We wish to seek copyright registration. See attached.

Michaud (pmichaud@pobox.com) in 1990. The software has been operational since 1991 and has been progressively augmented and imporved. It is currently maintained and improved by Jonathan Scott Duff at the Division of Nearshore Research (duff@lighthouse.tamucc.edu)

Pharos is continually being added to and modified, it will never be "completed".

TODO: I'm not sure which publications to list here. Should we just list all of the publications at DNR Publications that even use our software? Should we list only those that are specifically about the software?

TODO: Should we seek copyright registration? Why would we want to? Why would we not want to?

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Patrick R. Michaud
Professor of Computer Science, Texas A&M Univeristy-Corpus Christi
Division of Nearshore Research, Texas A&M Univeristy-Corpus Christi

Jonathan Scott Duff, Senior Systems Analyst II \\

Jessica Tishmack, Systems Programmer \\

Michaud (pmichaud@pobox.com) in 1990. The software has been operational since 1991 and has been progressively augmented and imporved. It is currently maintained and improved by Jonathan Scott Duff at the Division of Nearshore Research (duff@lighthouse.tamucc.edu)

There are currently two C programs, one for importing data into the

http://lighthouse.tamucc.edu/Pharos and via email to dnr-is@lighthouse.tamucc.edu or duff@lighthouse.tamucc.edu. There is no manual or list of instructions.

and other organizations. We plan to share and codevelop Pharos with

Eustorgio Meza Conde (emezac@ipn.mx), Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Michaud (pmichaud@pobox.com) in 1990. The software has been operational since 1991 and has been progressively augmented and imporved. It is currently maintained and improved by Jonathan Scott Duff at the Division of Nearshore Research(duff@lighthouse.tamucc.edu)

and built from open source components which allows for easily adding

See Admin.Home Page for a listing of contracts.

TODO: Should we just list all of the publications at DNR Publications ???

TODO: S Hould^? we just list all of the publications at http://lighthouse.tamucc.edu/Main/DNRPublications ???

2003

A.L. Sadovski, C. Steidley, P.R. Michaud and P.E. Tissot, "Developing a Goodness Criteria for Tide Predictions Based on Fuzzy Preference Ranking", Developments in Applied Artificial Intelligence, 16th International Conference on Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems, IEA/AIE 2003, Loughborough, UK, pp. 391-401, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 2718, Springer, June 2003. DNRPub:2003/papers/iea-aie-last.rtf RTF

P.E. Tissot, D.T. Cox, and P.R. Michaud, “Optimization and Performance of a Neural Network Model Forecasting Water Levels for the Corpus Christi, Texas, Estuary”, 3rd Conference on the Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Environmental Science, Long Beach, California, February 2003. DNRPub:papers/2002/tissot2002a.doc DOC DNRPub:2002/papers/tissot2002a.pdf PDF

Jeffress, G.A., "The Value of the Cadastral Surveying System to Efficient Land Administration Systems", Surveying and Land Information Systems, Journal of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, In press. 2003.

Sadovski, Alexey L., P. Tissot, C. W. Steidley, G. Jeffress, "Neural Network and Statistics-Based Systems for Predictions in Coastal Studies", Intelligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial Neural Networks, Volume 13, pp 689-694, ASME Press, New York, 2003.

Sadovski, A.L., C. Steidley, G.A. Jeffress, R. Bachnak, J. Champine, "Real Time Modeling and Simulation of Water levels in Coastal Waters of South Texas", Abstracts, International Society for analysis, Its Applications and Computation (ISAAC), ISAAC 2003 Congress, York University, Toronto, Canada, August 2003.

2002

D.T. Cox, P.E. Tissot and P.R. Michaud, "Water Level Observations and Short-Term Predictions Including Meteorological Events for Entrance of Galveston Bay, Texas", Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, January/February 2002, 21-29. DNRPub:2002/papers/cox2002a.pdf PDF

D.T. Cox, G. Guannel, P.E. Tissot, and Y.J. Nam, “Statistical Hindcasts and the Relative Importance of Local and Remote Forcing on Subtidal Variability in Galveston Bay, Texas”, submitted to the Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR-Oceans), 2002.

A.L. Sadovski, P.E. Tissot, P.R. Michaud, and C. Steidley, “Statistical and Neural Network Modeling and Predictions of Tides in the Shallow Waters of the Gulf of Mexico”, 2002 WSEAS International Conferences on System Science 2002, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Power Engineering Systems, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 21-24, 2002.

