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Iowa State University
Birthplace of the Electronic Digital Computer
Current Research and Training Grants

  1. Carl Chang (PI), Traceability Based Dynamic Metrics as a Tool for Evaluating Partitioning Decisions in Object-Oriented Architecture. National Science Foundation (2001-2004), $200,000.

  2. Soma Chaudhuri (Co-PI) (with Akhilesh Tyagi, Dept of Electrical and Computer Engg), Program Obfuscation and Watermarking: Use of Distributed Consensus, Department of Defense (2002-2004). $374,677.

  3. Hui-Hsien Chou (PI), Visual Data Extraction and Conversion Programming Tool. National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health (2002-2006). $720,000.

  4. Oliver Eulenstein (Co-PI), (with Michael Sanderson and Dan Gusfield, UC-Davis) Algorithms and Software for Phylogenetic Supertrees, National Science Foundation, (2000-2003). $370,000.

  5. Oliver Eulenstein (PI), (with David Fernandez-Baca (Co-PI)) AToL: Collaborative Research: A Phylogenomic Toolbox for Assembling the Tree of Life Molecular Sequence Databases, National Science Foundation, (2003-2008). $976,520.

  6. David Fernandez-Baca, Topics in Parametric Optimization. National Science Foundation(200-2004). $197,360.

  7. Vasant Honavar (PI), ITR: Algorithms and Software for Knowledge Acquisition from Heterogeneous Distributed Data. National Science Foundation (2002-2005). $210,000.

  8. Vasant Honavar (PI), (with Drena Dobbs and Robert Jernigan), Discovering Protein Sequence-Structure-Function Relationships, Biological Information Science and Technology Initiative, National Institutes of Health (2003-2007). $1,022,000.

  9. Vasant Honavar (Co-PI), (with Heather West-Greenlee and Jan Buss), Gene Expression Analysis in the Developing Retina, National Institutes of Health (2003-2006). $438,000.

  10. Vasant Honavar (Co-PI) (with Volker Brendel, Robert Jernigan, Karin Dorman, and Xun Gu). NIH-NSF BBSI Summer Institute in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology - Iowa State University. National Science Foundation (2002-2006). $645,000.

  11. Vasant Honavar (Co-PI) (with Dan Voytas (Botany), Susan Carpenter (Biomedical Sciences), Pat Schnable and Jonathan Wendel (Zoology and Genetics)). IGERT: Computational Biology Training Program. National Science Foundation (1999-2004). $3,860,171 (plus $1,161,010 in matching funds).

  12. Vasant Honavar (Co-PI), Les Miller (with Dianne Cook, Statistics). Interactive and Dynamic Overviews of Large, Multi-Dimensional Datasets. National Science Foundation (1999-2004). $370,000.

  13. Vasant Honavar (Co-PI) (with James McCalley, Electrical Engineering, in collaboration with Mladen Kezunovic, Chanan Singh of Texas A&M). Automated Integration of Condition Monitoring with an Optimized Maintenance Scheduler for Circuit Breakers and Power Transformers. Power Systems Engineering Research Center (a National Science Foundation Industry-University Research Center). (2002-2005). $255,000.

  14. Vasant Honavar, (with doctoral students Adrian Silvescu and Carson Andorf), Pioneer Hi-Bred Graduate Fellowships in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. (2002-2004). $80,000.

  15. Vasant Honavar (with doctoral student Doina Caragea), IBM Doctoral Research Fellowship. (2003-2004). $25,000.

  16. Vasant Honavar (with V. Vittal, S. Venkata, J. McCalley, G. Sheble, and V. Ajjarapu (Electrical Engineering), Leigh Tesfatsion (Economics), and Wolfgang Kleimann (Mathematics)). Innovative Technologies for Defense Against Catastrophic Failures of Complex, Interactive Power Networks, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), $4,500,000. (1999 - 2004) (Collaborative project involving 9 ISU faculty and faculty from 3 other universities).

  17. Xiaoqiu Huang (PI), A DNA Sequence Assembly Program, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, $414,003, (2001-2004).

  18. Yan-Bin Jia (PI), CAREER: Shape Localization, Recognition, and Reconstruction Through Touch Sensing. National Science Foundation (2002-2007). $349,621.

  19. Gary T. Leavens (Co-PI), ITR/SY: Modular Interface Violation Checking Using Formally-Specified Contracts. Subcontract on a proposal by Murali Sitaraman of Clemson University, and Stephen Edwards of Virginia Tech. National Science Foundation (2001-2004). $109,383

  20. Gary Leavens (PI), (with Don Pigozzi (Mathematics)). Formal Methods for Extensible Object-Oriented Software, National Science Foundation (2001-2004). $200,000.

  21. Jack Lutz (PI), Vasant Honavar (Co-PI), Pavan Aduri (Co-PI), Krishna Athreya (Co-PI) SGER: Multidisciplinary Aspects of Computation Theory, National Science Foundation (2003-2004). $74,948.

  22. Jack Lutz (PI), Measure and Information in Computational Complexity, National Science Foundation (2000-2004). $249,902.

  23. Robyn Lutz (with Ann Patterson-Hine and Stacy Nelson, NASA Ames Research Center), Contingency Software in Autonomous Systems, NASA (2003-2004), $260,000

  24. Robyn Lutz (PI), Safety Analysis for Critical Product Lines, National Science Foundation (2002-2005), $279,154

  25. Robyn Lutz (PI), (with John Knight, University of Virginia), ITR: Natural Language in the Development of High-Confidence Software, National Science Foundation (2002-2005), $201,974

  26. Les Miller (Co-PI) (with Sarah Nusser, George Covert, Vasant Honavar, and Johnny Wong) Subcontract on a multi-university ITR proposal Digital Government: Collecting and Using Geospatial Data in the Field: An Extensible Framework and Testbed, National Science Foundation (2001-2003). $1,497,800 (Estimated).

  27. Lu Ruan (PI), CAREER: Resilience Schemes for Survivable IP over WDM Networks. National Science Foundation (2003-2008). $447,403.

  28. Wallapak Tavanapong (PI), CAREER: Strategies for Caching Information on Distributed Systems. National Science Foundation (2001-2006). $253,930

  29. Johnny Wong (Co-PI), (with J. Davis, D. Jacobson, (Electrical Computer Engineering), and C. Bergman (Mathematics), A, Ho (Political Science), B. Licklider (Education)). SFS Fellowships for Information Assurance Students, National Science Foundation (2001-2005). $2,626,027 (estimated).

  30. Johnny Wong (Co-PI), (with J. Davis, D. Jacobson, (Electrical Computer Engineering), and C. Bergman (Mathematics), Steffen Schmidt (Political Science)) Information Assurance Educational Support Program, National Science Foundation (2001-2004), 200,000.

Recently Expired Research and Training Grants (1995-2003)

  1. Soma Chaudhuri, The Power of Inexact Timing Information in Distributed Systems, National Science Foundation, (1993-1998). $94,598.

  2. Hui-Hsien Chou, Preliminary Studies of Cellular Automata Self-Replication Programming. National Science Foundation (2000-2001). $50,948.

  3. David Fernandez-Baca, Algorithms in Parametric Optimization. National Science Foundation(1995-2001). $163,965.

  4. David Fernandez-Baca, Algorithms in Parametric Optimization. National Science Foundation(1992-1995). $80,403.

  5. Vasant Honavar (with doctoral student Doina Caragea), IBM Doctoral Research Fellowship. (2002-2003). $25,000.

  6. Vasant Honavar (with James McCalley, Electrical Engineering). Distributed Knowledge Networks to Provide Decision Support for Security-Economy Decisions in Operating Stressed Power Systems. National Science Foundation (2000-2001). $99,999.

  7. Vasant Honavar, Data Mining of Electric Power Usage Data to Develop Customer Profiles. Exploratory Cooperative Research Proposal. Power Domain, Inc. (2001-2002). $43,639.

  8. Vasant Honavar (with Drena Dobbs), An Agent-Based Environment for Integrating and Analyzing Plant Genomic Databases, Pioneer Hi-Bred, (2000-2002). $40,000.

  9. Vasant Honavar Constructive Neural Network Learning Algorithms for Pattern Classification, National Science Foundation, (1994-1999). $121,537

  10. Vasant Honavar, Distributed Knowledge Networks. John Deere Foundation. (1999-2001). $30,000.

  11. Vasant Honavar (with Phil Haydon, Drena Dobbs, and Pat Schnable) Development of Algorithmic Approaches to Gene Expression Analysis from Microarray Data, Carver Foundation, (2000-2001). $25,000.

  12. Vasant Honavar (with Kai-Ming Ho, Amy Andreotti, Drena Dobbs, Gavin Naylor, Les Miller, and James Morris). Genetic Algorithms for Protein Structure Prediction, DOE Ames Laboratory, (1999-2000). $35,000.

  13. Vasant Honavar (with Gavin Naylor). A Gene Specific DNA Chip for Exploring Molecular Evolutionary Change, Carver Foundation, (1998-1999). $17,200.

  14. Vasant Honavar (with Drena Dobbs, Kai-Ming Ho, Amy Andreotti, Gavin Naylor, and Les Miller). Development of Protein Structure Prediction Algorithms. Carver Foundation, (1999-2000). $25,000.

  15. Vasant Honavar (with doctoral student Karthik Balakrishnan). Cooperative Graduate Research Fellowship in Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery. IBM Corporation. (1997-1998). $25,000.

  16. Vasant Honavar Integrated Intelligent Diagnosis and Advisory Systems - Analysis, John Deere Foundation, (1995-1996). $15,000.

  17. Vasant Honavar Integrated Intelligent Diagnosis Systems, John Deere Foundation, (1996-1998). $15,000.

  18. Steve Lavalle. CAREER: Motion Strategy Algorithms for Geometry-Intensive Applications, National Science Foundation (1998-). $400,001.

  19. Gary Leavens Simultaneous Round-Trip Engineering for UML and Java/EJB. ETRI Computer and Software Technology Labs (Korea) (2001-2002), $70,000

  20. Gary Leavens, Albert Baker (with Don Pigozzi (Mathematics)). Formal Methods for Multimethod Software Components, National Science Foundation (1998-2000). $210,000.

  21. Gary Leavens, Practical and Effective Interface Specifications. Rockwell International (1998). $40,000.

  22. Gary Leavens, (with Don Pigozzi (Mathematics)). A Theoretical and Practical Basis for Applying Formal Methods to Object-Oriented Programming and C++, National Science Foundation (1995-1998). $239,998.

  23. Jack Lutz. Measure and Randomness in Computational Complexity, National Science Foundation (1997-2000). $183,375.

  24. Jack Lutz. PYI: The Internal Quantitative Structure of Complexity Classes, National Science Foundation (1991-1997). $266,000.

  25. Jack Lutz. Matching Funds for PYI Award, Rockwell International (1991-1996). $100,000.

  26. Jack Lutz. Matching Funds for PYI Award, Microware Systems Corporation (1992-1996). $32,000.

  27. Jack Lutz. Matching Funds for PYI Award, Amoco Foundation (1993-1995). $9,000.

  28. Robyn Lutz (with Carmen Mikulski, Jet Propulsion Laboratory). Formalized Pilot Study of Safety-Critical Software Anomalies, NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance, $435,000 (1999-2002).

  29. Johnny Wong, Vasant Honavar, and Les Miller Intelligent Multi-Agent Systems for Intrusion Detection, Department of Defense University Research Program (MDA904-98-R-S221) (1998-2000). $199,769.

  30. Johnny Wong (Co-PI), (with J. Davis, D. Jacobson, (Electrical Computer Engineering), and C. Bergman (Mathematics)). CISE Educational Innovation: Integrated Security Curricula Modules, National Science Foundation (1999-2002). $324,999.

  31. Johnny Wong, Optimizing Virtual Reality Environmental Fidelity, Engineering Animation, Inc. (1996-1997). $15,000.

  32. Johnny Wong, Instructional Laboratory Grant, Microsoft Corporation, (1997-1999). $28,442

  33. Johnny Wong, Distributed Database Support for Image Visualization, Engineering Animation, Inc. (1997-1998). $26,408.

  34. Johnny Wong, Database-generating and X-ray Displaying World Wide Web Applications Mayo Foundation, (1998-2000). $287,056.

In addition to the grants from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense, research in the Computer Science Department has been, and is being, supported by industrial and university sources.

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