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2007

Viktoria Gontcharova
"Feature Evaluation of the Support Vector Machine for Micro-RNA Target Prediction in Arabidopsis Thaliana Based on Antisense Transcription and Small RNA Abundance"
Eunseog Youn
Bhavya Malhotra
"Design of Connectors for Secure Software Architecture"
Michael Shin
Nipul Karshanbhai Patel
"Scalability in Analysis of Software Architecture"
Michael Shin
Swetha Dorbala
"Threat Analysis for Security Requirements of Application Systems"
Michael Shin
Daniela Inclezan
"Security Policy Management in Federated Computing Environments"
Mike Sobolewski
Yin Lu
"A Semantic Indexing Framework for Peer to Peer Information Retrieval"
Bharti Temkin
Rohini Rajagopalan
"Parallelizing the Calculation of Classical Trajectory"
Yu Zhuang
Fajin Wang
"A Uniform Access to Metacomputing File System"
Mike Sobolewski
Laura Elizabeth Worthy
"A Multiplanar Feature Representation Method for Image Retrieval"
Eric Sinzinger
Bosah Ikenna Chukwuogo - MSSE
"Scalability in Analysis of Software Architecture"
Michael Shin
Gregory Gelfond
"A Declarative Framework for Modeling Multi-Agent Systems"
Richard Watson
Prashant Khadka - MSSE
"Cyberinfrastructure for Online Animation of Chemical Dynamics Simulations"
Yu Zhuang
Shane Anthony Laurent - MSSE
"A Model for Assessing Reusable, Remoting Sensors in Test and Measurement Systems"
Susan Mengel

2006

Michael Manuel De La Rosa
"Efficient Computation and Rendering of Smoke Animation"
Eric Sinzinger
Ameya Prakash Malvankar
"System Engineering of Interactive Image Based Application with Reusable Components"
Bharti Temkin
Sophia Grace Penumaka
"Study on the Relationship of Training Data Size to Error Rate and the Performance Comparison for Two Neural Network Algorithms"
Susan Mengel
Muralidharan Raghavan
"Comparative Analysis of Jini and Condor Middleware"
Noe Lopez-Benitez
Aniruddha P Kulkarni - MSSE
"Software Defect Data - Predictability and Exploration"
Rattikorn Hewett
Saleem Mohamed Jamal
"Cache Efficient Implementation of Alternating Explicit Implicit Domain Decomposition with Space-Filling Curve Based Ordering"
Yuanlin Zhang
Yongjun Rong
"A Service Wrapping and Provisioning Framework For Service-Oriented Architecture"
Mike Sobolewski
Santhosh Swaminathan
"Rule Induction Using Ant Colony Optimization For Mixed Variable Attributes"
Susan Mengel
Shiva Sai Vaidyanathan
"High Cache-Performance Implementations of a Numerical Simulation Method"
Yu Zhuang
Rajkumar Murthy
"A Parallel Alternating Explicit Implicit Domain Decomposition Algorithm"
Yu Zhuang
Ratheesh Raghavan
"Study of the Relationship of Training Set Size to Error Rate in Four Decision Tree Algorithms"
Susan Mengel
Nitin Rajashekhar Ramannavar
"Performance Analysis of Udapl LIbrary Using Unified Benchmarking Framework"
Noe Lopez-Benitez
Joaquin Zaragoza
"High Throughout Functional Annotation System with Distributed Capabilities"
Bharti Temkin

