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Featured Alum
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Terry L. Harrison |
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CACI Chesapeake, VA |
Terry L. Harrison received his BS in Mass Communications from James
Madison University. After his undergraduate studies, Terry worked in the
television industry for a number of years. He also ran his own company,
"Optical Imagineering", performing media rich lightshows (35MM slide,
16MM film, liquid-oils, and multi-camera live productions) for a variety
of artists, including Everything, James Brown and Bruce Hornsby. Drawn
to
the communication possibilities that were blossoming with the advent of
the Internet, Terry became involved with emerging digital technologies,
including professional digital video production. During the dot-com
days, he taught XML and related technologies at XMLSolutions, based in
Washington D.C.
Terry's interest in communications grew to include an interest in
digital
preservation. This interest was further developed through his research
work in digital libraries at ODU under Dr. Nelson. His graduate
research
included developing Apache modules and protocol gateways, both within
the context of digital preservation. His thesis work involved mining
web search engine caches to generate lexical signatures for the purpose
of finding lost web pages. Terry co-authored seven research papers
and was the recipient of several scholarships, including: the 2005
Meredith Construction Company Scholarship; 2005 NSF CSEM Scholarship;
2003 A. R. Zipf Fellowship for Information Management; and a 2002
NSF GAANN Fellowship. After completing his MS in Computer Science,
Terry began working full-time at CACI in Chesapeake, VA, where he
manages several digital preservation efforts underway for their client,
the Library of Congress. Terry's diverse background, including his
Masters in Computer Science from ODU, has been useful in helping him to
understand and manage the challenges being faced by today's large scale
digital preservation efforts.
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