Revised:November 2009

Education

University of California, Los Angeles

October 1985–June 1992
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, June 1992
Honors: MICRO Fellowship, Kully Pan-Pacific Award.
Dissertation: Dynamics of Synaptic Integration.
Master of Science in Computer Science June 1990

Washington University

Saint Louis, Missouri September 1979–May 1983
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science May 1983
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering May 1983
Honors: National Merit Scholarship, Washington University Engineering Scholarship, Dean’s List, Honors Assembly, Tau Beta Pi Association, Eta Kappa Nu.

Experience

University of Washington, Bothell

Computing & Software Systems Program
Professor September 2009–present
Interim Director, Computing & Software Systems Program August 2008–present
Executive Director, Biotechnology & Biomedical Technology Institute 2006–present
Principal Investigator, Biocomputing Laboratory September 2002–present
Associate Professor September 2001–September 2009
Assistant Professor September 1997–September 2001

University of Washington, Seattle

Computer Science & Engineering
Adjunct Associate Professor 2001–2005

University of Florida, Gainesville

Electrical and Computer Engineering
Visiting Associate Professor August 2004–August 2005

University of California, Berkeley

California August 1996–August 1997
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology.

The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

Hong Kong July 1992–August 1996
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science.

University of California, Los Angeles

California October 1987–June 1992
Graduate Student Researcher in computational neuroscience, nonlinear dynamics, computer vision, visual perception. Developed neuron and neural network modeling software. Teaching Assistant in undergraduate computer vision laboratory class.

IBM Los Angeles Scientific Center

Los Angeles, California May 1986–May 1987
Supplemental Researcher in Robotics Laboratory. Developed Computer Vision Workstation in joint effort with UCLA. Conducted research into Connectionist computer architecture for preattentive visual motion computation.

Texas Instruments, Inc. Equipment Group

Dallas, Texas September 1983–August 1985
Electrical Design Engineer. Designed computer graphics and simulation software and hardware for development of infra-red imaging systems. Responsible for all software.

N. V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken

Eindhoven, Netherlands Summer 1983
Student intern. Designed hardware for computer terminal.

McDonnell Douglas Electronics Co.

Saint Charles, Missouri Academic Years 1981–1983
Computer Operator/Programmer supporting flight simulator design.

Thwing-Albert Instrument Co.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Summers 1981 & 1982
Software and hardware designer for test equipment manufacturer.

Publication Summary

Publications include 1 book chapter and 1 book in preparation, 18 refereed journal articles, 26 refereed conference papers, and 21 invited papers and presentations. A comprehensive list, including work in progress, is presented beginning on page 12.

Grants

In addition to the grants below, I have written more than nine unfunded extramural grant proposals.

Collaborative Research: CCLI-Phase 3

“Design, Implementation and Dissemination of Multidisciplinary online Java Digital Signal Processing (J-DSP) Materials” National Science Foundation, co-investigator with Andreas Spanias, Rajapandian Ayyanar, Antonia Papandreou-Suppappola, Cihan Tepedelenlioglu, Harvey Thornburg (Arizona State Univ.), Linda A Hinnov (Johns Hopkins Univ.), and Cajetan M Akujuobi (Prarie View A&M Univ.), $1.2 million total. 2008–13

Fulbright Senior Specialists Roster

candidate 2008–13

“Mobile agents for neural simulation”

Collaborative Undergraduate Research project, Univ. of Washington, co-investigator with Munehiro Fukuda, $4,000. 2008-09

“US/Uruguay Workshop on Neuronal Coding”

National Science Foundation, $38,000. 2007

“Liquid state machines as models of cortical cultures”

Collaborative Undergraduate Research project, Univ. of Washington, $2,000. 2006-07

“Biotechnology and Biomedical Technology Institute”

Academic Distinction Award, Univ. of Washington , co-investigator with Profs. Steve Collins and Alan Leong (UWB), $20,000. 2006-07

“Building an Inclusive CSS Culture”

Diversity Enhancement Grant, Univ. of Washington, co-investigator with Profs. Kelvin Sung and Carol Zander, $4,500. 2006–07

