Job Description:

Dr. Paul Blair earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California , San Diego in 2002, his M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of California , San Diego in 1997, and B.S. degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from Michigan State University in 1995.  He is currently working as an Assistant Project Scientist with the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology at the University of California , San Diego .  His research is focused on the design and development of wireless systems to support new applications in healthcare, accessibility, and human interface design.  He has additionally worked as a consultant for several Southern California technology companies, including one which is building an infrared high speed data communication network.

He has an international patent pending for a “Customizable User Interface for Electronic Devices.  His publications include:

Stepnowsky, C., Blair, P., DiNicola, G., and Lenert, L., "Shortening the Feedback Loop for Sleep Apnea Patients Via a Wireless Blood Pulse-Oximetry System", AMIA 2006 Annual Symposium, Washington , D.C. , November 2006.

Blair, P., “VICaST (Vital Information Capture, Storage, and Transmission) – an open architcture to support telemetry in preventive medicine”, NIH Critical Issues in eHealth Research Conference, Bethesda , MD , June 2005.

Blair, P., “A Customizable Input Interface for Wireless, Mobile Devices”, RESNA 2005, Atlanta , GA , June 2005.

Blair, P., O’ Neill, A., “An Architecture To Enable Community-Based Wayfinding For The Blind,” in the CSUN International Conference Technology and Persons with Disabilities, Los Angeles , CA , March 2005.

Blair, P., “An Open Architecture For The Development Of Affordable Next Generation AAC Devices,” in the CSUN International Conference Technology and Persons with Disabilities, Los Angeles , CA , March 2005.

Blair, P., Polyzos, G. C., “A Simulation Environment for the Study of Power Control Under Plane Cover Multiple Access,” in the International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS '02), San Diego, CA, USA, July 2002.

Blair, P., Polyzos, G. C., Zorzi, M., “Plane Cover Multiple Access: A New Approach to Maximizing Cellular System Capacity,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 19, No. 11, November 2001.

Blair, P., Polyzos, G. C., “Packet Cellular Optimizations for Non-uniform Traffic,” in the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC '01), Helsinki , Finland , June 11-14 2001 .

Blair, P., Polyzos, G. C., “Quality of Service Performance Analysis of Plane Cover Multiple Access,” in the International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN '00), Las Vegas , NV , USA , October 2000.

Blair, P.M, Polyzos, G.C., Zorzi, M., “Plane Cover Multiple Access: A Media Access Control Strategy for Wireless Environments,” in the IEEE  International Conference on Universal and Personal Communications (ICUPC '98), Florence , Italy , October 5-9 1998 .