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Academic Program ReviewApril 16-18, 2012Department of Computer Science and EngineeringRoom 301 Harvey R. Bright BuildingTexas A&M UniversityCollege Station, Texas1

ContentsI Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 4I.1 Charge to Review Committee ............................................................................................. 4I.2 Schedule of Review/Itinerary ............................................................................................. 5I.3 Administrative Structure .................................................................................................... 6II Brief History ............................................................................................................................... 7II.1 Founding of Department .................................................................................................... 7II.2 Founding and Development of Related Centers ................................................................ 7II.3 Review and Changes in Past Seven Years ........................................................................ 15II.4 Date of Last Program Review ........................................................................................... 16III Vision and Goals ................................................................................................................... 16III.1 Strategic Plan .................................................................................................................... 16III.2 Metrics to Determine if Goals are Being Met .................................................................. 20III.3 Connections to the University’s Strategic Plan ................................................................ 20III.4 Policies and Practices Recognizing Good Teaching ..................................................... 20III.5 Outline of Intended Changes ............................................................................................ 21III.6 Joint Programs and Collaborative Research ................................................................ 21III.7 Areas of Outstanding Performance .................................................................................. 22III.8 Summary of Recognition, Awards, Indications of Successful Teaching (TO) ............ 23IV Quality Enhancement Plan .................................................................................................. 29IV.1 Intended Outcomes .......................................................................................................... 29IV.2 Means of Assessment and Criteria for Success ................................................................ 30IV.3 Actual Results Obtained ................................................................................................... 30IV.4 Use of Results for Improvement ...................................................................................... 31V Statistical Summaries ............................................................................................................... 32V.1 Student Profile .................................................................................................................. 32V.1.1 Master’s...................................................................................................................... 32V.1.2 Doctoral ..................................................................................................................... 32V.1.3 Non-Degree Students ................................................................................................ 32V.1.4 Student Demographics .............................................................................................. 32V.1.5 Number of Admissions .............................................................................................. 32V.1.6 Student Financial Support ........................................................................................ 32V.2 Faculty Profile ................................................................................................................... 33V.2.1 Tenure and Non-Tenure ........................................................................................... 33V.2.2 Tenure Reviews ......................................................................................................... 33V.2.3 Post Tenure Review ................................................................................................... 33V.2.4 Teaching Load ........................................................................................................... 342

V.2.5 Faculty Professional Activities .................................................................................. 34V.2.6 Faculty Hired and Retired During Last Five Years .................................................. 40V.2.7 Average Age of Full-time Faculty .............................................................................. 41V.2.8 Gender, Minority Representation ............................................................................. 41V.2.9 Faculty Curriculum Vitae (see Appendix A) ............................................................. 41VI Program Components .......................................................................................................... 41VI.1 Graduate Programs ........................................................................................................... 41VI.1.1 Admission .................................................................................................................. 42VI.1.2 Financial Support ...................................................................................................... 43VI.1.3 Program Requirements ............................................................................................. 43VI.1.4 Facilities ..................................................................................................................... 44VI.1.5 Degree Requirements ................................................................................................ 45VI.2 Graduate Courses Offered (Appendix B) ......................................................................... 48VI.3 Course Demand ................................................................................................................ 49VI.4 GRE Scores and GPR of Students .................................................................................... 49VI.5 Student Involvement in Their Learning .......................................................................... 49VI.6 Student Body Composition ............................................................................................... 50VI.7 Recruitment Information ................................................................................................. 50VI.8 Graduate Program Rankings ............................................................................................ 51VI.9 Efforts to Sustain Collegiality and Professionalism ........................................................ 53VII Budget Information .............................................................................................................. 54VII.1 Overview ........................................................................................................................ 54VII.2 Department Funding .................................................................................................... 55VII.3 Faculty Salaries ............................................................................................................. 59VII.4 Grants and Contracts .................................................................................................... 61VII.5 Library ........................................................................................................................... 61VII.6 Teaching and Research Assistantship Stipends ........................................................... 62VII.7 Support Staff Salaries ................................................................................................... 62VIII Strengths and Weaknesses ................................................................................................... 63VIII.1 Strengths ....................................................................................................................... 63VIII.2 Weaknesses ................................................................................................................... 64VIII.3 Recommendations for Improvement ........................................................................... 64IX Graduate Student Input ....................................................................................................... 64X Appendix A. Faculty Curriculum Vitae .................................................................................... 65XI Appendix B. Graduate Courses Offered ............................................................................. 234XI.1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering ...................................................... 2343

XI.2 Distinguished Professor B. Stroustrup (Chair); Professors N. M. Amato, R. Bettati, J.Chen, R. Furuta, A. Klappenecker, J. S. Liu, D. Loguinov, R. N. Mahapatra, R. R. Murphy, L.Rauchwerger, F. M. Shipman, V. E. Taylor (Head), D. M. H. Walker, J. L. Welch; AssociateProfessors Y. Choe, R. Gutierrez- Osuna, T. A. Hammond, T. R. Ioerger, J. Järvi, A. Jiang, A.Kerne, E. J. Kim, J. C. Keyser, V. Sarin, D. Song, S. Sze, T. L. Williams; Assistant Professors J.Caverlee, J. Chai, G. Gu, G. Dos Reis, E. Nikolova, S. Schaefer, D. Shell, R. Stoleru; SeniorLecturers W. C. Daugherity, J. D. Hurley, H. Lee, T. S. Leyk, R. Ward ................................... 234XI.3 Graduate Course Descriptions 2011—2012 .................................................................... 234XII Appendix C. Research Contracts & Grants ........................................................................ 244IINTRODUCTIONI.1 Charge to Review CommitteeAs part of the periodic Academic Program Review at Texas A&M University, Dr. Karen Butler-Purry, Dean of Graduate Studies, requests that the review team examine the graduate programswithin the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE). The review team isrequested to examine the graduate program, and the teaching and research programs forgraduate students in CSE using the materials provided in this self-study, information you gainthrough personal interactions while visiting Texas A&M University, and any additionalinformation that you might request.While evaluating the program, please consider the allocation of resources within the department(both human and fiscal) and the absolute level of support the department receives from theuniversity. Please comment as appropriate on current and potential leveraging of theseresources, as well as the current and potential interaction with other departments and groups,both on campus and off.The review team is asked to please address the issue of learning-based outcomes:- Does the department have ongoing and integrated planning and evaluation processesthat assess its programs and services that result in continuing improvement, and thatdemonstrate that the department is effectively accomplishing its mission?- Has the department identified expected outcomes for its educational programs?- Does the department have evidence of improvement based upon analysis of results?Last, please address the department’s contributions to two guiding strategic initiativesdeveloped by Texas A&M University. The first of these is a document developed in 1999,entitled Vision 2020: Creating a Culture of Excellence, and identifies twelve specific areas offocus for Texas A&M’s future. The other is the more recent Action 2015, intended to build onour gains made since the inception of Vision 2020.This type of external review offers an excellent opportunity to identify ways to maintain thecurrent high standards of the programs and to learn from review team members’ experienceswith similar programs. Thank you in advance for playing such an important role in this process.4

I.2 Schedule of Review/ItinerarySunday, April 15Preferably 2pm Team arrives in College Station; (Drs. Gutierrez and Walker will transport)Check-in, Rudder-Jessup Bed and Breakfast06:00 – 08:00 Welcome Dinner – Christopher’s World GrilleMonday, April 1607:30 – 08:30 am Breakfast and Entry interview with Administrative Team at Rudder-Jessup09:00 – 10:00 Dr. N.K. Anand, Executive Associate Dean, Dwight Look College ofEngineering – WERC 30110:00 – 11:30 Dr. Duncan M. “Hank” Walker, Department Head, CSE – HRBB 305B11:30 – 12:30 Lunch with graduate students – HRBB 30212:30 – 03:30 pm Research Laboratory Tour and Poster Session03:30 – 04:30 Meet with Faculty in Sub-discipline areas – HRBB 30705:00 – 06:30 Faculty Reception – Knox Gallery06:30 Return to hotel/Dinner/Work session for review teamTuesday, April 1707:30 – 08:30 am Reviewers have breakfast at Rudder-Jessup09:00 – 10:30 Meet with Faculty Committees – HRBB 30710:30 – 12:00 Meet with Faculty in Sub-discipline areas – HRBB 30712:00 – 12:30 pm Break12:30 – 02:00 pm Lunch with Engineering Department Heads – HRBB 30702:00 – 03:00 Ph.D. Students – HRBB 30203:00 – 05:00 Open Time05:00 – 06:00 Dinner catered to Rudder-Jessup06:00 – 09:00 Reviewers’ work session – prep for draft report/faculty debriefWednesday, April 1807:30 – 09:00 am Breakfast and Exit Interview with Administrative Team at Rudder-Jessup09:00 – 10:00 Reviewers debrief Dr. Walker at Rudder-Jessup10:00 – 11:00 Reviewers make final changes to draft report, as necessary11:00 – 11:50 Reviewers brief faculty, staff, and students on final report – HRBB 30212:00 – 01:00 pm Lunch with Dr. Walker – Café EccellReviewers depart College StationContact informationHank Walker Ricardo Gutierrez Kathy Waskomwalker@cse.tamu.edu rgutier@cse.tamu.edu k-waskom@tamu.eduOffice: 979-845-5820 Office: 979-845-2942 Office: 979-845-3535Cell: 979-255-0706 Cell: 979-739-8321 Cell: 979-255-86725

I.3 Administrative StructureAdministrative Structure ChartDepartment of Computer Science and EngineeringTexas A&M UniversityHeadDuncan M. “Hank” WalkerUndergraduateProgramsAdvisorsRichard FurutaVivek SarinGraduate ProgramAssistantTina BroughtonUndergraduateCounselorMarilyn PaytonAssociate Head for AcademicsJohn KeyserGraduateProgramsAdvisorCo-opProgramVivek SarinRicardo Gutierrez-OsunaProgramCoordinatorTheresa RobertsAdministrative AssistantLindsay StrieglerSpecial Assignment StaffCrystal CarterKay JonesKimberly MallettDavid RamirezGraduateAdmissionsJianer ChenAdministrative ServicesSenior Administrative CoordinatorKathy WaskomAdministrativeCoordinatorvacantCommunicationsCoordinatorTony OkonskiOSIS DirectorNancy AmatoSenior Office AssociateAdrienne KrenekMultimedia SpecialistKathy FloresFacultyFacilities CoordinatorBruce VealsHelp DeskManagerJeremy StewartUnixAnalyst IIVacantAccounting ServicesAcademic Business Administrator IILaurie PickloPayrollBusiness Coordinator IIBeth MarinariTAMUBusinessCoordinator IIISybil PophamComputing ServicesIT ManagerBrad GoodmanWebAnalyst IIBlake DworaczykTEESBusiness Coordinator ILisa BreitschopfPCAnalyst IIDave CoteTravelBusiness Coordinator IValerie Sorenson4NOV20116

IIBRIEF HISTORYII.1 Founding of DepartmentThe degree programs of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering date back to thepresentation of the first master’s degree in 1964 when Computer Science was an establisheddivision of the Department of Industrial Engineering. A few years later the Ph.D. program incomputer science was added. The first Ph.D. degree in computer science was awarded by thedivision in 1970. The Department of Computer Science, with master’s and Ph.D. degrees incomputer science, became a reality in fall 1983. The Ph.D. program in computer engineering wasestablished in the department in 1998, and the first Ph.D. degree in computer engineering wasawarded in 1999. In 2008, the department’s name was officially changed to the Department ofComputer Science and Engineering to accurately reflect its mission. The department hasengaged in sustained growth to 36 senior faculty members, offering a full range of graduateprograms in both computer science and computer engineering. Computer engineering is now ajoint program with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.Currently, we have approximately 780 undergraduate students and 320 graduate students. Weare one of the larger computer science departments in the nation in terms of enrollment. Table 1shows the department’s leadership since its inception.Table 1. Department Heads in Computer Science and EngineeringName Significant Position Dates/YearsDaniel Drew CS Division Head (in IE) 1964 – 1983 (19 years)Bruce McCormick CS Department Head 1983 – 1986 (3 years)Glen Williams CS Interim Dept. Head 1986 – 1988 (2 years)Richard Volz CS Department Head 1988 – 1997 (10 years)Wei Zhao CS Department Head 1997 – 2001 (4 years)Jennifer Welch CS Interim Dept. Head 2001 – 2002 (1 year)Donald Friesen CS Acting Dept. Head 2002 – 2003 (1 year)Valerie Taylor CSE Department Head 2003 – 2011 (8 years)Duncan “Hank” Walker CSE Department Head 2011 – presentII.2 Founding and Development of Related CentersResearch activities in the department encompass a broad range of core computer science andcomputer engineering areas, resulting in the ability to contribute to different multi-disciplinaryresearch activities from many different aspects of computing. These research activities areorganized into five core areas and six multi-disciplinary areas.Core Research Areas- Systemso Computer Architectureo Embedded Systemso Networkingo Parallel & Distributed Computingo Real-Time Systems7

- Softwareo Compilerso Programming Languageso Software Engineering- Theoretical Foundationso Algorithmso Computational Complexityo Numerical Computing- Human-Centered Systemso Multimodal and Human-Centered Interfaceso Graphicso Information Retrieval and Databases- Intelligent Systemso Artificial Intelligenceo Pattern Recognition & Machine Learningo RoboticsMulti-Disciplinary Research Areas- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology- Brain Networks- Computational Science and Engineering- Humanities Informatics- SecurityAround these core and multi-disciplinary research areas, the department has many researchlabs and centers. Table 2 summarizes the current research laboratories in the department,which often serve the dual purpose of research and education.Table 2. Research laboratories in the Computer Science and Engineering Dept.Centers & LaboratoriesBrain Networks LaboratoryCenter for Information Assurance and SecurityTEES Center for Robot-Assisted Search & RescueTEES Center for the Study of Digital LibrariesDistributed AI Robotics LabDistributed Computing GroupElectronic Design Automation LabEmbedded Systems & Codesign GroupGeometry and Graphics GroupHigh Performance Computing LaboratoryHypermedia Research LaboratoryDirectorYoonsuck ChoeRiccardo BettatiRobin MurphyRichard FurutaDylan ShellJennifer WelchHank WalkerRabi MahapatraJohn KeyserEun Jung KimRichard Furuta8

Infolab: Web & Distributed Information ManagementInterface Ecology LaboratoryInternet Research LabLaboratory for Distributed Information SystemsLaboratory for Embedded Network Sensor SystemsNetBot LaboratoryParasol LaboratoryPRISM LaboratoryReal-Time Distributed SystemReal-Time Systems GroupSecure Communication and Computer Systems LaboratorySketch Recognition LaboratoryJames CaverleeAndruid KerneDmitri LoguinovAndrew JiangRadu StoleruDezhen SongNancy AmatoLawrence RauchwergerRicardo GutierrezSteve LiuRiccardo BettatiGuofei GuTracy HammondMany of our labs and centers have played active roles in establishing the research reputations ofthe associated faculty and graduate students through long time contributions in thecorresponding research areas. Descriptions of the labs are given below:Brain Networks LaboratoryDirected by: Yoonsuck Choe322B HRBB, 979/845-5466, choe@cse.tamu.eduStudying the geometry and connectivity of the brain's architecture is a naturalway to explore neural computation, but there are no quantitative, 3Dreconstructions of mammalian brain architectures for any species. Ongoingprojects in the Brain Networks Laboratory will fill this void and reconstruct anentire mouse cortical network, allowing for global analysis and simulation studiesof an actual cortical network. The lab's enabling technology is a unique BrainTissue Scanner (BTS) of our own invention that achieves the data acquisitionrates necessary to make possible for the first time scanning and imaging an entiremammalian brain. The data processed is produced by the BTS to reconstruct thethree-dimensional structure of the scanned tissue. The central goal is to map andunderstand the connectivity and geometry of cortical networks - critical tounderstanding natural computation.Center for Information Assurance and SecurityDirected by: Riccardo Bettati509C HRBB, 979/ 847-8578, bettati@cse.tamu.eduFaculty members, researchers and students of CIAS focus on a broad spectrum ofissues involved in the expansion and protection of information andcommunications infrastructure systems. CIAS has been designated as a Center9

for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education and Research bythe National Security Agency.TEES Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR)Directed by: Robin Murphy333C HRBB, 979/845-2015, murphy@cse.tamu.eduCRASAR serves as crisis response and research organization that strives to directnew technology development in robotics and unmanned systems forhumanitarian purposes worldwide. CRASAR serves existing rescue organizationsby providing robot-assisted search and rescue teams on order, training searchand rescue personnel on relevant robot systems, evaluating emerging robottechnologies, and fostering research into search and rescue specific robotsystems.TEES Center for the Study of Digital Libraries (CSDL)Directed by: Richard Furuta402C HRBB, 979/845-3839, furuta@cse.tamu.eduThe Center's program of research provides a leadership role in the on-linedevelopment and application of world-wide access to digital library services.Development of this technology provides valuable fundamental research andsupports the broader goal of research and education through improved means forcollaboration and distance learning. The Center is not limited to one discipline;rather the development of digital libraries may be viewed as a fundamentalcontribution to research in all disciplines.Distributed AI Robotics LabDirected by: Dylan Shell333B HRBB, 979/845-2369, dshell@cse.tamu.eduIn the Distributed AI Robotics Lab we study coordination, cooperation, andadaptation among multiple agents. We focus on group-level modeling of largescalesystems, interference reduction, task-allocation, in physical robots andsensor-actuator networks. To date our work has focused on implicitlycoordinated systems in minimalist and biologically-inspired algorithms, alongwith generalization and application of traditional operations research andoptimization techniques for deliberate coordination. We are consideringapplications from distributed, adaptive sampling, clustering & sorting, andnetwork communication.Distributed Computing GroupDirected by: Jennifer Welch425G HRBB, 979/8845-5076, welch@cse.tamu.eduThe Distributed Computing Group members perform research on models,algorithms, lower bounds, and impossibility results for problems that arise indistributed computing. Current topic areas include models of partiallysynchronous distributed systems; mobile ad hoc networks, particularly vehicularones; and consistency conditions for concurrently-accessible shared data objects.Electronic Design Automation LabDirected by:Hank Walker515B HRBB, 979/862-4387, walker@cse.tamu.edu10

The EDA Lab develops software tools for design, manufacturing, assembly andtest of semiconductor integrated circuits. The current research thrusts focus ontest and diagnosis of integrated circuits. Current research projects include defectbasedtest, quiescent current testing, delay fault testing, realistic fault modelingand defect diagnosis. The nature of this research requires close cooperation withindustry in order to fabricate and measure designs, and provide manufacturingdata.Embedded Systems and Codesign GroupDirected by: Rabi Mahapatra520B HRBB, 979/845-5787, rabi@cse.tamu.eduAs the world of engineering advances, the complexity demands of both hardwareand software grow at a phenomenal rate. The trade-offs between hardware andsoftware within a system are at the forefront of this complexity and demandattention unto themselves. Hardware software codesign is the study of how tomake these tradeoffs and meet the constraints of a system. The group's researchincludes Codesign Framework, Power-Aware Scheduling, Real-Time EmbeddedSystems, Systems-on-Chip and Re-configurable Architectures.Geometry and Graphics GroupDirected by John Keyser527C HRBB, 979/458-0167, keyser@cse.tamu.eduThe Geometry and Graphics Group performs research dealing with geometriccalculations and computer graphics algorithms. Particular areas of emphasis ingeometry are in highly robust and precise geometric computations, particularlywith application to geometric modeling. This includes work on exact computationwith algebraic systems. Within the broader computer graphics category, researchemphasizes physically-based modeling and simulation.High Performance Computing LaboratoryDirected by: Eun Jung Kim338B HRBB, 979/845-3660, ejkim@cse.tamu.eduIn the High Performance Computing Laboratory at Texas A&M University, thefaculty and students conduct research in the areas that include parallel anddistributed systems, cluster-based web servers, system area networks (SANs), onchipnetworks, fault-tolerant computing, and high-performance IO.Hypermedia Research LaboratoryDirected by: Richard Furuta402C HRBB, 979/845-3839, furuta@cse.tamu.eduThe Hypermedia Research Laboratory (HRL) provides an enhanced environmentfor student and faculty research in the areas of hypermedia, multimedia,computer-supported cooperative work, and digital library systems. Researchincludes the study, design and prototypic implementation of hypermediaarchitectures, systems and environments that support the above research areas.Most recently, research has centered on the design and implementation of openand distributed hypermedia architectures, spatial hypertext systems,metadocument-based reshaping of distributed collections, and the applications ofhypertextual technologies in support of education and scholarship.11

infolab: Web and Distributed Information ManagementDirected by: James Caverlee403 HRBB, 979/ 847-8578, caverlee@cse.tamu.eduOur overall research goal is to enable efficient and trustworthy informationsharing and knowledge discovery over dynamic, heterogeneous, and massivescalenetworked information systems. From the World Wide Web to distributeddatabases to emerging social/mobile information systems, these large-scalenetworked systems place great demands on knowing whom and whatinformation to trust and how to enable efficient and personalized access, all whilemaintaining the core open and self-organizing principles of these systems.Interface Ecology LaboratoryDirected by: Andruid Kerne225 Teague, 979/862-3217, andruid@cse.tamu.eduInterface ecology is an emerging metadisciplinary approach, in which thecreation of rich interactive experiences spans an n-dimensional conceptual space.The interface ecology lab develops interactive ecosystems that support andinstantiate human creative processes. The recombinant media research areadevelops multimodal visualization mechanisms for presenting collections ascombinations of existing media elements. The work focuses on the generation ofemergent experiences by using machine-learning techniques to model user’sinterests and interactivity as means to allow participants to express themselvesand effect the generative models. CollageMachine is an ongoing instance of thisresearch, in the field of web browsing and visual hypertext. New initiativesrecombine video. The work is moving into the space of multimodal gesture as ameans of integrating human computer interaction with physical activities, usingcomputer vision-based video tracking, and physiological sensors. The body staterepresentations research area integrates psychology, machine learning,visualization, and physical practices to derive new forms of interactivity andcommunication based on expressive physiological data.Internet Research LabDirected by: Dmitri Loguinov515C HRBB, 979/845-0512, dmitri@cse.tamu.eduInternet Research Lab (IRL) at Texas A&M University conducts research inseveral areas of networking with a focus on Internet-related technologies andprotocols. The research areas include congestion control, peer-to-peer networks,Internet measurements, web crawling, performance analysis, and stochasticmodeling.Laboratory for Distributed Information SystemsDirected by: Anxiao (Andrew) Jiang309B HRBB, 979/845-7983, ajiang@cse.tamu.eduThis lab pursues research on the theory and applications of distributedinformation systems. Its current focus is on wireless ad hoc and sensor networksas well as file storage and retrieval in networks.12

Laboratory for Embedded Networked Sensor SystemsDirected by: Radu Stoleru330B HRBB, 979/862-8349, stoleru@cse.tamu.eduThe Laboratory for Embedded Networked Sensor Systems at Texas A&MUniversity performs research in several areas of sensor network protocols,architectures and applications. We currently focus on: distributed coordinationalgorithms such as localization, time synchronization, clustering, and topologycontrol; QoS in sensor networks; failure resilience and fault isolation; energymanagement; data storage and management; sensor network programmingabstractions.NetBot LaboratoryDirected by: Dezhen Song311C HRBB, 979/ 845-5464, dzsong@cse.tamu.eduOur lab focuses research on three thrusts including networked telerobotics,vision-based robot navigation, and sensor/robot networks. We develop and applytechniques drawn from modern probability models, optimization theory,computational geometry, and control theory to problems in the domain ofrobotics and automation. Our research has found many applications includingnatural environment observation, distance learning, surveillance of public space,building construction monitoring/archiving, vehicle navigation, spaceexploration, and manufacturing. We approach research problems from boththeoretical and experimental perspectives. We build mathematical models,develop algorithms, and validate them through both simulations and physicalexperiments.Parasol LaboratoryDirected by: Lawrence Rauchwerger425E HRBB, 979/845-8872, rwerger@cse.tamu.eduNancy Amato425H HRBB, 979/862-2275, amato@cse.tamu.eduThe Parasol Laboratory is a focal point for research related to next-generationhigh-performance computing systems and for the development of algorithms andapplications that exploit these systems to solve computationally intensiveapplications. Due to its application-centric focus, the Parasol Lab creates auniquely favorable environment for collaboration between systems andapplication developers. Parasol systems projects include: the study anddevelopment of novel architecture and compiler techniques for the optimizationof parallel and distributed systems, the design and implementation of compilerdriven software productivity improvement tools, software verification, andperformance modeling and prediction. Parasol applications projects include: thedevelopment of optimized algorithms for applications from domains such ascomputer-aided design (CAD), computational biology, computational geophysics,computational neuroscience, computational physics, robotics, and virtual reality.This interdisciplinary college-wide lab provides an array of systems to supportresearch related to parallel and distributed computing, including a Hewlett-Packard 16 processor V-class multiprocessor.13

PRISM LaboratoryDirected by: Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna520A HRBB, 979/845-2942, rgutier@cse.tamu.eduResearch in the Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Sensor Machines Lab lies atthe interface between signal processing, machine learning, neural computation,robotics and sensor systems. Our interest is in understanding how sensorysystems (man-made or biological) perceive, interact with, learn from and adapt totheir environments under a number of modalities, including chemical, acoustic,visual, and physiological. In the process, we draw motivation from multipledisciplines, from neurobiology to perceptual psychology. Our current researchprojects include speech processing methods for foreign accent conversion,wearable physiological sensors for stress monitoring, active sensing with tunablechemical sensors, and face perception and face superresolution.Real-Time Distributed SystemDirected by: Steve Liu502B HRBB, 979/845-8739, liu@cse.tamu.eduThis group is interested in solving the underlying principles of complex systemsin order to convert them into real solutions to real world problems. With therapid evolution and acceptance of computing and communication technologies inour society, this group strives for long-term impact with short-term relevance andsuccess in its research and in its educational process. Its aim is to provide labmembers with a balanced view of information technology by focusing on theentire process of design, analysis and implementation.Real-Time Systems GroupDirected by: Riccardo Bettati509C HRBB, 979/845-5469, bettati@cse.tamu.eduThis group focuses on research and development of real-time computing andcommunication technology for mission critical information systems, includingmultimedia, command and control, transportation, process control, etc. Thegroup's NetEx and NetCamo projects have made significant progress that hasbeen recognized by various awards.Secure Communication and Computer Systems (SUCCESS) LaboratoryDirected by: Guofei Gu502C HRBB, 979/ 845-2475, guofei@cse.tamu.eduOur lab focuses on cutting-edge research in computer and network security. Weare developing new generations of algorithms, techniques, and systems to solvereal-world security problems and aim to make profound real-world impacts. Webalance theory and practice, and often bridge system and networking techniqueswith other areas such as machine learning, statistics, information theory, andapplied cryptography. Our current research projects include (but not limited to):malware detection/defense/analysis, intrusion detection/prevention, web andsocial networking security.Sketch Recognition LabDirected by: Tracy Hammond325 Teague, 979/ 862-4284, hammond@cse.tamu.edu14

We are interested in the integration of sketch and gesture recognition intotraditional user interfaces.Most departmental labs and centers are supported by federal and/or industry research grants.II.3 Review and Changes in Past Seven YearsThe Department of Computer Science and Engineering graduate program has been stable overthe past eight years. As shown in Figure 1, our external research funding has remained steady,with a spike in FY09 due to a few large awards. As shown in Figure 2, both our M.S. and Ph.D.student enrollment have remained steady. Our faculty size has also remained level, as shown inFigure 3. During this period of time, the department experienced its first significant retirements,which have been mostly replaced with continued hiring. The faculty is gradually shifting to moreassociate and full professors as new hires advance through the ranks.$10,000,000$9,997,123$8,000,000$6,000,000$4,000,000$4,454,098$4,916,185$4,496,817$2,900,416$3,604,956$5,534,335$4,217,754$2,000,000$0FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11Figure 1. Research awards200150187156148169153 153163 157139 133142185166 167162 160100500FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11MasterPhDFigure 2. Graduate student enrollment15

50403015 141714 16 16 1515201007 8 8 9 10 10 131314 15 16 14 12 13 10 8FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11Assistant Associate ProfessorFigure 3. Tenured/Tenure track facultyII.4 Date of Last Program ReviewThe last formal graduate program review for the Department of Computer Science andEngineering was a doctoral program review that took place in May 2004.III VISION AND GOALSIII.1 Strategic PlanMission. Our mission is to develop the human and intellectual resources needed to meet thefuture technological challenges in the field of computing. This includes developing computerscientists and computer engineers for positions of leadership in industry, government, andacademia. It also means performing basic, applied, and multi-disciplinary research as well ascoordinating and cooperating with other parts of the System to enhance the effectiveness ofeducational resources. Likewise, the Department provides the intellectual leadership andtechnology in the computing field required by the university, the state, and the nation.Department Organization. Our research activities comprise a broad range of corecomputer science and computer engineering areas, thereby resulting in the ability to contributeto different multi-disciplinary research activities from many different aspects of computing. Inparticular, the research activities are organized into five core areas and five multi-disciplinaryareas as described below.Core Research Areas- Human-Centered Systems: Focuses on the design of interactive systems as theyrelate to human activities.o Faculty: James Caverlee, Jin-Xiang Chai, Rick Furuta, Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna,Tracy Hammond, Andruid Kerne, John Keyser, Schott Schaeffer, Frank Shipman,Tiffani Williams- Intelligent Systems: Focuses on modeling, simulation, and implementation ofintelligent behavior by mimicking perceptual, motor and cognitive and cooperativeprocesses in agents and their societies; agents can be human, animal, or artifactual.o Faculty: Nancy Amato, Yoonsuck Choe, Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna, TracyHammond, Thomas Ioerger, Andruid Kerne, Robin Murphy, Dylan Shell, FrankShipman, Dezhen Song, Radu Stoleru16

- Software: Focuses on design and programming techniques, tools and languages;programming frameworks and libraries; program analysis and transformation tools.o Faculty: Gabriel Dos Reis, Jaakko Jarvi, Andruid Kerne, Lawrence Rauchwerger,Frank Shipman, Bjarne Stroustrup- Systems: Focuses on the design, integration and efficient use of systems ranging fromembedded systems to distributed systems.o Faculty: Nancy Amato, Riccardo Bettati, James Caverlee, Jianer Chen, GabrielDos Reis, Guofei Gu, Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna, Anxiao Jiang, Andruid Kerne,Eun Jung Kim, Steve Liu, Dmitri Loguinov, Rabi Mahapatra, LawrenceRauchwerger, Dylan Shell, Vivek Sarin, Dezhen Song, Radu Stoleru, BjarneStroustrup, Valerie Taylor, Hank Walker, Jennifer Welch, Tiffani Williams- Theoretical Foundations: Focuses on formal approaches to modeling the essence ofcomputational problems, developing and analyzing algorithms, and understandinginherent limits of computational models.o Faculty: Nancy Amato, Jianer Chen, Gabriel Dos Reis, Anxiao Jiang, JohnKeyser, Andreas Klappenecker, Evdokia Nikolova, Sing-Hoi Sze, Jennifer WelchMulti-disciplinary Research Areas- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology: Focuses on the application ofintelligent systems and foundations of computing to genetics, biology, and proteomics.o Faculty: Nancy Amato, Thomas Ioerger, Sing-Hoi Sze, Tiffani Williams- Brain Networks: Focuses on the application of the foundations of computing andsystems to develop anatomically and physiologically correct models of brain networks.o Faculty: Nancy Amato, Yoonsuck Choe, Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna, John Keyser,Lawrence Rauchwerger- Computational Science and Engineering: Focuses on the application of systemsand foundations of computing to different disciplines of engineering and the scienceswith computationally- and/or data-intensive simulations.o Faculty: Nancy Amato, Gabriel Dos Reis, Lawrence Rauchwerger, Vivek Sarin,Valerie Taylor- Humanities Informatics: Focuses on the application of information and humancenteredsystems to literary, cultural, and artistic practices.o Faculty: James Caverlee, Rick Furuta, Andruid Kerne, Frank Shipman- Security: Focuses on the application of systems, information, human-centeredsystems, foundations of computing, and intelligent systems to information security,homeland security and transportation.oFaculty: Nancy Amato, Riccardo Bettati, James Caverlee, Guofei Gu, RicardoGutierrez-Osuna, Eun Jung Kim, Steve Liu, Rabi Mahapatra, Robin Murphy,Lawrence Rauchwerger, Dylan Shell, Frank Shipman, Radu StoleruThese core and multi-disciplinary research areas do not have a formal administrative structure.Rather, they are collections of faculty with shared research and educational interests. Thesepartially map to the research laboratories described in Section II.2.The CS faculty research activities include multi-disciplinary projects with more than 25 otherdepartments, centers and agencies at Texas A&M University, as will be discussed later in thischapter.In order to increase the rankings of the department, as well as be in a position to effectivelycollaborate on areas of national need, it is critical that we continue strengthening the core areas.This issue is reflected in the department goals described in the following section.17

Department GoalsThe goals of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, asoutlined below, reflect imperative needs that if met, will take the department to the next level.We separate these goals into four areas: National and international recognition Multi-disciplinary collaborations Faculty development Student developmentThe goals of the department are given below, with the particular objectives to reach each goaloutlined as bullet items.Goal I: Increase ranking of computer engineering to be in the top 10 and computerscience to be in the top 15, among public universities, by 2020. The computerengineering graduate program was ranked 14 in 2011 and 11 in 2012. Computer science wasranked 27 in 2010 and 27 in 2012. These rankings are from U.S. News & World Report. Thefollowing objectives are necessary to achieve this goal. Significantly increase our peer research reputation, since the rankings are based on this.o Increase the visibility of our research through public relations, seminars at otheruniversities, and increased invited seminars at Texas A&M. Continue hiring good faculty. Continue graduating Ph.D. students that have significant research careers in academia,industrial labs and national labs.o Continue recruiting graduate students from strong undergraduate institutions.o Increase the number of Ph.D.s placed in top organizations. Increase the number of nominations of faculty and students for national awards. Increase the number of senior faculty serving on national boards. Increase our annual research budget.Goal II: Increase multi-disciplinary collaborations. Many of society’s most challengingproblems require multi-disciplinary solutions that include computer science and engineering asa major component. Our faculty have many existing collaborations, but there are manyunrealized potential collaborations, particularly in the area of energy. Continue building within the core research areas.o Recruit faculty with depth in a core area and interest in collaboration. Continue producing research that has a significant impact. Increase the number of large-scale multi-disciplinary projects with CSE as the lead.Goal III: Increase faculty development. In addition to recruiting good faculty, they mustbe mentored and developed. Currently, the department has one endowed chair, which was usedto attract Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup to Texas A&M University. The department has only fiveprofessorships. More endowed chairs and professorships are needed for retention of topproducingsenior faculty. Further, the current student-faculty ratio for the department is twicethat of the top 36 CS departments as measured by the CRA Taulbee survey. We must continue toincrease the diversity of our faculty. Of the 33 tenured/tenure-track faculty, 8 are women and 4are minority.Significantly increase the number of endowments for research professorships and chairs.o Increase development efforts with former students.Secure adequate space for faculty, students staff and educational and research labs.o Pursue development of a joint CSE-ECE building.18

Improve the productivity of the working environment.o Increase staff efficiency through business process simplification and selectiveoutsourcing, so that faculty can focus on teaching, research and service. Improve the department mentoring program for junior faculty.o Continue development of peer teaching evaluations. Continue to increase the diversity of the faculty.o Develop and nurture relationships with top women and minority graduatestudents at other universities.o Aggressively recruit women and minority faculty.Goal IV: Increase programs for undergraduate and graduate student development.It is vital that we provide a supportive and nurturing environment in order to attract and retaintop students. Figure III.1. Enrollment peaked at 1400 in the late 1990s, and then graduallydeclined until 2009. Some of this decline was due to the interaction of the department andcollege enrollment quotas. Once this was resolved, enrollment climbed sharply. The graduateprogram receives 1100-1200 applications per year, accepting about 18%. The graduatepopulation is approximately three-quarters international, with a relatively small fraction ofwomen and minorities among U.S. graduate students.Recruit top undergraduate and graduate students.o Increase the number of scholarships for undergraduates and fellowships forgraduate students.Increase the diversity of undergraduate and graduate students.o Continue to build relationships with high schools.Increase the exposure of undergraduates to graduate school.o Increase participation of undergraduates in research projects.o Increase honors course offerings.o Increase the placement of our undergraduates in top graduate programs.120010008006004002001037156187694929 916 894 881 877169 153 139 133 166148 153 163 157142612 610 592 591 56910151671856631105160162783PhDMSBS02004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011Figure III.1 Student Enrollment History19

III.2 Metrics to Determine if Goals are Being MetGoal I: Ranking. This will be measured using the US News & World Report educationalrankings. This ranking is both widely used, and is simple to understand. The ranking is based onthe average rating (on a five-point scale) given to the department by heads of other doctoralgrantingdepartments. For computer science, graduate advisors were also surveyed. A total of140 computer engineering and 155 computer science programs are surveyed. Auxiliary metricsinclude comparison of internal department statistics to the Taulbee Survey. These includeresearch funding, graduate students, and publications per faculty member.Goal II: Multi-disciplinary collaborations. This will be measured using the number ofsignificant collaborations, where significant is indicated by funding and publications.Goal III: Faculty development. This will be measured by endowed positions, space, juniorfaculty rating of the mentoring program, student teaching evaluations, and faculty diversity.Goal IV: Student development. This will be measured by scholarships and fellowships,diversity, and student participation in research and honors programs, and placement ingraduate programs.III.3 Connections to the University’s Strategic PlanThe goals of the CSE Department are best understood within the context of Texas A&MUniversity’s “Vision 2020.” The Vision 2020 study establishes twelve imperatives that aredirected towards achieving recognition of Texas A&M University as one of the ten best Americanpublic universities by the year 2020. The CSE Department’s goals are consistent with thefollowing University Vision 2020 imperatives:- elevate our faculty and their teaching, research, and scholarship (imperative 1);- strengthen our graduate programs (imperative 2);- enhance the undergraduate academic experience (imperative 3);- build on the tradition of professional education (imperative 5);- diversify the A&M community (imperative 6);- increase access to intellectual resources (imperative 7);- enrich our campus (imperative 8);- build community (imperative 9);- demand enlightened government and leadership (imperative 10);- attain resource parity with the best public universities (imperative 11); and- meet our commitment to Texas (imperative 12).As the CSE Department is within the Dwight Look College of Engineering, our goals are outsideof the remaining University imperative, which addresses the core areas of Letters, Arts, andSciences (imperative 4), although our interdisciplinary research activities directly involve andbenefit those areas.III.4 Policies and Practices Recognizing Good TeachingThe department, college and university support professional development that allows the facultyto remain abreast of current developments in computer science research and teaching methods.The university provides support to faculty by providing teaching workshops through theMontague Center for Teaching Excellence and the Dean of Faculties Office. Faculty areencouraged to attend these free sessions. A program for faculty is also offered throughComputing and Information Services that provides free instruction on several software packagesused for online instruction.Much attention is paid to recognition of scholarly activity. The department makes a strong andconsistent effort to nominate faculty members for teaching, research and service awards. The20

college and university provide numerous internal award programs for this type of recognition,and the department seeks out external award programs through professional societies andfoundations as well. Nearly all of these awards carry generous stipends for use by the awardees.Starting in Spring 2012, the department is conducting a pilot program with four faculty on peerevaluation of teaching, based on the instruments developed by the Task Force on FacultyPerformance Evaluation. The objective of this program is to improve faculty teaching byevaluating teaching materials and practices by informed colleagues; this includes classroomvisits and analysis of recorded lectures. We expect this program will bring both formativebenefits (better mentoring, especially for junior faculty) as well as summative benefits (betterinformation for promotion and tenure, and for teaching awards).III.5 Outline of Intended ChangesPast practice was to base faculty award nominations on information gathered during the annualreview process, but the department is setting up a standing Faculty Awards Committee toconsider faculty for nominations on a continuous basis.The department offers selected undergraduate honors courses, but does not offer a full slaterequired for an honors program. The Undergraduate Curriculum Committee is evaluatingoptions to offer such a program within current resource constraints.III.6 Joint Programs and Collaborative ResearchThe department has collaborative research with many other programs in other departments andcolleges, as shown in Figure III.2. For example, many computer engineering faculty within CSEand ECE collaborate on research and student advising. CSE has a formal collaboration withIndustrial and Systems Engineering and with Visualization in the Computational Science andVisualization (CSV) activity. The CSV activity has a joint space in the Emerging Technologiesand Development Building. CSE and Visualization have a Joint Committee for ComputerGraphics Initiatives that meets regularly to coordinate computer graphics and visualizationactivities between their departments, including cross-listed graduate courses. CSE faculty aremembers of the Institute for Applied Mathematics and Computational Science (IAMCS), whichis a collaboration of CSE, Math and Statistics, as well as the Scientific Computing and ImagingInstitute at the University of Utah. CSE faculty also collaborate in the Alliance forBioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Systems Biology (ABCS). In addition to the manydepartments across the university, the faculty collaborate with the Texas Center for AdvancedTechnology (TCAT) and the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI).21

Figure III.2 Research CollaborationsIII.7 Areas of Outstanding PerformanceBjarne Stroustrup, Distinguished Professor and College of Engineering Endowed Chair inComputer Science, was elected to the National Academy of Engineers (NAE) in February 2004;this is the highest recognition given to an engineer, and was appointed a DistinguishedProfessor. The department currently has four IEEE Fellows; this award is given for exceptionalaccomplishment in computer science, computer engineering and electrical engineering, with nomore than 0.1% of IEEE members selected in any one year. A faculty member has received theIEEE Computer Society 2004 Computer Entrepreneur Award. In 2000, four faculty membersreceived the IEEE Third Millennium Medal; only 3,000 individuals out of a field of 350,000members were chosen for this award. One faculty member is an Association for ComputingMachinery (ACM) Fellow, an AT&T Bell Laboratories Fellow and an AT&T Fellow. Sixteencurrent faculty members have been presented with PYI/NYI/CAREER awards by the NationalScience Foundation in recognition of the potential of young stars in science and engineering;three of which were awarded this spring.National awards garnered by CSE faculty include the ACM Distinguished Engineer (2007); theACM Distinguished Speaker (2008); the ACM Distinguished Scientist (2009); three GoogleResearch Awards (two in 2009 and one in 2010); the Air Force Office of Scientific Research-Young Investigator Award (2012); the National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue EagleAward (2010); the William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement (2005); Defense AdvancedResearch Projects Agency-Young Faculty Award (2010); Computing Research Association (CRA)Nico Habermann Award (2002) for recognition of significant contributions toward increasingunder-represented groups in computing; the University of California, Berkeley DistinguishedEngineering Young Outstanding Leader Award (2002); the Hewlett-Packard IEEE Harriet B.Rigas Award for an Outstanding Woman Educator (2002 and 2004); the MarketingOpportunities in Business and Entertainment (MOBE) Influencers and Innovators of theInternet and Technology Award (2003); Richard A. Tapia Achievement Award for ScientificScholarship, Civic Science, and Diversifying Computing (2005); NASA Public Service Medal22

(2001); NASA Group Achievement Award (1998); Golden Key Award (1996); Dr. Dobb'sExcellence in Programming Award (2008); Dr. Dobb's Productivity Award (for helpingprogrammers to improve their code - 1995); Dr. Dobb's Jolt Cola Award for Excellence inTechnical Documentation (1990); and the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award (1993). Ourendowed chair, Bjarne Stroustrup, was named one of “America's twelve top young scientists” byFortune Magazine in 1990 and as one of “the 20 most influential people in the computerindustry in the last 20 years” by BYTE magazine in 1995.Members of our faculty are well recognized in the area of service to the profession andcommunity. In the last six years alone, the CSE faculty has held well over 80 important andinfluential professional positions, including editors-in-chief of professional journals,chairpersons of technical conferences, and president of a professional society. Richard Volz,professor emeritus, served as president of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society fromJanuary 2006 to December 2007. In 1976 Professor Emeritus Dick Simmons served as presidentof the IEEE Computer Society, the largest professional organization in computer science.The department’s influence and exposure is rapidly growing through participation on majorboards. The computer science and engineering faculty are currently serving on the followingnational or federal boards/committees: NSF CISE Advisory Committee (the NSF CISEDirectorate is the primary source of funding in the department); IEEE Robotics and AutomationSociety Administrative Committee; the University of California at Berkeley College ofEngineering Advisory Board; Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s TechnologyWorkforce Development Advisory Board; the ANSI/ISO C++ Standards Committee; NISTSubcommittee on Technology and Innovation; Vice-General Chair of the IEEE InternationalWorkshop on Defect Based Testing ( 2006); International Journal of Parallel, Emergent andDistributed Systems Editorial Board Member (2010 – present); American Association forArtificial Intelligence; TPC co-chair IEEE International Conference on ComputerCommunications and Networks (2009); IEEE Robotics and Automation Society co-chair of theTechnical Committee on Networked Robots (2007-2009); National Computational ScienceAlliance Executive Committee Member; the CRA Committee on the Status of Women (CRA-W);Computing Research Association Board of Directors Member ( 2008 – present); chair of theCoalition to Diversify Computing (CDC) (2002-2003), a joint organization of three nationalsocieties in computer science and computer engineering—ACM, Computing ResearchAssociation (CRA), and IEEE Computer Society; Grace Hopper Celebration of Women inComputing Program Committee Chair for Invited Talks (2004) and Member of AcademicAdvisory Committee (2006, 2010) and Scholarship Committee Co-Chair (2007, 2008, 2009,2010, 2011). Other past service on national or federal boards includes: National Institute ofHealth Visible Human Project; Air Force Scientific Advisory Board; NASA Aerospace SafetyAdvisor Panel; NASA Center of Excellence in Information Technology Steering Committee;NASA Space Station Advisory Committee; NASA Automation and Robotics Panel.III.8 Summary of Recognition, Awards, Indications of Successful Teaching (TO)As noted earlier, Texas A&M University, the College of Engineering and Texas EngineeringExperiment Station (TEES) have well-developed awards programs in place to recognize theefforts of faculty and staff. Nominations for these awards, initiated within the department, havehad a good degree of success. Recent awards are listed at the end of this section.Descriptions of College level awards that we typically nominate faculty for are included below(note that TEES awards are considered as college level). At the University level, there are alsoseveral opportunities for recognition, such as the following that we have recently nominatedfaculty for (not an inclusive list): Montague Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar Program,President’s Advising Award, Koldus Faculty & Staff Achievement Award, Regents ProfessorService Award, Bush Excellence in Public Service Award, University Faculty Fellow, University23

Distinguished Lecturer, and TAMU Diversity Award. The Texas A&M University Association ofFormer Students also sponsors University-level distinguished achievement awards in teaching,research, individual student relations, and staff excellence. The department has also nominatedfaculty for the following national level awards: Computing Research Association – Women(CRA-W) Anita Borg Early Career Award, NSF National Medal of Science, IEEE Kyoto Award,IEEE Computer Society Computer Entrepreneur Award, CRA Distinguished Service Award.Dwight Look College of Engineering AwardsHalliburton Foundation Professorship. The selection criteria include outstandingaccomplishments in teaching, research, scholarship, professional service and student interactionduring the past five years. Nominations may be submitted by College of EngineeringDepartment Heads. Awards may be used for salary supplements, including summer financialsupport for faculty. Funds may also be used for travel, memberships and attendance atseminars and conferences. Funds are not to be used for building programs, equipmentpurchases, faculty recruiting, or financial assistance for student activities. Holders of endowedpositions are ineligible for this award.E. D. Brockett Professorship. The criteria for the E.D. Brockett Professorship are to emphasizea scholar’s continuing contributions to the field of engineering. Contributions and activitiesduring the past five years should be the focus of the nomination. The fiscal officer responsiblefor the endowment’s investments shall certify the sum to be available each year. The funds shallbe used by the recipient primarily for professional development. Proper expenditures include,but are not limited to research support, special study, writing and other scholarly activities. Theuse of the funds for salary of the recipient will be limited to summer salary. Holders of endowedpositions are ineligible for this award.Charles W. Crawford Distinguished Service Award. In 1962, The Charles W. Crawford Awardwas established for distinguished service to the College of Engineering. Mr. Crawford was theinaugural recipient of this award. The award is intended to provide recognition to those inengineering that have made significant contributions to the College. Nominations are to besubmitted by department heads. The basis of the nomination shall be on contributions madeduring the past five years. Holders of endowed positions (i.e., professorship and chair holders)are eligible for this award.BP Amoco Teaching Excellence Award. This award is to recognize long-term teaching excellenceby faculty of the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. The BP Amoco Foundationprovides annual support for two awards. These awards are open to all engineering faculty. Theaward winners shall be selected from nominations submitted by the Department Heads of theDwight Look College of Engineering and will be reviewed by a committee appointed by the Deanof Engineering. In selecting the award winner, the primary consideration shall be the qualityand long-term efforts of teaching.Lockheed Fort Worth Company Excellence In Engineering Award. This award will be given forexcellence and will not be restricted solely to teaching as it is recognized that teaching is notlimited to classroom performance. Teaching encompasses a wide range of activities includingundergraduate and graduate teaching, but also graduate advising and academic materialsdevelopment at all levels. However, teaching is one aspect of faculty excellence that should beemphasized in the individual. Such recognition for teaching should be made at the graduate orundergraduate level and should focus on contributions and activities during the past five years.Holders of endowed positions (i.e., professorships and chairs) are eligible for this award. Acommittee will be selected by the Dean of Engineering for review of nominations. The awardholds a cash benefit (amount subject to change but usually around $1,500) and the recipient will24

e announced at a College of Engineering faculty meeting by a representative from LockheedFort Worth.Tenneco Meritorious Teaching Award. Tenneco, Inc. desires to recognize meritorious teachingby faculty members of the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. For this purpose,Tenneco, Inc. has endowed two annual awards for the meritorious teaching of engineering. Onewill be awarded in the Department of Petroleum Engineering and the other in the College ofEngineering (no specific department). The award winner for the College will be reviewed by aCommittee appointed by the Dean of Engineering. In selecting the award winner, the primaryconsideration shall be the quality of teaching but contributions to the College and Universityand scholarly achievements shall also be considered. Holders of endowed positions (i.e.,professorship and chair holders) are eligible for nomination to this award.Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Fellows Program - TEES Fellow and SeniorFellow. In keeping with the Texas A&M University System's goal, the Texas EngineeringExperiment Station has created the TEES Fellows program to recognize outstanding individuals.TEES has established this program to support and encourage the continued development ofexceptional initiatives. Nominations for TEES Fellows and TEES Senior Fellows are accepted onbehalf of the faculty and staff of the Texas A&M University System who actively participate inthe programs of the TEES. Nominations may be made only by the appropriate TEES DivisionHead or Center Director. A committee formed by the Director of TEES will evaluate thenominations and recommend candidates to the Director for approval. These awards arereserved for the ranks of Professor and Associate Professor and faculty equivalent titles. Themain thrust of these awards is to recognize long-term outstanding performance. Candidatesmust be nominated each year and compete without regard to previous appointments. Fellowsselected for a third year (not necessarily consecutive) earn the designation of TEES SeniorFellow. This is a permanent designation which carries no explicit monetary award.TEES Select Young Faculty. Select Young Faculty is another level of this program. Nominationsmay be made only by the appropriate TEES Division Head or Center Director. A committeeformed by the Director of TEES will evaluate the nominations and recommend candidates to theDirector for approval. The main thrust of these awards will be to recognize outstandingperformance during the early stages of one’s career. This award level is reserved for the rank ofAssistant Professor and faculty equivalent titles. Candidates must be nominated each year andcompete without regard to previous appointments.** International awards and committees are not included in the above sections.Department of Computer Science and Engineering Faculty AwardsAY11 Name AwardCaverlee Center for Teaching Excellence Montague ScholarAFOSR Young investigator Research Program AwardNSF CAREER AwardDos Reis NSF CAREER AwardHurley President’s Academic Advising AwardMurphy Fast Magazine Influential Woman in TechnologyRauchwerger IEEE FellowSchaefer NSF CAREER Award25

TaylorWardWilliamsBest Paper - 14th IEEE International Conference on ComputationalScience & EngineeringFulbright Senior ScholarDenice Denton Emerging Leader AwardAY10 NameAmatoCaverleeGuGutierrezHammondJarviKeyserSchaeferStroustrupWalkerAwardE.D. Brockett Professorship AwardTEES Senior FellowDARPA Young Faculty AwardNSF CAREER AwardAssociation of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award forTeaching (College Level)Google Research AwardTEES Select Young FacultyWilliam Keeler Faculty FellowBest Paper - EurographicsDistinguished ProfessorRigmor and Carl Holst-Knudsen Science Prize – Aarhus UniversityCharles Crawford Service AwardAY09 NameAmatoCaverleeGutierrezJarviJiangKimAwardIEEE FellowGoogle Research AwardBarbara and Ralph Cox ’53 Faculty FellowTenneco Meritorious Teaching AwardNSF CAREER AwardBest Paper - IEEE Signal Processing and Encoding for Data StorageNSF CAREER AwardKlappenecker Best Paper – 3rd International Conference on Quantum, Nano, and MicroTechnologiesLoguinov Best Paper – IEEETEES FellowMurphy International Rescue System Institute Motohiro Kisoi AwardIEEE FellowShipman ACM Distinguished ScientistGoogle Research AwardStroustrupAssociation of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award forResearch (College and University Level)26