Collaborative Proposal: CCLI-AI

“Adaptation of the J-DSP On-Line Technology and Labs to Communication Networks and Multimedia Computing” National Science Foundation , co-investigator with Andreas Spanias, Martin Reisslein, Junshan Zhang (Arizona State Univ.), $200,000 total. 2005–08

“Multimedia and Signal Computing Course Redesign”

Worthington Technology Award, University of Washington, $6,189. 2003–04

“CSS Center for Integrated Teaching, Learning & Scholarship”

Worthington Technology Award, University of Washington, co-investigator with Profs. Kelvin Sung, Munehiro Fukuda, and Charles Jackels (Computing & Software Systems, UWB), $11,380. 2002–03

“Distributed Systems Research Laboratory”

Office of Research, University of Washington, co-investigator with Prof. Kelvin Sung and Prof. Mitchell Berg (Computing & Software Systems, UWB), $20,000. May 2000

“Biocomputing initiative”

Worthington Distinguished Professor Award, University of Washington, $3,500. 1999–2000

“Cyberspace center for software industry”

Information Technology Contract (AF/253/95), HK Industry Department, co-investigator with Prof. Sam Chanson, Prof. T.C. Pong, Dr. Dik Li, Dr. Pam Drew, Dr. James Gray (Computer Science, HKUST), US$470,000. 1996–98

“Dynamical neural networks: from wetware to hardware”

Competitive Earmarked Research Grant (HKUST668/95E), HK Research Grants Council, with Dr. Bert Shi (Electrical & Electronic Engineering, HKUST) as co-investigator, US$33,000. 1995–97

“Analog VLSI cellular neural networks”

Competitive Earmarked Research Grant (HKUST675/95E), HK Research Grants Council, co-investigator with Dr. Bert Shi (Electrical & Electronic Engineering, HKUST), US$80,000. 1995–97

“Locus Coeruleus Modulation of Neuronal Circuits in the Visual System”

Competitive Earmarked Research Grant (HKUST527/94M), HK Research Grants Council, co-investigator with Dr. Robert N. Holdefer (Biology, HKUST), US$27,500. 1994–96

Research Travel Grant

HKUST (RTG93/94.EG10) Summer 1994

“Dynamical Neural Networks: Responses to Transient Inputs”

Competitive Earmarked Research Grant (HKUST187/93E), HK Research Grants Council, US$36,000. 1993–95

“A Dynamical Neural Network Laboratory”

Direct Allocation Grant (DAG92/93.EG18), HKUST, US$15,000. 1992–93

Teaching & Pedagogy

Professional Development

• NSF Workshop on Peer-Led Team Learning in Computer Science, April 2007.

UW Bothell Computing & Software Systems Program

• Programming Methodology, CSS 162 Spring 2009
• Linear Algebra, CSS 330 Spring 2008
• Digital Multimedia, CSS 457 Fall 1997; Winter 2008; Spring 1999–2004, 2006–07
• Programming and Discrete Mathematics, CSS 263 Fall 2007, 2009
• Expert Systems, CSS 482 Fall 1997, 2003, 2005, 2006; Winter 1999–2002, 2009
• Mathematical Principles of Computing, CSS 342 Fall 2005; Winter 1998, 2000, 2003; Spring 1999, 2001, 2006; Summer 2001
• Data Structures & Algorithms, CSS 343 Fall 1999, 2001; Winter 2002–04, 2006; Spring 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004
• Technical Writing for Computing Professionals, CSS 301 Fall 2003
• Neurocomputing, CSS 485 Fall 1999–2002; Winter & Summer 1998
• Developed distance learning versions of CSS 482 & CSS 457 2002
• Advanced Programming Methodologies I, CSSAP 442 Fall 1998
• Advanced Programming Methodologies II, CSSAP 443 Winter 1999
• The Graphical Display of Information, CSSIE 450 Spring & Fall 1998

UW Bothell Center for Undergraduate Studies & Programs

• Calculus I, CUSP 124 Winter 2007

HKUST Department of Computer Science

• Computer and Programming Fundamentals II, COMP 103 Spring 1996
• Software Tools, COMP 111 Fall 1995
• Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence I, COMP 221 Spring 1993–95
• Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence II, COMP 321 Fall 1993
• Neural Computation (graduate), COMP 520A Fall 1994
• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (graduate), COMP 521 Fall 1992
• Computation in Complex Systems (graduate seminar), COMP 695E Spring 1994

