Juan Eduardo Vargas Web Site (La Webada)

Computer Science and Computer Engineering

Swearingen Engineering Center

University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC 29208

Tel. (803) 777-5099

Fax. (803) 777-3767

e-Mail: Last Name (vargas) followed by initials (je) followed by domain(@)(engr)(sc)(edu)

Resume in PDF Format

Full Vitae in PDF Format

Teaching (click on the icons to visit the course web sites)

CSCE 547 Spring 2004

CSCE 145 Fall 2003

CSCE 547

Windows Programming

Fall 2002

CSCE 350

Data Structures and Algorithms

Spring 2003

CSCE 547

Windows Programming

Fall 2001

CSCE 822

Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery

Fall 2001

CSCE 745

Object Oriented Programming

Spring 2001

EECE 812

Component Software

Spring 1999

Research Interests

Data Mining, with a focus on Bayesian networks. The aim is to advance the state of the art and design decision analysis tools for domains with abundant data, and to elucidate knowledge by discovering patterns within the data. This work was partially funded by NCR and Teradata.

Networks of Wireless Sensors We developed real-time multi-target tracking systems that collect target information from Doppler radars and Motes sensors. This work was funded by the DARPA ANTS program.

Mobile Computing We are using the .NET platform to develop virtual communities that provide users with information based on their location, their profiles, and the events in their proximity. A related system takes patients vital signs from Bluetooth-enabled devices and transmit the data to the virtual community, which in this case is part of a hospital. This work was partially funded by Microsoft.

Holter Monitoring. I designed the software for the first internet-friendly Holter monitor (a device that monitors cardiac and blood pressure). Future plans are to upgrade the monitor by adding wireless transmission, so that patients could wear disposable electrodes, and be monitored continuously regardless of their location.

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