Contact Information for Dr. Brian Rague
Email: brague@weber.edu
Office: TE-110F
Phone: (801) 626-7377
Web Page: http://faculty.cs.weber.edu/brague
Personal Biography
Position: Associate Professor
Degrees:
2010 - PhD in Computer Science from the University of Utah.
1987- Masters degree in Aeronautics/Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
1984- B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Current Field of Study: Software Engineering, parallel computing and programming languages. Opportunities for creative software engineering in the fields of education, biomedicine and physics.
Publications:
McMaster, K., Rague, B., Anderson, N. “Integrating Mathematical Thinking, Abstract Thinking, and Computational Thinking,” Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference, Arlington, VA (2010).
Rague, B. “Measuring Perceptions of Parallelism”, Poster, SIGCSE Conference, Milwaukee, WI. (2010)
Rague, B. "Teaching Parallel Thinking to the Next Generation of Programmers."
Proceedings 6th International Conference on Education and Information Systems,
Technologies and Applications: EISTA. Orlando, FL (2008).
Rague, B.,
Armstrong, J., "Using Parallel Computing in the Classroom", Conference on
Information Technology, Salt Lake City, 2008
McMaster, K., Rague, B.,
Hadfield, S., “Two Mathematical Gestalts for Computer Theory”, SIGCSE
2009
McMaster, K., Rague, B., Hadfield, S., “Two Frameworks for Discrete
Mathematics”, ISECON 2008
McMaster, K., Rague, B., McMaster, T., and
Blake, A. "Two Gestalts for Mathematics: Logical vs. Computational."
Information Systems Education Journal, 6 (20). http://isedj.org/6/20/. ISSN: 1545-679X.
(Meritorious Paper - 2008)
Armstrong, J., Hernandez, M., Palen, S., and
Rague, B. "Weber State University's Scientific Analysis and Visualization
Initiative: An Inter-College Faculty Collaboration." Physics Research and
Education Conference, Gordon Research Conference, Bryant University, Smithfield,
RI (June, 2008)
McMaster, K., Anderson, N., and Rague, B (2007). "Discrete Math with Programming: Better Together." ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Vol. 39, Issue 1.
McMaster, K, McMaster, T., and Rague B. (2005). "Discrete Math as a Programming Course." Presented ACM SIGSCE Conference
Nimbus-7 SMMR Pathfinder Brightness Temperatures
National Snow & Ice Center Data Center, September, 1996
http://nsidc.org/data/docs/daac/nsidc0036_smmr_pathfinder_tbs.gd.html
Rague, B.W. & Oman, C.M. "Use of a microcomputer system for running spectral analysis of EGGs to predict the onset of motion sickness," Proceedings of 9th Annual Conference of IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, Boston, Vol. 1 (of 4): 0087-0090, 1987.
Oman, C.M., B.W. Rague and O. U. Rege. "Standard definitions for scoring acute motion sickness using the Pensacola Diagnostic Index Method." Appendix B , Symptom Scoring Definitions: 120-128
Biggest Accomplishment in CS: Using late 80’s technology (IBM AT) to build a biological monitoring system that performed real-time Fast Fourier Transform analysis. The information was displayed in a waterfall two-color format.
Something Interesting: I used to act in college productions at MIT and Caltech. My “big break” occurred when I made a guest appearance on “People’s Court” (Wapner version) because my car was broadsided on a California highway.