School of Computer Science and Information Systems
Pace University, 861 Bedford Road, Pleasantville NY 10570
University of Wales, United Kingdom
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
University of Reading, England
Employment
Jan 2000 To-date
Associate Professor
Teaching
interests:
Data Communications, Databases, Operating Systems, Network Programming
Research
Interests:
1. Multimedia Communications
Adaptable Protocols, User perception of Multimedia, Mapping user requirements to Network architectures
2. E-Commerce
Real-Time E-Commerce, Software Agents for E-Commerce, Internet Development Lifecycle
1987-1999
Research Fellow, Lecturer
Teaching, Administration and Research including advising Ph.D students
1984-1987
Member of Technical Staff
Research into VLSI Architectures for Image Processing
1. R S Fish, G Ghinea and J P Thomas, “Mapping Quality of Perception to Quality of Service for a Runtime Adaptable Communication System”, Proc. SPIE/ACM Multimedia Computing and Networking MMNC ’99, San Jose,
2. G Ghinea and J P Thomas, “Perspectives on a Study of User Understanding and Perception of Multimedia Video”, in Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics: Job Design, Product Design and Human-Computer Interaction, Vol. 4, Ashgate, ISBN 1 84014 545 5, 1999
3. G. Ghinea and J.P. Thomas, “An Approach Towards Mapping Quality of Perception to Quality of Service in Multimedia Communications” IEEE 1999 International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, 1999, Copenhagen, Denmark
4. G. Ghinea, J.P. Thomas and R.S. Fish, “Multimedia, Network Protocols and Users - Bridging the Gap”, Proceedings of the ACM Multimedia ’99, Orlando, Florida
5. G. Ghinea, J.P. Thomas and R.S. Fish, “Quality of Perception to Quality of Service Mapping Using a Dynamically Reconfigurable Communication System”, Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM ’99, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
6. J P Thomas, “Design and Verification of a Coordination Protocol for Cooperating Systems”, Soft Computing, Vol. 4, No2, Springer, July 2000.