UCLA Computer Science Department

• Computer Vision Laboratory, CS 168L Spring & Fall 1987

UCLA Office of International Students and Scholars

• Orientation Program for new international students 1986–92

Other

• Computer Organization, for local software industry
• Operating Systems, for local software industry

Student Supervision

Over 45 Bachelor’s degree projects supervised (1993–present). Supervised one Master’s Thesis (R. Ieong, M.Phil., “Long-term potentiation and synaptic coding”, 1996), and served on two Master’s thesis committees (1994, 96).

Professional Service

University of Washington

• Advisory Search Committee for Lecturer, Electrical Engineering Spring 2009
• Electrical Engineering degree development committee 2008–09
• Steering Committee, Pacific Northwest Center for Neural Engineering 2008–present
• UWB Science & Technology Transition Team 2008–09
• Chair, General Faculty Organization 2007–08
• Member, UWB task force on strategic planning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) 2008
• Senator 2007–08
• Member, Senate Executive Council 2007–08
• UW North Campus Working Group 2007
• Vice-Chair, General Faculty Organization, and Chair, Executive Council 2006–07
• Member, Faculty Council on Tri-Campus Policy 2006–07
• Graduate School Representative on two doctoral committees.
• Academic Affairs Committee 2005-06
• Quantitative Skills Center Director Search Committee 2005–06
• Student Scholarship Committee 2005–06
• Technology Fee Committee 2004
• Executive Council 1997–98, 2004
• Research Grants & Contracts Task Force 2004
• Faculty Retreat Planning Committee Summer 2003
• Computing and Communications Librarian Search Committee 2003
• Teaching & Learning Center Steering Committee 2002
• Technology Endowment Task Force 2001
• Chair, Instruction & Research Support Committee 2001–02
• Instruction & Research Support Committee 1997–2000
• Distinguished Professor Award Committee Winter 2000 & 2001
• Facilities Planning Committee 1998–99
• Technology Planning Advisory Committee 1998–99
• Manager of Information Systems Search Committee 1998

Computing & Software Systems Program

• Chair, Personnel Committee 2008
• Personnel Committee 2001–04, 2005–07
• Promotion & Tenure Committee 2005–07
• Curriculum Committee 2001–02, 2006–07
• Chair, Curriculum Committee 2003–04, 2005–06
• Chair, ad hoc promotion and tenure guidelines committee 2003, 2004
• Director Search Committee 2003–04
• Strategic Initiatives Committee 2003-04
• Chair, Infrastructure Committee 2000–2003
• System Administrator Search Committee 2001–02
• Faculty Search Committee 1997–2000
• Ad hoc Introductory Curriculum Review Committee Spring 1999
• Ad hoc Grade Review Committee Fall 1998

HKUST University-wide committees

• Chairman, Graphics and Visualization Users Group 1994–96
• Catering and Club Needs Steering Committee 1992–93

HKUST Department of Computer Science

• Software Engineering Curriculum Committee Spring 1996
• Coordinator, Artificial Intelligence Area Committee 1994–96
• Chair, WWW Facilities Subcommittee 1994–96
• Artificial Intelligence Area Committee 1992–96
• Coach for HKUST programming team (ACM Collegiate Programming Contest) 1992–96
• Computer Science Industry Day research poster presentations April 1994, May 1995
• Undergraduate Studies Committee 1994–95
• Postgraduate Studies Committee 1993–94
• Undergraduate orientation committee September 1993
• Facilities Committee 1992–93, Spring 1996

External

Member, International Advisory Board for Academic Freedom, Bar-Ilan University 2005–present

Officer, IEEE Computer Society, Seattle Section 1998–2004

Regular panel member, US National Science Foundation and US National Institutes of Health. Program committee, ICONIP’06. Organizing committee, IJCNN’05, ICONIP’96. Proposal reviewer, Swiss National Science Foundation. Reviewer for Neuroscience, Biological Cybernetics, Physica D, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Journal of Computational Neuroscience, Journal of Biological Physics, Cognitive Neurodynamics, the Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci), the International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM), the annual Computational Neuroscience meeting (CNS*95–03), the International Conference on Knowledge Based Computer Systems (KBCS 2004), and ICNN’95. Reviewer, The Internet Encyclopedia, Hossein Bidgoli, ed. (Wiley, 2003) and The Handbook of Computer Networks, Hossein Bidgoli, ed. (Wiley, 2007). Textbook reviewer for Prentice Hall. Session Chair, IJCNN’93, 03. Guest editor, Moderated Young Scientists Network Digest.

Community Service

Board of Directors, Parents Active in Cooperative Education (PACE), Northshore School District 2006–07

Memberships

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Association for Computing Machinery, AAUP, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Usenix. Registered EIT.

Skills

Familiar (natural) languages: English (native), Japanese (can get by), Mandarin and Cantonese (survival level), Spanish (rusty), Hebrew (quite rusty).

Comprehensive Publication List

Books and Book Contributions

1. Stiber, M. and B. Stiber, Signal Computing: Digital Signals in the Software Domain, in progress.
2. Segundo, J.P., M. Stiber, and J.-F. Vibert, “Synaptic coding of spike trains. Entrainment across synapses of one neuron by another”, The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks, M. Arbib, ed., MIT Press, 1995.

Journal Papers

1. Stiber, M., “Transient bifurcations in neural error correction”, BioSystems 89(1–3): 24–29, doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2006.06.009, May–June 2007.
2. Stiber, M., “Spike timing precision and neural error correction: local behavior”, Neural Computation 17(7): 1577–1601, 2005.
3. Gómez, L., R. Budelli, R. Saa, M. Stiber, and J.P. Segundo, “Pooled spike trains of correlated presynaptic inputs as realizations of cluster point processes”, Biological Cybernetics 92(2): 110–127, 2005.
4. Segundo, J.P., G. Sugihara, P. Dixon, M. Stiber, and L. Bersier, “The spike trains of inhibited pacemaker neurons seen through the magnifying glass of nonlinear analyses”, Neuroscience 87(4): 741–766, 1998.
5. Segundo, J.P., J.-F. Vibert, and M. Stiber, “Periodically modulated inhibition of pacemaker neurons. III. The heterogeneity of the postsynaptic spike train, and how control parameters affect it”, Neuroscience 87(1): 15–47, 1998.
6. Stiber, M., R. Ieong, and J.P. Segundo, “Responses to transients in living and simulated neurons”, IEEE Trans. Neural Networks 8(6): 1379–85, 1997.

7. Stiber, M., K. Pakdaman, J.-F. Vibert, E. Boussard, J.P. Segundo, T. Nomura, S. Sato, and S. Doi, “Complex responses of living neurons to pacemaker inhibition: a comparison of dynamical models”, BioSystems 40: 177–88, 1997.

