Lew Hitchner Computer Science Cal Poly

	Lewis E. Hitchner Ph.D. (1984), Computer Science, University of Utah M.S. (1968), Operations Research, University of Calif., Berkeley A.B. (1967), Mathematics, Dartmouth College Professor Department of Computer Science Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 Office: 14-212 Phone: 805-756-2081 FAX: 805-756-2956 Email: hitchner@csc.calpoly.edu, lhitchne@calpoly.edu Spring Quarter 2002 schedule
Professional Biography	Prior to joining the Computer Science faculty at Cal Poly Prof. Hitchner was active in research and development of Virtual Reality systems in Silicon Valley. From 1988 through 1993 he was a scientist at the Research Inst. for Advanced Computer Science (RIACS) at the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA (1989-1993). There he was the technical developer of the Virtual Planetary Exploration project (VPE), an immersive VR system for virtual exploration of the planet Mars. After leaving NASA Ames, Dr. Hitchner held various positions in the VR industry including V.P. of R&D for Xtensory, Inc., consultant to Sense8, Corp., Member of the Technical Staff at Sterling Software, Inc., and author of "The Virtual Software Report" (for VR News). From 1983 through 1988 he was a member of the faculty of Computer & Information Sciences at Univ. of Calif., Santa Cruz. Before his doctoral studies at Univ. of Utah he was employed by ICI America as an Operations Research analyst (1968-1973)
Teaching	Current Courses Spring Quarter 2002 CSC/CPE 103, Fundamentals of Computer Science III 1st Year Curriculum: Intro. to Computer Science CSC/CPE 101, Fundamentals of Computer Science I [Fall 2001] CSC/CPE 102, Fundamentals of Computer Science II [Winter 2002] CSC Dept. 1st Year Curriculum Comm. Computer Graphics CSC 471, Intro. to Computer Graphics [Winter 2002]
Computer Science Dept. Course Scheduling	2002-2003 Courses Schedule 2002-2003 Instructors Schedule 2001-2002 Courses Schedule 2001-2002 Instructors Schedule DRAFT: 2003-2005 Cal Poly Catalog, CSC Dept.
Student Projects	Current and Completed Senior Projects: List of Possible Senior Project Topics Senior Project Report Requirements CSC Dept. Guidelines for Senior Projects Kennedy Library home page for Senior Projects
SIGCSE 2001 Panel	Panel Web Page
Personal	Home Address: 1106 Oceanaire Dr., # 42 San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 805-542-0249 Map directions to my home: Click here (superpages.com) Curriculum Vitae (Resume) Tenure Review Documents A Motto: "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -- Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
Comments	Please send any constructive comments to: CSc webmaster or Prof. Hitchner This page was last updated on Sept. 6, 2001. document URL: http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~hitchner/index.html