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Dr. Bill Manaris is a member of the Computer Science faculty at the College of Charleston.

His interests include human computer interaction and artificial intelligence. He currently explores applications of neural networks and genetic programming techniques in computer music and art with an emphasis on computer modeling of aesthetics. Earlier research includes natural language and speech processing with applications in assistive technology. He is also involved in CS education research on Bloom's Taxonomy and the integration of HCI into undergraduate CS curricula.

Courses

• Course materials for Spring 2008:
  • CSCI 110 - Computer Literacy
  • CSCI 180 - Computers, Music and Art
  • CSIS 691 / CSCI 299 - Music Information Retrieval

• Office hours

Professional

• Selected activities
• Selected publications
• Teaching philosophy

Other

• Researchers play song recorded before Edison
• MIT professor Walter Lewin swings from pendulums and faces down wrecking balls
• Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient computing device

Contact

Βασίλης Μάναρης, Βασίλειος Μάναρης