Background
Caviness, Bobby Forrester was born on March 24, 1940 in Asheboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Alfred Fields and Nancy Ellen (Auman) Caviness.
Caviness, Bobby Forrester was born on March 24, 1940 in Asheboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Alfred Fields and Nancy Ellen (Auman) Caviness.
Bachelor of Science with honors, University North Carolina, 1962. Master of Science, Carnegie Mellon University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University, 1968.
Assistant professor mathematics Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1967-1970. Assistant professor computer science University Wisconsin, Madison, 1970-1975. Associate professor Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1976-1979, professor, 1980—1981.
Chair department computer and information science University Delaware, Newark, 1981-1987, professor computer science and mathematics, 1981—2004, professor emeritus, since 2004. Visiting scientist T.J. Watson Research Lab International Business Machines Corporation, 2000-2001. Visiting research fellow General Electric research and development center, Schenectady, New York, 1980-1981.
Visiting professor Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1994. Program director National Science Foundation, Washington, 1987-1988, advisory committee cross-disciplinary activities 1989-1992, fellow, 1962-1966.
Member Mathematics Association American, Association Computing Machinery (chair special interest group 1977-1979, associate editor transactions on Mathematics Software 1974-1977, 89-94,assistant editor special interest group bulletin 1973-1977), Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Married Jane Carolyn Shearin, December 17, 1961. 1 child, Kristen Caviness Sihler.