Shane C. Mason

Me:

I am from the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Georgia. This is important to who I am, as it tells you something about where I am coming from. I now live in the Rocky Mountains of Western Montana. That is also important to who I am, as it tells you something about where I am headed. I work as a research programmer, and that tells you quiet a bit about me. Tami is my wife, and my daughters are Zoe and Sophia. That should tell you much more about me. Meet My Family Here

Research:

My primary research interest center around the open source development model, machine learning and human-computer interaction from a linguistic standpoint. I have created a desktop for *nix type systems, called perlbox. It features voice response, configuration options and a light footprint. Check it out at http://perlbox.org.For more information about me, please view my Curriculum Vitae

Daily Rants
I have an opinion, and I like to make sure everyone knows what it is.

Me in the News

Story from KECI, Missoula NBC Channel 13 on WSAL
Abiword Weekly World News #122, Mention on patch.
French Linux Magazine article about Perlbox Desktop

Publications:

perlbox, Desktop for UNIX by Shane Mason
YAPC::NA Proceedings 2002
St Lois Missouri

Feature Extraction from Digital Imagery, A Hierachical Method> by Shane Mason, David Opitz and Mark Mangrich
Visual Imagery and Image Processing, 2001
IASTED Conference 2001 Artificial Intelligence and Applications
Marbella Spain

Feature Extraction from 1:24K Scale Digital Raster Graphics(DRG's) Using Fuzzy Logic
Shane Mason, Chris Winne and Roland Redmond.
Wildlife Spatial Analysis Lab, August 2003

Improving the Performance of a Statistical Analysis Package through Parallel Processing
Shane Mason, Michael Morgan, Chris Winne, Don Morton and Roland Redmond.
Wildlife Spatial Analysis Lab, October 2003

Places I Have Been:

create your own personalized map of the USA or write about it on the open travel guide

Contact

Shane C. Mason
Email: me at perlbox dot org