Students Who Were Funded for 2008-2009

• Lin, Sirong: "Programmer Cognition in Tuplespace for Collaborative Learning", EISTA 2008
• Xie, Liguang: "Data-driven Motion Estimation with Low-cost Sensors", 5th International Conference on Visual Information Engineering 2008
• Fang, Bing: "MirrorTrack - a Vision Based Multi-touch System for Glossy Display Surfaces", 5th International Conference on Visual Information Engineering 2008
• Chung, Pak Kiu: "MirrorTrack - a Vision Based Multi-touch System for Glossy Display Surfaces", 5th International Conference on Visual Information Engineering 2008
• Alexe, Mihai,"Attendee",SIAM Annual Meeting
• Da Silva, Mara Lourdes: "Attendee",SIGGRAPH 2008
• Chigani, Amine: "Attendee",SATURN 2008
• Liu, Zhen: "A Hybrid Method Combining Improved StochSim with SSA for Solving Systems with Multistate Species ", 2nd Annual Q-Bio Conference
• Boedihardjo, Arnold: "A Framework for Estimating Complex Probability Density Structures in Data Stream", 17th ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management
• Kim, Dong Kwan: "Overcoming JVM HotSwap Constraints vie Binary Rewriting", OOPSLA Workshop on Hot Topics in Software Upgrades
• Judge, Tejinder K: "Affinity Diagramming in Multiple Display Environments", CSCW 2008
• Chafekar, Deepti: "Power Efficient Throughput Maximization in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks", IEEE Globecom 20008
• Liu, Xumin: "Ontology Support for Managing Top-down Changes in Composite Services", 16th ACM SIGSPATIAL Intarnational Conference on Advances in GIS
• Dai, Jing: "Highway Operation Monitoring and Evaluation System", 16th ACM SIGSPATIAL Intarnational Conference on Advances in GIS
• Huang, Wenhui: "Identifying Disease Associations via Genome-wide Association Studies", 7th Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference
• Jin, Ying: "Constrained Mining of Minimal Separators with Applications to Gene Perturbation Studies", 7th Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference
• Lee, Jason Chong: "Comparing Gesture and Touch for Notification System Interactions" AND "Enabling Opportunistic Navigation in Location-Based Notification Systems", 2nd International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions
• Owens, Clifford Conley: "Capturing TruthinessL Mining Truth Tables in Binary Datasets", 24th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
• Tungare, Manas Neelamkumar: "Mental Workload in Multi-Device Personal Information Management", "You Scratch My Back and I'll Scratch Yours: Combating Email Overload Collaboratively" AND "Best If Used By: Expiration Dates for Email", CHI 2009
• Ni, Tao: "Attendee",CHI 2009
• Soundararajan, Shvetha: "A Soft-Structured Agile Framework for Larger Scale Systems Development", 16th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBs)

