Clifton Boyd Davis

Contact Information

Email clifton@cam-info.net

Research and Development position in the greater Houson area.

Proven ability to visualize and decompose the core of complex problems as artificial intelligence tasks to which established tools can be applied.

Machine Learning, Expert Systems, Database Mining, Automated Web Mining, Programming Languages, Cryptography, Artificial Intelligence Algorithms.

Ph.D. in Computer Science

B.S. in Mathematics

"Emperor: Cheap Legal Secure Cryptography for the Web", with C.F. Eick in Proc. ACM SAC'99 Conference, San Antonio, Texas, February, 1999.

"Using Offset Invariant Crossover as a Tool for Discovering Cycle Length in a Periodic Function", with C.F. Eick in Evolutionary Programming VII, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 1447, Springer, 1998.

"CHIRICO - A Framework for Computerization of Medical Practice Guidelines", with C.F. Eick, A. Shah, and Lee Wanke in International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, Vol. 5, no. 1&2, 1996.

"CHIRICO - A Framework for Computerization of Medical Practice Guidelines", (Preliminary Version) with C.F. Eick, A. Shah, and Lee Wanke in Proc. 7th Int. Conference on Tools with A.I., pp. 224-227, Herdon, Virginia, November, 1995.

Website Development

Partnered with reference librarian to create useful reference tools and documents, notably an encyclopedia of information available on the World Wide Web.
Used HTML, CGI, and automated scripts.
Partially funded education through sale of advertising on these pages.
1995-2001

Research Assistant - University of Houston

Assisted in development of novel expert system environment to support medical applications.
Established sound basis for combining fuzzy logic with inductive statistical calculations.
Assisted in writing grant applications.
1995-1996

Teaching Assistant - University of Houston

Lead AI Programmer - Leasure Planning

Led team of knowledge engineers and programmers to create an expert system to assist in planning a vacation in a manner similar to a good travel agent and embedded it in a commercial database driven product
1986-1991

Consultant - Leasure Planning

Investa

Wrote expert system shell for modeling and testing stock market investment rules.
Discovered, tested and refined index options strategies.

Oz Software

Led programming team to write hypertext system providing access to investment advice and opinion.
Designed database and support systems.

Research Analyst - Dresser Atlas

Combined signal processing and AI techniques for the analysis of acoustic wave-train logging data.
Assisted with dip-log interpretation expert system project.
Created expert system for near-optimal configuration of Corion data-base system.
1983-1986

Programmer Analyst - The Analysts, Schlumburger

Led programming team for software development for diverse real time systems in oil service industry.
Wrote micorcomputer code for heave compensated depth module.
Developed mathematical model and algorithms for sophisticated anti-collision system for use with MWD (measurement while drilling) tool.
1974-1982

Math/Stat/Programmer - U.S. Army, Air Defense Agency, Computer Analysis Branch

Participated in formulation of models for air defence analysis.
Wrote computer simulations to support air defense studies.
Received multiple commendations for efforts in studies performed for the Pentagon.
1972-1974

Vice President of U.H. Student Computer Society 1994-1995.
Served on board of directors of nonprofit literary and educational corporation 1989 to present.
American Mathematical Association Award 1968.

Available on Request