WelchAssociation of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award forTeaching (College and University Level)AY08 NameAwardBettati Chevron Faculty FellowChoe Best Paper - International Conference on Pattern RecognitionJarvi Best Paper – ACM Symposium on Applied ComputingJiang NSF CAREER AwardKerne NSF CAREER AwardLoguinov Best Paper – 17th International World Wide Web ConferenceMurphy Wired Magazine Alpha GeekRauchwerger IBM Faculty FellowStroustrup Dr. Dobb’s Excellence in Programming AwardWelch Texas A&M University Regents Professor AwardCharles Crawford Service AwardWalker E.D. Brockett ProfessorshipAY07 NameAwardChen Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award forTeaching (University Level)Keyser Tenneco Meritorious Teaching AwardKlappenecker Halliburton Faculty FellowSong TEES Select Young FacultyStroustrup TEES FellowWalker Dwight Look College of Engineering FellowAY06 NameAwardAmato Halliburton ProfessorshipChen Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award forTeaching (College Level)Choe Big XII Faculty FellowshipSong NSF CAREER AwardWalker Faculty FellowLockheed Martin Teaching Excellence AwardAY05 NameAward27

Friesen ConocoPhillips Faculty FellowLoguinov TEES Select Young FacultyRauchwerger TEES FellowSong Best Paper – IEEE International Conference on Robotics and AutomationStroustrup IEEE FellowSigma Xi William Procter Prize for Scientific AchievementComputer Museum of America's Computer Hall of Fame Class of 2004Taylor Richard Tapia Achievement Award for Scientific Scholarship, CivicScience, and Diversifying ComputingAY04 Name AwardIoerger Faculty FellowKlappenecker TEES Select Young Faculty AwardPetersen President’s Advising AwardStroustrup Elected Member, National Academy of EngineeringIEEE Computer Society Computer Entrepreneur AwardWelch IEEE Hewlett Packard Harriet B. Rigas Education AwardAY03 NameChenKeyserLiuTaylorWelchWalkerAwardFaculty FellowMontague Center for Teaching Excellence ScholarTAMU International Excellence AwardMOBE Influencers and Innovators of the Internet and Technology AwardTEES FellowLockheed Martin Teaching Excellence AwardAdvanced Micro Devices (AMD) FellowAY02 Name AwardBettati BP Amoco Teaching Excellence AwardFriesen Faculty FellowRauchwerger TEES FellowSarin TEES Select Young FellowTaylor CRA A. Nico Habermann AwardWalker Faculty FellowAY01 NameAward28

AmatoFurutaMahapatraNelsonSarinTaylorTEES FellowTEES FellowFord Faculty FellowHalliburton ProfessorshipTEES Special Research FellowIEEE Hewlett Packard Harriet B. Rigas Education AwardAY00 NameAwardRauchwerger TEES Select Young FacultySarin NSF CAREER AwardVaidya Faculty FellowWelch AFS/Teaching (successful at CoE level)Lockheed Excellence in Teaching AwardYenTEES FellowAY99 NameAmatoFurutaShipmanAwardTennaco Meritorious TeachingFaculty FellowBest Paper – ACM HypertextAY98 NameAwardAmato TAMU Diversity AwardWomen’s Week AwardChen AFS/Teaching (successful at CoE level)AMOCO TeachingRauchwerger NSF CAREER AwardShipman NSF CAREER AwardTrinkle Faculty FellowWalker TEES FellowWelch Faculty FellowIV QUALITY ENHANCEMENT PLANIV.1 Intended OutcomesThe Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) themes for the Department of Computer Science andEngineering are:Research29

Diversity Internationalization TechnologyThe complete QEP for the Department was developed in September 2003. The QEP contains alist of desired outcomes for each degree program. The intended outcomes for each degreeprogram involve three components:1. Preparing our students to be competitive in the job market – industry or academia.2. Ensuring that our students make adequate progress toward graduating.3. Ensuring that our students have the skills and background to be valued employees.Our students must perform high quality research to be competitive in academia. This aspect ofour intended outcome specifically addresses the QEP theme of strengthening our researchproductivity. Moreover, diversity and internationalization are directly related to providinggraduates that are competitive in the job market since the employers are looking for diversityand individuals prepared to be effective in a global workplace.If we are to be efficient in producing Ph.D. graduates, we must continually monitor the progressof the students. Students frequently need mentoring and advising to make sure that they do notspend an excessive amount of time in finding an advisor, research topic, etc. If a student isunable to meet the demands of a research degree, they must be made aware of the situationearly in their educational career.In addition to research quality, the employers of our students demand that they have experienceworking in teams; are able to communicate effectively; and have a strong general background incomputer science topics.IV.2 Means of Assessment and Criteria for SuccessIn order to determine how well we are meeting these objectives, we can use objective data fromthe University to measure how many of our students are staying in the program and how long ittakes them to complete their doctorate. The Office of Institutional Studies and Planningprepares reports giving the average number of semesters to graduate and the retention rate.To ensure that our Ph.D. students are making adequate progress toward graduating weinstituted an annual doctoral student review in 2004. This assessment will enhance our overallefforts in quality enhancement by identifying students not making progress toward their degreeor in need of mentoring. Once identified, we can offer help to these students, and track theirprogress more carefully.We can also observe how successful our graduates are in obtaining suitable positions. Recently,our students have taken jobs primarily in academia, national labs, or in the computer industry.Whether our graduates have learned the skills and attitudes to make good employees is moresubjective. For the case of academic positions, one measurable is the ability of our graduates toprogress through the academic rankings of assistant, associate and full professors. For the caseof industrial positions, it is difficult to measure as each position is unique. It is for this reasonthat we have been discussing the use of employer surveys to obtain some feedback. This is still inthe discussion stage, as the careful wording of survey questions is critical to getting useful data.IV.3 Actual Results ObtainedAll of last year’s doctoral graduates were successful in finding suitable employment. Many ofour graduates of the last few years have gone to academic institutions and the reputation ofthese schools is better than in previous years. Examples of schools that have hired our recentgraduates include Ohio State University, Vassar College, Washington University in St. Louis,University of the South, DePaul University, Iowa State University, Bucknell University,30

University of Illinois at Springfield, University of Denver. Other recent graduates have beenhired into industry positions at such companies as IBM, Nortel, Boeing, Dell, Microsoft, HP,Intel, IBM, Texas Instruments and Agilent Technologies. Some research facilities that employour recent Ph.D. graduates are IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, NASA Goddard, NavalResearch Laboratory, Baker Center for Bioinformatics and Biological Sciences at Iowa StateUniversity, and the Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute (ETRI) in Korea.We expect to keep at least 90% of our Ph.D. students each year remaining in the Ph.D. programsor graduating. Table IV.1 shows the results of the Ph.D. review. It lists the year, number ofstudents reviewed, number found satisfactory (Sat), number who need improvement (NI),number who are unsatisfactory (Unsat), number who must file an improvement plan (Improve)and number dismissed from the program (Dismiss). As can be seen, initially the process flaggedmany students, then fewer were flagged, and more recently faculty have become tougher on thestudents to push them to make faster progress.Table IV.1 Annual Ph.D. Review StatisticsYear Students Sat NI Unsat NR Improve Dismiss2011 148 101 28 17 1 43 22010 166 131 11 8 1 15 12009 170 123 22 11 12 32 12008 161 137 11 7 5 17 12007 172 149 10 7 6 14 32006 183 129 24 26 0 38 92005 209 165 20 23 0 40 02004 168 134 13 18 0 0 0Since 1996, the average time for a Ph.D. student to finish their degree is 5.8 years. This numberhas been slowly falling as the Ph.D. review has identified students who are making relativelyslow progress.IV.4 Use of Results for ImprovementThe results of the Ph.D. review led to the following actions:Ph.D. students were required to have a degree plan filed with an advisor and committeeby the end of their third semester. An extension would only be granted at faculty request.Faculty emphasized to students to need to submit a proposal and pass their preliminaryexam in a timely fashion. Each year the expectations in the annual Ph.D. review haverisen for students to stay closer to the typical timeline.Ph.D. students whose performance was not satisfactory were required to writeperformance improvement plans with the approval of their advisor and the departmenthead, and then held to these plans.Students who do not improve are dismissed from the program.A qualifying exam was re-instituted. The results will be used in the Ph.D. review in May2012 for the first time.31

VSTATISTICAL SUMMARIESV.1 Student ProfileV.1.1 Master’sFall 2011 enrollment data reports 162 master’s degree seeking graduate students. The master’sdegree population consists of 33 women and 92 international students.V.1.2 DoctoralFall 2011 enrollment data reports 160 doctoral seeking graduate students. The doctoral studentpopulation consists of 21 women and 110 international students.V.1.3 Non-Degree StudentsThe same enrollment data also reported that 1 graduate student is enrolled as a non-degreeseeking student. These are typically students who are employees on campus who do not meetour normal admissions standards, and wish to take some courses and prove their potential andbe reconsidered for admission.V.1.4 Student DemographicsStudent demographics for the 2011 program are indicated in Sections V.1.1 through V.1.3. Afurther detail is that approximately 16% of our U.S. students are from out-of-state.V.1.5 Number of AdmissionsIn academic year 2011, 165 graduate students were admitted, including 43 Ph.D. students (11US), and 122 master’s students (21 US). The number of admitted Ph.D. students is lower thanprevious years because the university budget cut resulted in a decrease in the number ofdepartmental assistantships we could offer. On the other hand, the numbers are still consistentwith our goal of remaining at roughly 300 graduate students, with about half of them beingPh.D. students. Each year we receive over 300 Ph.D. and 800 master’s applications. Nearly all ofthe master’s applications are for the M.S. program, with a small number for the Master ofComputer Science or Master of Engineering non-thesis degrees. Only a few non-thesis studentsare admitted each year, who are of similar quality to the M.S. students.V.1.6 Student Financial SupportThere are several methods of support for graduate students. Over the past eight years, strongpreference has been given to doctoral students in assigning assistantships, with the lesserpriority given to master’s students with the thesis option. Thus, the support for the non-thesisdegrees is very small. Preference is also given to doctoral students over master’s. Mostassistantships are $1,400/month at the master’s level and $1,600/month at the doctoral level,plus tuition and fees. Types of support are:Graduate teaching assistantship (GAT). These are used to help recruit students and givefaculty an opportunity to get to know the student before committing their researchfunds.Graduate research assistantship (GAR). These are usually funds controlled by theindividual faculty.Graduate Assistant Non-Teaching (GANT). These assistantships are mostly utilized inproviding state of the art computational facilities within the department.Some GANTs are available from other departments within the university. There is a reviewprocess that must be approved by this department and the funding department verifying that32

this work will further the educational program. If this is not certified, then the student will notbe eligible for in-state tuition.V.2 Faculty ProfileV.2.1 Tenure and Non-TenureTable V.1. Tenured and tenure track (non-tenure) faculty as of Fall 2011RANK STATUS NUMBERFull Professor Tenured 15Associate Professor Tenured 13Assistant Professor Tenure-Track 8V.2.2Tenure ReviewsTable V.2. Tenure Reviews 2004 through 2011EffectiveDatePromotion toDistinguishedProfessorPromotion toProfessorTenure &Promotion toProfessorTenure &Promotion toAssociateProfessorTenure asAssociateProfessorPromotion toSeniorLecturer9/1/04 Nancy Amato Joseph Hurley9/1/05 Vivek Sarin9/1/06 LawrenceRauchwergerFrank ShipmanHank Walker9/1/07 RiccardoBettatiRiccardoGutierrez-OsunaJohn KeyserAndreasKlappeneckerRabi MahapatraYoonsuck ChoeDmitri Loguinov9/1/08 Steve Liu Andruid KerneSing-Hoi Sze9/1/09 Robin Murphy*9/1/10 Bjarne Stroustrup RabiMahapatra9/1/11 AndreasKlappeneckerDmitriLoguinovEun Jung KimJaakko JarviDezhen SongTracy HammondTiffani WilliamsAndrew Jiang* Awarded on arrival to TAMUV.2.3Post Tenure ReviewIn 1997, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering adopted a Post Tenure ReviewPolicy to supplement the existing College of Engineering Post Tenure Review Policy. Thedepartmental policy specifies three things:33

1) The levels of performance to be used for the purpose of post tenure review.2) The criteria to be used in determining performance level.3) The composition of the Departmental Review Committee to review those tenured facultywhose performance the department head states to be unsatisfactory.Each year, the department head shall provide an evaluation of faculty for purposes of posttenure review. This rating is distinct and separate from comments made in a faculty member’sannual review. Each tenured faculty member shall be ranked at one of the three levels ofperformance in each of the three categories of work, as follows:Teaching Research ServiceSuperior Superior SuperiorSatisfactory Satisfactory SatisfactoryUnsatisfactory Unsatisfactory UnsatisfactoryThese three area rankings are combined to give an overall satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade asfollows:Rule 1: If teaching is unsatisfactory, then the overall rating is unsatisfactory.Rule 2: If research is unsatisfactory, then either teaching or service must be superior toget an overall satisfactory, otherwise the overall is unsatisfactory.The Departmental Review Committee shall be composed of the Promotion and TenureCommittee Chair, Associate Department Head for Academics and the Department Head. TheReview Committee shall be convened in the case that the Department Head rates theperformance of one or more tenured faculty as unsatisfactory.V.2.4 Teaching LoadThe nominal teaching load for tenure/tenure-track faculty is three courses during the academicyear. Of these courses, about half are undergraduate classes and half are graduate classes. Newfaculty have a lighter teaching load for the first two years (two courses per academic year) andfaculty are able to use research funds to buy out of a course if they would like a lighter load.Lighter loads are also given to faculty with a heavy administrative load. Over the last few years,the average number of courses per faculty member per academic year has been about 2.3.Special topics classes, CPSC 689s, are frequently taught; these classes may be new topics thatare intended to become regular classes or research oriented courses in the faculty member’s areathat may only be taught once or twice. Nearly half of the graduate offerings in the last two yearshave been CPSC 689 classes.V.2.5 Faculty Professional ActivitiesFaculty Term/Date Title JournalAmato, NancyAmato, Nancy2009-Present2009-PresentEditorialBoardMemberEditorialBoardMemberTheory of Computing SystemsJournal of Computational GeometryAmato, Nancy2008-PresentAssociateEditorInternational Journal of ComputationalGeometry and Applications (IJCGA)34

Amato, Nancy 2006 – 2010 EditorAmato, Nancy 2005 – 2011 EditorAmato, Nancy 2002 – 2005Amato, Nancy 2001 – 2004AssociateEditorAssociateEditorAmato, Nancy 2008 Guest EditorAmato, Nancy 2008 Guest EditorAmato, Nancy 2006 Guest EditorAmato, Nancy 2006 Guest EditorAmato, Nancy 2005 Guest EditorAmato, Nancy 2003 Guest EditorAmato, Nancy 2011Caverlee,JamesEditor-in-ChiefEditorialBoardMemberIEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyConference Editorial Board (CEB)Journal of Information Science andEngineeringIEEE Transactions on Parallel andDistributed ComputingIEEE Transactions on Robotics andAutomationTheoretical Computer Science (TCS) SpecialIssue “Excursions in Algorithmics: ACollection of Papers in Honor of Franco P.Preparata”International Journal on Robotics Research(IJRR) Special Issue of selected papers fromthe 2006 InternIEEE Transactions on Parallel andDistributed Computing, Special Issue onHigh-Performance Computational BiologyRobotics and Autonomous Systems Journal,Special Issue of selected papers from the 8 thConference on Intelligent AutonomousSystemsInternational Journal on Robotics Research,Special Issue on Robotics Techniques Appliedto Computational BiologyTheory of Computing Systems, Special Issueof selected papers from the 13 th Annual ACMSymposium on Parallel Algorithms andArchitecturesConference Editorial Board, IEE/RSJ Intern.Conf. of Intelligent Robots and SystemsGeoJournal (Springer)Chen, Jianer 2012 Guest EditorIEEE/ACM Transactions on ComputationalBiology and Bioinformatics, Special Issue onBioinformatics Research and ApplicationsChen, Jianer 2012 Guest EditorChen , Jianer 2011VolumeEditorBMC Bioinformatics, Special Issue onBioinformatics Research and ApplicationsBioinformatics Research and Applications,Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics35

Chen, Jianer 2011 EditorChen, Jianer 2009Chen, Jianer 2009VolumeEditorVolumeEditorChen, Jianer 2008 Guest EditorChen, Jianer 2004 Guest EditorChen, Jianer 2003 Guest EditorFuruta,RichardFuruta,RichardFuruta,RichardFuruta,RichardFuruta,RichardFuruta,RichardFuruta,RichardFuruta,Richard2002 Editor2000 Editor1995 Editor1994 Editor1994 Editor1991 Editor1990 Editor1989 EditorGu, Guofei 2011 Guest EditorTheoretical Computer Science, Special Issueon Algorithms, Complexity andComputational ModelsLecture Notes in Computer Science,Parameterized and Exact ComputationLecture Notes in Computer Science, Theoryand Applications of Models of ComputationAlgorithmica, Special Issue on Parameterizedand Exact ComputationDiscrete Applied Mathematics, Special Issueon Parameterized Mathematics andTheoretical Computer ScienceJournal of Computer and System Sciences,Special Issue on Parameterized Computationand ComplexityProceedings of the 2002 ACM Symposium onDocument Engineering, ACM PressProceedings of the fifth ACM Conference onDigital Libraries, ACM PressProceedings of Digital Libraries ’95: TheSecond Annual Conference on the Theoryand Practice of Digital Libraries,Hypermedia Research Laboratory, TexasA&M UniversityProceedings, ACM 1994 Conference onComputer Supported Cooperative Work,ACM PressProceedings of Digital Libraries ’94: TheFirst Annual Conference on the Theory andPractice of Digital Libraries, HypermediaResearch Laboratory, Texas A&M UniversityThird ACM Conference on HypertextProceedings, ACMEP90: Electronic Publishing 1990(Proceedings of the International Conferenceon Electronic Publishing, DocumentManipulation and Typography, CambridgeUniversity PressStructured Documents, Cambridge UniversityPressComputer Networks, special issue on “BotnetActivity: Analysis, Detection and Shutdown”36

Gu, Guofei 2011Gutierrez-Osuna,RicardoGutierrez-Osuna,RicardoGutierrez-Osuna,RicardoGutierrez-Osuna,RicardoKlappenecker,AndreasKlappenecker,AndreasKlappenecker,AndreasLiu, Jyh-CharnLiu, Jyh-CharnLiu, Jyh-CharnLiu, Jyh-CharnLiu, Jyh-CharnLiu, Jyh-CharnLiu, Jyh-CharnMahapatra,Rabi2006 –Present20092003 – 200520122010 – 20132006 –Present2004 – 20072007 –PresentEditorialBoardAssociatedEditorEditorialBoardEditorialBoardGuestAssociateEditorAssociateEditorAssociateEditorAssociateEditorEditor2005 – 2007 Editor2006 Guest Editor2004 Guest Editor2002 Guest Editor2006 Co-Editor2005 Guest EditorAssociateEditorInternational Journal of Security andNetworksIEEE Sensors JournalIEEE International Conference on Roboticsand AutomationSensor LettersSpecial Issue on Machine Olfaction, IEEESensors JournalCurrent Development in Theory andApplications of WaveletsJournal of Wavelet Theory and ApplicationsFluctuation and Noise LettersJournal of Systems ArchitectureJournal of Microprocessors andMicrosystemsJournal of Microprocessors andMicrosystems, Special Issue on SensorSystemsJournal of Microprocessors andMicrosystems, Special Issue on SecureComputing PlatformsIEEE Computing and Control Journal, “RealTime Embedded Systems”Proceedings of 12 th IEEE Real-Time andEmbedded Technology and ApplicationsSymposiumSpecial Issue on “Real-Time and EmbeddedTechnology and Applications” ACMTransactions on Embedded ComputingSystemsIEEE Trans on PDS37

Mahapatra,RabiMahapatra,RabiMurphy,RobinMurphy,RobinRauchwerger,LawrenceRauchwerger,LawrenceRauchwerger,LawrenceRauchwerger,LawrenceRauchwerger,LawrenceSchaefer,ScottSchaefer,ScottSchaefer,ScottSchaefer,ScottShell, DylanShell, DylanShipman,FrankSong, DezhenSong, Dezhen2000 – 20091997 –Present2003 –Present2011 –PresentAssociateEditorEditorAssociateEditorAssociateEditorEditorialBoardMemberEditorialBoardMember2002 Guest Editor2000 Guest Editor2000 Guest Editor2010 –Present2010 –PresentAssociateEditorAssociateEditorACM Transactions on Embedded SystemsJournal of Embedded SystemsIEEE Intelligent SystemsRobotics and Autonomous Systems JournalInt. Journal of Parallel ProcessingJournal of Information Science andEngineeringInt. Journal of Parallel Computing, SpecialIssue on Selected Papers from IWACT 2001Journal of Parallel Computing, Special Issueon Parallel Processing for IrregularApplicationsInt. Journal of Parallel Computing, SpecialIssue on Selected Papers from ICS ‘99Graphical Models (GMOD)The Visual Computer2010 – 2011 Guest Editor Computer Aided Design2010 – 2011 Guest Editor Computer Aided Geometric Design10-Aug-2011– 28-Nov-201108-Aug-2009--- 20-Nov-20092010 –Present2008 –PresentAssociateEditorAssociateEditorTheme EditorAssociatedEditorAssociateEditorIEEE Robotics and Automation Society for2012 International Conference on Roboticsand Automation (ICRA)IEEE Robotics and Automation Society for2010 International Conference on Roboticsand Automation (ICRA)Journal of Digital Information, Oxford PressIEEE Transactions on Automation Scienceand EngineeringIEEE Transactions on Robotics38

Song, Dezhen 2009 Guest EditorStoleru, Radu 2009 – 2011Stoleru, Radu 2008 – 2011Stoleru, Radu 2008 – 2011Taylor,ValerieTaylor,ValerieTaylor,ValerieTaylor,ValerieTaylor,ValerieTaylor,ValerieWelch,Jennifer2000 –Present2004 – 20072001 – 2007EditorialBoardMemberEditorialBoardMemberEditorialBoardMemberEditorialBoardMemberEditorialBoardMemberEditorialBoardMember2002 Guest Editor1999 Guest Editor1997 Guest Editor2010 –PresentEditorialBoardMemberJournal of Intelligent Service Robotics,Special Issue on Networked RobotsInderscience; International Journal of AdHoc and Ubiquitous ComputingIARIA: International Journal on Advances inNetworks and ServicesIARIA: International Journal on Advances inTelecommunicationsCluster Computing: The Journal ofNetworks, Software Tools and ApplicationsParallel ComputingJournal on Grid ComputingCluster Computing: The Journal ofNetworks, Software Tools and Applications,Special Issue on Performance Analysis andModeling of Parallel and DistributedApplications and SystemsJournal of VLSI Signal Processing, SpecialIssueJournal of VLSI Signal Processing, SpecialIssueInternational Journal on Parallel, Emergentand Distributed SystemsWelch,JenniferWelch,JenniferWelch,JenniferWelch,Jennifer2009 –Present1994 –PresentAssociateEditorEditorialBoardMember2006 Co-Editor2002 – 2005EditorialBoardMemberDistributed ComputingChicago Journal of Theoretical ComputerScienceACM Luwer Mobile Networks andApplications (MONET) Journal, SpecialIssue on Foundations of Mobile ComputingJournal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers39

Williams,Tiffani2010 –PresentAssociateEditorSystematic BiologyV.2.6Faculty Hired and Retired During Last Five YearsTable V.4. Faculty hired and retired 2004 through 2011DATEFACULTY HIRED/LEVELFACULTYRETIRED/LEVELFACULTYRESIGNED/LEVEL8/04 Dick Volz, Professor8/04 Dezhen Song, Assistant Prof.9/04 Jaakko Jarvi, Assistant Prof.8/05 Bruce McCormick, Professor9/05 Anxiao Jiang, Assistant Prof.9/05Tiffani Williams, AssistantProf.6/06 John Leggett, Professor8/068/06Tracy Hammond, AssistantProf.Gabriel Dos Reis, AssistantProf.9/06 Jinxiang Chai, Assistant Prof.9/06 Scott Schaefer, Assistant Prof.5/07 Du Li, Assistant Professor6/07 Bart Childs, Professor8/07 Dick Simmons, Professor8/07James Caverlee, AssistantProf.9/07 Radu Stoleru, Assistant Prof.8/08Robin Murphy, Professorw/Tenure8/08 Guofei Gu, Assistant Prof.8/08 Scott Pike, Assistant Prof.5/09 Udo Pooch, Professor9/09 Dylan Shell, Assistant Prof.40

12/09 Glenn Williams, Professor6/10 Jeff Vitter, Professor7/11 William Lively, Professor8/11Evdokia Nikolova, AssistantProf.8/11 Donald Friesen, ProfessorV.2.7Average Age of Full-time FacultyTable V.5. Average age of full-time faculty by rand and for allRANKAVERAGE AGEAssistant Professor 37Associate Professor 42Full Professor 53V.2.8Gender, Minority RepresentationTable V.6. Gender and minority representation forComputer Science and Engineering facultyFACULTY (BYGENDER)FULL ASSOCIATE ASSISTANTMale 13 11 7Female 4 2 1FACULTY (BYETHNICITY)FULL ASSOCIATE ASSISTANTAfrican American 1 1 1Native American 0 0 0Resident Asian 3 5 0Hispanic American 0 1 0White 13 6 5Nonresident Asian 0 0 2V.2.9 Faculty Curriculum Vitae (see Appendix A)VI PROGRAM COMPONENTSVI.1Graduate ProgramsAdvanced study in computer science and computer engineering provides students with the skillsto design and utilize modern computer systems. The Department encourages both fundamentalresearch in computing and interdisciplinary research. Research projects in diverse areas offerstudents a wide range of opportunities to gain experience while completing requirements for41

advanced degrees. Significant computational facilities, networks, and other resources areavailable to support student research.Graduate studies in the Department can lead to the following degrees: Master of Computer Science (MCS) Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering (MEN) Master of Science in Computer Science (MSCS) Master of Science in Computer Engineering (MSCE) Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science (PhDCS) Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Engineering (PhDCE)VI.1.1 AdmissionGeneral Procedure for Applying. Applications for graduate study in the CSE Departmentmust be completed on-line. Application information, including fees, deadlines, requireddocumentation, test scores and other requirements are available online from the CSEDepartment (web) and from the Office of Admissions at Texas A&M University (web).Academic Calendar. The academic year is composed of fall, spring, and summer semesters.The fall semester begins in late August and ends in early December. The spring semester beginsin mid-January and ends in early May. The summer session begins in late May or early June andends in early August. The fall and spring semesters are each 15 weeks. The summer semester is10 weeks in length. Classes may be offered in one of two 5 week sessions. The Texas A&MUniversity deadlines for international applications are March 1 for the fall, August 1 for thespring, and November 1 for the summer. Due to other constraints on timing of scholarship andfellowship deadlines, all applicants are encouraged to use these dates.Entrance Requirements. Applicants must fulfill the requirements for admission to graduatestudies as specified in the graduate catalog and must hold a bachelor’s degree, ideally incomputer science, computer engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.Undergraduate preparation should include: Data structures and analysis of algorithms. Operating systems, compilers, and database systems. Digital design and computer systems architecture. Several high-level programming languages. Mathematics including calculus, linear algebra, and discrete mathematics.Students are responsible for all course prerequisites. While most undergraduate courses cannotbe applied toward graduate degrees, graduate students may take them to ensure they have theappropriate preparation. Students are encouraged to discuss their background with theGraduate Advisor if they have questions.All applicants are required to take the general Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Studentswho do not have a traditional background are encouraged to take the GRE subject test incomputer science.Applicants whose native language is not English are required to submit proof of Englishproficiency. The Graduate Admissions Office (web) for requirements (e.g., TOEFL, IELTS).TAMU Admissions determines whether your country’s language is English.Evaluation Criteria. All applications are reviewed by the Department’s GraduateAdmissions Committee. The criteria used in evaluation of applicants for admission to graduatestudy in computer science and engineering include:academic performance on previous degrees,42

GRE scores and, if applicable, TOEFL scores, relevant background, letters of recommendation, the applicant’s statement of purpose, and other relevant information.The Admissions Committee is primarily interested in determining the applicant’s potential toperform research.VI.1.2 Financial SupportThe department has a number of graduate fellowships, assistantships, and other types ofpositions available for CSE students. Further, the University provides fellowships (e.g., DiversityFellowships) for which we nominate our admitted students.Assistantship positions require 20 hours of work per week and typically have starting salaries of$1,400/month for master’s students and $1,600/month for Ph.D. students. Assistantshipspermit the holder to carry a full academic program of graduate work. The work assignmentsvary from classroom assistance to assisting with research. Many students are employed byfaculty on research projects. Arrangements for these positions are made with individual facultymembers. Students with university financial support (such as teaching or researchassistantships) qualify for resident tuition fees. Students with assistantships are eligible forUniversity health insurance coverage and a portion of their monthly premium is paid by theemployer.Additional positions are available in other campus departments where students can work asprogrammers, systems analysts, and computer operators. Arrangements with other departmentsare made on an individual basis. Additional postings of jobs outside the Department areavailable online at jobsforaggies.tamu.edu.International students must pass the Texas A&M English Language Institute's proficiency examto qualify as a teaching assistant. This is also recommended for research and non-teachingassistantships.VI.1.3 Program RequirementsGraduate students must fulfill the residence and scholastic requirements for graduate study asspecified in the graduate catalog. In addition, the department has these requirements:Grade Point Requirements. Graduate students must maintain a grade point averageof 3.0 in all coursework. A student whose grades drop below this level will be placed onprobation and blocked from registration. A student on probation will be required toconsult the graduate advisor. A student is usually given one semester to correct a gradedeficiency. Each graduate assistant funded by the department must maintain a gradeaverage of 3.25 in all coursework. A graduate assistant whose grades drop below thisprescribed level may lose their assistantship.Registration Requirements. Every graduate student in the department must registerfor a minimum of 1 credit hour every fall and spring semester. Graduate students holdinga departmental graduate assistantship must register for at least 9 credit hours every falland spring semester. Registration is not required in the summer unless the student hasan assistantship, and then 6 credit hours must be taken. Continuous registration can beachieved by registration for one credit hour of CSCE 685 (Directed studies) or 691(Research) in fall and spring semesters.43

VI.1.4 FacilitiesLibrary. Texas A&M University’s Evans Library has one of the finer engineering collections inthe country, and in technical areas related to our program we have excellent coverage of existingmaterials with an acquisitions program that is expanding the collection, not merely keeping itcurrent. Rapid access to electronic resources (over 1,200 databases, 120,000 electronic journaland 1.1 million e-books) is enhanced through an Electronic Resources Locator. Almost all of theelectronic resources are available twenty-four hours a day, on- or off-campus to faculty andstudents via proxy server access, and students may customize their library portal for theresources of interest to them. When searching from a computer on-campus (or via a proxy) theGoogle Scholar system also seamlessly recognizes when TAMU has access to these resources,typically permitting an effortless click-through. In addition to the subscription-based resources,the subject specialist librarians have selected numerous useful government or educational sitedatabases for inclusion in the Electronic Resources Locator database. The Texas A&MUniversity Libraries partnered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to providespecialized resources and services that are only available at two other libraries in the country.These services provide a government agency presence that enables faculty and students to getexpert help with patent and trademark questions.Classroom equipment. There are four lecture-oriented classrooms (104, 113, 124, 126)located within the H.R. Bright building (HRBB), for which the department controls theequipment directly. These classrooms are used primarily for courses in the CSE Department,and are where a majority of the Department’s classes that are part of the Computer Science andComputer Engineering programs are offered. In addition to whiteboards, each of theseclassrooms contains a podium computer, laptop connections, DVD playback device, VHSplayback device, a sound system (including amplifier and speakers) for all of the above, and adigital projector and screen. Equipment in all of the most regularly used classrooms all containsufficient equipment for instruction. Some rooms have additional equipment; for example, thelargest lecture hall (HRBB 124) contains a document camera, and additional audio controls(such as a microphone) and three of the rooms have SMART podium monitors allowingannotations to be made directly to the slides and presentation.In addition to the classrooms controlled by our Department, classes are taught in otherclassrooms under the control of the University. When classrooms in other buildings are used, ifsufficient equipment is not available in the room that is assigned, some equipment (laptop andprojector) can be obtained and set up by university staff for each class. Though not ideal, this isminimally adequate for instruction in those classes.Faculty offices. Sizes for faculty offices generally vary from 121 to 164 square feet. All facultymembers are assigned an individual office with window. There are modern desks, chairs, andtables to facilitate work and meetings with various individuals. Offices contain a whiteboard,telephone (with long-distance capability), bookshelves and filing cabinets (if the faculty memberdesires them). Faculty computers are generally purchased by individual faculty, using variousfunding sources. Among the sources for funding are startup funds (for new faculty), researchgrants, and (perhaps most importantly) a university-wide program that supports upgrades offaculty office computers. This Faculty Workstation Program provides a 3:1 matching for funds(up to $1500 from the University) for purchase of a computer or laptop. Faculty with 4 or moreyears since last using workstation funds are given priority, although funds may also be given tothose with 3 or more year old workstations. Overall, the space and equipment for faculty officesis adequate for faculty members to conduct their business.Computing. The department maintains several computing facilities, connected by a networkthat ties into the campus network. The local network includes a Cisco 6500 core router with 48port fiber core switch module, 200 edge switches (10/100 Mbps), and 20 edge switches (1Gbps).44

The department maintains several servers that provide remote access to students and faculty.These include NetApp devices that provide storage (30 TB of usable disk space), 17 DellPowerEdge servers, 19 Sun servers, and 4 HP ProLiant servers. The department also has twospecial-purpose machines available for remote use: an 8-node Linux cluster, and a recentlyadded GPU-based computer (8 Intel cores, 12 GB RAM, 8 GPUs providing 1024 GPU threads, 12GB video memory).Every student is given 2 GB of disk quota on a department file server. This data is backed upregularly, including hourly, nightly, and weekly snapshots. In addition, students are givenaccess to 500 GB of scratch space on the secondary departmental file server, and have limiteduse of lab hard drive space for scratch data.The servers are configured to support remote access for a variety of services. This includes anSVN server, web hosting, project-based database access, interactive Unix servers for both “low”and “high” CPU usage, scratch disk space, backed up disk space, VPN, and printing. The Unixservers include a very large set of software, too extensive to list here, including all of thestandard compilers and utilities often available for Unix/Linux systems. Among the additionalsoftware provided on the Unix machines is the Sun Studio suite, Mathematica, Adobe Acrobat,and Matlab. Supported software for the Linux cluster is Mathematica, Matlab, and Hspice.Students also have free individual access (i.e. can download their own copies, free) of almost allMicrosoft products, by virtue of the Department’s participation in the Microsoft DevelopersNetwork Academic Alliance; all students enrolled in department courses have been added to thesubscription. This includes important products that may be used for classes, including VisualStudio, SQL Server and Windows Server 2008.Also available as campus resources are the Texas A&M Supercomputing Facility and theImmersive Visualization Center (IVC). The Supercomputing facility includes two large IBMcluster computers, and the IVC consists of a large stereo projection system. Although thesefacilities are used primarily for research purposes, they could potentially be used for teaching, aswell.VI.1.5 Degree RequirementsVI.1.5.1 Master of Computer Science (MCS)The MCS degree is a professional, terminal degree, and does not include a thesis, project, orfinal examination. MCS students have a default advisory committee consisting solely of theGraduate Advisor as chair.Requirements for the MCS degree include:At least 18 credit hours of graded CSCE graduate coursework.Three breadth CSCE courses, one from each of these sets: Theory (627, 629), Systems(605, 613, 614) and Software (604, 606, 655). These must be passed with a grade of B orbetter. These count toward the requirement of 18 hours of graded CSCE graduatecoursework.At most one approved three-credit 400–level CSCE undergraduate course 1 . This coursedoes not count towards the 18 hours of CSCE graded graduate coursework. Only thefollowing courses are eligible for graduate credit (410, 434, 441, 443, 444, 452, 463, and465), and only if the student didn’t take an equivalent course for their own previousdegree(s).1 Only the following CSCE courses are eligible for graduate credit (410, 434, 441, 443, 444, 452, 463, and465), and only if the student did not take an equivalent course for their own previous degree(s).45

Up to 6 credit hours of non-CSCE graded graduate coursework (excluding 681, 684, 685,691). 1 credit hour of CSCE 681 (Graduate Seminar). Up to 3 credit hours of CSCE 685 (Directed Studies). A total of at least 30 credit hours satisfying the above requirements.VI.1.5.2 Master of Science in Computer Science (MSCS)The MSCS degree is a research degree requiring a thesis and final examination (thesis defense).The student must select an Advisory Committee Chair from the Department’s graduate faculty.If a student wishes to have a Chair who does not have an appointment with the Department,then the committee must have two Co-Chairs, including one who is a member of theDepartment’s graduate faculty. (A committee has either one Chair or two Co-Chairs.)The Advisory Committee for the MSCS degree consists of at least three members from the TexasA&M graduate faculty (the Chair counts as a member). There must be at least one member fromanother department and there must be a majority from the Department. The AdvisoryCommittee can have supplemental members who are not members of the Texas A&M graduatefaculty (and hence do not count when evaluating the composition of the committee).Supplemental members are usually added because they have some special expertise that isrelevant to the student’s research topic. Such members are added by “Special Appointment”requests.Requirements for the MSCS degree include: At least 18 credit hours of graded CSCE graduate coursework (excluding CSCE 681, 684,685, 691). Three breadth CSCE courses, one selected from each of these sets: Theory (627, 629),Systems (605, 613, 614) and Software (604, 606, 655). These must be passed with agrade of B or better. These count toward the requirement of 18 hours of graded CSCEgraduate coursework. At most one approved three-credit 400–level CSCE undergraduate course1. This coursedoes not count towards the 18 hours of CSCE graded graduate coursework. At most 6 credit hours of non-CSCE graded graduate coursework (excluding 681, 684,685, 691). 1 credit hour of CSCE 681 (Graduate Seminar). 4 to 7 credit hours of CSCE 691 (Research). Up to 3 credit hours of CSCE 685 (Directed Studies). The combination of 685 and 691cannot exceed 7 credit hours. A total of at least 32 credit hours.VI.1.5.3 PhD in Computer Science (PhDCS)The PhDCS degree is a research degree requiring a dissertation and final examination. The PhDAdvisory Committee is the same as the MSCS degree except that it must have a minimum of fourmembers, a majority from the Department and at least one from another department.Requirements for the PhDCS degree include: At least 30 credit hours of graded graduate coursework (excluding 681, 684, 685, and691). Three breadth CSCE courses, one selected from each of these sets: Theory (627, 629),Systems (605, 613, 614) and Software (604, 606, 655). These must be passed with agrade of B or better. These count toward the requirement of 30 hours of graded graduatecoursework.46

At most 6 credit hours of approved non-CSCE graded graduate coursework (excluding681, 684, 685, 691). This counts towards the requirement of 30 hours of graded graduatecoursework. 1 to 2 credit hours of CSCE 681 (Graduate Seminar). At least 18 credit hours of CSCE 691 (Research). Normally the number of CSCE 691hours will be increased to meet the required total number of credit hours. A total of at least 96 credit hours (or at least 64 credit hours if the student has a prior,approved and related master’s degree).In addition, students in the PhDCS program must meet the following requirements:- Annual Review. All doctoral students in the department are reviewed annually by theentire faculty. The purpose of the Ph.D. student annual review procedure is to encourageand motivate Ph.D. student research, and to provide additional mentoring for graduatestudy. The student is required to prepare and file certain materials for this review by theannounced deadline, typically in mid-April.- Qualifier Exam. All students who started the PhD program in Fall 2010 or later arerequired to pass the PhD Qualifying Exam (Qual) by the end of their fourth regularsemester (i.e., Spring or Fall). A maximum of two attempts are allowed to pass the Qual.The exam is a two-hour oral exam conducted by a committee of three faculty memberson one of the following areas: (1) Theoretical Foundations, (2) Software, (3) Systems, (4)Human-Centered Systems, or (5) Intelligent Systems. The committee is formed by theGraduate Advisor's office subject to the following constraints: two members must belongto the area selected by the student, and the third member must not belong to the selectedarea. The student's academic advisor, GAR supervisor(s) or 691 instructor(s) may notserve on the committee.- Preliminary Exam. The Preliminary Exam consists of written and oral portions. Eachcommittee member is scheduled to administer a written exam during the approximately3 weeks prior to the common oral examination. The format of the oral exam is flexibleand is determined by the student's Advisory Committee. In the Department, it iscommon for students to present their dissertation proposal at the oral prelim. In thiscase, the student will typically provide the advisory committee members with a draft ofthe proposal several weeks before the prelim.VI.1.5.4 Master of Engineering (MEN)The MEN degree is a professional, terminal degree, and does not include a thesis, project, orfinal examination. MEN students have a default advisory committee consisting solely of theGraduate Advisor as chair.Requirements for the MEN degree include: At least 12 credit hours of graded CSCE graduate coursework (excluding CSCE681, 684,685, 691). At least 6 credit hours of graded ECEN graduate coursework that is not cross-listed withCSCE (excluding ECEN 681, 684, 685, 691). At least 6 credit hours of graded elective graduate coursework (excluding 681, 684, 685,and 691). This may include CSCE, ECEN, or other approved graduate courses. At most one approved three-credit 400–level CSCE or ECEN undergraduate course1 ,2 .This course does not count towards the 12 hours of CSCE graded graduate coursework.2 Only the following ECEN 400-level courses may be taken for graduate credit: 420, 421, 444, 447, 448,455, 474, 468, 475 and 478. These courses cannot be used if the student took an equivalent course fortheir own previous degree(s).47

1 credit hour of CSCE 681 (Graduate Seminar). Up to 3 credit hours of CSCE 685 (Directed Studies). A total of at least 30 credit hours satisfying the above requirements.VI.1.5.5 Master of Science in Computer Engineering (MSCE)The MSCE degree is a research degree requiring a thesis and final examination (thesis defense).The MSCE advisory committee is like that of the MSCS degree with the additional requirementthat the Chair or a Co-Chair must be a member of the computer engineering faculty.Requirements for the MSCE degree include: At least 12 credit hours of graded CSCE graduate coursework (excluding CSCE 681, 684,685, 691). At least 6 credit hours of graded ECEN graduate coursework that is not cross-listed withCSCE (excluding ECEN 681, 684, 685, 691). At least 6 credit hours of graded elective graduate coursework (excluding 681, 684, 685,and 691). This may include CSCE, ECEN, or other approved graduate courses. At most one approved three-credit 400–level CSCE or ECEN undergraduate course1 ,2 .This course does not count towards the 12 hours of CSCE graded graduate coursework. 1 credit hour of CSCE 681 (Graduate Seminar). 4 to 7 credit hours of CSCE 691 (Research). Up to 3 credit hours of CSCE 685 (Directed Studies). The combination of 685 and 691cannot exceed 7 credit hours. A total of at least 32 credit hours.VI.1.5.6 PhD in Computer Engineering (PhDCE)The PhDCS degree is a research degree requiring a dissertation and final examination. ThePhDCE advisory committee is like that of the PhDCS degree with the additional requirementthat the Chair or a Co-Chair must be a member of the computer engineering faculty.Requirements for the PhDCE degree include: At least 30 credit hours of graduated graduate coursework (excluding 681, 684, 685,691). At least 12 credit hours of graded CSCE graduate coursework (excluding CSCE 681, 684,685, 691). At least 6 credit hours of graded ECEN graduate coursework that is not cross-listed withCSCE (excluding ECEN 681, 684, 685, 691). At least 12 credit hours of graded elective graduate coursework (excluding 681, 684, 685,and 691). This may include CSCE, ECEN, or other approved graduate courses. 1 to 2 credit hours of CSCE 681 (Graduate Seminar). At least 18 credit hours of CSCE 691 (Research). Normally the number of CSCE 691hours will be increased to meet the required total number of credit hours. A total of at least 96 credit hours (or at least 64 credit hours if the student has a prior,approved and related master’s degree).Students in the PhDCE program must meet similar additional requirements as those in thePhDCS program: (1) Annual Review, (2) Qualifier Exam, and (3) Preliminary Exam; please referto section VI.1.5.3.VI.2 Graduate Courses Offered (Appendix B)48

VI.3 Course DemandCourses offered can be classified in several ways: Breadth courses are those that can be considered basic and we have a requirement for atleast three of them in each student's education. The breadth requirements are that onecourse from each of three pairs, (CSCE 627, CSCE 629), (CSCE 605, CSCE 613, CSCE614), and (CSCE 604, CSCE 606, CSCE 655), must be taken. The intent of the breadthrequirement is to ensure some breadth in the degree plan. With the exception of CSCE605, these courses are offered at least once each year and if the demand warrants, weoffer them two or three times per year. In particular, CSCE 614 (Computer Architecture)and CSCE 629 (Algorithms) are offered every semester; CSCE 629 is being offered threetimes in 2011-2012 due to increasing demand from students from other departments inthe College of Engineering. More popular graduate courses are offered once a year, while less popular advancedcourses are offered once every two years. New courses are usually created by new faculty. New courses are taught twice as specialtopics courses before the proposal for permanent status is prepared.The university requires that a course be taught at least once each three years or it shall bediscontinued. Thus, the course offerings change each year as some courses are added and somecourses disappear with changes in the faculty; as an example, in the most recent revision of thegraduate course catalog (2011-2012) we removed eight CSCE graduate courses that had becomedated.We require a minimum of ten courses for the Ph.D. and the rest of the credits shall be research.If the student entered the program with a master’s degree from another university/program,then at least two doctoral courses must be completed in our program. The average Ph.D. degreeplan has eleven courses if the student does not already have a master’s degree and has fourcourses if the student has a master’s degree.VI.4 GRE Scores and GPR of StudentsThe GRE scores are one component of the admissions decisions that are considered; please referto section VI.1.1 for additional evaluation criteria. Faculty members generally believe that theGRE has become an irrelevant indicator of student performance.Approximately half our applicants are from India (53% for fall 2012) and more than half theremaining applicants are from the People's Republic of China (30% in fall 2012). Approximatelyone-third of our applicants (28% for fall 2012) make a perfect score on the quantitative part ofthe GRE. Also, it is well known that undergraduate students in India and PRC take courses thatcould reasonably be described as “Scoring High on the GRE.” Their GRE verbal scores oftenreflect that training but not true skills.VI.5 Student Involvement in Their LearningThe department is involved in a number of activities besides the basic education revolvingaround courses and research:1. Graduate students can take one or more semesters of Professional Internship ( CSCE684) in addition to the total hours required for their degree plan.2. Teaching assistantships (GATs) are assigned based on department need, studentqualification, and student need. GATs are often coordinated with GARs to maximize thestudent learning opportunities.49

3. Graduate students from the department participate in the university-wide graduatestudent governance, manage their own association within the department (CSEGSA),and serve as representatives on several departmental committees.4. Graduate and undergraduate students organize workshops to educate other students, aswell as faculty and staff, on current technical topics in computer science.Students also manage the Aggie Women in Computer Science (AWICS) which has sent largecontingents to appropriate national meetings. Our students have served as presiding andcontributing officers for a number of other campus organizations.VI.6 Student Body CompositionThe graduate student body consists of 23% domestic and 77% international students. For themaster’s degree, 26% are domestic and 74% are international students. For the doctoral degree,30% are domestic and 70% are international students.VI.7 Recruitment InformationRecruitment activities have increased significantly in the last few years for the purpose ofincreasing the quality and percentage of US Ph.D. students. These activities include: the InvitedGraduate Admission (IGA) program, NSF-sponsored REU programs, and the DistributedMentoring (DMP) program. In addition, to make our admission offers more competitive, we arenow offering 5-year assistantships to top Ph.D. applicants.Invited Graduate Admission program. Attracting top US students to our graduateprogram, in particular to our Ph.D. program, is a crucial component for achieving our goal tobecome a top computer science department in the country. Texas A&M University, including theCSE Department, has been highly respected for its quality of undergraduate education.Therefore, our own undergraduate program provides an excellent source to recruit top students.For this purpose, in fall 2003 we initiated the IGA program to encourage our own topundergraduates to enter our graduate program.The program is implemented as follows: in the fall of each year, the Graduate AdmissionsCommittee reviews undergraduate students who are in their last academic year and belong toone of the following categories: The top 50 students in terms of GPA, or Students recommended by at least one senior faculty member in the departmentThe committee evaluates the above students, selects the top students and grants them IGA. Thedepartment head sends admission and congratulation letters to the admitted students inDecember.A workshop is held in September. IGA students are advised of the program, how to prepare forthe GRE (to meet university requirements and for various fellowship applications), how to takecourses for graduate credits, and how to start their research under the supervision of a CSEfaculty member. Faculty members serve as mentors for the admitted IGA students. The mentormenteerelations are established mainly in terms of research interests. The IGA students selecttheir own mentors. The department assigns mentors for students who have no clear preference.The graduate application fee is paid by the department for IGA students who accept ouradmission offer. Help will also be provided for these students to prepare for the GRE test.IGA students who declare a clear desire for entering our Ph.D. program have a high priority fordepartmental fellowships and teaching assistantships. Faculty mentors are encouraged to advisethe IGA students in their graduate study course plan, to supervise the students for collaborative50

esearch, and to consider offering research assistantships to their mentees to support theirgraduate study.Faculty members are expected to inform our students of the opportunity of the IGA program asearly as their sophomore year, and to provide advice and suggestions to students for consideringthe IGA program.Five-year assistantships. Another effort the department has made to attract top Ph.D.student to join our graduate program was to revise the policy of our graduate assistantshipoffers. In Fall of 2008, a new policy for 5-year assistantship offers was established. Each year,the department Graduate Assistantship and Awards Committee selects the very best Ph.D.applicants (in particular, the very best US Ph.D. applicants) and offers them a 5-yeardepartmental assistantship. During the first year, the students are Teaching Assistants, to allowtime to get acclimated to the department and find research advisors. The Assistantship isrenewed as a Teaching Assistantship or Research Assistantship and is subject to satisfactoryacademic progress and evaluation of student’s assistantship duties as indicated by departmentand supervisor’s reviews.NSF REU Program. Summer 2012 will mark the ninth year that the CSE Department isoffering a summer REU Program (Research Experiences for Undergraduates). The programspans 10 weeks and involves undergraduate students from Texas A&M as well as students fromother colleges and universities from across the United States. It is hoped that the studentsparticipating in the CSE REU program will make significant contributions to ongoing facultyresearch and, more importantly, will gain an appreciation for and an interest in graduate schooland a future research career.To participate in the program, students must have an interest in and a desire to participate inongoing research in computer science or computer engineering, have completed theirsophomore year in a computer science or computer engineering curriculum, have a cumulativeminimum GPA of 3.00 (exceptions may be made based on review of the applicant's last 60 hoursof coursework), plan to graduate no earlier than December 2012, be a U.S. citizen or permanentresident, and may not enroll in additional academic courses during the summer sessionsStudents admitted to the REU program receive funding in the amount of $5,000 for theirresearch work at CSE@TAMU for the summer, $1,000 meal allowance, $1,000 housingallowance (if not living in luxury housing provided), and travel expenses to and from Texas A&MUniversity.Since 2004, 139 undergraduate students have participated in our REU program, 42 of whomhave gone on to pursue graduate degrees (17 of them in our Department).VI.8 Graduate Program RankingsSome of the most commonly referred rankings are U.S. News & World Report rankings, andNational Research Council (NRC) Rankings. The U.S. News & World Report ranks engineeringcolleges based on an algorithm based on the opinions of deans and CEOs of companies. A of the2012 U.S. News & World Report graduate rankings is presented in Table VI.1; Table VI.2 showsthe rankings of our peer departments within the College of Engineering 3 at Texas A&MUniversity.The NRC rankings are based on the opinions of faculty of peer doctoral granting universities.The NRC assessed programs according to 21 different criteria, and generated five ratings to helpsummarize those criteria 4 .3 Source: http://engineering.tamu.edu/media/17412/DataSheets.pdf4 Source: Chronicle of Higher Education51

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say aremost important. Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards. Students: Derived from students' completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria. Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of internationalstudents. R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed byfaculty as top-notch.Table VI.1. 2012 U.S. News & World Report best engineering graduate schoolsRanking1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 Stanford University3 University of California - Berkeley4 Georgia Institute of Technology5 California Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign7 Carnegie Mellon University8 University of Texas - AustinUniversity of Michigan – Ann Arbor10 Cornell UniversityPurdue University – West Lafayette12 Texas A&M University – College StationUniversity of Southern California14 University of California – San Diego15 Columbia University16 University of California – Los Angeles17 University of Wisconsin – Madison18 University of Maryland – College Park19 Harvard University19 Northwestern UniversityTable VI.2. 2012 U.S. News & World ReportCollege of Engineering graduate ranking (among public schools)TAMUDepartmentRankingAerospace 8Agriculture 4Biomedical 14Chemical 17Civil 8CS/CE 27/11EE/CE 11/13Eng Tech -Industrial 8Mechanical 7Nuclear 3Petroleum 252

