Curriculum Vitae
Brian R. King, PhD · Associate Professor of Computer Science, Bucknell University
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Roles & recognition
| Role | Organization | When |
|---|---|---|
| Member (College of Engineering representative), Academic AI Advisory Group | Office of the Provost, Bucknell University | 2026–present |
| Co-founder and Faculty Guru, App Makerspace | Perricelli-Gegnas Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (PGCEI), Bucknell University | 2026–present |
| Xin Xu Faculty Fellow in Computer Science and Engineering — Bridging AI and XR: Experiential Learning for the Next Generation of Computer Scientists | Bucknell University | 2025–2027 |
| Team member, AAC&U Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum | American Association of Colleges & Universities | 2025–2026 |
| Roundtable participant and report contributor, NSF LEVEL UP AI (Theme 1: AI Knowledge Areas, Competencies, and Pedagogy) | Computing Research Association (CRA) | 2025 |
| Faculty Fellow (previously Faculty Co-Director, Data Science Initiative) | Dominguez Center for Data Science, Bucknell University | 2023–2026 |
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Education
- PhD, Computer Science, University at Albany, SUNY, 2008. Dissertation: Protein Sequence Classification with Bayesian Supervised and Semi-Supervised Learned Classifiers (PDF)
- MS, Computer Science, University at Albany, SUNY, 1992. Thesis: computer networks and network simulation
- BS, Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, University at Albany, SUNY, 1991
Experience
| Position | Organization | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor of Computer Science | Bucknell University | 2016–present |
| Assistant Professor of Computer Science | Bucknell University | 2010–2016 |
| Assistant Professor | Mansfield University of Pennsylvania | 2008–2010 |
| Research Assistant; Instructor | University at Albany, SUNY | 2004–2008 |
| Consultant | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 2003–2005 |
| Senior Software Engineer; Software Engineering Manager | Rupprecht & Patashnick Co. (now Thermo Fisher Scientific) | 1993–2003 |
| Software Engineer | Rupprecht & Patashnick Co. | 1992–1993 |
Awards
| Year | Award | org |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence | Bucknell University (awarded at Commencement) |
| 2010 | Memorable Campus Leader Award | Mansfield University of Pennsylvania |
| 2010 | Outstanding Senior Mentor Award | Mansfield University of Pennsylvania |
| 2008 | Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award | University at Albany, SUNY |
| 2008 | Outstanding Research Publication Award | University at Albany, SUNY |
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Grants & funding
| When | Project | Funder |
|---|---|---|
| 2025–2027 | Xin Xu Faculty Fellowship in Computer Science and Engineering — Bridging AI and XR: Experiential Learning for the Next Generation of Computer Scientists | Bucknell University ($12,000) |
| Summer 2023 | Curricular Development Grant — Design and Development for XR | Bucknell University ($3,000) |
| Summer 2023 | Utilizing Extended Reality for Healthcare Education | Ciffolillo Healthcare Technology Inventors Program ($10,000) |
| 2021–2024 | Collaborative Research RUI: The role of interactions between organic components on aerosol hygroscopicity | National Science Foundation — PI D. Dutcher; co-PIs T. Raymond, B. King ($175,548) |
| Summer 2019 | Software for Aerosol Analysis: Furthering our Understanding of Cloud Formation (with Dabrina Dutcher) | Clare Boothe Luce Research Scholars ($3,500) |
| Summer 2019 | Using Machine Learning to Forecast Monthly Extreme Temperatures over the United States | Katherine Mabis McKenna Environmental Internship Program ($5,000) |
| Summer 2019 | Trajectory Gaze Path Analysis on Eye Tracking Data for Autism Spectrum Disorder | Ciffolillo Healthcare Technology Inventors Program ($5,000) |
| Summer 2019 | Automated handwriting recognition to improve Moravian memoirs transcription (with Katie Faull) | Bucknell Emerging Scholars ($3,000) |
| Summer 2019 | Using Deep Learning to Identify Features of Images with High Interest from Children with Autism | Bucknell Program for Undergraduate Research ($3,500) |
| 2018–2019 | Development of Eye Tracking Software for Crowd-sourced Eye-tracking Analysis (with Evan Peck and Vanessa Troiani, Geisinger) | Bucknell Geisinger Healthcare Research Initiative ($100,000) |
