications and Information Networking (ACIN) Program with the U.S. Army CERDEC. Regli received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland at College Park (1995) and B.S. degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from Saint Joseph's University (1989). He has previously been a visiting researcher at Lockheed Martin's Advanced Technology Laboratories (2003-2005), Research Scientist at AT&T Laboratories' Internet Platforms Technology Organization (1999), member of the research faculty at Carnegie Mellon University (1997) and a National Research Council (NRC) Post-Doctoral Research Associate (1996-1997) and Computer Scientist (1992-1996) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Dr. Regli is an avowed interdisciplinary researcher whose interests and contributions span several computer science and engineering fields (artificial intelligence, solid modeling and graphics, CAD/CAM integration, mechanical design, and wireless networks). His research has been sponsored by a wide variety or organizations (including US Army, DISA, NSF, ONR, ARO, DARPA, NIST, DoJ, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, AT&T Labs, General Electric), supporting over 100 graduate and undergraduate students and producing four patent filings and over 150 technical publications. Regli's research awards include major grants under each of NSF's interdisciplinary research initiatives of the past decade: KDI, ITR and Cyber-Infrastructure programs. Six of his undergraduates have been acknowledged by CRA. Regli is the recipient of the NSF CAREER Award (1998), a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship (1996-1997), a NIST Special Service Award (1996), the Drexel College of Engineering Research Achievement Award (2004), among other awards. The CERDEC Simulation & C2 Information Systems Connectivity Experiments (SINCE) Program, which was supported in part by Regli's Secure Wireless Agent Testbed (SWAT), was acknowledged with the U.S. Army's 2006 International Collaboration Award at the 25th Army Science Conference. Dr. Regli is co-founder of the IEEE Symposium on Multi-Agent Security and Survivability (MAS&S); a founding member of the editorial board of the journal IEEE Internet Computing; and currently serves on the Editorial Boards of Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Advanced Engineering Informatics and the Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing (AI-EDAM). Dr. Regli is an elected officer the Solid Modeling Association (SMA) (2003-2007) and currently serves as its Chair (2006-2007). He is a life member of ACM, AAAI, and Sigma Xi and a member of IEEE. Contact him at regli@drexel.edu.

Talk Title:3+ Decades of Searching CAD Data: Historical Perspective and Future Directions

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