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Feel free to browse through these pointers. Spread the word, Surf the
Web! But be careful, it's addictive and dangerous. In fact, the
Surgeon General has determined that a lack of physical activity may be
detrimental to your health. Even though these computer things are
fascinating, be sure every now and again to get up, go outside and
keep yourself healthy. This has been a public service
announcement.
Whereabouts
You can usually reach Dave via
e-mail:
drbacher@cs.berkeley.edu
or by calling his office, 517
Soda Hall, at (510) 643-7106.
You can also reach Dave at home. He has even created a postscript
address label, which includes the postal bar
code, for easy mailing via the US Postal Service!
Dave's general interests include user interfaces and developing applications which use continuous media (like audio and video) within networked computing environments. During the Spring 1996 term, he was the TA for CS 160, User Interfaces.
His current project is the ongoing development of a number of components which make up the Berkeley Video-On-Demand system. He is building a user interface to deal with the complexity of the VOD system database and in his spare time, working to get the VOD system running reliably and available through the Web. In addition, he has been working with John Boreczky on developing tools for semi-automatic content analysis for multimedia streams. John's PhD thesis involves a comparison of shot and scene-detection techniques; Dave is developing a suite of tools to allow the output of John's programs to communicate with the Berkeley Video-on-Demand database.
For more information, check out Dave's Page of Projects, which details research and graduate classwork along with a couple of personal projects.
Dave grew up in
Bloomington, Indiana - home of
Indiana University and the Hoosiers. After graduating from
Bloomington High School South in 1990, Dave entered the hallowed halls
of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology .. and promptly got lost
in the third longest series of interconnected corridors in the world.
He finished his undergraduate work at MIT, with a BS in Computer
Science, in May of 1994. You can browse through his
old home page, which resides with the Telemedia, Networks and
Systems group in MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science.
Dave's
undergraduate thesis (4Mb, in PostScript format) was based on his
work with the TNS group. His thesis involved building a
closed-captioning system for the VuSystem, a multimedia programming
system developed for producing computer-participative applications.
Dave's other interests include playing Ultimate and basketball. Dave underwent surgery in May of 1994 to correct a torn ACL in his left knee (the result of a basketball injury) and he's currently trying to get his knee back into shape and get himself back on the field as soon as possible. In the meantime, he continues to cheer the efforts of the Indiana University Hoosiers, including the sometimes amusing antics of Coach Bobby Knight.