CURRICULUM VITAE
Thomas
Eric Whalen
Personal Information:
Birthdate: 20
December 1951
Birthplace: Prince Rupert,
British Columbia
Citizenship: Canadian
Academic Record:
Ph.D.: 1979, Dalhousie University
Experimental
Psychology
(specializing in Learning and Animal Cognition)
M.A.: 1975, University of British Columbia
Experimental
Psychology
(specializing in Psychometrics and Animal Learning)
B.A.: 1973, University of California, San
Diego
Social
Psychology
Employment History:
1979-1980 Visiting Fellow,
Department of Communications, Government of Canada
1980-1981 Research
Psychologist, Department of Communications, Government of Canada
1981-1982 Program Manager,
Behavioural Evaluation, Department of Communications, Government of Canada
1982-1992 Research Manager,
Interactive Dialogues Research, Communications Research Centre, Government of
Canada
1992-2009 Scientist,
Networked Media Laboratory, Communications Research Centre, Government of
Canada
Grants and Scholarships:
1992-1994 Natural
Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Operating Grant (with Eric
Lee as principle investigator)
1982-1984 Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council Strategic Grant (with Alan Moffit as
principle investigator)
1979-1980 Natural
Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Visiting Fellowship in a
Government Laboratory
1974-1978 National
Research Council of Canada Post-Graduate Scholarship
Honourary Appointments:
1980-1983
Adjunct
Researcher, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
1983-2000
Adjunct
Professor, Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
1992-2004
Adjunct
Professor, Department of Management and Finance, St. Mary's University, Halifax,
Nova Scotia
Scientific Prize:
Loebner
Prize 1994 for the most human-like computer simulation of natural language
conversation.
Publications
in Academic Journals:
X. Yang, D.C. Petriu, T.E. Whalen, E.M. Petriu, "Hierarchical
Animation Control of Avatars in 3D Virtual Environments," IEEE
Transactions: Instrumentation and Measurement, 54(3), 1333-1341, 2005.
Petriu, E. M., T. E. Whalen, R. Abielmona, and A. Stewart, Robotic
Sensor Agents, IEEE Instrumentation &
Measurement Magazine, September 2004, 7(3), 46-51.
Lee, Whalen, Terris, M., McCarthy, A. Computerized Feature Systems for
Identifying Suspects: Empirical Tests using Crime Scenarios, Behaviour and Information Technologies,
23, 83-96, 2004.
Cordea, M. D., D. C. Petriu , E. M. Petriu, N.
D. Georganas and T. E. Whalen, 3D Head Pose Recovery for Interactive Virtual
Reality Avatars, IEEE Transactions on
Instrumentation and Measurement, 51(4), 640-644, 2002.
Petriu, E.M., and T.E. Whalen, Computer-Controlled Human Operators, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement, 5(1), 35-38,
2002.
Whalen, T. E., Navigation through Knowledge Spaces, Leonardo Online
Almanac, 8(12), MIT Press, 2001, http://mitpress.mit.edu/LEA.
Lee, E. S., Whalen, T. E., Bisesar, C., Reid, G., Baigent,
G., Suspect Identification by Facial Features, Ergonomics. (in press).
Cordea, M. D., Petriu, E. M., Georganas, N.D., Petriu, D.C., and
Whalen, T. E., Real-Time 2½D Head Pose Recovery for Model-Based
Video-Coding, IMTC/2000 special issue of the IEEE Transactions on
Instrumentation and Measurement, 2001, 50(4), 1007 –1013.
Lee, E. S., Whalen, T. E., Jollymore, G., Read, C., and Swaffer, M.,
The effects of Delay on the perfomance of computerized feature systems for
identifying suspects. Behavoiur and Information Technology, 1998, 17(5), 294-300.
Patrick, A.S., Black,
A., and Whalen, T.E., CBC Radio on the Internet: An experiment in convergence. Canadian
Journal of Communications, 1996, 21, pp 125-140.
Lee, E.S., and Whalen,
T. E., Feature approaches to suspect identification: The effect of multiple
raters on system performance, Ergonomics, 1996, 39, pp 17-34.
Whalen, T.E., Lee,
E.S., and Safayeni, F., The retrieval of images from image databases:
trademarks. Behaviour and Information Technology, 1995, 14(1). pp
3-13.
