Joseph Dean Touch

Background

Touch, Joseph Dean was born on April 20, 1963 in Bristol, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Ralph Benjamin and Filomena (Cianfrani) Touch.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Biophysics and Computer Science, University Scranton, 1985. Master of Science in Computer Science, Cornell University, 1987. Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, University Pennsylvania, 1992.

Career

Consultant, industrial undergraduate research participation program student, GTE laboratories, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1983-1985; consultant, The Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, 1986; research assistant, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1985-1987; consultant, Bell Comm. Research, Morristown, New Jersey, 1987-1988; graduate research fellow, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories Research assistantship, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1988-1992; consultant, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1992; computer scientist, project leader, University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, Marina del Rey, California, since 1992; research assistant professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, since 1994. Member U. Scranton Academy Computing Advisory Council, 1983-1985.

University county commission on committee University of Pennsylvania, 1989-1990, commission on research policy, 1990-1991, academic planning and budget committee, 1990-1991. Reviewer various journals. Lecturer in field.

Achievements

• Joseph Dean Touch has been listed as a notable Computer scientist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior ), Association for Computing Machinery (chapter president 1984-1985), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Communications Society (technical program committee 1993), University Scranton Philadelphia Alumni Society (vice president 1990-1991), Sigma Xi, Alpha Sigma Nu, Sigma Pi Sigma, Upsilon Pi Epsilon.

Interests

• Avocations: rollerblading, volleyball, guitar, bicycling, sketching.

Connections

Father:

Ralph Benjamin Touch

Mother:

Filomena (Cianfrani) Touch