2005

Navdeep Chawla
"Grid Enabled Human-Computer Web-Interface for Chemical Dynamics Simulations"
Per Andersen
Jason Thomas Digiacomo - MSSE
"True Phoenix: Static Source Position Error Corrections for the Pitot-Static Systems on an F-16 Falcon"
Susan Mengel
Hamideh Awwad Hassouneh
"Optimizing Both Communication and Synchronization in Distributed Association Rule Mining Algorithms"
Susan Mengel
Vivek Khurana
"A Federated Grid Environment with Replication Services"
Mike Sobolewski
Manu Ravichandran
"A Peer-toPeer Extended Grid Access Service Using Sorcer (Pegasus)"
Mike Sobolewski
Milan Todorovic
"Comparative Study of the End-To-End Compliant Tcp Protocols for Wireless Networks"
Noe Lopez-Benitez
Sreeram Vaidyanath
"Registration Algorithm for Images with Different Resolutions Requiring Rigid Body Transformations"
Bharti Temkin
Thimmayya Kalappa Ame
"Service Oriented Data Mining in Sorcer"
Mike Sobolewski
Zhipeng Gong
"Qos Guided Scheduling for Data Mining Tasks on Knowledge Grid"
Hector Hernandez
Shivaji Marisarla
"Realistic Rendering of Gases Using the Navies-Stokes Equations"
Eric Sinzinger
Rattasak Srisinroongruang
"Automated Texture Mapping for Laser Based Range Images"
Eric Sinzinger
Saurabh Bhatla
"Smart Card Authentication and Authorization Framework"
Mike Sobolewski
Nianen Chen
"Delivery of Data Mining as E-Services in the World Wide Web"
Hector Hernandez
Sujoy Ganguly
"Modularization of Course"
Hector Hernandez
Karan Mohan Gupta
"Monte Carlo Localization for Robots Using Dynamically Expanding Occupancy Grids"
Larry Pyeatt
Sandhya Madireddy
"Agent-Based Metamodeling"
Mike Sobolewski
Ravi-Kiran Malladi-Venkata
"Mobile Computing Environment with Sorcer Surrogate Services"
Mike Sobolewski
Kiran Manoah Masapari
"A Framework for Integrating Sorcer wtih Rpc Style Web Services"
Mike Sobolewski
Sivabalan Muthukumar
"Developing Animage Based Map Model Based on Epipolar Geometry"
Eric Sinzinger
Abhijit Rai
"Intrinsic Security in Sorcer Grid"
Mike Sobolewski
Marta Eunice Calderon Campos - MSSE
"Tool Support for Model Evaluation Using Transformation"
Susan Mengel

2004

Vijay Nagaraja Cheleenahalli
"An Efficient Parallel Implementation of a Randomized Global Optimization Algorithm"
Noe Lopez-Benitez
Sandeep Chintabathina
"Modeling Hybrid Domains Using Process Description Language"
Richard Watson
Mukundan Desikan
"A Surrogate Framework for Personal Profile Devices"
Mike Sobolewski
Vamsikrishna Gudimetla
"A Tool for a General Plumbing System"
Richard Watson
Sharath Hegde
"Replication of teh Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Texas Tech University"
Noe Lopez-Benitez
Vivek Jaiswal
"An Efficient Parallel Implementation of Multidimensional Integration"
Noe Lopez-Benitez
Changsu Jiang
"Management of Complex Applications in a Grid Computing Environment"
Noe Lopez-Benitez
Loveleen Ramachandra Kolvekar
"Developing an Inference Engine for Cr-Prolog with Preferences"
Richard Watson
Kranthi Kumar Reddy Malreddy
"Advanced Approach of Mining Association Rules"
Susan Mengel
Rama-Krishna Rao Pathangi
"A Framework for Integrating Sorcer with Web Services"
Mike Sobolewski
Julian Benoit Russbach
"A Parallel and Distributed Communication Architecture for the Language Sequence L"
Per Andersen
Sekhar Soorianarayanan
"Autonomic Management and Monitoring of Service Oriented Programs"
Mike Sobolewski
Jorge Alejandro Baquero - MSSE
"A SimpleTransformation Model of HTML in RDF for the Semantic Web"
Susan Mengel
Daniel Darrenn Beatty
"Applications of WAvelets to Image Processing and Matrix Multiplication"
Eric Sinzinger
Pavan Kumar Chinthapanti
"A Comparative Analysis of Graph Partitioning Tools"
Noe Lopez-Benitez
Julian Andrew Hooker
"Online Statistical Modeling in Reinforcement Learning"
Larry Pyeatt
Jianyong Huang
"Genetic Algorithm with Functional Mutation and Mating in Tsdm"
Bharti Temkin
Carrie A Knerr
"Time Series Prediction Using Neural Networks"
William J. B. Oldham
Cyrus Jason Neek - MSSE
"A Web-Based Software System to Support Academic Engineering"
Ray Desrosiers
Sunil Subrao Pai
"Space Frequency Quantization in Video Compression"
Noe Lopez-Benitez
Parag Anil Pandit
"Design of a P2P-based Network Architecture for Automated Test Equipment"
Noe Lopez-Benitez
Sameer Ramshekhar Pathak
"Performance Enhancement for Grid-Based Applications"
Noe Lopez-Benitez
Krishnan Sambandan Pazhayanoor
"A Comparison of Methods for Transforming Sensor Conditional Maps in Occupancy Grid Mapping"
Mike Sobolewski
Sekhar Soorianarayanan
"Monitoring and Autonomous Management for SORCER"
Mike Sobolewski
Dwayne Earl Towell - MSSE
"A Software Implementation PRogress Reference Model"
Jason Denton
Xupeng Xie
"Classification Rule Induction with an Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm"
Susan Mengel
Jianjun Zheng
"Studey on the Relationship of Training Data Size to Error Rate and the Performance Comparison for Two decision Tree Model Algorithms"
Susan Mengel