Lee, E.S., and Whalen,
T.E., Computerized feature retrieval of images: suspect identification. Ergonomics,
1995, 38(9),
pp 1941-1957.
Patrick, A. S.,
Jacques-Locmelis, W., and Whalen, T. E., The roll of previous questions and
answers in natural-language dialogues with computers. International
Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. 1993, 5(2),
129-145.
Patrick, A. S., and
Whalen, T. E., Field testing a natural-language information system: Usage
characteristics and users' comments. Interacting with Computers. 1992,
4,
218-230.
Whalen, T. E. and
Patrick, A. S., COMODA: A conversational model for data base access. Behaviour
and Information Technology. 1990, 9(2), 93-110.
MacGregor, J. N., Lee,
E. S., and Whalen, T. E., The feature matching approach to the computer
retrieval of graphics: An enhancement. Information Services and Use. 1989, 9, 127-137.
Pressman, D. E.,
Whalen, T. E., and Pressman, I. S., The technology adjusted functionality
score: A model for assessing the impact of technology on the disabled. Human
Communication Canada. 1986, 10, 15-23.
Phillips,
D. A., Hearty, P., Latr�mouille, S., Treurniet, W. C., and Whalen, T. E.,
Behavioural research in telematics.
Canadian
Psychology. 1985, 26, 219-230.
Lee, E. S., Whalen, T.
E., McEwen, S., and Latr�mouille, S., Optimizing the design of index systems
for information retrieval. Ergonomics. 1984, 27, 1051-1069.
Hakstian, A. R.,
Whalen, T. E., and Rank, D., Confidence intervals for maximized alpha
coefficients: An evaluation of Joe and Woodword's procedures and an alternative
method. Multivariate Behavioural Research. 1980, 15, 99-108.
Whalen, T. E., and
Wilkie, D. M., Failure to find schedule-induced polydipsia in the pigeon. Bulletin
of the Psychonomic Society. 1977, 10, 200-202.
Wilkie, D. M., and
Whalen, T. E., Inhibition of observing by a concurrent reinforcement schedule. Bulletin
of the Psychonomic Society. 1976, 7, 367-369.
Hakstian,
A. R., Whalen, T. E., and Masson, M., A K-sample procedure for comparatively
assessing multivariate association.
Psychological
Bulletin. 1976, 83, 922-927.
Hakstian, A. R., And
Whalen, T. E., A K-sample significance test for
independent alpha coefficients. Psychometrika. 1976, 41,
219-231.
Book Chapters and Monographs:
Whalen, T. E., A
Computational Behaviourist Takes Turing�s Test. To appear in The Turing Test Sourcebook (In press).
Whalen,
T. E., Accessing the magic of virtual worlds. In Bioapparatus, Banff Centre for the Arts,
Banff, Alberta, 1991, p 86.
Whalen,
T. E., and Latr�moille, S., The effectiveness of a tree-structured index when
the existence of information is uncertain. In Telidon
Behavioural Research 2: The Design of Videotex Tree Indexes. D. A.
Phillips, Ed., Department of Communications, Ottawa, 1981.
Whalen, T. E., and
Mayson, C., The use of a tree-structured index which
contains design defects. In Telidon Behavioural Research 2: The Design of Videotex Tree Indexes.
D. A. Phillips, Ed., Department of Communications, Ottawa, 1981.
Conference Sessions Organized
Published Conference Proceedings:
Rami Abielmona, Emil
Petriu and Thom Whalen, Multi-Agent System Information Fusion for Environment
Monitoring, IMTC 2006, Sorrento, Italy, 24 - 27 April 2006
Whalen, T. E., Putting
usability first: A case study, WWCS�04,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 2004.
Cordea, M. D., E. M.
Petriu, and T. E. Whalen, A 3D-anthropometric-muscle-based active appearance
model, VECIMS 2004 – IEEE
International Conference on Virtual Environments, Human Computer Interfaces,
and Measurement Systems, Boston, MA, July 2004, 88-93.
Petriu, E. M., T. E.
Whalen, and R. Abielmona, Autonomous robotic sensor agents, Proceedings of ROSE�03: First IEEE
International Workshop on Robotic Sensing, Orebro, Sweden, 2003.
Mihaela D. Petriu,
Nicholas D. Georganas, Thomas E. Whalen, Development of a Humanoid Avatar in
Java3D, HAVE�03, Ottawa, September 2003.
