About

David Lane is an Associate Professor affiliated with the Departments of Psychology, Statistics, and Management at Rice University. His professional interests encompass Statistics, Education, Human-Computer Interaction, and Educational Technology and Training. He has developed and contributed to various educational materials, including the online multimedia course 'Online Statistics: An Interactive Multimedia Course of Study' and the 'HyperStat Online Multimedia TextBook in Behavioral Neuroscience,' which, despite being out of date, remains useful to some users. Additionally, he maintains a personal website and provides resources for teaching Spanish through his sister's list of educational materials.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Psychology
• Psychiatry
• Artificial Intelligence
• Clinical psychology
• Medicine
• Developmental psychology
• Human–computer interaction
• Internal medicine
• Engineering
• Control engineering
• Pediatrics
• Audiology

Selected publications

• Treatment of Lower Back Pain to Resolve Symptoms of Canine Urethral Sphincter Mechanism Incontinence

  Open Veterinary Journal · 2025-01-01 · 1 citations

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  Background: We report on a 16-month-old, spayed female miniature poodle diagnosed with urethral sphincter mechanism incontinence (USMI), refractory to common treatment regimes. This dog was examined by multiple veterinarians and underwent extensive testing, including blood work, urinalysis, urine culture and sensitivity, ultrasound, cystoscopy, and contrast abdominal computed tomography to confirm this diagnosis. Failure to respond to pharmaceutical intervention led to the recommendation of placement of a urethral hydraulic occluder. Instead of pursuing a surgical intervention, the owner elected to consult a veterinary sports medicine and rehabilitation specialist (VSMR). Case description: At the time of VSMR assessment, the patient had been incontinent for 14 weeks, despite receiving the maximal doses of phenylpropanolamine and estriol. The VSMR diagnosed lower back pain (LBP) and treated the patient accordingly with manual therapy, acupuncture, and photobiomodulation. The patient was treated twice, 2 weeks apart, becoming continent within 2 days of treatment. Medications were gradually discontinued over 4.5 months after the first VSMR visit, and the patient remained continent 644 of 648 days (99.4%) after the discontinuation of all medications. Conclusion: Although a relationship between canine USMI and LBP has already been drawn, this is the first published report of a patient who received a comprehensive workup to diagnose USMI, failed to respond to months of pharmaceutical therapy, but rapidly responded to treatment of LBP, thus avoiding a surgical intervention. This case report demonstrates the importance of early assessment of patients with canine USMI for LBP by a qualified specialist. Testing for LBP as part of the diagnostic assessment of urinary incontinence, and treating it when found, may prevent the need for pharmaceutical intervention and/or expensive diagnostics that owners may be unable to pursue, leading to relinquishment or euthanasia of dogs with USMI.

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• New Directions

  2025-04-03

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  New Directions (1970) is a handbook for amateur dramatists packed with ideas and practical advice on production, choosing plays, improvisation, make-up, costumes, street drama, scenery and documentaries. The authors offer choices of solutions to problems, and suggest ways to experiment and improvise.

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• ADNA: Automating Application-Specific Integrated Circuit Development of Neural Network Accelerators

  Electronics · 2025-04-02 · 1 citations

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  Recently, multiple new technologies have emerged for automating the development of neural network (NN) accelerators for both field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). This paper explores methodologies for translating NN algorithms into chip layouts, with a focus on end-to-end automation, cost-effectiveness, and open-source software. We present a robust framework for developing NN-to-silicon solutions and demonstrate a seamless plug-and-play automation flow using TensorFlow, Vivado HLS, HLS4ML, and Openlane2. SkyWater Technologies’ 130 nm PDK (Sky130) is employed to successfully generate layouts for two small NN examples under 1000 parameters, incorporating dense, activation, and 2D convolution layers. The results affirm that current open-source tools effectively automate low-complexity neural network architectures and deliver faster performance through FPGA structures. However, this improved performance comes at the cost of increased die area compared to bare-metal designs. While this showcases significant progress in accessible NN automation, achieving manufacturing-ready layouts for more complex NN architectures remains a challenge due to current tool limitations and heightened computational demands, which points to exciting opportunities for future advancements.

