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Bruce Campbell

I currently am on a Research Assistant stipend as I finish my PhD at the University of Washington. I continue to work as a Research Scientist who attempts to improve various virtual communities through quality computer-mediated communications, but my hours are limited as I focus on my dissertation. I teach as a Rhode Island School of Design continuing education faculty member - focusing on four courses within the Young Artist and the Web Design and Development certificate programs.

At RISD, I teach:

  • Web Architecture (CE Link)
  • Web Page Development with the Hypertext Markup Language (CE Link)
  • Creating Dynamic Web Content with PHP (CE Link)
  • Creating Video Games with Flash and ActiveScript

    At the UW, I have been a Lecturer for:
  • Industrial Engineering 599 B - Visualization and Analytics seminar
  • Industrial Engineering 498A - Web Enabling Inventory Systems
  • Industrial Engineering 498 B - Web Enabling Collaborative Tools ( 2006 course sponsored by the PRISM )

    • A Past Project: Teachers/Pathfinders VR Web Pages

    The Teachers/Pathfinders VR Web Pages Project is a site for Teachers to visit who are curious about the building of virtual worlds.

    My Background

    I am currently wearing three hats at the University of Washington. I teach as a Lecturer within the Industrial Engineering department on campus. I study and write as an Industrial Engineering PhD candidate. And, I work as a Research Scientist, a position I have held since the start of 1998. My research position is best represented within these pages though I plan on making my PhD journey an open book here as well (as things unfold).

    In December 1997 I finished up my Masters of Science in Computer Science at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) through Rensselaer-Hartford in Hartford, CT. I worked as an Information Scientist for 5 years at The Travelers Insurance Company (TIC) where I was blessed with being able to work on 5 technology projects with 60 bright and creative peers. Together, we were a collaborative success as we shared research and insight to roll out technology in a timely and cost-effective fashion. At one point within TIC, I became the product manager for Lotus Notes which is as much cultureware as software. I began to live the excitement of technology-supported collaboration. That excitement continues to thrive as I have moved on to working with collaboration on the internet, using the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) and the Java 3D API to deliver easy to use, 3 dimensional, collaboratory software to all of us.

    The VRML standard should take advantage of the best graphics, networking, multimedia, and browser capabilities we can develop (see Mark Pesce's paper). In keeping up with the lab's mission, I focus on getting VRML, Java 3D, and any other similar or related technologies out to the masses. Teaching how to use VRML, discussing the implications of a VRML site for the 28.8 bps modem connected audience, and maintaining a lab VRML notebook for others to see the lab's work are some of my responsibilities within the lab. With this knowledge gained, I hope to help make the HIT lab's New Media site top notch.

    Eclipse

    		 I enjoy using the Eclipse IDE for Java and C/C++ development of 3-D, multiuser virtual environments for Linux, OSX, and Windows. Check out the eclipse home page.

    Atmosphere

    		 For Web 3D interactive spaces, I enjoyed using the Atmosphere platform from Adobe while in development. Atmospherians is an all-planet community who believe in 3-D Cyberspace and used Atmosphere to create visual on-line places to meet.

    Check out the Atmospherian's Gallery if you have installed the Atmosphere plug-in.. The Atmosphere code base was rolled into Adobe's Acrobat product line. Embedded 3-D objects in Web documents is nice, but it doesn't enable the same sense of on-line community directly.