Mostella, A., J.S. Duff, and P.R. Michaud, “Harman and Harmpred: Web-based Software to Generate Tidal Constituents and Tidal Forecasts for the Texas Coast”, Proc. of 19th AMS Conf. on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/15th AMS Conf. on Numerical Weather Prediction (San Antonio, Texas), August 2002. DNRPub:2002/papers/mostella2002a.doc DOC DNRPub:2002/papers/mostella2002a.pdf PDF

Stearns, J., P.E. Tissot, P.R. Michaud, A.R. Patrick, and W.G. Collins, “Comparison of MesoEta Wind Forecasts with TCOON Measurements along the Coast of Texas”, Proc. of 19th AMS Conf. on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/15th AMS Conf. on Numerical Weather Prediction (San Antonio, Texas), August 2002. DNRPub:2002/papers/stearns2002a.pdf PDF

Patrick, A.R., W.G. Collins, P.E. Tissot, A. Drikitis, J. Stearns, and P. Michaud, “Use of the NCEP MesoEta Data in a Water Level Predicting Neural Network”, Proc. of 19th AMS Conf. on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/15th AMS Conf. on Numerical Weather Prediction (San Antonio, Texas), August 2002. DNRPub:2002/papers/patrick2002a.pdf PDF

2001

Michaud, P., G.A. Jeffress, R.S. Dannelly, and C. Steidley, “Real-Time Data Collection and the Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network”, International Measurement and Control (InterMAC) 2001 Joint Technical Conference (Tokyo, Japan), November 2001. DNRPub:2001/papers/michaud2001b.pdf PDF

Michaud, P., G.A. Jeffress, R.S. Dannelly, and C. Steidley, “Real-Time Data Collection and the Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network”, Instrument Society of America Emerging Technologies Conference (Houston, Texas), September 2001. DNRPub:2001/papers/michaud2001a.doc DOC DNRPub:2001/papers/michaud2001a.pdf PDF

Tissot, P.E., D.T. Cox, and P.R. Michaud, “Neural Network Forecasting of Storm Surges along the Gulf of Mexico”, Proc. of the Fourth International Symposium on Ocean Wave Measurement and Analysis (WAVES ’01), Am. Soc. Civil Engineers, 2002, 1535-1544.

Nam, Y.J., D.T. Cox, P.E. Tissot, and P. Michaud, “Observations and predictions of tides and storm surges along the Gulf of Mexico,” Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Ocean Wave Measurement and Analysis (Waves `01), ASCE, 1625-1633, 2002.

Guannel, G., P. Tissot, D. Cox, and P. Michaud, “Local and Remote Forcing of Subtidal Water Level and Current Fluctuations in Coastal and Estuarine Environments”, 2001 Coastal Dynamics 2001 Conference (Lund, Sweden), June 2001. DNRPub:2001/papers/guannel2001a.pdf PDF

Jeffress, G.A., "The Present Stage of Evolution of the Geographic Information Science Profession, Invited paper, Surveying and Land Information Systems, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 37-38, 2001.

Michaud, P., R.S. Dannelly, and G.A. Jeffress, C. Steidley, "Real-Time Data Collection and the Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network", Proceedings of the Emerging Technologies Conference of the Instrumentation, Sytems, and Automation conference, CD-ROM Session, ETCON 19^?, September 2001.

Shum, C.K., D. Brzezinska, S. Ge, B. Hazelton, Y. Yi, C. Zhao, M. Bevis, H. Hocke, J. Wickert, G. Jeffress, D. Martin, and M. Szabados, "The Use of GPS For Measuring Water Vapor and Sea Level", Paper 7.2, Fifth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, American Meteorological Society Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, January, 2001.

2000

P.E. Tissot, C. Fuller, P. Louchouarn, J. Bonner, S. Dellamea, D. Bujnoch, “Quantitative Method for Surface Oil Measurement and Recovery Based on a New Type of Low Impact Skimmer”, Proceedings of the twenty-third Arctic and Marine Oil spill Program (AMOP) Technical Seminar, Environment Canada, Vol. 1 (2000) 353-366.

Jeffress, G.A., O.B. Nye, D.E. Ayers, and K.L. Russell, "Articulation Planning in Geographic Information Science: New Opportunities, Surveying and land Information Systems, Special Content: XVII Surveying and Mapping Educators Conference, Purdue Univesity, Lafayette, Indiana, July 1999, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 47-49, January 2000.

