From: jwfsmith@acsu.buffalo.edu (Jim Smith)
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Subject: Computer services manager with GIS training/research experience
Date: 21 Jan 93 22:29:09 GMT
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JAMES W. F. SMITH

Department of Geography				179 Springville Ave.
105 Wilkeson Quad				Amherst, NY 14226
State University of New York at Buffalo		716-837-6290
Buffalo, NY 14261 USA
716-645-2265
fax: 716-645-5957
internet:  jwfsmith@geog.buffalo.edu

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Management experience in a research laboratory setting.  Systems and
database management, technical support, and application experience with
ARC/INFO and other geographic information system (GIS) software.
Experienced with DOS, Macintosh, and Sun hardware, operating systems,
and applications software.  Trained in Unix system management and
networking.  Research experience in analysis of algorithms,  and in
spatial error measurement.  Knowledge of remote sensing and image
processing principles.  Technical writing and editing skills.


EDUCATION

The University of Alberta.  M.Sc., Geography, 1986.  Thesis: "Effects
of Cartographic Error on Polygon Overlay Results with Geomorphic Data."

Louisiana State University.  B.Sc., Geography, 1982.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Sept. 1990 - present:  Director,  Geographic Information and Analysis
Laboratory, Department of Geography, University at Buffalo, NY.
Responsible for all aspects of a research and instruction facility of
the Department of Geography and the National Center for Geographic
Information and Analysis (NCGIA).  Supervisor for one professional
support staff and several graduate student assistants.  Responsible for
long-term planning, hardware and software purchases, maintenance, and
supplies from annual budgets.  Coordinator for 18 faculty members for
laboratory research projects.

1987 - 1990:  Manager, Geographic Information and Analysis Laboratory,
Department of Geography, University at Buffalo, NY.  Systems and data
base  manager for ARC/INFO and other GIS software.  System
co-administrator for Sun workstation LAN.  Departmental consultant for
faculty and graduate research involving spatial data handling
software.  Technical coordinator for external projects with local,
state, and federal agencies.  Responsible for daily operations of
departmental computer laboratory, procurement of microcomputer software
and hardware, and supervision of graduate student assistants.

1986 - 1987: Cartographer, U.S. Geological Survey, National Mapping
Division, Rolla, Mo.  Assigned to interagency project, "Development of
GIS Technology to Support Surface Water Hydrologic Modeling." Received
training in photogrammetric principles, stereocompilation, DLG
processing, and image processing.

1983 - 1986: Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Geography,
The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.  Laboratory
instruction in statistical methods, field methods, and introductory
climatology.  Research assistant for statistical analysis of cognitive
maps.

1976 - 1983: Hydrologic technician, U. S. Geological Survey, Water
Resources Division, Baton Rouge, La.  Data collection and analysis,
vertical control maintenance, technical report writing.

COOPERATIVE PROJECTS

U. S. Forest Service -  "Integrated Information Management Program:
Performance Validation."  Involved prototype GIS benchmark procedures
on a standard data base.  Converted over 400 graphic and attribute
files, for five data themes over 5000 square miles, into an ARC/INFO
data base.

New York Department of Transportation - "Introduction to GIS"
laboratory.  Developed and instructed laboratory session as part of a
one-day professional workshop, March 1990.

National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis - supervised
creation of small ARC/INFO database for spatial aggregation modeling,
Fall 1989.

New York Department of Equalization and Assessment - consulted and
assisted in creation of ARC/INFO database for interpreting urban growth
patterns, July 1989.

Old Fort Niagara Archaeological Society - supervised and assisted in
digitization of historic maps, registration to an accurate base map,
and manipulation of historic features, July - October 1988.

New York Legislative Task Force on Reapportionment - performed
conversion of Intergraph database and gave tutorial on ARC/INFO
functions and applications to three staff members, July 1988.

PUBLICATIONS

Scott, S., P. Scott, J. W. F. Smith, and J. MacLeay, 1991.
"Reorientation of Historic Maps of Old Fort Niagara using
Computer-Assisted Cartography."Journal of Field Archaeology , April
1991.

Smith, J. W. F., and I. A. Campbell, 1989. "Error in Polygon Overlay
Processing of Geomorphic Data."  Earth Surface Processes and Landforms,
Vol. 14, 703-717.

Smith, J. W. F., 1986. "Effects of Cartographic Error on Polygon
Overlay Results with Geomorphic Data."  M.Sc. thesis, University of
Alberta.  125 pp.



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Jim Smith, Director
Geographic Information and Analysis Laboratory
Department of Geography/National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
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