Table VI.3. NRC 2010 College of Engineering graduate rankingS-Rank highS-Rank LowResearch HighResearch LowStudents HighStudents LowDiversity HighDiversity LowR-Rank HighR-Rank LowAerospace 5 13 7 21 6 15 3 12 11 24Agriculture 18 22 12 22 20 25 15 27 6 17Biomedical 33 62 36 68 31 68 48 67 25 55Chemical 29 61 46 83 12 72 32 65 26 51Civil 17 58 24 96 23 62 26 70 6 11Comp Eng 55 96 42 96 43 106 15 69 49 87Comp Sci 35 71 44 96 15 68 14 36 26 48Electrical 36 70 34 79 107 120 8 44 15 24Eng Tech - - - - - - - - - -Industrial 24 44 25 54 30 47 4 12 13 38Material - - - - - - - - - -Mechanical 16 45 15 51 100 117 25 56 8 40Nuclear - - - - - - - - - -Petroleum - - - - - - - - - -VI.9 Efforts to Sustain Collegiality and ProfessionalismThere are several continuing efforts in the department that help sustain collegiality andprofessionalism, such as:In the CSCE 681 Seminar, CSE faculty, as well as invited speakers, present seminars.Students must complete a detailed summary of each lecture. Even though this is a class,seminars are widely advertised and open to all. Other research groups have regularseminar programs and individual faculty host invited speakers throughout the academicyear. These seminars are also widely publicized to CSE students and faculty.Graduate students have representatives on appropriate departmental committees,allowing them an opportunity for involvement in planning and policy making activities.Feedback on faculty candidates is also requested from graduate students and utilized inthe decision making process.On a regular basis, “Lunch with a Professor” events are held where faculty and studentshave an informal lunch, which provides opportunities for socialization and collaborativediscussion.Each Wednesday afternoon the faculty are invited to get together during an informal“coffee & cookie” break, which provides opportunities for socialization and collaborativediscussionEach Friday, the department organizes an informal Research Lunch where facultypresent their on-going research, potential research/teaching ideas, or additionalactivities that may be of interest to the departmentOver the last two years, we have made an effort to revamp the graduate studentassociation (CSEGSA), which had become dormant during 2007-2010. CSEGSAorganizes a number of social activities, including Lunch with a Professor (a group of53

graduate students gets together over lunch with a faculty member of their choice todiscuss graduate life, research or trivia), Bond Night, Soccer Fun, Basketball Fun,Thanksgiving Potluck Lunch, etc. They also help organize departmental events (FallPicnic, Spring Banquet) and are in charge of selecting various departmental awards(graduate faculty teaching excellence award, faculty service excellence award, and staffexcellence award). Visit http://www.tamu-csegsa.org/ for more details on theorganization.VII BUDGET INFORMATIONVII.1 OverviewThe department level financial management process is a bit more complex at Texas A&MUniversity than at most institutions. There are several major sources of income that flow intothe departmental budget and several categories of expenses beyond those for normal operationof a department. In this chapter, these general categories are described first, along with anoverview of the financial management processes involved. In particular, the terminology namingthe different funds is described. Then, in subsequent sections, the various standard categories ofexpenses, such as faculty salaries and operating expenses are analyzed.First, it must be noted that there are two highly overlapping but distinct organizational unitsthat impact the doctoral program. They are the Department of Computer Science andEngineering at Texas A&M University, and the Computer Science and Engineering Division ofthe Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES). Since the doctoral program is focused onresearch, there is a strong coupling between the two and an evaluation of the budget mustconsider both. The major income categories for the department/division are the following:1. State allocated general funds for operation of the department. This is divided into twoprincipal categories:a. Teaching budget – faculty salariesb. Non-teaching budget – staff salaries, travel, supplies, etc.2. TEES indirect return based on a percentage of the indirect TEES collects from thefunded research expenditures by the faculty in the department3. Student fees divided into three categoriesa. Instructional Enhancement Fee (IEEF) -- These have both undergraduate andgraduate componentsb. Computer Access Feec. Advising Fee – pays only a portion of Advisor salary4. Gifts5. Externally funded researchBroadly speaking the expense categories that must be covered by these funds include:1. Faculty salaries2. Staff salaries3. Graduate student salaries4. Equipment, software and network expenses5. New faculty startup packages6. Cost sharing on proposals7. Operating expensesAs will be described below, there are several somewhat unusual aspects to this financialarrangement.54

In the subsequent subsections, we describe what the department is able to do with this fundinglevel in terms of faculty salaries, staff salaries, graduate student support, etc.VII.2 Department FundingAs noted above, the total funding for the department comes from a number of sources. As withmost research universities, portions of faculty salaries, research assistants, research equipment,research travel, etc., are paid directly by grants and contracts; these funds are described in thenext section. In this section we consider all of the other sources of funding for supporting thedepartment. There are several broad categories of funds from different sources, each havingdifferent restrictions on their use.State Academic Funding. This category of funding consists of the department’s portion offunding approved by the State Legislature for higher education. Table VII.1 shown below givesthe total amount of funding and the ratio of funding to the number of faculty members over thepast five years. The state funding includes faculty and support staff funds. The faculty number isthe sum of the FTE lecturers and the number of tenured/tenure-track faculty who were teaching(regardless of research time buyouts) during the academic year. In the tables below, we comparethis funding with other departments in the College of Engineering on the basis of total dollars,dollars/SCH (student credit hours) and dollars/WSCH (weighted student credit hours). TheTexas State Legislature funds Texas A&M University by WSCHs, which vary by College orProgram Area and level. Weights of the student credit hours for the College of Engineering are:Lower Division – 2.41; Upper Division – 3.87; Master’s – 7.63; Doctoral – 15.96.Table VII.1. State allocated funding over past 5 years2006 -20072007 -20082008 -20092009 -20102010 -2011State Funding $4,924,602 $5,149,493 $5,650,955 $5,639,653 $5,668,823Number of Faculty 39 41 39 39 40State funding perfaculty $126,272 $125,597 $144,896 $144,606 $141,721Table VII.2. shows the SCH and WSCH generated by the Department in FY2011. Some of thecourses are listed in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECEN), Visualization (VIZA) orEngineering (ENGR) due to CSE faculty teaching these courses (e.g. via cross-listing). TablesVII.3 and VII.4 shows the SCH and WSCH across the departments in the college. CSE generatesthe fifth most SCH and fourth most WSCH in the college.Table VII.2. SCH and WSCH Generated by Courses55

Table VII.3. Semester credit hours by department for College of EngineeringTable VII.4. Weighted Semester Credit Hours by department for College ofEngineering56

Student Fee Funding. Due to limited State funds, Texas A&M University uses student fees tohelp offset various specific costs associated with instruction. These funds are distributed to thedepartments for specific use, such as laboratory equipment (maintenance and replacement),support of technical staff to maintain equipment/software, and for expenses showing courseimprovement and enhancement. They are closely audited to ensure that the funds are used foronly the purposes for which they are instituted.The primary fee that brings funds into the department is the InstructionalEnhancement/Equipment Fee (IEEF). This fee is charged to the students on a per course basis.Due to relative numbers of undergraduates and graduates, these funds are primarily a result ofundergraduate enrollment, with a lesser fraction resulting from graduate enrollment. While it ispossible to separate the fees on the basis of graduate or undergraduate courses, that is not anentirely accurate split because some senior level courses are taken by graduate students, andsome graduate courses are taken by undergraduate students. In addition, there is a ComputerAccess Fee (CAF) that is charged to each student on the basis of the number of credit hours theytake. However, most of the CAF funds are retained by the University for support of universitywidelaboratories, with only a relatively small amount coming back to the department. Thefunds are used by the department for classroom enhancement, specifically for consumablematerials and supplies. Table VII.5 shows the history of these funds over the past five years.Table VII.5. IEEF funds returned to department over past 5 yearsYearComputerAccess FeeUndergradIEEFGradIEEFTotal IEEFFunds2006 - 2007 $19,118 $352,191 $123,743 $475,9342007 - 2008 $13,627 $325,355 $111,364 $436,7192008 - 2009 $13,258 $451,989 $167,175 $619,1642009 - 2010 $12,132 $507,222 $173,613 $680,8352010 - 2011 $12,413 $500,336 $205,357 $705,693Texas Engineering Experiment Station Funding. In addition to the funding receivedfrom the State through the General Fund allocation and student fees, the Computer Science andEngineering Division of TEES receives funding from TEES. There are three principalcomponents to the TEES funding: a base allocation, a divisional return, and a principalinvestigator return. All three are based on a percentage of the indirect collected on researchconducted by members of the CSE Division. The base allocation is provided at the beginning ofeach fiscal year and is equal to 27% of the indirect collected by TEES on the sponsored researchconducted during the previous fiscal year. The division return is provided monthly and is 27% ofthe indirect collected on sponsored research during the previous month. Thus, in total, over atwo-year period, the Division receives 54% of the indirect collected. The PI return is 16% of theindirect collected and goes directly to each principal investigator as a discretionary fund thathe/she can use for student support, travel, equipment, matching funds, etc. Table VII.6 showsthese funds over the past five years.57

YearTable VII.6. Indirect return to the departmentand principal investigators over past 5 yearsBaseAllocationDivisionalReturnTotalDivisionReturnPI IndirectReturn2006 - 2007 $255,579 $211,977 $467,556 $123,8702007 - 2008 $211,977 $218,746 $430,723 $139,9442008 - 2009 $218,746 $222,737 $441,483 $170,0562009 - 2010 $222,737 $273,072 $495,809 $182,4332010 - 2011 $273,072 $320,949 $594,021 $210,479On the surface the return of indirect sounds good, however, comparisons with other institutions(and even departments in other Colleges within TAMU) show that the State allocated budgetsfor operating funds are much less than elsewhere. There are many demands on the indirectfunds the department receives. These funds are used in a variety of ways to support the Divisionwhich in turn supports the doctoral program. These funds are typically used in the followingways:- Start-up funds for new faculty- Cost sharing required in grant proposals- Fellowships- Research equipment- Division wide research staff support- Research related travel- Research related suppliesFor some of these categories, such as cost sharing, the necessary funding is usually obtainedfrom the PI, Division and TEES in the same proportions as the indirect is returned. For newfaculty startup funds, the Division must provide a proportional share of these funds. Whentrying to increase in number of faculty to become more equitable and increase research, thesestart-up costs place a heavy burden on departmental funds.Gift Funding. As a relatively young department, we have fared only moderately well in termsof gifts, though significant progress is now being made. Figure VII.1 shows the gifts that havecome into the department over the past five years. These gifts are a mixture of in-kind anddesignated cash.58

Figure VII.1. Gifts to the Department of Computer Science and Engineeringover the past five yearsVII.3 Faculty SalariesThe graduate program is managed by the tenured/tenure-track faculty. While it is primarily thesalaries of these faculty that concern the graduate program, the department also employs anumber of lecturers to teach many of the undergraduate courses, allowing the tenure trackfaculty to focus more on graduate level instruction. Thus, we report salary information for bothcategories of faculty.We compare the faculty salaries in Computer Science and Engineering with those of othercomputer science departments in the United States, as given in the Taulbee Report, in FigureVII.2. In view of the voluminous data available, we report just one recent year of data, for 2010 -2011 (the most recent year for which complete data is available). Note that there were no facultymerit increases for FY11. Faculty salaries are in line with other highly ranked CS departments atthe Assistant and Associate Professor levels.59

Computer Science & Engineering Fall 2006 Peer Results College of EngineeringFY 07Rank Avg Sal Headcount Rank Avg Sal Headcount Rank Avg Sal Headcount1‐Professor 118,050 15 1‐Professor 137,028 273 1‐Professor 119,933 1352‐Associate Professor 100,797 8 2‐Associate Professor 99,328 149 2‐Associate Professor 87,413 643‐Assistant Professor 88,609 14 3‐Assistant Professor 84,198 166 3‐Assistant Professor 74,578 985‐Other 85,000 2 5‐Other 63,601 14 5‐Other 65,871 26T‐Tr weighted average (6) 103,180 37 T‐Tr weighted average (6) 108,887 588 T‐Tr weighted average (6) 95,740 297All weighted average (7) 102,247 39 All weighted average (7) 106,565 602 All weighted average (7) 94,209 323Computer Science & Engineering Fall 2007 Peer Results College of EngineeringFY 08Rank Avg Sal Headcount Rank Avg Sal Headcount Rank Avg Sal Headcount1‐Professor 125,762 14 1‐Professor 141,767 288 1‐Professor 125,193 1332‐Associate Professor 102,876 8 2‐Associate Professor 101,844 155 2‐Associate Professor 90,883 643‐Assistant Professor 89,916 14 3‐Assistant Professor 86,592 160 3‐Assistant Professor 77,131 1085‐Other 86,758 5 5‐Other 79,778 36 5‐Other 61,328 27T‐Tr weighted average (6) 106,736 36 T‐Tr weighted average (6) 111,438 603 T‐Tr weighted average (6) 98,878 305All weighted average (7) 104,300 41 All weighted average (7) 107,577 639 All weighted average (7) 94,299 332Computer Science & Engineering Fall 2008 Peer Results College of EngineeringFY 09Rank Avg Sal Headcount Rank Avg Sal Headcount Rank Avg Sal Headcount1‐Professor 131,931 16 1‐Professor 145,732 317 1‐Professor 130,855 1352‐Associate Professor 106,421 10 2‐Associate Professor 103,733 170 2‐Associate Professor 96,489 733‐Assistant Professor 90,985 12 3‐Assistant Professor 87,622 152 3‐Assistant Professor 79,576 1145‐Other 85,000 1 5‐Other 79,618 32 5‐Other 70,952 37T‐Tr weighted average (6) 112,288 38 T‐Tr weighted average (6) 116,329 639 T‐Tr weighted average (6) 105,618 322All weighted average (7) 111,588 39 All weighted average (7) 115,388 671 All weighted average (7) 104,729 359Computer Science & Engineering Fall 2009 Peer Results College of EngineeringFY 10Rank Avg Sal Headcount Rank Avg Sal Headcount Rank Avg Sal Headcount1‐Professor 142,025 16 1‐Professor 146,740 310 1‐Professor 137,582 1562‐Associate Professor 108,784 10 2‐Associate Professor 103,701 166 2‐Associate Professor 99,043 873‐Assistant Professor 91,919 13 3‐Assistant Professor 86,986 143 3‐Assistant Professor 81,869 1315‐Other 57,931 4 5‐Other 76,387 30 5‐Other 69,170 50T‐Tr weighted average (6) 116,800 39 T‐Tr weighted average (6) 115,786 619 T‐Tr weighted average (6) 109,129 374All weighted average (7) 111,324 43 All weighted average (7) 112,121 649 All weighted average (7) 105,412 424Figure VII.2. Weighted Average Faculty Salary Comparisons vs. Peers vs. TAMU University-wide vs. College60

VII.4 Grants and ContractsThe research expenditures of the division has been growing for the past few years, as shown inTable VII.7. (See Appendix C for a complete listing of currently funded research grants.)Table VII.7. Research expenditures over the past five yearsFiscalYearTotal Amount(Includes F&A)2007 $5,102,1502008 $4,813,9612009 $5,068,5942010 $5,558,5812011 $6,432,948VII.5 LibraryPurchases of books, journals, digital libraries, etc. are handled through the University’s library.Their current book vendor is YBP. During FY2011, the library received 249 approved orpurchased print books in the call number ranges associated with Computer Science at a totalapproximate cost of $22,355. While this is noticeably less than in past years, they receivedcomputer science e-books through Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley e-book packages.The following are the library’s annual subscriptions:- ACM Digital Library: $4,665- IEEE Xplore: $135,927- INSPEC: $51,522- Compendex: $35,397- Springer Journals: $963,000- Science Direct: $1,900,000- Safari Tech Books: $15,450Requested books can be purchased or borrowed through interlibrary loan. Individual journalarticles and book chapters can be purchased through the deliver E-docs program, called Get itfor Me. Separate general library funds are available or purchase of backfile, replacement andduplicate books as needed. Additional proceedings or reference purchases can be requested.Serial subscriptions can also be requested.The amount of money spent on serials that fall within the Computer Science call number rangefor FY11 is shown in Table VII.8 below.Table VII.8. Funds spent on serials that fall within theComputer Science call number range for FY2011DeptNameLetterRangeNumRange StartNumRange EndTotalExpenditureCPSC Q 300 390 $24,501.24CPSC QA 75 77 $15,401.81CPSC TK 7885 7895 $1,307.00Total Amount $41,210.0561

VII.6 Teaching and Research Assistantship StipendsSeveral categories of assistantships are available in the Department of Computer Science andEngineering. Graduate students most commonly pursue the teaching, computer support andresearch assistantships. The department sets the salaries for the first two categories, but only arange of salaries for the research assistants. The individual faculty set the salaries within theranges for the research assistants they hire. Table VII.9 below shows a comparison of the 9-month stipends at TAMU with those of other highly ranked institutions. What is not reported iswhat students at other institutions receive in terms of tuition and insurance support, though webelieve that at most schools they receive at least the level of support provided at TAMU.Graduate assistantships at the 50% level at TAMU provide additional support in the form ofhealth insurance and tuition at the in-state rate, as well as fees. It is evident that the TAMUstipends are lagging behind those of the institutions with which we want to compete, especiallythose for research assistants.Table VII.9. Comparison of Fall 2009 student stipendswith those of the top 36 ranked CS departments in the USGrad Student Stipends9-MonthStipendTAMU CS Teaching Mean $14,400TAMU CS Research Mean $14,619TAMU CS Computer Support Mean $14,400CS Departments Ranked 1-12 Median $19,845CS Departments Ranked 13-24 Median $20,050CS Departments Ranked 25-36 Median $17,308CS Departments Ranked 1-12 RA Median $21,700CS Departments Ranked 13-24 RA Median $21,780CS Departments Ranked 25-36 RA Median $17,308Another category of stipend support included in the Taulbee report is fellowship support.However, Computer Science and Engineering has no full support fellowships. This is clearly anarea of deficiency.VII.7 Support Staff SalariesCSE classifies the staff into three groups: administrative, accounting, and computing/facilitiesservices. Staff salaries are funded with both TAMU and TEES funds. TAMU funds are typicallyused for departmental staff. However, TEES funds are used for support staff duties that relateto research support. As seen in Table VII.10 below, the TAMU staff has, over the past five years,decreased by ½ position.Table VII.10. Summary of staff positions in the departmentFiscal YearFunding Source FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11TAMU 15.5 14.5 15.6 17 15TEES 4.5 4.5 4.5 2.5 4.562

Total Positions 20 19 19.5 19.5 19.5* Some positions are split between TEES and TAMU; all expressed in full time equivalent (FTE)Total staff salary dollars over the past five years are indicated in Table VII.11 below. The steadyincrease relates to the increase in position levels and in individual salaries. The departmentenjoys an excellent staff retention rate, which allows salaries for individual positions to rise, andreduces the high cost of training new staff as replacements.Table VII.11. Total staff salary budget by fiscal yearFiscal YearFundingSource FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11TAMU $527,095 $502,431 $536,188 $617,520 $606,073TEES $127,280 $200,506 $153,359 $105,810 $224,962Total $654,375 $702,937 $689,547 $723,330 $831,035Merit increases at Texas A&M University are restricted by state mandates. Below is a five yearhistory of these merit increases:- FY07 merit pool calculated at 3% of FY06 staff salary base; CS received as allocation- FY08 merit pool calculated at 3% of FY07 staff salary base; CS received as allocation- FY09 merit pool calculated at 3% of FY08 staff salary base; CS received as allocation- FY10 merit pool calculated at 2% of FY09 staff salary base; CS received as allocation- FY11 no merit increasesMerit increases are one way to increase staff salaries. Two other ways are:- promotion/reclassification in title with a salary increase- equity increase requestsVIII STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSESVIII.1 StrengthsThe departmental strengths include:• Strong and productive faculty of national and international reputation• High publication rate in prestigious journals and highly selective conferences• Increased external research funding over the past five years• Active multi-disciplinary research projects and collaborations with many other campusentities• Connections to IT industry• High morale and collegiality of faculty, staff, and students• Large production of graduates in the department’s graduate programs• Comprehensive graduate educational content• Supportive student organizations• Supportive college and university administrations• Close relation in research between faculty and students• Department support to students’ research and academic initiatives• Student involvement in department research, academic, and social activities63

VIII.2 WeaknessesThe following are our major weaknesses:• Relatively low Computer Science ranking. This hurts faculty and student recruiting.• Undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio approximately double that of top-36 CSdepartments.• Relatively low research funding per faculty, at roughly half the level of top-12departments. This is mostly due to having few large grants.• Relatively young former students. This limits development opportunities forscholarships, fellowships, professorships and chairs.• A large space footprint. It is 0.52 miles between some of our buildings.• Low graduate assistantship stipends hinders graduate student recruiting, particularlyamong US students.VIII.3 Recommendations for ImprovementIn order to rise to the next level, the department must work on the following improvements:• Engage in public relations activities to get the word out about our research results.• Target large multi-PI multi-disciplinary grants, building on our many collaborations.• Increase development contacts with former students as they enter their giving years.• Work on developing the CSE-ECE building.IX GRADUATE STUDENT INPUTGraduate students in the department contributed to the program review process via informaldiscussions. They expressed their views about various aspects that affect the outcome of theirdegree and provided us with suggestions that will benefit them and help improve the quality ofthe degrees they earn. The key issues and views expressed by the students are outlined below:• The students are satisfied with the variety of courses offered in the department. Theylike the "Special Topics" course offerings that are focused on faculty members'research topics. These courses help students stay up-to-date with researchdevelopments in their desired areas as they can accommodate content changes toreflect these changes.• For most courses, the seats offered for graduate courses are sufficient toaccommodate the graduate students who wish to register for courses. When the seatsfill up, the department helps students register for courses of their choice via "forcerequests," a service that is popular with students. However, some popular coursescannot accommodate all students and students would like these courses to be offeredwith greater frequency.• The two-year graduate teaching schedule has not been kept updated, so it is difficultfor students to plan, particularly for every-other-year courses. This is a critical issuefor master’s students.• The department's administration is recognized for throwing its weight behindstudent-run initiatives and providing funding. The department's support to thevarious student organizations over the years is much appreciated. This is particularlytrue in helping to revive the UPE honor society chapter.• The students feel that they have a voice in the graduate program, and that thoseinvolved in its administration: department head, graduate advisor, director ofgraduate admissions, are open to suggestions and feedback.64

• Stipends have not been increased in some time. Total graduate student cost in termsof stipend, tuition, fees and health insurance has risen significantly, but the actualstipend compares poorly to many peer institutions.• TAMU has discontinued tuition funding for master’s students, which effectivelyprecludes them from being teaching assistants.• Ideally first-year Ph.D. students should be funded by the department, to givestudents time to choose a research advisor.• There needs to be more identity or strength of research groups, to provide studentswith more breadth and support.XAPPENDIX A. FACULTY CURRICULUM VITAENancy Amato, Unocal Professor and OSIS DirectorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, July 1995Promoted, Associate Professor, September 2000Promoted, Professor, September 2004Promoted, Unocal Professor, September 2011Degree Field Institution DatePh.D. Computer Science University of Illinois @Urbana- 1995ChampaignM.S. Computer Science University of California@Berkeley 1988B.S. Mathematical Stanford University 1986SciencesA.B. Economics Stanford University 1986Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)General ChairACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers (CF), Bertinoro, Italy, 2010Steering Committee Member, InternWorkshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, 2009-presentGrace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing: Scholarship Committee Co-Chair, 2007-2008; Member of Academic Advisory Committee, 200665

Registration Chair and Web ChairParallel Architectures and Compilation techniques (PACT), 2007Program Committee Area Chair,Robotics: Science and Systems, 2006, 2007Conference Co-Chair(WAFR): Intern. Workshop on Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, 2006Organizing Committee Member, SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for ScientificComputing (PP), 2006Program Committee Chair4 th IEEE International workshop on High Performance Computational Biology (HiCOMB) 2005,Program Committee MemberInternational Conf. on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA), 2008, 2010.2nd International Frontiers of Algorithmics Workshop (FAW), 2008, 2010ACM SIGPLAN Symp. on Principles and Practices of Parallel Programming (PPoPP), 2009IEEE International Workshop on High Performance Computational Biology, 2009Robotics: Systems and Science (RSS), 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009Other Related Computing ExperienceInternational Computer Science Institute, University of California, BerkeleyVisiting Scientist (Fall 1994)AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJVisiting Scientist (Summer 1994)U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, CERL, Champaign, ILResearch Assistant (1991-1993)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ILResearch/Teaching Assistant (1988–1991)Bell Communications Research, Piscataway, NJMember of Technical Staff (1986–1988)Consulting- NoneDepartment Committee Service 2009-2010 Advisory Committee (elected) Graduate Assistantship & Scholarship Selection Committee AWICS Student Organization AdvisorCollege of Engineering Service 2009-2010 Promotion and Tenure Committee66

Engineering Faculty Advisory Committee, Vice ChairUniversity Committee Service 2009-2010 Alliance for Bioinformatics, Computational biology & SystemsBiology Council of Principal Investigators, ChairDepartment Committee Service 2005-2009 Advisory Committee (elected), 2005-2009 Faculty Search Systems Biology Sub Committee, Chair, 2005-2007 Graduate Advisory Committee, 2005-2006 Graduate Assistantship & Scholarship Selection Committee, 2005-2009 Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2005-1009 AWICS Student Organization Advisor, 2005-2009 Web Advisory Committee, 2006-2007 Faculty Search Senior Hire Sub Committee, 2007-2008College of Engineering Service 2005-2009 Graduate Instruction Committee, 2005-2006 Engineering Faculty Advisory Committee, 2007-2009University Committee Service 2005-2009 Alliance for Bioinformatics, Computational Biology & Systems Biology, 2007-2009Principle Publications †Undergraduate student author, ‡Graduate and PostDocauthorsRefereed Journals and ConferencesComputational BiologyXinyu Tang‡, Shawna Thomas‡, Lydia Tapia‡, David P. Giedroc, and Nancy M. Amato,“Simulating RNA Folding Kinetics on Approximated Energy Landscapes,” Journal ofMolecular Biology, 3811(4), 2008, pp. 1055-1067.Xinyu Tang‡, Shawna Thomas‡, Lydia Tapia‡, and Nancy M. Amato, “Tools for Simulatingand Analyzing RNA Folding Kinetics,” Proc. the 11th International Conference onComputational Molecular Biology (RECOMB), April 2007, pp. 268–282.Xinyu Tang‡, Bonnie Kirkpatrick†, Shawna Thomas‡, Guang Song‡, and Nancy M. Amato,“Using Motion Planning to Study RNA Folding Kinetics,” special issue of selected papers fromRECOMB 2004, Journal of Computational Biology, 12(6), 2005, pp. 862–881.Robotics (Motion Planning, Animation, Mobile & Reconfigurable Robots,Virtual/Augmented Reality)Lydia Tapia‡, Shawna Thomas‡, Bryan Boyd‡, and Nancy M. Amato, “An UnsupervisedAdaptive Strategy for Constructing Probabilistic Roadmaps,” Proc. of the 2009 IEEEInternational Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Kobe, Japan, May 2009, pp.4037-4044.Roger Pearce‡, Marco Morales‡, and Nancy M. Amato, “Structural Improvement FilteringStrategy for PRM,” Proc. of Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), 2008, pp. 167–174.High-Performance Computing (Algorithms, Modeling, Task Scheduling,Applications)67

Lawrence Rauchwerger and Nancy Amato, “SmartApps: Middle-ware for AdaptiveApplications on Reconfigurable Platforms”, ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Reviews, SpecialIssue on Operating and Runtime Systems for High-End Computing Systems, 40(2), 2006, pp.73–82.Geometric ComputingJyh-Ming Lien‡ and Nancy M. Amato, “Approximate Convex Decomposition of Polyhedra andIts Applications,” Computer Aided Geometric Design (CAGD), 25(7), October 2008, pp. 503–522.Jyh-Ming Lien‡, John Keyser and Nancy M. Amato, “Simultaneous Shape Decomposition andSkeletonization,” Proc. of the ACM Solid and Physical Modeling Symposium (SPM), June2006, pp. 219-228.Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“RI: Small: Scalable Roadmap-Based Methods for Simulating and Controlling Behaviors ofInteracting Groups: from Robot Swarms to Crowd Control,” The National ScienceFoundation, PI: N. Amato, co-PI: L. Rauchwerger, $450,000, 09/01/09–08/31/12.“DC: Small: Collaborative Research: Shape Representation of Large Geometries via ConvexApproximation,” The National Science Foundation, PIs: N. Amato (lead), J.-M. Lien(George Mason U.), $500,000 ($200,000 TAMU), 09/01/09–08/31/12.“Motion Planning Based Techniques for Modeling & Simulating Molecular Motions,” TheNational Science Foundation, PI: N. Amato, co-PI: L. Rauchwerger, $386,000, 09/15/08–09/14/11.“A Compositional Approach to Scalable Parallel Software,” The National Science Foundation(HECURA Program), PI: L. Rauchwerger, co-PIs: N. Amato, B. Stroustrup, $1,232,000,09/01/08–08/31/11.“Support of Stockpile Stewardship Program,” Lawrence Livermore National Security, PI: J.Morel, co-PIs: M. Adams, N. Amato, R. Arroyave, A. Benzerga, T. Cagin, J.-L. Guermond, Y.Jin, B. Mallick, B. Popov, L. Rauchwerger, $2,936,677, 09/09/08–06/30/11.“Institute for Applied Mathematics and Computational Science (IAMCS),” King AbdullahUniversity of Science and Technology (KAUST), PI: J. Calvin, co-PIs: M. Adams, G. Almes, N.Amato, P. Balbuena, W. Bangerth, R. Carroll, C. Douglas, C. Economides, Y. Efendiev, M.Genton, J.-L. Guermond, C. Hansen, J. Hendler, J. Huang, T. Ioerger, C. Johnson, M. Jun, G.Kanschat, P. Kuchment, R. Lazarov, F. Liang, B. Mallick, J. Pasciak, G. Petrova, B. Popov, L.Rauchwerger, H. Sang, G. Qin, W. Rundell, V. Sarin, B. Stroustrup, V. Taylor, J. Walton, W.Zhao. $25,000,000, 06/01/08–05/31/13.“Center for Radiative Shock Hydrodynamics (CRASH),” The Department of Energy, PSAAPProgram, PI: P. Drake (Michigan); co-PIs: K. Powell (Michigan), J. Holloway (Michigan), Q.Stout (Michigan), M. Adams (Nuclear Engineering, TAMU), N. Amato (CSE, TAMU), T.Gombosi (Michigan), S. Karni (Michigan), E. Larsen (Michigan), B. van Leer (Michigan), B.Mallick (Statistics, TAMU), W. Martin (Michigan), J. Morel (Nuclear Engineering, TAMU), P.Roe (Michigan), L. Rauchwerger (CSE, TAMU). I. Sokolov (Michigan), K. Thornton(Michigan), G. Toth (Michigan). $17,000,000 (Texas A&M portion $1,850,000),04/15/08–03/31/13.68

“ARI-LA: A Framework for Developing Novel Detection Systems Focused on InterdictingShieldedHEU,” The National Science Foundation (DNDO-NSF Academic Research Initiative), PI: W. S.Charlton, co-PIs: M. Adams, N. Amato, W. Bangerth, D. R. Boyle, S. G. Choi, Y. Ding, G. M.Gaukler, J.-L. Guermond, G. Kanschat, P. Kuchment, Y. Kuo, S. P. Khatri, E. W. Lindquist, W.F. Miller, Jr., J. C. Ragusa, L. Rauchwerger, C. Sprecher, A. Vedlitz, $1,440,000, 9/1/07–8/31/10.“Nutrition, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Training Grant,” The National Institutes of HealthPI: R. J. Carroll (Statistics), Amato’s role: investigator and mentor, $490,000 (directcosts), 07/1/06–06/30/11.Term/YearSpring2012Spring2012CourseNumberCSCE 221HCourse TitleData Structures and AlgorithmsHonorsCSCE 681 Graduate Seminar 1.069SemesterHourFall 2011 CSCE 620 Computational Geometry 3.0 20Fall 2011 CSCE 681 Graduate Seminar 1.0 42Spring 2011 CSCE 221H Data Structures and AlgorithmsHonors4.04.0 14Spring 2011 CSCE 681 Graduate Seminar 1.0 57Fall 2010 CSCE 626 Parallel Algorithms Design andAnalysisSpring2010Spring2010CSCE 221HData Structures and AlgorithmsHonors3.0 454.0 12CSCE 681 Graduate Seminar 1.0 30Fall 2009 CSCE 620 Computational Geometry 3.0 19Spring2009Spring2009CPSC 221HData Structures and AlgorithmsHonors4.0 10CPSC 681 Graduate Seminar 1.0 35Fall 2008 CPSC 481 Undergraduate Seminar 0.2 67Fall 2008 CPSC 626 Parallel Algorithm Design and Analysis 3.0 26Spring2008CPSC 221HData Structures and AlgorithmsHonorsFall 2007 CPSC 221H Data Structures and AlgorithmsHonors4.0 44.0 2Fall 2007 CPSC 620 Computational Geometry 3.0 12ClassSize

Spring2007CPSC 289Special Topics in Data Structures andAlgorithms4.0 23Fall 2006 CPSC 481 Undergraduate Seminar 0.2 63Fall 2006 CPSC 681 Graduate Seminar 1.0 30Spring2006Spring2006CPSC 481 Undergraduate Seminar 0.2 52CPSC 681 Graduate Seminar 1.0 40Fall 2005 CPSC 481 Undergraduate Seminar 0.2 58Fall 2005 CPSC 681 Graduate Seminar 1.0 76Spring2005CPSC 626 Parallel Algorithm Design and Analysis 3.0 28Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Amato’s research interestsare Motion Planning, Computational Biology, Robotics, Computational Geometry, Animation,Parallel and Distributed Computing, Parallel Algorithms, Performance Modeling, andOptimization.70

Riccardo Bettati, ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, July 1995Promoted, Associate Professor, September 2001Promoted, Professor, September 2007Degree Field Institution DatePh.D. Computer Science University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana 1994Dipl. Informatics Engineering Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich 1988Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Program Committee MemberIEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTTS), Washington, DC, 2009; Tucson, Arizona, 2007;Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2006The Second International workshop of Real-Time Service-Oriented Architecture andApplications (RTSOAA), Seattle, WA, 2009IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Communication and InformationSystems Security (CISS) Symposium, Dresden, Germany, 2009: Information and NetworkSecurity Symposium (INSS), Beijing, China, 2008ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC), Honolulu, HI, 2009IEEE International Conference on Communications and Mobile Computing, Computer andNetwork Security Symposium, Kunming, China, 2009Second International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems (WCPS), Montreal, Canada, 2009IFIP International Conference on Network and System Security (NSS), Gold Coast, Australia,2009; Shanghai, China, 2008; Dalian, China, 2007International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS),Lyon, France, 2009IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), St.Thomas, Virgin Island, USA, 2008International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS), Hsinchu, Taiwan,200771

IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), Montreal, Canada,2007Workshop on Generative Programming and Component Engineering for QoS Provisioning inDistributed Systems, Portland, OR, 2006 (appointed)IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), San Jose,CA, 2006 (appointed)International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems (ARCS), Frankfurt/Main,Germany, 2006 (appointed)Other Related Computing ExperienceUniversity of California, BerkeleyVisiting Post-Doctoral Research Engineer, Electronics Research Laboratory, 1994-95Post Doctoral Research Fellow, International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, 1993-94University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignResearch Assistant, 1989-1993Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH), SwitzerlandResearch Assistant, March-May 1988ConsultingWilmer Hale, Boston, MA; Litigation Consulting and Expert Witness, 2009Rubin/Anders Scientific, Inc., Brookline, MA; Litigation Consulting, 2007Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL; Litigation Consulting, 2007Winstead, Sechrest & Minick, Dallas, TX; Litigation Consulting and Expert Witness, 2005Departmental Committee Service 2009-2010 Advisory Committee (elected) Computer Engineering Curriculum Coordination Undergraduate Curriculum and ABET Faculty Search Security Sub Committee, Chair Promotion and Tenure TACS Student Organization AdvisorCollege of EngineeringCommittee Service 2009-2010 ABET Accreditation Coordinator,Computer Engineering Program72

Departmental Committee Service 2005-2009 Advisory Committee (elected), 2005-2006 Computer Engineering Curriculum Coordination, 2005 Undergraduate Curriculum and ABET, 2005-2009 Faculty Search Software Sub Committee, 2005-2006 Faculty Search Systems or Systems Software Sub Committee,2006-2007 Faculty Search Robotics Committee, 2008-2009 Faculty Search Security Sub Committee, Chair, 2007-2008 Promotion and Tenure, 2008-2009 TACS Student Organization Advisor, 2008-2009College of EngineeringCommittee Service 2005-2009 Quality Enhancement PlanCommittee, 2005-2009 ABET Accreditation Coordinator,Computer Engineering Program,2005-2009Principle Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed JournalsYe Zhu* and R. Bettati. 2009. Information Leakage as a Model for Quality of AnonymityNetworks. IEEE Trans. Parallel Distrib. Syst. Vol. 20(4) (Apr. 2009), pp. 540-552.I. Cardei, A. Pavan, R. Bettati, “Quality of Service guarantees and fault-tolerant TCP services inmobile wireless optical networks,” Special Issue on System Aspects of Wireless Networks” ofthe International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAHUC), 2008, Vol. 3,No.3, pp. 146 - 158.S. Wang* and R. Bettati, “Reactive Speed Control in Temperature-Constrained Real-TimeSystems,” Journal of Real-Time Systems, Volume 39, Numbers 1-3, August 2008, pp. 73-95.Refereed Conference PublicationsHighly Selective ConferencesWei Yu*, Nan Zhang (former student), Xinwen Fu (former student), Riccardo Bettati and WeiZhao, “On Localization Attacks to Internet Threat Monitors: An Information-TheoreticFramework”, Proceedings of the 38th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference onDependable Systems and Networks (DSN 2008), Anchorage, Alaska, June 2008. (Acceptancerate 25%).Y. Zhu* and R. Bettati, “Compromising Condentiality in Wireless Network using Sensors withLimited Information,” Proceedings of the 27th IEEE International Conference on DistributedComputing Systems (ICDCS 2007), Toronto, CANADA, June 2007. (Acceptance rate 13%).S. Wang* and R. Bettati, “Reactive Speed Control in Temperature-Constrained Real-TimeSystems,” Proceedings of the 2006 EuroMicro Conference on Real-Time Systems, (ECRTS-2006), Dresden, Germany, July 2006. (Acceptance rate 24%) Best Paper Award.Selective Conferences with High VisibilityY. Ahn*, I. Yeo (former student at TAMU), and R. Bettati, “Efficient Calibration of ThermalModels based on Application Behavior”, Proceedings of the 27th IEEE InternationalConference on Computer Design (ICCD 2009), Lake Tahoe, CA, Oct. 2009. (Acceptance rate:34%)S. Cho (former student) and R. Bettati, “Adaptive Aggregated Aggressiveness Control onParallel TCP Flows Using Competition Detection,” Proceedings of the 15th International73

Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN-06), Arlington, VA,October 2006. (Acceptance rate: 32%)B. W. Graham*, Y. Zhu*, X. Fu*, and R. Bettati, “Using Covert Channels to Evaluate theEffectiveness of Flow Confidentiality Measures.” Proceedings of the 11th IEEE InternationalConference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS 2005), Fukuoka, Japan, June 2005.(acceptance rate: 38%)Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“Expanding Cyber Situational Learning to CAE Institution,” Department of DefenseInformationAssurance Scholarship Program Grant Solicitation, PI: R. Bettati, $34,123.74, 9/1/ 2009-8/31/ 2010.“CI-TEAM: Virtual Tools for Expanding the Cyber Horizon (VTECH),” National ScienceFoundation Oce of Cyberinfrastructure in response to CI-TEAM solicitation. PI L. Cifuentes(1/3), co-PIs R. Bettati (1/3), Guy Almes (1/6), Willis Marti (1/6), with collaborators inTEEX and DelMar University, Corpus Christi, $999,382, 1/1,/2008 – 12/31/ 2009.“Power-Aware Resource Management in Densely Packaged Distributed Real-Time EmbeddedSystems,” National Science Foundation, Co-PIs R. Mahapatra and R. Bettati, (Mahapatra50%, Bettati 50%), $205,000 over 2 years, September 2005- 8/ 2007.Term/YearCourseNumberCourse TitleSpring 2012 CSCE 613 Operating Systems 3.0SemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 410 Operating Systems 3.0 31Fall 2011 CSCE 611 Operating Systems and Applications 3.0 19Spring 2011 CSCE 613 Operating Systems 3.0 54Fall 2010 CSCE 410 Operating Systems 3.0 27Fall 2010 CSCE 611 Operating Systems and Algorithms 3.0 2Spring 2010 CSCE 410 Operating Systems 3.0 33Spring 2010 CSCE 611 Operating Systems and Algorithms 3.0 38Fall 2009 CSCE 663 Real-Time Systems 3.0 24Fall 2009 CSCE 313 Introduction to Computer Systems 4.0 74Spring 2009 CSCE 410 Operating Systems 3.0 25Spring 2009 CSCE 611 Operating Systems and Applications 3.0 15Fall 2008 CSCE 313 Introduction to Computer Systems 4.0 18Fall 2008 CSCE 410 Operating Systems 3.0 30Fall 2008 CSCE 611 Operating Systems and Applications 3.0 4Spring 2008 CSCE 313 Introduction to Computer Systems 4.0 13ClassSize74

Fall 2007 CSCE 663 Real-Time Systems 3.0 24Spring 2007 CSCE 662 Distributed Processing Systems 3.0 11Fall 2006 CSCE 663 Real-Time Systems 3.0 20Fall 2006 CSCE 410 Operating Systems 3.0Summer2006Summer2006CSCE 410CSCE 611Operating SystemsOperating Systems and Applications3.0 273.0 3Spring 2006 CSCE 410 Operating Systems 3.0 62Spring 2006 CSCE 611 Operating Systems and Applications 3.0 2Spring 2006 CSCE 662 Distributed Processing Systems 3.0 8Fall 2005 CSCE 410 Operating Systems 3.0 45Fall 2005 CSCE 611 Operating Systems and Applications 3.0 3Spring 2005 CSCE 410 Operating Systems 3.0 55Spring 2005 CSCE 611 Operating Systems and Applications 3.0 3Spring 2005 CSCE 662 Distributed Processing Systems 3.0 11Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Bettati’s research interestsinclude: Distributed Real-Time Systems, Scheduling Algorithms, Communication Protocols,Traffic Analysis, And Anonymity and Privacy.75

James Caverlee, Assistant ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, August, 2007Degree Field Institution DatePh.D. Computer Science Georgia Institute of Technology 2007MS Computer Science Stanford University 2001MSEngineering-Economic Systems &Operations ResearchStanford University 2000BA Economics, Magna Cum Laude Duke University 1996Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Program Committee MemberSocialCom IEEE Conference on Social Computing, 2010JCDL ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, 2009, 2010WICOW Workshop on Information Credibility on the Web, 2008, 2009, 2010AIRWEB Adversarial Information Retrieval on the Web, 2008, 2009CollaborateCom International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking,Applications, and Worksharing, 2008, 2009ICDM IEEE International Conference on Data Mining, 2008, 2009:CoopIS International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems, 2008:Other Professional ServiceSenior personnel, NSF Collaborative Research: Spam Processing, Archiving and MonitoringCommunity Facility (Spam Commons). PI: Calton Pu, $750,484. NSF 0855067Tutorials Chair, 3rd International Conference on Collaborative Computing (CollaborateCom2007)Local Arrangements Chair, 2nd International Conference on Collaborative Computing(CollaborateCom 2006)Finance Chair, 4th Conference on Email and Anti-Spam (CEAS 2007)Student Volunteer, 22nd International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE 2006)76

Professional DevelopmentTAMU Cognoscenti seminar (Psychology), “Modeling and Leveraging Social CollectiveIntelligence: A Computer Science Perspective,” February 8, 2010REU Brownbag, “Opportunities and Challenges at the Texas A&M infolab,” June 18, 2009Faculty Panel Talk with new grad students, August 27, 2008TAMU CPSC 181 seminar, “Leveraging Web Intelligence,” March 25, 2008TAMU CE Seminar, “Towards Robust Trust Establishment in Online Communities withSocialTrust,” March 18, 2008TAMU CPSC 181 Seminar, “Spam 2.0: Challenges and (Some) Solutions for Web-Based OpenSystems,” October 9, 2007TAMU CPSC 681 Seminar, “Spam 2.0: Challenges and (Some) Solutions for Web-Based OpenSystems,” October 19, 2007Other Related Computing Experience- NoneConsulting- NoneDepartmental Committee Service 2009-2010 Advisory Committee (elected), 2009-2010 Undergraduate Curriculum and ABET Committee, 2009-2010Departmental Committee Service 2005-2009 Library Committee, Chair, 2007-2008 Advisory Committee (elected), 2008-2009 Undergraduate Curriculum and ABET Committee, 2008-2009Principal Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed Journal PublicationsJ. Caverlee, L. Liu, and S. Webb. The SocialTrust Framework for Trusted Social InformationManagement: Architecture and Algorithms. Journal of Information Sciences, Elsevier, Vol. 180,No. 1, January 2010, pp. 95-112.Y. Ding, E. Yan, A. Frazho and J. Caverlee. PageRank for ranking authors in co-citationnetworks. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST),60 (11), November 2009, pp. 2229-2243.J. Caverlee, L. Liu, and S. Webb. A Parameterized Approach to Spam-Resilient Link Analysisof the Web. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Vol. 20, No. 10,October 2009.J. Bae, L. Liu, J. Caverlee, L.J. Zhang, H. Bae. Development of Distance Measures for ProcessMining, Discovery, and Integration. International Journal of Web Services Research (JWSR),Vol. 4, No. 4, October-December 2007, pp. 1-17.J. Caverlee, J. Bae, Q. Wu, L. Liu, C. Pu, and W. B. Rouse. Workflow Management forEnterprise Transformation. Information, Knowledge, Systems Management (IKSM), Vol. 6,No. 1-2, 2007, pp. 61-80.77

J. Caverlee, L. Liu, and D. Rocco. Discovering Interesting Relationships among Deep WebDatabases: A Source-Biased Approach. World Wide Web Journal: Internet and WebInformation Systems (WWWJ), Springer, Vol. 9, No. 3, December 2006, pp. 585-622.J. Caverlee and L. Liu. QA-Pagelet: Data Preparation Techniques for Large Scale Data Analysisof the Deep Web. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE), Vol. 17, No.9, September 2005, pp. 1247-1262.Refereed Conference ProceedingsHighly Selective Conferences (selectivity of 30% or less)*C.-F. Hsu, *E. Khabiri, and J. Caverlee. Ranking Comments on the Social Web. IEEEInternational Conference on Social Computing (SocialCom). Vancouver, August 2009.[Acceptance rate: 9%]*S. Kashoob, J. Caverlee, and *E. Khabiri. Probabilistic Generative Models of the SocialAnnotation Process. IEEE International Conference on Social Computing (SocialCom).Vancouver, August 2009. [Acceptance rate: 9%]S. Webb, J. Caverlee, and C. Pu. Predicting Web Spam with HTTP Session Information. ACM17th Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM). Napa Valley, August2008. [Acceptance rate: 17%]J. Caverlee and L. Liu. Countering Web Spam with Credibility-Based Link Analysis. 26 thSymposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC), Portland, August 2007.[Acceptance rate: 16%]S. Webb, J. Caverlee and C. Pu. Characterizing Web Spam Using Content and HTTP SessionAnalysis. 4th Conference on Email and Anti-Spam (CEAS), Mountain View, August 2007.[Acceptance rate: 19%]J. Caverlee, L. Liu, and J. Bae. Distributed Query-Sampling: A Quality Conscious Approach.29th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research & Development on InformationRetrieval (SIGIR), Seattle, August 2006. [Acceptance rate: 19%]L. Liu, J. Zhang, W. Han, C. Pu, J. Caverlee, S. Park, T. Critchlow, M. Coleman, and D. Buttler.XWRAPComposer: A Multi-Page Data Extraction Service for Bio-Computing Applications. IEEEInternational Conference on Services Computing (SCC), Orlando, July 2005. [Acceptance rate:19%]High Visibility Conferences (selectivity of 30% - 60%)S. Webb, J. Caverlee, C. Pu. Introducing the Webb Spam Corpus: Using Email Spam toIdentify Web Spam Automatically. 3rd Conference on Email and Anti-Spam (CEAS), MountainView, July 2006. [Acceptance rate: 36%]Other Scholarly Activity (Last Five Years)GrantsUncovering Social Spammers: Social Honeypots + Machine Learning, Google Research Award,PI: James Caverlee, Awarded: November 2008, $40,000 unrestricted gift.Teaching ImprovementFaculty Teaching Academy, TAMU Center for Teaching and Excellence, 2008One-Week Program in Research and Teaching for Faculty, TAMU Center for Teachingand Excellence, 200878

Is Multi-Tasking a Skill? Strategies for Effective Time Management, Dean of FacultiesOffice, 2007Faculty Teaching Academy, TAMU Center for Teaching and Excellence, 2007TAMU CS IAP, “Spam 2.0,” September 18, 2007Term/YearSpring2012CourseNumberCourse TitleCSCE 670 Information Storage and Retrieval 3.0SemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 470 Information Storage and Retrieval 3.0 39Spring2011CSCE 670 Information Storage and Retrieval 3.0 46Fall 2010 CSCE 470 Information Storage and Retrieval 3.0 18Fall 2010 CSCE 689 Internet-Scale Data Management 3.0 25Spring2010CSCE 670 Information Storage and Retrieval 3.0 53Fall 2009 CSCE 470 Information Storage and Retrieval 3.0 22Fall 2009 UPAS 181 Computer Science in the Age of Twitter:The Social Web and Its Impact on SocietySpring20091.0 14CSCE 670 Information Storage and Retrieval 3.0 38Fall 2008 CPSC 470 Information Storage and Retrieval 3.0 13Spring2008CPSC 670 Information Storage and Retrieval 3.0 37Fall 2007 CPSC 689 Internet-Scale Data Management 3.0 20ClassSizePercentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Major Research and Scholarly Activities:Dr. Caverlee’s research interests include: the Web, Databases, and Information Retrieval.79

Jinxiang Chai, Assistant ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, September, 2006Degree Field Institution DatePh.D. Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University 2006MS Computer Science Chinese Academy 1998BE Electrical Engineering Xi’an Jiaotong University 1995Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Associate Editor: International Journal of Image and GraphicsTechnical Program Committee MemberACM SIGGRAPH/EUROGRAPHICS Symposium on Computer Animation, Pacific Graphics,2010ACM SIGGRAPH ASIA, 2009ACM SIGGRAPH/EUROGRAPHICS Symposium on Computer Animation, 2007, 2008, 2009Other Related Computing Experience- NoneConsulting- NoneDepartmental Committee Service 2009-2010 Web Advisory Committee, 2009-2010Departmental Committee Service 2005-2009 Undergraduate Student Awards Committee, 2008-2009 Computing Services Advisory Committee, 2007-2008 Library Committee, 2006-200780

Principal Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed Journal PublicationsJ. Min*, Y.-L. Chen* and J. Chai, “Interactive Generation of Human Animation UsingDeformable Motion Models,” ACM Transactions on Graphics (to present in SIGGRAPH2010), 29(1): Article No. 9, 2009.M. Lau, J. Chai, Y.-Q. Xu and H. Shum, “Interactive Manipulation of 3D Facial ExpressionsUsing Facial Priors,” ACM Transactions on Graphics, 29(1): Article No. 3, 2009.J. Chai and J. Hodgins, “Constraint-based Motion Optimization Using A Statistical DynamicMode,” ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2007), 16(3): ArticleNo. 8, 2007.J. Xiao, J. Chai and T. Kanade, “A Closed-form Solution to Nonrigid Shape and MotionRecovery,” International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV), 67(2), 233–246, 2006.J. Chai and J. Hodgins, “Performance Animation from Low-dimensional Control Signals,” ACMTransactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2005). 24(3):686-696, 2005.Refereed Conference PapersHighly Selective Papers (