2003

Karem Briceno Hernandez
"Parallelization of Scientific Legacy Code"
Hector Hernandez
Adem Ozyavas
"Formal Semantics of SequenceL"
Larry Pyeatt
Todd Michael Quasny
"Reinforcement Learning in the Control of a Simulated Life Support System"
Larry Pyeatt
Sunil Bargur Ramu
"A Refinement Procedure for Performance Improvement of Cfd Applications"
Noe Lopez-Benitez
Sriram Sundararajan
"A SequenceL Interpreter Using Tuplespaces"
Daniel E. Cooke
Vinay Achalanand Vittal
"Time Series Analysis Using Orthogonal Polynomials"
William J. B. Oldham
Milind Prakash Walawalkar
"Parallelization of Adaptive Quadrature Rule-Based Integration Methods"
Noe Lopez-Benitez
Sachin Parikh
"Communication Based Performance Analysis of Parallel Processing Machines"
Noe Lopez-Benitez
Paul Hatfield
"Volumetric Rendering of Virtual Body Structures for Visible Human Data"
Bharti Temkin

2002

Anuj Dhungana
"Segmentation of Infrared Images"
Gopal Lakhani
Bharani Kumar Ellore
"Dynamically Expanding Occupancy Grids"
Larry Pyeatt
Chengcheng Li
"Image Recovery and Segmentation Using Competitive Learning in a Neighborhood System"
William J. B. Oldham
Vinay Muniyappa
"Inference of Task Execution Times Using Linear Regression Techniques"
Noe Lopez-Benitez
Phaniraj Sheshadri Neergunda
"Performance of Assignment Heuristics With Scheduling Enhancements"
Noe Lopez-Benitez
San Keth Babu Sangam
"Rehability Improvement of Task Allocation Heristics using Task Redundancy"
Noe Lopez-Benitez
Radhakrishnan Sethuraman
"Using Partial String Matching for Coding Hierarchical Grammars"
Gopal Lakhani
Joseph Alan Wigner - MSSE
"Evaluating Student Programs By Metric Analysis"
Susan Mengel
Edwin G. Aybar - MSSE
"Optimizing Both Hit Rate and byte Hit Rate in Web Cache Replacement Policies"
Susan Mengel
Eduardo Casado Fuentetaja - MSSE
"A Comparison of Black-Box Models for Software Evolution"
Donald Bagert
Paul Scott Rindahl - MSSE
"Teaching BACII to High School Students: An Aid for Learning an Ionic Language as a First Course in Procedural Programming"
Donald Bagert
Ajay Bansal
"Monte Carlo Localization for Mobile Robots in Dynamic Environments"
Larry Pyeatt
Srividya Kona
"Real Time Markov Localization for Mobile Robots Using Pre-Computation of Sensor Model"
Larry Pyeatt
Veena Shank Mellarkod
"Optimizing the Computation of Stable Models Using Merged Rules"
Michael Gelfond
Erhan Onal
"Dynamic Voice User Interface for Surgical Simulation"
Bharti Temkin

