Curriculum Vitae Name: Noel Kalicharan Date of Birth: November 14, 1952 Position: Senior Lecturer, Computer Science, The University of the West Indies, (UWI), St. Augustine, Trinidad, W. I., 1976-present Education • G. C. E. 'O' Level - 8 subjects, 1968 (tied for 1 st place in Trinidad & Tobago). • G. C. E. 'A' Level, 1970 Pure Mathematics (A) Applied Mathematics (A) Physics (A) General Paper • B.Sc. (Special), Mathematics, First Class Honours, UWI, Mona, Jamaica, 1973. • M.Sc., Computer Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 1976. • Ph. D., Computer Science, UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad, 1998. Awards • National Scholarship, Mathematics, 1970. • University of the West Indies (Open) Scholarship,1970. • West Indies Studentship to Trinity College, Cambridge University, 1973. • Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship, 1974. • Committee for International Cooperation in Higher Education Award, 1983. • Trinidad & Tobago Icon in Science & Technology, Computer Science, 2010. Featured in the publication, T & T’s Icons in Science & Technology, Volume II . • National Award of Trinidad & Tobago, Public Service Medal of Merit (Gold), 2011. • Received an "Excellence in Education" award from the Ministry of Education for outstanding contribution to education over the last 50 years (in commemoration of the 50 th anniversary of Independence of Trinidad & Tobago). Prizes • 1 st Place, Presbyterian Teachers’ Association Examination for Primary Schools, 1963. • Naparima College Old Boys’ Medal for 1 st Pl ace, ‘O’ Level, 1968. • UWI Department of Mathematics Prize, 1971-1973 (achieved 100% in all four Year 1 Mathematics courses). • Winner of the National Macintosh Open Computer Competition, 1991 with an entry entitled The Steelband. The program incorporates the history, instruments and personalities of the steelband movement. One section is devoted to teaching the pannist to read music. • Winner of the NIHERST (National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology) Technology Innovators Competition in the Information Technology Category, 1997. • Prize for Best Educational Entry for the game BrainStorm! in the Prime Minister’s Awards for Innovation and Invention, 2000.
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Curriculum Vitae
Name: Noel Kalicharan
Date of Birth: November 14, 1952
Position: Senior Lecturer, Computer Science, The University of the West Indies,
(UWI), St. Augustine, Trinidad, W. I., 1976-present
Education
• G. C. E. 'O' Level - 8 subjects, 1968 (tied for 1st place in Trinidad & Tobago).
• G. C. E. 'A' Level, 1970
Pure Mathematics (A)
Applied Mathematics (A)
Physics (A)
General Paper
• B.Sc. (Special), Mathematics, First Class Honours, UWI, Mona, Jamaica, 1973.
• M.Sc., Computer Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 1976.
• Ph. D., Computer Science, UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad, 1998.
Awards
• National Scholarship, Mathematics, 1970.
• University of the West Indies (Open) Scholarship,1970.
• West Indies Studentship to Trinity College, Cambridge University, 1973.
• Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship, 1974.
• Committee for International Cooperation in Higher Education Award, 1983.
• Trinidad & Tobago Icon in Science & Technology, Computer Science, 2010. Featured
in the publication, T & T’s Icons in Science & Technology, Volume II.
• National Award of Trinidad & Tobago, Public Service Medal of Merit (Gold), 2011.
• Received an "Excellence in Education" award from the Ministry of Education for
outstanding contribution to education over the last 50 years (in commemoration of the
50th anniversary of Independence of Trinidad & Tobago).
Prizes
• 1st Place, Presbyterian Teachers’ Association Examination for Primary Schools, 1963.
• Naparima College Old Boys’ Medal for 1st Place, ‘O’ Level, 1968.
• UWI Department of Mathematics Prize, 1971-1973 (achieved 100% in all four Year 1
Mathematics courses).