Other Scholarly ActivityGrantsJ. Chai - PI, “Interactive Human Motion Control from Low-cost Sensors”, Samsung ElectronicsCo., Amount: $152,281.00 plus $30k equipments (high resolution depth camera and six6-Dofs motion sensors), 2009-2010.Course DevelopmentDr. Chai updated the curricula for the CSCE 641 Computer Graphics course. The focus is now onthree sub-areas: animation, rendering, and image and video processing. The students who areinterested in modeling are encouraged to take CSCE 645 Geometric Modeling which he hasredesigned assignments for the class and written slides for every lecture.Similarly, Dr. Chai redesigned the curricula for the undergraduate graphics class CSCE 441. Heintroduced new topics and introduced new materials focusing on basic concepts of characteranimation and image and video processing. He developed a new lab for the course which allowsstudents to capture their own movements with the department’s state-of-art motion capture laband write their own codes to animate characters with captured motion. In this way, students areable to animate any motions for characters as long as they can act them out with their own body.Term/Year Course Number Course Title SemesterHoursSpring 2012 CSCE 643 Seminar in Intelligent Systemsand RoboticsFall 2011 CSCE 181 Introduction to Computing 1.0 128Fall 2011 CSCE 641 Computer Graphics 3.0 10Spring 2011 CSCE 181 Introduction to Computing 1.0 109Spring 2011 CSCE 489 Computer Photography 3.0 5Spring 2011 CSCE 689 Computer Photography 3.0 4Fall 2010 CSCE 441 Computer Graphics 3.0 31Spring2010Spring2010CSCE 441 Computer Graphics 3.0 30CSCE 641 Computer Graphics 3.0 12Fall 2009 CSCE 689 Computer Animation 3.0 8Spring2009Spring2009CPSC 441 Computer Graphics 3.0 24CPSC 181 Introduction to Computing 1.0 71Fall 2008 CPSC 641 Computer Graphics 3.0 7Spring2008CPSC 441 Computer Graphics 3.0 243.0ClassSize82

Fall 2007 CPSC 641 Computer Graphics 3.0 7Spring2007CPSC 689Data-driven ComputerGraphicsFall 2006 CPSC 689 Data-driven ComputerGraphics3.0 63.0 7Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Major Research and Scholarly ActivitiesDr. Chai is particularly interested in Character Animation, Data-Driven Approach for Graphicsand Vision, Interaction Techniques for 3D Graphics, Vision for Graphics and Animation, Image-Based Rendering and Modeling, Image and Video Processing.83

Jianer Chen, Professor and Head of Graduate AdmissionsExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Visiting Professor, August, 1989Hired, Assistant Professor, March, 1990Promoted, Associate Professor, September 1996Promoted, Professor, September 2002Degree Field Institution DatePhD Mathematics Columbia University 1990PhD Computer Science New York University 1987M.Phil Mathematics Columbia University 1990MA Mathematics Columbia University 1989MS Computer Science New York University 1984BS Computer Science CSUT, PR China 1982Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Computers, January 2009-presentEditorial Board, Science in China Series F: Information Sciences, August 2008-presentAssociate Editor, International Journal of Computer Science & Applications, January 2008-presentAssociate Editor, Journal of Computer and System Sciences, 2005-2007Guest Editor, Special Issue on Exact and Parameterized Computation, Algorithmica 52, 2008.Program Committee MemberInternational Conference on Computing and Combinatorics (COCOON), 2009International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing (ICA3PP),2008, 2007, 2005Annual Conference on Theory and Applications of Models of Computation (TAMC), 2008, 2007International Frontiers in Algorithmic Workshop (FAW), 2008, 2007International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management (AAIM),2008, 2007, 2006International Workshop on Graph-Theoretical Concepts in Computer Science (WG), 2006International Workshop on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IWPEC), 200684

Annual International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC), 2005International Conference on Computer Communication and Mobile Computing (ICCNMC),2005Steering Committee MemberInternational Workshop on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IWPEC), 2003-presentProgram Committee ChairThe 4th International Workshop on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IWPEC), 2009The 6th Annual Conference on Theory and Applications of Models of Computation (TAMC),2009Professional DevelopmentDr. Chen has been actively participating in the activities (workshops and social activities) of theCenter for Teaching Excellence program organized by the Office of the Dean of Faculties andAssociate Provost at Texas A&M University. He gave a seminar speech on March 26, 2010 inFaculty Teaching Academy 2009-2010 organized by the Center.Other Related Experience- NoneConsulting- NoneDepartmental Committee Service 2009-2010 College of Engineering CommitteeService 2009-2010 Graduate Assistantship & Scholarship SelectionCommittee Graduate Admissions Committee, Chair Promotion and Tenure CommitteeGraduate Instruction CommitteeDepartmental Committee Service 2009-2010 Faculty Search Systems Biology Committee,2005-06 Graduate Advisory Committee, 2005-2006 Graduate Assistantship & Scholarship SelectionCommittee, 2005-2009 Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2005-2009 Graduate Admissions Committee, Chair, 2005-2009College of Engineering CommitteeService 2009-2010Graduate Instruction Committee,2005-2009Principal Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed Journal PublicationsAkleman, E., Chen, J., Xing, Q., and Gross, J., “Cyclic Plain-Weaving on Polygonal MeshSurfaces with Graph Rotation Systems,” ACM Transactions on Graphics 28-3, Article No. 78,August 2009.Chen, J., Fomin, F., Liu*, Y., Lu*, S., and Villanger, Y., “Improved Algorithms for FeedbackVertex Set Problems,” Journal of Computer and System Sciences 74-7, pp. 1188-1198,November 2008.85

Chen, J., Fernau, H., Kanj*, I., and Xia*, G., “Parametric Duality And Kernelization: LowerBounds And Upper Bounds On Kernel Size,” SIAM Journal on Computing 37-4, pp. 1077-1106, December 2007.Chen, J. and Zhang*, F., “On Product Covering in 3-Tier Supply Chain Models: NaturalComplete Problems for W[3] and W[4],” Theoretical Computer Science 363, pp. 278-288,2006.Chen, J., Kanj*, I., and Xia*, G., “Labeled Search Trees and Amortized Analysis: ImprovedUpper Bounds for NP-Hard Problems,” Algorithmica 43, pp. 245-273, 2005.Books or Authoritative ReferencesChen, J. and Fomin, F. V., “Volume Editors, Parameterized and Exact Computation (IWPEC),”Lecture Notes in Computer Science, p. 5917, 2009.Chen, J. and Cooper, S. B., “Volume Editors, Theory and Applications of Models ofComputation (TAMC ),” Lecture Notes in Computer Science, p. 5532, 2009.Research Book ChaptersChen, J., “Maximum Partition Matching,” Encyclopedia of Optimization, 2nd Ed., C. Floudasand P. Pardalos, ed., Springer US, pp. 2029-2035, 2009.Chen, J., “Vertex Cover Search Trees,” Encyclopedia of Algorithms, M.-Y. Kao, ed., SpringerVerlag, 2008.Chen, J., “Vertex Cover Kernelization,” Encyclopedia of Algorithms, M.-Y. Kao, ed., SpringerVerlag, 2008.Chen, J. and Pike, S., “Limits of Computation,” Encyclopedia of Human Geography, E. Warf,ed., SAGE Publications, pp. 277-278, 2006.Refereed Conference ProceedingsHighly Selective Conferences (Acceptance rate< 30%)Akleman, E., Chen, J., Xing, Q., and Gross, J., “Cyclic Plain-Weaving on Polygonal MeshSurfaces with Graph Rotation Systems,” Proc. ACM SIGGRAPH 2009, August 2009(Acceptance rate 18%).Wang, J., Xu, X., and Chen, J., “An Approximation Algorithm Based On Chain Implication forConstrained Minimum Vertex Cover in Bipartite Graphs,” Proc. 4th Annual Conference onTheory and Applications of Models of Computation (TAMC), Lecture Notes in ComputerScience 4484, pp. 760-769, May 2007 (Acceptance rate: 13%).Li, M., Wang, J., and Chen, J., “A Graph-Theoretic Method for Mining Overlapping FunctionalModules in Protein Interaction Networks,” Proc. 4th International Symposium onBioinformatics Research and Applications (ISBRA), Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics 4983,pp. 208-219, 2008 (Acceptance rate 37%).Chen, J., Kanj*, I., and Xia*, G., “Improved Parameterized Upper Bounds for Vertex Cover,”Proc. 31st International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science(MFCS), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4162, pp. 238-249, 2006 (Acceptance rate: 36%)86

Other Scholarly Activity (Last Five Years)“Topological Graph Theory Revisited: With Applications in Computer Graphics,” The NationalScience Foundation, PI: Jianer Chen, co-PI: Ergun Akleman, $386,663 (my pro-ratedamount $224,136), 9/1/2009- 8/31/2012.“Studies on New Algorithmic Techniques for Parameterized Computation,” The NationalScience Foundation, PI: Jianer Chen, $150,000 (my pro-rated amount $150,000),10/1/2008-9/30/2010.“REU Site: Renewal for the Department of Computer Science at Texas A&M University,”The National Science Foundation, PI: Valerie Taylor, co-PIs: Nancy Amato and JianerChen,$300,000 (my pro-rated amount $100,000), 4/1/ 2007 -3/31/2010.“Secure Aggregation for Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks” Texas Higher EducationCoordinating Board (Advanced Research Program), PI: Bo Sun, co-PI: Jianer Chen,$65,061 (my pro-rated amount $16,280), 5/15/2006 -5/14/2008.“Computational Upper and Lower Bounds via Parameterized Complexity” The NationalScienceFoundation, PI: Jianer Chen, $150,000 (my pro-rated amount $150,000), 9/1/2004 -8/31/2008.“REU: Computational Upper and Lower Bounds via Parameterized Complexity” The NationalScience Foundation, PI: Jianer Chen, $6,000 (my pro-rated amount $6,000), 9/1/2004-8/31/2007. This is a supplement to the previous grant.“REU Site: Research Experiences at Texas A&M University Department of Computer Sciencefor Undergraduate Students,” National Science Foundation, PI: Valerie Taylor, co-PIs:Nancy Amato and Jianer Chen, $255,000 (my pro-rated amount $85,000), 4/15/2004-4/14/ 2007.Term/Year CourseNumberSpring2012Course TitleCSCE 637 Complexity Theory 3.0SemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 608 Database Systems 3.0 33Spring2011CSCE 669 Computational Optimization 3.0 20Fall 2010 CSCE 608 Database Systems 3.0 23Spring2010CSCE 637 Complexity Theory 3.0 8Fall 2009 CSCE 608 Database Systems 3.0 31Spring2009CSCE 669 Computational Optimization 3.0 6Fall 2008 CSCE 608 Database Systems 3.0 27ClassSize87

Spring2008CSCE 637 Complexity Theory 3.0 8Fall 2007 CSCE 608 Database Systems 3.0 21Fall 2006 CSCE 689 Exact and ParameterizedComputationSpring20063.0 12CSCE 637 Complexity Theory 3.0 9Fall 2005 CSCE 669 Computational Optimization 3.0 13Spring2005CSCE 689 Algorithmic Techniques for Biology 3.0 13Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 70%. Dr. Chen isthe Graduate Admissions Officer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering anddevotes approximately 30% of his time to that duty.Brief Description of Major Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Chen’s researchinterests are Algorithms and Complexity, Computer Networks, Bioinformatics, and ComputerGraphics.88

Yoonsuck Choe, Associate ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, September 2001Promoted, Associate Professor, September 2007Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Sciences University of Texas @Austin 2001MA Computer Sciences University of Texas @Austin 1995BS Computer Science Yonsei University 1993Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Editorial Board, Neural Information Processing-Letters and Reviews, 2002-presentConference and Symposium ChairKorean Computer Scientists and Engineers Association in America (KOCSEA) TechnicalSymposium, General Chair, 2009; Co-Chair, 2008; Sponsorship Chair, 2007International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL), Area Chair, 2009Program Committee MemberInternational Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL), Award Committee, 2009IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Multimedia Signal and Vision Processing,2009International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), 2009Workshop on self-Organizing Maps (WSOM), 2009IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Multimedia and Visual Signal Processing,Panel Chair, 2009International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility’s Atlasing Program and Reference PanelMeeting, Panelist, 2009Organizational Committee MemberInternational Neural Networks Society Committee on Special Interests Groups (INNSSIGCOM), Inaugural Member, 2006-presentNIH/NSF/DOE/NASA Multiscale Modeling Consortium Multiscale Imaging Working Group,Lead, 2005-present89

IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, Vision and Speech Processing Technical Committee,2007-presentKorean Computer Scientists and Engineers Association in America (KOCSEA), Secretary, 2008;Vice President, 2009; President 2010Other Related Computing ExperienceThe University of Texas, AustinResearch Assistant, Department of Computer Science, 1996-2001Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science, 1996-2001Research Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering, 1995-1996HNC, Inc., Advanced Technology Division, San DiegoIntern, Exploratory Research & Development Group, 6/1999-10/1999Korea Institute of Science and TechnologyDatabase Programming, Consulting, Doping Control Center, 12/1992-5/1993Consulting- NoneDepartmental Committee Service 2009-2010 Graduate Admissions Committee, 2009-2010 Space Committee, 2009-2010Departmental Committee Service 2005-2009 Faculty Search Robotics Committee, 2008-2009 Graduate Admissions Committee, 2008-2009 Colloquium Coordinator, 2007-2009 Undergraduate Student Awards Committee, 2005-2008Principal Publications *Indicates student authorReferred Journal PublicationsKwon, J.*, and Choe, Y. “Facilitating Neural Dynamics for Delay Compensation: A Road toPredictive Neural Dynamics?” Neural Networks 22 (2009): 267-276.Lim, H.*, and Choe, Y. “Delay Compensation through Facilitating Synapses and Its Relation tothe Flash-lag Effect,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 19 (2008): 1678-1688.Xiong*, H., and Choe, Y. “Dynamic Pathway Analysis,” BMC Systems Biology 2 (2008): 9.Xiong*, H., and Choe, Y. “Structural Systems Identification of Genetic Regulator Networks,”Bioinformatics 24 (2008): 553-560.90

Yu*, Y., and Choe, Y. “Neural Model of Disinhibitory Interactions in Modified PoggendorffIllusion,” Biological Cybernetics 98 (2008): 75-85Choe, Y., Yang*, H.-F., and Eng*, D. C. Y. “Autonomous Learning of the Semantics of InternalSensory States Based on Motor Exploration,” International Journal of Humanoid Robotics 4(2007): 211-243.Oh*, S., and Choe, Y. “Segmentation of Textures Defined on Flat vs. Layered Surfaces UsingNeural Networks: Comparison of 2D vs. 3D Representations,” Neurocomputing 70 (2007):2245-2255.Yu*, Y., and Choe, Y. “A Neural Model of the Scintillating Grid Illusion: Disinhibition and Self-Inhibition in Early Vision,” Neural Computation 18 (2006): 521-544.Lim*, H., and Choe, Y. “Compensating for Neural Transmission Delay Using ExtrapolatoryNeural Activation in Evolutionary Neural Networks,” Neural Information Processing-Lettersand Reviews,” 10 (2006): 147-161.Refereed Conference ProceedingsHighly Selective Conferences* Choi*, H., Choi, S., and Choe, Y. “Finding One Manifold from Multiple Manifolds UsingRandom-Walk-Based Statistical Distance,” Proceedings of the 23rd National Conference onArtificial Intelligence, 424-429, 2008. (Acceptance rate 24%)* Xiong*, H., and Choe, Y. “Constrained Estimation of Genetic Networks,” Proceedings of the2007 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BIOCOMP)51-57, 2007. (Acceptance 27%)* Sarma*, S., and Choe, Y. “Salience in orientation-Filter Response Measured as SuspiciousCoincidence in Natural Images, “Proceedings of the 21st National Conference on ArtificialIntelligence. Gil, Y., and Mooney, R., editors, 193-198, 2006. (Poster presentation: acceptance236/774 = 30%)High Visibility ConferencesChoi, H., Katake, A., Choi, S., Kang, Y., and Choe, Y. “Probabilistic Combination of MultipleEvidence,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Neural Information ProcessingPart I, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5863, 302-311, 2009. (Acceptance 48.8%)Han, D., Keyser, J., and Choe, Y. “A Local Maximum Intensity Projection Tracing of Vasculaturein Knife-Edge Scanning Microscope Volume Data,” Proceedings of the IEEE InternationalSymposium on Biomedical Imaging, 1259-1262, 2009. (Acceptance 31.9%)Kwon*, J., Mayerich, D., Choe, Y., and McCormick, B. H., “Lateral Sectioning for Knife-edgescanning microscopy,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on BiomedicalImaging, 1371-1374, 2008. (Acceptance 52%)Kwon*, J., and Choe, Y. (2007). “Enhanced Facilitatory Neuronal Dynamics for DelayCompensation.” Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks,2040-2045, Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Press, 2007. (Oral presentation acceptance rate 40%)Lim*, H., and Choe, Y. “Delay compensation through facilitating synapses and STDP: A neuralbasis for orientation Flash-lag Effect,” Proceedings of the International Joint Conference onNeural Networks, 8385-8392, 2006. (Oral presentation: Acceptance 38%)Lim*, H., and Choe, Y. “Facilitatory Neural Activity Compensating for Neural Delays as aPotential Cause of the Flash-lag Effect.” Proceedings of the International Joint Conference onNeural Networks, 268-273, 2005. (Oral presentation: acceptance 284/752=38%)91

Other Scholarly ActivityGrants“Evolving Autonomous Agents and Scenarios to Support Interactive Training,” RealtimeVisual Co., PI: Y. Choe, $100,000, 6/1/2009–6/31/2010.“Whole Mouse Brain Neuronal Morphology and Neurovascular Browser,” National ScienceFoundation, PI: Y. Choe, $114,024, 9/1/2009–8/31/2011.“MSM: Multiscale Imaging, Analysis, and Integration of Brain Networks,” National Instituteof Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke NIH/NINDS, PI: Y. Choe,Additional Funding for Equipment Support #R01 NS054252-03S1, $20,000, 9/2005–5/2008.“MSM: Multiscale Imaging, Analysis, and Integration of Brain Networks,” National Institute ofHealth/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke NIH/NINDS, PI: Y. Choe,Co-PIs: Louise C. Abbott, John Keyser, Bruce H. McCormick, 965,992 (Choe: 20%$300,000 subcontracted to Stanford, PI: Stephen J. Smith), 9/2005 – 5/2008.“Computational Modeling of Cortical Maps,” National Institute of Health/National Institute ofMental Health, NIH/NIMH, PI: Risto Miikkulainen (The University of Texas at Austin),$766,500, PI subcontractor: Y. Choe, $98,202, 3/2002 – 2/2005.Term/Year CourseNumberSpring2012Spring2012Course TitleCSCE 181 Introduction to Computing 1.0CSCE 636 Neural Networks 3.0SemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 315 Programming Studio 3.0 51Spring2011CSCE 633 Machine Learning 3.0 42Fall 2010 CSCE 315 Programming Studio 3.0 25Fall 2010 CSCE 625 Artificial Intelligence 3.0 32Spring2010Spring2009CSCE 644 Cortical Networks 3.0 8CSCE 633 Machine Learning 3.0 25Fall 2008 CSCE 625 Artificial Intelligence 3.0 11Fall 2008 CSCE 420 Artificial Intelligence 3.0 50Spring2008CSCE 636 Neural Networks 3.0 18Fall 2007 CSCE 625 Artificial Intelligence 3.0 16Fall 2007 CSCE 420 Artificial Intelligence 3.0 39ClassSize92

Spring2007Spring2007CSCE 633 Machine Learning 3.0 13CSCE 644 Cortical Networks 3.0 10Fall 2006 CSCE 420 Artificial Intelligence 3.0 23Spring2006Spring2006CSCE 633 Machine Learning 3.0 18CSCE 420 Artificial Intelligence 3.0 11Fall 2005 CSCE 625 Artificial Intelligence 3.0 8Spring2005Spring2005CSCE 689Computations in Neural and BiologicalSystems3.0 5CSCE 420 Artificial Intelligence 3.0 12Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Choe’s research focus iscurrently on two major subjects: 1) Computational Neuroscience: Neuroevolution, TemporalAspects Of Brain Function, Biologically Inspired Vision; 2) computational neuroanatomy:High-Throughput Volume Microscopy and Neuroinformatics Infrastructure.93

Gabriel Dos Reis, Assistant ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, August 2006Degree Field Institution YearPhD Mathematics École Normale Supérieure de Cachan-France 2001MSMathematics &Computer ScienceÉcole Normale Supérieure de Cachan-France 1997BS Mathematics University of Paris VII-France 1997Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Program Committee Member and Session Organizer of the 3rd International Conference onMathematical Aspects of Computer and Information Sciences; December 2009; Fukuoka,JapanCo-Chair of the 2009 ACM International Workshop on Programming Languages forMechanized Mathematics Systems; August 2009; Munich, GermanyCo-organizer of the ISO C++ Standards Committee Meeting at INRIA Sophia Antipolis, June2008Member of the IEEE Interval Arithmetic Standards Committee, P1788Project Leader of the OpenAxiom scientific computation platform, 2007Member of the ISO C++ Standardization committee since 1997Member of AFNOR C and C++ Standardization committee since 1997Developer of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC is a widely used open source collection ofcompilers for C, C++, Ada, Java, Fortran), since 1997Release Manager of GCCCo-administrator and developer of the Axiom computer algebra system, 2005-2007Other Related Experience- NoneConsulting- None94

Department Committee Service 2009-2010Library CommitteeDepartment Committee Service 2005-2009 Library Committee, 2005-2006 Web Advisory Committee, 2007-2008 Computing Services Advisory Committee, 2008-2009Principle Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed Conference PublicationsHighly Selective ConferencesDouglas Gregor, Jaakko Järvi, Jeremy Siek, Bjarne Stroustrup, Gabriel Dos Reis, and AndrewLumsdaine. Concepts: Linguistic Support for Generic Programming in C++. In OOPSLA ’06:Proceedings of the 21st annual ACM SIGPLAN conference on Object-Oriented ProgrammingLanguages, Systems, and Applications, pages 291–310, New York, NY, USA, 2006. ACM Press.Acceptance rate 17%.Gabriel Dos Reis and Bjarne Stroustrup. Specifying C++ Concepts. In Conference Record ofPOPL ’06: The 33th ACM SIGPLAN-SIGACT Symposium on Principles of ProgrammingLanguages, pages 295–308, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 2006. Acceptance rate 19.76%.Selective Conferences with High VisibilityGabriel Dos Reis and Bjarne Stroustrup. A Principled, Complete, and EfficientRepresentation of C++. In Proceedings of The Joint Conference of ASCM 2009 and MACIS2009, volume 22 of Math-for-Industry Lecture Note Series, pages 407–421, Fukuoka, Japan,2009. Kyushu University.Gabriel Dos Reis. Exact Numerics In a Categorial Framework. In SCAN’08: The 13thGAMM–IMACS International Symposium on Scientific Computing, Computer Arithmetic andVerified Numerical Computations, El Paso, Texas; USA, September 2008.Jacob Smith*, Gabriel Dos Reis, and Jaakko Järvi. Algorithmic Differentiation in Axiom. InISSAC ’07: Proceedings of the 2007 International Symposium on Symbolic and AlgebraicComputation, pages 347–354, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, July 2007. ACM New York, NY,USA. Acceptance rate 51%.Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“Collaborative Research: Next Generation Compilers for Emerging Multicore Systems,”National Science Foundation, PI: Lawrence Rauchwerger; Co-PI: Gabriel Dos Reis, BjarneStroustrup, $ 496,000.00, prorated value: $ 165,333.3395

Term/YearCourseNumberCourse TitleSpring 2012 CSCE 314 Programming Languages 3.0Spring 2012 CSCE 604 Programming Languages 3.0SemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 481 Seminar 1.0 89Spring 2011 CSCE 314 Programming Languages 3.0 36Spring 2011 CSCE 689 Programming LanguageImplementation3.0 6Fall 2010 CSCE 481 Seminar 1.0 89Spring 2010 CSCE 314 Programming Languages 3.0 32Fall 2009 CSCE 315 Programming Studio 3.0 12Spring 2009 CSCE 314 Programming Languages 3.0 27Fall 2008 CSCE 689 Special Topics in Static Analysis 3.0 5Spring 2008 CSCE 314 Programming Languages 3.0 19Fall 2007 CSCE 689 Special Topics in SymbolicComputations3.0 7Spring 2007 CSCE 689 Special Topics in Runtime Systems 3.0 7Fall 2006 CSCE 689 Special Topics in SymbolicComputations3.0 5ClassSizePercentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Dos Reis’s research interestsare Computer Algebra, Mathematical Software, Computer Methods in Geometry, ProgrammingLanguages and Libraries, Compiler Construction, and Generic Programming.96

Donald Friesen, Professor EmeritusExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, 1978Promoted, Associate Professor, 1983Promoted, Professor, 1990Appointed as Acting Department Head, September 1, 2003-December31, 2003Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science University of Illinois 1978PhD Mathematics Dartmouth College 1966MCS Mathematics Dartmouth College 1965BA Mathematics Knox College 1963Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)NoneOther Related ExperienceLawrence Livermore LaboratoryScientific Programmer, Summer 1964Dartmouth CollegeJ.W. Young Research Instructor, Mathematics department, 1966-67University of IllinoisAssistant Professor, Mathematics, 1967-74Teaching Assistant, Computer Science Department, 1975-1976Research Assistant, Computer Science Department, 1977-1978Consulting- NoneDepartment CommitteeService 2009-2010University Committee Service 2009-2010 Library Committee PICA Electronic Course Evaluation Advisory Committee97

Departmental Committee Service 2005-2009 Advisory Committee (Ex Officio), 2005-2009 Graduate Admissions Committee (Ex Officio), 2005-2008 Graduate Advisory Committee (Ex Officio), 2005-2009 Graduate Assistantship & Scholarship Selection Committee, Chair, 2005-2009 Promotion and Tenure Committee, Chair, 2005; Member, 2006-2009 Space Committee, Chair, 2005-2009 Faculty and Staff Awards Committee, 2005-2009 Faculty Search Information Storage/Retrieval Sub Committee, 2006-2007 Undergraduate Curriculum & ABET Committee, (Ex Officio), 2006-2009 Advisory Committee (Ex Officio), 2005-2009 Graduate Admissions Committee (Ex Officio), 2005-2008 Graduate Advisory Committee (Ex Officio), 2005-2009 Graduate Assistantship & Scholarship Selection Committee, Chair, 2005-2009 Promotion and Tenure Committee, Chair, 2005; Member, 2006-2009 Space Committee, Chair, 2005-2009 Faculty and Staff Awards Committee, 2005-2009 Faculty Search Information Storage/Retrieval Sub Committee, 2006-2007 Undergraduate Curriculum & ABET Committee, (Ex Officio), 2006-2009College of Engineering Committee Service 2005-2009 Tenure and Promotion Committee (CETPAC), 2006-2008University Committee Service 2005-2009 PICA Electronic Course Evaluation Advisory Committee, 2006-2009Principal Publications *Indicates student authorReferred Journal PublicationsFriesen, Donald and T. Harayama*. “Weil Sum for Birthday Attack in Multivariate QuadraticCryptosystem,” 1 (January, 2007), J. Math. Crypt., pp. 79-104.Friesen, Donald, J. Zhang* and S. Oliveira. “The Parallel Modified Multisection Algorithm forComputing Eigenvalues of Symmetric Tridiagonal Matrices,” submitted October 2009, SIAMJ. Matr. Anal. and Appls.Other Scholarly ActivityGrants- NoneTerm/YearFall 2009Summer2009CourseNumberCSCE629CSCE629Course TitleSemesterHoursAnalysis of Algorithms 3.0 49Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 15Spring 2009 CSCE Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 12ClassSize98

Fall 2008Summer2008Spring 2008Fall 2007Summer2007Spring 2007Fall 2006Summer2006Spring 2006Fall 2005Spring 2005629CSCE629CSCE629CSCE629CSCE629CSCE629CSCE629CSCE629CSCE629CSCE629CSCE629CSCE433Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 52Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 11Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 21Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 47Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 7Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 47Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 41Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 16Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 32Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 28Formal Languages andAutomata3.0 25Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 50%. The other50% of Doctor Friesen’s time is spent scheduling teaching assignments for the Department ofComputer Science and Engineering, substituting for the Department Head when she is absent,and providing information and advice to the Department Head.Please give a brief description of your major research and scholarly activities:Dr. Friesen continues to work with his students on various research projects (unfunded) in theareas of bin packing, scheduling, and combinatorial optimization.99

Richard Furuta, Professor and Undergraduate AdvisorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Associate Professor, September 1993Promoted, Professor, September 2001Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science University of Washington 1986MA Computer Science University of Oregon 1978BS Biology Reed College 1974Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Professional Offices HeldMember, Executive Committee (Steering Committee), IEEE-CS Technical Committee on DigitalLibraries, 2001-present; First Vice Chair, 2007-present, Candidate for Chair, fall 2005 ElectionMember, ACM SIGWEB Nominating Committee, 2005, ElectionProgram Chair, ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, 2009, Austin, TXPoster Chair, ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, 2006 (JCDL), Chapel Hill,NCMember Steering CommitteeSIGWEB Representative, 2000-2005; At-large member, 2005-2008; Chair, 2001-2005ACM Symposium on Document Engineering, 2002-2008Member Program CommitteeInternational Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL), Bali, Indonesia, 2008; Hanoi,Vietnam, 2007; Kyoto, Japan, 2006Information Retrieval Track, ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (IRTrack ACM CIKM), Napa, California, 2008; Lisbon, Portugal, 2007; Arlington, VA, 200612 th European Digital Library Conference, Aarhus, Denmark, 2008ACM/IEEE/CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), Pittsburgh, PA, 2008; Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada, 2007; Chapel Hill, NC, 2006; Denver Colorado, 2005100

European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (ECDL),Budapest, Hungary, 2007; Alicante, Spain, 2006ACM Symposium on Document Engineering, (DocEng), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2006IS&T/SPIE Digital Publishing, 2006International Conference on Digital Archive Technologies (ICDAT), Taipei, Taiwan, 2005Other Related ExperienceUniversity of MarylandAssistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, 1985-1993Lecturer, 1985-1986Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, 9/1987-6/1989, 1990-1993Consulting- NoneDepartment Committee Service 2009-2010 Computer Engineering CurriculumCoordination Committee, (Ex Officio) Promotion and Tenure Committee Undergraduate Curriculum & ABETCommittee, (Ex Officio) Visualization Joint CommitteeCollege of EngineeringCommittee Service 2009-2010Student Evaluation CommitteeEngineering Scholars ProgramCommitteeEngineering ScholarsFellowship StudentOrganization AdvisorDepartment Committee Service 2005-2009 Computing Services Advisory Committee,2005-2006 Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2005-2009 Undergraduate Recruiting Committee, 2005-2008 Undergraduate Curriculum & ABETCommittee, (Ex Officio), 2006-2009 Computer Engineering CurriculumCoordination Committee, (Ex Officio), 2007-2009 Undergraduate Student Awards Committee,2007-2008College of EngineeringCommittee Service 2005-2009Engineering Faculty AdvisoryCommittee, 2005-2007Student EvaluationCommittee, 2007-2009Engineering Scholars ProgramCommittee, 2007-2009Engineering ScholarsFellowship StudentOrganization Advisor, 2007-2009Principal Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed Journals101

Polineni,Pavana*, Aragonda, Prathyusha, Xavier,Suresh, R. Furuta, Richard and Adelson,David L.. “TheBovine QTL Viewer: a Web Accessible database of Bovine Quantitative TraitLoci,” BMC Bioinformatics, 7:283, 2006. (Online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/7/283).Urbina, Eduardo, Furuta, Richard, Smith, Steven Escar, Audenaert, Neal*, Deng, Jie* andMonroy, Carlos*. “Visual Knowledge: Textual Iconography of the Quixote, a HypertextualArchive,” Literary and Linguistic Computing, Volume 21, Number 2, June 2006, pp. 247-258.Gonzáez Moreno, Fernando, Urbina,Eduardo, Furuta, Richard and Deng, Jie*. “La Colecciónde Quijotes Ilustrados del Proyecto Cervantes: Catálogo de Ediciones y Archivo Digital deImágenes,” Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America, Volume 25, Number 1,2005. (Issued in 2006.)Research Book ChaptersFuruta, Richard. “Separation of Concerns in Hypertext: Articulation Points that IncreaseFlexibility,” From Integrated Publication and Information Systems to Virtual Informationand KnowledgeEnvironments. Springer, 2005.Furuta, Richard, Deng, Jie*, Monroy, Carlos* and Audenaert, Neal*. “Imaging the Quixote: ADigital Iconography,” Eduardo Urbina and Jes´usMaestro, editors, Don Quixote Illustrated:Textual Imagesand Visual Readings (Biblioteca Cervantes 2), Pontevedra: Mirabel Editorial, 2005.Refereed ConferencesHighly Selective ConferencesKaradkar, Unmil P.*, Nordt, Marlo, Furuta, Richard, Lee,Cody* and Quick, Christopher.“Image-based Evaluation of Video-acquired Research Skills,” Proceedings of the 6thACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries. Chapel Hill, NC, June 11–15, 2006.ACM Press, 2006, pp. 200–201. (Acceptance rate 23%)Audenaert, Neal*, Furuta, Richard and Eduardo Urbina. “A General Framework for FeatureIdentification,” Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations, July 5-9, 2006, Paris.Singh, Manas*, Furuta, Richard, Urbina, Eduardo, Audenaert, Nea*l, Deng, Jie* and CarlosMonroy*. “Expanding a Humanities Digital Library: Musical References in Cervantes’ Works,”Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries: 10th European Conference, ECDL,Alicante, Spain, September 2006, Proceedings, LNCS 4172, Springer, pp. 158–169.(Acceptance rate 28%)Karadkar,Unmil*, Nordt, Marlo, Furuta, Richard, Lee, Cody* and Christopher Quick. “AnExploration of Space-Time Constraints on Contextual Information in Image-based TestingInterfaces,” Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries: 10th EuropeanConference, ECDL 2006, Alicante, Spain, September 2006, Proceedings, LNCS 4172,Springer, pp. 391–402. (Acceptance rate 28%)Selective Conferences with High VisibilityAudenaert,Neal*, Furuta, Richard, Urbina, Eduardo, Deng, Jie*, Monroy, Carlos*, Sáenz,Rosy* and Doris Careaga* ‘‘Integrating Diverse Research in a Digital Library Focused on aSingle Author,” Andreas Rauber, Stavros Christodoulakis, and A Min Tjoa, editors, Researchand Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries: 9th European Conference, ECDL,102

Proceedings, Vienna, Austria, September 2005, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS3652, Springer, 2005, pp. 151-161. (Acceptance rate 32%)Deng, Jie*, Furuta, Richard and Eduardo Urbina. “Locating Themaic Pinpoints in NarrativeTexts withShort Phrases: A Test Study on Don Quixote,” Proceedings of the 2007 Conference on DigitalLibraries, June, 2007, pp. 402–410. (Acceptance rate 36%)Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“ITR: Long-Lived Information Artifacts Based on Short-Lived Administratively-DecentralizedSource Material,” National Science Foundation, Richard K. Furuta and Frank M. Shipman,$200,000, 9/1/02–8/31/06.“Humanities Informatics: Excellence in Research,” Texas A&M University,Telecommunications and Informatics Task Force, Eduardo Urbina, James M. Rosenheim,Richard Furuta, John Leggett, Carol C. Cook, and Steven E. Smith, $339,150, 1/1/04–8/31/06.“Mediation of Research Group Scholarly Activities in a Digital Library: Steps Towards theNautical Archaeology Digital Library,” National Science Foundation Richard Furuta andLuis Filipe M. Vieira de Castro, $404,180 ($358,191 to Computer Science), 1/1/06–12/31/08.REU Supplement request for “Mediation of Research Group Scholarly Activities in a DigitalLibrary: Steps Towards the Nautical Archaeology Digital Library.” National ScienceFoundation, Richard Furuta, $12,000. Awarded 5/9/06.“Creating an Archive of Don Quixote Illustrations,” National Endowment for the Humanities,Eduardo Urbina, Richard Furuta, and Steven E. Smith. $325,000 ($158,068 to ComputerScience), 9/1/06-8/31/08.“Collaborative Project: Ensemble: Enriching Communities and Collections to SupportEducation in Computing,” National Science Foundation, Richard Furuta, Frank Shipman,and Booker S. Carpenter (TAMU PIs), along with Villanova University, Portland StateUniversity, University of Pittsburgh, Drexel University, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute andState University, $2,550,000 total; $425,000 TAMU, 10/1/08-9/30/11.Term/Year CourseNumberFall 2011Fall 2011Spring2011ENGR270ENGR470Course TitleEngineering Projects inCommunity ServiceEngineering Projects inCommunity ServiceSemesterHours1.0 81.0 11CSCE 675 Digital Libraries 13Fall 2009 CSCE 610 Hypertext/Hypermedia Systems 3.0 15Spring CSCE 675 Digital Libraries 3.0 7ClassSize103

2008Fall 2006 CSCE 689 Special Topics in DigitalHumanitiesSpring2006Spring20063.0 10CSCE 436 Computer-Human Interaction 3.0 15CSCE 671 Computer-Human Interaction 3.0 19Fall 2005 CSCE 436 Computer-Human Interaction 3.0 29Spring2005CSCE 671 Computer-Human Interaction 3.0 26Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 70%. The other30% of Dr. Furuta’s time is spent advising undergraduate students enrolled in the Departmentof Computer Science and Engineering’s Computer Engineering Program.Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Furuta will focus on offeringtwo important courses at least every other year, CPSC 675 Digital Libraries and the new DigitalHumanities course.104

Guofei Gu, Assistant ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, August 2008Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science Georgia Institute of Technology 2008MS Computer Science Fudan University 2003BE Computer Science Nanjing University of Posts andTelecommunications2000Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Program Co-Chair1 st IEEE International Workshop on Network Security and Privacy (NSP, in conjunction withIEEE IPCCC), Austin, TX, 2008Program Committee MemberInternational Symposium on Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection (RAID), Ottawa, Canada,2010; Saint-Malo, Britanny, France2009SIG SIDAR Conference on Detection of Intrusions and Malware & Vulnerability Assessment(DIMVA), Bonn, Germany, 2010Communication and Information System Security Symposium, IEEE GLOBECOM, Miami, FL,2010ACM Symposium on Information, Computer & Communication Security (ASIACCS), Beijing,China, 2010International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks (SecureComm),Singapore, 2010; Athens, Greece, 2009European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS), Saint Malo, France, 2009IEEE Security & Privacy Symposium, Oakland, CA, 2009Other Related Experience- None105

Consulting- NoneDepartment Committee Service2009-2010Undergraduate Student AwardsDepartment Committee Service2005-2009Library Committee, 2008-2009Principal PublicationsRefereed ConferencesHighly Selective ConferencesTielei Wang, Tao Wei, Guofei Gu, Wei Zou. “TaintScope: A Checksum-Aware Directed FuzzingTool for Automatic Software Vulnerability Detection,” To appear in Proceedings of the 31stIEEE Symposium on Security & Privacy (Oakland'10), Oakland, CA, May 2010. (AcceptanceRate 10.9%)Guofei Gu, Vinod Yegneswaran, Phillip Porras, Jennifer Stoll, and Wenke Lee. “Active BotnetProbing to Identify Obscure Command and Control Channels,” To appear in Proc. of 2009Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC'09), Honolulu, Hawaii,December 2009. (Acceptance Rate 19.6%)Guofei Gu, Roberto Perdisci, Junjie Zhang, and Wenke Lee. “BotMiner: Clustering Analysis ofNetwork Traffic for Protocol- and Structure-Independent Botnet Detection.” To appear inProc. of the 17th USENIX Security Symposium (Security'08), San Jose, CA, 2008. (16%acceptance)Guofei Gu, Alvaro A. Cardenas, and Wenke Lee. “Principled Reasoning and PracticalApplications of Alert Fusion in Intrusion Detection Systems,” Proc. of ACM Symposium onInformAction, Computer and Communications Security (ASIACCS'08), March 2008.(Acceptance Rate 18%)Guofei Gu, Junjie Zhang, and Wenke Lee. “BotSniffer: Detecting Botnet Command and ControlChannels in Network Traffic,” Proc. of the 15th Annual Network and Distributed SystemSecurity Symposium (NDSS'08), February 2008. (Acceptance Rate 18%)High Visibility ConferencesDavid Dagon, Guofei Gu, and Chris Lee. “A Taxonomy of Botnet Structures,” Invited bookchapter for “Botnet Detection: Countering the Largest Security Threat”, Springer-Verlag,2007.Other Scholarly ActivityGrants“A Systematic Defensive Framework for Combating Botnets,” ONR, PI: Guofei Gu,$80,000/$80,000, 4/1/2009-6/1/2010.New Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts Developed106

Bin Zhu, Guofei Gu, and Shipeng Li. "Digital Rights Management System." US Patent No.US7594275 (issued in Sep. 2009).Guofei Gu, Phillip Porras, and Martin Fong. "Method and apparatus for detecting malwareinfections." US patent filed in Spring 2008. Pending.Software: BotHunter. Free bot/malware detection system/tool with a novel dialog-correlation-based engine,which recognizes the communication patterns of malware-infected computers within your networkperimeter. Designed by Guofei Gu, Phillip Porras, Vinod Yegneswaran, Martin Fong, Wenke Lee. Patentfiled. Available at http://www.bothunter.net/. Widely used by universities, industries, governments,militaries, etc.Term/Year CourseNumberCourse TitleSpring 2012 CSCE 313 Introduction to Computer Systems 4.0Spring 2012 CSCE 465 Computer and Network Security 3.0SemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 665 Advanced Network and Security 3.0 11Spring 2011 CSCE 465 Computer and Network Security 3.0 40Fall 2010 CSCE 665 Advanced Network and Security 3.0 17Spring 2010 CSCE 313 Introduction to Computer Systems 4.0 51Fall 2009 CSCE 665 Advanced Network and Security 4.0 16Spring 2009 CSCE 313 Introduction to Computer Systems 3.0 16Fall 2008 CSCE 689 Special Topics in Computer and NetworkSecurityPercentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%3.0 24ClassSizeBrief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Gu’s research areas areNetwork Security, System security, Intrusion Detection, Malware Detection, Analysis, andDefense.107

Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna, Associate Professor and GraduateAdvisorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, August 2002Promoted, Associate Professor, September 2006Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science North Carolina University @Raleigh 1998MS Computer Science North Carolina University @Raleigh 1995BS Industrial/Electrical Engineering Polytechnic University of Madrid 1992Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Program Committee MemberIEEE Conference on Multi-sensor Fusion and Integration (MFI2010), 2010IEEE Symposium Computational Intelligence for Multimedia Signal and Vision Processing,2009International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, 2008, 2009IEEE Sensors Conference, 2007-2009International Symposium on Artificial Brain with Emotion and Learning (ISABEL), 2006Robotics: Systems and Science (RSS), 2006IEEE International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems (ICAS), 2005-2006IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2005International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose (ISOEN), 2005Editorial BoardIEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2009IEEE Sensors Journal (Associate Editor; 2006-present)Sensor Letters, 2003-2005108

Other Related ExperienceWright State University, Dayton, OhioAssistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Department, 1998-2002North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NCInstructor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, 1998Research Assistant, Biomedical Instrumentation Laboratory, 1996-98Lecturer, Graduate School, 1997Teaching Assistant, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, 1996Research Assistant, Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines, 1994-1995Nomadic Technologies, Inc., Mountain View, CAResearch Assistant, Mobile Robotics Group, 1996Consulting- NoneDepartment Committee Service 2009-2010College of EngineeringCommittee Service 2009-2010 Communications Committee Office of Sponsored ResearchDepartment Committee Service 2005-2009 Colloquium Coordinator, 2005-2006 Faculty Search Software Sub Committee, 2005-2006 Undergraduate Curriculum & ABET Committee,2005 Faculty Search Information Storage/Retrieval SubCommittee, 2006-2007 Space Committee, 2006-2008 Advisory Committee (elected), 2007-2009 Faculty Search Security Sub Committee, 2007-2008 Web Advisory Committee, 2008-2009College of EngineeringCommittee Service 2005-2009 Office of Sponsored Research,2008-2009Principal Publications * Indicates student authorRefereed JournalsD. Felps*, H. Bortfeld and R. Gutierrez-Osuna. “Foreign-accent Conversion in Computer AssistedPronunciation Training,” Speech Communication, 51, 920-932, 2009.J. Rodriguez*, H. Bortfeld, I. Rudomin, B. Hernandez, and R. Gutierrez-Osuna. “The ReversecaricatureEffect Revisited: Familiarization with Frontal Facial Caricatures Improves Veridical FaceRecognition,” Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23(5). 733-742, 2008.109

F. Nogueira*, D, Felps* and R. Gutierrez-Osuna. “Development of an Infrared Absorption SpectroscopeBased on Linear Variable Filters,” IEEE Sensors Journal, 7(8), 1183-1190, 2007.B. Raman*, P. Sun*, A. Gutierrez-Galvez* and R. Gutierrez-Osuna, “Processing of Chemical SensorArrays with a Biologically-Inspired Model of Olfactory Coding,” IEEE Transactions on NeuralNetworks, 17(4), pp. 1015-1024, 2006.P. Kakumanu*, A. Esposito, O. N. Garcia and R. Gutierrez-Osuna. “A Comparison of Acoustic CodingModels for Speech-Driven Facial Animation,” Speech Communication, 48(6), pp. 598-615, 2006(Impact Factor for 2003: 0.672; N/A for 2005).A. Gutierrez-Galvez* and R. Gutierrez-Osuna. “Contrast Enhancement and Background Suppression ofChemosensor Array Patterns with the KIII Model,” International Journal of Intelligent Systems 21(9),pp. 937-953, 2006 (Impact Factor for 2003: 0.875; N/A for 2005).High Visibility Conferences (selectivity of 30% - 60%)J. Choi* and R. Gutierrez-Osuna. “Using Heart Rate Monitors to Detect Mental Stress,” Proc. SixthInternational Workshop on Body Sensor Networks (BSN 2009), 219-223, 2009. (Acceptance Rate: 50%)A. Pazarloglou*, R. Stoleru and R. Gutierrez-Osuna. “High-Resolution Speech Signal Reconstruction inWireless Sensor Networks,” Proc. IEEE Workshop on Information Retrieval in Sensor Networks, LasVegas, NV, January 10-13, 2009. (Acceptance Rate: 40%)J. Rodriguez*, H. Bortfeld, and R. Gutierrez-Osuna. “Reducing the Other-Race Effect throughCaricatures,” Proc. 8th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition(FG 2008), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 17-19, 2008. (Acceptance Rate: 43%)H. Choi*, R. Gutierrez-Osuna, S. Choi and Y. Choe. “Kernel Oriented Discriminant Analysis forSpeaker-Independent Phoneme Spaces,” Proc. 19th International Conference on Pattern Recognition(ICPR 2008), Tampa, FL, December 8-11, 2008 (Acceptance Rate: 44%)Koh, D. Caruso, A. Kerne and R. Gutierrez-Osuna. “Elimination of Junk Document SurrogateCandidates Through Pattern Recognition,” Proc. 2007 ACM symposium on Document Engineering,Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, August 28 - 31, 2007, pp. 187-195 (Acceptance Rate: 39%)Publication of Books or Authoritative ReferencesR. Gutierrez-Osuna. “Electronic Nose”, in E. B. Goldstein (Ed.), SAGE Encyclopedia of Perception,Sage Publications, 2010.B. Raman* and R. Gutierrez-Osuna. “Relating Sensor/Instrumental Response of Odorants toTheir Organoleptic Properties By Means of a Biologically-Inspired Model of Receptor NeuronConvergence Onto Olfactory Bulb,” S. Marco and A. Gutierrez-Galvez (Eds.), Studies inComputational Intelligence, vol. 188, Springer, 2009, pp. 93-108.Other Scholarly ActivityGrants“Stress Monitoring with Non-Linear Dynamical Models and Wearable Sensors,” NationalPriorities Research Program, Qatar National Research Fund, R. Gutierrez-Osuna (PI) withco-PI Beena Ahmed (TAMU Qatar), $1,049,125, June 2009-May 2012. (Prorated amount:50%)“Miniature and Reliable Chemical Sensors for Cell Phones,” Department of Homeland Security,R. Gutierrez-Osuna (PI on subcontract), $142,787, September 2009-September 2011.(Pro-rated amount: 100%)110

“MRI: Acquisition of Mobile, Distributed Instrumentation for Response Research (RESPOND-R),” NSF MRI, $1,400,000, R. Murphy (PI) with A. Ames, R. Gutierrez-Osuna, D. Song,and R. Stoleru, August 2009-July 2012. (Pro-rated amount: 20%).“RI: Collaborative Research: Foreign Accent Conversion through Articulatory Inversion OfThe Vocal-Tract Frontal Cavity,” National Science Foundation (IIS), R. Gutierrez-Osuna(PI) and M. Carreira-Perpinan, $450,000, September 2008 – August 2011. (Pro-ratedamount: 51%)“Hypothesis Generation for Chemical Threats through Active Perception with MicrosensorArrays,” Department of Defense, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, R. Gutierrez-Osuna (PI) and S. Semancik (NIST), $240,000, September 2006-August 2008. (Pro-ratedamount: 100%).“MSK Parameter Analysis Tool. Extension,” United Space Alliance, R. Gutierrez-Osuna(PI), $28,036, June-December 2005. (Pro-rated amount: 100%).“Perceptive Sensor Networks Laboratory,” (TAMU CoE Dean’s Undergraduate EquipmentInitiative (CAF): $50k, with cost-sharing from the Dept. of Computer Science: $30k), A.Kerne (PI), R. Gutierrez-Osuna and D. Song, $80,000. (Pro-rated amount: 33%).Term/Year CourseNumberSpring2012Course TitleCSCE 483 Computer Systems Design 3.0SemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 666 Pattern Analysis 3.0 24Spring2011Spring2011CSCE 483 Computer Systems Design 3.0 25CSCE 689 Speech Processing 3.0 4Fall 2010 CSCE 483 Computer Systems Design 3.0 6Spring2010Spring2010Spring2009CSCE 483 Computer Systems Design 3.0 18CSCE 636 Neural Networks 3.0 12CSCE 483 Computer Systems Design 3.0 14Fall 2008 CSCE 483 Computer Systems Design 3.0 6Fall 2008 CSCE 689 Pattern Classification 3.0 12Spring2008CSCE 483 Computer Systems Design 3.0 20Fall 2007 CSCE 483 Computer Systems Design 3.0 14Fall 2007 CSCE 689 Speech and Face Recognition 3.0 14Spring2007CSCE 483 Computer Systems Design 3.0 14ClassSize111

Fall 2006 CSCE 689 Pattern Recognition 3.0 19Spring2006CSCE 483 Computer Systems Design 3.0 14Fall 2005 CSCE 689 Pattern Recognition 3.0 25Spring2005CSCE 483 Pattern Recognition 3.0 19Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Gutierrez-Osuna’s researchinterests include: Intelligent Sensors, Speech Processing, Face Recognition, Machine Olfaction,Neuromorphic Computation, Mobile Robotics, Pattern Recognition, and Machine Learning.112

Tracy Hammond, Associate ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, August 2006Promoted, Associate Professor, September 2011Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology2007FTOFinancial TechnologyOptionMassachusetts Institute ofTechnology2003MA Anthropology Columbia University 2001MS Computer Science Columbia University 2000BA Mathematics Columbia University 1997BS Applied Mathematics Columbia University 1997Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Program Committee ChairComputer Human Interaction (CHI) Workshop on Designing Sketch Recognition Interfaces,2010Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) Workshop on Sketch Recognition, 2009Diagrams Workshop on Sketch Tools in Diagramming, 2008Demo ChairSketch-based Interfaces and Modeling (SBIM) Demo ChairProgram Committee MemberInternational Joint conferences on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2009Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI), 2009Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) Workshop on Sketch Recognition, 2009Visual Languages & Computing (VLC), 2009Sketch Based Interfaces & Modeling (SBIM), 2009AAAI (Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence), 2008113

SBIM (Sketch-based Interfaces and Modeling), 2008IUI (Intelligent User Interfaces), 2008Visual Languages & Computing (VLC), 2008AAAI (Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence), 2007: Student AbstractsNSF Creative IT Workshop, January 2009AAAI Human-Computer Interaction 1, 2008AAAI Human-Computer Interaction 2, 2008FIE (Frontiers in Education), 2007ESP (Engineer Scholars Program), 2007Journal EditorCostagliola, G., Plimmer, B., and Hammond, T. Editors, Special Issue on Sketch Computing inthe Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, 2010.Other Related ExperienceColumbia University, Fu School of Engineering and Applied ScienceInstructor, 1999-2001Instructor Mentor (to first time teachers), 2002-2005Recitation Instructor, Spring 1999Teaching Assistant, 1998-2000Columbia University, Continuing Education Department (HSP)Instructor, Summers of 2000, 2001, 2002Massachusetts Institution of TechnologyResearch Assistant, 2000-2006Consulting- NoneDepartment Service Committees 2009-2010 Undergraduate Recruiting Committee, 2009-2010Department Service Committees 2005-2009 Library Committee, 2006-2007, 2008-2009 Advisory Committee (elected) 2007-2008 Graduate Advisory Committee, 2007-2008Principal Publications * Indicates student author114