Thomas E. Whalen,
Sylvie No�l, John Stewart, Measuring the Human Side of Virtual Reality, IEEE
Virtual Environments, Human-computer Interfaces, and Measurement Systems,
Lugano, Switzerland, 27-29 July 2003
Rami Abielmona, Emil
Petriu, Voicu Groza and Thom Whalen, Can an Intelligent Society of Robots
Survive in a Hostile Environment? CCECE 2003 - CCGEI 2003, Montreal, May 2003
Xiaoli Yang, Dorina C.
Petriu, Thom E. Whalen, Emil M. Petriu, Avatar Animations in a 3D Virtual
Environment, CCECE 2003 - CCGEI 2003, Montreal, May 2003
Emil M. Petriu , Gilles G. Patry, Thom E. Whalen, and Rami
Abielmona, Robotic Sensor Agents for Active Environment Monitoring, IMTC/2003,
Vail, CO, USA, 20-22 May 2003
No�l,
S., Whalen, T. (2002). WebScribe:
Co-Writing on the Web. Interactive Poster, Conference Proceedings, Conference
Supplement, CSCW'02, 16-20 November, New Orleans, USA, pp. 185-186.
E.M. Petriu, T.E.
Whalen, V.
Z. Groza, Haptic perception system for robotic tele-manipulation, INES 2002
Conference, 26-28 May 2002, Opatija, Croatia.
Dorina C. Petriu, Xiao Li Yang,
and Thom E. Whalen, Behavior-Based
Script Language for Anthropomorphic Avatar Animation in Virtual Environments,
VIMS2002, 19-20 May 2002, Mt. Alyeska Resort, AK, USA
P. Rusu, E. M. Petriu,
A. Cornell, T. E. Whalen, Behavior-Based Neuro-Fuzzy Controller for Mobile
Robot Navigation, IMTC/2002, 21-23 May 2001
E.M. Petriu, T.E.
Whalen, H.J.W.
Spoelder, and C. Gal, Human Aided Computer Perception in Virtualized
Reality Environments , VIMS2002,
19-20 May 2002, Mt. Alyeska Resort, AK, USA
E.M. Petriu
, G.G. Patry, T.E. Whalen, A. Al-Dhaher, and V.Z. Groza, Intelligent
Robotic Sensor Agents for Environment Monitoring , VIMS2002, 19-20 May 2002,
Mt. Alyeska Resort, AK, USA
Bondy, M. D., E. M. Petriu, M. D. Cordea, N. D. Georganas, D. C.
Petriu, and T. E. Whalen, Model-based Face and Lip Animation for
Interactive Virtual Reality Applications, Proceedings
of ACM Multimedia 2001, 559-563, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Sept. 2001.
E.M. Petriu, T.E. Whalen
, H.J.W. Spoelder , P. Wide , and
A. Cornell, Computer Controlled Human Operators, IEEE International Workshop
onVirtual and Intelligent Measurement Systems, Budapest, Hungary, May 19-20,
2001.
Cordea, M.D., Petriu,
E.M., Georganas, N.D., Petriu, D.C., and Whalen, T.E., 3D Head Pose
Recovery for Interactive Virtual Reality Avatars. Proceedings of
the IMTC/01, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference,
Budapest, Hungary, 2001.
Cordea,
M.D., Petriu, E.M., Georganas, N.D., Petriu, D.C. and Whalen, T.E., Real-Time
2½D Head Pose Recovery for Model-Based Video-Coding. Proceedings of the IMTC/00, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement
Technology Conference, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2000
Spoelder, H.J.W.,
Petriu E., Whalen T., Petriu D.C., Cordea M., Knowledge-Based Animation of
Articulated Anthropomorphic Models for Virtual Reality Applications. Proceedings of the IMTC/99, IEEE Instrument
and Measurement Technology Conference, Venice, Italy, 1999.
Patrick, A.S., Black,
A., & Whalen, T.E. Rich, young, male, dissatisfied computer geeks? Demographics and satisfaction from the National Capital FreeNet.
In D. Godfrey & M.
Levy (Eds.), Proceedings of
Telecommunities 95: The International Community Networking Conference. pp. 83-107. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada:
Telecommunities Canada, 1995.
Lee, E.S., Jollymore,
G., and Whalen, T. E., Computerized feature systems for identifying suspects:
The effects of delay. In S. A. Robertson(ed) Proceedings of the annual Conference of the
Ergonomics Society: Contemporary Ergonomics, 1995, London: Taylor and
Francis, pp 80-85.
