Ben Hocking E-mail: hocking@virginia.edu Phone: 434-982-2298 Office Location: Olsson Hall 228

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Research Interests

My current research interest is in Artificial Intelligence including Neural Networks. I'm currently working with Chip Levy to help extend his model of the hippocampus to include a simple approximation to the neocortex. I've also done research with General Relativity and Black Holes. My Master's thesis was Analysis and Discussion of Alternative Space-Time Metrics

Education

PhD, Computer Science, University of Virginia, Expected 2006

MCS, Computer Science, University of Virginia, 2003

MS, Astrophysics, Georgia State University, 1999

BS, Physics, Georgia Tech, 1990

Refereed Publications

Ashlie B. Hocking and William B Levy. (2005) Computing conditional probabilities in a minimal CA3 pyramidal neuron Neurocomputing, 65-66, 297-303.

Unrefereed Publications

Darren T. Drewry, Lin Gu, A. Benjamin Hocking, Kyoung-Don Kang, John L. Pfaltz, Robert C. Schutt III, and Christopher M. Taylor. Current State of Data Mining. University of Virginia, Department of Computer Science, Technical Report.

Conferences / Poster Sessions

• Establishing the Viability of a Uniform Model of Hippocampal CA3 Functionality, Data-Driven Modelling and Computation in Neuroscience, Hohenwart Forum, Hohenwart, Germany, May 2005
• Computing conditional probabilities in a minimal CA3 pyramidal neuron Neurocomputing, Computational Neuroscience 2004

Work History

• Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science, Present
  Duties: Assist with database design and implementation in Chaco Digital Initiative
• Teaching/Research Assistant, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2001-2004
  Duties: Performed research in biologically inspired neural networks. Held discussion sections and counseled students during office hours in business computing, software development and artificial intelligence courses (CS 120 and CS 201, and CS 416)
• Software Developer, RTI, Inc., Marietta, GA, July 1995 - July 2001
  Duties: Developed and maintained restaurant management and accounting software
• Teaching Assistant, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, August 1997 - December 1999
  Duties: Taught astronomy laboratory classes (ASTR 1010 and 1020)
• Science Teacher, Clarkston High School, Clarkston, GA, August 1993 - June 1995
  Duties: Taught high school physics, chemistry, and physical science classes

School Links

UVA

UVA Dept of Computer Science

Contact Info

Email: hocking@cs.virginia.edu

Phone: 434-982-2298

Office Location: Olsson Hall 228

Schedule

School of Engineering and Applied Science

Department of Computer Science

University of Virginia

151 Engineer's Way, P.O. Box 400740

Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4740