Welcome to the webpage of Kevin Mathias Graduate Student Department of Computer Science, University of Kentucky Research Projects: Current: Welfare to Work The Online Advisor Project Previous: Driving Under the Influence Resume (pdf)

I am currently pursuing Ph.D in Computer Science at the University of Kentucky. My research work includes database design (probabilistic and xml), design of query languages, model building, elicitation and Knowledge Based model construction (KBMC). My advisor is Dr. Alexander Dekhtyar. I am currently working with Dr. Judy Goldsmith on model building and KBMC.

Research

• Online Elicitation to build Bayesian Networks, software (first verison developed) - WTW Elcitor
• Model building, software (partly developed) - Bayes Net Builder (BNB)
• Knowledge Based Model Construction (KBMC), software (under progress) - Function of the BNB tool
• Design and implementation of structured query language for Semistructured Probabilistic Database Management System (SPDBMS), software (under progress) - Probabilistic database

Teaching (Teaching Assistant)

• Fall 2003, Spring 2004 - CS101, advisor - Dr. Debby Keen
• Fall 2004 - CS101, Night class (lecture and exams responsibility)

Publications

• Site-Specific Soil Fertility Management: A Model for Map Quality, Soil Science Society of America Journal, 68:2031-2041 (2004)
• Map Quality for Ordinary Kriging and Inverse Distance Weighted Interpolation, Soil Science Society of America Journal, 68:2042-2047 (2004)
• Optimizing Inverse Distance Weighted Interpolation with Cross-Validation, In Press

Hobbies

• Sport
  • Soccer - Played at high school and college level
  • Cricket - Played at District level
  • Football - Not played a lot but love the game
  • Tennis - Play for exercise but really follow the game

Personal links

• Detroit Auto Show 2003

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