I received my PhD from the University of Kansas, taught at the Universidad de Oriente in Cumaná, Venezuela for two years, at the Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico for 12 years, and in 1983, joined the faculty of the Computer Science Department at SUNY Binghamton. I am now an Associate Professor.

My major research interests include computer science education, computer graphics, human-computer interaction, computer architecture, and microprocessor-based systems. I direct a small research laboratory for both graduate and undergraduate students called the Human-Computer Interface (HCI) Lab.

My hobbies include tennis, running, fly fishing, gardening, reading, writing, and music.

Courses Taught Recently (or soon to be taught) at Binghamton University

• CS-220 (Computer Organization & Assembly Language Programming)
• CS-460/560 (Computer Graphics)
• CS-360 (GUI and Windows Programming)
• CS-424/580A - formerly CS-480A - (Microcontrollers and Robotics)
• Computer Graphics (CS-560) over the EngiNet-- PowerPoint Slides (pdf format), lecture videos for EngiNet students only
• Computer Graphics (CS-560) OLD EngiNet Notes (pdf format)
• Visual C++ Programming Workshop
• CS-323 (Microcomputer Systems I)
• HARP-330 (Presidential Scholars Seminar)

Some Research Stuff:

Summary of Recent Research Activities

Intelligent Tutoring System: German for Travelers

•   Metafile Compositing (with Mingkui Song)

BeforeAfter

• Robust and Efficient Computation of Voronoi Diagrams (with Nirav Patel)

Voronoi Diagram Computation Animation
 
• Radiosity Tutorial/Animation Tool (with Suzanne Patterson)

An Animation from the Radiosity Tutorial Tool
 
• 3-D Embroidery (with Jared Wickman)

 
• Simple Computer Simulator

Simple Computer Simulator Animation
 

3D Graphics Algorithm Animation (with David Goldman)
3D Graphics Algorithm Animation Paper presented at the ACM's Twenty-Seventh Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
 

• An Interactive, Remote-Controlled Computer Projection System for Use in a Large Classroom (with Jason Moore):

• ICTE Interactive Projection System Slide Presentation (with Jason Moore)

 
• Interactive Video Paper (with Michael Stenzler)

 
• Ray Tracing Algorithm Animation Applet and Paper (with Brian Maltzan)

 
• Ray Tracing Algorithm Animation Movie (with Brian Maltzan)

• The Classroom of the 21st Century: The Interactive Learning Wall, ACM-SIGCHI Bulletin Paper (with Jason Moore)

• "The Interactive Classroom", AACE-SITE (Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education)-2001 Paper

•   Particle Systems Paper (with Dan Kutz)

 
• An Intel 8088 Maximum Mode Single Board Computer System: a Computer Science Student Design Project (with James Antonakos)

Resume and Publications

• Resume
• Publications

"I'd rather be a hammer than a nail!" (Simon & Garfunkel, from "El Condor Pasa")
-- But this nail can take it!!

Comments should be sent to: reckert@binghamton.edu

Last Modified: January 23, 2007;  Richard Eckert