2. CSC482 INTRODUCTION TO TEXT ANALYTICS COURSE INTRODUCTION: PART ONE Thomas Tiahrt, MA, PhD

3. Information  Introduction to Text Analytics (3 hr) Northwestern College Online Analytics Program Office: VPH 109CPhone: 712-707-7052 Textbook: The Text Mining Handbook: Advanced Approaches in Analyzing Unstructured Data by Ronen Feldman, James Sanger; Publisher: Cambridge University Press (Dec. 11, 2006); ISBN-13: 978- 0521836579 Email: thomas.tiahrt@nwciowa.edu  N.B. the sound level from my headset is low compare to other sources, such as music or podcasts. 2

4. Who am I? 3 20102013 Deadwood-Mickelson Half Marathon

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7. Educational Background 6  B.S. Accounting, University of South Dakota  M.A. Computer Science, University of South Dakota  Ph. D. Computational Science and Statistics, University of South Dakota

8. Professional Experience – Software Development 7  Chief Scientist, BrightPlanet Corporation  Principal Software Engineer, BrightPlanet Corporation  Principal Software Engineer, VisualMetrics Corporation  Senior Software Engineer, Gateway  Senior Software Engineer, Loral Medical Imaging Systems, Inc.  Senior Software Engineer, Siemens Gammasonics, Inc.  Senior Software Engineer, Parallel Software, Inc.  Senior Design Engineer, Mycro-Tek, Inc.  Director of Software Development, CMC Info Sys, Inc.  Software Engineer, CMC Info Sys, Inc.

9. Software Patents 8  US Patent 6,741,979 System and method for flexible indexing of document content May 25, 2004 Inventors: Tiahrt; Thomas W  US Patent 7,146,409 System and method for efficient control and capture of dynamic database content July 21, 2001 Inventors: Bushee; William J., Tiahrt; Thomas W.  US Patent 7,249,122 Method and system for automatic harvesting and qualification of dynamic database content July 24, 2007 Inventors: Bushee; William J., Tiahrt; Thomas W., Bergman; Michael K.  US Patent 7,676,555 System and method for efficient control and capture of dynamic database content March 9, 2010 Inventors: Bushee; William J., Tiahrt; Thomas W., Bergman; Michael K.

10. Professional Experience – Higher Education 9  Analytics Program Director, Northwestern College  Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Northwestern College  Research Assistant, University of South Dakota  Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of South Dakota

11. End of Part One of the Introduction 10  See part two for more information.