8. Segundo, J.P., J.-F. Vibert, M. Stiber, and S. Hanneton, “Periodically modulated inhibition and its post-synaptic consequences. I. General features. Influences of modulation frequency”, Neuroscience 68(3): 657–92, 1995.
9. Segundo, J.P., J.-F. Vibert, M. Stiber, and S. Hanneton, “Periodically modulated inhibition and its post-synaptic consequences. II. Influence of pre-synaptic slope, depth, range, noise and of post-synaptic natural discharges”, Neuroscience 68(3): 693–719, 1995.
10. Segundo, J.P., M. Stiber, E. Altshuler, and J.-F. Vibert, “Transients in inhibitory driving of neurons and their post-synaptic consequences”, Neuroscience 62(2): 459–80, 1994.
11. Nomura, T., S. Sato, S. Doi, J.P. Segundo, and M. Stiber, “Global bifurcation structure of a Bonhoeffer van der Pol oscillator driven by periodic pulse trains. Comparison with data from a periodically inhibited biological pacemaker”, Biological Cybernetics 72: 55–67, 1994.
12. Nomura, T., S. Sato, S. Doi, J.P. Segundo, and M. Stiber, “A modified radial isochron clock with slow and fast dynamics as a model of pacemaker neurons. Global bifurcation structure when driven by periodic pulse trains”, Biological Cybernetics 72: 93–101, 1994.
13. Stiber, M. and J. Skrzypek, “Computing visual direction constancy with simple shifting circuits: neural network architecture”, Journal of Artificial Neural Networks 1(1): 1–21, 1994.
14. Nomura, T., S. Sato, S. Doi, J.P. Segundo, and M. Stiber, “A Bonhoeffer van der Pol oscillator model of locked and non-locked behaviors of living pacemaker neurons”, Biological Cybernetics 69: 429–37, 1993.
15. Nomura, T., S. Sato, S. Doi, J.P. Segundo, and M. Stiber, “Phase transition curve of a neuronal oscillator and chaos” (in Japanese), Modeling and Information Processing of Random Phenomena in Engineering and Biology, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Cooperative Report 40: 65–75, December 1992.
16. Nomura, T., S. Sato, S. Doi, J.P. Segundo, and M. Stiber, “Response characteristics of a BVP oscillator to periodic pulse stimulus” (in Japanese), ME and Bio Cybernetics Reports MBE92-12: 29–36, Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, May 1992.
17. Segundo, J.P, E. Altshuler, M. Stiber, and A. Garfinkel, “Periodic Inhibition of Living Pacemaker Neurons: I. Locked, Intermittent, Messy, and Hopping Behaviors”, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 1(3): 549–81, 1991.
18. Segundo, J.P, E. Altshuler, M. Stiber, and A. Garfinkel, “Periodic Inhibition of Living Pacemaker Neurons: II. Influences of Driver Rates and Transients and of Non-driven Post-synaptic Rates”, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 1(4): 873–90, 1991.