2001

Youling Cao
"Analysis of Software Reengineering Process and Methodology in Component-Based Computing"
Donald Bagert
Michael Timothy Helm
"Cost versus Complexity in the Design of an Embedded System Consumer Product: A Case Study"
William Marcy
Bharath Kuruvalli Nemkallu
"Hypermedia Instructional Design Methodology"
Susan Mengel
Joseph William Pizzi
"Investigation into the Compilation of the Regular Operations of SequenceL"
Daniel Cooke
Aravind Srinivasan
"Bi-Directional Packing of Compressed Multimedia Data for Improved Error Resiliency"
Gopal Lakhani
Steven Richard Tyrer
"A Methodology for Visually Representing Student C++ Programming Proficiency"
Susan Mengel
Eric Acosta
"Graphics to Haptics G2H: Haptic Virtual Environment"
Bharti Temkin

2000

Kulin Narendra Kothari
"Implementation of the LINKMAP Program on a High Performance Computing Platform"
Noe Lopez-Benitez
Kirti Krishnan
"Distributed Program Reliability Based on Minimum File Spanning Trees"
Noe Lopez-Benitez
Gabriel Cervera Huerta
"Statistically-Biased Task Allocation Heurtics in Heterogenous Computing Systems"
Noe Lopez-Benitez
Runlin Zhu
"Evaluation and Improvement of Active Server Pages Performance"
Bagert
Bin Wei
"Component Objects Performance in Web-based Applications"
Temkin and Bagert
Bryan Hoyt Stephens
"Virtual Body Structures: A 3D Structure Development Tool from Visible Human Data"
Temkin
Farida Vahora
"Development of Real-Time Haptic Applications"
Temkin

1999

Mohamed Amine Belkoura
"Performance Analysis of Distributed Object-Oriented Computing Techniques"
Lopez-Benitze
Ahmed Mustafa
"Optimization of AMTEC-TIEC Cascade and Analysis of the Algorithm Used for Solving the Non-Linear System of Equations in the Thermal Model"
Marcy
Aaditya Rai
"On the Parallelization of the Linkage/Fastlink Package"
Lopez-Benitze
Santhosh Krishna
"A Graphical User Interface for the Analysis of Task Graphs"
Lopez-Benitez
Brian Frank Veale
"Study of Power Consumption for High Performance Reconfigurable Computing Architectures"
Antonio
Billy Brooks York
"Course Content Authoring and Sequencing Using XML"
Van Cleave

1998

Neelakanth Nadgir
"Reliability of Distributed Computing Systems"
Lopez-Benitez
Kirk Layton Watson
"Developing Computer Generated Steroscopic Haptic Images"
Temkin
Jack M. West
"Simulation of Communication Time for a Space-Time Adaptive Processing Algorithm on a Parallel Embedded System"
Antonio
Vladlena Valentin Pocecium
"Distributive Dynamic Intelligent Restructuring of the Database Management System for Cotton Fiber Quality Analysis"
Temkin
Nikhil D. Gupta
"Reconfigurable Computing for Space-Time Adaptive Processing"
Antonio
Chuguang He
"Object-Oriented Development of a Molecular Dynamics Animation Tool (MDA Tool)"
Bagert
Jagath Chandrika Nath
"Phase Response Characterization of Object Similarity Using the Kohonen Model"
Timothy Aaron Osmulski
"Implementation of a Probabilistic Model
for Predicting Power Consumption of a Field Programmable Gate Array"
Antonio
Reddy Muralidhar Seelam
"Prediction of Heart Rate Data Using Recurrent Neural Networks"
Oldham
Juan Sun
"Lagrangian Multiplier in the Pearlmutter Algorithm and Dynamic Neural Networks"
Oldham
Joseph Vladimir Ulans
"Static Analysis of Fundamental Computer Science Student Programs"
Mengel
Vinay Yerramilli
"Static Analysis of Novice Student C++ Programs"
Mengel

