Alan Kaplan

CURRICULUM VITAE

Research Interests

Education

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1996, Computer Science

Thesis title: Name Management in Convergent Computing Systems: Models, Mechanisms and Applications

Thesis advisor: Professor Jack C. Wileden

M.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1989, Computer Science

B.S. (magna cum laude), Duke University, Durham, NC, 1983, Computer Science

Professional Experience

Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 1997-present, Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, 1996-97, Assistant Professor (Lecturer) of Computer Science

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1987-96, Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1992-93, 95-96, Department of Computer Science, Department of Sports Studies, Instructor

Irving Trust Bank, New York, NY, 1986, Programmer/Analyst

Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA, 1983-85, Programmer/Analyst

Merck and Company, Rahway, NJ, 1980-81, Summer Intern Programmer/Analyst

Publications

Highly Refereed Conference Publications

• Bubba, J., Kaplan, A. and Wileden, J.C., The Exu Approach to Safe, Transparent and Lightweight Interoperability, International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Chicago, IL, October, 2001.

• Kaplan, A. and Lunn, L., FlexXML: Engineering a more flexible and adaptable Web, IEEE International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing, Las Vegas, NV, April 2001.

• Kaplan, A. and Wileden, J.C., Seamlessness and Transparency in Object-Oriented Databases, Succeeding with Object Databases: A Practical Look at Today's Implementations with Java and XML, pages 315--325. John Wiley and Sons, October 2000.

• Kaplan, A., Ridgway, J.V.E., Schmerl, B., Sridhar, K. and Wileden, J.C., Toward pure polylingual persistence, Ninth International Workshop on Persistent Object Systems, Lillehammer, Norway, September 2000.

• Kaplan, A. Shoup, D.E., Cupv - a visualization tool for generated parsers, 31st Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2000), Austin, TX, March 2000.

• Kaplan, A., Schmerl, B. and Veeraraghavan, R., Toward automated support for transparent interoperable queries, Ninth Workshop On Information Technologies And Systems, Charlotte, NC, December 1999.

• Kaplan, A., Ridgway, J.V.E., and Wileden, J.C., Why IDLs Are Not Ideal, Ninth IEEE International Workshop on Software Specification and Design, Ise-Shima, Japan, April, 1998.

• Kaplan, A., Myrestrand, G.A., Ridgway, J.V.E., and Wileden, J.C., Our SPIN on Persistent Java: the JavaSPIN approach, First International Workshop on Persistent Java, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, September 1996.

• Barrett, D.J., Kaplan, A. and Wileden, J.C., Automated Support for Seamless Interoperability in Polylingual Software Systems, The Fourth Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering, San Francisco, CA, USA, October, 1996.

• Kaplan, A. and Wileden, J.C., Toward Painless Polylingual Persistence, Seventh International Workshop on Persistent Object Systems, Cape May, NJ, USA, May 1996.

• Kaplan, A. and Wileden, J.C., Formalization and Application of a Unifying Model for Name Management, The Third Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering, Washington, D.C., USA, October, 1995.

• Kaplan, A. and Wileden, J.C., Conch: Experimenting with Enhanced Name Management for Persistent Object Systems, Sixth International Workshop on Persistent Object Systems, Tarascon, Provence, France, September 1994.

• Kaplan, A. and Wileden, J.C., Name Management and Object Technology for Advanced Software, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Object Technologies for Advanced Software, number 742 in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Kanazawa, Japan, November 1993, pp.371--392.

• Johnson, P., Hildum, D.W., Kaplan, A., Kay, C. and Wileden, J.C., An Ada Restructuring Assistant, Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Ada, Fairfax, VA, USA, November 1988, pp.4-1--4-14.

Workshop Position Papers -- Reviewed

• Kaplan, A. and Wileden, J.C., Toward MetaObject-based Support for Model-based Simulation, 2nd ECOOP Workshop on Object Interoperability, in association with 14th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Sophia Antipolis, France, June, 2000. (position paper)

• Kaplan, A. and Wileden, J.C., Automating Interoperability For Heterogeneous Software Components, Second International Workshop on Component-Based Software Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, May, 1999. (position paper)

• Kaplan, A. and Wileden, J.C., Practical Foundations for Transparent Interoperation, NSF Invitational Workshop on Distributed Information, Computation, and Process Management for Scientific and Engineering Environments (DICPM), May, 1998, Herndon, Virginia

• Wileden, J.C. and Kaplan, A., Formal Foundations for Transparent Interoperation, NSF Invitational Workshop on Distributed Information, Computation, and Process Management for Scientific and Engineering Environments (DICPM), May, 1998, Herndon, Virginia

• Wileden, J.C. and Kaplan, A., Successful Software Evolution Requires Well-Founded Composition and Interoperation, International Workshop on the Principles of Software Evolution, Kyoto, Japan, April, 1998. (position paper)

• Wileden, J.C. and Kaplan, A., Middleware as Underwear: Toward a More Mature Approach to Compositional Software Development, OMG/DARPA/MCC Workshop on Compositional Software Architectures, Monterey, CA, January, 1998. (position paper)

• Kaplan, A. and Wileden, J.C., Foundations for Transparent Data Exchange and Integration Conference on Scientific and Technical Data Exchange and Integration, Bethesda, MD, December, 1997. (position paper)

• Wileden, J.C. and Kaplan, A., A Convergent Systems Viewpoint on Viewpoints, Viewpoints '96: International Workshop on Multiple Perspectives in Software Development (in conjunction with the 4th Symposium on Foundations of Software Engineering), San Francisco, CA, October 1996. (position paper)

• Kaplan, A. and Wileden, J.C., Performance and Optimization Issues in Polylingual Object-Oriented Databases, Workshop on Object Database Behavior, Benchmarks, and Performance\/} (in conjunction with the 10th Annual ACM Conference on Object-Oriented Programming Systems, Languages and Applications), Austin, TX, October 1995. (position paper)

• Wileden, J.C. and Kaplan, A., The Greatest Interoperability Challenges: Megaprogramming and Polylingual Systems, Workshop on Interoperable Objects -- Experiences and Issues (in conjunction with the 10th Annual ACM Conference on Object-Oriented Programming Systems, Languages and Applications), Austin, TX, October 1995. (position paper)

• Wileden, J.C. and Kaplan, A., Our SPIN on Adaptable Software, Workshop on Adaptable and Adaptive Software (in conjunction with the 10th Annual ACM Conference on Object-Oriented Programming Systems, Languages and Applications), Austin, TX, October 1995. (position paper)

• Wileden, J.C. and Kaplan, A., Our SPIN on Subjectivity, Workshop on Subjectivity in Object-Oriented Systems (in conjunction with the 10th Annual ACM Conference on Object-Oriented Programming Systems, Languages and Applications), Austin, TX, October 1995. (position paper)

• Kaplan, A. and Wileden, J.C., Name Management: A Catalyst for Persistence and Interoperability, Workshop on Research Issues in the Intersection of Software Engineering and Programming Languages (in conjunction with the 17th International Conference on Software Engineering), Seattle, WA, April 1995. (position paper)

• Kaplan, A. and Wileden, J.C., Enriching Context Control: Toward Improved Name Management in Database Programming Languages, Fourth International Workshop on Database Programming Languages, New York, NY, September 1993. (abstract)