University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
Thesis title: Communication Protocols for Wireless
Mobile Networks Advisor: Dr. Suresh Singh
M.S. in Computer Science, May 1993
San Diego State University, San Diego, California
B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
May 1988
University of California, Berkeley, California
Professional
Experience
September 2008 -- Present
Professor,
Department
of Mathematics and Computer Science, California State University East
Bay
Currently teaching computer networking curriculum in Bachelor's
and Master's Computer Science programs in the College
of
Science. Chair of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) which
reviews research projects which use human subjects.
September 2003 -- September 2008
Associate Professor,
Department
of Mathematics and Computer Science, California State University East
Bay
Taught computer networking curriculum in the College
of
Science. Led the Wireless and Multimedia
Communications (WAMCON) research group, together with Dr. Leann
Christianson. Served as Assistant Graduate
Coordinator 2003-2004. Chair od Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Fall 2004 - 2008.
January 2000 -- September 2003
Assistant Professor,
Department of Mathematics and Computer
Science, California State University, Hayward.
Taught computer networking curriculum in the College
of
Science and telecommunications program in College of
Business. Research
affiliations include the CSUH TELCOT Institute and the Wireless and
Multimedia
Communications (WAMCON) research group. Served as Assistant
Graduate
Coordinator 2001-2003.
September 1997 -- January 2000
Assistant Professor,
Department of
Accounting and Computer
Information Systems, California State University, Hayward.
Taught Telecommunications curriculum in School of Business and
computer
networking courses through the Department of Math and Computer
Science. Served as senior research fellow of the TELCOT
Institute. Members of the institute
conduct research in telecommunications and collaborative technologies,
especially
distance learning mechanisms and multimedia conferencing tools.
July 1990 - August 1991
Software Engineer, ROLM
Systems Inc., Santa
Clara, California.
Member of the Current Products Enhancement group supporting ROLM
PhoneMail, a voice messaging product. Communicated directly with
customer and through a support team to clarify problem conditions or
enhancement requests. Developed, integrated, and tested code in C and
Pascal according to product standards. Wrote user documentation.
June 1988 - July 1990
Software Test Engineer,
ROLM Systems Inc., Santa
Clara, California.
Lead team to test Voice Messaging system. Researched and wrote
product
test plan, scheduled tasks for Software Test group, and presented
results. Developed test plans for domestic and international products.
Assisted in
setting up product trials at customer sites.
Journal Publications
Leann Christianson and Kevin Brown
Adaptive Coding Schemes for Support of Multicast Audio to
Wireless
Devices, Journal of Computer
Communications, Volume 28, No. 1, pp. 125-135, January 2005.
Alex Bordetsky, Kevin Brown, and Leann Christianson
Adaptive Management of QoS Requirements for Wireless Multimedia
Communications, Journal of Information Technology and Management,
Volume 4, Issue
1, pp. 9-31, January 2003.
Alex Bordetsky, Kevin Brown, and Leann Christianson
A Feedback Control Model for Managing Quality of Service in
Multimedia Communications, Journal of Telecommunications Systems,
Volume 17, Issue
3, pp. 349-371, 2001.
Kevin Brown
The RTCP Gateway: Scaling Real-Time Control Bandwidth for
Wireless
Networks, Journal of Computer Communications, Volume 23, No.
14-15,
pp. 1470-1483, August 2000.
Kevin Brown and Suresh Singh
RelM: Reliable Multicast for Mobile Networks, Journal of
Computer
Communications, Volume 21, Issue 16, pp. 1379-1400, February 1998 .
Kevin Brown and Suresh Singh
M-TCP: TCP for Mobile Cellular Networks, ACM SIGCOMM
Computer Communication Review, Volume 27, No. 5, pp. 19-43, October
1997.
Kevin Brown and Suresh Singh
M-UDP: UDP for Mobile Cellular Networks. ACM SIGCOMM
Computer Communication Review, Volume 26, No. 5, pp. 60-78, October
1996.
Kevin Brown and Suresh Singh
Network Architecture and Communication Protocols for Mobile
Computing. International Journal of Wireless Information Networks,
Volume
3, No. 4, October 1996.
Conference Proceedings
Leann Christianson and Kevin Brown
Computrer Science Students' Online Learning Experience and
Workload: Perception vs. Reality, The
2008 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer
Science and Computer Engineering (FECS '08), July 14-17, Las Vegas,
Nevada.
Kevin Brown and Leann Christianson
Improving Student/Student and Student/Instructor Communication
for Non-Native English Speakers in Computer Science Courses, The
2007 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer
Science and Computer Engineering (FECS '07), June 25-28, Las Vegas,
Nevada.
Leann Christianson and Kevin Brown
Student Projects in Computer Networking: Simulation versus
Coding, The 2006 International Conference on Frontiers in
Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS '06),
June 26-29, 2006, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Kevin Brown and Leann Christianson
A Comparison of Coding Schemes for Provision of Streaming Audio
to
Wireless Devices, Communications Systems, Networks, and Digital
Signal
Processing Symposium (CSNDSP), July 15-17, 2002, Stafford, England.
