Dr. Douglas Galarus, Ph.D.
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering

2017     Ph.D. Computer Science, Montana State University

1995     M.S. Computer Science, University of Montana

1993     M.A.T. Mathematics Education, University of Montana

1989     B.A. Mathematics, University of Montana 

• CSCI 135 Fundamentals of Computer Science I - Fall 2022
• CSCI 136 Fundamentals of Computer Science II - Spring 2023
• CSCI 444 Data Visualization - Spring 2022
• CSCI 347 Data Mining, Spring 2021 - Spring 2022
• CSCI 447 Machine Learning, Spring 2021 - Spring 2022, Spring 2023
• CSCI 470 Web Science - Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023
• CSCI 102 Computational Thinking with Lab - Fall 2020, Fall 2021
• CSCI 194 Freshman Seminar - Fall 2020, Fall 2021
• CSCI 443 User Interface Design - Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022
• ESOF 486 Software Design Project I - Fall 2020
• ESOF 486 Software Design Project I Lab - Fall 2020, Fall 2022
• ESOF 487 Software Design Project II - Spring 2021, Spring 2023

Research Interests

My research spans the very applied, with development of mission-critical, production intelligent transportation systems, and theoretical, with the investigation and development of data science methods to solve challenges such as spatio-temporal data quality. My labs have conducted research in systems and software engineering to develop cutting-edge applications, applied data science and developed algorithms and methodologies to address challenges faced by the practitioners who use our many applications. We have also investigated the application of data science methods to estimate long-distance travel times during winter, the development of measures to evaluate dimension reduction techniques relative to data science tasks such as the classification of roadside camera images, and the estimation of delay due to chain-up during winter weather.

Research Expertise​​

2023             Chain-up Delay Estimation via Fusion of Bluetooth, WiFi, and ITS Data

                      CALTRANS / WSDOT (WSRTC)

                      Role: Principal Investigator

                      $125,000 (Phase 1)

2022-24        NSF – SSTEM (w/ MSU & UM)

                      National Science Foundation

                      Role: Senior Personnel

                      $99,836 (total to MSU), $3000 (personal travel)

2021-23        ASWSC/ OSS / WeatherShare Maintenance

                      CALTRANS WSDOT (WSRTC)

                      Role: Principal Investigator

                      $71,450

• Galarus, D., I. Turnbull, S. Campbell, J. Pearce and L. Koon Spatio-Temporal Data Quality in Handbook of Big Geospatial Data, Werner, M. and Chiang, Y. Springer. 2021.
• Huijser, M., D. Galarus & A.V. Kociolek. 2010. Ch. 16. Current and Developing Technologies and their Potential Application in Highway-wildlife Mitigation. In Safe Passages, Beckmann, J., A.P. Clevenger, M.P. Huijser and J.A. Hilty (eds.) Island Press.

• Galarus, Douglas E., and Rafal A. Angryk. "Detecting Spatio-Temporal Data Quality Issues in Weather Sensor Data, Including Identification of Mis-located Sites". International Journal on Advances in Systems and Measurements, v 12 n 3&4 2019. IARIA Publications. December 2019.
• Galarus, Douglas E., and Rafal A. Angryk. "Beyond Accuracy - A SMART Approach to Site-Based Spatio-Temporal Data Quality Assessment". Intelligent Data Analysis, vol. 22, no. 1. (January 2018). IOS Press.
• Galarus, Douglas E., and Rafal A. Angryk. "Spatio-temporal quality control: implications and applications for data consumers and aggregators." Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards 1.1 (2016): 1., Springer.

• Billstein, R., Williamson, J., Montoya, P., Lowery, J., Williams, D., Buck, M., Burkett, C., Churchill, L., Clouse, C., Denny, R., Derrick, W., Dolezal, S., Galarus, D., Kennedy, P., Lamphere, P., Merrill, N., Morse, S., Petit, M., Runkel, P., Sanders-Garrett, T., T. Seitz, R., Spence, B., Sowders, B., Tuckerman, C., Wenger, K., Wilkie, J., Wilson, C., Winston, B. Middle grades MATH thematics. Evanston: McDougal Littell. 1999. (Three volumes of student materials with three volumes of teacher materials.)

• Campbell, S., Koon, L., Galarus, D., (January 2022) Final Report TPF-5 (241) Western States Rural Transportation Consortium. Prepared for the Washington State Department of Transportation.
  
• Galarus, D., Francom, B. (October 24, 2020) WeatherShare Phase 5 System Documentation. Prepared for the Caltrans Division of Research & Innovation.
• Hoffman, B., Galarus, D. (August 14, 2020) Automated Safety Warning System Controller Phase 3 SOCCS Web Application User Guide. Prepared for the State of California Department of Transportation, Division of Research & Innovation, and the Western States Rural Transportation Consortium.
• Hoffman, B., Galarus, D. (August 14, 2020) Automated Safety Warning System Controller Phase 3 “Encyclopedia”. Prepared for the State of California Department of Transportation Division of Research & Innovation, and the Western States Rural Transportation Consortium.
  
• Hoffman, B., Galarus, D. (August 14, 2020) Automated Safety Warning System Controller Phase 3 Development Guide. Prepared for the State of California Department of Transportation Division of Research & Innovation, and the Western States Rural Transportation Consortium.

• Campbell, Sean, and Galarus, Douglas. "Research Pays Off – The One-Stop-Shop – Traveler
  Information Tool for Multistate Road Trips." TR News 312 (December 2017).
• Huijser, M. & D. Galarus. 2004. Software for Pocket PC to collect road-kill data. TRB A1F02
  Newsletter, Environmental Analysis in Transportation, November 2004, p. 9.

IEEE (Senior Member) and IEEE Computer Society

• 2007 PACE Chair, R6 NE Area of the IEEE
• 2006, 2007 PACE Chair, Montana Section of the IEEE
• 2006 Chair, Montana Section of the IEEE
• 2005 Chair-elect, Montana Section of the IEEE

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (Senior Member)

• Family: Wife (Jana), Daughter (Rachelle), Daughter (Lucy), Son (Michael).
• Church: Member of Holy Spirit Parish in Butte. 4^th Degree Member of the Knights of Columbus.
• Ranching: We own a small ranch in Elk Park and raise cattle, pigs, and chickens.
• Pet: Scottish Terrier named Traxi. I have had Scottish Terriers throughout my entire life.
• Fishing: I enjoy fly-fishing, ice-fishing, boating, and fly-tying. Unfortunately, I haven’t had time to do any of these in years – not since we lived in Bozeman.
• My family enjoys dinner and movies, spending time together, and volunteering at church and for other causes. Two of my kids have disabilities, so we do what we can to support kids with disabilities.