Refereed JournalsTaele, P.* and Hammond, T. “LAMPS: A Sketch Recognition-Based Teaching Tool for MandarinPhonetic Symbols I,” Journal of Visual Languages and Computation, 2010.Paulson, B.* and Hammond, T. “Perceptual Recognition by Global Features,” Journal ofMultimodal User Interfaces, 2008.Highly Selective Conferences (selectivity of 30% or less)Dixon, D.,* Prasad, M.*, & Hammond, T. “iCanDraw? Using Sketch Recognition and CorrectiveFeedback to Assist a User in Drawing Human Faces,” Proceedings of Computer HumanInteraction (CHI 2010), ACM Press, Atlanta, Georgia, April 10-17, 2010 (10 pages).(Acceptance Rate 22%)Bhat, A.* and Hammond, T. “Using Entropy to Differentiate between Shape and Text in Hand-Drawn Diagrams,” International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. (IJCAI 2009)Pasadena, CA. July 11-17, 2009. [6 pages] (Acceptance Rate 25%)Paulson, B.* and Hammond, T. “Office Activity Recognition using Hand Posture Cues,”Human-Computer Interaction (HCI 2008), September 4, 2008. (10 pages). (Acceptance Rate30%)Paulson, B.* and Hammond, T. PaleoSketch: Accurate Primitive Sketch Recognition andBeautification. In Proceedings of Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2008). January, 2008 (8pages). (Acceptance Rate 16%)Hammond, T. and Davis, R. Interactive Learning of Structural Shape Descriptions fromAutomatically Generated Near-miss Examples. Interactive Conference on Intelligent UserInterfaces (IUI 2006). 2006. (8 pages) (Acceptance Rate 22%)High Visibility Conferences (selectivity of 30% - 60%)Hammond. T. et al. “A Sketch Recognition Interface that Recognizes Hundreds of Shapes inCourse-of-Action Diagrams,” Computer Human Interaction Works-In-Progress (CHI 2010),Atlanta, Georgia, April 10-17, 2010. (6 pages) (Acceptance Rate 57%)Taele, P.* and Hammond, T. Hashigo: A Next-Generation Sketch Interactive System forJapanese Kanji. Twenty-First Conference on Innovative Applications for Artificial Intelligence(IAAI 2009). Pasadena, CA. July 14-16, 2009. (6 pages) (Acceptance Rate 32%)Wolin, A.*, Eoff, B.*, and Hammond, T. “Search Your Mobile Sketch: Improving the Ratio ofInteraction to Information on Mobile Devices,” (IUI 2009) Workshop on Sketch RecognitionShort Paper/Talk. 2009. (4 pages) ( Acceptance Rate 36%)Hammond, T., Eoff, B.*, Paulson B.*, Wolin. A.*, Dahmen, K.*, Johnston, J.*, and Rajan, P.*(2008). Free-Sketch Recognition: Putting the CHI in Sketching,” Proceedings of ComputerHuman Interaction (CHI 2008) Works In Progress. April, 2008. (6 pages) (Acceptance Rate38%)Choi, H.*, Brandon P.*, and Hammond, T. “Gesture Recognition Based on ManifoldLearning,” 12th International Workshop on Structural and Syntactic Pattern Recognition(SSPR 2008), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Springer-Verlag, December 4-6,2008 (10 pages) (Acceptance Rate 56%)Taele, P,* and Hammond, T. “A Geometric-based Sketch Recognition Approach forHandwritten Mandarin Phonetic Symbols,” International Conference on DistributedMultimedia Systems (DMS 2008), Boston, Massachusetts, September 4-6, 2008. (6 pages)(Acceptance Rate 58%)115

BooksBerque, D., Evans, E., Hammond, T., Mock, K., Payton, M., and Sweeny, D. “Tablet PCs in K-12 Education: No More Blank Slates,” International Society for Technology in Education,2008.Other Scholarly ActivityGrants“Civil Engineering Sketch Workbook,” National Science Foundation, PI: Tracy Hammond.Co-PI Tony Cahill (CE), $400,000, Hammond: $325,000, 10/01/09 – 9/31/12.“Charitable Contributions University Allocations: Hand-Tracking Recognition Course,”Rockwell Collins, PI: Tracy Hammond, $30,000; Hammond: $30,000, 7/1/09 –6/30/10.“Creative IT: REU Supplement for Grant,” National Science Foundation, PI: TracyHammond, Co-PI: Donald Maxwell, $16,000; Hammond: $16,000, 06/01/2008-05/31/2010. Travel Supplement for Grant, $15,000; 06/01/2008-05/31/2010.“CreativeIT: Pilot: Let Your Notes Come Alive: The SkRUI Classroom Sketchbook,” NationalScience Foundation, PI: Tracy Hammond, Co-PI: Donald Maxwell $200,000; Hammond:$200,000, 06/01/2008-05/31/2010.“Deep Green: Commander’s Associate,” DARPA BAE/SIFT (British Aerospace/SmartInformation Flow Technologies) PI: Tracy Hammond, $461,916; Hammond: $374.888,04/22/08-05/31/09.“Deep Green: Commander’s Associate,” DARPA SAIC (Science Applications InternationalCorporation) PI: Tracy Hammond, $461,916; Hammond: $461,916, 04/22/08-05/31/109.“Developing Perception-Based Geometric Primitive-Shape and Constraint Recognizers toEmpower Instructors to Build Sketch Systems in the Classroom,” National ScienceFoundation, PI: Tracy Hammond, $149,858; Hammond: $149,858, 6/15/07 – 8/31/08.Term/Year Course Number Course Title SemesterHoursSpring2012Spring2012CSCE 482 Senior Capstone Design 3.0CSCE 689 Seminar in HCC and Info 3.0Fall 2011 CSCE 436 Computer-Human Interaction 3.0 30Spring2011Spring2011CSCE 436 Computer-Human Interaction 3.0 36CSCE 482 Senior Capstone Design 3.0 35Fall 2010 CSCE 624 Sketch Recognition 3.0 16Spring2010CSCE 436 Computer-Human Interaction 3.0 32ClassSize116

Spring2010Spring2009Spring2009CSCE 689 Combining Sight & Touch 3.0 8CSCE 689/624 Sketch Recognition 3.0 11CSCE 436 Computer-Human Interaction 3.0 9Fall 2008 CSCE 689/624 Sketch Recognition 3.0 10Spring2007CSCE 671 Computer-Human Interaction 3.0 7Fall 2007 CSCE 689/624 Sketch Recognition 3.0 26Fall 2006 CSCE 689/624 Sketch Recognition 3.0 12Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Hammond’s research areasare: Sketch Recognition, Gesture Recognition, Haptics, Hand-Tracking, Artificial Intelligence,and Human Computer Interfaces.117

Thomas Ioerger, Associate ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, September 1996Promoted to Associate Professor, September 2002Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science University of Illinois, @Urbana-Champaign 1996MS Computer Science University of Illinois, @Urbana-Champaign 1992BS Molecular and Cell Biology Pennsylvania State University @UniversityPark1989Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Program Committee MemberInternational Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI), Newark, NJ, 2009International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BIOCOMP), Las Vegas,NV, 2008AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2007Other Related Experience- NoneConsulting- NoneDepartment Committee Service 2009-2010 Colloquium Coordinator Web Advisory CommitteeUniversity Committee Service 2009-2010Life Sciences Task ForceUniversity Research InfrastructureOversight Committee (URIOC)Department Committee Service 2005-2009University Committee Service 2005-2010 Faculty Search Systems Biology Sub Life Sciences Task Force, 2005118

Committee, 2005-2006 Graduate Admissions Committee, 2005-2008 Undergraduate Student Awards Committee,2006-2007 Space Committee, 2007-2009 Web Advisory Committee, Chair, 2007-2009 Communications Committee, 2008-2009 University Research InfrastructureOversight Committee (URIOC), 2005-2009Principal Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed JournalsIoerger, T.R., Koo, S., No, E.-G., Chen, X., Larsen, M.H., Jacobs, W.R., Pillay, M., Sturm,A.W., and Sacchettini, J.C. “Genome Analysis of Multi and Extensively Drug-ResistantTuberculosis from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa,” PLoS ONE, 4(11):e7778. (Nov, 2009)Reddy, C.M.C., Kuppan, G., Shetty*, N.D., Owen*, J.L., Ioerger, T.R., Sacchettini, J.C.“Crystal Structures of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis S-Adenosyl-L-Homocysteine Hydrolase inTernary Complex with Substrate and Inhibitors,” Protein Science, 17(12):2134-2144. (Dec,2008)Javid-Majd, F., Yang, D., Ioerger, T.R., and Sacchettini, J.C. “The 1.25 A Resolution Structureof Phosphoribosyl-ATP Pyrophosphohydrolase from Mycobacterium Tuberculosis,” ActaCrystallographica, D:64(6):627-635. (June, 2008)Reddy C.M., Gokulan, K., Jacobs, W.R., Ioerger, T.R., and Sacchettini, J.C. “CrystalStructure of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis LrpA, a Leucine-Responsive Global RegulatorAssociated with Starvation Response,” Protein Science, 17(1):159-170. (Jan, 2008)Murillo, A.C., Alber, T.C., Baker, E.N., Berger, J.M., Cherney, L.T., Cherney, M.M., Eisenberg,Gopal*, K., McKee*, E., Romo, T., Pai*, R., Smith*, J., Sacchettini, J.C. and Ioerger, T.R.“Crystallographic Protein Model-Building on the Web,” Bioinformatics, 23:375-377. (Feb,2007)Romo, T.D., Sacchettini, J.C., and Ioerger, T.R. “Improving Amino Acid Identification, Fit,and C-alpha Prediction Using the Simplex Method in Automated Model Building” ActaCrystallographica, D62(11):1401-1406. (Nov, 2006)Gopal*, K., Romo, T.D., McKee*, E.W., Pai*, R., Smith*, J.N., Sacchettini, J.C. and Ioerger,T.R. “TEXTAL: Crystallographic Model Building Using AI and Pattern Recognition,” AIMagazine, 27(3):15-24. (Sept, 2006)Romo, T.D., Gopal*, K., McKee*, E., Kanbi, L., Pai*, R., Smith*, J., Sacchettini, J.C., andIoerger,T.R. “TEXTAL: AI-based Structural Determination for X-ray ProteinCrystallography,” IEEE Intelligent Systems, 20(6):59-63.He*, L. and Ioerger, T.R. “Combining Bundle Search with Buyer Coalition Formation inElectronic Markets: A Distributed Approach Through Explicit Negotiation,” ElectronicCommerce Research and Applications, 4(4):329-344.Refereed Conference PublicationsHighly Selective Conferences119

Pai*, R., Sacchettini, J.C., and Ioerger, T.R. “Specificity Normalization for IdentifyingSelective Inhibitors in Virtual Screening,” Proc. of the International Conference onBioinformatics and Computational Biology (BIOCOMP’08), 2008. (acceptance rate 27%)Pai*, R., Sacchettini, J.C., and Ioerger, T.R. (2008). Analysis of protein-ligand interactionsusing localized stereochemical features. Proc. of the International Conference onBioinformatics and Computational Biology (BIOCOMP’08), 2008. (acceptance rate 27%)Gopal*, K., Sacchettini, J.C., and Ioerger, T.R. “Database Approaches and DataRepresentation in Structural Bioinformatics,” IEEE 7th International Symposium onBioInformatics and BioEngineering (BIBE), 425-434, 2007. (acceptance rate 13%)He*, L. and Ioerger, T.R. “Forming Resource-Sharing Coalitions: A Distributed ResourceAllocation Mechanism for Self-Interested Agents in Computational Grids,” Symposium onApplied Computing (SAC), special track on Agents, Interactions, Mobility, and Systems(AIMS), 84-91, 2005. (acceptance rate 29%)Selective Conferences with High VisibilityCreel*, J., Menzel, C., and Ioerger, T.R. “Intention is Commitment with Expectation,”20th International Conference of the Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society(FLAIRS’07), 2007. (acceptance rate 52%)Gopal*, K., Romo, T., McKee*, E., Childs*, K., Pai*, R., Smith*, J., Sacchettini, J., and Ioerger,T. “TEXTAL: Automated Crystallographic Protein Structure Determination,” Proc. 17thConference on Innovative Applications in Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-05), 2005, 1483-1490.(acceptance rate 38%) (August, 2005)Other Scholarly ActivityGrants“Chemical Validation of Malate Synthase as a Drug Target for Persistent Tuberculosis,” TBGlobal Alliance, PI: J. Sacchettini, Research Scientist: T.R. Ioerger, $546,944, 9/107-8/31/09.“Automated X-ray Crystallography for Structural Genomics,” National Institutes of Health(NIH), PI: T.R. Ioerger, $1,440,764, $135,426 pro-rated direct costs to TRI in FY’04, July2001-June 2006. Note: funded as part of a $7M Program Project coordinatedthrough Lawrence Berkeley Lab; the 4 component R01 grants, including ours atTAMU, were reviewed independently by the NIH“MURI: Intelligent Distributed Group and Team Training Systems,” Air Force Office ofScientific Research (AFOSR), Co-PI: T.R. Ioerger, $4,433,473, $237,164 prorated directcosts to TRI in FY’04, May 2000-April 2005.Term/YearCourseNumberCourse TitleFall 2012 CSCE 633 Machine Leaning 3.0SemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 625 Artificial Intelligence 3.0 41ClassSize120

Spring2011Spring2010CSCE 631 Multi-Agent Systems 3.0 9CSCE 633 Machine Learning 3.0 27Fall 2009 CSCE 625 Artificial Intelligence 3.0 38Spring2009Spring2008CSCE 689StructuralBioinformatics3.0 9CSCE 633 Machine Learning 3.0 10Fall 2007 CSCE 631 Multi-Agent Systems 3.0 8Spring2007CSCE 420 Artificial Intelligence 3.0 33Fall 2006 CSCE 625 Artificial Intelligence 3.0 20Spring2006Spring2006CSCE 689 Multi-Agent Systems 3.0 10CSCE 420H Artificial Intelligence 3.0 14Fall 2005 CSCE 631 Multi-Agent Systems 3.0 8Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Ioerger’s research interestsare: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Intelligent Agents, and Bioinformatics.121

Jaakko Järvi, Associate ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, September 2004Promoted, Associate Professor, September 2010Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science University of Turku, Finland 2000MS Computer Science University of Turku, Finland 1993Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Program ChairInternational Conference on Generative Programming and Component Engineering (GPCE),Eindhoven, The Netherlands, October 2010Steering Committee MemberACM SIGPLAN Workshop of Generic Programming (WGP), Edinburgh, Scotland, 2009Program Committee MemberWorkshop on Generative Technologies (WGT), Paphos, Cyprus, 2010; Budapest, Hungary,2008;Object-Oritented Programming Languages and Systems (OOPS) track ACM Symposium ofApplied Computing, Sierre and Lausanne, Switzerland, 3/2010; Honolulu, Hi, 3/2009;International Conference on Generative Programming and Component Engineering (GPCE),Denver CO, 10/2009ACM SIGPLAN Workshop of Generic Programming (WGP), Edinburgh, Scotland, 2009ACM SIGSAM International Workshop on Programming Languages for MechanizedMathematics Systems (PLMMS), Munich, Germany, August, 2009Multiparadigm Programming with Object-Oriented Languages Workshop (MPOOL), Paphos,Cyprus, 7/2008; Berlin, Germany, 7/2007; San Diego, CA, 2005International Conference on Generative Programming and Component Engineering (GPCE),Nashville, TN, 10/2008Organizer, ACM Symposium on Library-Centric Software Design (LCSD), Montreal, Canada,10/2007; Organizer and Program Committee Co-Chair, Portland, OR, 10/2006; Organizer,San Diego, CA, 10/2005122

Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques (PACT), Brasov, Romania, 9/2007Conference on Information Technology (CIT), Charlotte, NC, 10/2006ACM SIGPLAN workshop on Partial Evaluation and Program Manipulation (PEPM),Charleston, SC, 2006Organizer, Dagstuhl Workshop: Software Libraries: Design and Evaluation, Schloss Dagstuhl,Germany, 3/2005Other Related ExperienceIndiana University, Pervasive Technology Laboratories,Post Doctoral Researcher, 2001-2004University of Turku, FinlandPost Doctoral Researcher,Summer 2001Atuline Ltd., Novo Group Plc.Chief Technical Officer, Product Manager, 2000-2001ABB Corporate Research, Vaasa, FinlandResearcher, 1994-1995Consulting- NoneDepartment Committee Service 2009-2010Graduate Advisory CommitteeDepartment Committee Service 2005-2009 Web Advisory Committee, 2005-2007 Advisory Committee (elected), 2007-2008 Graduate Advisory Committee, 2007-2009Principal Publications (*) Indicates student authorRefereed JournalsPublished or AcceptedJaakko Järvi and John Freeman(*). “C++ Lambda Expressions and Closures,” Science ofComputer Programming, 2009. In press.Jaakko Järvi , Mat Marcus, and Jacob N. Smith(*). Programming with C++ Concepts,” Scienceof Computer Programming, 2009. In press.Douglas Gregor and Jaakko Järvi . “Variadic Templates for C++0x,” Journal of ObjectTechnology, 7(2):31–51, February 2008. Special Issue OOPS Track at SAC 2007.Ronald Garcia, Jaakko Järvi , Andrew Lumsdaine, Jeremy Siek, and Jeremiah Willcock. “AnExtended Comparative Study of Language Support for Generic Programming.” Journal ofFunctional Programming, 17(2):145–205, March 2007.123

Douglas Gregor, Jaakko Järvi , Mayuresh Kulkarni, Andrew Lumsdaine, David Musser, andSibylle Schupp. “Generic Programming and High-Performance Libraries,” InternationalJournal of Parallel Programming, 33(2–3):145–164, June 2005.Refereed Conference PublicationsHighly Selective ConferencesJaakko Järvi , Mat Marcus, Sean Parent, John Freeman(*), and Jacob N. Smith(*).“Algorithms for User Interfaces (GPCE),” Proceedings of the 8th International Conference onGenerative Programming and Component Engineering, pages 89–98, New York, NY, USA,2009. ACM Press. (Acceptance rate: 30.6%)Jaakko Järvi and John Freeman(*). “Lambda functions for C++0x,” Proceedingsof the 2008 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing(SAC), pages 178–183, New York, NY,USA, 2008. ACM. Best paper award (Software theme, 1/59). Acceptance rate: 31%.Jaakko Järvi , Matthew A. Marcus, and Jacob N. Smith(*). “Library Composition andAdaptation using C++ Concepts,” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference onGenerative Programming and Component Engineering (GPCE), pages 73–82, ACM Press:New York, NY, USA, 2007. (Acceptance rate: 32.8%)Douglas Gregor, Jaakko Järvi , Jeremy Siek, Bjarne Stroustrup, Gabriel Dos Reis, andAndrew Lumsdaine. “Concepts: “Linguistic Support for Generic Programming in C++,”Proceedings of the 21st Annual ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Object-oriented ProgrammingSystems, Languages, and Applications (OOPSLA), pages 291–310, ACM Press: New York, NY,USA, 2006. (Acceptance rate: 17%)Jaakko Järvi, Jeremiah Willcock, and Andrew Lumsdaine. “Associated Types and ConstraintPropagation for Mainstream Object-oriented Generics,” Proceedings of the 20th annual ACMSIGPLAN conference on Object-oriented Programming Systems Languages and Applications(OOPSLA), 2005, pages 1–19, ACM Press: New York, NY, USA. (Acceptance rate: 17%)Selective ConferencesYuriy Solodkyy(*), Jaakko Järvi , and Esam Mlaih(*). “Extending Type Systems in a Library —Type-safe XML Processing in C++,” Proceedings of the Second International Workshop onLibrary-Centric Software Design (LCSD), pages 55–64, October 2006. (Acceptance rate:45%)Lubomir Bourdev and Jaakko Järvi. “Efficient Run-Time Dispatching in GenericProgrammingwith Minimal Code Bloat,” Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Library-Centric Software Design (LCSD), pages 15–24, October 2006. (Acceptance rate: 45%)Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“From Incidental Algorithms to Reusable Components: Managing the Emergent Complexity ofLarge-Scale Software Systems,” National Science Foundation NSF, PI: Jaakko Järvi,$23,805.00, Sep 2009–June 2014 REU supplement for the NSF award CAREER:“CAREER: From Incidental Algorithms to Reusable Components: Managing the Emergent“Complexity of Large-Scale Software Systems,” National Science Foundation; PI: JaakkoJärvi, $402,774; Jul 2009–June 2014.124

“ST-CRTS: Collaborative Research: Lifting Compiler Optimizations via GenericProgramming,”National Science Foundation; PIs: Jaakko Järvi and Andrew Lumsdaine (IndianaUniversity), $553,994; pro-rated value $274,709; 02/15/2006–03/31/2010.Term/Year CourseNumberSpring2012Course TitleCSCE 431 Software Engineering 3.0SemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 314 Programming Languages 3.0 79Fall 2011 CSCE 606 Software Engineering 3.0 51Spring2011CSCE 604 Programming Language Design 3.0 24Fall 2010 CSCE 314 Programming Languages 3.0 71Fall 2010 CSCE 622 Generic Programming 3.0 33Spring2010Spring2010CSCE 315 Programming Studio 3.0 31CSCE 60 Programming Language Design 3.0 17Fall 2009 CSCE 314 Programming Languages 3.0 53Spring2009CSCE 604 Programming Language Design 3.0 9Fall 2008 CSCE 314 Programming Languages 3.0 30Fall 2008 CSCE 622 Generic Programming 3.0 30Spring2008CSCE 604 Programming Language Design 3.0 11Fall 2007 CSCE 314 Programming Languages 3.0 10Spring2007Spring2006CSCE 604 Programming Language Design 3.0 15CSCE 604 Programming Language Design 3.0 17Fall 2005 CSCE 689 Generic Programming 3.0 17Spring2005CSCE 689 Programming Language Design 3.0 25ClassSizePercentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Jarvi’s research interests areGeneric and Generative Programming, and Programming Languages.125

Anxiao (Andrew) Jiang, Associate ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, September 2005Promote, Associate Professor, September 2011Degree Field Institution YearPhD ElectricalEngineeringCalifornia Institute of Technology 2004MSBSElectricalEngineeringElectronicEngineeringCalifornia Institute of Technology 2000Tsinghua University @Bejing,China1999Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Organizing Committee Co-organizer, Co-ChairIEEE Global Communications Conference - Workshop on The Application of CommunicationTheory to Emerging Memory Technologies, 2009-2010Program Committee MemberIEEE International Conference on Computer Communication Networks (ICCCN 2010), Zurich,Switzerland, 2009-2010.IEEE International Conference on Communications - Ad-hoc, Sensor and Mesh NetworkingSymposium (ICC-AHS), 2009-2010.IEEE Global Communications Conference, Boston, MA, 2009-2010.International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN), Wuhan, China, 2008-2009.IEEE International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks (ICCCN), SanFrancisco, CA, 2008-2009IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Bejing, China, 2008-2009.International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN 2008), 2007-2008.IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA 2008), 2007-2008.126

IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications – Workshop onTrustworthy Network Computing, 2006.Other Related ExperienceCalifornia Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CAPost Doctoral Fellow, 2004-2005Research Assistant, 1999-2004California Technical InstituteTeaching Assistant, 2000-2001Tsinghua University, Beijing, ChinaUndergraduate Research Assistant, 1996-1999ConsultingConsulting Researcher, Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA; 6/2009Consulting Researcher, EMC Corporation, 8/2009-presentDepartment Committee Service 2009-2010Undergraduate Student Awards CommitteeDepartment Committee Service 2005-2009 Library Committee, 2005-2006 Web Advisory Committee, 2006-2008 Undergraduate Student Awards Committee, 2008-2009Principal Publications (*) Indicates student authorRefereed JournalsBruck, J., Gao, J., and Jiang, A., “Localization and Routing in Sensor Networks by Local AngleInformation,” ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, vol. 5, no. 1, article no. 7, 31 pages,February 2009.Bruck, J., Gao, J. and Jiang, A., “MAP: Medial Axis Based Geometric Routing in SensorNetworks,” in Springer WINET (Wireless Networks) Journal, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 835-853,December 2007.Jiang, A., Cook, M. and Bruck, J., “Optimal Interleaving on Tori,” in SIAM Journal onDiscrete Mathematics, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 841-879, December 2006.Jiang, A. and Bruck, J., “Network File Storage with Graceful Performance Degradation,” in ACMTransactions on Storage, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 171-189, May 2005.127

Jiang, A. and Bruck, J., “Multicluster Interleaving on Paths and Cycles,” IEEE Transactions onInformation Theory, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 597-611, February 2005.Refereed ConferencesHighly Selective Conferences(*) Lu, H., Jiang, A. and Liu, S., “Locality Aware Information Brokerage in Distributed SensorNetworks,” in Proceedings of the 28th IEEE International Conference on DistributedComputing Systems (ICDCS), pp. 522 – 529, June 2008. (Acceptance rate 16%)(*) Zhang, F., Jiang, A. and Chen, J., “Robust Planarization of Unlocalized Wireless SensorNetworks,” Proceedings of the 27th IEEE INFOCOM, pp. 798-806, April 2008. (Acceptancerate 21%)(*) Zhang, F., Li, H., Jiang, A., Chen, J. and Luo, P., “Face Tracing Based Geographic Routing inNonplanar Wireless Networks,” in Proceedings of the 26th IEEE INFOCOM, pp. 2243-2251,May 2007. (Acceptance rate 18%)(*) Chen, J., Jiang, A., Kanj, I. A., Xia, G. and Zhang, F., “Separability and Topology Control ofQuasi Unit Disk Graphs,” in Proceedings of the 26th IEEE INFOCOM, pp. 2225-2233, May2007. (Acceptance rate 18%)Bruck, J., Gao, J. and Jiang, A., “MAP: Medial Axis Based Geometric Routing in SensorNetworks,” in Proceedings of the 11th ACM International Conference on Mobile Computingand Networking (MobiCom), pp. 88-102, August-September, 2005. (Acceptance rate 10%)Bruck, J., Gao, J. and Jiang, A., “Localization and Routing in Sensor Networks by Local AngleInformation,” in Proceedings of the 6th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad HocNetworking and Computing (MobiHoc), pp. 181-192, May 2005. (Acceptance rate 14%)Jiang, A. and Bruck, J., “Monotone Percolation and The Topology Control of WirelessNetworks,” Proceeding of the 24th IEEE INFOCOM, pp. 327-338, March 2005. (Acceptancerate 17%)Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“CAREER: Information Storage in Flash Memories: From Devices to Networks,” NationalScienceFoundation. PI: Anxiao Jiang, $400,000, pro-rated $400,000, 2/1/2008 – 1/31/2013.“Collaborative Research: BRAM: Balanced Rank Modulation for Data Storage in NextGeneration Flash Memories.” National Science Foundation, PI: Anxiao Jiang (TAMU as theleading university), Jehoshua Bruck (Caltech), Paul Hasler (Georgia Institute of Technology)and Christopher Twigg (SUNY at Binghamton), $600,000, Pro-rated amount $150,000,April 2008 – March 2011.128

Term/Year CourseNumberCourse TitleSemesterHoursClassSizeFall 2011 CSCE 310 Database Systems 3.0 31Fall 2011 CSCE 603 Database Systems and Applications 3.0 19Fall 2011 CSCE 629 Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 59Spring2011CSCE 629 Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 60Fall 2010 CSCE 310 Database Systems 3.0 18Fall 2010 CSCE 603 Database Systems and Applications 3.0 7Fall 2010 CSCE 689 Special Topics in Storage Systems 3.0 12Spring2010CSCE 629 Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 51Fall 2009 CSCE 310 Database Systems 3.0 15Fall 2009 CSCE 603 Database Systems and Applications 3.0 8Fall 2009 CSCE 689 Special Topics in Frontiers in StorageSystemsSpring20093.0 13CSCE 629 Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 31Fall 2008 CSCE 689 Special Topics on Wireless Sensor Networks 3.0 14Fall 2008 CSCE 310 Database Systems 3.0 26Spring2008Spring2008Spring2008CSCE 310 Database Systems 3.0 27CSCE 603 Database Systems and Applications 3.0 2CSCE 689Special Topics on Information Processing inSensor Networks3.0 6Fall 2007 CSCE 689 Special Topics on Wireless Sensor Networks 3.0 12Spring2007CSCE 310 Database Systems 3.0 15Fall 2006 CSCE 689 Special Topics on Ad Hoc and SensorNetworksSpring2006CSCE 689Special Topics on Information Processing inSensor NetworksFall 2005 CSCE 689 Special Topics on Ad Hoc and SensorNetworks3.0 153.0 73.0 26129

Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Jiang’s research interestsinclude: Information Theory, Coding for Flash Memories, Wireless and Sensor Networks, andAlgorithms.130

Andruid Kerne, Associate ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, September 2001Promoted to Associate Professor, September 2008Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science New YorkUniversityMS Music Composition WesleyanUniversityBAApplied Mathematics (ElectronicMedia)HarvardUniversity200119931982Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Co-ChairACM Multimedia Conference, Interactive Art Program, 2010; 2009; 2008Associate Program ChairACM CHI, 2009; 2007Program Committee MemberJoint ACM/IEEE Conference on Digital Libraries, 2010; 2009; 2008ACM Intelligent User Interfaces Conference, 2010ACM Document Engineering (DocEng), 2010; 2009International WWW Conference, 2009ACM Creativity and Cognition, 2009; 2007National Science Foundation, Media, Arts, Sciences, and Technology Workshop, 2009ACM International Multimedia Modeling Conference, 2009; 2008ACM SIGGRAPH Sketches and Posters, 2007Technical Program Committee MemberACM Multimedia Conference, Human Centered Multimedia, 2008; 2007131

Other Related ExperienceLitton IA for BoeingSenior Software Engineer, 1991-1999Toshiba Medical ImagingSenior Software Engineer, 1993NASA-JPLSenior Software Engineer, 1988-1989Consulting- NoneDepartment Committee Service 2009-2010 Colloquium Coordinators Undergraduate Recruiting Committee, Chair Visualization Joint CommitteeDepartment Committee Service 2005-2009 Communications Committee, 2005-2006, 2007-2008 Computing Services Advisory Committee, 2006-2007 Colloquium Coordinator, 2008-2009 Undergraduate Recruiting Committee, 2008-2009 Web Advisory Committee, 2008-2009Principal Publications (*) Indicates student authorsRefereed JournalsKerne, A., Koh, E. (*), Smith, S.M., Webb, A. (*), Dworaczyk, B. (*), “A Mixed-InitiativeComposition of Image and Text Surrogates System Promotes Information Discovery,” ACMTransactions on Information Systems, 27 (1) Dec 2008, 5:1 - 5:45.Kerne, A., Smith, S.M., Koh, E. (*), Choi, H., Graeber, R. (*). “An Experimental Method forMeasuring the Emergence of New Ideas in Information Discovery,” Journal of HumanComputer Interaction (IJHCI), 24 (5) July 2008, 460-477Kerne, A., Koh, E. (*). “Representing Collections as Compositions: Visual Forms, ProceduralGeneration and Human Manipulability Support Distributed Creative Cognition and SituatedCreative Learning,” New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia (NRHM), 13(2) Dec 2007,135-162..Webb, A. (*), Kerne, A., Koh, E. (*). “Human Movement and Clear Affordances Promote SocialInteraction,” Leonardo Electronic Almanac (MIT Press), 19(5), May 2007. Revised: 2010-03-31Kerne, A., “Doing Interface Ecology: The Practice of Metadisciplinarity,” Intelligent Agent,6(1), Jan. 2006, 1-6.132

Refereed ConferencesHighly Selective ConferencesKerne, A., Koh, E. (*), Smith, S.M., Webb, A. (*), Dworaczyk, B. (*). “A Mixed-InitiativeComposition of Image and Text Surrogates System Promotes Information Discovery,” ACMTransactions on Information Systems, 27 (1) Dec 2008, 5:1 - 5:45.Kerne, A., Koh, E. (*). “Representing Collections as Compositions: Visual Forms, ProceduralGeneration and Human Manipulability Support Distributed Creative Cognition and SituatedCreative Learning,” New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia (NRHM), 13(2) Dec 2007,135-162.Webb, A. (*), Kerne, A., Koh, E. (*). “Human Movement and Clear Affordances Promote SocialInteraction,” Leonardo Electronic Almanac (MIT Press), 19(5), May 2007. Revised: 2010-03-31Kerne, A. “Doing Interface Ecology: The Practice of Metadisciplinarity,” Intelligent Agent,6(1), Jan. 2006, 1-6.Highly Visible ConferencesToups, Z. (*), Kerne, A., Hamilton, W. (*), Blevins, A. (*). “Emergent Team Coordination:Non-Mimetic Simulation Game Design from Fire Emergency Response Practice,” ProceedingsACM Group 2009, 341-350. (Acceptance Rate 36%)Kerne, A., "Concept-Context-Design: A Creative Model for the Development of Interactivity,"Proceedings ACM Creativity and Cognition 2002, 192-199. (Acceptance Rate 48%)Moeller, J. (*)., Kerne, A. “Scanning FTIR: Unobtrusive Multi-Touch Sensing throughWaveguide Transmissivity Imaging,” Proceedings ACM Tangible, Embedded, and EmbodiedInteraction (TEI) 2010, 73-76. (Acceptance Rate 34%)Hamilton, W. (*), Kerne, A., Toups, Z. (*). “Qualitative Data Discovery in Group User Studiesfrom Synchronized Communication and Views,” Extended Abstracts of ACM CHI 2009, 4573-4578. (Acceptance Rate 50%)Kerne, A., Toups, Z. (*), Dworaczyk, B. (*), Khandelwal, M. (*). “A Concise XML BindingFramework Facilitates Practical Object-Oriented Document Engineering,” Proceedings ACMDocument Engineering 2008, 62-65. (Acceptance Rate 33%)Graeber, R. (*), Kerne, A. “ ZooMICSS: A Zoomable Map Image Collection SensemakingSystem (The Katrina Rita Context),” Proceedings ACM Multimedia 2006. (Acceptance Rate37%)Mandic, M. (*), Kerne, A. “Using Intimacy, Chronology and Zooming to Visualize Rhythms inEmail Experience,” Proceedings CHI 2005 Extended, 1617-1620. (Acceptance Rate 40%)Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“REU: Promoting Information Discovery in Learning: Mixed-Initiative Composition ofIntegrated Image-Text Surrogates,” PI: Kerne, A., awarded, $16,000, 6/09.“REU: CAREER: A Multimodal Mixed-Initiative Research Notebook for InformationDiscovery,” PI: Kerne, A., awarded, $16,000, 5/09.133

“REU: IIS HCC Medium: A Location-Aware Non-Mimetic Simulation Game for TeachingTeamCoordination,” Kerne, A, awarded, $16,000, 5/09.“CAREER: A Multimodal Mixed-Initiative Research Notebook for Information Discovery,”NationalScience Foundation, Intelligent Information Systems: Human Centered Computing, PI:Andruid Kerne, $530,000, 4/1/08 – 3/31/13.“IIS HCC Medium: Location-Aware Non-Mimetic Simulation Game for Teaching TeamCoordination,” National Science Foundation, Intelligent Information Systems: HumanCentered Computing, PI: Andruid Kerne, $475,806, 9/1/08 – 8/31/11.“REU: Promoting Information Discovery in Learning: Mixed-Initiative Composition ofIntegrated Image-Text Surrogates, PI: Kerne, A., $12,000, 12/08.“REU: Promoting Information Discovery in Learning: Mixed-Initiative Composition ofIntegrated Image-Text Surrogates,” PI: Kerne, A., $12,000, 7/08.“SGER: Non-Mimetic Simulation of Fire Emergency Response Team Cognition Stress througha Mixed Reality Game,” PI: Kerne, A., $96,893, 7/07, 9/1/07 – 9/1/08.“REU: Promoting Information Discovery in Learning: Mixed-Initiative Composition ofIntegrated Image-Text Surrogates,” PI: Kerne, A., $12,000, 5/07.“ALT: Promoting Information Discovery in Learning: Mixed-Initiative Composition of HybridImage-Text Surrogates,” National Science Foundation, PI: Andruid Kerne, $198,940,9/15/06 – 8/31/09.“IIS SGER: Extending Working Memory Functions by Presenting Bookmark and Result Sets asTemporal Visual Compositions,” National Science Foundation, PI: Andruid Kerne, CO-PI:Steven M. Smith (TAMU Psychology), $84,295 [$43, 802], 6/1/2004 – 8/31/2005.Term/YearSpring2012CourseNumberCSCE 689Course TitleSeminar in HCC and InformationSemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 482 Senior Capstone Design 3.0 23Fall 2011 CSCE 655 Human Centered Systems and Information 3.0 11Spring2011CSCE 667Collaborative Systems and Models3.03.0 8Fall 2010 CSCE 482 Senior Capstone Design 3.0 14Fall 2010 CSCE 655 Human Centered Systems and Information 3.0 15Spring2010CSCE 482Senior Capstone Design3.0 24Fall 2009 CSCE 655 Human Centered Systems and Information 3.0 17Fall 2008 CSCE 655 Human Centered Systems and Information 3.0 13ClassSize134

Spring2008CSCE489/689Location, Location, Location3.0 9Fall 2007 CSCE 444 Structures of Interactive Information 3.0 10Fall 2007 CSCE 655 Human Centered Systems and Information 3.0 20Spring2007CSCE489/689Creative and Expressive Systems3.0 5Fall 2006 CSCE 444 Structures of Interactive Information 3.0 8Fall 2006 CSCE 655 Human Centered Systems and Information 3.0 6Spring2006CSCE489/689Physical InterfacesFall 2005 CSCE 444 Structures of Interactive Information 3.0Fall 2005 CSCE 655 Human Centered Systems and Information 3.0Spring2005CSCE 689Recombinant Media Ecosystems3.0 63.0 14Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Kerne’s research interests include:Human-Centered Computing, HCI, Multitouch Interaction, Sensory Interfaces, Intelligent UserInterfaces, Gesture Recognition, Creativity Support Tools, and Information Visualization. Hisinterests also include areas such as: Serious Games, Wearable Computing, Body SensorNetworks, Intelligent Sensory Devices, Ubiquitous Computing, Social Computing, andMultimedia.135

John Keyser, Associate Professor and Associate Head forAcademicsExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, September 2000Promoted to Associate Professor, September 2006Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science University of North Carolina, @Chapel Hill 2000BS Computer Science Abilene Christian University 1994BS Applied Mathematics Abilene Christian University 1994BS Engineering Physics Abilene Christian University 1994Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Papers ChairSymposium of Solid and Physical Modeling (SPM), Haifa, Israel, 2010ACM/SIAM Joint Conference on Geometric and Physical Modeling, (Combining Solid and PhysicalModeling with SIAM Geometric Design), San Francisco, CA, 2009Program/Papers CommitteesACM SIGGRAPH Asia, Seoul, South Korea, 2010; Yokohama, Japan, 2009ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation, Madrid, Spain, 2010Symposium of Solid and Physical Modeling, Beijing, China, 2007; Stony Brook, New York, 2008Pacific Graphics, Hong Kong, China, 2005; Maui, HI, 2007Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA), Geneva, Switzerland, 2005; Seoul, South Korea,2008Department Committee Service 2009-2010 Advisory Committee (elected) Undergraduate Curriculum & ABET Committee, Chair TAGD Student Organization AdvisorCollege of Engineering Committee ServiceStrategic Planning Committee136

University Committee ServiceABET Accreditation Coordinator Computer Science ProgramDepartment Committee Service 2005-2009 University Committee Service 2005-2009 Advisory Committee (elected), 2005-2006, 2007-2008 Faculty Search InformationStorage/Retrieval Sub Committee, 2005 Colloquium Coordinator, 2006-2008 Space Committee, 2006-2007 Undergraduate Curriculum & ABETCommittee, Member, 2005-07, 2008-09; Chair, 2007-2008 TACS Student Organization Advisor,2005-2008 TAGD Student Organization Advisor,2008-09ABET Coordinator ComputerScience Program, 2008-2009Principle Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed JournalsYuksel, C.*, Keyser, J. “Fast Real-Time Caustics from Height Fields,” The Visual Computer,vol. 25, no. 5-7, pp. 559-564, 2009.Mayerich, D.*, Abbott, L., Keyser, J. “Visualization of Cellular and Microvessel Relationships,”IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 14, no.6, pp. 1611-1618,2008.Zinke, A., Yuksel, C.*, Weber, A., Keyser, J. “Dual Scattering Approximation for Fast MultipleScattering in Hair,” ACM Transactions on Graphics, vol. 27, no. , article 32, 2008.Ouchi, K.*, Keyser, J. “Rational Univariate Reduction via Toric Resultants,” Journal ofSymbolic Computation, vol. 43, no. 11, pp. 811-844, 2008.Yuksel, C.*, Keyser, J. “Deep Opacity Maps,” Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings ofEurographics – acceptance rate 19.3%), vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 675-680, 2008.Hong, W.*, House, D., Keyser, J. “Adaptive Particles for Incompressible Fluid Simulation,”The Visual Computer (selected from Proceedings of Computer Graphics International –acceptance rate 17.7% for journal and 35.9% overall), vol. 24, no. 7-9, pp. 535-543, 2008.Yuksel, C.*, House, D., Keyser, J. “Wave Particles,” ACM Transactions on Graphics(Proceedings of SIGGRAPH – acceptance rate 24%), vol. 26, no. 3, article 99, 2007.Melek, Z.*, Mayerich, D.*, Yuksel, C.*, Keyser, J. “Visualization of Fibrous and Thread-likeData,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEEVisualization – acceptance rate 28%), vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 1165-1172, 2006.Keyser, J., Ouchi, K.*, Rojas, J.M. “The Exact Rational Univariate Representation and itsApplication,” Geometric and Algorithmic Aspects of Computer-Aided Design andManufacturing, DIMACS series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science,vol. 67, pp. 299-328, 2005137

Highly Selective ConferencesYuksel, C.*, Schaefer, S., Keyser, J. “On the Parameterization of Catmull-Rom Curves,”Proceedings of SIAM/ACM Joint Conference on Geometric and Physical Modeling, pp. 47-53,2009. (Acceptance Rate: 28%)Melek, Z.*, Keyser, J., “Driving Object Deformations from Internal Physical Processes,”Proceedings of ACM Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling. pp. 51-59, 2007.(Acceptance Rate: 27%)High Visibility ConferencesHsu, S.-W.*, Keyser, J. “Statistical Simulation of Rigid Bodies,” Proceedings of Symposium onComputer Animation,” pp. 139-148, 2009. (Acceptance Rate: 39%)Hong, W.*, House, D., Keyser, J. “An Adaptive Sampling Approach to Particle-Based Fluid,”Proceedings of Theory and Practice of Computer Graphics, pp. 69-76, 2009. (AcceptanceRate: 55%)Lien, J.*, Keyser, J., Amato, N. “Simultaneous Shape Decomposition and Skeletonization,”Proceedings of ACM Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling. pp. 219-228, 2006.(Acceptance rate: 37.5%)Ong, T.*, Saunders, R.*, Keyser, J., Leggett, J. “Terrain Generation Using Genetic Algorithms,”Proceedings of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, pp. 1463-1470, 2005.(Acceptance rate: 46%)Jones, N.*, Keyser, J. “Geometric Motion Blur for a Deforming Polygonal Mesh,” Proceedings ofComputer Graphics International. pp. 26-31,260, 2005. (Acceptance Rate: 32%)Melek, Z.*, Keyser, J. “Multi-Representation Interaction for Physically-Based Modeling,”Proceedings of ACM Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling. 2005. pp 187-196,299,2005. (Acceptance Rate: 39%)Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“HCC: Small: Rethinking simulation in Computer Graphics,” National Science Foundation,PI: J. Keyser, $469,010, 9/2009-8/2012.“CRCNS Data Sharing: Whole Mouse Brain Neuronal Morphology and NeurovasculatureBrowser, National Science Foundation, PI: Y. Choe, Co-PI: L. Abbott, J. Keyser, $114,024,9/2009-8/2011.“MSM: Multiscale Imaging, Analysis, and Integration of Brain Networks, NIH-NationalInstitute of Neurological Disease and Stroke,” PI: Y. Choe, Co-PI’s: L. Abbott, J. Keyser, B.McCormick, S. Smith (Standard subcontract), $965,992, $193,198 prorated, 9/2005-5/2008.“ITR: Accurate and Robust Operations on Curved Geometry,” National Science Foundation,PI: J. Keyser, $497,705, 9/2002-8/2007.Term/Year Course Number Course Title SemesterHoursSpring CSCE 315 Programming Studio 3.0ClassSize138

2012Fall 2011 CSCE 441 Computer Graphics 3.0 45Fall 2011 CSCE 649/VIZA 659 Physically Based Modeling 3.0 14Spring 2011 CSCE 689/VIZA 679 3.0 9Fall 2010 CSCE 649/VIZA 659 Physically Based Modeling 3.0 18Spring2010CSCE 481 Undergraduate Seminar 2.0 55Fall 2009 CSCE 315 Programming Studio 3.0 18Fall 2009 CSCE 649/VIZA 659 Physically Based Modeling 3.0 14Spring2009CSCE 689/VIZA 679 3.0 8Fall 2008 CSCE 315 Programming Studio 3.0 11Fall 2008 CSCE 649/VIZA 659 Physically Based Modeling 3.0 17Spring2008CSCE 315 Programming Studio 3.0 16Fall 2007 CSCE 441 Computer Graphics 3.0 29Spring2007Spring2007CSCE 289 3.0 31CSCE 311 Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 25Fall 2006 CSCE 645/VIZA 675 Geometric Modeling 3.0 11Spring2006CSCE 441 Computer Graphics 3.0 31Fall 2005 CSCE 441 Computer Graphics 3.0 34Fall 2005 CSCE 641/VIZA 672 Computer Graphics 3.0 16Spring2005Spring2005CSCE 441 Computer Graphics 3.0 36CSCE 645/VIZA 675 Geometric Modeling 3.0 17Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Please give a brief description of your major research and scholarly activities:Dr. Keyser’s research interest include: Geometric Computing, Graphics and Visualization,Simulation and Modeling, and Computer Algebra.139

Eun Jung Kim, Associate ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, September 2003Promoted, Associate Professor, September 2010Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science Pennsylvania State University 2003MS Computer Science Pohang University of science andTechnologyBS Computer Science Korea Advanced Institute of Science &Technology19941992Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Program Committee MemberACM International Conference on computing Frontiers (CF), Bertinoro, Italy, 2010International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, (ICA3PP),Busan, Korean, 2010Other Related ExperienceThe Pennsylvania State University @ University Park, PAResearch Assistant, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, 5/2000-8/2003,6/1999-8/1999Teaching Assistant, 1/2000-5/2000, 9/1999-12/1999, 1/1999-5/1999Korea Telecom, Seoul, KoreaMember of Technical Staff, Communication Network Research and Development Group,1994-1997Pohang University of Science and Technology @Pohang KoreaResearch and Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, 1992-1994Consulting- None140

Department Committee Service 2009-2010Undergraduate Curriculum & ABET CommitteeDepartment Committee Service 2005-2009 Undergraduate Student Awards Committee, 2005-2006,2007-2008 Graduate Advisory Committee, 2006-2007 Undergraduate Curriculum & ABET Committee, 2008-2009Principle Publications *Indicates student authorsRefereed JournalsY. Jin, E. J. Kim, and K. H. Yum, “Design and Analysis of On-Chip Networks for LargeScale Cache Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 332-344,Mar. 2010.*J. Iyer, H. Yu, H. Kim, E. J. Kim, K. H. Yum, and P. S. Mah, “Assuring K-Coveragein the Presence of Mobility and Wear-Out Failures in Wireless Sensor Networks,”International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet), Vol. 5, Issue 1, pp. 58-65, February 2009.*M. Lee, and E.J. Kim, “A Comprehensive Framework for Enhancing Security in InfiniBandArchitecture,” IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Vol. 18, No.10, pp. 1393-1406, Oct. 2007.*H. K. Lee, V. Hall, K. H. Yum, K. I. Kim, and E. J. Kim, “Bandwidth Estimation in WirelessLANs for Multimedia Streaming Services,” Advances in Multimedia, vol. 2007, Article ID70429, 7 pages, 2007.E. J. Kim, K. H. Yum and C. R. Das. “Exploring IBA Design Space for Improved Performance,”IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems( TPDS), Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 498-510,April 2007.E. J. Kim, G. M. Link, K. H. Yum, V. Narayanan, M. Kandemir, M. J. Irwin, C. R.Das. “A Holistic Approach to Designing Energy-Efficient Cluster Interconnects,” IEEETransactions on Computers, Vol. 54, No. 6, pp. 660-671, June 2005.E. J. Kim, K. H. Yum, and C. R. Das. “Performance Analysis of a QoS Capable ClusterInterconnect,” Performance Evaluation, Volume 60, Issues 1-4, pp. 275-302, May 2005.Publication of Books and Other Authoritative ReferencesE. J. Kim, K. H. Yum, and C. R. Das. “Introduction to Analytical Models,” PerformanceEvaluation and Benchmarking, Edited by L. K. John and L. Eeckhout, Taylor & Francis,2006.Papers in Refereed Conference ProceedingsHighly Selective Conferences141

* H. K. Lee, *B. S. Ahn and E. J. Kim. “Adaptive Prefetching Scheme Using Web Log Mining inCluster-basedWeb Systems,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Web Services(ICWS), Los Angeles, USA, July 2009 (Acceptance Rate 18%).* L. Wang, *H. J. Kim, *Y. Jin and E. J. Kim. “Recursive Partitioning Multicast: ABandwidth-Efficient Routing for Networks-On-Chip,” International Symposium onNetworks-on-Chip (NOCS), San Diego, CA, May 2009 (Acceptance Rate 23%).* I. Yeo, C. C. Liu and E. J. Kim. “Temperature-Aware Scheduler Based on ThermalBehavior Grouping in Multicore Systems,” Design, Automation and Test In Europe (DATE),pp.946-952, Nice, France, April 2009 (Acceptance Rate 23.5%).* I. Yeo, C. C. Liu and E. J. Kim. “Predictive Dynamic Thermal Management for MulticoreSystems,” Proceedings of the 45th Design Automation Conference (DAC), pp.734-739,Anaheim, CA, June 2008. (Acceptance Rate 23%)* Y. Jin, K. H. Yum, and E. J. Kim. “Adaptive Data Compression for High-PerformanceLow-Power On-Chip Networks”, 41st International Symposium on Microarchitecture(MICRO-41), pp. 354-363, Lake Como, Italy, 2008. (Acceptance Rate, 19%)* H. K. Lee, V. Hall, K. H. Yum, K. I. Kim and E. J. Kim. “Design of Active Set Top Box in aWireless Network for Scalable Streaming Services,” Proceedings of the 2007 InternationalConference on Image Processing (ICIP), pp.505-508, San Antonio, 2007. (Acceptance Rate28%)* M. Lee, M. S. Ahn, and E. J. Kim. “I2SEMS: Interconnects Independent Security EnhancedShared Memory Multiprocessor Systems,” Proceedings of the 16th International Conferenceon Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques (PACT 2007), pp.94-103, Brasov,Romania, September, 2007. (Acceptance Rate 19%)* Y. Jin, E. J. Kim, and K. H. Yum. “A Domain-Specific On-Chip Network Design for LargeScale Cache Systems,” Proceedings of 13th International Symposium on High-PerformanceComputer Architecture (HPCA-13), pp.318-327, 2007. (16% Acceptance Rate 16%)* Y. Jin, E. J. Kim, and K. H. Yum. “Peak Power Control for a QoS Capable On-Chip Network,”Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), pp.585-592,Norway, June 2005. (Acceptance Rate 28.6%).Selective Conferences* I. Yeo, and E. J. Kim. “Hybrid Dynamic Thermal Management Based on StatisticalCharacteristics of Multimedia Applications,” Proceedings of the International Symposium onLow Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), pp.321-326, Bangalore, India, August 2008.(Acceptance Rate 31%)* H. K. Lee, V. Hall, K. H. Yum, K. I. Kim and E. J. Kim. “Bandwidth Estimation In WirelessLANs For Multimedia Streaming Services,” Proceedings of the 2006 International Conferenceon Multimedia & Expo 2006 (ICME), pp.1181-1184 (Acceptance Rate: 22%).* P. S. Bhojwani, R. N. Mahapatra and E. J. Kim. “A Heuristic for Peak Power ConstrainedDesign of Network on Chip (NoC) based Multimode System,” IEEE Proceedings of Intl. Conf.on VLSI Design, pp. 124-129, IEEE Computer Press, 2005. (Acceptance Rate 35%)Other Scholarly Activities142

Grants“NSF:CAREER: Communication-Centric Chip Multiprocessor Design,” National ScienceFoundation; PI: E. J. Kim, $400,000, 03/01/09 – 2/30/14“NSF: Collaborative Research: Design and Analysis of High-Performance, Energy Efficient,and Secure Clusters,” National Science Foundation; PI: E. J. Kim, Ki Hwan Yum,$150,000. ($90,000 : TAMU, $60,000: UTSA), 04/01/06 – 3/31/09“ETRI: Design and Analysis of Embedded Software Solutions in Wireless Environments,”Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI); PI: E. J. Kim, Co-PI: KiHwan Yum (UTSA), $180,000, ($140,000 TAMU, $40,000 UTSA), 05/01/05– 12/31/07Term/Year CourseNumberCourse TitleSemesterHoursClassSizeSpring 2012 CSCE 614 Computer Architecture 3.0Fall 2011 CSCE 312 Computer Organization 4.0 38Fall 2011 CSCE 614 Computer Architecture 3.0 51Spring 2011 CSCE 614 Computer Architecture 3.0 36Fall 2010 CSCE 350 Computer Architecture and Design 4.0 31Fall 2010 CSCE 614 Computer Architecture 3.0 39Spring 2010 CSCE 350 Computer Architecture and Design 4.0 19Spring 2010 CSCE 614 Computer Architecture 3.0 30Fall 2009 CSCE 350 Computer Architecture and Design 4.0 27Spring 2009 CPSC 614 Computer Architecture 3.0 45Spring 2009 CPSC 350 Computer Architecture and Design 4.0 23Fall 2008 CPSC 689 Special Topics in Chip MultiprocessorSystems3.0 9Spring 2008 CPSC 614 Computer Architecture 3.0 37Spring 2007 CPSC 321 Computer Architecture 4.0 48Fall 2006 CPSC 614 Computer Architecture 3.0 23Spring 2006 CPSC 614 Computer Architecture 3.0 29Fall 2005 CPSC 321 Computer Architecture 4.0 17Spring 2005 CPSC 614 Computer Architecture 3.0 43Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%143

Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Kim’s research interestsinclude: Computer Architecture, Power Efficient Systems, Parallel/Distributed Systems,Computer Networks, Cluster Computing, QoS Support in Cluster Networks and Internet,Performance Evaluation, and Fault-Tolerant Computing.144

Andreas Klappenecker, ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, September 2000Promoted, Associate Professor, September 2006Promoted, Professor, September 2011Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science University of Karlsruhe, Germany 1998Diplom. Computer Science University of Karlsruhe, Germany 1995Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Guest Editor for Special Issue on Quantum Algorithms of the journal \Algorithms, 2010.Associate Editor of the Journal of Wavelet Theory and Applications (since 2006)Associate Editor of Fluctuation and Noise Letters (2004{2007)Technical Program Committee International Conference on Quantum, Nano, and MicroTechnologies, 2009.Technical Program Committee Mathematical Methods in Computer Science, MMICS, 2008.Technical Program Committee International Conference on Quantum, Nano, and MicroTechnologies, 2008.Other Related ExperienceUniversity Karlsruhe, Department of Computer ScienceResearch Associate, 2000Consulting- NoneDepartment Committee Service 2009-2010Department Committee Service 2005-2009 Advisory Committee (elected), 2005-2007, 2008-2009 Faculty Search Software Sub Committee, 2005-2006145

Graduate Advisory Committee, Chair, 2005-2006 CSGSA Student Organization Advisor, 2005-2009 UPE Student Organization Advisor, 2007-2009Principle PublicationsRefereed JournalsP.K. Sarvepalli and A. Klappenecker. “Encoding Subsystem Codes,” Intl. J. on Advances inSecurity, 2(3):142-155, 2009.P.K. Sarvepalli and A. Klappenecker. “Sharing Classical Secrets with CSS Codes,” PhysicalReview A, 80:022321, 2009.P.K. Sarvepalli, A. Klappenecker, and M. RÄottler. “Asymmetric Quantum Codes:Constructions, Bounds, and Performance,” Proc. Royal Society A, 465:1645-1672, 2009.A. Klappenecker and P.K. Sarvepalli. “Clifford Code Constructions of Operator QuantumError-Correcting Codes,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 54(12):5760-5765,December 2008.A. Klappenecker and P. K. Sarvepalli. “On Subsystem Codes Beating the Quantum Hammingor Singleton Bound,” Proc.Roy. Soc. A., 463:2887-2905, 2007.S.A. Aly, A. Klappenecker, and P.K. Sarvepalli. “On Quantum and Classical BCH Codes,”IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, 53(3):1183-1188, March 2007.A. Klappenecker and M. Rötteler. “Effiziente Quantenalgorithmen,” IT -InformationTechnology, 48:344-353, 2006.S. Voorhies, H. Lee, and A. Klappenecker. “Fair Service for Mice in the Presence ofElephants,” Information Processing Letters, 99(3):96-101, 2006.A. Klappenecker, M. Rötteler, I. Shparlinski, and A. Winterhof. “On ApproximatelySymmetric Informationally Complete Positive Operator-Valued Measures and RelatedSystems of Quantum States,” J. Math. Phys., 46:082104, 17 pages, 2005.A. Klappenecker and M. Rötteler. “On the Monomiality of Nice Error Bases,” IEEE Trans.Inform. Theory, 51(3):1084-1089, 2005.Refereed Conference PublicationsP.K. Sarvepalli, M. Röttler, and A. Klappenecker. “New Decoding Algorithms for GeneralizedShor Codes and a Class of Subsystem Codes,” Intl. Symp. Inform. Theory, Seoul, Korea, 2009.P.K. Sarvepalli and A. Klappenecker. “Encoding Subsystem Codes with and Without NoisyGauge Qubits,” The Third International Conference on Quantum, Nano and MicroTechnologies, 2009. (Best Paper Award).A. Klappenecker, H. Lee, and J.L. Welch, “Scheduling Sensors by Tiling Lattices,”Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual ACM Symposium on Principles of DistributedComputing, PODC 2008, Toronto, Canada, August 18-21, 2008, page 437. ACM, 2008.Z. Kong, S.A. Aly, E. Soljanin, E. Yan, and A. Klappenecker. Network Coding Capacity ofRandom Wireless Networks Under a Signal-to-Interference-and-Noise Model. Proc. of the45th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, 2007.S. A. Aly, M. Grassl, A. Klappenecker, M. Rötteler, and P. K. Sarvepalli. “QuantumConvolutionlal BCH Codes,” 10 th Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, June 6-8th,Edmonton, Canada, June 2007.146

A. Klappenecker and M. Rötteler. “Mutually Unbiased Bases are Complex 2-designs,” Proc.2005 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Adelaide, Australia, pages1740-1744, 2005. (Acceptance rate 62%, but high visibility).Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“Nano: Resilient Quantum Error-Correction,” National Science Foundation, PI:Klappenecker, $300,000 until August 31, 2009.“CAREER: Design of Efficient Quantum Algorithms,” National Science Foundation, PI:Klappenecker, $469,597 until Feb 28, 2009. obtained renewal“Efficient Decoherence Control Algorithms,” National Science Foundation, Sole PI:Klappenecker, $225,000 until 31 July 2006, 100%, + $6,000 (REU supplement in 2005).Term/Year CourseNumberSpring2012CSCE 222Course TitleDiscrete Structures for Computing147SemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 411 Design and Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 50Fall 2011 CSCE 658 Randomized Algorithms 3.0 14Spring2011Spring2011Spring2011CSCE 222CSCE 440CSCE 640Discrete Structures for ComputingQuantum AlgorithmsQuantum Algorithms3.0ClassSize3.0 1213.0 103.0 6Fall 2010 CSCE 411 Design and Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 48Spring2010Spring2010CSCE 222CSCE 689Discrete Structures for ComputingRandomized Algorithms3.0 913.0 14Fall 2009 CSCE 411 Design and Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 21Spring2009CSCE 411Design and Analysis of Algorithms3.0 11Fall 2008 CSCE 289 Discrete Structures for Computing 3.0 27Fall 2008 CPSC 440 Quantum Algorithms 3.0 6Fall 2008 CSCE 640 Quantum Algorithms 3.0 2Fall 2006 CSCE 311H Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 5

Fall 2006 CPSC 440 Quantum Algorithms 3.0 2Fall 2006 CSCE 640 Quantum Algorithms 3.0 14Spring2006CSCE 689Randomized Algorithms3.0 10Fall 2005 CSCE 311H Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 10Spring2005Spring2005CSCE 640CSCE 629Quantum AlgorithmsAnalysis of Algorithms3.0 93.0 21Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Klappenecker’s researchinterests include: Quantum Computing, Image Processing, and Cryptography.148

Jhy-Charn (Steve) Liu, ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, 1989Promoted, Associate Professor, 1995Promoted, Professor, 2008Degree Field Institution YearPhD Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Michigan 1989MS Electrical Engineering The National Cheng Kung University 1981BS Electrical Engineering The National Cheng Kung University 1979Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Program Committee MemberThe Design, Automation, and Test in Europe (DATE) Conference 2008The 2008 International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC), 2008First International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems (in conjunction with IEEEInternational Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 200811 th International Conference on Principles of Distributed SystemsWorkshop on IEEE High Confidence Medical Device, Software and Systems, 200711 th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems andApplications, 2005General Co-Chair13 th IEEE Real-time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium, 2007Program Co-Chair12 th IEEE Real-time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium, 2006Track Co-ChairIEEE Real-time Systems Symposium, Hardware-software Co-design, 2007Editor of Journal of Systems Architecture (JSA - Embedded Software Design), Elsevier, 2007-presentGuest Editor, special issue on sensor systems, Journal of Microprocessors andMicrosystems, Elsevier, submission due Apr. 2006149

Editor of the Journal of Microprocessors and Microsystems, June 2005 (3years), ElsevierOther Related ExperienceSiantek Company, TaiwanEngineer, 1983Consulting- NoneDepartment Committee Service 2009-2010 University Committee Service 2009-2010 Computer Engineering CurriculumCoordination Committee Computing Services AdvisoryCommittee, Chair Consortium for the Center onInformation Assurance & SecurityDepartment Committee Service 2005-2009 Computer Engineering Curriculum Coordination Committee, 2005-2009 Computing Services Advisory Committee, Member, 2005-2006, 2008-2009; Chair,2006-2008 Graduate Admissions Committee, 2006-2008College of Engineering Committee Service 2005-2009 Systems Engineering Specialty Professors Advisory Group, 2005-2007University Committee Service 2005-2009 Consortium for the Center on Information Assurance & Security, 2006-2009Principle Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed JournalsG. Pok, Jyh-Charn Liu, Keun Ho Ryu. “Effective Feature Selection Framework for Cluster Analysis ofMicroarray Data,” Bioinformation 4(8) 385-389, 2010.Yueping Zhang, Yong Xiong, Steve Liu, Dmitri Loguinov. “Queuing Dynamics and Single-LinkStability of Delay-Based Window Congestion Control,” Journal of Computer Networks, Elsevier,COMPNW 4129, 20 November, 2009.J-J. Hu, T.W. Fossum, M.W. Miller, H. Xu*, S. Liu, J.D. Humphrey. “Biomechanics of thePorcine Basilar Artery in Hypertension,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp.19-29(11), Jan. 2007.D. Wu*, M. Zhang*, J.C. Liu, and W. Bauman. “On the Adaptive Detection of Blood Vessels inRetinal Images,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, pp. 341-343, Vol. 53, No.2,Feb. 2006.Weimin Zhang*, Avery L. McIntosh, Hai Xu*, Di Wu*, Todd Gruninger*, Barbara Atshaves, J. C.Steve Liu and Friedhelm Schroeder. “Structural Analysis of Sterol Distributions in thePlasma Membrane of Living Cells,” Biochemistry, 44(8): pp. 2864-84, Mar. 2005.150

Refereed Conference PublicationsHighly Selective ConferencesShi Pu, Cheng-Chung Tan and Jyh-Charn Liu. “SA2PX: A Tool to Translate SpamAssassin RegularExpression Rules to POSIX,” 6th Conference on Email and Anti-Spam, 2009. (30% Acceptance Rate)Hong Lu, Andrew Jiang, Steve Liu. “Locality Sensitive Information Brokerage in DistributedSensor Networks,” 28th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, June,2008 (16% Acceptance Rate)Jian Jia Wu*, Jyh-Charn Liu, Wei Zhao. “Utilization-Bound Based Schedulability Analysis ofWeighted Round Robin Schedulers,” IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), Dec,2007. (Best Student Paper Award, 25% Acceptance Rate)Highly Visible ConferencesGouchol Park, Jyh-Charn Liu, Keun Ho Ryu. “Effective Feature Selection Framework forCluster Analysis of Microarray Data,” International Conference on Bioinformatics(InCoB), Singapore, 2009.Ming Zhang, Jyh-Charn Liu. “Directional Local Contrast Based Blood Vessel Detection inRetinal Images,” IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, June, 2007.Hong Lu, Steve Liu, Anxiao(Andrew) Jiang. “A Cross-layer Design for End-to-End on-DemandBandwidth Allocation in Infrastructure Wireless Mesh Networks,” International Conferenceon Wireless Algorithms, Systems and Applications, Chicago, 2007. (45% Acceptance Rate)Hong Lu*, Steve Liu, “Upper-bounding End-to-End Throughput for Multihop Wireless MeshNetworks,” The First International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems andApplications, pp. 676-687, Aug. 2006. (39% Acceptance Rate)Book ChaptersA. McIntosh, B. Atshaves, H. Huang, A. M. Gallegos, A. Kier, F. Schroeder, H. Xu*, W. Zhang, S.Wang and S. Liu. “Multiphoton Laser Scanning Microscopy and Spatial Analysis ofDehydroergosterol Distributions on Plasma Membrane of Living Cells Lipid Rafts,” Methodsin Molecular Biology, published by Humana, edited by Tom McIntosh, June 2006, (invited)F. Schroeder, B. Atshaves, A. Gallegos, A. McIntosh, J.C. Liu, A. Kier, H. Huang, J. Ball,“Caveolae Organization and Role in Lipid Cholesterol Metabolism,” Advances in Molecularand Cell Biology, 36, (Caveolae and lipid rafts: roles in signal transduction and thepathogenesis of human diseases,) pp. 3-36, edited by M. Lisanti and P. Frank, Elsevier, 2005.Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrantsGift grant from Trend Technology, $30,000, Sep. 2009“Parallel XML Document Parsing with Multi-Core Processors,” CISCO University ResearchProgram, $90,000 Apr. 2008-March 2009,“Instrument support for progressive email classifier,” Department of Defense-ARO DURIPprogram, $91,000, Apr. 2008-Apr. 2010,“CSR-CPS: Smart Sticks,” National Science Foundation, Jyh-Charn Liu (PI), $90,000, Sep.2007-Aug. 2010151

“Progressive Email Classifer (PEC) for Ingress Enterprise Network Traffic Analysis,” ARO,Jyh-Charn Liu (PI), $550,000, Apr. 2007- Apr.2010“The next generation of embedded computing systems: Tools, Architectures, andOpportunities,” Microsoft Research, Jyh-Charn Liu (PI), $390,000 Dec. 2005-Dec. 2010“Computer Assisted Diabetic Retinopathy Photo screening for Underserved Populations InTexas,” Texas Department of State Health Services, Josie Williams ( medical PI), Jyh-CharnLiu ( technology PI), ($300,000/$1,000,000), July 2005-Dec 2009, Note: the projectphase I was completed in two years, and the phase II will be started Sep. 2007 for two years.The total funding commitment remains the same.“13th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium andWorkshops,” National Science Foundation, Jyh-Charn Liu (PI), $28,000, Sep. 2006“Cybersecurity Remote Education Access Toolkits (CREAT),” NSF DUE-0516825, Jyh-CharnLiu (PI), Steven Smith (Co-PI), $153,000, Sep. 1, 2005- Aug. 31, 2008,“Creating a Diabetic Retina Imaging Lab in Mexico City Center,” TAMU-Conacyt SpecialProject, Jyh-Charn Liu, $50,000, Sep. 2005- Aug. 2006,“A Workshop on Next Generation of Real-time and Embedded Computing for Cybersecurity,and Networking,” National Science Foundation, Jyh-Charn Liu, $20,000, Apr. 2006“SGER: Secure Sharing of Information for Distance Collaboration,” National ScienceFoundation, Jyh-Charn Liu (PI), $100,000, Sep.1 2005-Aug. 31 2007“NSA 2006-2007 IASP Program,” National Security Agency, Jyh-Charn Liu (PI), $99,000Sep. 2006Term/YearCourseNumberCourse TitleFall 2012 CSCE 462 Microcomputer Systems 3.0SemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 462 Microcomputer Systems 3.0 26Fall 2011 ENGR 111 Foundations of Eng. I 2.0 81Spring 2011 CSCE 315 Programming Studio 3.0 51Spring 2011 CSCE 462 Microcomputer Systems 3.0 25Fall 2010 CSCE 462 Microcomputer Systems 3.0 23Spring 2010 CSCE 462 Microcomputer Systems 3.0 23Fall 2009 CSCE 462 Microcomputer Systems 3.0 22Spring2009CSCE 462 Microcomputer Systems 3.0 13Fall 2008 CSCE 462 Microcomputer Systems 3.0 22Spring2008CSCE 462 Microcomputer Systems 3.0 13Fall 2007 CSCE 462 Microcomputer Systems 3.0 21Spring 2007 CSCE 462 Microcomputer Systems 3.0 17ClassSize152

Fall 2006 CSCE 462 Microcomputer Systems 3.0 37Spring2006CSCE 462 Microcomputer Systems 3.0 7Fall 2005 CSCE 462 Microcomputer Systems 3.0 15Spring 2005 CSCE 462 Microcomputer Systems 3.0 19Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Liu’s research interestsinclude: Real-time Distributed Computing Systems, Network Performance and Security,Medical Informatics, and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).153

William Lively, Professor EmeritusExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, 1972Promoted, Associate Professor, 1977Promoted, Professor, 1992Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science and Electrical Southern Methodist University 1971EngineeringMS Electrical Engineering Southern Methodist University 1967BS Biology Southern Methodist University 1962Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Member, IEEE Standards Group on software Engineering, 2008Co-Founder of the Institute for Software Engineers-ISE; member Executive Board, Treasurer-Secretary, 2006-2007Work on PE (Professional Engineer) examinations for Software Engineers, 2006Member of IEEE Standards Balloting Committee, 1999-2007 in Architecture and SoftwareEngineeringSenior Member (awarded Life Senior Member, January 2007), 40 Years of membershipCo-ChairSSi Hub Workshop, gave presentation entitled, “Web Engineering Courses,” University ofTexas@ Dallas, TX, 8/2007; gave presentation entitled, “SSiP and Distance Learning,”University of Houston@ Clearlake, TX, 10/2006; gave presentation entitled, “SSiP andDistance Learning,” 3/2006; Texas A&M University, 8/2005Other Related Computing ExperienceAdvanced Scientific Computer (ASC)Member, Technical Staff, 1971-72Texas Instruments, Inc.Design Engineer, Government Equipment Group, 1967-68Consulting154

General Electric Healthcare, 2006-presentFulbright and Jaworski, 2007Hastings Law Firm, 2008Ed Bell Group, South Carolina, 2008Drtment Committee Service 2009-2010Computing Services Advisory Committee, MemberDepartment Committee Service 2005-2009 Web Advisory Committee, 2005-2007 Communications Committee, 2007-2008 Computing Services AdvisoryCommittee, Chair, 2008-2009College of Engineering Committee Service2005-2010 ABET Coordinator Computer ScienceProgram, 2005Principle PublicationsRefereed JournalsWang, Y., Lively, W.M., and D.B. Simmons. “Web Traffic Characteristics and FailurePrediction Model Selection,” Special Issue of Journal of Computational Methods in Scienceand Engineering, 2009.Wang, Y., Lively, W.M., and D.B. Simmons. “Software Security Analysis and Assessment forWeb-based Applications,” Special Issue of Journal of Computational Methods in Science andEngineering, 2009.Kim, Sang Eun, Lively, William, and Dick Simmons. “An Effort Estimation by UML Points inEarly Stage of Software Development,” International Conference on Software EngineeringResearch and Practice, June 26-29, 2006, Las Vegas, USA. Academic Co-Sponsors: TheMassachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Media Lab and Texas advanced ComputerCenter of University of Texas at Austin.Refereed Conference PublicationsHighly Visible ConferencesWang, Y., Lively, W.M., and D.B. Simmons. “Software Security Analysis and Assessment forWeb-Based Applications,” 17 th International Conference of Software Engineering and DataEngineering, Los Angeles, USA, 2008.Wang, Y., Lively, W.M., and D.B. Simmons. “Web Traffic Characteristics and Failure PredictionModel Selection,” 17 th International Conference on software Engineering and DataEngineering, Los Angeles, USA, 2008.Book ChaptersSimmons, D.B., Nelson, Chris, Urban, Joe and William Lively. “Rapid Insertion of LeadingEdge Industrial Strength Software into University Classrooms,” Handbook of Research onOpen Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives, 2006.155

Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“Shared Software Infrastructure (SSI) Hub,” IBM. Co-Principal Investigators – D. B.Simmons and W. M. Lively, $173.000 (split equally between Simmons and Lively), 1/2007– 12/2007.“Shared Software Infrastructure (SSI) Hub,” IBM, Intel and AvNet, Co-PrincipalInvestigators – D. B. Simmons and W. M. Lively, $353,000 (split equally betweenSimmons and Lively), 1/2006-12/2006.“Shared Software Infrastructure (SSI) Hub,” IBM, Co-Principal Investigators – D. B.Simmons and W. M. Lively, $200,000 (split equally between Simmons and Lively), 12/2004– 12/2005.Term/YearCourseNumberCourse TitleFall 2009 CSCE 606 SoftwareEngineeringFall 2009 CSCE 431 SoftwareEngineeringSummer2009CSCE 606SoftwareEngineeringSpring 2009 CSCE 431 SoftwareEngineeringFall 2008 CSCE 606 SoftwareEngineeringFall 2008 CSCE 431 SoftwareEngineeringSummer2008CSCE 606SoftwareEngineeringSpring 2008 CSCE 431 SoftwareEngineeringSpring 2008 CSCE 431 SoftwareEngineeringFall 2007 CSCE 606 SoftwareEngineeringFall 2007 CSCE 431 SoftwareEngineeringSummer2007CSCE 606SoftwareEngineeringSpring 2007 CSCE 431 SoftwareEngineeringSemesterHourClassSize3.0 553.0 403.0 133.0 483.0 253.0 333.0 93.0 313.0 213.0 253.0 333.0 93.0 21156

Spring 2007 CSCE 431 SoftwareEngineeringFall 2006 CSCE 431 SoftwareEngineeringSummer2006CSCE 431SoftwareEngineeringSpring 2006 CSCE 431 SoftwareEngineeringSpring 2006 CSCE 606 SoftwareEngineering3.0 313.0 143.0 53.0 253.0 12Percentage Fall 2007of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Lively’s research interestsinclude: Software Engineering, AI/KB Software Engineering, and Computer-humanInteraction.157

Dmitri Loguinov, ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, September 2002Promoted, Associate Professor, 2007Promoted, Professor, September 2011Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science City University of New York 2002BS Computer Science Moscow State University, Russia 1995Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Technical Program Committee MemberInternational World Wide Web Conference, (WWW), Raleigh, NC, 2010IEEE BroadNets, Madrid, Spain, 2009; London, England, 2008ACM International Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video,(NOSSDAV), Braunschweig, Germany 2008IEEE INFOCOM, Conference on Computer Communications, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain,2006; Miami, FL, 2005IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, (ICIP), Genoa, Italy, 2005Other Related ExperienceMichigan State UniversityResearch Assistant, 1/2002-8/2002City University of New YorkResearch Assistant, 9/1998-12/2001Teaching Assistant, 9/1996-8/1998Kansas State UniversityTeaching Assistant, 9/1995-6/1996Consulting- None158

Department Committee Service 2009-2010Graduate Advisory CommitteeDepartment Committee Service 2005-2009 Undergraduate Curriculum & ABET Committee, 2005-2007 Graduate Admissions Committee, 2007-2009 Graduate Advisory Committee, 2007-2009Principle Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed JournalsDai M.*, Zhang Y.*, and Loguinov, D. “A Unified Traffic Model for MPEG-4 and H.264 VideoTraces,” IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 1010-1023, Aug. 2009.Lee H.-T.*, Leonard D.*, Wang X.*, and Loguinov D. “IRLbot: Scaling to 6 Billion Pages andBeyond,” ACM Transactions on the Web, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 1-33, Jun. 2009.Zhang Y.* and Loguinov D. “Local and Global Stability of Delayed Congestion Control Systems,”IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 53, no. 10, pp. 2356-2360, Nov. 2008.Zhang Y.*, Leonard D.*, and Loguinov D. “JetMax: Scalable Max-Min Congestion Control forHigh-Speed Heterogeneous Networks,” Elsevier Computer Networks, vol. 52, no. 6, pp. 1193-1219, Apr. 2008.Zhang Y.*, Kang S.-R.*, and Loguinov D. “Delay-Independent Stability and Performance ofDistributed Congestion Control,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 15, no. 4, pp.838-851, Aug. 2007.Wang, X.* and Loguinov, D. “Load-Balancing Performance of Consistent Hashing: AsymptoticAnalysis of Random Node Join,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 15, no. 4, pp.892-905, Aug. 2007.Dai, M.* and Loguinov, D. “Rate-Distortion Analysis and Quality Control in Scalable InternetStreaming,” IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 1135-1146, Dec. 2006.Liu X.*, Ravindran K., and Loguinov D. “Towards a Generalized Stochastic Model of End-to-EndPacket-Pair Sampling,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (Special Issue onSampling the Internet), vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 2249-2262, Dec. 2006.Loguinov D., Casas J.*, and Wang X.*. “Graph-Theoretic Analysis of Structured Peer-to-PeerSystems: Routing Distances and Fault Resilience,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking,vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 1107-1120, Oct. 2005.Refereed Conference PublicationsHighly Selective ConferencesSmith M.* and Loguinov D. “Enabling High-Performance Internet-Wide Measurements onWindows,” PAM, 10 pages, Apr. 2010 (29.1%).Reddy C.*, Leonard D.*, and Loguinov D. “Optimizing Capacity-Heterogeneous UnstructuredP2P Networks for Random-Walk Traffic,” IEEE P2P, pp. 41-50, Sep. 2009 (19.8%) (best paperaward).Lee H.-T.*, Leonard D.*, Wang X.*, and Loguinov D. “IRLbot: Scaling to 6 Billion Pages andBeyond,” WWW, pp. 427-436, Apr. 2008 (11%) (best paper award).159

Bhandarkar S., Reddy A.L.N., Zhang Y.*, and Loguinov D. “Emulating AQM from End Hosts,”ACM SIGCOMM, pp. 349-360, Aug. 2007 (13.6%).Yao Z.*, Wang X.*, Leonard D.*, and Loguinov D. “On Node Isolation under Churn inUnstructured P2P Networks with Heavy-Tailed Lifetimes,” IEEE INFOCOM, pp. 2126-2134,May 2007 (18%).Yao Z.*, Leonard D.*, Wang X.*, and Loguinov D. “Modeling Heterogeneous User Churn andLocal Resilience of Unstructured P2P Networks,” IEEE ICNP, pp. 32-41, Nov. 2006 (14.2%).Leonard D.*, Yao Z.*, Wang, X.*, and Loguinov D. “On Static and Dynamic PartitioningBehavior of Large-Scale Networks,” IEEE ICNP, pp. 345-357, Nov. 2005 (17%).Leonard D.*, Rai V.*, and Loguinov D. “On Lifetime-Based Node Failure and Resilience ofDecentralized Peer-to-Peer Networks,” ACM SIGMETRICS, pp. 26-37, June 2005 (13.1%)(nominated for the best student paper).Liu X.*, Ravindran K., and Loguinov D., “What Signals Do Packet-pair Dispersions Carry?”IEEE INFOCOM, pp. 281-292, Mar. 2005 (17.2%).Dai M.* and Loguinov D., “Analysis and Modeling of H.26L and MPEG-4 Multi-Layer VideoTraffic,” IEEE INFOCOM, pp. 2257-2267, Mar. 2005 (17.2%).Selective Conferences with High VisibilityZhang Y.* and Loguinov D., “ABS: Adaptive Buffer Sizing for Heterogeneous Networks," IEEEIWQoS, pp. 90-99, Jun. 2008 (36%).Jain S.*, Zhang Y.*, and Loguinov D., “Towards Experimental Evaluation of Explicit CongestionControl,” IEEE IWQoS, pp. 121-130, Jun. 2008 (36%).Khayam S.A., Radha H., and Loguinov D., “Worm Detection at Network Endpoints UsingInformation-Theoretic Traffic Perturbations,” IEEE ICC, pp. 1561-1565, May 2008 (36%).Kang S.-R.* and Loguinov D., “IMR-Pathload: Robust Available Bandwidth Estimation underEnd-Host Interrupt Delay,” PAM, pp. 172-181, Apr. 2008 (32%).Kang S.-R.* and Loguinov D., “Impact of FEC Overhead on Scalable Video Streaming,” ACMNOSSDAV, pp. 123-128, Jun. 2005 (38%).Dai M.*, Loguinov D., and Radha H., “Rate-Distortion Modeling of Scalable Video Coders,”IEEE ICIP, pp. 1093-1096, Sep. 2004 (46%).Dai M.*, Loguinov D., and Radha H., “Statistical Analysis and Distortion Modeling of MPEG-4FGS,” IEEE ICIP, pp. 301-304, Sep. 2003 (44%).Loguinov D. and Radha H., “Open-loop Rate Control for Real-time Video Streaming: Analysis ofBinomial Algorithms,” IEEE ICIP, pp. 193-196, Sep. 2002 (55%).Loguinov D. and Radha H., “Effects of Channel Delays on Underflow Events of CompressedVideo Over the Internet,” IEEE ICIP, pp. 205-208, Sep. 2002 (55%).Ravindran K. and Loguinov D., “Incorporation of Flow and QoS Control in Multicast RoutingArchitectures,” IEEE ICCCN, pp. 312-320, Oct. 1998 (41%).Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“Bridging Analytical and Empirical Understanding of Churn in Decentralized P2P Networks,”National Science Foundation, PI: D. Loguinov, $318,990, 2007-2010.160

REU Supplement for “Bridging Analytical and Empirical Understanding of Churn inDecentralized P2P Networks,” National Science Foundation, PI: D. Loguinov, $12,000, 2007-2010.“Distributed Congestion Control for Heterogeneous Networks,” National Science Foundation,PI: D. Loguinov, $300,000, 2005-2008.“Topology Models for Decentralized Random Graphs,” National Science Foundation, PI: D.Loguinov, $335,541, 2004-2007.“ITR: Efficient Self-Organizing Content Distribution Network for Scalable Video StreamingServices,” National Science Foundation, PI: D. Loguinov, $274,999, 2003-2006.REU Supplement for “ITR: Efficient Self-Organizing Content Distribution Network for ScalableVideo Streaming Services,” National Science Foundation, PI: D. Loguinov, $6,000, 2003-2006.“Optimal-Diameter Routing and Error Resilience in Peer-to-Peer Networks,” National ScienceFoundation, PI: D. Loguinov, $248,283, 2003-2006.Term/YearCourseNumberCourse TitleSemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 313 Introduction to Computer Systems 4.0 11Fall 2011 CSCE 463 Networks and DistributedProcessing3.0 15Spring 2011 CSCE 413 Introduction to Computer Systems 4.0 26Spring 2011 CSCE 619 Networks and DistributedComputingFall 2010 CSCE 463 Networks and DistributedProcessingSpring 2010 CSCE 463 Networks and DistributedProcessingSpring 2010 CSCE 619 Networks and DistributedComputingFall 2009 CSCE 463 Networks and DistributedProcessingSpring 2009 CSCE 463 Networks and DistributedProcessing3.0 63.0 223.0 123.0 153.0 283.0 11Spring 2009 CSCE 689 Special Topics in Overlay Networks 3.0 10Spring 2008 CSCE 619 Networks and DistributedComputing3.0 5Spring 2008 CSCE 689 Special Topics in Overlay Networks 3.0 8Fall 2007 CSCE 463 Networks and DistributedProcessingClassSize3.0 25161

Fall 2006 CSCE 463 Networks and DistributedProcessingFall 2006 CSCE 689 Special Topics in CongestionControlSpring 2006 CSCE 619 Networks and DistributedComputingFall 2005 CSCE 463 Networks and DistributedProcessing3.0 133.0 73.0 73.0 25Fall 2005 CSCE 689 Special Topics in P2P Networks 3.0 11Spring 2005 CSCE 689 Special Topics in P2P Networks 3.0 11Spring 2005 CSCE 619 Networks and DistributedComputing3.0 7Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Loguinov’s research interests include:Real-Time Video Streaming, Congestion Control, Overlay Networks, Content Distribution and Caching,Peer-To-Peer Networks, Internet Traffic Measurement, Performance Analysis, and Stochastic Modelingof Networks.162

Rabi Mahapatra, ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Visiting Professor, August 1995Hired, Senior Lecturer, 1996Promoted, TEES Associate Research Professor, 2000Hired, Associate Professor, 2001Promoted, Professor, September 2010Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science Indian Institute of Technology, India 1992MS Electrical Engineering Sambalpur University of India 1983BS Computer Science Sambalpur University of India 1979Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Steering Committee ChairInternational Conference on Information Technology, 2004, 2005Program Committee MemberACM/IEEE International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design, 2009ACM/IEEE International Conference on CASES 2009IEEE Great Lake Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI) 2009IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC) 2006,20094 th International Workshop on Software Support for Portable Storage (IWSSPS) 2009International Workshop on Unique Chip and Systems 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009IEEE Intl Real-Time System Symposium (RTSS) 2008International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, 2007Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2005, 2006, 2007Intl. Workshop on Software Support for Portable Systems, 2006IEEE Second Workshop on High Performance, Fault Adaptive, Large Scale Embedded Real-Time Systems (FALSE) 2005, 2006International Workshop on Embedded Real-Time Systems Implementation (ERTSI) 2004,2005Editorial Activities• Associate Editor, ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing, 2008 – present163

• Editorial Board, International Journal on Information and Communication Technology 2006 – presentOther Related ExperienceIndian Institute of Technology, Kargpur, IndiaLecturer, 1984-1992Assistant Professor, 1992-1995Consulting- NoneDepartment Committee Service 2009-2010Graduate Admissions CommitteeUndergraduate Student AwardsDepartment Committee Service 2005-2009 Graduate Admissions Committee, 2005-2009 Undergraduate Curriculum & ABET Committee, 2006-2008 Undergraduate Student Awards Committee, 2008-2009College of Engineering Committee Service ABET Coordinator Computer Science Program, 2006-2008University Committee Service Faculty Senator, 2008-2009Principal Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed JournalsD. Dechev, R. Mahapatra and B. Stroustrup, “Practical and Verifiable C++ Dynamic Cast inAutonomous Space Systems,”Special Issue on Real-time Distributed Computing and Ubiquitouscomputing in Memory - Intl. Journal of Computing Science and Engineering (JCSE), December 2008.Singhal, R*, Gwan Choi, and Mahapatra, R.N. “Data Handling Limits of On-Chip Interconnects,” IEEETransactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, Volume 16, Issue 6, June 2008,Page(s):707 - 713Bhojwani, P.S*, and Mahapatra, R.N. “Robust Concurrent Online Testing of Network-on-Chip-BasedSoCs ,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, Volume 16, Issue 9, Sept.2008 Page(s):1199 - 1209Subrata Acharya*, and Rabi N. Mahapatra. “A Dynamic Slack Management Technique for Real-TimeDistributed Embedded Systems,” IEEE Trans. Computers 57(2): 215-230 (2008).John Mark Nolen*, and Rabi N. Mahapatra. “Time-Division-Multiplexed Test Delivery for NoCSystems,” IEEE Design & Test of Computers 25(1): 44-51 (2008)Seraj Ahmad, and Rabi N. Mahapatra. “An Efficient Approach to On-Chip Logic Minimization,” IEEETrans. VLSI Syst. 15(9): 1040-1050 (2007)A. Rajaram*, J. Hu, W. Guo, R. Mahapatra and B. Lu. “Analytical Bound for Unwanted Clock SkewDue to Wire Width Variation,” IEEE Trans. on CAD of Integrated Circuits and Systems 25(9): 1869-1876 (2006).A. Kumar and R. Mahapatra. “An Integrated Scheduling and Buffer Management Scheme for InputQueued Switches with Finite Buffer Space,” Computers and Communication Journal, ElsevierPublications, Volume 29, Issue 1, 2005, pp. 42-51.164

Refereed ConferencesHighly Selective ConferencesYoonjin Kim* and Rabi N. Mahapatra, “Dynamic Context Management for Low Power Coarse-GrainedReconfigurable Architecture”, to appear in the Proceedings of the 19th IEEE/ACM Great LakeSymposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI 2009). Boston, Massachusetts. May 2009. (Acceptance 16%)S. Mandal*, P. Bhojwani*, S. Mohanty, and R. Mahapatra, “IntellBatt: Towards smarter batterydesign,” Proceedings of 45th ACM/IEE Design Automation Conference, (DAC 2008), pp.872-877, 8-13. (Acceptance 147/639, 23%)J. D. Lee, and R. Mahapatra, “In-Field NoC-Based SoC Testing with Distributed Test Vector Storage”Proceedings of IEEE ICCD 2008, pp.206-211. (Acceptance 34%)D. Dechev, R. Mahapatra, B. Stroustrup, and D. Wagner. “C++ Dynamic Cast in Autonomous SpaceSystems,” Proceedings of 11th IEEE International Symposium on Object Oriented Real-TimeDistributed Computing , pp.499-507, (ISORC 2008). (Acceptance 35%)Yoonjin Kim* and R. Mahapatra. “Dynamically Compressible Context Architecture for Low PowerCoarse-Grained Reconfigurable Array,” IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, October2007, (Acceptance rate 21%).Selective Conferences with High VisibilityP. Bhojwani*, J. D. Lee* and Rabi Mahapatra. “SAPP: Scalable and Adaptable Peak PowerManagement in NoCs,” Proceedings of Intl. Symposium on Low Power Electronic Devices (ISLPED),August 2007. (31%)R. Singhal*, G. Choi, and R. Mahapatra, “Information Theoretic Approach to Address Delay andReliability in Long On-Chip Interconnects,” Proceedings of ACM/IEEE Intl. Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD) 2006. (20% Acceptance Rate)R. Singhal*, G. Choi and R. Mahapatra, “Programmable LDPC Decoder Based on the Bubble-SortAlgorithm,” Proceedings of ACM/IEEE International Conference on VLSI Design 2006, pp.203-208.(27% Acceptance Rate)Vivek Rai* and Rabi Mahapatra, “Lifetime Modeling of a Sensor Network,” Proceedings of the IEEEIntl. Conf. on Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) 2005. (25% Acceptance Rate)Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“Exploring Semantic Routed Network for Cyber Infrastructures,” National Science Foundation, PI:Mahapatra, $100,000, Pro-rated $50,000, March 2008- February 2010.“Safety Net Validation for Microprocessors and SoCs,” Dot/FAA, PI: R. Mahapatra, $27,000, 2009.“Evaluation of Multi-Core COTS Microprocessors for Safety-Critical Applications,” Rockwell Collins,PI: Mahapatra, $30,000, 2009.“Validation of Microprocessors for Safety-Critical Applications,” AVSI, PI: R. Mahapatra, $107,000,2009.“Microprocessor Evaluation,” DoT–FAA, PI: Mahapatra, $23,129, Dec 2008 – April 2009.“A Comprehensive Methodology for Early Power-performance Estimation of Nano-CMOS DigitalSystems,” National Science Foundation, Co-PI: Mohanty, UNT, PI: R. Mahapatra, $200,000, Prorated$27,000, September 2007-August 2010.“Design of Robust and Energy Efficient Cyber-Physical Systems,” National Science Foundation, PI:Bhattacharya, Co-PI: R. Mahapatra, $100,000, Pro-rated $20,000, September 2007 – August 2009.165

“Safety Analysis Framework of Microprocessors and SoCs in Avionics,” FAA and AVSI (BAE, Boeing,GE Aviation, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Hamilton Sundstrand), PI: Mahapatra, $162,000, August2007 – July 2008.“Research on Microprocessor Evaluation for Avionics,” DoT (FAA), PI: Mahapatra, $240,000, August2004-Dec 2006.Term/YearCourseNumberCourse TitleSpring 2012 CSCE 312 Computer Organization 4.0Spring 2012 CSCE 350 Computer Architecture and Design 4.0SemesterHoursSpring 2011 CSCE 350 Computer Architecture and Design 4.0 28Spring 2011 CSCE 617 Hardware Software Co-design of EmbeddedSystems3.0 19Fall 2010 CSCE 312 Computer Organization 4.0 55Spring 2010 CSCE 312 Computer Organization 4.0 116Spring 2010 CSCE 617 Hardware Software Co-design of EmbeddedSystems3.0 6Fall 2009 CSCE 312 Computer Organization 4.0 54Spring 2009 CPSC 617 Hardware Software Co-design of EmbeddedSystems3.0 15Spring 2009 CPSC 481 Undergraduate Seminar 1.0 60Fall 2008 CPSC 312 Computer Organization 4.0 32Spring 2008 CPSC 312 Computer Organization 4.0 18Fall 2007 CPSC 312 Computer Organization 4.0 13Spring 2007 CPSC 617 Hardware Software Co-design of EmbeddedSystems3.0 19Fall 2006 CPSC 321 Computer Architecture 4.0 18Fall 2006 CPSC 483 Computer Systems Design 3.0 3Spring 2006 CPSC 617 Hardware Software Co-design of EmbeddedSystems3.0 5Fall 2005 ENGR 111 Foundations of Engineering I 2.0 18Spring 2005 CPSC 617 Hardware Software Co-design of EmbeddedSystems3.0 11ClassSizePercentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Please give a brief description of your major research and scholarly activities:Dr. Mahapatra’s research interests include: Embedded Systems, System-on-Chip,Reconfigurable Architectures, Real-Time Systems, Cyber Infrastructure, and SemanticNetworks.166

Robin Murphy, Raytheon ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Raytheon Professor, August 2008Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science Georgia Institute of Technology 1992MS Computer Science Georgia Institute of Technology 1989BME Computer Science Georgia Institute of Technology 1980Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)State and National ServiceMemberCRA Computing Community Consortium Council, 2009-2012National Science Foundation CISE Advisory Board, 2006-2008Board on Army Science and Technology (BAST) of the National Academies, 2008-2012National Academies/National Research Council Study on air and Ground Vehicles, 2007-2009Associate Editor, IEEE Intelligent Systems, 2000-2009.Associate Editor, Robotics and Autonomous Systems journal, 1997-current.IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, 2008-2012Elected Member, Administrative Committee, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, 2005-08ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, steering committee, 2008-current.Emergency Response ServiceTeam Leader, CRASAR Robot-assisted USAR Response Team which has participated in:L'Aquila Italy Earthquake (2009)State Archives Building Collapse, Cologne, Germany (2009)Berkman Plaza II parking garage collapse (2007-2008)Crandall Canyon Utah mine disaster (2007)167

Newmont Midas Utah Gold Mine incident (2007)Hurricane Wilma (2005)Hurricane Katrina (2005)Hurricane Dennis (2005)Hurricane Charley (2004)La Conchita, California, mudslide (2005)World Trade Center(2001)Other Related ExperienceUniversity of South FloridaDirector NSF I/UCRC Safety, Security, Rescue Research Center, June, 2003, to Dec, 2006.Co-founded the center with University of MinnesotaProfessor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, joint appointment inCognitive and Neural Science, Department of Psychology, August, 2003 to current.Director, Institute for Safety Security Rescue Technology (which includes the Center forRobot-Assisted Search and Rescue), a State Type II Center, January, 2002 to current.Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, jointappointment in Cognitive and Neural Science, Department of Psychology, University ofSouth Florida, August, 1998 to May, 2003.Colorado School of MinesAssociate Director, Center for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, August, 1994 to May,1998.Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, 8/1992 to8/1998.Continental Divide Robotics, IncMember, Board of Directors,., 2000-2004Rocky Mountain Automated Systems, Inc.,Co-owner, Chief Research Officer, 1997-1999: a company specializing in applyingartificial intelligence and sensor fusion to improve GPS tracking.Northrop Grumman CorporationConsultant, 1997-1999: advised on transfer of sensor failure and recovery research tounmanned aerial vehicle IRAD program.Consulting-None168

Department Committee Service 2009-2010 Undergraduate Student Awards Committee, 2009-2010 Web Advisory Committee, 2009-2010Department Committee Service 2005-2009 Development Committee, 2008-2009 Faculty Search Robotics Committee, Chair, 2008-2009Principle Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed JournalsS. Yarkan*, S. Guzelgoz*, H. Arslan, and R. R. Murphy, “Underground Mine Communications:A Survey,” Communications Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE, vol. 11, pp. 125-142, 2009.K. Pratt*, R. Murphy, S. Stover, and C. Griffin, “CONOPS and Autonomy Rcommendations forVTOL SUASs Based on Hurricane Katrina Operations,” Journal of Field Robotics, vol. 26, pp.636-650, 2009.R. R. Murphy and S. Stover, “Rescue Robots for Mudslides: A Descriptive Study of the 2005La Conchita Mudslide Response,” Journal of Field Robotics, vol. 25, pp. 3-16, Jan 2008.R. Murphy, E. Steimle, E. Griffin, C. Cullins, M. Hall, and K. Pratt*, “Cooperative Use ofUnmanned Sea Surface and Micro Aerial Vehicle at Hurricane Wilma,” Journal of FieldRobotics, vol. 25, pp. 164-180, 2008.J. Burke, R. Murphy, and C. Kidd, “Young Researchers in HRI Workshop 2006,” InteractionStudies, vol. 8, 2007.K. P. Valavanis, L. Doitsidis*, M. Long*, and R. Murphy, “A Case Study of Fuzzy-Logic-BasedRobot Navigation a,” IEEE Robotics nd Automation Magazine, vol. 13, pp. 93-107, Sept. 20062006.R. Murphy, “Humans, robots, rubble, and research,” Interactions, vol. 12, pp. 37-39, 2005.J. Carlson* and R. Murphy, “How UGVs Physically Fail in the Field,” IEEE Transactions onRobotics, vol. 21, pp. 423-437, June. 2005 2005.Refereed Conference PublicationsR. R. Murphy, E. Steimle, M. Lindemuth, D. Trejo, M. Hall, D. Slocum, S. Hurlebas, and Z.Medina-Cetina, “Robot-Assisted Bridge Inspection after Hurricane Ike,” IEEE Workshop onSafety Security Rescue Robotics, Denver CO, 2009.K. Pratt, R. Murphy, J. Burke, J. Craighead, C. Griffin, and S. Stover, “Use of Tethered SmallUnmanned Aerial System at Berkman Plaza II Collapse,” IEEE International Workshop onSafety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, 2008, pp. 134-139.M. T. Long, R. Murphy, and J. Hicinbothom, “Social Roles for Taskability in Robot Teams,”IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2007, pp. 2338-2344.K. Pratt, R. Murphy, S. Stover, and C. Griffin, “Requirements for Semi-Autonomous Flight inMiniature UAVs for Structural Inspection,” AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America, 2006.169

M. Long, A. Gage, R. Murphy, and K. Valavanis, “Application of the Distributed Field RobotArchitecture to a Simulated Demining Task,” 2005 IEEE International Conference onRobotics and Automation (ICRA), Barcelona, Spain, 2005, pp. 3193-3200.Book ChaptersR. R. Murphy, S. Tadokoro, D. Nardi, A. Jacoff, P. Fiorini, and A. Erkmen, “Rescue Robotics,”Handbook of Robotics, B. Sciliano and O. Khatib, Eds.: Springer-Verlag, 2008, pp. 1151-1174.J. Riley, R. R. Murphy, and E. Endsley, “Situation Awareness in the Control of UnmannedGround Vehicles,” Human Factors for Remotely Operated Vehicles, N. Cooke, H. Pringle, H.Pedersen, and O. Connor, Eds.: Elsevier, 2006.Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“Acquisition of Mobile Distributed Instrumentation for Response Research (RESPOND-R),”Midwest Research Institute (MRI), PI: R. Murphy, co-PI: A. Ames, R. Gutierrez-Osuna, D.Song, R. Stoleru, $2M, Prorated: $400K, 9/1/09-8/31/2012“Medium Collaborative Research, The Social Medium is the Message,” National ScienceFoundation/Human Centered Computing (NSF HCC), PI: R. Murphy, co-PI: C. Nass(Stanford), $1.2M, Prorated: $850K 7/09-6/12“UAS Directions for the National Air Space,” National Science Foundation/Computer andInformation Science and Engineering (NSF CISE), PI: R. MurphyB. Argrow (University ofColorado, Boulder), $21K, 4/08-3/09“Survivor Buddy: A Web-Enabled Robot as a Social Medium for Trapped Victims,” MicrosoftHuman-Robot Interaction (HRI), PI: R. Murphy J. Burke, and Clifford Nass (Stanford)$70,000, Prorated: $40K, 6/08-5/09Term/YearCourseNumberCourse TitleSpring 2012 CSCE 420 Artificial Intelligence 3.0Spring 2012 CSCE 481 Seminar 1.0Spring 2012 CSCE 643 Seminar in Intelligent Systems andRoboticsSemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 689 AI Robotics 3.0 4Spring 2011 CSCE 420 Artificial Intelligence 3.0 24Spring 2011 CSCE 481 Seminar 1.0 69Fall 2010 CSCE 689 AI Robotics 3.0 15Fall 2009 CSCE 420 Artificial Intelligence 3.0 25Spring 2009 CPSC 689 Introduction to Artificial IntelligenceRoboticsFall 2008 CPSC 689 Introduction to Artificial IntelligenceRobotics3.03.0 103.0 3ClassSize170

Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Murphy’s research interestsinclude: Artificial Intelligence as Applied to Emergency Informatics, Especially Tactical Land,Sea, and Air Vehicles; Human-Robot Interaction, Heterogeneous Teams, Victim Management,and Perceptual Directed Behavior-Based Control.171

Evdokia Nikolova, Assistant ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, August 2011Degree Field Institution YearPhDElectrical Engineering and ComputerScienceMassachusetts Institute ofTechnology2009MS Mathematics Cambridge University 2003MS Computer Science Harvard University 2002BA Applied Mathematics with Economics Harvard University 2002Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Program Committee: ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce (EC) 2010.Invited session organizer: International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (ISMP),August 2009; INFORMS Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 2010.Reviewer for:Journals:Theoretical Computer Science, Operations Research, Operations ResearchLetters,Mathematics of Operations Research, Transportation Science, IEEE Transactions onAutomatic Control, Algorithmica.Conferences:ACMSymposium on Theory of Computing (STOC), ACM-SIAMSymposium on DiscreteAlgorithms (SODA), ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce (EC), InternationalColloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP), International Symposiumon Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS), ACM Symposium on ParallelAlgorithms and Architectures (SPAA), Conference on Decision and Control (CDC),MITOxygen Student Conference.Consulting- None172

Principle Publications *Indicates student authorEvdokia Nikolova, Nicolas E. Stier Moses, "Stochastic Selfish Routing," In Proceedings of theFourth Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory (SAGT '11), Salerno, Amalfi Coast, Italy,Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, Berlin, 2011.Evdokia Nikolova, "Approximation Algorithms for Offline Risk-averse CombinatorialOptimization," (original title: "Approximation Algorithms for Reliable Stochastic CombinatorialOptimization"), In Proceedings of APPROX '10, Barcelona, Spain, 2010.Jon Feldman, S. Muthukrishnan, Evdokia Nikolova, Martin Pal, "A Truthful Mechanism forOffline Ad Slot Scheduling," In Proceedings of the First International Symposium onAlgorithmic Game Theory (SAGT '08), Padeborn, Germany, May 2008.Term/Year CourseNumberSpring2012Course TitleCSCE 689 Algorithmic Game Theory 3.0SemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 689 Stochastic & Risk Optimization 3.0 8ClassSizePercentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Nikolova’s researchinterests include: Algorithms and combinatorial optimization; stochastic and risk-averseoptimization; algorithmic game theory173

Lawrence Rauchwerger, ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, August 1996Promoted, Associate Professor, September 2001Promoted Professor, September 2006Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign 1995MS Electrical Engineering Stanford University 1987Dipl.Engineer in ElectronicsandTelecommunicationsPolytechnic Institute @ Bucharest, Romania 1980Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Steering Committee Member:Workshop on Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing (LCPC), since 2007.Int. Conf. on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques (PACT) (2007 – present).Program ChairThe 16th Int. Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques (PACT), 2007.Main organizer of PACT 2007Program Vice-Chair, Int. Symp. on Computer Architecture and High PerformanceComputing(SBAC-PAD), 2010.Program Committee MemberInt. Parallel and Distributed Processing Symp. (IPDPS), 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010ACM SIGPLAN Symp. Principles and Practice of Parallel Programming (PPoPP), 2005, 2010Int. Conf. on High Performance Embedded Architectures & Compilers (HiPEAC), 2007, 2008,2009.Int. Symp. on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing (SBAC-PAD), 2009.Int. Symp. on Computer Architecture (ISCA), 2008.174

Exploiting Parallelism using Transactional Memory and Hardware Assisted Methods (EPHAM),2008.IEEE Int. Conf. on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), 2008.Int. Conf. on High Performance Computing (HiPC), India, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2008.ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Library-Centric Software Design (LCSD), 2007.Int. Conf. for High Performance Computing and Communications (SC07), 2007.ACM Int. Conf. on Supercomputing (ICS), 2000, 2006, 2007.Int. Conf. on High-Performance Embedded Architectures and Compilers (HiPEAC), Belgium,2007.Int. Conf. on Computer Design (ICCD), 2006.Int. Conf. on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC), 2006.ACM Int. Conf. on Computing Frontiers, Italy, 2006.Int. IEEE W-shop on High Performance Computational Biology (HICOMB), 2005;Other Related ExperienceAT&T Research Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJVisiting Scientist, 1996University of IllinoisVisiting Assistant Professor, Center for Supercomputing R&D, 1995-1996Research Assistant, Center for Supercomputing R&D, 1992-1994Teaching Assistant, Computer Science Department, 1993IBM, TJ Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NYPredoctoral Researcher, Summer 1992Center for Integrated Systems, Stanford UniversityResearch Assistant, 1986-1988Varian Associates, Inc., Thin Film Technology Division, R&D, Palo Alto, CAR&D Engineer, 1984-1985Consulting- NoneDepartment Committee Service 2009-2010 University Committee Service 2009-2010Graduate Advisory CommitteeSpace CommitteeCouncil of Principal Investigators,Member,High Performance Computing SteeringCommittee (HPCSC),Department Committee Service 2005-2009 University Committee Service 2005-2009175

