DEDICATION

Nothing special, eh? I am just like a dusty book, a volume from an ancient set of Encyclopædia Britannica, often overlooked, but still very much useful inside the covers. I just hope that not too many of my synaptic connections are obsolete.

My name is Jason Carl Lamberton, but you can simply call me Jason. A few people call me Jase, but I never call myself that. I am a graduate student, studying towards my doctorate in Computer Science at George Washington University, where I am in the second year of my 5-year program. I am on the direct track, which means my Master's and D.Sc studies are combined. (For those laymen reading this, D.Sc means Doctor of Science, the science equivalent of a PhD, which means Doctor of Philosophy. There is nothing philosophical about computer science, generally. In a couple of years, when computers become more intelligent, expect some philosophical-ethical issues to arise.) For more details in regards to my work at GW, click here.

In order for my academic nuisances to be taken care of (translation: tuition $$), I am teaching at Gallaudet University, where I teach developmental math to mostly freshmen (Algebra II), and in return Gallaudet takes care of my academic expenses at GW. It's a nice deal, indeed. I will develop math-based applications that uses the glove you see above as an input device, enabling the computer to recognize sign language. Why math? Because I will have scores of guinea pigs to test the effectiveness of the application, and secondly, it will bring the research prestige of GW to Gallaudet and actually help intiate some significant research there.

If there has to be one word to describe what I am and what I do, I am MacGyver, an inventor (or at least I would like to think so). To date, I have created three useful inventions, a vacuum hose nozzle attachment and a modified, improved alarm clock for the deaf that was developed in collaboration with Jose Hernandez-Rebollar at GW, and a video-based intercom system that deaf people can use inside their home. You may infer by now that it is my passion to help develop technologies geared for the Deaf. I have too many ideas, and inventions are merely their manifestation.

More stuff about me...

DEDICATION

I never really thought about actually having a website dedicated to someone,. just as one would do when publishing a book. But, times are a-changing, like it always is, the electronic realm is a legitimate publishing mode.

I must dedicate this website to my parents, because I love them very, very much and because of many other reasons. If I named them all, you would run out of retinal energy and not be able to read the other stuff on this site that has some relevancy to your purpose for navigating to this location in cyberspace.

Foremost of all, my parents enabled me. They allowed me to let my mind run free, and to basically tinker and be a MacGyver wannabe when I was not yet a teen. I was often able to get the things (after getting through Dad's skepticism) that I wanted to let my mind grow, such as a radio controlled airplane or a potter's wheel. The ultimate thing that they ever did, that I cannot ever show enough gratitude for, was helping me buy a house in Washington, DC a few months ago. That is when I finally, finally had the space to be able to do the stuff I always meant to do all my life: to start converting the stuff I invented from paper into mainfested reality.

THANK YOU, Mom and Dad! I love you very much!