Wolf Paulus

Title
Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Email
Department
Electrical, Computer & Software Engr Department
College
College of Engineering

Areas of Expertise

Programming Languages, Algorithms and Data Structures, Natural Language Understanding, Serverless Computing, CI/CD Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment
Wolf Paulus

Wolf Paulus joined the Computer, Electrical, and Software Engineering Department faculty in 2020.

  • M.S. - Master of Science in Computer Science, University of Paderborn
  • CS 118: Fundamentals of Computer Programming EMBRY-RIDDLE
  • CS 399: Special Topics In Computer Science EMBRY-RIDDLE
  • CSIS 250: Intro to Python Programming GROSSMONT COLLEGE
  • CSIS 293: Intro to Java Programming GROSSMONT COLLEGE
  • CSIS 294: Intermediate Java Programming / Data Structures  GROSSMONT COLLEGE

Principal Software Engineer at Intuit : Oct 2011 - Jan 2022 

Explored how to automate empathy using sentiment analysis, speech synthesis, and empathetic dialogue design to match customers' emotions. I prototyped new UI/UX concepts beyond touch, e.g. voice and conversation. Areas included: Speech Recognition and Speech Synthesis, Speech Grammar, VISEME, SSML, EmotionML, voice and conversational user interfaces (VUI / CUI) and Natural Language Understanding.
Examples: https://wolfpaulus.com/videos/

Advisory Committee Member at the University of California Irvine : Sep 2011 - Oct 2021

At UCI I advised the board, responsible for the Mobile Application Development Certificate Program. Together we ensured that participants gained the skills required to create advanced mobile applications and also acquired the knowledge needed, to stay ahead of the technology curve.

Adjunct Computer Science Professor at Grossmont College : Aug 2017 - Jun 2020    

Grossmont College serves a diverse learning community of 19,000 full- and part-time students per semester. Students come from suburban locations in East San Diego County, as well as locations across the state, the nation and more than 50 countries throughout the world.
I was an Adjunct Professor at Grossmont College, teaching intermediate classes in the Computer Science department.

Sr. Architect - Mobile Software Development at Hewlett-Packard : Jul 2010 - Oct 2011 

Led the development of mobile software applications for the Android platform to deliver a compelling mobile print experience, printing photos, emails, web pages, PDF, and Office documents from smartphone devices.
Provided technical leadership, architected, and led the development of mobile print SDK and print subsystems on various smartphone platforms.

US Patents

  1. US Patent for Methods, systems and computer program products for generating personalized financial podcasts Patent (Patent # 10,394,885)
    https://patents.justia.com/patent/10394885

  2. US Patent for Method and system for using emotional state data to tailor the user experience of an interactive software system Patent (Patent # 10,387,173)
    https://patents.justia.com/patent/10387173

  3. US Patent for System and method to augment electronic documents with externally produced metadata to improve processing Patent (Patent # 10,210,580)
    https://patents.justia.com/patent/10210580

  4. US Patent for System and method to augment electronic documents with externally produced metadata to improve processing Patent (Patent # 10,210,580)
    https://patents.justia.com/patent/10210580

  5. US Patent for Method and system for using emotional state data to tailor the user experience of an interactive software system Patent (Patent # 9,930,102)
    https://patents.justia.com/patent/9930102

  6. US Patent for Method and system for using abandonment indicator data to facilitate progress and prevent abandonment of an interactive software system Patent (Patent # 9,785,534)
    https://patents.justia.com/patent/9785534

  7. US Patent for Conveying information using an audio signal Patent (Patent # 9,048,963)
    https://patents.justia.com/patent/9048963