Prior to joining the faculty at Buffalo, he was an assistant professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He earned his Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1997, and obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University at Buffalo in 1989 and 1991, respectively. His research interests include analog VLSI implementations of artificial vision, hardware and software artificial neural networks, hardware implementations of decision-making aids, optoelectronics and integrated sensor systems. Dr. Titus has numerous research grants from federal and private sources, including an NSF CAREER award. He has been a reviewer for many journals and conferences, and, he is a member of IEEE, INNS, ASEE and SPIE.