Lee, E.S., Whalen,
T.E., Sakalauskas, J., Wotton, C., and McCarthy, A. Computerized feature
systems for identifying suspects: Empirical tests in naturalistic settings. In Proceedings
of SPIE '95. San Diego, California, 1995.
Lee, E.S., Whalen,
T.E., Bisesar, C., and Reid, G. Suspect identification: Traditional mugshot
album versus computerized feature system. In E. Nordby, P.H. Helmersen, D.J.
Gilmore, and S.A. Arnesen (eds) Human-computer interaction: Interact '95,
London: Chapman and Hall, pp 231-236. Lillihammer, Norway, 1995.
Lee, E. S., and Whalen,
T. E., Empirical tests of a computer suspect identification system: An
alternative to mugshot albums. In the Proceedings of the 1994 Engineering Systems
Design and Analysis Conference. (Annual Conference of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers, Engineering Systems Design),
London, England, 1994.
Lee, E. S., and Whalen,
T. E., Computer image retrieval by features: Selecting the best facial features
for suspect identification systems. In the Proceedings of
the Third International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management.
(National Institute of Standards and Technology) Gaithersburg, Maryland, 1994.
Lee, E. S., Whalen, T.
E., and Astad, U., Empirical tests of a communication model of image retrieval
by features. In Software Systems in Engineering 1994.
(The Energy-Sources Technology Conference), New Orleans,
Louisiana, 1994.
Whalen, T. E., Lee, E.
S., and Baigent, G., A computerized feature approach to suspect identification:
Empirical tests with live suspects. In The Proceedings of the 12th Congress of the
International Ergonomics Association, Toronto, Canada, 1994.
Lee, E. S., and Whalen,
T. E., Feature approaches to suspect identification: The effect of multiple
raters on system performance, Faces '93 (International Conference on Face Recognition),
University of Wales, College of Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, 1993.
Lee, E. S., and Whalen,
T. E., Computer image retrieval by features: Suspect identification. In Proceedings of
1993 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. INTERCHI'93
(Annual Conference of the Computer-Human Interaction SIG of the Association for
Computing Machinery), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Lee, E. S., Densmore,
H., and Whalen, T. E., Suspect identification by features, Contemporary Ergonomics 1993, (Annual
Conference of the Ergonomics Society) London: Taylor and Francis.
Casserly, C., Patrick,
A. S. and Whalen, T. E., CHAT on Job Interviews: New Software for Career
Counselling, Proceedings
of the 14th World Congress of the International Association for Educational and
Vocational Guidance. Ottawa, 1990.
Whalen, T. E., and
Patrick, A. S., Conversational hypertext: Information access through natural
language dialogues with computers. CHI'89 Conference Proceedings (Annual
Conference of the Computer-Human Interaction SIG of the Association for
Computing Machinery),. Austin, Texas, 1989.
Whalen, T. E., Design
for a Telidon-based business graphics processor. Proceedings of
Graphic Interface '84. National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 1984.
Invited Conference Presentations:
Petriu, E., and Whalen,
T.E., Symbiotic Human-Computer Interaction, ROSE 2006, Orebro, Sweden, 31 May
– 1 June 2006.
Whalen, T.E., and
Patrick, A.S., Radio Program Dissemination by Computer Networks, WorldSpace
Users' Conference, Washington D.C., 6-7 April 1995.
Whalen, T. E., Panel on
Multimedia Broadcasting, Annual Conference of the
National Association of Broadcasters, 1994.
Whalen, T. E., and
Patrick, A. S., Multimedia Services and Interfaces, Image Interactive
Conference, Invited presentation to the Annual Conference of the Ottawa-Hull
Film and Television Association, 1994.
Phillips, D. A. and Whalen, T. E., Designing Satisfying User Interfaces to
Electronic Information. Canadian Association of Information
Science. Ottawa, May 1990.
Whalen, T. E. and Patrick, A. S., The Development of a Natural Language
Dialogue System for Computers. 1990 National Conference of
the Canadian Operations Research Society. Ottawa, May 1990.
Whalen, T. E.,
Information Access through Natural Language Conversations with Computers. Canadian Communication Association. Learned Societies
Meeting, Windsor, Ontario, 1987.