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• Designing better graphs by including distributional information and integrating words, numbers, and images.

  American Psychological Association eBooks · 2024-01-01

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• Synthesis of surgeon and rehabilitation therapist treatment methods of bicipital tenosynovitis in dogs allows development of an initial consensus therapeutic protocol

  Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association · 2023-11-01 · 6 citations

  article1st authorCorresponding

  OBJECTIVE: To compare the therapeutic approach of surgical specialists, sports medicine and rehabilitation specialists, and veterinarians with rehabilitation certification when treating bicipital tendon disease or tenosynovitis in dogs and to combine this information with existing research to develop a treatment algorithm that provides a framework for treating bicipital tenosynovitis. SAMPLE: 223 respondents to an internet survey of board-certified veterinary surgeons, board-certified sports medicine and rehabilitation therapists, and veterinarians with rehabilitation certification. METHODS: The survey was promoted via multiple listservs, specialist college newsletters, and private relevant social media sites. Answers were compiled and submitted for statistical analysis. RESULTS: Compared to rehabilitation therapists (RTh), surgeons placed less value on the stabilizing function of the biceps tendon and its role in preventing other shoulder morbidities. Similarly, compared to RTh, surgeons were more inclined to select surgery as the primary therapeutic approach and attributed a less optimistic prognosis to conservative therapy outcomes. There were multiple differences between surgeons and RTh in executing a conservative therapy program, with RTh more likely to recommend therapeutic exercise, extracorporeal shockwave, regenerative medicine, therapeutic ultrasound, exercise restriction, photobiomodulation, and pulsed electromagnetic field therapy. RTh were less likely to prescribe NSAIDS or inject corticosteroids. Despite the above noted differences, there were also multiple areas of agreement. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Consensus agreement, combined with existing research, was used to create a treatment algorithm suggesting how to best address multiple manifestations of bicipital tendinopathy. Such guidelines can be considered to direct therapeutic strategies for this common condition.

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• Adaptive Behavior Function in Autism: Association with ADHD and ASD Symptoms

  Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities · 2022-01-07 · 4 citations

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• Intra-arterial Liver Isolation Chemotherapy via an Implantable Vascular Access Device to Facilitate Repeated Vascular Access for Patients with Hepatic Metastases from Colorectal Cancer (The SYS-CAPLIOX Trial)

  HPB · 2021-01-01

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• ADHD severity as a predictor of cognitive task performance in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

  Research in Developmental Disabilities · 2021 · 23 citations

  • Psychology
  • Clinical psychology
  • Developmental psychology
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• Training Users to Identify Phishing Emails

  Journal of Educational Computing Research · 2021-02-11 · 25 citations

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  Phishing emails pose a serious threat to individuals and organizations. Users’ ability to identify phishing emails is critical to avoid becoming victims of these attacks. The current study examined the effectiveness of a short online phishing training program designed to help users identify phishing emails. Half of the participants were in the training group and the other half worked on a control filler task. The training group’s sensitivity ( d′) at correctly classifying emails as legitimate or phishing increased by 1.14 whereas the control group’s sensitivity increased by only 0.48. This difference in d' changes was significant, t(38) = 2.05, p = .048. This improvement in performance was likely due to users learning how to check reliable cues and interpret them. Despite a sizeable improvement in detecting phishing emails, the training group correctly classified only about two-thirds of phishing emails. Accordingly, a short training program appears beneficial, but a more comprehensive training program would be needed to reduce vulnerability to an acceptable level.

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• Executive Function in Autism: Association with ADHD and ASD Symptoms

  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · 2021-01-30 · 22 citations

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Recent grants

• NIH Grant P01HD035471

  NIH · $8.8M · 2008

Frequent coauthors

• Deborah A. Pearson

  The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

  69 shared

• Katherine A. Loveland

  The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

  59 shared

• Lynne A. Cleveland

  The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

  52 shared

• Cynthia W. Santos

  The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

  51 shared

• Charles D. Casat

  Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center

  51 shared

• David Lachar

  The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

  49 shared

• Laura P. Faria

  Pearson (United States)

  48 shared

• John D. Roache

  The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

  48 shared