About Me:

• Hello....My Name is Robert I. Cowles and although I live in the Qu'Appelle Valley east of Craven, Saskatchewan, I commute to the University of Regina on a daily basis.
  
  
• I have a Masters Degree in Computer Science, that I earned by studying Computer Vision under Dr.X.D. Yang. In particular, I work with ways of applying members of the family of Fourier Transformations to an arbitrary (non-rectangular) region of an image. Then, generating an encoding vector from that transformation and using it as a means of identifying the information within the region.
  
  
• In additional to my academic studies, I am a full time employee of the University, in my capacity as System Administrator for the Department of Computer Science. When I am not taking classes, I often teach one class per semester as a Sessional Lecturer in Computer Science.
  
  
• My current challenge is to complete a Ph.D. as a part-time student, while continuing to work as a full-time employee of the University. (Whew! That should keep me busy for 30-40 hours a day!)
  
  
• I have a number of interests, most of which I no longer have the time to indulge:
  
  
• Obviously mathematics - particularly those areas that can be exploited by computer scientists
  
  
• Making computers do interesting (but not necessarily useful) things
  
  
• Photography - particularly nature photography
  
  
• Fishing and other outdoor activities
  
  
• Reading just for the fun of it! (boy, I sure miss this one!)
  
  
• Old horror movies - the hokier the better (especially the Japanese Monster Muppets like Godzilla)
  
  
  

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