Students Who Were Funded for 2007-2008

• Haciahmetoglu, Yonca: "Beyond Visual Acuity: The Perceptual Scalability of Information Visualization for Large Displays", CHI 2007
• Lawson, Mark: "The Identification of Antisense Gene Pairs Through Available Software", International Symposium on Bioinformatics Research and Application 07
• Sun, Yeong-Tai: "Taking the Case: An Evaluation of Digital Case Study Libraries", ED-Media 07
• Liu, Xumin: " Managing Top-down Changes in Service Oriented Enterprises", IEEE International Conference on Web Services
• Zaki, Malik: "DIA: A Web Services-based Infrastructure for Semantic Integration in Geoinformatics", IEEE International Conference on Web Services
• Sudarsan, Rajesh: "Efficient Multidimensional Data Redistribution for Resizable Parallel Computations", 5th Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing and Applications
• Chafekar, Deepti Ramesh: "Cross-layer Latency Minimization for Wireless Networks using SINR Constraints", MobiHoc/MobiCom 07
• Zheng, George: "Mining Web Services for Pathway Discovery", Workshop on Data Mining in Bioinformatics (VLDB 07)
• Huang, Song ,High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis
• Dai, Jing: "CLAM: concurrent location management for moving objects", ACM International Symposium on Advances in GIS 07
• Ge, Rong: "Theories and Techniques for Efficient High-End Computing (Doctoral Showcase)", Supercomputing Conference 07
• Yang, Seungwon: "Further Development of a Digital Library Curriculum: Evaluation Approaches and New Tools", International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries 07
• Turner, Scott Alexander: "Misunderstandings about Object-Oriented Design: Experiences Using Code Reviews", ACM SIGCSE 08
• Tungare, Manas Neelamkumar: "Thinking Outside the (Beige) Box: Personal Information Management Beyond the Desktop", CHI 2008
• Kim, Dong Kwan: "Dynamic Reconfiguration for Java Applications using AOP", IEEE Southeast Con 2008
• Tansey, Wesley Scott: "Efficient Automated Marshaling of C++ Data Structures for MPI Applications", IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium 2008
• Aji, Ashwin M.: "Cell-Swat: Modeling and Scheduling Wavefront Computations on the Cell Broadband Engine", 2008 ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers
• Rafique, Muhammad Mustafa: "DMA-based Prefetching for I/O-Intensive Workloads on the Cell Architecture", 2008 ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers

Students Who Were Funded for 2006-2007

• Wang, Yi: "Evaluating the Effects of Real World Distraction on User Performance in Virtual Environments", ACM Virtual Reality Software and Technology Conference
• Rezgui, Abdelmounaam: "Service-Driven Query Routing in Sensor Networks", IEEE Local Computer Networks 2006
• Kim, Seonho: "Visualizing User Communities and Usage Trends of Digital Libraries based on User Tracking Information", ICADL 2006
• Yang, Seungwon: "Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development for Digital Library Education", ICADL 2006
• McMahan, Ryan: "Separating the Effects of Level of Immersion and 3D Interatction Techniques", ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology
• Constantinescu, Emil Mihail: "Strong Stability Preserving Multirate Schemes for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws" AND "4D-Var Computational Tools for the Assimilation of Observations in Chemical Transport Models", SIAM, Computational Science and Engineering
• Sidky, Ahmed Samy: "Determining the Applicability of Agile Practices to Mission and Life-Critical Systems", 31st IEEE Software Engineering Workshop
• Kim, Dong Kwan: "An AOP-based Performance Evaluation Framework for UML Models", 31st IEEE Software Engineering Workshop
• Ravichandar, Ramya: "Reconciling Synthesis and Decomposition: A Composite Approach to Capability Identification", 14th IEEE Engineering of Computer Based Systems
• Tungare, Manas Neelamkumar: "Syncables: A Framework to Support Seamless Data Migration Across Multiple Platforms", IEEE Portable 2007
• Chigani, Amine: "The Implications of Network-Centric Software Systems on Software Architecture: A Critical Evaluation", ACMSE 2007
• Cheng, Haiyan: "Numerical Study of Uncertainty Quentification Techniques for Implicit Stiff Systems", ACMSE 2007
• Phillips, Rhonda Dawn: "A Shared Memory Parallel Algorithm for Hybrid Image Classification", 2007 Simulation Multiconference - HPC
• Henthorne, Cody Marshall: "Code Generation on Steroids: Enhancing COTS Code Generators via Generative Aspects", 2nd International Workshop on Incorporating COTS Software into Software Systems
• Pyla, Pardha Saradhi: "OSI and ET: Originating Source of Information and Evidence Traceability" AND "Evaluating Ripple: Experiences from a Cross Pollinated SE-UE Study", CHI 2007
• Kurdziolek, Margaret Angela: "Taking Notes Together: Augmenting Note Taking", International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems
• Narayanaswamy, Ganesh: "An Analysis of 10-Gigabit Ethernet Protocol Stacks in Multicore Environments", IEEE Symposium on High Performance Interconnects

