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 Stereo Vision - Work in Progress", Proceedings of the Canadian Image
Processing and Pattern Recognition Society's Vision Interface
International Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May
11-17, 1992, pp.195-202 . Sponsored by the Canadian Image Processing
and Pattern Recognition Society, Presenter.
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 Webster, Roger, P. LaFollette, and R.L. Stafford. "Isthmus Critical
 Points and Solving Jigsaw Puzzles in Computer Vision", IEEE
Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, September/October 1991,
Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 1271-1278.
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Webster, Roger. "Useful Artificial Intelligence Tools - A Review of
Heuristic Search Methods",  IEEE Potentials Journal , October 1991,
Vol. 10 No. 3, pp. 51-54.
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 Webster, Roger, P.W. Ross, P. LaFollette, and R.L. Stafford. "A
 Computer Vision System that Assembles Canonical Jigsaw Puzzles Using
the Euclidean Skeleton and Isthmus Critical Points", Proceedings of the
International Association of Pattern Recognition Workshop on Machine
Vision Applications (IAPR MVA'90), Tokyo, Japan, November 28-30, 1990,
pp. 421-426, Presenter.
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 Webster, Roger, "Blueprint Reading Robot Speeds PCB Drilling".
 Manufacturing Systems Magazine.  Hitchcock Publishing Corporation.
November 1988, pp. 64-67.
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 Webster, Roger, "Partial Boundary Matching and Shape Fitting Using the
 Medial Axis Transformation", University Microfilms International: Ann
Arbor, Michigan, Ph.D. Dissertation, Temple University, 1988, pp.
1-208.
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 Webster, Roger, Contributed a small paragraph entitled: "Robot Drills
 Off Blueprints". Advanced Manufacturing Technology Bi-Monthly Report.
Technical Insights Publishing Corporation. Vol. 9, no. 23, December 12,
1988. p. 7.
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 Webster, Roger, "A Robot that Reads PCB Blueprints". Electronic
 Production and Packaging Magazine.  Cahners Publishing Corporation.
February 1988, p. 58.
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 Webster, Roger, "How to Determine the Need for Distributed
 Processing". Data Pro Research Corporation Technical Support
publication. May 1986, pp. 66-72. Reprinted from Proceedings of the ACM
Annual Conference on Office Automation.
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 Ungaro, Collin,  Linking Microcomputers. McGraw Hill, April 1985.
 Contributed an article reprinted from:  Data Communications Magazine
February 1985, pp. 93-98.
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Webster, Roger, "Building a Microcomputer Local Area Network". Data
 Communications Magazine, McGraw Hill, February 1985, pp. 195-203.
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 Webster, Roger, "Distributed Software - How, When, and Why?".
 Proceedings of the Annual  ACM International Conference on Office
Automation, University of Toronto, Ontario, June 1984. Presenter,
pp. 80-87.
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<h3>External Grants and Research Projects:</h3>

National Science Foundation (NSF) Instrumentation and Laboratory
Improvement Program ($97,969) matching grant entitled "A Virtual
Reality and Scientific Visualization Laboratory for Undergraduates
in Computer Science". This grant has provided greatly improved, modern research
equipment for Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, and Scientific
Visualization. Scientific Visualization research is focused on
high-performance 3D computer graphics for scientific modelling, 
virtual world modelling, and virtual reality simulations for 
research training and experimentation in the natural and physical
sciences. NSF number 9651237 awarded to Dr. Roger Webster, 
Computer Science principle investigator.
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National Science Foundation ARI Grant. Principle Investigator in
project entitled:  "Relacement and Renovation of Computer Science
Research and Research Training Laboratories". Awarded $141,827 from the
National Science Foundation's Academic Research Infrastructure Program
(February 1995 - 1997) to provide funds for focused investment in the
revitalization of facilities for undergraduate research in computer
science and scientific visualization. This grant will provide the
Computer Science department with newly renovated research
facilities in the areas of Robotics, Scientific Visualization, Computer
Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, and Real- Time
Systems Engineering. NSF number 93-166 awarded to Dr. Albert Hoffman
, Dean, Donald Stollenwork Facilities Manager, and 
Dr. Roger Webster, Computer Science principle investigator.
