CURRENT WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS:

• Medical Informatics Resource Site

ACADEMIC WEBSITE:

• Melanie A. Sutton, Associate Professor

EDUCATION:

• Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Florida (1997)
• M.S., Computer Science, University of South Florida (1993)
• B.S., Computer Engineering, University of South Florida (1992)
  (2 years of undergraduate coursework completed at University of Florida in Gainesville, FL)

EMPLOYMENT:

• Associate Professor, Department of Biology, School of Allied Health and Life Sciences, UWF (2002-current)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, UWF (1997-2002; 1996-1997 Visiting)

HONORS:

• Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and Advising Award, UWF, 2002.
• Outstanding Instructor of the Semester Award, College of Science and Technology, UWF, 1998.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

• American Public Health Association, 2007-current.
• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, 2006-current.
• American Medical Informatics Association, 2006.
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1989-current.
• Council on Undergraduate Research, 1997-2003.

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:

Journals:


• Rotunda, R.J., Kass, S.J., Sutton, M.A. & Leon, D.T. (2003). Internet use and misuse: Preliminary findings from a new assessment instrument. Behavior Modification, 27(4), 484-504.
• Leon, D.T., Rotunda, R.J., Sutton, M.A. & Schlossman, C. (2003). Internet forewarning effects on ratings of attraction. Computers in Human Behavior, 19(1), 39-57.
• Sentelle, S., Sentelle, C. & Sutton, M.A. (2002). Multiresolution-based segmentation of calcifications for the early detection of breast cancer. Real-Time Imaging: Special Issue on Imaging in Bioinformatics, 8(3), 237-252.
• Sutton, M.A., Sentelle, S. & Rotunda, R. (2002). A pilot study in the analysis of digitized mammograms: Combining academic and commercial results on a public database. Journal of Women's Imaging, 4(1), 7-12.
• Sutton, M.A., Stark, L. & Bowyer, K. (1998). Function from visual analysis and physical interaction: A methodology for recognition of generic classes of objects. Image and Vision Computing, 16(11), 745-763.
• Sutton, M.A., Stark, L. & Bowyer, K. (1994). GRUFF-3: Generalizing the domain of a function-based recognition system. Pattern Recognition, 27(12), 1743-1766. (This article was awarded an Honorable Mention Pattern Recognition Society Award as an outstanding contribution to Pattern Recognition journal.)

Book Chapters:


• Sutton, M.A., Stark, L. & Hughes, K. (2002). Exploiting context in function-based reasoning. In G.D. Hager, H.I. Christensen, H. Bunke, and R. Klein (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Germany: Springer-Verlag Heidelberg, 357-373.
• Sutton, M.A., Bezdek, J.C. & Cahoon, T.C. (2000). Image segmentation by fuzzy clustering: Methods and issues. In I.N. Bankman (Ed.), Handbook of Medical Imaging Processing and Analysis. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, Inc., 87-106.
• Bezdek, J.C. & Sutton, M.A. (1999). Image processing in medicine. In H.-J. Zimmermann (Ed.), Practical Applications of Fuzzy Technologies. Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 363-416.
• Sutton, M.A., Stark, L. & Bowyer, K. (1997). Representing and reasoning about object functionality: Towards an integrated approach. In R.C. Bolles, H. Bunke & H. Noltemeier (Eds.), Intelligent Robots: Sensing, Modeling, and Planning. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 180-197.
• Sutton, M.A., Stark, L. & Bowyer, K. (1996). Chapter 2: Related work. In L. Stark & K. Bowyer, Generic Object Recognition Using Form and Function. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 7-16.
  Sutton, M.A., Stark, L. & Bowyer, K. (1996). Chapter 3: The "knowledge primitives." In L. Stark & K. Bowyer, Generic Object Recognition Using Form and Function. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 17-26.
  Bennett, N., Sutton, M.A., Stark, L. & Bowyer, K. (1996). Chapter 4: The functional properties. In L. Stark & K. Bowyer, Generic Object Recognition Using Form and Function. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 27-32.
  Sutton, M.A., Stark, L. & Bowyer, K. (1996). Chapter 5: The "category definition tree." In L. Stark & K. Bowyer, Generic Object Recognition Using Form and Function. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 33-39.
  Sutton, M.A., Stark, L. & Bowyer, K. (1996). Chapter 6: The function-based analysis process. In L. Stark & K. Bowyer, Generic Object Recognition Using Form and Function. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 41-59.
  Sutton, M.A., Stark, L. & Bowyer, K. (1996). Chapter 7: Recognition results for complete 3-D shapes. In L. Stark & K. Bowyer, Generic Object Recognition Using Form and Function. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 61-66.
• Sutton, M.A., Stark, L. & Bowyer, K. (1993). Function-based generic recognition for multiple object categories. In A.K. Jain & P.J. Flynn (Eds.), Three-Dimensional Object Recognition Systems. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers, 447-470.