Development Committee, 2005-2006 Graduate Admissions, 2005-2006 Faculty Search Systems or SystemsSoftware Sub Committee, 2006-2007 Graduate Advisory Committee, 2006-2009 Faculty Search Security Sub Committee,2007-2008High Performance Computing SteeringCommittee (HPCSC), 2005-2009Principle PublicationsRefereed JournalsN. Thomas, S. Saunders, T. Smith, G. Tanase, and L. Rauchwerger. “ARMI: A High LevelCommunication Library for STAPL,” Parallel Processing Letters, June, 2006, 16(2):261-280.Lawrence Rauchwerger and Nancy Amato. “SmartApps: Middle-ware for AdaptiveApplications onReconfigurable Platforms,” ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Reviews, Special Issue onOperatingand Runtime Systems for High-End Computing Systems, 40(2), 2006, pp. 73–82.Hao Yu, and Lawrence Rauchwerger. “An Adaptive Algorithm Selection Framework,” IEEETransactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 17 (19), 2006, pp. 1084–1096.William McLendon III, Bruce Hendrickson, Steven J. Plimpton and Lawrence Rauchwerger.“FindingStrongly Connected Components in Distributed Graphs,” Journal of Parallel and DistributedComputing, 65(8), 2005, pp. 901–910.Refereed Conference PublicationsHighly Selective ConferencesS. Rus, M. Pennings and L. Rauchwerger. “Sensitivity Analysis for Automatic ParallelizationonMulti-Cores,” Proc. of the ACM Int. Conf. on Supercomputing (ICS07), Seattle, WA, June2007.Acceptance ratio: (Acceptance Rate 24%)S. Rus, G. He, C. Alias and L. Rauchwerger. “Region Array SSA,” Proc. of the 15-th Int. Conf.on Parallel Architecture and Compilation Techniques (PACT), Seattle, WA, 2006.(Acceptance Rate 28%)N. Thomas, G. Tanase, O. Tkachyshyn, J. Perdue, N. Amato, and L. Rauchwerger. “AFramework forAdaptive Algorithm Selection in STAPL,” Proc. of ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on PrinciplesandPractice of Parallel Programming (PPOPP), Chicago, IL, June, 2005, pp. 277–288,Acceptance ratio:30%176

Highly Visible ConferencesA. Buss, T. Smith, G. Tanase, N. Thomas, M. Bianco, N. Amato and L. Rauchwerger. “DesignforInteroperability in STAPL,” Proc. of the 21-th Workshop on Languages and Compilers forParallelComputing (LCPC), Edmonton, Canada, Aug. 2008. (Acceptance ratio:N/A)G. Bikshandi, J. Guo, C. von Praun, G. Tanase, B. B. Fraguela, M. J. Garzaran, D. Padua, and L.Rauchwerger. “Design and Use of HTAlib – a Library for Hierarchically Tiled Arrays,” Proc.ofthe 19-th Workshop on Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing (LCPC), NewOrleans,Louisiana, Nov 2006. (Acceptance ratio:N/A)Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“RI: Small: Scalable Roadmap-Based Methods for Simulating and Controlling Behaviors ofInteractingGroups: from Robot Swarms to Crowd Control,” National Science Foundation, PI: N. Amato,co-PI: L. Rauchwerger, $450,000, $225,000 (Rauchwerger), 09/01/09–08/31/12.“Motion Planning Based Techniques for Modeling & Simulating Molecular Motions,” NationalScience Foundation, PI: N. Amato, co-PI: L. Rauchwerger, $386,000, Pro-rated$193,000, 09/15/08–09/14/11.“A Compositional Approach to Scalable Parallel Software,” National Science Foundation(HECURA Program), PI: L. Rauchwerger, co-PIs: N. Amato, B. Stroustrup, $1,232,000,Pro-rated $556,000, 09/01/08–08/31/11.“Support of Stockpile Stewardship Program,” Lawrence Livermore National Security, PI: J.Morel, co-PIs: M. Adams, N. Amato, R. Arroyave, A. Benzerga, T. Cagin, J.-L. Guermond, Y. Jin, B.Mallick,B. Popov, L. Rauchwerger, $2,936,677, 09/09/08–06/30/11.“Institute for Applied Mathematics and Computational Science (IAMCS),” KingAbdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), PI: J. Calvin, co-PIs: M. Adams, G.Almes, N. Amato, P. Balbuena, W. Bangerth, R. Carroll, C. Douglas, C. Economides, Y.Efendiev,M. Genton, J.-L. Guermond, C. Hansen, J. Hendler, J. Huang, T. Ioerger, C. Johnson, M. Jun,G.Kanschat, P. Kuchment, R. Lazarov, F. Liang, B. Mallick, J. Pasciak, G. Petrova, B. Popov, L.Rauchwerger, H. Sang, G. Qin, W. Rundell, V. Sarin, B. Stroustrup, V. Taylor, J. Walton, W.Zhao.$25,000,000, Pro-rated $100,000 , 06/01/08–05/31/13.177

“Center for Radiative Shock Hydrodynamics,” The Department of Energy, PSAAP Program, PI:P.Drake (Michigan); co-PIs: L. Rauchwerger (CS,TAMU), et. al, $17,000,000, Pro-rated$1,850,000 (TAMU), $375,000 (Rauchwerger, estimate), 4/2008-3/2013. Competitiveand subject to peer review.Term/YearSpring2012Spring2012CourseNumberCourse TitleCSCE 654 Supercomputing 3.0CSCE 681 Seminar 1.0SemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 434H Compiler Design-Honors 3.0 1Fall 2011 CSCE 434 Compiler Design 3.0 13Fall 2011 CSCE 681 Seminar 1.0 42Spring2011CSCE 605 Compiler Design 3.0 14Fall 2010 CSCE 434 Compiler Design 3.0 15Fall 2010 CSCE 681 Seminar 1.0 34Spring2010CSCE 654 Supercomputing 3.0 2Fall 2009 CSCE 434 Compiler Design 3.0 9Fall 2009 CSCE 681 Graduate Seminar 1.0 36Spring2009Spring2009CPSC 605 Compiler Design 3.0 8CPSC 681 Graduate Seminar 1.0 37Fall 2008 CPSC 434 Compiler Design 3.0Fall 2008 CPSC 481 Undergraduate Seminar 1.0 67Fall 2008 CPSC 681 Graduate Seminar 1.0 29Spring2008Spring2008Spring2008CPSC 654 Supercomputing 3.0 6CPSC 481 Undergraduate Seminar 1.0 61CPSC 681 Graduate Seminar 1.0 40Fall 2007 CPSC 434 Compiler Design 3.0 8Spring2007CPSC 481 Undergraduate Seminar 1.0 56Spring CPSC 605 Compiler Design 3.0 10ClassSize178

2007Spring2007CPSC 681 Graduate Seminar 1.0 23Fall 2006 CPSC 434 Compiler Design 3.0 12Spring2006Spring2006CPSC 689Special Topics in Run-time Systems for ParallelComputing3.0 10CPSC 654 Supercomputing 3.0 12Fall 2005 CPSC 434 Compiler Design 3.0 12Spring2005CPSC 605 Compiler Design 3.0 13Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Please give a brief description of your major research and scholarly activities:Dr. Rauchwerger’s research interests include: Compilers for Parallel and DistributedComputing, Parallel and Distributed C++ Libraries, Adaptive Runtime Optimizations, andArchitectures for Parallel Computing.179

Vivek Sarin, Associate Professor and Undergraduate AdvisorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, 1999Promoted, Associate Professor, 2005Degree Field Institution YearPhD ComputerScienceUniversity of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign1997MSB.TechComputerScienceComputerScienceUniversity of Minnesota 1993Indian Institute of Technology @Delhi 1990Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Program Committee MemberInternational Conference on High Performance Computing (HiPC) 2007Other Related ExperiencePurdue University, Department of Computer ScienceResearch Associate, 1997-1999Consulting- NoneDepartment Committee Service 2009-2010 Graduate Advisory Committee, ChairDepartment Committee Service 2005-2009College of EngineeringCommittee Service 2009-2010 Computational Science &Engineering CertificationProgramCollege of EngineeringCommittee Service 2005-2009180

Advisory Committee (elected), 2005-2006 Graduate Admissions Committee, 2005-2006 Faculty Search Systems Biology SubCommittee, 2006-2007 Web Advisory Committee, Chair, 2006-2007 Computing Advisory Committee, 2007-2008 Graduate Advisory Committee, Chair, 2007-2009 Undergraduate Curriculum & ABETCommittee, 2007-2009 Computational Science &Engineering CertificationProgram, 2005-2009Principle Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed JournalsSaldana*, J. G. B., Sarin, V., and Anand, N. K. “Parallelization of a SIMPLE Based Algorithm toSimulate Mixed Convective Flow over a Backward-Facing Step,” Numerical Heat Transfer, 56:105-118, 2009.Yi†, Y., Li, P., Sarin, V., and Shi, W. “A Preconditioned Hierarchical Algorithm for ImpedanceExtraction of 3-D Structures with Multiple Dielectrics,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Designof Integrated Circuits and Systems, Vol. 27, No. 11, pp. 1918-1927, 2008.Srinivasan*, K. and Sarin, V. “A Treecode for Potentials of the Form r−λ,” InternationalJournal ofComputer Mathematics, Vol. 84, No. 8, pp. 1249-1260, 2007.Mahawar*, H. and Sarin, V. “Preconditioned Iterative Solvers for Inductance Extraction ofVLSICircuits,” SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, Vol 29, No. 1, pp. 182-196, 2007.Yan*, S., Sarin, V., and Shi, W. “Fast 3D Capacitance Extraction by Inexact Factorization andReduction,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits andSystems, Vol.25, No. 10, pp. 2282-2286, 2006.Saldana*, J. G. B., Anand, N. K., and Sarin V. “Numerical Simulation of Mixed Convective Flowovera Three-Dimensional Horizontal Backward-Facing Step,” Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 127,pp. 1027-1036, 2005.Yan*, S., Sarin, V., and Shi, W. “Sparse Transformations and Preconditioners for Hierarchical3D181

Capacitance Extraction,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of IntegratedCircuits andSystems, Vol. 24, No. 9, pp. 1420-1426, 2005.Saldana*, J. G. B., Anand, N. K., and Sarin V. “Forced Convection over a Three-DimensionalHorizontal Backward Facing Step,” International Journal of Computational Methods inEngineeringScience and Mechanics, Vol. 6, pp. 225-234, 2005.Refereed Conference PublicationsHighly Selective ConferencesGeorge*, T., Gupta, A., and Sarin, V. “A Recommendation System for Preconditioned IterativeSolvers,” Proceedings of the Eighth IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM),6 pages,Pisa, Italy, Dec. 2008. (Acceptance rate: 20%)Yi†, Y., Li, P., Sarin, V., and Shi, W. “Impedance Extraction for 3-D Structures with MultipleDielectrics using Preconditioned Boundary Element Method,” Proceedings of the 2007International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), pp. 7-10, San Jose, CA, Nov.2007. (Acceptance rate: 27%)Wang*, M. and Sarin, V. “Parallel Support Graph Preconditioners,” Proceedings of theInternationalConference on High Performance Computing (HiPC), Lecture Notes in Computer Science,Springer-Verlag, Vol. 4297, pp. 387-398, Bangalore, India, Dec. 2006. (Acceptance rate: 18%)Mahawar*, H. and Sarin, V. “Parallel Software for Inductance Extraction of VLSI Circuits,”Proceedings of the International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS),RhodesIsland, Greece, Apr. 2006. (Acceptance rate: 24%)Selective Conferences with High VisibilityYi†, Y., Sarin, V., and Shi, W. “An Efficient Inductance Extraction Algorithm for 3-DInterconnectswith Frequency Dependent Nonlinear Magnetic Materials,” Proceedings of the 17th TopicalMeeting onElectrical Performance of Electronic Packaging (EPEP), pp. 217-220, San Jose, CA, Oct.2008.Yi†, Y., Yan, S., Sarin, V., and Shi, W. “Development of Fast 3D Parasitic Extraction usingHierarchical Method for Integrated Circuits and Packages,” IEEE International SymposiumonAntennas and Propagation, 4 pages, San Diego, CA, July 2008.Yi†, Y., Li, P., Sarin, V., and Shi, W. “A Preconditioned Hierarchical Algorithm for ImpedanceExtraction of Interconnects in Packages,” Proceedings of the 15th Topical Meeting on Electrical182

Performance of Electronic Packaging (EPEP), Scottsdale, AZ, Oct. 2006.Srinivasan*, K. and Sarin, V. “A Treecode for Accurate Force Calculations,” Proceedings of theInternational Conference on Computational Science, Lecture Notes in Computer Science,Springer-Verlag, Vol. 3991, pp. 92-99, Reading, UK, May 2006. (Acceptance rate: 30%)Srinivasan*, K., Mahawar*, H., and Sarin, V. “A Multipole Based Treecode using SphericalHarmonicsfor Potentials Of The Form r −λ, ” Proceedings of the International Conference onComputational Science, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, Vol. 3514, pp.107-114, Atlanta, GA, May 2005. (Acceptance rate: 29%)Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrantsIAMCS-KAUST Center, Investigator, (One month salary per year), 2008-2013“Preconditioning Techniques for Linear Systems of Equations,” National Science Foundation,PI: V.Sarin, $250,000, 9/04-8/08“ITR: Coastal Modeling and Management,” National Science Foundation, PI: P. Lynett, Co-PIs: T-J.Hsu, P. L. Liu, B. Raubenheimer, and V. Sarin, $1,000,000 ($194,560), 9/04-8/08“ITR/AP: Modeling and Simulation of Sub-Micron VLSI,” National Science Foundation, PI: V.Sarin,Co-PI: W. Shi, $426,954 ($213,477), 9/01-8/05“CAREER: Robust Preconditioners for Sparse Linear Systems,” National Science Foundation,PI: V.Sarin, $245,000, 04/00-03/05“Parallel Algorithms and Software for Delay Estimation in VLSI Circuits,” Texas AdvancedTechnology Program, PI: V. Sarin, Co-PI: W. Shi, $149,993 ($83,193), 1/02-08/04“Preconditioned Iterative Methods for Sparse Linear Systems,” IBM Faculty PartnershipAward, PI: V.Sarin, $20,000, 11/02-10/03Term/YearCourseNumberCourse TitleSemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 689 HPC Earth Sciences and PE 3.0 3Fall 2011 ENGR 385 Prob. For Co-Op Students 3.0 3Summer2011CSCE 222Discrete Structures for ComputingClassSize3.0 20183

Spring 2011 CSCE 489 Parallel Computing 3.0 8Spring 2011 CSCE 659 Parallel and Distributed Numerical Algorithms 3.0 28Spring 2011 CSCE 689 Parallel Computing 3.0 7Summer2010CSCE 222Discrete Structures for Computing3.0 14Spring 2010 CSCE 489 Parallel Computing 3.0 3Spring 2010 CSCE 689 Parallel Computing 3.0 4Fall 2009 ENGR 111 Introduction to Electrical and ComputerEngineering2.0 246Fall 2009 CSCE 653 Computer Methods in Applied Sciences 3.0 6Summer2009CSCE 289Discrete Structures in Computing3.0 7Spring 2009 CSCE 489 Parallel Computing 3.0 13Spring 2009 CSCE 659 Parallel and Distributed Numerical Algorithms 3.0 15Fall 2008 ENGR 111 Introduction to Electrical and ComputerEngineering2.0 273Spring 2008 CSCE 660 Computational Linear Algebra 3.0 5Fall 2007 ENGR 111 Introduction to Electrical and ComputerEngineering2.0 227Fall 2007 CSCE 653 Computer Methods in Applied Sciences 3.0 8Spring 2007 CSCE 442 Scientific Programming 3.0 7Spring 2007 CSCE 659 Parallel and Distributed Numerical Algorithms 3.0 7Fall 2006 ENGR 111 Introduction to Electrical and ComputerEngineering2.0 223Spring 2006 CSCE 660 Computational Linear Algebra 3.0 9Fall 2005 ENGR 111 Introduction to Electrical and ComputerEngineering2.0 238Fall 2005 CSCE 653 Computer Methods in Applied Sciences 3.0 15Spring 2005 CSCE 659 Parallel and Distributed Numerical Algorithms 3.0 11Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Sarin’s research interestsinclude: Numerical Algorithms, Parallel Computing, Computational Science, Data Mining andAnalysis.184

Scott Schaefer, Assistant ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, 2006Degree Field Institution YearPhDMSBSComputerScienceComputerScienceComputerScienceRice University 2006Rice University 2003TrinityUniversity2000Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Program Co-chairGeometric Modeling and Processing (GMP), CIEM, Castro Urdiales, Spain, 2010Program Committee MemberInternational Symposium on Visual Computing, (ISVC), Las Vegas, NV, 2010; Las Vegas, NV,2009; Las Vegas, NV, 2008; Lake Tahoe, NV, 2007ACM Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling, (SPM), Haifa, Israel, 2010; Stony Brook, NY,2008Shape Modeling International, (SMI), Paris, France, 2010; Beijing, China, 2009Symposium on Geometry Processing, (SGP), Lyon, France, 2010; Berlin, Germany, 2009;Copenhagen, Denmark, 2008SIAM/ACM Joint Conference on Geometric and Physical Modeling, San Francisco, CA, 2009Pacific Graphics, (PG), Maui, HI, 2007Other Related ExperienceMicrosoft ResearchIntern, 5/2005-8/2005185

Conley Rose, P.C.Technical consultant, 12/2004-5/2005Mok3Consult, 10/2004-3/2005SensAble TechnologiesConsultant, 5/2003Rare Medium, Inc.Associate Engineer, 1/2000-8/2000Southwest Research InstituteStudent Analyst, 5/1999-1/2000Whole Brain MediaProgrammer, 10/1997-4/1999Consulting- NoneDepartment Committee Service 2009-2010 Undergraduate Student Awards Committee, 2009-2010Department Committee Service 2005-2009 Library Committee, 2006-2007 Undergraduate Curriculum & ABET Committee, 2007 Advisory Committee (elected), 2008-2009 Undergraduate Recruiting Committee, 2008-2009Principle Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed JournalsVouga E., Schaefer S., Goldman R., "On the Smoothness of Real-Valued Functions Generatedby Subdivision Schemes using Nonlinear Binary Averaging," Computer Aided GeometricDesign, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 231-242, 2009.Schaefer S. and Goldman R. "Non-uniform Subdivision for B-splines of Arbitrary Degree."Computer Aided Geometric Design, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 75-81, 2009.Rossignac J., Schaefer S., "J-Splines," Computer Aided Design, Vol. 40, No. 10-11, pp. 1024-1032, 2009.*Landreneau E., Schaefer S., "Simplification of Articulated Meshes," Computer GraphicsForum, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 347-353, 2009.Loop C., Schaefer S., Ni T. and Castano I., "Approximating Subdivision Surfaces with GregoryPatches for Hardware Tessellation," ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol. 28, No. 5, pp. 151:1-9, 2009.186

*Yuksel C., Schaefer S. and Keyser J. "Hair Meshes," ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol. 28,No. 5, pp. 166:1-7, 2009.Loop, C., Schaefer S., “Approximating Catmull-Clark Subdivision Surfaces with BicubicPatches,” ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 8:1-8:11, 2008.Schaefer S., Vouga E., Goldman R., “Nonlinear Subdivision Through Nonlinear Averaging,”Computer Aided Geometric Design, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 162-180, 2008.*Manson J., Petrova G., Schaefer S., “Streaming Surface Reconstruction Using Wavelets,”Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of the Symposium on Geometry Processing), Vol.27, No. 5, pp. 1411-1420, 2008.Loop, C., Schaefer S., “G 2 Tensor Product Splines over Extraordinary Vertices,” ComputerGraphics Forum (Proceedings of the Symposium on Geometry Processing), Vol. 27, No. 5, pp.1373-1382, 2008.Schaefer S., Warren J., “Exact Evaluation of Limits and Tangents for Non-PolynomialSubdivision Schemes,” Computer Aided Geometric Design, Vol. 25, No. 8, pp. 607-620, 2008.Schaefer S., Ju T., Warren J., “A Unified, Integral Construction for Coordinates over ClosedCurves,” Computer-Aided Geometric Design, Vol. 24, No. 8-9, pp. 481-493, 2007.Warren J., Schaefer S., Hirani A., Desbrun M., “Barycentric Coordinates for Convex Sets,”Advances in Computational Mathematics, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 319-338, 2007.Schaefer S., Ju T., Warren J., “Manifold Dual Contouring,” Transactions on Visualization andComputer Graphics, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 610-619, 2007.Schaefer S., McPhail T., Warren J., “Image Deformation using Moving Least Squares,” ACMTransactions on Graphics, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 533-540, 2006.Ju T., Schaefer S., Warren J., “Mean Value Coordinates for Closed Triangular Meshes,” ACMTransactions on Graphics, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 561-566, 2005.Schaefer S., Warren J., “Dual Marching Cubes: Primal Contouring of Dual Grids,” ComputerGraphics Forum, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 195-201, 2005.Schaefer S., Warren J., “On C 2 Triangle/Quad Subdivision,” ACM Transactions on GraphicsVol. 24, No. 1, pp. 28-36, 2005.Refereed Conference PublicationsHighly Selective Conferences*Yuksel C., Schaefer S. and Keyser J. "On the Parameterization of Catmull-Rom Curves,"SIAM/ACM Joint Conference on Geometric and Physical Modeling 2009, pp. 47-53 (28%acceptance).Schaefer S., Warren J., “Exact Evaluation of Non-Polynomial Subdivision Schemes at RationalParameter Values,” Pacific Graphics, pp. 321-330, 2007. (22% acceptance)Schaefer S., *Yuksel C., “Example-Based Skeleton Extraction,” Eurographics Symposium onGeometry Processing, pp. 153-162, 2007. (28% acceptance)Schaefer S., McPhail T., Warren J., “Image Deformation using Moving Least Squares,”Proceedings of ACM SIGGRAPH, pp. 533-540, 2006. (18% acceptance)Ju T., Schaefer S., Warren J., “Mean Value Coordinates for Closed Triangular Meshes,”Proceedings of ACM SIGGRAPH, pp. 561-566, 2005. (21% acceptance)Ju T., Schaefer S., Warren J., Desbrun M., “A Geometric Construction of Coordinates for187

Convex Polyhedra using Polar Duals,” Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing, pp.181-186, 2005. (25% acceptance)Schaefer S., Levin D., Goldman R., “Subdivision Schemes and Attractors,” EurographicsSymposium on Geometry Processing, pp. 171-180, 2005. (25% acceptance)High Visibility ConferencesSchaefer S., Goldman R., "Freeform Curves on Spheres of Arbitrary Dimension," Proceedingsof Pacific Graphics 2005, pp. 160-162 (36% acceptance).Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“Surface Reconstruction from Point Clouds Using Wavelets, DARPA, PI: Scott Schaefer, Co-PI: Guergana Petrova,” $499,747 ($325,196 prorated), 5/1/2009-4/30/2011.“Fast Point Cloud Surface Reconstruction Algorithms,” National Science Foundation, PI: RonDevore, Co-PI: Scott Schaefer , Guergana Petrova, $707,891 ($225,964 prorated),9/1/2009-8/31/2012.“Generalized Barycentric Coordinates,” National Science Foundation, PI: Scott Schaefer,$300,000, 6/2007-6/2010.“Terrain and Surface Reconstruction Using Wavelets,” DARPA, PI: Scott Schaefer, $91,758,2/2008-2/2009.Term/YearCourseNumberCourse TitleSpring 2012 CSCE 441 Computer Graphics 3.0SemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 443 Game Development 3.0 17Spring 2011 CSCE 441 Computer Graphics 3.0 33Fall 2010 CSCE 645 Geometric Modeling 3.0 13Spring 2010 CSCE 489 Game Development Studio 3.0 14Fall 2009 CSCE 441 Computer Graphics 3.0 37Spring 2009 CSCE 489 Computer Game Development 3.0 14Spring 2009 CSCE 645 Geometric Modeling 3.0 11Fall 2008 CSCE 441 Computer Graphics 3.0 31Spring 2008 CSCE 489 Computer Game Development 3.0 25Fall 2007 CSCE 645 Geometric Modeling 3.0 10Spring 2007 CSCE 441 Computer Graphics 3.0 34Fall 2006 CSCE 689 Special Topics in Surface Deformation andReconstruction3.0 5ClassSizePercentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Schaefer’s research interestsinclude: Computer Graphics, Geometric Modeling, and Scientific Visualization.188

Dylan Shell, Assistant ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, 2009Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science University of Southern California 2008MS Computer Science University of Southern California 2006BS (Honors) Computer Science University of the Witwatersrand 2001BSComputational and AppliedMathematics and Computer ScienceUniversity of the Witwatersrand 2000Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Associate EditorIEEE Robotics and Automation Society, International Conference on Robotics and Automation2010, 8/8/2009-11/20/2009.Other Related ExperienceUniversity of Southern California, Department of Computer SciencePost-Doc Research Associate, fall 2008-summer 2009Consulting- NoneDepartment Committee Service 2009-2010Principle Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed JournalsE. Drumwright and D. Shell. “Continuous Collision Detection for Rigid Bodies withVarious Geometries”. Submitted to ACM Transactions on Graphics.E. Drumwright and D. Shell. “A Polynomial Time Multibody Dynamics Model for189

Simultaneous Contacts without Complementarity Constraints”. Submitted toInternational Journal of Robotics Research.* R. Murphy, D. Shell, A. Hopper, B. Duncan, B Fine, K Pratt, T Zourntos “A MidsummerNight’s Dream (with Flying Robots)”. Submitted to Autonomous Robots special issue onCommunity-Based Robots.Refereed Conference PublicationsHighly Selective Conferences* L. Liu and D. Shell. “Assessing Optimal Assignment under Uncertainty: AnInterval-based Algorithm” submitted to Robotics Science and Systems 2010.* John O’Hollaren and D. Shell. “Incremental Multi-Robot Deployment for Line-of-Sight Chains Using on Radio Signal Strength” submitted to 2010 to the Twenty-FourthAAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. (Acceptance rate for 2009 was 25%)E. Drumwright and D. Shell. “An Evaluation of Methods for Modeling Contact inMultibody Simulation” submitted to Robotics Science and Systems 2010.High Visibility ConferencesD. Shell and M. Mataric. “High-fidelity Radio Communications Modeling for Multi-Robot Simulation” Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference onIntelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), St. Louis, MO. 3447-3452. (Acceptance rate 58%)E. Drumwright and D. Shell. “A Robust and Tractable Contact Model for DynamicRobotic Simulation,” Proceedings of the 2009 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing(SAC), Honolulu, Hawaii, 1176-1180. (Acceptance rate 29%)Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“Landroids Phase II Task a Control Software,” DARPA (Subcontractor to IntelligentAutomation, Inc.), PI: Dylan Shell, $100,000, 8/19/2009-11/30/2010.Term/Year CourseNumberSpring2012Course TitleCSCE 643 Seminar in Intelligent System Robotics 3.0SemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 420 Artificial Intelligence 3.0 45Fall 2011 CSCE 483 Computer Systems Design 3.0 8Spring2011CSCE 689 Special Topics in Multi-Robot Systems 3.0 9Fall 2010 CSCE 420 Artificial Intelligence 3.0 23Spring2010CSCE 420 Artificial Intelligence 3.0 25Fall 2009 CSCE 689 Special Topics in Multi-Robot Systems 3.0 15ClassSize190

Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Shell’s research interestsinclude: Distributed AI, Biologically-Inspired Multi-Robot Systems, Coordinated System,Analysis of Multi-Agent Systems, and Crowd Modeling.191

Frank Shipman, ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Research Scientist, 1995Hired, Assistant Professor, 1997Promoted, Associate Professor, 2001Promoted, Professor, 2006Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science University of Colorado 1993MS Computer Science University of Colorado 1990BS Electrical Engineering Rice University 1988Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Executive Committee MemberACM SIGWEBReview Committee MemberIEEE International Conference on automated Software Engineering, 2007, 2006General ChairSymposium on Interactive Visual Information Collections and Activity, 2006Co-ChairSymposium on Interactive Visual Information Collections and Activity, 2009ACM Hypertext Conference, Models and Systems Track, 2008ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, 2005Program Committee MemberACM SIGIR 2010IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, 2010ACM International Symposium on Wikis, 2010, 2009, 2008ACM Intelligent User Interfaces, 2010, 2008, 2007ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, 2010ACM Hypertext Conference, 2010, 2007, 2006, 2005ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006192

International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, 2009, 2008, 2007World Wide Web Conference UI and Mobility Track, 2009Adaptive Hypertext Conference, 2008, 2006ACM Conference on Knowledge Management (IR Track), 2006Editorial Board MembershipJournal of Digital Information, Oxford University PressJournal of the Association for Computers and the Humanities, Kluwer Academic PublishersGuest Editor, New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia special issue on spatial hypertextOther Related ExperienceXerox Palo Alto Research Center, CAIntern and Consultant, 1992-1994Siemens Corporation Research & Development, Munich, GermanyIntern, summer 1991University of ColoradoGraduate Teaching and Research AssistantBaylor College of MedicineResearch Programmer, 1987-89ConsultingFuji-Xerox Palo Alto Laboratory - research on interfaces for helping users identifyimportant aspects in security video and managing and making use of digital photographs.Microsoft Research Silicon Valley --research on the interaction between personalarchiving and privacy.Department Committee Service 2009-2010Development CommitteePromotion and Tenure CommitteeDepartment Committee Service 2005-2009 Faculty Search Information Storage/Retrieval & Graphics Sub Committee,2005-2007 Undergraduate Student Awards Committee, Chair, 2005-2009 Advisory Committee (elected), 2006-2007 Graduate Advisory Committee, 2006-2007 Faculty Search Senior Hire Sub Committee, 2007-2008 Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2007-2009 Space Committee, 2008-2009193

Principle Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed JournalsH. Hsieh* and F. Shipman, “Supporting Visual Problem Solving in Spatial Hypertext,” Journalof Digital Information, Vol. 10, No. 3 (2009), http://journals.tdl.org/jodi.K. Meintanis* and F. Shipman, “Expressing Personal Interpretations of Music Collections inSpatial Hypertext,” Journal of Digital Information, Vol. 10, No. 3 (2009),http://journals.tdl.org/jodi.F. Shipman, A. Girgensohn, and L. Wilcox, “Authoring, Viewing, and Generating Hypervideo:An Overview of Hyper-Hitchcock,” ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing,Communications, andApplications (TOMCCAP), Vol. 5, No. 2 (2009), pp. 15:1 - 15:19.L. Francisco-Revilla* and F. Shipman, “Conflict Management in Multi-model AdaptiveHypermedia,” Journal of Digital Information, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2006(http://journals.tdl.org/jodi).Refereed ConferencesHighly Selective ConferencesA. Girgensohn, F. Shipman, F. Chen, and L. Wilcox, “DocuBrowse: Faceted Searching,Browsing, and Recommendations in an Enterprise Context,” Proceedings of the ACMConference on Intelligent UserInterfaces, 2010, to appear. (Acceptance Rate 22%)D. Corlette* and F. Shipman, “Capturing On-line Social Network Link Dynamics using Event-Driven Sampling,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Social Intelligence andNetworking(SIN09), 2009. (Acceptance Rate ~20%)F. Shipman, “Blending the Real and Virtual in Games: The Model of Fantasy Sports,”Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games,2009. (Acceptance Rate 28%)A. Girgensohn, F. Shipman, L. Wilcox, T. Turner, and M. Cooper, “MediaGLOW: OrganizingPhotos in a Graph-based Workspace,” Proceedings of ACM Intelligent User Interfaces, 2009.(Acceptance Rate 29%)Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“Mobile Activity Recognition,” Nokia Corporation, PI: F. Shipman, 2009-2010, $10,000.“NSDL Service to Support Personalized and Community-Oriented Navigation,” NationalScience Foundation, PI: F. Shipman, $471,893, 2009-2012.“Supporting the Interpretation of Heterogeneous Science Data in Freeform AnalyticWorkspaces,” Microsoft Corporation, PI: F. Shipman, $33,500. ($33,500 per PI), 2009-2010.“Multi-Application Interest Modeling for Document Triage,” Google Corporation, PI: F.Shipman, $50,000, 2008-2009.194

“Collaborative Project: Ensemble: Enriching Communities and Collections to SupportEducation in Computing, National Science Foundation, Co-PI’s: R. Furuta, F. Shipman,and S. Carpenter, 2008-2011, $425,000. ($141,667 per PI)“Design Exploration: Supporting a Design Process for Engaging Users,” National ScienceFoundation, PI: F. Shipman, $475,000, 2005-2009.“Supporting Document Triage with Task-Oriented Interest Recognition and Visualization,”Microsoft Corporation,” F. Shipman, $200,000, 2005-2006.“ITR -- Long-lived Information Artifacts Based on Short-lived Administratively-decentralizedSource Material,” National Science Foundation, Co-PI’s: R. Furuta and F. Shipman,$212,000, 2002-2005.($106,000 per PI)“Innovative Programs to Increase the Enrollment in Computer Science,” Texas HigherEducation Coordinating Board, Co-PI’s: V. Taylor and F. Shipman, $55,760, ($27,880per PI), 2005-2007.Term/YearSpring2012CourseNumberCourse TitleCSCE 445/656 Computers and New Media 3.0SemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 634 Intelligent User Interfaces 3.0 18Spring2011CSCE 671 Computer Human Interaction 3.0 32Fall 2010 CSCE 672 Computer Supported CollaborativeWorkSpring2010ClassSize3.0 25CSCE 656 Computers and New Media 3.0 15Fall 2009 CSCE 634 Intelligent User Interfaces 3.0 19Spring2009Spring2009CPSC 315 Programming Studio 3.0 25CPSC 671 Computer Human Interaction 3.0 13Fall 2008 CPSC 672 Computer Supported CollaborativeWorkSpring2008Spring20083.0 7CPSC 671 Computer-Human Interaction 3.0 14CPSC 315 Programming Languages 3.0 25Fall 2007 CPSC 634 Intelligent User Interfaces 3.0 11Spring2007CPSC 610 Hypertext/Hypermedia Systems 3.0 16195

Spring2007Spring2007CPSC 670 Information Storage and Retrieval 3.0 14CPSC 470 Information Storage and Retrieval 3.0 12Fall 2006 CPSC 436 Computer-Human Interaction 3.0 19Spring2006Spring2006Spring2006Spring2005Spring2005CPSC 689Special Topics in Computers and NewMedia3.0 14CPSC 670 Information Storage and Retrieval 3.0 4CPSC 470 Information Storage and Retrieval 3.0 3CPSC 634 Intelligent User Interfaces 3.0 26CPSC 610 Hypertext/Hypermedia Systems 3.0 29Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Shipman’s researchinterests are Intelligent User Interfaces, Hypertext, Computers and Education, Multimedia, NewMedia, Computers and Design, Computer-Human Interaction, and Computer-SupportedCooperative Work.196

Dezhen Song, Associate ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, 2004Promoted, Associate Professor, September 2010Degree Field Institution YearPhDIndustrial Engineering andOperations ResearchUniversity of California @Berkeley 2004MS Industrial Automation Zhejiang University 1998BS Process Control Zhejiang University 1995Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Session Chair, Network TeleoperationIEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2007Session Co-ChairIEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2008IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2008Co-Chair, Technical Committee on Networked RobotsIEEE Robotics Science and Systems (RSS), 2006-2009Co-ChairThe Workshop on Network robot Systems: Ubiquitous, Cooperative, Interactive Robots forHuman Robot Symbiosis, San Diego, California, USA,Program Committee MemberIFAC Workshop on Networked Robotics, 10/2009, Golden, COInternational Workshop on Robotic Wireless Sensor Networks (RWSN 2009), held inconjunction with the International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems(DCOSS).Special track on Physically Grounded Artificial Intelligence (PGAI), AAAI 2008The First Workshop on wireless Multihop Communications in Networked Robotics, 4/2008,Berlin, Germany197

International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR), 2005; 2007International Workshop on Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR), 2006IEEE International conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2006IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2006 and 2005IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), 2005Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2010-presentAssociate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2008-presentGuest Editor, Special Issue on Networked Robots, Journal of Intelligent Service Robotics,2009Associate Editor, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, Conference Editorial Board, 2006-09Other Related ExperienceUniversity of California, Berkeley; Department of Industrial Engineering andOperations ResearchGraduate Student Researcher, 5/2001-8/2004Programmer/Analyst/Graduate Student Instructor, 9/2000-8/2001Mississippi State University, Department of Industrial EngineeringGraduate Research Assistant, 8/1998-7/2000Nanwang (Southern Video), ChinaChief Software Engineer/Head of Research & Development Department/CTO, 1/1997-8/1998Zhejiang University, Institute of Industrial Process ControlGraduate Research Assistant, 9/1995-1/1998Zhejiang University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Computer &Network CenterUndergraduate Research Assistant/Network Administrator, 9/1993-8/1995Consulting- NoneDepartment Committee Service 2009-2010 Advisory Committee (elected), 2009-2010 Undergraduate Curriculum & ABET Committee, 2009-2010Department Committee Service 2005-2009 Space Committee, 2005-2006 Communications Committee, 2006-2007 Web Advisory Committee, 2007-2008198

Advisory Committee (elected), 2008-2009 Undergraduate Curriculum & ABET Committee, 2008-2009Principal Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed JournalsD. Song, *C. Kim, and J. Yi . “Simultaneous Localization of Multiple UnknownCSMAbasedWireless Sensor Network Nodes Using a Mobile Robot with a DirectionalAntenna” Journal of Intelligent Service Robots vol. 2, No. 4, pp 219-233, October, 2009.J. Yi, *H. Wang, *J. Zhang, D. Song, S. Jayasuriya, and J. Liu. “Modeling and Analysis ofSkid-Steered Mobile Robots with Applications to Low-Cost Inertial Measurement Unit-BasedMotionEstimation” IEEE Transactions on Robotics Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 1087-1097, October, 2009.D. Song, *N. Qin, and K. Goldberg. “Systems, Control Models, and Codec for CollaborativeObservation of Remote Environments with an Autonomous Networked Robotic Camera,”AutonomousRobots, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 435449, May 2008.D. Song and K. Goldberg. “Approximate Algorithms for Collaborative Camera Control,” IEEETransactions on Robotics, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 1061-1070, Oct. 2007.D. Song, A. F. van der Stappen, and K. Goldberg. “Exact Algorithms for Single Frame Selectionon Multi-Axis Satellites.” IEEE Transactions in Automation Science and Engineering, Vol. 3,No. 1, pp.16-28, January 2006.Monograph BookSong, D. “Sharing a Vision: Systems and Algorithms for Collaboratively-TeleoperatedRobotic Cameras” Monograph, Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, Vol. 51, 187 pages,2009.Book ChaptersD. Song, K. Goldberg, and N. Y. Chong. “Chapter 32: Networked Teleoperation,” SpringerHandbook on Robotics, Springer, 2008, pages 510-519 (Award for Excellence in PhysicalSciences & Mathematics, 2009, for Springer Handbook of Robotics, Association of AmericanPublishers, Inc.)D. Song and K. Goldberg. “Networked Robotic Cameras for Collaborative Observation ofNaturalEnvironments,” Robotics Research, The12th International Symposium, Editors: SebastianThrun,Hugh Durrant-Whyte, and Rodney Brooks, Springer Tracts on Advanced Robotics, Springer2007,pp. 510-519.199

Peer Reviewed ConferencesHighly Selective ConferencesNoneSelective Conferences with High VisibilityD. Song, *C. Kim, and J. Yi. “Monte Carlo Simultaneous Localization of Multiple UnknownTransientRadio Sources Using a Mobile Robot with a Directional Antenna,” IEEE InternationalConferenceon Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Kobe, Japan, May 12-17, 2009. (Acceptance rate 43%)*H. Wang, *J. Zhang, J. Yi, D. Song, S. Jayasuriya, and J. Liu. “Modeling and Analysis of Skid-Steered Mobile Robots,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA),Kobe,Japan, May 12-17, 2009. (Acceptance rate 43%)D. Song, H. Lee, and J. Yi. “On the Analysis of the Depth Error on the Road Plane forMonocularVision-Based Robot Navigation,” The Eighth InternationalWorkshop on the AlgorithmicFoundationsof Robotics (WAFR), Dec. 7-9, 2008, Guanajuato, Mexico, (Acceptance rate 43%)*N. Qin, D. Song, and K. Goldberg. “Aligning Windows of Live Video from an Imprecise Pan-Tilt-Zoom Robotic Camera into a Remote Panoramic Display,” IEEE International ConferenceonRobotics and Automation (ICRA) May. 2006, Orlando, Florida (Acceptance rate 38.7%)J. Yi, D. Song, A. Levandowski, and S. Jayasuriya. “Trajectory Tracking and BalanceStabilizationControl of Autonomous Motorcycles,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics andAutomation(ICRA) May 2006, Orlando, Florida (Acceptance rate 38.7%)Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“MRI: Acquisition of a Mobile, Distributed Instrument for Response Research (RESPOND-R),”NationalScience Foundation, PI: Robin Murphy, Co-PIs: Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna, Dezhen Song,Aaron D. Ames,and Radu Stoleru, $2,000,000, 6/2009- 6/2014. (Pro-rated amount 20%)“Human-Robot Interaction to Monitor Climate Change Effects via Networked RoboticObservatories,” Microsoft Human-Robot-Interaction program, PIs: Dezhen Song and KenGoldberg (UC Berkeley), $70,000, 4/2008 – 3/2009, (Pro-rated amount 50%)“Robotic BioTelemetry,” National Science Foundation, Faculty Early Career Development(CAREER), National Science Foundation, $400,000, Jan. 2007- Jan. 2012, (Pro-rated amount100%)200

“Collaborative Observatory for Natural Environment,” National Science Foundation, PI:Dezhen Song $202,160, 7/2005 – 7/2008.“CAF: Perceptive Sensor Networks Laboratory,” CAF Proposal, PI: Andruid Kerne, Co-PIs:RicardoGutierrez-Osuna and Dezhen Song, $80,000, 2005, (Prorated amount 33%).Term/Year CourseNumberSpring2011Course TitleSemesterHoursCSCE 452 Robotics and Spatial Intelligence 3.0 27Fall 2010 CSCE 689 Computer Vision 3.0 11Spring2010Spring2010CSCE 452 Robotics and Spatial Intelligence 3.0 12CSCE 643 Advanced Robotics 3.0 10Fall 2009 CSCE 452 Robotics and Spatial Intelligence 3.0 10Spring2009Spring2009CPSC 643Seminar in Intelligent Systems andRobotics3.0 5CPSC 483 Computer Systems Design 3.0 14Fall 2008 CPSC 689 Computer Vision 3.0 9Spring2008Spring2008CPSC 452 Robotics and Spatial Intelligence 3.0 26CPSC 643 Advanced Robotics 3.0 7Fall 2007 CPSC 689 Computer Vision: Multi-view Geometry 3.0 9Spring2007Spring2007Spring2006CPSC 452 Introduction to Robotics 3.0 9CPSC 643 Advanced Robotics 3.0 7CPSC 452 Introduction to Robotics 3.0 12Fall 2005 CPSC 689 Networked Robots 3.0 10Spring2005CPSC 452 Introduction to Robotics 3.0 21ClassSizePercentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Song’s research interestsinclude: Networked Robotics, Computer Vision, Multimedia, Autonomous Vehicle,Optimization, and Automation.201

Radu Stoleru, Assistant ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, 2007Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science University of Virginia 2007MS Computer Science Central Michigan University 1998MS Physics Central Michigan University 1997BS Physics University of Bucharest, Romania 1993Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)ChairIEEE International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems (INSS); Publicity Chair;Appointed position; Worldwide scope; 2008.Co-ChairACM Conference on Networked Sensing Systems (SenSys); Publicity Co-Chair; Appointedposition; Worldwide scope; 2010.IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN) AdHocand Sensor Networks track; TPC Co-Chair; Appointed position; Worldwide scope; 2009.IEEE International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems (INSS); Publicity Co-Chair;Appointed position; Worldwide scope; 2008, 2010.IEEE International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems (INSS); Poster Co-Chair;Appointed position; Worldwide scope; 2009.Editorial Board MemberIARIA: International Journal On Advances in Networks and Services; Editorial Board Member;Appointed position; Worldwide scope; 2008, 2009, 2010.IARIA: International Journal On Advances in Telecommunications; Editorial Board Member;Appointed position; Worldwide scope; 2008, 2009, 2010.Other Related ExperienceUniversity of Virginia, Department of Computer ScienceResearch Assistant, 5/2003-2007202

Broadslate Networks, Charlottesville, VASenior Programmer, 12/2000-5/2002Digital Video Express (DIVX)/Circuit City Stores, Inc., Richmond, VASystems Programmer, 9/1997-12/2000Central Michigan University, Physics DepartmentResearch Assistant, 5/1996-8/1997National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Bucharest,RomaniaPhysicist, 8/1993-8/1995Consulting- NoneDepartment Committee Service 2009-2010Undergraduate Recruiting CommitteeDepartment Committee Service 2005-2009 Library Committee, 2007-2008 Computing Services Advisory Committee, 2008-2009Principal Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed JournalsP. Vicaire, T. He, T. Yan, Q. Cao, G. Zhou, L. Gu, L. Luo, R. Stoleru, J. A. Stankovic, T.Abdelzaher. “Achieving Long-Term Surveillance in VigilNet,” ACM Transactions on SensorNetworks (TOSN), Vol. 5, No. 1, pages 1-39, February 2009.T. He, S. Krishnamurthy, L. Luo, T. Yan, L. Gu, R. Stoleru, G. Zhou, Q. Cao, P. Vicaire, J. A.Stankovic, T. Abdelzaher, J. Hui, B. Krogh. “VigilNet: An Integrated Sensor Network Systemfor Energy-Efficient Surveillance,” ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), Vol. 2,No. 1, pages 1-38, 2006.Highly Selective ConferencesW. Zhou*, R. Stoleru. “Towards Higher Throughput and Energy Efficiency in Dense Wireless AdHoc and Sensor Networks,” Proceedings of ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC),pages 1-14, 2010. (28% acceptance rate)Q. Mi, J.A. Stankovic, R. Stoleru. “Secure Walking GPS: A Secure Localization and KeyDistribution Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks”, Proceedings of ACM Conference onWireless Network Security (WiSec), pages 1-14, 2010. (21% acceptance rate)T. He, J.A. Stankovic, R. Stoleru, Y. Gu, Y. Wu. “Essentia: Architecting Wireless SensorNetworks Asymmetrically,” Proceedings of the 27th Conference on ComputerCommunications (INFOCOM), pages 1184-1192, 2008. (18% acceptance rate)203

R. Stoleru, P. Vicaire, T. He, J.A. Stankovic. “StarDust: A Flexible Architecture for PassiveLocalization Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proceedings of ACM Conference on EmbeddedNetworked Sensor Systems (SenSys), pages 57-70, 2006. (17% acceptance rate)T. He, P. Vicaire, T. Yan, Q. Cao, G. Zhou, L. Gu, L. Luo, R. Stoleru, J. A. Stankovic, T.Abdelzaher. “Achieving Long-Term Surveillance in VigilNet,” Proceedings of the 25thConference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), pages 1-12, 2006. (18% acceptancerate)R. Stoleru, T. He, J. A. Stankovic, D. Luebke. “A High-Accuracy, Low-Cost Localization Systemfor Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proceedings of the 3rd ACM Conference on EmbeddedNetworked Sensor Systems (SenSys), pages 13-26, 2005. (17% acceptance rate)T. He, L. Luo, T. Yan, L. Gu, Q. Cao, G. Zhou, R. Stoleru, P. Vicaire, Q. Cao, J. A. Stankovic, S.Son, T. Abdelzaher. “An Overview of Vigilnet Architecture,” Proceedings of the 11th IEEEInternational Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications(RTCSA), pages 109-114, 2005. (29% acceptance rate)High Visibility ConferencesM. Won*, S. M. George*, R. Stoleru. “RE 2 -CD: Robust and Energy Efficient Cut Detection inWireless Sensor Networks,” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on WirelessAlgorithms, Systems and Application (WASA), pages 80-93, 2009. (40% acceptance rate)Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“MRI Acquisition of a Mobile, Distributed Instrument for Response Research (RESPOND-R),”National Science Foundation, PI: R. Murhpy; Co-PIs: R. Stoleru, R. Gutierrez-Ossuna, D.Song, A. Ames; Research Instrumentation Grant, $2,000,000 ($600,000 cost sharing fromTexas A&M University); Pro-rated Amount; $400,000, 9/2009-8/2014.“Improving Hydrologic Sustainability of Texas A&M University Campus,” EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA), PI: E. Zechman; Co-PIs: R. Stoleru, B. Boulanger, F. Jaber, G.Moore, $10,000; Pro-rated Amount; $2,500, 8/2008-8/2009.Term/Year CourseNumberSpring2012Course TitleCSCE 662 Distributed Processing Systems 3.0SemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 464 Wireless and Mobile Systems 3.0 45Spring2011CSCE 689 Wireless and Mobile Systems 3.0 12Fall 2010 CSCE 313 Introduction to Computer Systems 4.0 45Fall 2010 CSCE 464 Wireless and Mobile Systems 3.0 24Spring2010CSCE 313 Introduction to Computer Systems 4.0 38Spring CSCE 662 Distributed Processing Systems 3.0 5ClassSize204

2010Fall 2009 CSCE 489 Special Topics in Wireless and MobileSystemsFall 2009 CSCE 689 Special Topics in Wireless and MobileSystemsSpring20093.0 23.0 13CSCE 313 Introduction to Computer Systems 4.0 34Fall 2008 CSCE 689 Special Topics in Wireless Networks 3.0 17Spring2008CSCE 689Special Topics in Large Scale MobileNetworked SystemsFall 2007 CSCE 689 Special Topics in Embedded & NetworkedSensor Systems3.0 123.0 23Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Stoleru’s research interestsinclude: Deeply Embedded Wireless Sensor Systems, Distributed Systems, Embedded and Real-Time Computing, and Computer Networking.205

Bjarne Stroustrup, Distinguished Professor and College ofEngineering Endowed Chair in Computer ScienceExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Professor and COE Endowed Chair in Computer Science 2003Promoted, Distinguished Professor and COE Chair in ComputerScience, 2010Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science Cambridge University 1979Cand. Scient. Mathematics and Computer Science University of Aarhus, Denmark 1975Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Program Committee Member18th International Workshop on Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing, Hawthorne,NY, October 20-22, 2005Library-Centric Software Design (LCSD), San Diego, CA, October 16, 2005.Other Related ExperienceAT&T LabsMember, Research, Information and Systems Software Research Lab, PresentDepartment Head, Research, 1996-2002AT&T Bell LabsMember, Research, 1979-1995Department Head, Research, 1995-1996Consulting- NoneDepartment Committee Service2009-2010 Development Committee Promotion and Tenure CommitteeUniversity Committee Service 2009-2010 Executive Committee of the College ofEngineering Endowed Chairs CouncilDepartment Committee Service 2005- University Committee Service 2005-206

2009 2009 Development Committee, 2005-2009 Faculty Search Software SubCommittee, 2005-2006 Promotions and Tenure, 2005-2006,2007-2009 Tenure and Promotion Committee(CETPAC), 2005-2006 Graduate Advisory Committee, 2006-2007Principal Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed Journals*Peter Pirkelbauer, *Yuriy Solodkyy, Bjarne Stroustrup. “Design and Evaluation of C++Open Multi-Methods,” Science of Computer Programming (2009). Elsevier Journal. June2009. doi:10.1016/j.scico.2009.06.002.*Peter Pirkelbauer, Sean Parent, Mat Marcus, Bjarne Stroustrup. “Dynamic AlgorithmSelection for Runtime Concepts,” Science of Computer Programming (2009). ElsevierJournal. June 2009. doi:10.1016/j.scico.2009.04.002.Michael Gibbs and Bjarne Stroustrup. “Fast Dynamic Casting,” Software - Practice & Experience, Vol35, Issue 12. 2005. 22 pages.B. Stroustrup. “The Design of C++0x,” C/C++ Users Journal, May 2005.TextbookStroustrup, Bjarne. Programming Principles and Practice Using C++. Reading, PA:Addison-Wesley, 2008.Refereed ConferencesHighly Selective Conferences (30% or less acceptance)Gabriel Dos Reis, and Bjarne Stroustrup. “A Principled, Complete, and EfficientRepresentation of C++,” Proc. Joint Conference of ASCM 2009 and MACIS 2009, COELecture Note Vol. 22, pp. 407-421; December 2009.Dan Tsafrir, Robert W. Wisniewski, David F. Bacon, and Bjarne Stroustrup. “MinimizingDependencies within Generic Classes for Faster and Smaller Programs,” ACM OOPSLA'09,October 2009.*Damian Dechev and Bjarne Stroustrup. “Reliable and Efficient Concurrent Synchronizationfor Embedded Real-Time Software,” Proc. 3rd IEEE International Conference on SpaceMission Challenges for Information Technology (IEEE SMC-IT), July 2009.Peter Pirkelbauer*, Sean Parent, Mat Marcus, and Bjarne Stroustrup. “Runtime Concepts for the C++Standard Template Library,” Proc. SAC'08, March 2008. (Acceptance Rate 30%)Damian Detchef(*), Peter Pierkelbauer(*), and Bjarne Stroustrup: Lock-free dynamically resizable arrays.Proc OPODIS'06. December 2006. (Acceptance Rate