Unpublished Conference
Presentations
Whalen, T.E., Distance
Education Research at the Communications Research Centre, Conference of the
Network Centres of Excellence: Telelearning, Montreal, 6-7 May 1996.
Whalen, T. E., The
design of index systems for information retrieval by naive users. Twentieth International Congress of Applied Psychology.
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1982.
Whalen, T. E., The
implementation of Interactive Fiction on Telidon. Canadian
Psychological Association. Toronto, Ontario, 1981.
Whalen, T. E., A dual
process model of short-term memory in pigeons. Canadian
Psychological Association. Quebec, Quebec, 1979.
Whalen, T. E., The role
of stimulus-stimulus associations in a finite automaton model of learning. Annual Meeting of the Society of Mathematical Psychology.
Hamilton, Ontario, 1978.
Invited
Addresses:
Whalen, T., E., Navigation through Knowledge Spaces, Presented at the
Living Architectures Summit, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, 21-25
September 2000.
Whalen, T. E., Avatar
Control and Human Interfaces for Virtual Environments, Presented at CITO/OCRI
TechTalk: Virtual Environments and Applications, Ottawa, 8 May 2000.
Whalen, T.E., New
Services and Interfaces for Computer Networks, Invited address to the Canadian
Operations Research Society, Ottawa Chapter, May 1995.
Whalen, T.E., Future
Applications for Computer Networks, The Medium is the Message: Armed Forces
Communications and Electronics Association, Ottawa, 9 May 1995.
Patrick, A.S.,
Sutherland, D., and Whalen, T.E., Invited address to the National Advisory
Council on the Information Highway and the Minister of Industry Canada. 15 July
1994.
Whalen, T.E., Future
Directions for Internet Development. Presentation to the
joint OCRI/CRC Workshop on the World Wide Web, 1994.
Patrick,
A.S., and Whalen, T.E., Developing and Maintaining a WWW Site. Presentation to the joint OCRI/CRC
Workshop on the World Wide Web, 1994.
Whalen, T. E., and
Patrick, A. S., Efficent Alternatives to Human Factors Experiments. Ottawa Chapter of ACM SIGCHI, 1994.
Whalen, T. E.,
Educational Uses of the Internet, Ottawa Distance Learning Association, 1994.
Whalen, T. E., Current
Directions in the Development of the Internet, Workshop on Commecial Uses of
the Internet, sponsored by the Ottawa-Carleton Research Institute and the
Communications Research Centre, 1994.
Whalen, T. E., Natural
Language Interface to Multimedia. Media Arts Faculty,
Algonquin Community College, 1994.
Whalen, T. E., and
Patrick, A. S., Natural Language Interfaces, Canadian Information Processing
Society, 1993.
Whalen, T. E., and
Kostaszek, K., Careers in Computer Engineering, Encounters Canada '93
Conference for High School Students, 1993.
Whalen, T. E., and
Patrick, A. S., Interacting with Movies by Natural Language, SAW Video Gallery,
1993.
Whalen, T. E., Natural
language interfaces in office automation. Department of Management and Finance,
St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1992.
Whalen, T. E. and
Patrick, A. S., Natural-language multi-media systems for training. 1991 Heads of Training and Development Conference, Montebello,
1991.
Whalen, T. E., The
development of a natural language technology. Ottawa Chapter
of the IEEE, Ottawa, 1991.
Whalen, T. E. and
Patrick, A. S., When technologies collide: Natural
language access to multimedia. Ottawa Chapter of SIGCHI, ACM,
Ottawa, 1991.
Whalen, T. E. and
Patrick, A. S., CHAT: A natural language dialogue system for counselors. Ottawa Chapter of the Canadian Counseling Society, 1990.
Whalen, T. E. and
Patrick, A. S., CHAT: A Natural Language Technology Ready for Transfer to
Industry. DOC Regional Offices, Ottawa, 1990.
Whalen, T. E., Results
of the CHAT/AIDS Field Trials. Bell Northern Research,
Ottawa, 1989.
Whalen, T. E., Natural Language
Conversations with Computers. Bell Northern Research, Ottawa,
1987.
Whalen, T. E., Natural Language conversations with
computers. Department of Computer Science, Guelph University,
Guelph, Ontario, 1987.
Whalen, T. E., Natural
language conversations with computers. Department of Psychology, University of
Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, 1987.
Whalen, T. E., The
design of a business graphics processor. Program in Interactive Communications,
New York University, New York, USA, 1984.
Whalen, T. E.,
Behavioural research in the federal Department of Communications. Department of
Psychology, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1980.
Art Exhibition
Whalen, T.E., and
Patrick, A.S., "Alice: The Interactive Movie", The Edge, an interactive
arts exhibition, The Arts Court, Ottawa, 28 May 1994.
Internal Government Reports:
Whalen, T. E., and
Patrick, A. S., A Methodology for Evaluating Videoconferencing Systems for
Government Use. Contract Report for the Government Telephone Agency, 1993.
Whalen, T. E.,
Specification for the Human Interface for an Electronic Directory of Government
Employees, Contract Report for the Government Telephone Agency, 1991.
Patrick, A. S., and
Whalen, T. E., The CHAT/AIDS Alberta Field Trial: Usage Characteristics and
Users' Comments, DOC Technical Memorandum BT0097/90, 1990.
Patrick,
A.S., Jacques-Loemelis, W., and Whalen, T.E., The Characteristics of
Natural-Language Conversations with Computers, DOC Technical Memorandum
BT0091/89, 1989.
Whalen,
T.E. Impacts of Electronic Publishing. DOC Technical Memorandum BT0083/88, 1988.
Whalen, T.E. The Feasibility of Natural Language Interfaces for Electronic
Database Access, DOC Technical Memorandum IR0073/83, 1987.
Whalen, T. E.
Assessment of Health and Safety Issues in Journal Tower North: Results of a
Questionnaire Survey. Report presented to the Health and Safety Committee of
JTN, 1986.
Whalen, T. E. How to
Design Electronic Databases. DOC Technical Memorandum
TS0062/86, 1986.
Whalen, T. E.
Assessment of Health and Safety Issues in Journal Tower North: Results of a
Questionnaire Survey. Report presented to the Health and Safety Committee of
JTN, 1986.
Whalen, T.E. How to
Design Electronic Databases, DOC Technical Memorandum TS0062/86, 1986.
Invited
Lectures to Students:
Whalen, T. E., Artistic
expression using Web-based technologies, Invited
lecture to University of Ottawa Fine Arts course: Multimedia Arts, October
2000.
Whalen, T. E., Emerging
Applications for the World Wide Web, Invited lecture to Carleton University
Course 49.405: Human Factors in Product Development, 2000.
Whalen, T. E., Human
Factors of the Web, Invited lecture to Carleton University Course 49.405: Human
Factors in Product Development, 1999.
Whalen, T. E., Human
factors of Web applications. Invited lecture to Carleton University Course TSE
59.405: Technology and Society: Information, November 1998
Whalen, T. E., The
Human Factors of Network Applications, Invited lecture to Carleton University
Course 49.405: Human Factors in Product Development, 1998.
Whalen, T. E., Emerging
Communications Technologies. Invited lecture to Carleton University Course TSE
59.405: Technology and Society: Information., November
1997.
Whalen, T. E., Research
on Network Services and Interfaces, Invited lecture to Carleton University
Course 49.405: Human Factors in Product Development, 1997.
Whalen, T. E., Simple
Approaches to Natural Language Interfaces, Futures Conference for Ottawa high
school students, 15 May 1996, Carleton University.
Whalen, T. E., Network
Services and Interfaces Research, Invited lecture to Carleton University Course
49.405: Human Factors in Product Development, 1996.
Whalen, T. E.,
Anticipated Developments in Communications. Invited lecture to Carleton
University Course TSE 59.405: Technology and Society: Information, November
1996.
Whalen, T.E., Future
Perspectives on Communications Technologies and Industries, Course TSE 59.405:
Technology, and Society: Information. Carlton University, 23 November 1995
Whalen, T.E., The
Future of Computer Networks, Futures Conference for Ottawa high school
students, 10 May 1995 University of Ottawa
Whalen, T. E.,
Convergence of the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Industries. Carleton
University Lecture to TSE 59.405, "Technology and Society:
Information." 1993.
Whalen, T.E., The
Future of Broadcasting, Futures Conference for Ottawa high school students, 12
May 1994, Carleton University, 1994.
Whalen, T. E., Technologies for Fine Art. University of Ottawa Class in Fine Art, 1994.
Whalen, T. E., State of
the Multimedia Industries. Carleton University Lecture to TSE 59.405:
Technology and Society: Information, 1994.
