.  Gideon Frieder . Office:  Staughton Hall – Room 317    Email: gfrieder@gwu.edu  Phone:  (202) 994-8884  Fax:    (202) 994-0245    This resume is correct to December 2000.  To preserve my time, I do not intend to update it.  For up-to-date information please contact me.     Education: D.Sc. (Theoretical Physics – Quantum Electrodynamics), Technion, Haifa (1967)  M.S.  (Theoretical Physics – Astrophysics), Technion, Haifa (1961)  B.S.   (Physics), Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa (1959) Title: A. James Clark Professor of Engineering and Applied Science The George Washington University Research Interests: Specialty areas: computer architecture, hardware/software interface, computational methods, complex system design and simulation, graphics and medical imaging, intellectual property law.  Special interest in all aspects of parallelism. Selected Referred Publications: 1965 - M. Menat, G. Frieder, “Scattering Phenomena in Double-Direction Focusing Electromagnetic Mass Spectrometer,” Canad. J. of Phys. 43, P. 1525. 1968 - G. Frieder, A. Peres, “Analytic Behavior of the Electron Propagator for Complex e/hc,” Nuc. Phys. B4, p. 306, (based on the D.Sc. thesis).  1971 - G. Frieder, G.T. Herman,  “Resolution of Reconstructing Objects from Electron Micrographs,” Journal of Theor. Biol., 33, p. 189. 1972 - R.F. Rosin, G. Frieder, R.H. Eckhouse, “An Environment for Research in Emulation and Microprogramming,” CACM Vol. 15, No. 9. 1974 - G. Epstein, G. Frieder, D.C. Rine, "The Development of Multiple Valued Logic as Related to Computer Science," IEEE Computer 7,9, p. 20. 1975 - G. Frieder, “Microprogramming and Operating System Architecture,” State of the Art Report on Microprogramming, INFOTECH Publications, Berkshire. 1975 - G. Frieder, C. Luk, “Algorithms for Binary Coded Ordinary and Balanced Ternary Operations,” IEEE Transactions on Computers, TC-24, 2, p. 212. 1976 - G. Frieder, H.J. Saal, “A Process for the Determination of Addresses in Variable Length Addressing,” CACM 19, p. 335. 1976 - G. Frieder, “Cooperative Module Architectures and Their Underlying Operating Systems,” in State of the Art Report on Distributed Systems, INFOTECH Publications, Berkshire. 1977 - G. Frieder, “Multiple Valued Logics: Applications & Problems,” In: “Computer Science and Multiple Values Logic,” D.C. Rine, Editor, North Holland. 1978 - G. Frieder, P.J. Slocum, “The Lexical Attributes of Medical Name Files,” Computers in Medicine and Biology, 8, 1. 1981 E. Artzy, G. Frieder, G.T. Herman, “The Theory, Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Three-Dimensional Surface Detection Algorithm,” IEEE Computer Graphics and Image Processing, 15, 1. 1982 - G. Frieder, “The Architecture and Operational Characteristics of the VMX Host Machine,” Proceedings of the 18th Workshop on Microprogramming, Palo Alto, California. 1985 - G. Frieder, D. Gordon, R.A. Reynolds, “Back to Front Display of Voxel Based Objects,” IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 5,1. 1985 - G. Frieder, G.T. Herman, C. Meyer, J. Udupa, “Large Software Problems for Small Computers: An Example from Medical Processing,” IEEE Software, 2, 5, p. 37-47. 1985 - B.A. Kall, P.J. Kelly, S. Goers, G. Frieder, “Methodology and Clinical Experience with Computed Tomography and a Computer Resident Stereotactic Atlas,”Neurosurgery, 17, 3. 1987 - G. Frieder, M.S. Lee, “Self Configuration of a Defective Cellular Array,” Complex Systems Journal, 1,1. 1991 - M.R. Stytz, G. Frieder, and O. Frieder, “Three Dimensional Medical Imaging: Algorithms and Computer Systems,” ACM Computing Surveys, 23(4), pp 421-499, December. 1993 - W.A. Woods, S. Savaram, O. Frieder, A.K, Sood, G. Frieder, T. Bottegal, “An Overview of the Future Demands of Multimedia Systems,” Next Generation Information Technology Systems, Haifa, Israel, June. 1993 - T. Chen, G. Frieder, J. Feeney, Y.K. Yu and S. Ranka,  “A Prototype Switch for Scalable High Performance Distributed Computing,” Second International Symposium on High Performance Computing, pp 160-168, July. 1995 - J. Hahn, G. Frieder, “The ALgorithmically Customizable and Highly FAult Tolerant Processor Array, (ALFA)” Journal of Computer Software and Engineering, Vol. 3, #4. 1996 - F. Barlos, O. Frieder, and G. Frieder, “Query Optimization for Multiprocessor Distributed Databases: A Statistical Approach,“ in Parallel Computing: Paradigms and Applications, edited by A. Zomaya, Chapman & Hall, London. 2000 - O. Frieder, D. Grossman, A. Chowdhury, G. Frieder, “Efficiency Considerations in Very Large Information Retrieval Servers” Journal of Digital Information (British Computer Society). Representative Reports: 1968 - G. Frieder, “RADSYSI, a Disk Operating System for the SIGMA-2 Computer,” Technical Report, Physics Department, Technion. 1979 - G. Frieder, “Plug Compatible Machines Versus System Compatible Machines; A Critical Assessment and Evaluation,” Nanodata Corp. 1980 - G. Frieder, “ A Virtual Array Manager for the DGE Eclipse,” MIPG Report No. 44, Department of Computer Science, SUNY/AB, January. 1983 - G. Frieder, M.S. Lee, “Software Support for the Stereo Camera: Phantom and Measurement Programs,” CRIM Report RSD-TR-18-83, The University of Michigan, November.  1997 - O. Frieder, D. Grossman, A. Chowdhury. G. Frieder. “Phase Processing with the Relational Model and IDF Update Effects on Precision/Recall,” IBM GSDL Technical report, April. 2000 - EIGHT individual and TWO co-authored articles in the forthcoming fourth edition of the Encyclopedia of Computer Science, Petrocelli Publications.  These are partially update, and in some cases total rewrite of items published by me in the previous three editions of the Encyclopedia. Patents: 1982 -  G. Frieder et al: A memory system for use with data processing system.  US Patent 4354225, October 1982. (Patent covers the intelligent memory concept.) 1985 - G. Frieder et al: Data Processing System (Input/Output Arrangement).  US Patent 4516199, May 1985.  (Patent covers a multiple level, parallel and independent I/O subsystem.) 1985 - G. Frieder et al: Data Processing System. US Patent 4527237, July 1985. (Patent covers a novel heterogeneous multiprocessor organization.) 1994 - G. Frieder et al: Dynamic Query Optimization Using Partial Information. US Patent 5335345, August 1994.  (Patent covers database issues in multi and single processors.)