Curriculum Vitae of Reindert Franciscus (René) Reitsma,
Ph.D.
Academic Degrees
- Policy Sciences Ph.D., 1990, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
- Human Geography M.S., 1984, University of Nijmegen, The
Netherlands.
- Human Geography B.S., 1981, University of Nijmegen, The
Netherlands.
Professional Appointments
- Since August 1999: Associate Professor, Department of Information
Systems, St. Francis Xavier University.
- March 1990 - August 1999: Research Associate, Center for Advanced Decision Support for
Water and Environmental Systems (CADSWES), Department of Civil, Environmental and
Architectural Engineering, University
of Colorado, Boulder.
- Since September 1990: Assistant Professor (Attendant Rank),
Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder.
- November 1987 - September 1988: Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems
Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.
- June 1987 - September 1987: Participant in the Young Scientists
Summer Program (YSSP), International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.
- September 1984 - March 1990: Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
- August 1984 - September 1985: Research Associate, Department of Geography, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
- February 1984 - May 1984: Internship, Department of Social
Statistics, Central Bureau of Statistics
(CBS), Voorburg, The Netherlands.
- 1977 - 1984: Computer Operator, Department of High Energy Physics, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Other Professional and Service Activities
- 2001: Chair, Dept. of Information Systems, StFX University.
- 2000: Member of Senate, StFX University.
- 2000: Member of the Antigonish Town and County Workgroup on
Information Systems Technology.
- 1999-2000: Secretary, Dept. of Information Systems, StFX
University.
- 2000: Coordinator of StFX University Grassroots Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) work group.
- 1993 - 2000: Member of numerous Masters and Ph.D. degree
committees, mostly in the Department of Geography, University of Colorado,
Boulder.
- 1994-2000: Reviewer for various academic journals:
- ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management.
- Journal of Hydrology.
- ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering.
- AAG Journal of the Annals of American Geographers.
- Journal of Geographic Information and Decision Analysis.
- 1997-1999: Teaching appointment; Introduction to
Engineering Design (GEEN 1400); undergraduate level; Department of Civil,
Environmental and Architectural Engineering; University of Colorado, Boulder.
- 1993-1999: Teaching appointment; Multivariate Statistics
(GEOG 5023), graduate level, Department of Geography, University of Colorado,
Boulder.
- 1990 - 1999: Numerous guest lectures in various departments
of the University of Colorado, Boulder, The University of Nijmegen, The
Netherlands and Colorado State University.
- 1997-1999: Presentation of various colloquia in the
University of Colorado's Department of Geography Colloquia series.
- 1998- 1999: Member of the NOAA/CIRES/University of Colorado
Western Water Initiative Advisory Board.
- 1996: Teaching appointment: Environmental Decision Support
Systems; United States Department of Energy Technical Leadership Development
Program; Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Golden, CO.
- 1994: University of Colorado Representative on the
University of Colorado's Presidential CU This Summer tour.
- 1994: University of Colorado Representative at the Boulder,
CO Children's Water Festival.
- 1993: Short course and Workshops at the International
Irrigation Management Institute, Lahore and Peshawar, Pakistan.
- 1993: Workshop and guest lectures at Delft Hydraulics
Institute, Delft, The Netherlands.
- 1993: Advisor for the Rouge River Project (Wayne County, MI
and CDM consultants) regarding the Rouge River Decision Support System
Project.
- Since 1992: Member of the Steering Committee for the
biennial International Conference on the Integration of Geographical
Information Systems (GIS) and Environmental Modeling.
- 1992: Consultant for the National Center for
Supercomputing, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
- Since 1991: Member of the University of Colorado, Boulder
Graduate School.
- 1991: Organizer of nine seminars on the Interdisciplinary
Nature of Decision Support Systems, University of Colorado at Boulder.
- 1990 - 1991: Consultant for Gutwein Agricultural
Engineering Consultants, Fort Collins, CO.
- 1988 and 1989: Consultant for the International Institute
for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.
Externally Funded Projects
- Building as a Learning Tool II.
Topic/objective: Design and Development of an
Information System for Management of Building Control Data.
Duration: 2000-2002.
Funding: CA$125,000.
Role: Principal investigator.
- ITLLModules Database and Web-based System.
Topic/objective: Design and Development of an
Information System for Management of Engineering Teaching Modules.
Duration: 2001-2002.
Funding: CA$45,000.
Role: Principal investigator.
- K12 Outreach.
Topic/objective: Design and Development of
a Web-based Information System for Engineering as a Vehicle to
Integrate K-12 Math and Science.
Duration: 2002.
Funding: CA$55,000.
Role: Principal investigator.
- Building as a Learning Tool I.
Topic/objective: Information system for
management of building control data.
Duration:1997-1999.
Funding: CA$174,000.
Role: Principal investigator.
-
Hydrologic
Database (HDB).
Topic/objective: Design and Development of an
Information System for Colorado River Operations, Scheduling and Planning.
Duration: 1997 - 1999.
Funding: CA$1,500,000.
Role: Principal Investigator.
