Mike O’Neal, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Computer Science Program Chair

Louisiana Tech University

 

Founder and Chief Scientist

Network Foundation Technologies

 

Mike O’Neal is Chair of the Computer Science Program at Louisiana Tech University.  He received his BS (Magna Cum Laude, 1982) and MS (1984) from Louisiana Tech, and his Ph.D. (1989) from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette.  In addition to serving almost 20 years in the field of higher education, Dr. O’Neal is Founder and Chief Scientist of Network Foundation Technologies – a startup focused on the online video broadcast market.  In the 1999 to 2001 time frame, Mike was Co-Founder and CTO of OneNetNow.com, a community-based web portal focused on the urban community, which was acquired by EarthLink in 2001.  Dr. O’Neal’s academic research interests include computer science education and artificial intelligence.

 

 

Education:     

 

  • Ph.D.   Computer Science        University of Louisiana, Lafayette          1989
  • MS      Computer Science        Louisiana Tech University                     1984
  • BS       Computer Science           Louisiana Tech University                            1982

 

 

Experience:

 

  • Louisiana Tech University, Computer Science
      • Chair, Computer Science, 1996 – 1999, Sept. 2002 – present           
      • Associate Professor, 1993 – present     
      • Assistant Professor, 1987 – 1993                   

 

  • Network Foundation Technologies
      • Founder & Chief Scientist, Dec. 2000 – present          

 

  • Earthlink
      • Consultant, June 2001 – May 2002
      • Staff Engineer, Feb. 2001 – June 2001

 

  • OneNetNow.com
      • Co-Founder, May 1999
      • Chief Technology Officer, May 1999 – Feb. 2001

 

  • Yucaipa

                        Consultant, 1999 - present

 

 

Awards:

 

·  State of Louisiana, Fellow of Excellence Award in Undergraduate Computer Science Education, 1998-1999

 

·  Louisiana Tech University, College of Engineering and Science, Ben T. Bogard Endowed Chair, 1998-1999

 

·  Louisiana Tech University, College of Engineering and Science, Outstanding Achievement Award in Instruction, 1994-1995

 

 

Teaching Interests:

 

  • Breadth-First Introduction to Computing
  • Theory of Computing
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Graphics

 

 

Research Interests:

 

  • Developing Courseware and Innovative Approaches for Computer Science Education
  • Distributed A/V broadcast technologies
  • Common sense reasoning

 

 

Selected Publications:

 

  •  The Science of Computing: An Introduction, Mike O’Neal, in process.

 

  • “Introductory Level Computer Science Courseware”, Jeremy Hill and Mike O’Neal, The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 20, No. 6, pp 31-39, Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, April 2005.

 

  • “Restructuring Computing Programs to Meet Employment Challenges”, Mike O’Neal, Computer, Vol. 37, No. 11, pp 29-34, IEEE Computer Society, November 2004.

 

  • “Effective Internet Education”, Barry L. Kurtz, Dee Parks, and Mike O’Neal, Proceedings Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE 2004), Kauai, Hawaii, August 2004.

 

  •  “Developing Educational Materials in Java – A Report from the Front Lines”, Barry L. Kurtz and Mike O’Neal, Proceedings National Education Computing Conference, June 1998.

 

  • “Watson: A Modular Software Environment for Introductory Computer Science Education,” Mike O’Neal and Barry L. Kurtz, Proceedings 26th Annual SIGCSE Technical Symposium (SIGCSE'95), pages 87-91, Nashville, March 2, 1995.

 

  •  “Complexity Measures for Rule-Based Programs,” Mike O’Neal and William R. Edwards, Jr., IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 5, October 1994.

 

  •  “An Empirical Study of Three Common Software Complexity Measures,” Mike O’Neal, Proceedings Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC-93), Pages 203-207, February 1993.

 

  • “Comprehending Rule-Based Programs: A Graph-Oriented Approach,” Mike O’Neal and William R. Edwards, Jr., International Journal of Man-Machine Studies,  Vol. 39, No. 1, Pages 147-175, July 1993.