• Winner of the National Macintosh Open Computer Competition, 1991 with an entry
entitled The Steelband. The program incorporates the history, instruments and
personalities of the steelband movement. One section is devoted to teaching the pannist
to read music.
• Winner of the NIHERST (National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science
and Technology) Technology Innovators Competition in the Information Technology
Category, 1997.
• Prize for Best Educational Entry for the game BrainStorm! in the Prime Minister’s
Awards for Innovation and Invention, 2000.
• First Prize in the Individual Awards Category for Senior Innovators and Inventors
(Games) for the game Not Just Luck in the Prime Minister’s Awards for Innovation and
Invention, 2002.
• Winner of the Google Placement Challenge Contest organised by BrightHub
(www.brighthub.com), 2009. This contest was open to entries from all over the world.
Positions Held
• Mathematics Tutor, Naparima Teachers’ College, San Fernando, 1969-70.
• Mathematics Tutor, Department of Mathematics, UWI, Mona, Jamaica, 1972-73.
• Teacher II, Ministry of Education (Naparima College), 1973-74.
• Computer programming consultant to user departments, University of British Columbia
(UBC), Vancouver, Canda, 1975-76.
• Editor, Minicode User's Guide, UBC, 1975.
• Visiting Research Fellow, University of Kent at Canterbury, England, 1983.
I am an IT volunteer teacher from Kenya teaching computer programming to disadvantaged teenagers.
They would otherwise be roaming the streets engaging not-so-good activities.
The main aim of writing this email is to inquire if it would be possible to donate one of your books: Java Programming - A Beginner's Course (Paperback)
to aid in teaching these children who depend on volunteers for everything.
I am also a volunteer IT administrator for Village Health Works in Burundi. www.villagehealthworks.org
Subject: Thank you note: Java Programming - A Beginner's Course (Paperback) Dear Noel, We received the donated book Java Programming, in good condition, which was sent on your behalf by Michael Singh on 15th Sept. 2009.
On behalf of the team here at Home of Hope I wish to express our sincere and heartfelt appreciation. The book will go a long way in keeping the young people off the streets where they would otherwise be engaged in unsavoury activities.
Attached are some pictures of VERY HAPPY and GRATEFUL recipients! Thanks you very much. Sincerely,
Jotham Kirwa
Java Programming – A Beginner’s Course by Noel Kalicharan, and mailing envelope
Appendix IV
Assessment of Dr Noel Kalicharan’s books
July 10, 2009
During the last Academic year (2008-2009) I had the need and the opportunity to deal
with Java Programming again. In this environment, I was looking for a handsome
textbook. I wanted something that should be useful for the students, not too large or too
expensive, and it should also give students a safe background, not only in a given
programming language, but also in a safe object-oriented methodology.
I found the two books that suited my purposes:
∙ Java Programming - A Beginner's Course
∙ Advanced Programming in Java
written by Dr. Noel Kalicharan.
From his books, it is obvious that he has a long teaching experience in this area and knows
the needs of a student very well. The first book can be used by first-time programmers. It
has a very logical structure, and a student who is anxious to learn, can read it line by line
and will get a safe and firm understanding of the topics taught. The examples are well
selected, all of them are working, and a student can use these examples in the computer
lab to improve and to deepen his understanding. I found it very convenient that the
amount of knowledge in this volume can be taught in exactly one semester.
The second book implements the same structure, and it also can be used without any
restriction for a second semester. After these two semesters, a student will have a sound,
comprehensive knowledge of programming concepts, independent of any particular
programming language, notwithstanding that it is a ‘Java’ book.
These books have also started gaining attention at the international level. I find it a big
advantage that the books can be used for courses with the length of one semester. There
are many very comprehensive books available, but they are very large and expensive, and
it is easy for a student to get lost. Not so with Dr Kalicharan’s books. They can easily be
used as references for online teaching.
It was a pleasure for me to use these books, and very helpful as well. I strongly
recommend their use to anyone who wants to learn Java programming.