Digital Reckoning
The Website of Thomas E. Lombardi

D.P.S. in Computing, Pace University, 2005.

M.S. in Computer Science, Pace University, 1999.

M.A. in History, Fordham University, 1997.

B.A. in History, State University of New York at Geneseo, 1994.

Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems
University of the Virgin Islands, 2017 to present

Assistant Professor of Computing and Information Studies
Washington and Jefferson College, 2013 to 2016

Visiting Assistant Professor of Information Technology Leadership
Washington and Jefferson College, 2011 to 2013

Assistant Professor of Information Technology
American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2008 to 2010

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Lombardi, T. (2008). The Classification of Style in Painting: Computational Approaches to Artistic Style. VDM Verlag.

Refereed Journal Articles

Carrieri, D., Lombardi, T., et al. (2017). Differential transcript and protein profiles under nitrogen starvation of Synechocystis 6803 wild-type and ΔglgC, a mutant incapable of glycogen storage. Algal Research, 21, 64-75. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211926416306166

Lombardi, T. (2014). Mining the Cloud of Witness: Inferring the Prestige of Saints from Medieval Paintings. Global Journal of Human Social Sciences. GJHSS-A, 14(11), 15-23.

Lombardi, T. (2014). The Communion of Saints: Networks and Iconography. Leonardo, 47(3), 276.

Conference Proceedings

Holland-Minkley, A. M., & Lombardi, T. (2016, February). Improving Engagement in Introductory Courses with Homework Resubmission. In Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (pp. 534-539). ACM.

Lombardi, T., Cha, S.H., and Tappert, C. (2005, January). Lightweight Image Retrieval System for Paintings. In Proc. Storage and Retrieval Methods and Applications for Multimedia, Electronic Imaging 2005, San Jose, CA.

Lombardi, T., Cha, S.H., and Tappert, C. (2004, October). A Graphical User Interface for a Fine-Art Painting Image Retrieval System. In Proc. 6th ACM SIGMM Int. Workshop on Multimedia Information Retrieval, New York, NY.

Book Chapters

Fee, S.B. & Lombardi, T. (2017). Adapting Problem-Based Learning to Database Courses in the Digital Age. In D. Loveless, P. Sullivan, K. Dredger, & J. Burns (Eds.), Deconstructing the Education-Industrial Complex in the Digital Age, (pp. 116-133). IGI.

Manuscripts in Submission

Berg-Fulton, T., Langmead, A., Lombardi, T., Newbury, D., & Nygren, C. A Role-Based Model for Successful Collaboration in Digital Art History. Submitted to International Journal of Digital Art History.

Fee, S.B., Holland-Minkley, A. M., & Lombardi, T. New Directions for Computing Education: Embedding Computing Across Disciplines. Springer. Edited Volume.

Lombardi, T. Macro-analysis in the Arts and Sciences. Chapter for New Directions for Computing Education.

Holland-Minkley, A. M. & Lombardi, T. Decision-tree Analysis to Assess Small-scale Innovations. Chapter for New Directions for Computing Education.

Web-Based Publications

Lai, Y. & Lombardi, T. (2016, January). Bioinformatics. http://www.washjeff-cis.net/bioinformatics/

Lombardi, T. (2015, April 29). On Computing in Liberal Education [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://www.aacu.org/leap/liberal-education-nation-blog/computing-liberal-education/

AWARDS AND HONORS

Kenneth M. Mason, Sr. Summer Grant for Faculty Research. Washington & Jefferson College, 2016.

The 1970 Fund for Faculty Development. Washington & Jefferson College, 2014.

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

R.K. Mellon Foundation. Shale Gas Knowledge Hub. Washington & Jefferson College, 2015.

President's Discretionary Fund. Washington & Jefferson College, 2014.

INVITED TALKS

Lombardi, T. (2015, November 13). Interdisciplinary Approaches to Metadata. Invited talk for Computational Visual Aesthetics Workshop at University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

Lombardi, T. (2015, June 11). Cytoscape Tutorial. Invited talk for RNA-Seq for the Next Generation. Bowie State University, Bowie, Maryland.

Lombardi, T. (2013, October 23). Complex Systems in the Arts and Humanities. Invited talk for Collective Dynamics of Complex Systems (CoCo) Research Group Seminar Series at Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York.

Lombardi, T. (2013, October 15). Networks and the Liberal Arts. Invited talk for National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education. (NITLE).

CONFERENCE ACTIVITY

Lombardi, T. (2016, June 24). Interdisciplinary Approaches to Metadata. Presentation for Keystone Digital Humanities Conference 2016, Pittsburgh, PA, June 22-24, 2016.

Lombardi, T. (2016, April 21). New Frontiers in Modeling and Simulation for Human Development. Presentation for Global Higher Education Exhibition (GHEDEX 2016), Muscat, Oman, April 19-21, 2016.

Lombardi, T. (2014, July 9th). Mining the Cloud of Witness: Inferring the Prestige of Saints from Medieval Paintings. Paper presented at the Digital Humanities 2014 Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland (DH2014).