Leann Christianson and Kevin Brown
Text Reorganization for Wireless Web Devices, Communications
Systems, Networks, and Digital Signal Processing Symposium (CSNDSP),
July 15-17, 2002, Stafford, England.
Kevin Brown and Leann Christianson
Provision of Real-time CD-quality Audio Streams to Mobile
Devices, 5th World Multiconference on Systems, Cybernetics, and
Informatics
(SCI), pp. 167-172, July 22-25, 2001, Orlando, Florida.
Leann Christianson and Kevin Brown
Avoiding W4 – Scalable Web Content for Improved Service to
Wireless
Devices, 5th World Multiconference on Systems, Cybernetics, and
Informatics
(SCI), pp. 178-183, July 22-25, 2001, Orlando, Florida.
Kevin Brown and Leann Christianson
Bandwidth Adaptation of Audio Streams for Mobile Hosts, The
Fifth
IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, July 3-7, 2000,
Juan
Les Pins, France.
Alex Bordetsky, Kevin Brown, and Leann Christianson
Adaptive Management of QoS Requirements for Wireless Multimedia
Communications, 8th International Conference on Telecommunications
Systems, Modeling,
and Analysis, March 9-12, 2000, Nashville, TN.
Leann Christianson and Kevin Brown
Rate Adaptation for Improved Audio Quality in Wireless Networks,
1999 IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Multimedia
Communications (MoMuC’99), pp. 363-367, November 15-17, 1999, San
Diego, CA.
Kevin Brown
Quality of Service Measurements in Wireless Networks, SPIE
Symposium on Voice, Video, and Data Communications, pp. 295-301,November 2-5, 1998, Boston, MA.
Kevin Brown
Impact of Wireless Communication on Multimedia Application
Performance, SPIE Symposium on Voice, Video, and Data
Communications, pp. 566-573,November 2-5, 1998, Boston, MA.
Leann Christianson and Kevin Brown
Bandwidth Adjustment Based on Dynamic Differential Pulse Code
Modulation, SPIE Symposium on Voice, Video, and Data
Communications, pp. 53-60,
November 2-5, 1998, Boston, MA.
Leann Christianson and Kevin Brown
A Hierarchical Audio Encoder for Network Traffic Adaptation, SPIE
Symposium on Voice, Video, and Data Communications, pp. 124-131,November 2-5, 1998, Boston, MA.
Kevin Brown
M-RTP: Providing MBONE Video to Wireless Mobile Hosts, Third
International Symposium on Multi-Dimensional Mobile Communications
(MDMC'98), pp. 192-196,
September 21-22, 1998, Menlo Park, CA.
Kevin Brown, Ravi Gopalakrishna, and Suresh Singh
Transport State Handoff in Mobile Networks, 6th
International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (IC3N
97), pp. 122-127, September 22-25, 1997, Las Vegas, NV.
Kevin Brown and Suresh Singh
The Problem of Multicast in Mobile Networks, 5th
International
Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (IC3N 96),
October
16 - 19, 1996, Washington, DC.
Kevin Brown and Suresh Singh
Loss Profiles at the Link Layer, 3rd International Workshop
on
Mobile Multimedia Communications (MoMuC3), September 25-27, 1996,
Princeton, NJ.
Kevin Brown and Suresh Singh
Extensions to RTP to Support Mobile Networking, 3rd
International
Workshop on Mobile Multimedia Communications (MoMuC3), September
25-27,
1996, Princeton, NJ.
Kevin Brown and Suresh Singh
A Network Architecture for Mobile Computing, IEEE INFOCOM'96,
pp. 1388-1396, March 24-28, 1996, San Francisco, CA.
Books
Kevin Brown and Leann Christianson
OPNET Lab Manual
to accompany Data and
Computer Communications 7th Edition and Computer
Networking and Internet Protocols and Technology 4th Edition by
William
Stallings, Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2005.
Leann Christianson and Kevin Brown
OPNET Lab Manual
to accompany Business Data
Communications 5th Edition by William Stallings,
Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2005.
Book Chapters
Kevin Brown and Leann Christianson
DCT-Based Audio Decomposition: Bandwidth Adaptation for Real-Time
Audio Streams, Chapter 7 in: Adaptation
Techniques in Wireless Multimedia Networks, Nova Science
Publishers, 2006.
Kevin Brown and Leann Christianson
Four laboratory exercises: Where to? A Distance Vector Routing
Simulation, Let’s Go! Application Layer Mobile-IP, Battle Royale: TCP
versus UDP, and At Your Service: Web Server and Browser as on-line
supplements to Networking and Data Communications Laboratory Manual,
Frances Grodzinsky, editor, Prentice Hall, 1999. Available at
www.prenhall.com/grodzinsky. See labs 5-8.
Kevin Brown and Suresh Singh
M-RTP: RTP Extensions to Support Mobile Networking, in: Mobile
Multimedia Communications, Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York,
1997.
Kevin Brown and Suresh Singh
Loss Profiles at the Link Layer, in: Mobile Multimedia
Communications, Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York, 1997.