Dave Carmean, Computer Systems Consultant |
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Ph.D., University of California, Davis |
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778-782-2030 |
Room B8230 |
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email: carmean@sfu.ca |
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I concentrate on using databases and the web to automate workflow and information sharing. I want to identify inefficient workflows and help make them easier for all involved.
I welcome questions and suggestions, and am here to help you. Feel free to email or call (2-2030) me anytime. For the fastest computer support, submit a trouble ticket with a concise explanation of the support needed or the problem and what actions you have taken.
Like you I am interested in ways of improving the lives of people around the world. One way people at SFU are involved is micro-lending- you can join the SFU Kiva team. I am also on Mastodon.
Our paper "Online access to the Kalgutkar and Jansonius database of fossil fungi" is in the journal Palynology. You may access the database at Kalgutkar Fossil Fungi. Access the Ben Woo Russula database.
Current and Ongoing Projects:
Online Publications Database. This provides an updated lists of publications for members of the department. The public can view complete lists of publications (Switch tdwillia in the URL to any other Biology Faculty computing ID)
as well as Selected Publications of any faculty member. Individual faculty and researchers can add and edit their publications as well as authorize other individuals to update their publication lists. The current version uses Filemaker as the database and Apache/PHP for the web interface, while we have working version using a MySQL database based on
Bibliograph.
Teaching Assistantships System. Online Applications, Offers, Acceptance, TUG forms, Workload Review, and Evaluations. Uses PHP, Filemaker
and SFU's Central Authentication Service (CAS).
Booking of Rooms, Equipment, and Undergraduate Advisors. I modified the open source MRBS for
our needs. It uses PHP, mySQL as well as CAS
authentication. Students' booking are confidential and they are
reminded of their appointments by email through a nightly cron
task.
Updating
Filemaker. All online and departmental databases are now in Filemaker 16/17, and
use PHP/ Apache to serve web forms and data. The webserver is a Redhat VM and the database server is a Windows VM. Previously everything was served by a Mac mini (regular hardware/ OS, not the server version), Filemaker server version 11, and we first transitioned just the Apache web server from the mac mini to the Redhat VM, then later on upgraded the databases to Filemaker version 16 with no problems.
 | Computer Support:
My philosophy is to provide people the help they want to prevent
and solve problems in a way that meets their needs. I am not an
advocate for the most recent (and most expensive) technology.
Much
of my work integrates the web and databases. This minimizes duplication
of data entry as it allows the information appear in different forms in
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Web Sites:
My
goal is to provide relevant information quickly to users. I believe
that web pages should be fast and simple to navigate for all users,
regardless of their browser or connection. I have set up our system so
faculty and staff can update their own pages (if they wish) rather than
relying on others. The new SFU AEM webserver does not allow this, but we maintain several self-serve options.
PUBLICATIONS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Systems Consultant, Simon Fraser University, 1996-Present.
Computing Advisor for the Biological Sciences Department and the Dean
of Science. Responsible for database development, networking, and web
design.
Courtesy Faculty, Oregon State University, Corvallis. 2011-12. (Disclaimer: Totally courtesy of OSU- I continued to concentrate on my work for SFU)
Visiting Scientist? /Associated Person, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. 2003-4.
Visiting Scientist, Umeå University, Sweden. 1997-1998.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Simon Fraser University, 1994-1995.
Sequencing DNA and phylogenetic analysis
Training personnel in PCR and sequencing techniques
Manager of Molecular Laboratory for Dr. Bernard J. Crespi
Research Assistant, University of California, Davis, 1989-1993.
Sequencing DNA of Holometabola for phylogenetic analysis (UC
Berkeley)
Systematic study of the Trigonalidae (Hymenoptera)
Responsible for computer accessibility and databases of
Bohart Museum
Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis. Insect
taxonomy/field ecology (1992), Biogeography (1991, 1992),
Parasitology (1989).
Research Assistant, Oregon State University, 1985-1988.
Studied yellowjackets and their associates. Created and
organized computer databases of Trigonalidae and Symphyta literature,
and Lepidoptera host plants.
Research Assistant, Washington State University Cooperative
Extension, Seattle.
Part time, Oct. 1984-May 1985. Root weevils, with Sharon
Collman.
Entomologist, Basseterre, St. Kitts (West Indies) Integrated Pest
Control Unit, 1982-1984. Biological Control, with Everton Dolphin,
Trevor Blanchette, and Conrad Kelly.
Science and Agriculture Teacher, Bumbuna, Sierra Leone, West Africa,
1980-1982.
(Peace Corps Volunteer, 1980-1984.)
Research Assistant, Washington State University, Pullman, 1978-1980.
Laboratory and field research of yellowjacket behavior and life
history.
EDUCATION
1993. Ph. D. Entomology, University of California, Davis.
A generic revision of the trigonalid wasps (Hymenoptera) and
a molecular
study of 18S rDNA and the holometabolous insects.
1989. M.S. Entomology, Oregon State University. Corvallis, Oregon.
Biology of the yellowjacket parasitoid Bareogonalos
canadensis (Harrington)
(Hymenoptera: Trigonalidae).
1980. B.S. Entomology and B.S. Biology. Washington State
University, Pullman, Washington.
1975. Argenta Friends School, Argenta, British Columbia.
(All 8 of our graduating class were in the top 10!)
SPECIAL TRAINING
18S rDNA workshop. Umeå University, Sweden (1997).
Molecular Evolution Workshop, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods
Hole, Massachusetts (1992).
Parasitic Hymenoptera Training Session, Maryland Center for
Systematic Entomology, College Park, Maryland (1988).
PRESENTATIONS
PAUP*: computer program for phylogenetic analyses. 18S rDNA
workshop, Umeå University, Sweden (May, 1997).
Phylogeny versus Homoplasy in the Trigonalidae. International
Society of Hymenopterists. Davis, California. 1995.
How to get into a yellowjacket nest. British Columbia
Parasitologists' Meeting. Burnaby, British Columbia. 1994.
18S rDNA and phylogeny of Holometabola: why Diptera are not
(representative) insects. Society for the Study of Evolution Annual
Meeting. Athens, Georgia. 1994.
Yellowjackets. University of California/ Pest Control Operator's of
California Education Conference. Walnut Creek, California. 1990.
Wasps, Yellowjackets, Hornets, and Bees. Oregon State University
Extension Service, Medford, Oregon. February, 1988.
The yellowjacket parasitoid Bareogonalos canadensis in Oregon.
Entomological Society of America Western Regional Meeting, Portland.
1987.
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