| 2017–2019 | Campus Cyberinfrastructure Network Design: The Bucknell Science DMZ (assisted in drafting proposal) | National Science Foundation, award 1659397 — PI P. Bedi ($400,000) |
| Summer 2016 | Development of an application for assessing visual bias in children with autism | Ciffolillo Healthcare Innovation Award ($5,000) |
| Summer 2016 | Development of a word prediction model for augmentative and alternative communication for children with autism | Ciffolillo Healthcare Innovation Award ($5,000) |
| Summer 2016 | Application of deep learning on images with varying autism interest levels | Bucknell Program for Undergraduate Research ($3,500) |
| Summer 2015 | Curricular Development Grant — Introduction to Data Science (IP course) | Bucknell University ($4,500) |
| Summer 2015 | Android-based app for Augmentative and Alternative Communication | Bucknell CS Department Healthcare Engineering Fund ($3,500) |
| Summer 2015 | Application of deep learning on protein sequence classification | Bucknell Program for Undergraduate Research ($3,500) |
| Summer 2015 | Using data mining to predict meteorological events in the Susquehanna Valley | Bucknell Program for Undergraduate Research ($3,500) |
| Summer 2014 | Analysis of spike timing dependent neural networks for more efficient starting state learning | Bucknell Program for Undergraduate Research ($3,500) |
| Summer 2014 | Using statistical learning to improve word prediction for augmentative and alternative communication | Bucknell Program for Undergraduate Research ($3,500) |
| 2014 | Implementation of a hardware-based sequence alignment system | Greater Susquehanna Keystone Innovation Zone ($24,000) |
| 2013–2014 | Identification of rare and common genomic variation | Bucknell Geisinger Healthcare Research Initiative ($50,000) |
| 2013–2014 | Use of cloud-compute services for NGS assembly research | Amazon Web Services Education Grant ($5,000) |
| Summer 2013 | Named-Entity Recognition | Bucknell Program for Undergraduate Research ($3,500) |
| Summer 2013 | Ensemble classification for protein contact map prediction | Bucknell Program for Undergraduate Research ($3,500) |
| Summer 2012 | Characterization of mutations in the HIV genome related to patient outcomes | Bucknell Program for Undergraduate Research ($3,500) |
| Summer 2011 | De Novo Genome Assembly for Next Generation Sequencing Data | Bucknell Program for Undergraduate Research ($3,500) |
| Summer 2011 | ngLOC: software for subcellular localization prediction | University of Nebraska Medical Center ($3,000) |
| Summer 2011 | Installation and deployment of caBIG for cancer research | Geisinger Research Center ($3,000) |
| Summer 2011 | Curricular Development Grant — Introduction to Data Mining | Bucknell University ($4,000) |
| 2009–2010 | PASSHE Faculty Professional Development Grant (co-PI with Jeannie Kagle) | Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education ($2,000) |
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Scholarship
- Publications: journal articles, conference papers and presentations, and honors theses advised
- Talks, Panels & Workshops
- Press & Media
- Projects
- Research Students
Teaching
See Teaching for every course taught since 2010.
Service to the profession
Journal reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (2025–) · Journal of Open Research Software (2024–) · Bioinformatics Advances (2024–) · PLoS ONE (2018–) · Neural Computing & Applications (2017–) · Journal of Data Mining in Genomics & Proteomics (2014–) · EURASIP Journal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (2014–) · Bioinformatics (2012–) · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (2012–) · BMC Bioinformatics (2006–) · Algorithms in Molecular Biology, BMC Research Notes, Journal of Mathematical Biology (2015) · FEBS Letters (2006–07)
Book reviewer: Big Java, 6th and 7th editions (Cay Horstmann, 2015, 2018) · Problem Solving with C++ (Walter Savitch, 2006)
Program committees: Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference (GLBIO), 2011–2013 · Poster judge, Susquehanna Valley Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2016
Professional affiliations
ACM (2002–; SIGCSE, SIGKDD, SIGSOFT) · IEEE Computer Society (2003–) · International Society for Computational Biology (2007–) · American Society for Engineering Education (2012–)