Conference Proceedings:


• Sutton, M.A., Deneke, L., Eme, J., Bennett, W. & Wray, F. (2003). Development and assessment of bioinformatics tools for species conservation and habitat management. In Titsworth, F. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE Bioinformatics Conference, Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, Inc., 654-655.
• Sentelle, S., Sentelle, C. & Sutton, M.A. (In press, 2003). Rapid segmentation of calcification clusters using multi-resolution guided fuzzy c-means and wavelet processing. In Peitgen, H.-O. (Ed.), IWDM 2002 6th International Workshop on Digital Mammography, Germany: Springer-Verlag Heidelberg.
• Sutton, M.A., Marin, A., Sentelle S., Wooldridge, S., Griffith, P. & Dell, C. (2001). Development and assessment of protocols for efficient utilization of large-scale digital mammography databases. In Yaffe, M.J. (Ed.), IWDM 2000 5th International Workshop on Digital Mammography, Madison, WI: Medical Physics Publishing, 777-784.
• Cahoon, T.C., Sutton, M.A. & Bezdek, J.C. (2000). Breast cancer detection using image processing techniques. In Proceedings of FUZZ-IEEE 2000: 9th IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, Inc., 973-976.
• Hutcheson, T., Sutton, M.A. & Bezdek, J.C. (1999). Small target classification in LADAR images with fuzzy templates. In Sadjadi, F.A. (Ed.), SPIE Proceedings 3718: Automatic Target Recognition IX, Bellingham, WA: SPIE Press, 172-180.
• Kuncheva, L., Bezdek, J. & Sutton, M.A. (1998). On combining multiple classifiers by fuzzy templates. In Bezdek, J. & Hall, L.O. (Eds.), Proceedings of the IEEE Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society, Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, Inc., 193-197.
• Sutton, M.A. & Bezdek, J. (1998). Enhancement and analysis of digital mammograms using fuzzy models. In J.M. Selander (Ed.), SPIE Proceedings 3240: 26th Applied Imagery and Pattern Recognition (AIPR) Workshop: Exploiting New Image Sources and Sensors, Bellingham, WA: SPIE Press, 179-190.
• Sutton, M.A., Bowyer, K. & Stark, L. (1996). Interactive confirmation of object functionality. In McDowell, J.K. (Ed.), Working Notes of the AAAI Workshop on Modeling and Reasoning With Function, Menlo Park, CA: AAAI Press, 117-120.
• Sutton, M.A., Liu, H., Stark, L. & Bowyer, K. (1995). Towards a domain-independent function-based recognition system. In Stewman, J.H. (Ed.), Proceedings of the Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Symposium, St. Petersburg, FL: Florida AI Research Society, 294-298.
• Sutton, M.A., Stark, L. & Bowyer, K. (1992). "We do dishes, but we don't do windows": Function-based modeling and recognition of rigid objects. In Casasent, D.P. (Ed.), Proceedings of the SPIE Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XI: Algorithms, Techniques and Active Vision, Bellingham, WA: SPIE Press, 132-143.
• Sutton, M.A., Stark, L. & Bowyer, K. (1992). A short survey: What is a "generic" object model for computer vision? In Fishman, M.B. (Ed.), Proceedings of the Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Symposium, St. Petersburg, FL: Florida AI Research Society, 252-256.
• Sutton, M.A., Stark, L. & Bowyer, K. (1991). Capturing function in a generic representation scheme. In Proceedings of the 8th Israeli Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision, Jerusalem: Color Print Press, 97-111.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (selected):

• Principal Investigator: Development and Assessment of Bioinformatics Tools for Species Conservation and Habitat Management. UWF Summer Research Award, 2003, $6,250.
• Principal Investigator: Development and Assessment of Protocols for Efficient Utilization of Large-scale Digital Mammography Databases. The Whitaker Foundation, 1999-2003, $208,080.
• Principal Investigator: The Use of Function-based Reasoning in Goal-oriented Resegmentation: A New Computer Vision Approach to Drive Generic Object Recognition. UWF Summer Research Award, 2002, $7,500.
• Principal Investigator: Developing a Cross-disciplinary Course of Distinction: Computer Vision. UWF College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Development Award, 2000, $5,900.
• Committee Chair: Enhancement of UNIX-based Instruction and Course Delivery at UWF. UWF Enhancement Award, 1999-2001, $171,659.
• Consultant: Assessment Instruments for Evaluating Undergraduate Research. University of the Pacific, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1999, $500.
• Principal Investigator: Enhancement of Digital Mammograms. UWF/Solutia Small Research Grant, 1998-99, $2,000.
• Co-PI: Web-based Curriculum Enhancement for Distance Learning and Supplemental Classroom Instruction in Psychology. UWF Distance Learning Initiative, 1998, $10,000.