Joseph Lambert

Biographical Information

Dr. Joseph M. Lambert retired December 31, 2007, and was awarded emeritus status. He continues his work in computational algorithms in the decision sciences.

Lambert is a long-time academic leader in the computer sciences and engineering at Penn State. Immediately prior to being named senior associate dean of the School of Information Sciences and Technology in 1999, Lambert served as director of academic affairs for the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

Lambert joined the Penn State faculty in 1970 as an assistant professor of mathematics and in 1976 was promoted to associate professor. In 1979, he was named assistant dean in the Eberly College and served in that capacity until 1982, leading the college's commonwealth campus and continuing education initiatives.

During the latter two years of that period, Lambert also was acting head of computer science. After returning from a year as a visiting professor at Cornell University, he was formally selected head of the Department of Computer Science in 1982 and was named an associate professor of computer science and mathematics. During his nine-year tenure as department head, the unit experienced tremendous demand, with the student body peaking at 1,600.

From 1993 to 1997, Lambert oversaw the merging of the Department of Computer Science with the Department of Computer Engineering. In that role, he not only worked to bring faculty members of two disciplines together, he also helped lead a major curriculum revision for students of the merged unit.

Research and Teaching

Lambert has been a faculty fellow in Penn State’s Institute for Innovations in Learning. He has made frequent presentations at academic and professional conferences in his field and is widely published. The ISPA has accorded him its best journal paper award. He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery, the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the American Society for Engineering Education, and the American Mathematical Society. Lambert holds the academic rank of associate professor of information sciences and technology and computer science and engineering. His teaching and research interests include Fuzzy Decision Models, Simulation, and Numerical Methods. He

Publications:

Lambert, J. M. Simultaneous Approximation and Interpolation in L and C(T). Pacific J. Math 45:293-296 (1973).

Holmes, R., J. M. Lambert. A Geometric Approach to Property SAIN. J. Approx Th. 1:132-142 (1973).
Lambert, J. M. Weak Sequential Continuity of the Metric Projection in Separable Non Atomic L Spaces. J. Approx Th. 11:350-360 (1974).

Lambert, J. M. Continuous Metric Projections. Proc. Amer. Math Soc. 48:179-184 (1975).

Brosowski, B., F. Deutsch, J. M. Lambert, P. D. Morris. Chebyshev Sets That Are Not Suns. Math. Annalen 212:89-101 (1974).

Lambert, J. M. A Decomposition Relative to Suns. Jour. Math Anal and Appi 52:168- 172 (1975).

Brosowski, B., F. Deutsch, J. M. Lambert, P. D. Morris. Some Suns in L J. Approx Th. 16:310-314 (1976).

Lambert, J. M. Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Property SAIN with Applica tions in C Pacific J. Math 66:173-180 (1976).

Lambert, J. M., P. D. Milman. Restricted Chebyshev Centers of Bounded Subsets in Arbitrary Banach Spaces. J. Approx Th. 26:71-78 (1979).

Deutsch, F., J. M. Lambert. On Continuity of Metric Projection. J. Approx Th. 29:116-132 (1980).

Lambert, J. M. An Alternative Computational Method for the Approximation of Random Functions. Numer. Math 35:361-368 (1980).

Lambert, J. M. The Theory of Nearest Deviators. International Conference on Approxi mation Theory (1980). University of Texas, Texas.

Lambert, J. M. Software Sizing. Proceedings of Seventh Software Engineering Confer ence (1986). Daytona, Florida.

J J. M. Software Estimation and Prioritized Hierarchies. Proceedings of the ISPA Conference pp. 438-457 (May 1986). Kansas City, Missouri.

Andrew, W. P., C. U. Lambert, J. M. Lambert. Decision Modeling Using Simulation. Tnt. J. of Hospitality Mgmt 5:47-54 (1986).

Lambert, J. M. A Software Sizing Model. Journal of Parametrics 4:75-87 (December 1986). (This paper received the 'Best Journal Paper' award for the last
academic year.)

Lambert, C. U., J. M. Lambert. Simple Reservation Policies Can Be Harmful to Profit Margins. mt. J. of Hospitality Mgmt 7(3):187-196 (1988).

Lambert, C. U., J. M. Lambert. Setting Reservation Policies: A Microcomputer Based Simulation Study. Proceedings of the 1988 CHRIE Annual Meeting pp. 403-409 (1988). Toronto, Canada.

Cullen, T., C. U. Lambert, J. M. Lambert. The Overbooking Question: A Simulation. The Cornell Quarterly 30(2):14-25 (1989).

Lambert, J. M. The Analytic Hierarchy Software Sizing Model with Additional Con sistency Checks. Proceedings of the Twelfth ISPA Conference pp. 311-323 (May 1990). San Diego, CA.

Lambert, J. M. The Extended Analytic Hierarchy Decision Method. Mathematical and Computer Modelling 15(11): 141-151 (November 1991).

Graham, A., C. Lambert, J. M. Lambert. The Educational Application of Expert Systems in Decision Making. Hospitality Educator 4:60-69 (1992).

Lambert, J. M. The Fuzzy Set Membership Problem Using the Hierarchy Decision Method. Journal Fuzzy Sets and Systems 48(3):323-330 (June 1992).

Lambert, J. M. Perturbation Analysis of the Analytic Hierarchy Decision Method. Math!. Comput. Modelling 19(5):21-31 (April 1994).

Lambert, J. M. Perturbation Analysis of the Analytic Hierarchy Decision Method. To appear in Mathematical and Computer Modelling