The Eleventh IASTED International Conference on
Computers and Advanced Technology in Education
~CATE 2008~
Globalization of Education Through Advanced Technology
September 29 – October 1, 2008
Crete, Greece
CONFERENCE CHAIR
Biography of the Conference Chair
Dr. Vladimir Uskov is a professor of computer science and information systems at Bradley University (Peoria, IL, USA). He is also a co-Director of the InterLabs Research Institute at Bradley University.
His areas of expertise include Web-Based Education or e-Learning (1995 – present), Applications of Information Technologies in Education (1990 – present), Software Engineering (1979 – present) and Programming Languages (1979 – present).
Dr. Uskov has more than 210 professional publications, including 3 textbooks, 3 book chapters, and 29 published articles in referred journals in 3 different languages.
Dr. Uskov is the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal on Advanced Technology for Learning (ISSN: 1710-2251). He is also a member of editorial boards of 3 international referred journals on Web-based education.
Dr. Uskov received numerous grants in his areas of expertise from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Microsoft Corp., and various governmental institutions. Currently, Dr. Uskov is a principal investigator of the NSF project # 0420506 (2004-2008) in Information Technology. He was a principal investigator of the NSF project # 0196015 on Web-Based Education (2001-2004), and co-principal investigator of the NSF grant # 9950029 (1999-2003) and grant # 0002219 (2000-2001).
In 2004 alone, Dr. Uskov was a Keynote Presenter of 3 international conferences – 33rd IGIP/IEE/ASEE Congress on Engineering Education in Switzerland, World e-Learning Forum and Expo in Tokyo, Japan, and international conference on Advances in Computer Science CIC-2004 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Dr. Uskov taught regular academic courses in Russia (Moscow State Technical University, 1988-1995) and in the USA (Michigan State University, University of Cincinnati, and Bradley University, 1995 – present). He was a visiting professor in various universities of France, Germany, Holland, and Italy.
Dr. Uskov is a Member of the Executive Board of the IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology, Senior Member of the IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Education Society, ACM, AACE, IASTED and the International Academy on Information Networking.