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- Alexandria Digital
Library.
Topic/objective: Development of Mathematical
and Statistical Models of Digital Library Search Behavior.
Duration: 1996, 1997.
Funding: CA$16,250.
Role: Team member.
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Impact
of Simulation Models on Group Decision Support Systems Outcomes.
Topic/objective: Studies of the Effectiveness
of Model-based Environmental Negotiations and Policy Making.
Duration: 1993-1996.
Funding: CA$296,267.
Role: Co-principal investigator.
-
Transition Monitoring Decision Support System (TM-DSS).
Topic/objective: Design and Development of
an Information System for Monitoring Hazardous Materials and Operations During
Decommissioning of a Nuclear Facility.
Duration: 1995 - 1996.
Funding: CA$258,339.
Role: Principal investigator.
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Object-oriented
Models of River Systems.
Topic/objective: Object-oriented Modeling of
River and Reservoir Systems.
Duration: 1993 - 1994.
Funding: CA$99,000.
Role: Principal investigator.
-
TVA-EPRI
River Resource Aid (TERRA).
Topic/objective: Design and Development of an
Information system for Operation, Scheduling and Planning of the Tennessee
Valley Authority Rivers, Reservoirs and Power Plants.
Duration: 1992 - 1994.
Funding: CA$1,050,000.
Role: Principal investigator.
- River Simulation System (RSS).
Topic/objective: Computer-based Simulation of
River and Reservoir Operations, Scheduling and Planning.
Duration: 1991 - 1993.
Funding: CA$1,800,000.
Role: Principal investigator.
- Woning Distributie ANalyse (WODAN - Home Distribution
Analysis).
Topic/objective: Design and Development of
Computer-based, Interactive Search and Spatial Analysis of Housing Patterns.
Duration: 1988 - 1990.
Funding: CA$27,000.
Role: Principal investigator.
Publications
Journal Articles (peer reviewed)
Buttenfield, B.P., Reitsma, R.F. (in press) Loglinear and
Multidimensional Scaling Models of Digital Library Navigation; International
Journal of Human-Computer Studies.
Lightner, M.G., Carlson, L.E., Sullivan, J.F., Brandemuehl,
M.F., Reitsma, R.F. (2000) A Living Laboratory; Proceedings of the IEEE;
88; 31-40.
Zigurs, I., Reitsma, R. Lewis, C. Hubscher, R., Hayes, C.
(1999) Accessibility of Computer-based Simulation Models in Inherently
Conflict-Laden Negotiations; Group Decision and Negotiation; 8;
511-533.
Reitsma, R., Carron, J. (1997) Object-oriented Simulation and
Evaluation of River Basin Operations; Journal of Geographic Information and
Decision Analysis; 1; 9-24;
Reitsma, R., Zigurs, I., Lewis, C., Sloane, A., Wilson, E.
(1996) Experiment with Simulation Models in Water Resources Negotiations;
Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management; 122; 64-70.
Reitsma, R.F. (1996) Structure and Support of Water Resources
Management and Decision Making; Journal of Hydrology; 177; 253-268.
Reitsma, R., Sautins A., Wehrend, S. (1994) Construction Kit
for Visual Programming of River-Basin Models; Journal of Computing in Civil
Engineering; 8; 378-384.
Reitsma, R., Hendriks, P. (1990) WODAN: een Venster op
Beleidsinformatie (WODAN: a Window on Decision-making Information); SWIM;
5; 15-24.
Reitsma, R., Vergoossen, A. (1988) A Causal Typology of
Migration: The Role of Commuting; Regional Studies; 22; 331-340.
Reitsma, R. (1987) Inferentiebomen: een Techniek voor het
Modelleren van Relationele Beslisregels (Inference Trees: a Technique for
Modeling Relational Decision Rules; SWIM; 2; 2-12.
Reitsma, R. (1986) Artificiele Intelligentie in Geografisch
Onderzoek: Cognitie, `Engineering' en Geografische Modellen (Artificial
Intelligence in Geographical Research: Cognition, `Engineering' and Geographical
Models); SWIM; 1; 4-7.
Book Chapters and Serial Monographs (peer-reviewed)
Lewis, C., Reitsma, R., Wilson, E.V., Zigurs, I. (2001). Extending
Coordination Theory to Deal With Goal Conflicts, in Olson, G.M., Malone,
T., Smith, J. (eds.), Coordination Theory and Collaboration Technology,
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, pp. 651-672.
Reitsma, R.F. (1999) Après Moi Le Deluge: Multicriterion
Problems in Multiregional Water Resources Decision Making; in Thill, J. (Ed.)
Spatial Multicriteria Decision Making and Analysis: A Geographic Information
Sciences Approach, Ashgate Publishing Ltd., Aldershot, U.K.; 247-274.
Reitsma, R. (1996) Bootstrapping River Basin Models with
Object Orientation and GIS Topology; in: Goodchild, M.F., Steyaert, L.T., Parks,
B.O. (Eds.) GIS and Environmental Modeling: Progress and Research Issues;
GIS World Books; Fort Collins, CO; 457-461.