Students Who Were Funded for 2005-2006

• Nicholas F. Polys: "Effects of Information Layout, Screen Size, and Field of View on User Performance in Information-Rich Virtual Environments", ACM Virtual Reality Software and Technology, Nov 7-9, 2005
• Rahul Agarwal: "Designing an Adaptive Learning Module to Teach Software Testing"
• Nicholas Allen: "Building Modeling Tools That Support Verification, Validation, and Testing for the Domain Expert", 2005 Winter Simulation Conference in Orlando, FL, December 4-7
• Pardha Pyla: "Vizability: A Tool for Usability Engineering Process Improvement through the Visualization of Usability Problem Data", ACM Southeast Conference, ACM Southeast Conference, 2006, Melbourne, FL, USA.
• Jonathan Howarth: "Identifying Immediate Intention during Usability Evaluation", ACM Southeast Conference, ACM Southeast Conference, 2006, Melbourne, FL, USA.
• Jian Chen: "Evaluation of Effectiveness of Cloning Techniques for Architectural Virtual Environments", IEEE Virtual Reality 2006 , Alexandria, VA during March 25-29
• Chadwick A. Wingrave: "Overcoming World in Miniature Limitations by a Scaled and Scrolling WIM", IEEE Virtual Reality 2006, Alexandria, VA during March 25-29
• Tao Ni: "Design and Evaluation of Navigation Techniques for Multiscale Virtual Environments" & "A Survey of Large High- Resolution Display Technologies, Techniques, and Applications", IEEE Virtual Reality 2006, Alexandria, VA during March 25-29
• Arnold P. Boedihardjo: "AITVS: Advanced Interactive Traffic Visualization System", IEEE Virtual Reality 2006, Alexandria, VA during March 25-29
• Yufeng Kou: "Spatial Weighted Data Mining", 2006 Siam Conference on Data Mining, April 20 and April 22 in Bethesda, Maryland
• Saurabh Bhatia: "Listening to Your Inner Voices: Investigating Means for Voice Notifications", CHI 2006 : Conference on human factors in computing, April 22-27,2006, Monreal, Quebec, Canada
• Manas Tungare: "Multiple User Interfaces: Why Consistency is Not Everything, and Seamless Task Migration is Key", CHI 2006 : Conference on human factors in computing, April 22-27,2006, Monreal, Quebec, Canada
• Shahrooz Feizabadi: "Automatic Memory Management in Utility Accrual Scheduling Environments", 9th IEEE International Symposium on Object and component-oriented & Real-time distributed Computing (ISORC), April 24 - April 26, Gyeongju, Korea
• Jing Dai: "Spatial-Temporal Data Mining in Traffic Incident Detection", 2006 SIAM Conference on Data Mining, April 20-22, in Bethesda, MD

Students Who Were Funded for 2004-2005

• Mohammad Akram in Brisbane, Australia (Nov 20-28, 2004)
• Wensi Xi, Yuxin Chen, and Baoping Zhang: "Combining Structural and Citation-based Evidence for Text Classification" at the ACM Thirteenth Conference on Information and Knowledge Management in Washington D.C. (Nov 8-13, 2004)
• Kibum Kim: "Designing Knowledge Management Systems: Reuse and Integration of Findings in Computer Supported Cooperative Work" at the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Information
  Reuse and Integration in Las Vegas, Nevada (Nov 8-12, 2004)
• Abdelmounaam Rezgui: "Privacy-based ranking of Web services" at the International
  Conference on Service Oriented Computing in New York (Nov 15-18, 2004)
• Xumin Liu: "WebDG - A Platform for E-Government Web Services" at the the First International Workshop on Digital Government in Shanghai, China (Nov 8-12, 2004)
• Liya Thomas: "Defect Detection on Hardwood Logs Using High Resolution Three-Dimensional Laser Scan Data" at the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing in Singapore (Oct 24-27, 2004)
• Partha Pyla at the Frontiers in Education Conference in Savannah, Georgia (Oct 20-23, 2004)
• Jochen Rode: "End-users' Mental Models of Concepts Critical to Web Application Development" at the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing in Rome, Italy (Sep 26-29, 2004)
• Will Humphries: "Laboratory Simulation Methods for Studying Complex Collaborative Tasks" at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's 48th Annual Meeting in New Orleans (Sept 20-24, 2004)