Whalen, T. E., Natural
language interfaces and other future perspectives. Carleton University Lecture
to TSE 59.405: Technology and Society: Information, 1992.
Student Theses and Projects
Supervised:
XiaoLi
Yang, Control of Avatars in Virtual
Environments. Master�s Thesis (co-supervised with Dorina Petriu), Carleton
University, 2002.
Lee, J., Social Planning
Over the Internet: Replacing Traditional Communications Media? Honours
Thesis, Carleton University, 2000.
Reeve, S: Psychology and
Computer Supported Cooperative Work: Group Processes and Design Issues,
Honours Essay, Carleton University, 1999.
Kimberley, S: A Comparative
Study of the Reading Speed and Efficiency of Monitors versus Paper, Honours
Essay, Carleton University, 1999.
Pigeot, R., Fundamental
Limits to Artificial Intelligence, Comprehensive Examination, Carleton University, 1984.
Medgesi, M., Shared
Collaborative Work Spaces, Graduate Independent Study Course, Carleton
University, 1982.
Thornley,
C., Browsing
through Menu Structures, Honours Thesis, Carleton University, 1981.
Media Reports:
The role of the
Internet for entrepreneurial businesses in G. Gertz, "Northern
Exposure," International
Entrepreneur, April/May 1999, pp 6-8.
Description of TIPS
performance in The
Science of the X Files, by Jeanne Cavelos, Berkely Boulevard: New York,
N.Y. 1998 p 245.
Discussion of the
nature of intelligence in E. J. Martin, "Virtual Personality", The X Files
Official Magazine, Fall, 1998, pp 62-65.
Discussion of the role
of natural language in information retrieval in Bots, by Andrew Leonard, Hardwired: San
Francisco, Ca., 1997, p 46.
Description of TIPS
performance in the Loebner Competition, in The X Files Book of the Unexplained: Volume One,
by Jane Goldman, HarperPrism: New York, N.Y. 1995, pp
196-197.
"Pushing the
Envelope: Broadcasters board the Internet" Description of the CBC Internet
radio broadcasting including credit to CRC for initiating the service. Broadcaster:
Canada's Communications Magazine, September 1995, pp12-15.
"Open Minds"
Article about recent natural language interface research which features a
description of Thom Whalen's work, Internet and Comms Today, United Kingdom,
December 1995
"What's It Mean to
be Human, Anyway?" description of the Loebner Prize Competition and Thom
Whalen's winning entry, Wired, April 1995, pp 132-180.
"Les machines
peuvent-elles penser?" description of the Loebner Prize Competition and
Thom Whalen's winning entry, Science & Vie Junior, France, May 1995, pp 80-85.
BBC International
Interview about broadcasting radio programming on the Internet, May 1995.
CNN news report on the Loebner Competition, 6:30, Monday, 19 December
1994.
CNN Showbiz report on the Loebner Competition, 20 December 1994.
Patrick,
A. S., Black, A., and Whalen, T. E., "Basic decisions needed on
accessibility," The Ottawa Citizen, 13 November 1994.
"Speed limit
snarls info highway," description of collaboration with Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation, Globe and Mail, Toronto, 20 September 1994.
CBC Ottawa
Midday radio report describing accessing CBC radio programs from the Network
Services and Interfaces Laboratory via the Internet, 13 July 1994.
CBC
Ottawa Newsday television interview on the Network Services and Interfaces
Laboratory with Thom Whalen, 6:30, 12 May 1994.
"Government 'shop'
open for business," description of collaboration with Industry Canada, The Ottawa
Citizen, 20 July 1994.
"Catching
criminals through computer mugshot album," description of collaborative
project with St. Mary's University, Chronicle-Herald and Mail Star, Halifax, Nova
Scotia, 23 March 1994.
"High-tech
mugging," description of collaborative project with St. Mary's University,
The Daily News,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, 31 December 1993.
"Computerized
criminal catching," description of collaborative project with St. Mary's
University, Nova
Scotia Business Journal, Halifax, Nova Scotia, October 1993.
Video Productions:
A Video Tour of CRC,
1994, 8 minutes. Director, Writer, Editor, Camera.
The
First Canadian Freenet Conference, 1993, 7 minutes, Director, Editor.
Video Demonstration of
CHAT Natural Language Shell, 1992, 6 minutes, Director, Editor.