Earlier

Jeffress, G., C. Thurlow, P. Michaud, and L. Aston, “The Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network”, Proceedings of Texas Water ’95 (San Antonio, Texas), American Society of Civil Engineers, 1995. DNRPub:1995/papers/jeffress1995a.pdf PDF

Michaud, P., C. Thurlow, and G. Jeffress, “Collection and Dissemination of Marine Information from the Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network”, U.S. Hydrographic Conference Proceedings, Hydrographic Society Special Publication No. 32 (1994): 168-173. DNRPub:1994/papers/michaud1994a.pdf PDF

Jeffress, G., E. Masters, and P. Michaud, “The Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network and Oil Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico”, Marine Technology Society Journal 5.2 (1993): 51-55.

Adams, John S., "A Mitigation Project in the Nueces River Delta, Texas: Second Yeard Comparison of Mitigation and Natural Site", Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi, Texas (1993).

 > Title of Software:

 > Name, Department and System Component of each Author:

 > 1. Briefly describe the software program and its current level of
 >    development.

 > 2. Describe the closest known software programs or methods which perform
 >    functions similar to the disclosed software, and indicate
 >    differences.

 > 3. State the advantages of the disclosed software over existing methods,
 >    problems solved by the software, and new applications achieved.
 >    Identify features which are believed to be new, unexpected or
 >    critical.  Indicate any disadvantages or limitations and explain how
 >    they might be overcome.

 > 4. Describe technical specifications for the software: hardware
 >    requirements, third-party programs required, programming
 >    language, etc.

 > 5. Briefly describe the level of support provided with this software.
 >    Is there a manual or list of instructions?  What level of user
 >    support would be required?

 > 6. Describe potential users of the software, as well as any information
 >    on promotion, marketing, or distribution which may be valuable in
 >    realizing full potential of the program.

 > 7. For copyright/legal purposes, please provide responses to the
 >    following:
 > 
 >  (a) Year in which creation of work was completed.  If the work has been
 >      published, provide the date and nation (if other than U.S.) of the
 >      first publication.  If possible, please provide copies of any
 >      formal publications for the file.

 >  (b) List the names and dates of persons or individuals of organizations
 >      which have received copies of the software.

 >  (c) If you wish to seek copyright registration for the work, please
 >      submit along with this disclosure: 1) a representative 50 pages of
 >      code, 2) three copies of the software on disk, and 3) three copies
 >      of any manual or instruction package that accompanies the software.

 > 8. Identify the grants, contracts, or other sources of funding that
 >    directly contributed to the conception and development of the
 >    invention as herein disclosed.  Please provide the grant number,
 >    granting entity, as well as the name of the Office and contact person
 >    that manages each grant.  Indicate if the invention was made as part
 >    of one's assigned duties or with the use of The Texas a&m University
 >    System facilities or services.

 > 9. Joint authors should briefly describe each of their contributions to
 >    the conception of the invention and the percentage of effort for each
 >    (totaling 100%).

Patrick R. Michaud 60%
Jonathan Scott Duff 30% \\

Support is currently provided via web pages located at http://lighthouse.tamucc.edu/Pharos and via email to dnr- is@lighthouse.tamucc.edu or duff@lighthouse.tamucc.edu. There is no manual or list of instructions.

like to collect, store, process, disseminate and do research with

TODO: Need publications

TODO: need more info here

One of the primary advantages of this software is that it's robust and build from open source components which allows for easily adding other external components or creating new specialized components. For instance, new output documents can be created by aggregating existing data within the database. This is how our forecast models are built. As new models are developed they can easily be incorporated into the system.

There are currently two c programs, one for importing data into the Pharos database, and one for retrieving data from the Pharos database. The system currently runs under the Red Hat^? 9 version of the linux operating system but should easily port to any unix-like system with little or no difficulty.

Software Requirements:

	Perl			- most of the software is written in Perl

		DBI 		- database interface
		DBD::mysql	- specific database driver
		PDL 		- Perl Data language for complex math operations
		GD		- Perl graphics package
	Apache			- Web server
	My SQL?			- Relational Database
	gnuplot			- graphics package

> Title of Software:

Pharos

> Name, Department and System Component of each Author:

Patrick R. Michaud, Professor of Computer Science, Texas A&M Univeristy-Corpus Christi Division of Nearshore Research, Texas A&M Univeristy-Corpus Christi

Jonathan Scott Duff, Senior Systems Analyst II Division of Nearshore Research, Texas A&M Univeristy-Corpus Christi

Jessica Tishmack, Systems Programmer Division of Nearshore Research, Texas A&M Univeristy-Corpus Christi

> 1. Briefly describe the software program and its current level of > development.