Lombardi, T. and Parsons, E. (2013, October 5th). Network Analysis Workshop. Presentation for THATCamp Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Lombardi, T. (2013, June 5th). Dangerous Liaisons: Epistolary Structure and Plot Analysis. Paper presented at the International Conference on Network Science (NetSci2013) in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Lombardi, T. (2013, June 4th). The Communion of the Saints: Networks and the Study of Iconography. Paper presented at Arts, Humanities, and Complex Networks, 4th Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci2013 (AHCN2013) in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Lombardi, T. (1995, May 4). Mission and Martyrdom in Franciscan Art and History. Paper presented at the 30th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.

CAMPUS TALKS

Lombardi, T. (2016, April 26). Macro-analysis Across the Curriculum. Faculty Colloquium. Washington & Jefferson College. Washington, PA.

Hannon, C. & Lombardi, T. (2016, April 1). An informal discussion of data visualization with Tableau software. Washington & Jefferson College. Washington, PA.

Lombardi, T. (2015, June 1-5). R Workshop. Washington & Jefferson College. Washington, PA.

Lombardi, T. (2014, October). Presentation on Social Networking to English Language Institute students. Washington & Jefferson College. Washington, PA.

Lombardi, T. (2014, April). Presentation on Social Networking to English Language Institute students. Washington & Jefferson College. Washington, PA.

Lombardi, T. (2012, April 3). Networking and the Liberal Arts. Faculty Colloquium. Washington & Jefferson College. Washington, PA.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Computer Science and Art History Workshop. (2016, April 8). Pittsburgh, PA.

Computer Science and the Liberal Arts, NSF-Sponsored Workshop. (2015, July 22-24). Rochester, NY.

Digital Mitford Project Workshop. (2015, June).

GCAT-SEEKquence Workshop. (2015, June 16-19). Morgan State University. Baltimore, Maryland. Site: http://lycofs01.lycoming.edu/~gcat-seek/workshops.html

RNA-Seq for the Next Generation Workshop. (2015, June 11-15). Bowie State University, Maryland. Site: http://www.rnaseqforthenextgeneration.org/profiles/lombardi.html

Computational Aesthetics Workshop. (2015, Spring). Workshop explored the role of computation in art-historical research. University of Pittsburgh.

Network Ontologies in the Early Modern World. (2014, November 21-22). Workshop explored the network as an organizing principle for historical research in the Early Modern period. http://networkontologies.org/

Computational Aesthetics Research Group. (2014, August). Organized and participated in exploratory research group activities including project brainstorming and bibliographic review.

Digital Mitford Project Workshop. (2014, June).

Washington and Jefferson College

Database Concepts

Networking Foundations

Information Technology and Society

Introduction to Data Mining

Introduction to Programming

Advanced Database Concepts

Geographic Information Systems

Bioinformatics

Digital Humanities

First Year Seminar: The Age of Dante

First Year Seminar: Social Networking and Philosophy of Friendship

First Year Seminar: Spies Like Us

Independent Study in Machine Learning

Independent Study in Computer Vision

Independent Study in Geographic Information Systems

American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Information Security

Web Server Administration

Introduction to Programming

Visual Programming and Development Tools

Management Information Systems

Introduction to Information Technology

Library and Information Literacy

Computer Concepts and Operating Systems

Survey of Information Technology

Systems Analysis and Design

Pace University, Adjunct Assistant Professor

Distributed Information Systems

Operating Systems

Internet Programming

ColdFusion Programming

UNIX Operating System

SERVICE TO PROFESSION

Responded to Annette Vee's Colloquium Talk entitled Dartmouth 1966: Composition and Computation Converge. http://www.humcenter.pitt.edu/event/colloquium-dartmouth-1966-composition-and-computation-converge

Consulting Editor in Data Visualization Group. The Digital Mitford Project.

Served as reviewer for Machine Vision and Applications.

THATCamp Pittsburgh Organizing Committee. (2013, June).

SERVICE TO UNIVERSITY

Faculty Executive Committee Member. Spring, 2016 to Present.

Program Coordinator of Computational Science Concentration. Spring, 2015 to Present.

Academic Status Committee Member. Spring, 2014 to Spring, 2016.

Member of Search Committee for English Language Institute Director. Spring, 2014.

Student Conduct Board Member. Fall, 2013 to Spring, 2014.

Academic advising of majors and open advisees.

SERVICE TO COMMUNITY

Townview Health and Rehabilitation Center Data Collection Project.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

NON-ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

English Language Instructor Lincoln Center. Tirana, Albania. September to December, 2010.

Software Development Consultant eScholar, LLC. White Plains, NY. September to December, 2010.

Java Developer eScholar, LLC. White Plains, NY. April, 2006 to September, 2008.

Senior Technical Architect and Adjunct Assistant Professor Pace University. White Plains, NY. September, 2000 to April, 2006.

eCommerce Consultant AppNet, Inc. Stamford, CT. June, 1999 to September, 2000.

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