Reitsma, R., Zagona, E., Chapra, S., Strzepek, K. (1996)
Decision Support Systems for Water Resources Management. In: Mays, L.W. (Ed.)
Water Resources Handbook; McGraw-Hill; New York, N.Y.; 33.1 - 33.35.
Reitsma, R. (1993) Decision Support Systems (DSS) for
Environmental Conflicts: Tools for Establishing a Base for Negotiation. In:
Burton, L., Burgess, G. (Eds.) Improving the Environmental Problem-Solving
Process: Lessons from the 1988-1992 California Drought; University of
Colorado Conflict Research Consortium, Boulder Colorado.
Hendriks, P., Reitsma, R. (1992) If a Picture Paints a
Thousand Words... WODAN's Visual Approach to Spatial Aggregation and Area
Selection. In: Mumbleau, W., Salling, M.J. (Eds.) Papers from the Annual
Conference of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association
(URISA); 71-85.
Reitsma, R., Vergoossen, A. (1992) A Causal Typology of
Migration: The Role of Commuting. In: Bogue, D., Arriaga, E.E., Anderton, D.
(Eds.) Readings in Population Research Methodology; vol. 4: Nuptiality,
Migration, Household, and Family Research; United Nations Population Fund;
Social Development Center, Chicago, IL; 223-232.
Reitsma, R. (1990) Functional Classification of Space:
Aspects of Site Suitability Assessment in a Decision Support Environment;
IIASA Research Reports; RR-90-2; IIASA, Laxenburg.
Fedra, K., Reitsma, R. (1990) Decision Support and
Geographical Information Systems; IIASA Research Reports; RR-90-9; IIASA,
Laxenburg.
Fedra, K., Reitsma, R. (1990) Decision Support and
Geographical Information Systems: in: Scholten, H. Stillwell, J. (Eds.)
Geographical Information Systems for Urban and Regional Planning; Kluwer
Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands; 177-190.
Reitsma, R. (1988) Relationeel Modelleren van het
Produktiemilieu van Typen Bedrijvigheid (Relational Modeling of the Industrial
Production Environment). In: Hendriks, P.H.J., Smagt, A.G.M. van der (Eds.)
Methoden op een Keerpunt (Changing Methods); Netherlands Geographical
Studies; 77; 82-105.
van Dinteren, J., Reitsma, R.(1986) Keuzemodellen in het
Onderzoek naar de Vestigingsplaats van Kantoorondernemers (Choice Models in the
Analysis of Office Location Behavior). In: Dinteren, J.H.J., Hart, H.W. ter
(Eds.) Geografie en Kantoren 1985 (Geography and Office Firms 1985);
Netherlands Geographical Studies; 21; 83-98.
Book Chapters and Technical Reports (not peer-reviewed)
Reitsma, R., Pasteris, P. (in press) Acquisition, Management
and Dissemination of Climate Data; in: Perfect, D. and Lewis, W. M.
Jr. (Eds.). Managing Western Water Resources in an Uncertain
Climate. University Press of Colorado, Boulder.
Carlson, L.E., Reitsma, R. (1999) A Design Process, in:
Yowell, J., Carlson, D. (Eds.), Introductory Engineering Design: A
Projects-based Approach, 3rd Edition, Regents of the University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO, 1999; 55-77.
Reitsma, R. (1995) Collaborative Spatial Decision Making
Position Paper Trivial Pursuit and a Few Suggestions. In: Densham, P.J.,
Armstrong, M.P., Kemp, K.K. (Eds.) Collaborative Spatial Decision Making;
National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis; Technical Report 95-14;
NCGIA, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA; 163- 168.
Reitsma, R., Carron, J. (1994) Multi-Dimensional Data in
Decision Support: Towards a Unified Data Model; CASI Technical Reports;
CASI-TR-94-06.
van Dinteren, J., Reitsma, R. (1986) Kantoorondernemers en
Vestigingsplaatskeuze (Office Firms and Location Choice); Research
Reports No. 23; Department of Geography, University of Nijmegen, The
Netherlands.
P. Hendriks, Reitsma, R.(1983) Wonen in de Nijmeegse
Binnenstad (Residing and Working in the Interior City of Nijmegen). In: Bouwer,
K., Ekkers, P., Hendriks, P., Wever, E. (Eds.) Wonen en Werken in het Nijmeegse
(Residing and Working in Nijmegen); Essays on the Occasion of the 25th Annum
of the Department of Geography, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands);
Van Gorcum, Assen, The Netherlands; 38-48.
Reitsma, R.(1983) De Normatieve Grondslag van het
Meetsysteem: een Analyse van het Verzorgingsniveau van Kernen in Noord-Brabant
(The Normative Basis of Measurement: an Analysis of the Service Level of Towns
in Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands); Research Reports No. 8; Department of
Geography, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Awards
- 1992: Horwood Critique Prize (Honorable Mention),
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) Conference.
- 1988: Special Guest of the Institute of British
Geographers' Annual Meeting, Loughborough, United Kingdom.