Refereed Conference Papers

1. Ramamurthy, K., A. Spanias, L. Hinnov, C. Akujuobi, M. Stiber, M. Pattichis, E. Doering, C. Pattichis, H. Thornburg, A. Papandreou-Suppappola, P. Spanias, R. Ayyanar, E. Campana, S. Haag, “Work in Progress — Collaborative Multi-Disciplinary J-DSP Software Project”, 39th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Antonio, October 18 - 21, 2009.
2. Stiber, M., F. Kawasaki^*, and D. Xu, “A model of dissociated cortical tissue”, Proc. International Workshop on Neuronal Coding, Montevideo, Uruguay, November 2007, pp. 24–27, arXiv:0805.3368 [q-bio.NC].
3. Spanias, A., V. Atti, R. Chilimula, S. Haag, A. Papandreou-Suppappola, C. Tepedelenlioglu, J. Zhang, F. Bodreaux-Bartels, M. Stiber, T. Kasparis, and P Loizou, “A Collaborative Project on Java-DSP Involving Five Universities”, Proc. ASEE Conf., Chicago, June 2006, http://www.asee.org/acPapers/code/getPaper.cfm?paperID=10293&pdf=2006Full1614.pdf.
4. Spanias, A., V. Atti, R. Chilimula, S. Haag, A. Papandreou-Suppappola, C. Tepedelenlioglu, J. Zhang, F. Bodreaux-Bartels, M. Stiber, T. Kasparis, and P Loizou, “Work in Progress — Multi-university development and dissemination of online laboratories in probability theory, signals and systems, and multimedia computing”, Proc. IEEE FIE, pp. F3G-3–4, Indianapolis, October 2005.
5. Stiber, M. and M. Pottorf^*, “Response space construction for neural error correction”, Proc. IEEE IJCNN’04, vol. 4, pp. 3201–5, Budapest, Hungary, July 2004.
6. Stiber, M. and T. Holderman^*, “Global behavior of neural error correction”, Proc. IEEE IJCNN’04, vol. 1, pp. 87–92, Budapest, Hungary, July 2004.
7. Stiber, M., “A Signal Computing Course for Software Undergraduates”, faculty poster, Proc. ACM SIGCSE’04, Norfolk, VA, March 2004.
8. Stiber, M., “Non-information-maximizing neural coding”, Proc. IEEE IJCNN’03, vol. 4, pp. 2728–2733, Portland, July 2003.
9. Hrebec, D.G.^*and M. Stiber, “A survey of system administrator mental models and situation awareness”, Proc. ACM SIGCPR, San Diego, pp. 166–72, April 2001.
10. Stiber, B.Z., E.R. Lewis, and M. Stiber, “Auditory singularity detection by a gerbil cochlea model”, CNS*99, Pittsburgh, July 1999 and Neurocomputing 32–33: 537–43, 2000.
11. Eaton, S.L.^*and M. Stiber, “An ANN for recognizing melody preferences”, Proc. IEEE IJCNN’99, pp. 3552-5, Washington, DC, July 1999.
12. Stiber, B.Z., M. Stiber, E.R. Lewis, and K.R. Henry, “Categorization of Gerbil Auditory Fiber Responses”, CNS*98, Santa Barbara, California, July 1998 and Neurocomputing 26–27: 277–83, 1999.
13. Stiber, M., G.A. Jacobs, and D. Swanberg, “Logos: A Computational Framework for Neuroinformatics Research”, Proc. Ninth Int. Conf. Scientific and Statistical Database Management, pp. 212-22, Olympia, Washington, August 1997.
14. Stiber, M. and G.A. Jacobs, “From cells to systems: Logos and METALogos”, CNS*97, Big Sky, Montana, July 1997.
15. Ieong, R. and M. Stiber, “Long-term potentiation effects on synaptic coding”, CNS*96, Boston, July 1996.
16. Stiber, M. and R. Ieong, “Hysteresis and asymmetric sensitivity to change in pacemaker responses to inhibitory input transients”, Proc. Int. Conf. on Brain Processes, Theories and Models. W.S. McCulloch: 25 Years in Memoriam, pp. 513–22, Grand Canary, Spain, November 1995 (MIT Press).
17. Stiber, M. and R. Ieong, “Nonstationarity and neural coding”, Int. Workshop on Neuronal Coding, Prague, Czech Republic, September 1995.
18. Sugihara, G., M. Stiber, L. Bercier, and J.P. Segundo, “The irregular discharges of inhibited pacemaker neurons: noisy, deterministic, linear and nonlinear issues”, Int. Workshop on Neuronal Coding, Prague, Czech Republic, September 1995.
19. Stiber, M., R. Ieong, R. Chandramani, J.P. Segundo, J.-F. Vibert, “Synaptic coding of inhibitory transients: comparison of model and living preparation”, Computational Neuroscience (Proc. CNS*95), Bower, J., ed., Academic Press, 1995.
20. Stiber, M., L. Yan, and J.P. Segundo, “Synaptic coding of time-varying spike trains”, The Neurobiology of Computation (Proc. CNS*94), Bower, J., ed., pp. 141–6, Kluwer, 1995.
21. Stiber, M. and J.P. Segundo, “Transient responses in dynamical neural models”, International Symposium on Speech, Image Processing & Neural Networks, pp. 229–32, Hong Kong, April 1994.
22. Stiber, M. and J.P. Segundo, “Learning in neural models with complex dynamics”, Proc. IEEE IJCNN-93, 405–8, Nagoya, Japan, October 1993.
23. Nomura, T., S. Sato, S. Doi, J.P. Segundo, and M. Stiber, “Locked and non-locked responses of the BVP oscillator to periodic pulse trains”, Proc. IEEE IJCNN-93, 1313–6, Nagoya, Japan, October 1993.
24. Stiber, M. and J.P. Segundo, “Dynamics of synaptic transfer in living and simulated neurons”, Proc. ICNN-93, 75–80, San Francisco, March 1993.
25. Segundo, J.P., J.-F. Vibert, M. Stiber, and S. Hanneton, “Synaptic coding of periodically modulated spike trains”, Proc. ICNN-93, 58–63, San Francisco, March 1993.
26. Stiber, M. and J. Skrzypek, “Peripheral-Motion-Triggered Attention”, proceedings of the 1990 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Los Angeles, November 1990.
27. Stiber, M. and J. Skrzypek, “Lisp-based PC vision workstation”, Proc. Image Understanding and the Man-Machine Interface 758, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 15–16 January 1987.