Students Who Were Funded for 2003-2004

The following students received funding from the graduate council to attend conferences:

• Rob Capra: "The Staging Transformation Approach to Mixing Initiative" at the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence Workshop on Mixed-Initiative Intelligent Systems in Acapulco, Mexico (August 9 - 15, 2003)
• Max Moldenhauer: "The Effect of Information Modality on Geographic Cognition in Car Navigation Systems" at the IFIP INTERACT Conference in Zurich, Switzerland (Sept 1 - 5, 2003)
• Roy Tan: "An Assertion Checking Wrapper Design for Java" at the European Software Engineering Conference / ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering in Helsinki, Finland (September 1 - 5, 2003)
• Jacob Somervell: "Usability Heuristics for Large Screen Information Exhibits
  Conference" at INTERACT in Zurich, Switzerland (September 2 - 5, 2003)
• Choudhry M.Zaki Malik: Presented a paper titled "Reputation-based Approach to Preserving Privacy in Web Services" at the VLDB-TES Conference in Berlin, Germany (Sept 7 - 13, 2003)
• Kibum Kim: "Using Scenarios for Contextual Design in Agent Oriented Information Systems" at the 22nd International Conference of Conceptual Modeling in Chicago, Illinois(October 13 - 16, 2003)
• Qing Li: "Empirical Comparison of Dynamic Query Sliders and Brushing Histograms" at the IEEE InfoVis Conference in Seattle, Washington (Oct 18 - 24, 2003)
• Catherine Payne: "Generalizing Interface Design: Lessons Learned from Developing a Claims Library" at the IEEE Information Reuse and Information Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada (Oct 27-29, 2003)
• Jochen Rode: "Programming at Runtime: Requirements and Paradigms for Nonprogrammer Web Application Development" at the Human Centric Computing Conference in Auckland, New Zealand (October 28 - 31, 2003)
• Zhiyan Shao: Transcoding HTML to Using Annotation" at the 15th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence in Sacramento, CA (November 3 - 5, 2003)
• Liya Thomas: "Defect Detection on Hardwood Logs Using High Resolution Three-Dimensional Laser Scan" at Scan Tech '03 in Seattle, Washington (Nov 4 - 5, 2003)
• Yang Rui: "Ranking Function Discovery by Genetic Programming" and "VT at TREC-2003: The Web Track Report" at the TREC 2003 Conference in Gaithersburg, MD (Nov 18 - Nov 21)
• Ahmed Sidky: "RGML: A Markup Language for Characterizing Requirements Generation Processes" at The 28th NASA/IEEE Software Engineering Workshop in Melbourne, Florida (Nov 19 - 22, 2003)
• Yufeng Kou: "Algorithms for Spatial Outlier Detection" at The third IEEE Conference on Data Mining in Greenbelt, MD (Dec 2 - 4, 2003)
• Nicholas Allen: "Improving the Development Process for Eukaryotic Cell Cycle Models with a Modeling Support Environment" at The 2003 Winter Simulation Conference in New Orleans, LA (Dec 7 - 10, 2003)
• Mohammad Salman Akram: "Supporting Dynamic Changes in Web Service Environments" at the International Conference on Service Oriented Computing in Trento, Italy (December 15 - 18, 2003)
• Anil Bazaz: "Reflections on Operating in Hostile Environments" and "Authority Models for Collaborative Authoring" at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences in Big Island, Hawaii (January 5 - 8, 2004)