Denbigh Starkey

starkey@cs.montana.edu
406-994-4771 (office), 406-586-7614 (home), 406-994-4376 (Fax)
406-570-4252 (cell)
Computer Science Department 357 Engineering/Physical Sciences Building Montana State University Bozeman, MT 59717
17500 Timberline Creek Drive Bozeman, MT 59715

Position: Professor of Computer Science

Current Funded Research:

Research Project 1: Modeling and Visualizing Remote Sensing and Terrain Data for Research and Education in Precision Agriculture. Funded by USDA and NASA under their joint Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems (IFAFS), September 2001 - September 2005.
I am graphics and visualization team leader for this $800K project. Other researchers on the project, from Montana State University, South Dakota State University, the University of Georgia, the University of Idaho, and the University of Minnesota, are experts on precision management of crops (corn, cotton, sugar beets, or wheat), watershed analysis, or agricultural education. The primary PI is Dr. Dan Long who was at the MSU Northern Agricultural Research Center (MSU-NARC) in Havre, MT.

Research Project 2: A Computer Science REU for Tribal College Students, NSF/CISE Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, March 2003 - March 2006.
I am PI on this $242K NSF grant which supports eight undergraduate researchers each summer and continues to support two of these students in the following year. Students supported on the grant work on research related to the precision agriculture project.

The projects have so far supported five graduate students, Ruth Araujo, Suzy Lassacher, Alicia Littlewolf, Paula Sanchez Shive, and Lin Wenhao, and 15 undergraduates, Michael Albers, Jules Alfani, Dallas Fischer, Lloyd Irvine, Phil Johnson, Arthur Krebsbach, Amy Marchwick, Brian McConnell, Deborah McDonald, Joey Moholt, Michael Running Wolf, Josh Saari, Woodie Tatz-Morey, Andrew Westerman, and Kelly Zavalney.

Our IFAFS Interface showing soil cores below a field
(Click on image for larger size)

The local project home page gives more details of the project goals and achievements, and the researchers who are associated with the project.

Academic Interests

Computer Graphics

Scientific Visualization

Universities & Degrees

Merton College, Oxford University, 1965--68

BA, Honour School of Mathematics

University of Pennsylvania, 1968--72

PhD, Computer & Information Sciences

2006-2007 Academic Year Schedule: I am teaching CS 215, CS 351 and CS 425 in the Fall and CS 525 in the Spring. I will also be coordinating the major field test for seniors in both Fall and Spring semesters.

CS 215: Social & Ethical Issues in Computing

CS 351: Software Engineering

CS 425: Computer Graphics

CS 525: Graphics & Scientific Visualization

A detailed weekly schedule gives my class times, office hours, and links to my class Web pages.

Personal Information:
Bozeman is, of course, a fantastic place to live if one likes outdoor activities. The local fishing and skiing cannot be matched elsewhere. In addition this is a great area for hiking and backpacking (e.g. in Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks), camping, watching wildlife, hunting, and other activities that are available in our spectacular surroundings. We have horses, and take advantage of most of the outdoor activities that are available.
When we leave Bozeman we like to do at least one diving trip each year. Jean and I obtained our PADI Open Water certification in 2001, and have taken two major diving trips since then; a trip in 2003 to Belize and a trip in 2004 to Grand Turk in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Jean took the dolphin picture (four dolphins swam with us for over 15 minutes) and I took the picture of her (both clickable) off Grand Turk.



Our daughter Susan graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis in May 2002. She began flight training at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola in September, 2002, and went to the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi to complete her fixed wing training. She then returned to Pensacola for helicopter training at Naval Air Station, Whiting Field, and in February 2004 I pinned her wings of gold on her there as a new Naval aviator. She is now stationed with HSC-23 in San Diego, flying Navy's newest helicopter, the MH-60S, known as the Sierra (from the S in 60S) or as the Knighthawk, where her missions are SAR and VERTREP (Search and Rescue and Vertical Replenishment, which means moving supplies on and off ships), and Medevac. Currently she is in the Kuwait desert doing medevac for the Army. She is a HAC (Helicopter Aircraft Commander) on the aircraft.

Personal Pictures:
The pictures below show me with Susan in 1989 by a lake in the Crazy Mountains, a HS senior picture of Susan, a successful hunt for dinosaurs close to Bozeman, and for nostalgia a trout that I caught on my 1.5 oz. 2-weight rod (and released) when I first came to Bozeman, a copy of my old 1973 green card, and a shot from a morph with a tiger that our students did in the 80's. There is also a picture from Michael Runningwolf's giveaway ceremony where I was honored with a gift of a Northern Cheyenne star quilt. Click on any picture for a larger image.







Where is Denbigh?:
Several generations ago my father's side of the family lived in England and Wales, before moving to British Honduras (now Belize), and finally back to England where I was born and raised. Denbigh is a family name, and comes from the town of Denbigh in North Wales. The clickable image shows Denbigh Castle:

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