The Pharos software package accomplishes 3 separate tasks primarily but not exclusively for coastal and ocean environmental data sets: 1) data collection, 2) data archival/decoding 3) data disemmination. Pharos has been in constant development since its initial creation by Dr. Patrick Michaud (pmichaud@pobox.com) in 1990. It is currently maintained and improved by Jonathan Scott Duff at the Division of Nearshore Research (duff@lighthouse.tamucc.edu)

> 2. Describe the closest known software programs or methods which perform > functions similar to the disclosed software, and indicate > differences.

The National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration has proprietary software for collecting and archiving environmental data sets. More information can be found at http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/. This includes the software system used for NOAA Physical Oceanagraphic Real-Time System (PORTS) http://www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/d_ports.html. Also, other universities have developed proprietary software for similar purposes.

An example of commercial software that accomplishes tasks similar to Pharos is the Meteostart LEADS system. This system differs from Pharos in that it contains both hardware and software components whereas Pharos is purely software.

> 3. State the advantages of the disclosed software over existing methods, > problems solved by the software, and new applications achieved. > Identify features which are believed to be new, unexpected or > critical. Indicate any disadvantages or limitations and explain how > they might be overcome.

The primary advantage of this software is that it's robust and free which allows for easy collaboration among universities and other organizations.

Models can be easily added.

> 4. Describe technical specifications for the software: hardware > requirements, third-party programs required, programming > language, etc.

• CCC ***

The majority of the software is written in Perl and the bash shell. There are two c programs, one for importing data into the Pharos database, and one for retrieving data from the Pharos database. The system currently runs under the Red Hat^? 9 version of the linux operating system but should easily port to any unix-like system with little or no difficulty.

Requirements:

	bash
	Perl
	Perl Modules
		PDL
	Apache
	gnuplot	

> 5. Briefly describe the level of support provided with this software. > Is there a manual or list of instructions? What level of user > support would be required?

Support is currently provided via wiki pages located at http://lighthouse.tamucc.edu/Pharos and via email to dnr-is@lighthouse.tamucc.edu. There is no manual or list of instructions.

> 6. Describe potential users of the software, as well as any information > on promotion, marketing, or distribution which may be valuable in > realizing full potential of the program.

Potential users of Pharos include scientific organizations that would like to collect, store, process, disemminate and do research with environmental data sets. Presently we are working in collaboration with Mexican universities (UNAM, IPN), the United States National Ocean Service and other organizations and we plan to share and codevelop Pharos with these organizations.

The promotion, marketing and distribution of Pharos will be accomplished within the user group of collaborating institutions.

We do NOT plan to market Pharos as a commerical product.

> 7. For copyright/legal purposes, please provide responses to the > following: > > (a) Year in which creation of work was completed. If the work has been > published, provide the date and nation (if other than U.S.) of the > first publication. If possible, please provide copies of any > formal publications for the file.

> (b) List the names and dates of persons or individuals of organizations > which have received copies of the software.

Eustorgio Meza Conde (emezac@ipn.mx), Instituto Politécnico Nacional (http://www.ipn.mx/), March 2004.

> (c) If you wish to seek copyright registration for the work, please > submit along with this disclosure: 1) a representative 50 pages of > code, 2) three copies of the software on disk, and 3) three copies > of any manual or instruction package that accompanies the software.

We do not wish to seek copyright registration.

> 8. Identify the grants, contracts, or other sources of funding that > directly contributed to the conception and development of the > invention as herein disclosed. Please provide the grant number, > granting entity, as well as the name of the Office and contact person > that manages each grant. Indicate if the invention was made as part > of one's assigned duties or with the use of The Texas a&m University > System facilities or services.

This invention was made as part of assigned duties within the Division of Nearshore Research at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

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> 9. Joint authors should briefly describe each of their contributions to > the conception of the invention and the percentage of effort for each > (totaling 100%).

Patrick R. Michaud 60% Jonathan Scott Duff 30% Jessica Tishmack 10%

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