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National Science Foundation Grant. Co-participant in project entitled:
"Providing and Integrating Educational Resources for Faculty Teaching
Artificial Intelligence",  National Science Foundation Grant ($81,115),
Summers 1994 and 1995, NSF Faculty Enhancement Program - Collaborative
grant project with Temple University, Drexel University, Villanova
University and Millersville University. Awarded to: Dr. Giorgio
Ingargiola and Dr. Robert Aiken, Temple University, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
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 National Science Foundation Grant. NSF Instrumentation and Laboratory
 Improvement Program ($53,039) matching grant entitled "A Real-Time
Systems Laboratory to Improve Undergraduate Instruction in Computer
Science", Awarded to Dr. Roger W. Webster and Dr. Paul Ross, Millersville University,
Grant No. DUE-9350841 (June 1993 to November 1995).  Project Director.
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 National Science Foundation Grant. Co-participant in project entitled:
 "FLAIR - Flexible Learning with an Artificial Intelligence
Repository",  National Science Foundation Grant ($410,000), Sept. 1991-
Feb. 1995, NSF Grant # CDA-9115254, Collaborative research project with
Temple University, Drexel University, Villanova University and
Millersville University. Awarded to: Dr. Robert Aiken and Dr.  Giorgio
Ingargiola, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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 National Science Foundation Grant. NSF Instrumentation and Laboratory
 Improvement Program ($86,600) matching grant entitled "A Workstation
Laboratory to Improve Undergraduate Instruction in Artificial
Intelligence", Awarded to Dr. Roger W. Webster, and Dr. Paul Ross,
 Millersville University, Grant No. USE-9050371 (July 1990  to December 1992).
Project Director.
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 MIT Fellowship Stipend. Awarded one half tuition stipend  to pursue
 research interests in "Mathematics, Robot Vision and Expert Systems".
Massachusetts Institute of Technology  Center for Advanced Engineering
Study - Cambridge, Massachusetts. Summer Term 1991 and 1992.
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 ISC Research and Development Project. Awarded for research project
 entitled: "A Computer Vision System to Locate and Track Moving Objects
in 3-Space". Sponsored by the International Signal and Control
Corporation, Lancaster, PA,  This project used a binocular stereo
computer vision system to compute the location of practice missiles in
3-space in real time. Academic year 1990/91.
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 Corporate Research Grant entitled: "Unix Device Driver for Robot
 Vision Boards under Ultrix-32m".  Sponsored by the MicroDisc
corporation of Mt. Laurel, New Jersey. The purpose of this ($32,000)
grant was to develop an Ultrix-32m device driver for a full series of
image processing boards manufactured by the Imaging Technology
Corporation.  September 1986 - May 1987. Project Director.
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 Ben Franklin Advanced Technology Research Grant entitled: "Computer
 Vision Automated Drilling System". Contract number 85-45006322 under
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania act no. 223.  Sponsored by the
Rinehart Engineering Corporation and the Ben Franklin Partnership
Program of Pennsylvania. The purpose of this ($210,000) grant was to
develop a system for the automated recognition of coordinates of holes
to be drilled on a printed circuit board. November 1985 - August 1986.
Project Director.
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 Rinehart Engineering Award: awarded monies to attend an MIT short
 course during the summer of 1986.  Sponsored by the Rinehart
Engineering Corporation. July 1985.
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Memberships: <br>
IEEE Computer Society, <br> 
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM),  <br>
American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), <br>  
International Society for Computer Simulation (ISCS), <br>
American Association for Engineering Education (ASEE).  <br>
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