Jeff R. Wright
Dean of Engineering
University of California, Merced

ABSTRACT The University of California at Merced is committed to excellence in
multidisciplinary research and scholarship as reflected by this Cognitive
Animation Workshop. The UC Merced School of Engineering and the Center for
Computer and Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
(CITRIS) are proud to sponsor this event.


JEFF R. WRIGHT is founding Dean of Engineering at the University of California,
Merced (since September, 2001), Director of the UC Merced Energy Institute
(MERI), and the Campus Director of the Center for Computer and Information
Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS). Professor Wright holds
undergraduate degrees in social psychology and in Civil Engineering from the
University of Washington, an MSE in Environmental Engineering also from the
University of Washington, and a Doctorate from The Johns Hopkins University
through the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering.