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Recent Grants

Title:"Towards a Scalable and Adaptive Application Support Platform for Large-Scale Distributed E-Sciences in High-Performance Network Environments"

This proposal develops a generic distributed computing platform to support large-scale collaborative scientific applications in high-performance networks. On this platform, scientists can conveniently launch and control distributed computing tasks with workflows as complex as directed acyclic graphs or as simple as linear pipelines in heterogeneous environments with guaranteed end-to-end performance. This project is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.
$389,398; 2009-2012; Dr. Mengxia Zhu

Title:"II-NEW: Southern Illinois HPC Infrastructure (SIHPCI)"

This project involves the building of a high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIHPSI-Southern Illinois HPC Infrastructure), a facility first-of-its-kind not only within the campus but in the greater Southern Illinois region also. High-performance computing refers to the use of supercomputers and/or computer clusters to accelerate the solution of fundamental problems in science, engineering and business that have broad economic and scientific impact. SIHPCI will initially consist of a 110 nodes Linux cluster with Intel Xeon dual CPU quad-core 2.3 GHz processors, 6 GB RAM, and 90 TB data storage facility. Dr. Cheng will conduct research for utilizing massive data and high computing power to enable precise and personalized medicine. This project is funded by NFS Division of Computer and Network Systems.
$360,779; 2009; PI: Shaikh S. Ahmed (ECE), Co-PI: Tonny Oyana (Geography), Mesfin Tsige (Physics), Qiang Cheng (Computer Science), Mark Byrd (Physics).

Title:"Agent-based Man on the Loop Extensions"

We will explore developing two extensions for agent-based man on the loop paradigm for generating and manipulating influence on command and control loops that exploit planning and fusion in service of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Programs. This project is funded by an Air Force Research Laboratory subcontract from Sierra Nevada Corporation.
$115,000; 2007-2008; Dr. Henry Hexmoor

Title:"Real-time Remote Visualization System to Navigate Large-scale Simulation Systems "

This project is actually a technical and implementation extension to previous “Distributed Computational Monitoring and Steering System” project. This work involves connecting the current remote steering system to the experimental 10Gbps extensions to DOE UltraSceince Net (USN). http://www.csm.ornl.gov/ultranet/ A system demonstration is planned at Supercomputing 2007 conference site to show the cutting-edge technologies. This project is funded by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a world-leading research institute under the U.S. Department of Energy.
$15,000; 2007-2008; Dr. Mengxia Zhu

Title:"Agent-based methods for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance "

The goal of this project is to develop a novel framework for human control of a robot community; it will produce "natural" human-machine techniques and protocols. Human control of a robot community will advance the net-centric warfare paradigm sought in the U.S. Department of Defense. This project is funded by an Air Force Research Laboratory subcontract from Sierra Nevada Corporation.
$35,000; 2006-2007; Dr. Henry Hexmoor

Title:"Distributed Computational Monitoring and Steering Systems"

This project propose an efficient distributed computational monitoring and steering system, which optimizes the utilizations of distributed resources for maximal frame rate and minimal total delay. This system couples areas including numerical modeling, high performance computing, advanced visualization, high-speed communications, and virtual environments. This project is funded by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a world-leading research institute under the U.S. Department of Energy.
$50,362; 2006-2007; Dr. Mengxia Zhu

Title:"Enhancing Software Development through Communication, Collaboration and Team Building with TabletPCs"

Modern software engineering recognizes the value of communications and other social aspects of software development. Traditional computer science curricula have emphasized only the technical aspects of software development leaving students on their own to discover responsible team and collaboration skills. This project, supported by an HP Technology for Teaching Grant, explores how new technology (wireless Tablet PCs) can be used to enhance software development education by supporting learning experiences which address skills in communication, collaboration and team building.
$69,000; 2006-2007; Dr. Michael Wainer

Title:"Clinical Decision Support System for Early Prediction of Obesity in Children"

The goal of this project is to design and implement an intelligent system that aids in the prediction and early detection of childhood obesity in the school system, with the hope of implementing a meaningful, cost efficient intervention mechanism. For more information please refer to the project's website at http://ocean.cs.siu.edu/tikiwiki .
$33,800; 2006; Dr. Shahram Rahimi

Title:"Terahertz Optical A/D Converter"

The goal of this project is to investigate an optical architecture based on a delta-sigma modulator with a potential to approach the terahertz A/D conversion rate. Fast and reliable A/D converters are needed for sampling of high-speed RF signals. U.S. Navy, Office of Naval Research,
$500,000; 2006-2009; Dr. Mohammad Sayeh

Title:"Practical Quantum Error Prevention Protocols Involving Quantum Systems With More Than Two Orthogonal States"

The goal of the proposed project is to develop a model of computation based on higher-dimensional quantum systems, i.e., those with more than two states, and also develop associated quantum error prevention protocols which combine the known methods of error protection. The main goal is to overcome the obstacles presented by noisy experiments in order to help develop a prototypical quantum computing device. The impact on science and society could be far-reaching since a quantum computer could solve several important problems more efficiently. In addition to problems in Computer Science, they could simulate quantum mechanical systems far more efficiently than the computers being used today. Such problems are found in Engineering, Chemistry, Biology and Physics. This could lead to better materials, nano-scale devices, pharmaceuticals and better ways in which to extract energy from nuclei. Career NSF,
$400,000; 2006-2011; Dr. Mark Byrd

Title:"Distributed Interpretation in a Communication Limited Environment"

The aim of this project is using a MAS testbed to develop empirical data that links the performance of various DPS strategies to different classes of sensor network problems. The goal is to identify useful classes of sensor network problems and build a library of DPS strategies that are appropriate for each. Much of the theoretical work has been based on the use of Decentralized Markov Decision Processes (DEC-MDPs) for modeling MAS problems and producing minimum communication coordination strategies. This work is currently being funded by its second grant from the National Science Foundation.
$300,000; 2005-2008; Dr. Norman Carver

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