Invited Papers and Presentations

1. Atti, V., A. Spanias, S. Haag, A. Papandreou-Suppappola, C. Tepedelenlioglu, J. Zhang, G.F. Boudreaux-Bartels, M. Stiber, T. Kasparis,P. Loizou, C. Pattichis, “Multi-University Development and Dissemination of Java Software for DSP and Signals and Systems Courses”, SenSIP Workshop, Sedona, May 12-14, 2008.
2. Stiber, M. “Bifurcations of neural transient responses”, International Workshop on Neuronal Coding, Marburg, Germany, August 2005.
3. Budelli, R., L. Gómez, R. Saa, J.P. Segundo, and M. Stiber, “Independent or correlated presynaptic trains embody Poisson or cluster point processes”, Workshop on Advanced Methods of Physiological System Modeling, Marina del Rey, California, April 2002.
4. Marx, R.^*and M. Stiber, “Dynamical neural networks for sensorimotor control”, International Workshop on Neuronal Coding, Osaka, Japan, October 1999. ^*Undergraduate student co-author.
5. Gomez, L., R. Saa, M. Stiber, and J.P. Segundo, “Mutual information in a converging synaptic arrangement”, International Workshop on Neuronal Coding, Osaka, Japan, October 1999.
6. Segundo, J.P., L. Gomez, M. Stiber, R. Budelli, and R. Saa, “Correlation, bias and synaptic coding with converging excitation. Poisson and cluster models”, International Workshop on Neuronal Coding, Osaka, Japan, October 1999.
7. Stiber, M. and B. Lau^*, “Long-Term Potentiation and Synaptic Coding of Time-Varying Inputs”, Proc. ICONIP’98, pp. 621–4, Kitakyushu, Japan, October 1998.
8. Segundo, J.P., R. Budelli, R. Saa, L. Gómez, and M. Stiber, “Single neurons with many weak terminals: coding, uncertainty, and information”, Proc. ICONIP’98, pp. 23–6, Kitakyushu, Japan, October 1998.
9. Stiber, M. “Can we understand neural computation by investigating neural coding?”, Dept. of Applied Physics, Waseda Univ., Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tokushima Univ., August 1998.
10. Stiber, M., “Long-term potentiation: intrinsic dynamics and extrinsic influences on neuron dynamics”, First Tamagawa International Forum for Brain Science, September 1996.
11. Stiber, M. and R. Ieong, “Long-term potentiation and neural coding as a single dynamical process”, ICONIP’96 Special Session on Spatio-Temporal Coding in Neural Networks, pp. 1275–80, Hong Kong, September 1996.
12. “Incorporating learning into our view of neural coding”, St.-Antoine Workshop on Dynamical Systems, Paris, June 1996.
13. “Neural coding: a dynamical perspective”, Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of North Carolina., Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering and School of Medicine, Univ. of Arizona. March 1995. NeuroMuscular Research Center, Boston Univ., Dept. of Information and Communication Engineering, Tamagawa Univ., July 1995.
14. Segundo, J.P., J.-F. Vibert, K. Pakdaman, M. Stiber, and O. Diez Martínez, “Noise and the neurosciences: a long history, a recent revival and some theory”, Origins: Brain and Self Organization, K. Pribram, ed., pp. 300–31, Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc., 1994.
15. Stiber, M., L. Yan, J.P. Segundo, and J.-F. Vibert, “Is there an alphabet for synaptic coding?”, Third Japanese Workshop on Neural Coding, Wakayama, Japan, September 1994.
16. “Neural coding of spike trains: some recent results”, Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, August 1994.
17. Stiber, M., J.P. Segundo, and L. Yan, “Models of neural coding: experimental results, semi-justified conclusions, and wild speculations”, Second Japanese Workshop on Neural Coding, Inuyama, Japan, November 1993.
18. Nomura, T., S. Sato, S. Doi, J.P. Segundo, and M. Stiber, “Response characteristics of a neuronal model to periodic pulse trains”, Second Japanese Workshop on Neural Coding, Inuyama, Japan, November 1993.
19. Segundo, J.P., M. Stiber, and J.-F. Vibert, “Synaptic coding by spike trains”, Proc. IEEE IJCNN’93 tutorial, Nagoya, Japan, October 1993.
20. “Dynamical Neural Networks at HKUST”, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, July 1993.
21. Department of Computer Science, Lingnan (University) College, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China, February 1993.
22. Altshuler, A., N. Azmy, A. Garfinkel, S. Hanneton, J.P. Segundo, M. Stiber, and J.F. Vibert, “The Dynamics of an Inhibitory Synapse”, proceedings of the Workshop on Fundamental Neurobiology, Piriápolis, Uruguay, 3–7 December 1990.