1997

Jeffrey Tyler Muehring
"Optimal Configuration of a Parallel Embedded System for Synthetic Aperture Radar Processing"
Antonio
Fang Zhang
"Compiler Issues Related to Iconic Visual Languages"
Bagert
Jianqiang Norman Zhong
"A Study of Measurements of Blocking Defects in Highly-Compressed Images"
Lakhani
Per Hojen Andersen
"Implementation and Utilization of a Heterogeneous Multicomputer Cluster for the Study of Load Balancing Strategies"
Antonio
Yan-Wei Shi
"Development of an Object-Oriented Case Tool With Detailed Design Information"
Bagert
Naxin Wang
"A Study of Very Low Bit Rate Video Coding"
Lakhani
Ruina Li
"Time Series Prediction Using Real-Time Recurrent Networks"
Oldham
Sreenivas Prasad Sreenath
"Energy Repacking for Video Compression Using Wavelet Transforms"
Li
Donald Allen Symes
"Two-Dimensional Image Convolution by Analog Computation"
Li
Peter Wayne Wenzel
"Concurrency Modeling Extensions to the Fusion Development Methodolody"
Bagert

1996

David Clelland Butsch
"Defect Detection, Design Comprehension, and Improved Productivity With Software Gauges"
Marcy
Mark Alan Workman
"Hardware Requirements for Fuzzy Logic Control Systems"
Gustafson
Badriprasad Keshavamurthy
"Software Architecture for Cross Platform User Interfaces"
Bagert
Ebtesam Shenouda Tanyous
"Recurrent Neural Networks for Time Series Prediction"
Oldham
Ling Ding
"Recurrent Neural Networks and the Pearlmutter Algorithm"
Oldham
Rajaiah Karanam
"Prediction of the Behavior of the Human Heart Using Methods of Non-Linear Dynamics"
Oldham
Laszlo Moldovan
"Analog VLSI Implementation of a Gabor Convolution for Real Time Image Processing"
Li

1995

Parthiban M.R. Durai
"Real-Time Scheduling With Soft Deadlines and Cost/Value Functions"
English
Kevin Lee Gibson
"Administration of a Network Modeling Server"
English
Seemantini Prabhakar Godbole
"Integration of Knowledge-Based Expert System and Relational Database to Grade Buildings for Wind Resistance: Design and Implementation"
Marcy
Dongming Liang
"Spatial Temporal Prediction Technique for Video Compression"
Li
Mark Harvey Teal
"Evaluation of a Building With Respect to Wind in an Integrated Windows Environment"
English
Balagopalan Menon Ambady
"Scene Change Detection in Compressed Video Data"
Lakhani
Brian Thomas Christiansen
"ECG Times Series Prediction With Neural Networks"
Oldham
Aswini Kumar Dey
"Bispectral Density Computation and its Application to Time Series Analysis"
Oldham
Thoraya Faysal Zedan
"Automobile Traffic Accident Simulation Using Three-Dimensional Computer Graphics"
Li
Vinod Gangadhar Bidarkoppa
"Evaluation of Object Oriented Analysis and Design Methodologies and Investigation of Object Oriented Design Metrics"
Bagert
Jeffery Floyd Decker
"Systematic Generation and Evaluation of Stochastic Petri Net Models for the Performance Analysis of Task Graphs"
Lopez-Benitez
Preet Singh Randhawa
"Digital Logic Testing and Verification Using Ordered Binary Decision Diagrams"
Van Cleave
Reet Singh Randhawa
"Random Methods for Rectiliner Steiner Tree Problem With Applications in VLSI Design"
Van Cleave
Gregory Byron Storm
"Statechart Visual Formalism as the Execution Language for Control of Real-Time Systems"
Marcy

1994

Vamsi Krishna Ayyagari
"A Bitplane Coding Algorithm for Still and Video Image Compression"
Lakhani
Xueying Lao
"Time Series Prediction on Electrocardiogram Data By Radial Basis Function Neural Networks"
Oldham
Xiao-Hui Meng
"Selection of Gabor Kernels for Image Processing"
Li
Larry James Smith
"Cryptology, Privacy and the Clipper Chip"
Oldham