L. John Old
Education
PhD (Information Science) Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
MS (Computer Science) University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas
BSc (Computer Science, Psychology) Waikato University, Hamilton, New
Zealand
AS (Computer Science), University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas
RCN (NZ, USA, UK)
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Research
Information
Cartography, Natural Language Semantics (Roget's
Thesaurus), Information Visualization / Visual
Analysis, Semantic Cartography, Conceptual Structures, Formal
Concept Analysis, lattices, Web-based systems, SmallWorld
networks, data mining
Experience
(summary)
2002-2010
Lecturer, School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University
1996-2002 Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Specialist
and Lead Database Analyst, Indiana University Technology
Services
1990-1996 Database Administrator and Research
Associate,
University of Arkansas
1982-85,1990-96 Supervisor and Clinical Specialist, Arkansas Forensic
Unit (Ark Maximum Security Unit for the Criminally Insane)
1988-1989 Information Systems Manager, Waikato Hospital, New Zealand
1985-1987 Supervisor, Nursing Information Systems, Waikato Hospital,
New Zealand
1980-1982 Supervisor, Staff Development, Tokanui Hospital, New Zealand
Memberships
- Scottish
Institute for Policing Research, 2006 - 2011
- British Computer Society, 2004 - 2011
- Educational Institute of Scotland 2002- 2011
- Cognitive Science Society 1998-2002
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Initiative,
Indiana University 1998-2002
- Association for Computing Machinery 1998-2002
- New Zealand Computer Society 1985-1989
(Newsletter
editor, 1988)
Other
Qualifications
- Database Administration (Sybase, Oracle (and Oracle
Spatial), Informix),
Microsoft MCSE Server and Networking Certificates,
Unix (SUN, Silicon
Graphics, Linux, HP) Administration;
Registered Comprehensive Nurse
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