Unrefereed Papers and Presentations

1. Atti, Venkataraman, Andreas Spanias, Susan Haag, Antonia Papandreou-Suppappola, Cihan Tepedelenlioglu, Junshan Zhang G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels , Mike Stiber, Takis Kasparis ,Philippos Loizou , Constantinos Pattichis, “Multi-University Development and Dissemination of Java Software for DSP and Signals and Systems Courses,” SenSIP Workshop, Sedona, May 12-14, 2008.
2. Ieong, R. and M. Stiber, “Long-term potentiation enhances synchronized neural coding”, Memory Organization and Consolidation: Cognitive and Computational Perspectives, Tel-Aviv, May 1996.
3. Stiber, M., “The nonlinear dynamics of neural coding”, Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos, and Complexity, Hong Kong, March 1996.
4. Stiber, M. and R. Ieong, “Mechanoreceptor coding of inhibitory input transients”, Neurons, Networks, and Motor Behavior, Satellite Symposium of the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Tucson, November 1995.
5. Segundo, J.P., O. Diez Martínez, K. Pakdaman, M. Stiber, and J.-F. Vibert, “Noise in sensory and synaptic coding. A survey of its history and a summary of its conclusions”, Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, 1994.
6. Stiber, M., J.P. Segundo, E. Altshuler, and N. Jurisic, “Complex, complex enough, too complex? A comparison of dynamical neural models”, Technical Report HKUST-CS93-11.
7. Stiber,M. and W.J. Karplus, “Arnol’d map synthesis for periodically forced oscillators”, Technical Report HKUST-CS93-5.
8. Nomura, T., S. Sato, S. Doi, J.P. Segundo, and M. Stiber, “Models for spontaneous neuronal activity: From BVP model to mRIC model”, Society for Mathematical Biology Meeting, Cornell University, July 1993.
9. Stiber, M., “Dynamics of synaptic integration”, Annals of Biomedical Engineering 21, 1993.
10. Segundo, J.P., J.-F. Vibert, M. Stiber, and S. Hanneton, “Synaptic coding: High frequency noise simplifies transfer of low frequency modulations”, Bulletin of the American Physical Society 38 (1): 318, March 1993.
11. Stiber, M., “Comparative modeling of coupled pacemaker neurons”, Eighth BMSR Workshop on Nonlinear Methods of Physiological System Modeling , 1–2 May, 1992.
12. Stiber, M. and J.P. Segundo, “Dynamics and the Language of Neurons”, Seventh Annual University of California Conference on Nonlinear Science , 1–2 March 1991.
13. Altshuler, E., A. Garfinkel, J.P. Segundo, M. Stiber, “Periodic Inhibition of Pacemaker Neurons: Locking, Chaos, Intermittency, and Walk Throughs; Non-Stationarities; Rate Dependency”, Society for Neuroscience, proceedings of the 1990 Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri.
14. Stiber, M. and J. Skrzypek, “An Architecture for Visual Direction Constancy: Towards Shape From Motion”, UCLA MPL TR 90-1, April 1990.
15. Altshuler, E., A. Garfinkel, J.P. Segundo, M. Stiber, and G.H. Wang, “Pacemaker Neurons: Periodic and Aperiodic Responses to Periodic PSPs”, Biophysical Journal 57: 193a, 1990.
16. Mesrobian, E., J. Skrzypek, and M. Stiber, “UCLA SFINX – Structure and Function in Neural Connections”, Machine Perception Laboratory report UCLA-MPL-TR 89-8, November 1989.
17. Fuchs, A., J. Payne, M. Stiber, A. Garfinkel, and J.P. Segundo, “Poincaré Analysis of Inhibitory Synaptic Influences”, Fifth Annual University of California Conference on Nonlinear Science, 3–4 March 1989.
18. Stiber, M., “A Lisp-Based Vision Workstation”, IBM Conference on Academic Computing, Berkeley, California, November 1987.
19. Stiber, M. and J. Skrzypek, “A Scheme-Based PC Vision Workstation”, Conference of the Southern California Artificial Intelligence Society , San Diego, California, April 1986.