Peter Pirkelbauer*, Yuriy Solodkyy(*), and Bjarne Stroustrup. “Open Multi-Methods for C++,” Proc.ACM 6th International Conference on Generative Programming and Component Engineering (GPCE),October 2007. (Acceptance Rate 31%)Other Scholarly Activities“A Compositional Approach to Scalable Parallel Software,” National Science Foundation(HECURA Program), PI: L. Rauchwerger, co-PIs: N. Amato, B. Stroustrup, $1,232,000,Pro-rated $556,000, 09/01/08–08/31/11.“Institute for Applied Mathematics and Computational Science (IAMCS),” King AbdullahUniversity of Science and Technology (KAUST), PI: J. Calvin, co-PIs: M. Adams, G. Almes, N.Amato, P. Balbuena, W. Bangerth, R. Carroll, C. Douglas, C. Economides, Y. Efendiev, M.Genton, J.-L. Guermond, C. Hansen, J. Hendler, J. Huang, T. Ioerger, C. Johnson, M. Jun, G.Kanschat, P. Kuchment, R. Lazarov, F. Liang, B. Mallick, J. Pasciak, G. Petrova, B. Popov, L.Rauchwerger, H. Sang, G. Qin, W. Rundell, V. Sarin, B. Stroustrup, V. Taylor, J. Walton, W.Zhao, $25,000,000, Pro-rated $100,000 , 06/01/08–05/31/13.“CCF: Collaborative Research: Next Generation Compilers for Emerging Multicore Systems,”National Science Foundation PI: L. Rauchwerger co-PIs: G. Dos Reis, B. Stroustrup,(TAMU), D.Padua, M. Garzaran (UIUC). $480,000 (TAMU total); $160,000 (Rauchwerger). 6/2007-5/2010.“ITR: STAPL: A Software Infrastructure for Computational Biology and Physics,” NationalScience Foundation, PI: Lawrence Rauchwerger, co-PIs: Nancy Amato, BjarneStroustrup, and Marvin Adams (Nuclear Engineering), $404,145 11/1/2003-10/31/2006.“SmartApps: Middleware for Adaptive Applications on Reconfigurable Platforms,” Department ofEnergy with PI: Lawrence Rauchverger, co-PIs: Nancy Amato, Bjarne Stroustrup, and MarvinAdams (Nuclear Engineering), $1,459,504; 11/1/2004-10/31/2007.“Collaborative Research: Next Generation Compilers for Emerging Multicore Systems,” NationalScience Foundation PI: Bjarne Stroustrup, $235,977, 31.00-AUG-09.Term/Year CourseNumberCourse TitleSemesterHoursSpring 2011 CSCE 689 Design using C++ 3.0 17Fall 2010 CSCE 689 Design using C++ 3.0 7Spring 2009 CSCE 689 C++Language Design Studio 3.0 8Fall 2008 CSCE 689 C++Language Design Studio 3.0 7Spring 2008 CSCE 689 C++Language Design Studio 3.0 12Fall 2007 CSCE 681 Graduate Seminar 2.0 55Fall 2007 CSCE 481 Undergraduate Seminar 2.0 78Fall 2007 ENGR 112 Foundations of Engineering II 2.0 70Spring 2007 ENGR 112 Foundations of Engineering II 2.0 70ClassSize208

Fall 2006 CPSC 689 C++Language Design Studio 3.0 3Spring 2006 CPSC 689 C++Language Design Studio 3.0 7Fall 2005 CSCE 689 C++ Language Design Studio 3.0 10Spring 2005 ENGR 112 Foundations of Engineering II 2.0 36Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Stroustrup is the designerand original implementer of the C++ programming language. His research interests include:Distributed Systems, Software Development Tolls, Design, Programming and ProgrammingLanguages. He is the founding member of the ISO C++ Standards Committee.209

Sing-Hoi Sze, Associate ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics,Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, 2002Promoted, Associate Professor, 2008Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer University of Southern 2000Science California @Los AngelesMSBSComputerScienceComputerSciencePennsylvania StateUniversity @ UniversityParkThe Chinese University ofHong Kong19951990Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Program Committee MemberInternational Conference on Advances in Bioinformatics and Applications (BIOUNFO), 2010International Conference on computational and systems Biology and Microbiology(BIOSYSCOM), 2010International Conference on Bioinformatics workshop (IBW), 2010International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BICoB), 2010; 2009International Symposium on Bioinformatics Research and Applications (ISBRA), 2010; 2009;2008IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM) 2010; 2009; 2008International Conference on Biocomputation, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Technologies(BIOTECHNO), 2008International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI), 2008Other Related ExperienceUniversity of California, San Diego, CA; Department of Computer Science andEngineering210

Post-Doc Research Associate, 2001-2002Consulting- NoneDepartment Committee Service 2009-2010Graduate Admissions CommitteeGraduate Advisory CommitteeDepartment Committee Service 2005-2009 Library Committee, Chair, 2005-2006 Communications Committee, 2006-2007 Web Advisory Committee, 2007-2008 Graduate Admissions Committee, 2008-2009 Graduate Advisory Committee, 2008-2009Principal Publications (*) Indicates student authorRefereed JournalsChen, J., Kneis, J., Lu, S.(*), Molle, D., Richter, S., Rossmanith, P., Sze, S.-H., and Zhang, F.“Randomized Divide-and-Conquer: Path, Matching and Packing Algorithms,” SIAM Journalon Computing, Vol. 38, pp. 2526-2547, May 2009.Lu, Y.(*) and Sze, S.-H. “Improving Accuracy of Multiple Sequence Alignment AlgorithmsBased on Alignment of Neighboring Residues,” Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 37, pp. 463-472,Feb. 2009.Qian, X., Sze, S.H., and Yoon, B.-J. “Querying Pathways in Protein Interaction Networks Basedon Hidden Markov Models,” Journal of Computational Biology, Vol. 16, 145-157, Feb. 2009.Lu, Y.(*) and Sze, S.-H. “Multiple Sequence Alignment Based on Profile Alignment ofIntermediate Sequences,” Journal of Computational Biology, Vol. 15, pp. 767-777, 2008.Yang, Q.(*) and Sze, S.-H. “Large-Scale Analysis of Gene Clustering in Bacteria,” GenomeResearch, Vol. 18, pp. 949-956, 2008.Lu, S.(*), Zhang, F., Chen, J. and Sze, S.-H. “Finding Pathway Structures in Protein InteractionNetworks,” Algorithmica, Vol. 48, pp. 363-374, 2007.Yang, Q.(*) and Sze, S.-H. “Path Matching and Graph Matching in Biological Networks,”Journal of Computational Biology, Vol. 14, pp. 56-67, 2007.Yi, G.(*), Sze, S.-H. and Thon, M.R. “Identifying Clusters of Functionally Related Genes inGenomes,” Bioinformatics, Vol. 23, pp. 1053-1060, 2007.Sze, S.-H., Lu, Y.(*) and Yang, Q.(*). “A Polynomial Time Solvable Formulation of MultipleSequence Alignment,” Journal of Computational Biology, Vol. 13, pp. 309-319, 2006.Wang, J., Adelson, D.L., Yilmaz, A., Sze, S.-H., Jin, Y.(*) and Zhu, J.J. “Genomic Organization,Annotation, and Ligand-Receptor Inferences of Chicken Chemokines and ChemokineReceptor Genes Based on Comparative Genomics,” BMC Genomics, Vol. 6(45), 2005.Highly Selective ConferencesLu, Y.(*) and Sze, S.-H., “Multiple Sequence Alignment Based on Profile Alignment ofIntermediate Sequences,” Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Conference on211

Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB’2007), Lecture Notes inBioinformatics, Vol. 4453, pp. 283-295, 2007. (22% acceptance)Sze, S.-H., Lu, Y.(*) and Yang, Q.(*), “A Polynomial Time Solvable Formulation of MultipleSequence Alignment,” Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Conference on Researchin Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB’2005), Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol.3500, pp. 204-216, 2005. (18% acceptance)High Visibility ConferencesQian, X., Sze, S.-H. and Yoon, B.-J. “Querying Pathways in Protein Interaction Networks Basedon Hidden Markov Models,” Proceedings of the 4th Annual RECOMB Satellite Workshop onSystems Biology, 2008.Chen, J., Lu, S.(*), Sze, S.-H. and Zhang, F. “Improved Algorithms for Path, Matching, andPacking Problems,” Proceedings of the 18th Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on DiscreteAlgorithms (SODA’2007), pp. 298-307, 2007. (36% acceptance)Liu, Y., Lu, S.(*), Chen, J. and Sze, S.-H. “Greedy Localization and Color-Coding: ImprovedMatching and Packing Algorithms,” Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop onParameterized and Exact Computation (IWPEC’2006), Lecture Notes in Computer Science,Vol. 4169, pp. 84-95, 2006.Sze, S.-H. and Zhao, X.(*). “Improved Pattern-Driven Algorithms for Motif Finding in DNASequences,” Proceedings of the 2005 Joint RECOMB Satellite Workshops on Systems Biologyand Regulatory Genomics, Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 4023, pp. 198-211, 2006.Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“Argonaute-RNA Interactome in Arabidopsis,” National Science Foundation-BIO-MCB, PI:Xiuren Zhang, co-PI: Sing-Hoi Sze, $490,309, pro-rated amount $60,000, 02/1/10-1/31/13.“Genetic and Functional Genomic Analysis of Early Events in Cotton Fiber Development,”National Science Foundation-BIO-DBI, PI: Jeffrey Chen, co-PIs: David Stelly, Sing-HoiSze, Peggy Thaxton, Barbara Triplett, $2,541,118, pro-rated amount $174,778, 9/1/04-8/31/10.“Exact Computational Biology Algorithms with Small Parameters,” National ScienceFoundation-CISE-CCR, PI: Sing-Hoi Sze, co-PI: Jianer Chen, total value $200,000, proratedamount $100,000, 9/1/03-8/31/06.Term/YearSpring2012Spring2012CourseNumberCourse TitleCSCE 433 Formal Languages and Automata 3.0CSCE 627 Theory of Computability 3.0SemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 222 Discrete Structures for Computing 3.0 134Fall 2010 CSCE 181 Introduction to Computing 1.0 98ClassSize212

Fall 2010 CSCE 222 Discrete Structures for Computing 3.0 97Fall 2009 CSCE 222 Discrete Structures for Computing 3.0 50Fall 2009 CSCE 433 Formal Languages and Automata 3.0 13Spring2009Spring2009Spring2009CPSC 222 Discrete Structures for Computing 3.0CPSC 289BICH 489/689Special Topics in ComputationalTechniques for Evolutionary AnalysisSpecial Topics in ComputationalTechniques for Evolutionary Analysis3.0 723.0 10Fall 2008 CPSC 433 Formal Languages and Automata 3.0 38Spring2008CPSC 627 Theory of Computability 3.0 9Fall 2007 CPSC 433 Formal Languages and Automata 3.0 26Spring2007CPSC 627 Theory of Computability 3.0 14Fall 2006 CPSC 433 Formal Languages and Automata 3.0 28Spring2006CPSC 627 Theory of Computability 3.0 20Fall 2005 CPSC 433 Formal Languages and Automata 3.0 47Spring2005CPSC 627 Theory of Computability 3.0 20Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100% . Dr. Szespends 60% of his time in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and 40% of histime in the Department of Biochemistry/Biophysics.Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Sze’s research interestsinclude: Bioinformatics/Computational Biology: Multiple Sequence Alignment, Motif Findingwith Applications to Predicting Transcription Factor Binding Sites, Biological Network Analysis,and Identification of Gene Clusters within Genomes.213

Valerie Taylor, Royce E. Wisenbaker ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Department Head and Stewart and Stevenson Professor, 2003Department Head and Royce E. Wisenbaker Professor, 2004Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science University of California @Berkeley 1991MS Computer Science Purdue University @West Lafayette 1986BSComputer andElectrical EngineeringPurdue University @West Lafayette 1985Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)General Co-Chair, Grid 2007.Program Committee, IPDPS 2005Member, Steering Committee, Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in ComputingConference, 2000-2005Chair, Nomination Committee, IEEE TCPP, 2004-2005Member, ACM Job Migration Task Force, 2004Coalition to Diversify Computing, a joint organization of the ACM, CRA and IEEE-CS, Co-Chair, 2000-2002; Chair, 2002-2003; Past-Chair, 2003-2004, Chair-Elect, 2004-2005,Chair, 2005-2006, Past Chair, 2006-2007Editorial ActivitiesEditorial Board, Cluster Computing: The Journal of Networks, Software Tools andApplications,2000-presentEditorial Board, Parallel Computing, June 1, 2004 – January, 2007Editorial Board, Journal on Grid Computing, 2001 – 2007Other Related ExperienceNorthwestern University, Evanston, IllinoisProfessor, Electrical Computer Engineering, 2002214

Associate Professor, Electrical Computer Engineering, 1997-2002Assistant Professor, Electrical Computer Engineering, 1991-1997University of California, Berkeley, CaliforniaResearch Assistant, Electrical Engineering, 1987-1991Teaching Assistant, “CPSC 252- Advanced Computer Architecture”, 1989Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu, CaliforniaConsultant- Installed the software tool RAB, fall 1989NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VirginiaParticipant in the Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars Program- Investigatedvarious methods for decreasing the execution time of static finite-element applications,summer 1988Purdue University, West Lafayette, IndianaResearch Assistant, Electrical Engineering, 1985-1986Consulting- NoneUniversity Committee Service 2005-2010 Member, Computing Information Systems (CIS) Executive AssociateDirector Search Committee, 2008-present. Member, Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) Steering Committee, 2008-present. Member, Department Head Steering Committee, 2007-present. Member, Council on Climate and Diversity, 2008-present. Member, Provost Search Committee, 2008. Member, Vision 2020 Council to the President, 2004-2005PublicationsRefereed JournalsA. Coker, V. Taylor, D. Bhaduri, S. Shukla, A. Raychowdhury, and K. Roy, “Multi-Junction FaultTolerance Architecture for Nanoscale Crossbar Memories,” IEEE Transactions onNanotechnology,Volume 7, No. 2, March 2008, Pages: 202 -208.Z. Lan, V. Taylor, Y. Li, “DistDLB: Improving Cosmology SAMR Simulations on DistributedComputing Systems through Hierarchical Load Balancing,” Journal on Parallel and DistributedComputing, Vol. 66(5), pp. 716-731, 2006.Refereed Conference PublicationsSameh Sharkawi, Don DeSota, Raj Panda, Rajeev Indukuru, Stephen Stevens, Valerie Taylor,and215

Xingfu Wu, “Performance Projection of HPC Applications Using SPEC CFP2006Benchmarks,”IPDPS2009, May 2009.Charles Lively, Sadaf Alam, Jeffrey Vetter, and Valerie Taylor, “A Methodology for DevelopingHighFidelity Communications Models for Large-scale Applications on Multicore Systems,” 20thInternational Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing(SBAC-PAD2008), IEEE Computer Society Press, Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 2008, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso doSol, Brazil.Xingfu Wu and Valerie Taylor. “Performance Analysis of Parallel Visualization Applications andScientific Applications on an Optical Grid,” International Conference on CyberWorlds(CW2008), IEEE Computer Society Press, Sep. 22-24, 2008, Hangzhou, China.Xingfu Wu, Valerie Taylor, Charles Lively and Sameh Sharkawi. “Performance Analysis andOptimization of Parallel Scientific Applications on CMP Cluster Systems,” ICPP2008 SMECSWorkshop, IEEE Computer Society Press, September 8-12, 2008, Portland, Oregon.Ayodeji Coker and Valerie Taylor. “Error Correction Code Crossbar NanomemoryDemultiplexer:Performance and Reliability Analysis,” IEEE NANO Conference 2008, August 2008.X. Wu and V. Taylor, “Processor Partitioning: An Experimental Performance Analysis of ParallelApplications on SMP Cluster Systems,” the 19th International Conference on Parallel andDistributedComputing and Systems (PDCS 2007), November 19-21, 2007.A. Coker and V. Taylor. “Performance and Reliability Analysis of a Scaled Multi-Switch JunctionCrossbar Nanomemory and Demultiplexor,” IEEE NANO Conference 2007.Y. Zuo, X. Wu, V. Taylor. “Performance Analysis and Optimization of the Regional Ocean ModelSystem on the TeraGrid,” TeraGrid ’07, Madison, WI, June 2007.A. Coker and V. Taylor, “Performance Analysis of a Scaled Multi- Junction Molecular SwitchCrossbarNanomemory with ECC Enhanced Demultiplexer (invited talk), Design Automation and Testin Europe(DATE), April 2007.X. Wu, V. Taylor, S. Garrick, D. Yu, J. Richard. “Performance Analysis, Modeling, and Predictionof aParallel Multiblock Lattice Boltzmann Application Using Prophesy System,” IEEEInternationalConference on Cluster Computer, September 2006, Barcelona, Spain.X. Wu, V. Taylor, J. Paris. “A Web-based Prophesy Automated Performance Modeling System,”2006216

IASTED International Conference on Web Technologies, Applications, and Service(WTAS2006), July2006, Calgary, Canada.A. Coker, V. Taylor, D. Bhaduri, S. Shukla, A. Raychowdhury, K. Roy. “Mulit-Junction FaultToleranceArchitecture for Nanoscale Crossbar Memories,” IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, July2006.D. Dhaduri, A. Coker, S. Shukla, V. Taylor. “A Hybrid Framework for Design and Analysis ofFault-Tolerant Architectures and its Applications to Nanoscale Molecular Crossbar Memories,”Design,Automation, and Test in Europe (DATE), April 2006.Seung-Hye Jang, Valerie Taylor, Xingfu Wu, Mieke Prajugo, Ewa Deelman, Gaurang Mehta,KaranVahi. “Performance Prediction-based Site Selection: Quantifying the Difference,” 18thInternationalConference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems (PDCS 2005), Las Vegas,Nevada, 12-14September 2005.Xingfu Wu, Valerie Taylor, Jason Leigh, and Luc Renambot. “Performance Analysis of 3DParallelVolume Rendering Application, Volatile, on Scalable Tiled Displays,” InternationalConference onComputer Graphics, Imaging and Vision (CGVI05), Beijing, China, 26-29 July 2005.Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“Research Experiences at Texas A&M University Department of Computer Science forUndergraduate Students,” National Science Foundation, PI: Taylor, $255,000, 2004-2007; Renewed for $300,000, 2007-2010.“Nanoelectronics,” NASA URETI Program, Co-PI: Taylor, (Principal Investigator):$350,000, 2002-2008, subcontract to TAMU.“Graduate Assistantships for Areas of National Need,” Department of Education, $390,000,2003- 2007.“OptiPuter,” National Science Foundation, Co-PI: Taylor, $13,000,000; subcontract to(Principal Investigator): $675,000, 2002-2007..“New Approaches to Human Potential Realization through Information Technology Research,”National Science Foundation, Co-PI: Taylor, $1,300,000; subcontract (PrincipalInvestigator): $500,000, 2000-2006.217

“Grid Physics Network GriPhyN) Project,” National Science Foundation, Co-PI: Taylor,$11,000,000; subcontract to (Principal Investigator): $349,642, 2000-2006.Equipment Grant“CRI: A Cluster Testbed for Experimental Research in High Performance Computing,”National Science Foundation, PI: Taylor, $533,000, 2006-2009.Term/YearCourseNumberCourse TitleSemesterHoursFall 2009 CSCE 181 Introduction to Computing 1 102Fall 2008 CPSC 181 Introduction to Computing 1 109Fall 2007 CPSC 181 Introduction to Computing 1 76Fall 2006 CPSC 289 Special Topics in Computer Science 3 31Spring 2005 CPSC 689 Special Topics in Computer Science 3 10ClassSizePercentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 0% . At thistime Dr. Taylor is the Department Head of the Computer Science and EngineeringDepartment and 100% of her time is spent managing the department.Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Taylor’s research interestsinclude: High Performance Computing, with Particular Emphasis on the Performance Analysisand Modeling of Parallel and Distributed Applications.218

Duncan M. “Hank” Walker, Ford Motor Company DesignProfessor II and Department HeadExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Associate Professor, September 1993Appointed Associate Head of Computing and Facilities Services, 2000Promoted, Professor, 2006Appointed Graduate Advisor, 2006Promoted, Ford Motor Company Design Professor II and DepartmentHead, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&MUniversity, 2011Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University 1993MS Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University 1984BS Engineering with Honors California Institute of Technology 1979Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Steering Committee MemberIEEE International Workshop on Defect and Data Driven Te3sting (D3T), 2008-presentIEEE International Workshop on Defect Based Testing, 2005-2007Program Committee MemberIEEE North Atlantic Test Workshop, Hopewell Junction, NY, May 2010; May 2009.IEEE International Test Synthesis Workshop, Austin, TX, 2009; Santa Barbara, CA, 2008; SanAntonio, TX, 2007IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems, Cambridge,MA, 2008.National Science Foundation CPS CAREER Panel on Design Automation and Test, 2007; 2005.IEEE International Workshop on Design for Manufacturability and Yield, Santa Clara, CA,2006;National Science Foundation CPS Panel on Embedded and Hybrid Systems, 2005.Panel ChairIEEE International Workshop on Defect Based Testing, “Defect Based Test in a FoundryEnvironment: Holy Grail or Reality?” Palm Springs, CA, May, 2005.Panel Member219

IEEE International Test Synthesis Workshop, “Process Variation: The Opportunity,” SantaBarbara, CA, March 2005.Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Circuits and Systems,2010-present.Other Related ExperienceIBM Austin Research LaboratoryAcademic Visitor, 1997Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineeringAssistant Director and Research Engineer, SRC-CMU Research Center for Computer-AidedDesign, 1986-1993.California Institute of TechnologyTeaching Assistant, 1978-79.Digital Equipment Corporation, Hudson, MassachusettsPart Time Engineer, 1979-81Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, CaliforniaSummer Engineer, 1977-78Consulting- NoneDepartment Committee Service 2009-2010 Computer Engineering Curriculum Coordination Committee Graduate Advisory Committee (Ex Officio) Graduate Assistantship & Scholarship Selection Committee Promotion and Tenure CommitteeCollege of Engineering Committee Service 2009-2010 Graduate Instruction CommitteeUniversity Committee Service, 2009-2010 Faculty SenatorDepartment Committee Service 2005-2009 Computer Engineering Curriculum Coordination Committee, 2005-2009 Faculty Search Information Storage/Retrieval & Graphics, 2005-2006 Graduate Assistantship & Scholarship Selection Committee, 2005-2009 Faculty Search Systems or Systems Software Sub Committee, 2006-2007 Graduate Advisory Committee (Ex Officio), 2006-2009 Faculty Search Senior Hire Sub Committee, Chair, 2007-2008 Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2007-2009220

College of Engineering Committee Service, 2005-2009 Graduate Instruction Committee, 2006-2009University Committee Service, 2005-2009 Faculty Senator, 2005-2009 PAM (Program for Advanced Manufacturing) Academic Council, 2005-2006Principle Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed JournalsK. Gulati*, N. Jaykumar*, S. P. Khatri and D. M. H. Walker. “A Probabilistic Method to Determine theMinimum Leakage Vector for Combinational Designs in the Presence of Random PVT Variations,”Integration, the VLSI Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, May 2008, pp. 399-412.S. Sabade* and D. M. H. Walker. “Estimation of Fault-Free Leakage Using Wafer-Level SpatialInformation,” IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, vol. 14, no. 1, January 2006, pp. 91-94.X. Lu*, Z. Li*, W. Qiu*, D. M. H. Walker and W. Shi. “Longest Path Selection for Delay Test underProcess Variation,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design, vol. 24, no. 12, December 2005,pp. 1924-1929.S. Sabade* and D. M. H. Walker. “IC Outlier Identification Using Multiple Test Metrics,” IEEE Designand Test of Computers, vol. 22, no. 6, November-December 2005, pp. 586-595.Highly Selective ConferencesZ. Wang* and D. M. H. Walker. “Compact Delay Test Generation with a Realistic Low Cost FaultCoverage Metric,” IEEE VLSI Test Symposium, Santa Cruz, CA, May 2009. (Acceptance rate ~30%)Z. Wang* and D. M. H. Walker. “Dynamic Compaction for High Quality Delay Test,” IEEE VLSI TestSymposium, Rancho Bernardo, CA, May 2008, paper 8.1. (Acceptance rate ~30%)W. Qiu*, D. M. H. Walker, N. Simpson, D. Reddy and A. Moore. “Comparison of Delay Tests onSilicon,” IEEE International Test Conference, Santa Clara, CA, October 2006, paper 11.3. (Acceptancerate

Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrants“At-Speed Tests Considering DSM and Power,” Semiconductor Research Corporation, $150,000,8/2007- 7/2010.“Delay Test and Diagnosis Considering DSM and Power,” National Science Foundation, $150,000,7/2007-6/2010.“Reliability Screening Via Outlier Analysis,” National Science Foundation, $230,000, 9/2003 to 8/2007.“Fault Counting, Die Products Consortium,” $12,000, 12/2005-12/2006.“Testing Tri-State and Pass Transistor Circuit Structures,” Semiconductor Research Corporation,$30,000, 10/2004 to 8/2005.earFall2011Term/YSpring2011Spring2010Fall2009Spring2009Fall2008Spring2008Spring2008Fall2007Spring2007Fall2006Spring2006Fall2005Fall2005CourseNumberENGR 111CSCE 312CSCE 680ENGR 111CSCE 312ENGR 111CSCE 680ECEN 680ENGR 111CSCE 614ENGR 111Course TitleFoundations of Engineering IComputer OrganizationTesting and Diagnosis of DigitalSystemsFoundations of Engineering IComputer OrganizationFoundations of Engineering ITesting and Diagnosis of DigitalSystemsTesting and Diagnosis of DigitalSystemsFoundations of Engineering IComputer ArchitectureFoundations of Engineering ISemesterHours2.04.03.02.04.0CSCE 321 Computer Architecture 4.00CSCE 661CSCE/ELEN680Integrated Systems DesignAutomationTesting and Diagnosis of DigitalSystems2.03.03.02.03.02.0ClassSize236145058932602801322322225253.0 73.061222

Spring2005CSCE 321Computer Architecture4.074Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 70%. Dr.Walker spends 30% of his time as Graduate Advisor for the Department ofComputer Science and Engineering.Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Walker’s research interestsinclude: Integrated Circuit Test, Defect-Based Test, Delay Test, IDDQ Test, Fault Diagnosis,Realistic Fault Modeling, Parametric and Functional Yield Prediction.223

Jennifer Welch, Regent’s Professor, Chevron Professorship IIExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, September 1992Promoted, Associate Professor, 1996Appointed Interim Department Head, 2001-02Promoted, Professor, 2002Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology@CambridgeMS Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology@CambridgeBS Liberal Arts Summa Cum Laude University of Texas @Austin 197919881984Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)Steering Committee MemberACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing, Elected, 2009Program Committee MemberInternational Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCD), appointed, 2010;appointed 2008ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures (SPAA), appointed 2010International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC), appointed, 2010; appointed 2007IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh, and Ad Hoc Communications andNetworks (SECON), appointed 2009International Workshop on Algorithms Aspects of Wireless Sensor Networks (AlgoSensors),appointed, 2009International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS),appointed 2009ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC), appointed 2008 (member oforganizing committee for Lynch Celebration); appointed 2007, appointed 2006IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), appointed 2008DIALM-POMC Joint workshop on Foundations of Mobile Computing, 2007224

International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN formerly IWDC),appointed 2006IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA), appointed2006Chair of IEEE Computer Society Taylor L. Booth Education Award Selection Committee, 2005Associate Editor, Distributed Computing, appointed, 2009Editorial Board Member for Chicago Journal of Theoretical Computer Science, appointed,1994-presentEditorial Board Member for Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, appointed 2002-2005Other Related ExperienceUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel HillAssistant Professor, Computer Science Department, 1989-92GTE Laboratories, Inc.Member of Technical Staff, 1988-89AT&T Bell LaboratoriesMember of Technical Staff, Summer 1986Sipes, Williamson & AssociatesProgrammer, 1981-82Tracor, Inc.Programmer, 1980-81Consulting- NoneDepartment Committee Service 2009-2010 Advisory Committee (elected) Faculty and Staff AwardsUniversity Committee Service2009-2010Faculty SenatorHonors Program CommitteeDepartment Committee Service 2005-2009 Advisory Committee (elected), 2005-2006, 2007-2009 Undergraduate Curriculum & ABET Committee, Chair, 2005-2006, 2007-2008 Faculty Search Systems Biology Sub Committee, 2005-2007 Promotion and Tenure Committee, Chair, 2006-2009 Faculty and Staff Awards, 2007-2009College of Engineering Committee Service 2005-2009 Tenure and Promotion Committee (CETPAC), 2007-2008University Committee Service 2005-2009 Honors Program Committee, 2008-2009225

Principal Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed JournalsKanjani*, K., Lee, H., Maguffee*, W. L., and Welch, J. L. “A Simple Byzantine Fault-TolerantAlgorithm for a Multi-Writer Regular Register,” International Journal on Parallel, Emergent,and Distributed Systems, accepted Feb 2010.Klappenecker, A., Lee, H., and Welch, J. L. “Scheduling Sensors by Tiling Lattices,” ParallelProcessing Letters, to appear March 2010.Attiya, H., Kogan, A., and Welch, J. L. “Efficient and Fault-Tolerant Local Mutual Exclusion inMobile Ad Hoc Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, to appear March 2010.Chen*, Y. and Welch, J. L. “Self-Stabilizing Dynamic Mutual Exclusion for Mobile Ad HocNetworks,” Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Vol. 65, No. 9, pp. 1072–1089,2005.Lee*, H., and Welch, J. L. “Randomized Registers and Iterative Algorithms,” DistributedComputing, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 209–221, 2005.Malpani*, N., Chen*, Y., Vaidya, N., and Welch J. L. “Distributed Token Circulation in MobileAd Hoc Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 154–165,2005.Papers in Refereed Conference ProceedingsHighly Selective ConferencesCharron-Bost, B., Gaillard, A., Welch, J. L. and Widder, J., “Routing Without Ordering,”Proceedings 21 st ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures (SPAA),pp. 145–153, Aug. 2009. (Acceptance Rate 31%)Ingram*, R., Shields, P., Walter, J., and Welch, J. L. “An Asynchronous Leader ElectionAlgorithm for Dynamic Networks,” Proceedings 23rd IEEE International Parallel andDistributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), 12 pp., May 2009. (Acceptance Rate 23%)Sastry*,S ., Pike, S., and Welch, J. L. “Crash Fault Detection in Celerating Environments,”Proceedings 23rd IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium(IPDPS), 12 pp., May 2009. Recipient of Best Paper Award. (Acceptance Rate 23%)Attiya, H., Kogan, A., and Welch, J. L. “Efficient and Fault-Tolerant Local Mutual Exclusion inMobile Ad Hoc Networks,” Proceedings 28th International Conference on DistributedComputing Systems (ICDCS), pp. 321–328, Jun. 2008. (Acceptance Rate 16%)Chen*, Y., and Welch, J. L. “Location-based Broadcasting for Dense Mobile Ad HocNetworks,” Proceedings 8th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis andSimulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM), pp. 63–70, Oct. 2005. (AcceptanceRate 22%)Selective Conferences with High VisibilityViqar*, S., and Welch, J. L. “Collision-Free Communication Despite Continuous Motion,”Proceedings 5th International Workshop on Algorithmic Aspects of Wireless SensorNetworks (Algosensors), pp. 218–229, Jul. 2009. (Acceptance Rate 51%)Roy*, G., Lee, H., Welch, J. L., Zhao, Y., Pandey, V., and Thurston, D. “A Distributed PoolArchitecture for Genetic Algorithms,” Proceedings 11th IEEE Congress on EvolutionaryComputation (CEC), pp. 1177–1184, May 2009. (Acceptance Rate 45%)226

Dolev, S., Gilbert, S., Schiller, E., Shvartsman, A., and Welch, J. L. “Autonomous VirtualMobile Nodes”, Proceedings 3rd ACM/SIGMOBILE International Workshop on Foundationsof Mobile Computing (DIAL-M-POMC), pp. 62–69, 2005. (Acceptance Rate 38%)Other Scholarly ActivitiesGrantsExternal“Robust Algorithms in Support of Vehicular Ad Hoc Network Applications,” Texas HigherEducationCoordinating Board Advanced Technology Program; PI: Jennifer Welch, $149,162, 2008–2010.“Increasing the Longevity of Power-Constrained Sensor Networks,” Texas Higher EducationCoordinating Board Advanced Research Program, PI: Scott Pike (CPSC), co-PI: JenniferWelch, $99,100, 2006–2007.“Collaborative Research: Randomized Distributed Data Structures for Product Design,”National Science Foundation, PI: Deborah Thurston (University of Illinois), co-PI: JenniferWelch, $200,000 (TAMU portion), 2005–2008.“Increasing Computer Science Retention with Peer Teachers and Learning Modules,” TexasHigherEducation Coordinating Board Texas Technology Workforce Development Grant Program, PI:ValerieTaylor, co-PI: Jennifer Welch, $173,158, 2004–2006.“GAANN: Fellowships for Research in Computer Science and Computer Engineering,”Department of Education, PI: Valerie Taylor, co-PIs: Donald Friesen, Jianer Chen, JenniferWelch, and Nancy Amato, $131,184, 2003–2006.Term/YearCourseNumberCourse TitleSpring 2012 CSCE 411 Design and Analysis of Algorithms 3.0Semester HoursFall 2011 CSCE 668 Distributed Algorithms and Systems 3.0 13Spring 2011 CSCE 411 Design and Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 40Fall 2010 CSCE 121 Introduction to Program Design and Concepts 4.0 52Spring2010CSCE 181Introduction to Computing1.0 52Fall 2009 CSCE 311 Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 18Fall 2009 CSCE 668 Distributed Algorithms and Systems 3.0 20Spring2009CSCE 689Special Topics in discrete Algorithms for Mobile andWireless Networks3.0 5Fall 2008 CSCE 411 Design and Analysis of Algorithms 3.0 15Spring CSCE 181 Introduction to Computing 1.0 70ClassSize227

2008Spring2008CSCE 668Distributed Algorithms and Systems3.0 9Fall 2007 CSCE 310 Database Systems 3.0 38Fall 2007 CSCE 603 Database Systems and Applications 3.0 6Spring2007CSCE 289Special Topics in Discrete Structures for Computing3.0 25Fall 2006 CSCE 668 Distributed Algorithms and Systems 3.0 14Spring2006CSCE 689Special Topics in Discrete Algorithms for Mobile andWireless Networks3.0 8Fall 2005 CSCE 310 Database Systems 3.0 42Fall 2005 CSCE 603 Database Systems and Applications 3.0 3Percentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. Welch’s research interestsinclude: Algorithms and Lower Bounds for Distributed Computing Systems, in ParticularMobile Ad Hoc Networks, Distributed Shared Objects, and Metamorphic Robot Systems.228

Tiffani Williams, Associate ProfessorExperience, Department of Computer Science andEngineering, Texas A&M UniversityHired, Assistant Professor, 2005Promoted, Associate Professor, September 2011Degree Field Institution YearPhD Computer Science University of Central Florida 2000BS Computer Science Marquette University 1994Conferences, Workshops, and Professional Development (Last Five Years)IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing (CCGrid), 2010.Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), 2007, 2010.European Conference on Evolutionary Computation, Machine Learning and Data Mining inBioinformatics (EvoBIO), 2008, 2009, 2010.The International Workshop on High Performance Computing in Medicine and Biology(HiPCoMB),2005, 2006, 2010.RECOMB Satellite Workshop on Comparative Genomics (RECOMB-CG), 2007, 2009.International Conference on High Performance Computing (HiPC), program committee, 2008.IEEE International Symposium on Bioinformatics and Life Science Computing, 2007.ISCA International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems (PDCS), 2007.Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), 2007.IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA),2007.Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics (WABI), 2006.International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), 2006.Chinese-American Beckman Frontiers of Science Symposium, sponsored by the U.S. NationalAcademy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2004, 2005.Workshop on Parallel Bio-Computing (PBC), 2005, 2006.229

IEEE International Workshop on High Performance Computational Biology (HiCOMB), 2005.Other Related ExperienceHarvard University, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced StudyEdward, Frances, and Shirley Daniels Fellow, 2004-2005The University of New Mexico, Department of Computer SciencePost-Doc Research Fellow, 2001-2004University of Central Florida, Department of Computer ScienceInstructor/Visiting Lecturer, 1996-2001Undergraduate Advisor, 1995-1996Consulting- NoneDepartment Committee Service 2009-2010 Communications Committee, 2009-2010Department Committee Service 2005-2009 Library Committee, 2005-2006 Undergraduate Student Awards Committee, 2006-2008 Communications Committee, 2008-2009Principal Publications *Indicates student authorRefereed JournalsSuzanne J. Matthews* and Tiffani L. Williams. “MrsRF: An Efficient MapReduce AlgorithmforAnalyzing Large Collections of Evolutionary Trees,” BMC Bionformatics, 11 (Suppl 1):S15,2010.Note: Selected paper from Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference (ABPC’10).Seung-Jin Sul*, Suzanne J. Matthews*, and Tiffani L. Williams. “Using Tree Diversity toComparePhylogenetic Heuristics,” BMC Bioinformatics, 10 (Suppl 4):S3, 2009. Special issue on bestpapersfrom IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM’08).230

Highly Selective ConferencesSeung-Jin Sul*, Suzanne J. Matthews*, and Tiffani L. Williams. “New Approaches toCompare Phylogenetic Search Heuristics,” IEEE International Conference on Bioinformaticsand Biomedicine(BIBM’08), pages 239–245, 2008. (Acceptance Rate 24%)Selective Conferences with High VisibilitySeung-Jin Sul* and Tiffani L. Williams. “An Experimental Analysis of Consensus TreeAlgorithmsfor Large-Scale Tree Collections,” International Symposium on Bioinformatics Research andApplications (ISBRA’09), ser. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 5542, pages 100–111,2009. (Acceptance Rate 49%)Hyun-Jung Park* and Tiffani L. Williams. “A Fitness Distance Correlation Measure forEvolutionaryTrees,” 1st Intl. Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BiCoB’09), ser.LectureNotes in Computer Science, vol. 5462, pages 331–342, 2009. (Acceptance Rate 42%)Seung-Jin Sul*, Grant Brammer*, and Tiffani L. Williams. “Efficiently ComputingArbitrarily-SizedRobinson-Foulds Distance Matrices,” Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics (WABI’08),volume 5251 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 123–134. Springer-Verlag, 2008.(Acceptance Rate 40%)Seung-Jin Sul* and Tiffani L. Williams. “An Experimental Analysis of Robinson-FouldsDistanceMatrix Algorithms,” European Syposium on Algorithms (ESA’08), volume 5193 of LectureNotesin Computer Science, pages 793-804. Springer-Verlag, 2008. (Acceptance Rate 34%)Seung-Jin Sul* and Tiffani L. Williams. “A Randomized Algorithm for Comparing Sets ofPhylogeneticTrees,” Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference (APBC’07), 121–130, 2007. (Acceptance Rate33%)Tiffani L. Williams and Marc L. Smith. “The Role of Diverse Populations in PhylogeneticAnalysis,”The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO ’06), 287–294. (AcceptanceRate 46%)Book ChaptersTiffani L. Williams, Mi Yan, David A. Bader, and Bernard M.E. Moret, “High-PerformancePhylogenyReconstruction Under Maximum Parsimony”, Parallel Computing for Bioinformatics andComputational Biology, A.Y. Zomaya, ed., John Wiley & Sons, 369–394, 2006.Other Scholarly Activities231

Grants“Large-Scale Analysis of Collections of Phylogenetic Trees,” National Science Foundation, PI:Tiffani L. Williams, (TAMU), $408,508, $408,508 (pro-rated amount), 8/15/2007–8/14/2010“ATOL Collaborative Research: Resolving Mammalian Phylogeny with Genomic andMorphologicalApproaches,” National Science Foundation, PI: William Murphy (TAMU); co-PIs: JohnBickham(Purdue), Rodney Honeycutt (Pepperdine), Tiffani L. Williams, (TAMU), $600,000,$31,688 (prorated amount), 10/1/2006–9/30/2011Computer Science Study Panel (CS2P), DARPA, PI: Tiffani L. Williams, (TAMU), $81,535,$81,535 (pro-rated amount), 3/27/06–3/26/07Term/YearCourseNumberCourse TitleSpring 2012 CSCE 110 Programming I 4.0SemesterHoursFall 2011 CSCE 110 Programming I 4.0 130Fall 2011 CSCE 628 Computational Biology 3.0 11Spring 2011 CSCE 110 Programming I 4.0 123Fall 2010 CSCE 628 Computational Biology 3.0 6Spring 2010 CSCE 433 Formal Languages and Automata 3.0 5Spring 2010 CSCE 627 Theory of Computability 3.0 5Fall 2009 CSCE/BICH 628 Computational Biology 3.0 7Fall 2009 CSCE 481 Undergraduate Seminar 1.0 66Spring 2009 CPSC 433 Formal Languages and Automata 3.0 19Spring 2009 CPSC 627 Theory of Computability 3.0 1Fall 2008 CPSC/BICH 628 Computational Biology 3.0 7Spring 2008 CPSC 433 Formal Languages and Automata 3.0 12Spring 2008 CPSC 689 Algorithms for EvolutionaryBioinformatics3.0 3Fall 2007 CPSC/BICH 628 Computational Biology 3.0 8Spring 2007 CPSC 433 Formal Languages and Automata 3.0 17Fall 2006 CPSC 646 2Spring 2006 CPSC 689 Computational Phylogenetics 3.0 6Fall 2005 CPSC/BICH 628 Computational Biology 3.0 13ClassSizePercentage of time devoted to scholarly and/or research activities: 100%232

Brief Description of Research and Scholarly Activities: Dr. William’s research interestsinclude: Bionformatics/Computational Biology, Phylogeny, High-Performance Computing,Optimization, and Performance Analysis.233

XI APPENDIX B. GRADUATE COURSES OFFEREDXI.1Department of Computer Science and EngineeringXI.2 Distinguished Professor B. Stroustrup (Chair); Professors N. M. Amato, R.Bettati, J. Chen, R. Furuta, A. Klappenecker, J. S. Liu, D. Loguinov, R. N. Mahapatra,R. R. Murphy, L. Rauchwerger, F. M. Shipman, V. E. Taylor (Head), D. M. H. Walker, J.L. Welch; Associate Professors Y. Choe, R. Gutierrez- Osuna, T. A. Hammond, T. R.Ioerger, J. Järvi, A. Jiang, A. Kerne, E. J. Kim, J. C. Keyser, V. Sarin, D. Song, S. Sze, T.L. Williams; Assistant Professors J. Caverlee, J. Chai, G. Gu, G. Dos Reis, E.Nikolova, S. Schaefer, D. Shell, R. Stoleru; Senior Lecturers W. C. Daugherity, J. D.Hurley, H. Lee, T. S. Leyk, R. WardXI.3 Graduate Course Descriptions 2011—2012CSCE 601. Programming with C and Java. (3-0). Credit 3.Survey of the C and Java programming languages, including principles of procedural and objectorientedlanguages; multi-disciplinary applications including business, Internet and engineeringproblems. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.CSCE 602. Object-Oriented Programming, Development and SoftwareEngineering. (3-0). Credit 3.Teaches students Object-Oriented Programming in C++; software engineering techniquespresented to teach how to build high quality software; semester project gives quasi-real-worldexperience with issues such as requirements capture and object-orient development.Prerequisite: CSCE 601 or approval of instructor; graduate classification.CSCE 603. Database Systems and Applications. (3-0). Credit 3.Introduction to the concepts and design methodologies of database systems for non-computerscience majors; emphasis on E. F. Codd's relational model with hands-on design application.Prerequisite: CSCE 601; graduate classification. Credit will not be given for both CSCE 310 and603.CSCE 604. Programming Languages. (3-0). Credit 3.Study in the design space of programming languages, covering language processing, formalismsto describe semantics of programming languages, important concepts found in currentprogramming languages, and programming paradigms.CSCE 605. Compiler Design. (3-0). Credit 3.Advanced topics in compiler writing; parser generators and compiler-compilers; dynamicstorage and scope resolution; data flow analysis and code optimization. Prerequisite: CSCE 434.CSCE 606. Software Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3.Development of advanced concepts in software engineering; software developmentenvironments as a mechanism for enhancing productivity and software quality; theclassification, evaluation and selection of methodologies for environments; rapid prototyping234

and reusability concepts; artificial intelligence techniques applied to software engineering.Prerequisite: CSCE 431 or approval of instructor.CSCE 607. Software Models and Metrics. (3-0). Credit 3.Software models and metrics; productivity predicting techniques; complexity measures;software reliability models; cost estimation models. Prerequisite: CSCE 431.CSCE 608. Database Systems. (3-0). Credit 3.Database modeling techniques; expressiveness in query languages including knowledgerepresentation; manipulation languages data models; physical data organization; relationaldatabase design theory; query processing; transaction management and recovery; distributeddata management. Prerequisite: CSCE 310 or 603.CSCE 609. Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Software Engineering. (3-0).Credit 3.Artificial Intelligence techniques and approaches to software engineering; revolutionaryparadigms and automatic programming; the knowledge-based assistant in management,specification capture, prototyping and maintenance; transformational systems and reusablelibrary systems; AI tools for software development; graphical approaches to softwareengineering. Prerequisites: CSCE 606 and 625.CSCE 610. Hypertext/Hypermedia Systems. (3-0). Credit 3.Comprehensive coverage of Hypertext/Hypermedia; basic concepts and definitions;fundamental components, architectures and models; problems and current solutions; designand implementation issues; and research issues. Prerequisites: CSCE 310 and 410.CSCE 611. Operating Systems and Applications. (3-0). Credit 3.Review of computer architecture hardware/software evolution leading to contemporaryoperating systems; basic operating systems concepts; methods of operating systems design andconstruction; algorithms for CPU scheduling memory and general resource allocation; processcoordination and management; case studies of several operating systems; quality-of-services ofoperating systems and their impact on applications. Prerequisite: CSCE 311; graduateclassification. Credit will not be given for both CSCE 410 and 611.CSCE 612. Applied Networks and Distributed Processing. (3-0). Credit 3.Fundamentals, including network design and protocol analysis, in the context of computercommunications; the course mixes fundamentals with both programming and pragmatic viewsof engineering issues; it includes network architecture as well as principles of networkengineering; focus is on applying principles of layered architecture to analyzing real networks;lab exercises focus on protocol understanding and programming; knowledge of UNIX and Cprogramming helpful, but not required. Prerequisite: Graduate classification. Credit will not begiven for both CSCE 463 and 612.CSCE 613. Operating Systems. (3-0). Credit 3.Analysis of algorithms in computer operating systems; sequencing and control algorithmssupporting concurrent processes; scheduling algorithms to minimize execution times and mean235

flow times; algorithms for allocating tasks to processors; allocation of memory (virtual and real);direct access device schedules; auxiliary and buffer storage models. Prerequisite: CSCE 410.CSCE 614. Computer Architecture. (3-0). Credit 3.Reviews of von Neumann architecture and its limitations; parallel computer structures andconcurrent computation; pipeline computers and vectorization methods; array processors,multiprocessor architectures and programming; dataflow computers. Prerequisite: CSCE 321.CSCE 615. Distributed Component Architecture. (3-0). Credit 3.Introduce general techniques and approaches of software architecture (e.g., architecture style,ADL, ADME, UML, DSSA, distributed component and middleware); software life cycles;investigate distributed component architecture (COBRA, COM/DOM, JavaBeans) as specificexamples of architecture for in-depth knowledge. Prerequisite: Knowledge of at least one objectorientedlanguage (e.g., C++, Java); graduate classification.CSCE 617. Co-Design of Embedded Systems (CODES). (3-0). Credit 3.Co-design methodologies of hardware-software systems; models of computation (MOC), systemspecification, co-simulation, synthesis, and verification; hardware-software implementation;core-based systems and interfaces, performance analysis and optimization; system on chip,power aware design. Prerequisites: CSCE 462 or equivalent (CSCE 410) and graduateclassification.CSCE 618. Resilient Computer Systems. (3-0). Credit 3.Impact of reliability on computer and network system design; stochastic models of reliabilityand availability in fault-tolerant systems; hardware, software and system interaction, systemdesign for testability, isolation and recovery. Prerequisite: CSCE 321 or 410. Cross-listed withECEN 618.CSCE 619. Networks and Distributed Computing. (3-0). Credit 3.Computer network concepts including network architecture, layering, protocols, packetswitching and virtual circuits; performance evaluation and design considerations for local areanetworks; packet distributed networks; satellite networks. Prerequisite: CSCE 463.CSCE 620. Computational Geometry. (3-0). Credit 3.Design and analysis of algorithms for solving geometrical problems; includes convex hullproblems, Voronoi diagrams, range searching and proximity problems. Prerequisite: CSCE 311.Cross-listed with VIZA 670.CSCE 622. Generic Programming. (3-0). Credit 3.The generic programming approach to design and systematic classification of softwarecomponents, techniques for achieving correctness, efficiency, and generality of algorithms, datastructures, and memory management, methods of structuring a library of generic softwarecomponents for maximum usability are practiced in a significant design and implementationproject. Prerequisite: CSCE 211.236

CSCE 623. Parallel Geometric Computing. (3-0). Credit 3.Parallel computer architectures and algorithms for solving geometric problems raised in VLSIdesign, pattern recognition and graphics; advanced research results in computational geometryincluding convexity, proximity, intersection, geometric searching and optimization problems.Prerequisite: CSCE 311 or ECEN 350. Cross-listed with ECEN 623.CSCE 624. Sketch Recognition. (3-0). Credit 3.Analysis, implementation, and comparison of sketch recognition algorithms, including featurebased,vision-based, geometrical, timing-based, and path-based recognition algorithms.Methods for combing these recognition methods for greater accuracy, using known AItechniques, are also examined. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.CSCE 625. Artificial Intelligence. (3-0). Credit 3.Basic concepts and methods of artificial intelligence; Heuristic search procedures for generalgraphs; game playing strategies; resolution and rule based deduction systems; knowledgerepresentation; reasoning with uncertainty. Prerequisite: CSCE 311.CSCE 626. Parallel Algorithm Design and Analysis. (3-0). Credit 3.Design of algorithms for use on highly parallel machines; area-time complexity of problems andgeneral lower bound theory; application (of these concepts) to artificial intelligence, computervision and VLSI design automation. Prerequisite: CSCE 629.CSCE 627. Theory of Computability. (3-0). Credit 3.Formal models of computation such as pushdown automata; Turing machines and recursivefunctions; unsolvability results; complexity of solvable results. Prerequisite: CSCE 433.CSCE 628. Computational Biology. (3-0). Credit 3.Introduction to computational biology; formulations of biology problems as computationalproblems; computational approaches to solve problems in genomics and proteomics.Prerequisite: Graduate classification or approval of instructor. Cross-listed with BICH 628.CSCE 629. Analysis of Algorithms. (3-0). Credit 3.Concrete algorithm design and analysis; abstract models to analyze the complexity of problems;NP-Completeness; approximation and probabilistic algorithms. Prerequisite: CSCE 311.CSCE 631. Programming Environments for Artificial Intelligence. (3-0). Credit 3.Languages used in artificial intelligence with emphasis on LISP and PROLOG; environments forprogramming in these languages; practice using these environments in the solution of artificialintelligence problems. Prerequisite: CSCE 320 or 625.CSCE 632. Expert Systems. (3-0). Credit 3.237

Basic concepts for building expert systems; inference strategies; applications and case studies;techniques for knowledge acquisition; use of existing tools for building expert systems.Prerequisite: CSCE 320 or 625.CSCE 633. Machine Learning. (3-0). Credit 3.Machine learning is the study of self-modifying computer systems that can acquire newknowledge and improve their own performance; survey machine learning techniques, whichinclude induction from examples, conceptual clustering, explanation-based learning, exemplarlearning and analogy, discovery and genetic algorithms. Prerequisite: CSCE 320 or 625.CSCE 634. Intelligent User Interfaces. (3-0). Credit 3.Intersection of artificial intelligence and computer-human interaction: emphasis on designingand evaluating systems that learn about and adapt to their users, tasks, and environments.Prerequisite: Graduate classification and approval of instructor.CSCE 636. Neural Networks. (3-0). Credit 3.Basic concepts in neural computing; functional equivalence and convergence properties ofneural network models; associative memory models; associative, competitive and adaptiveresonance models of adaptation and learning; selective applications of neural networks tovision, speech, motor control and planning; neural network modeling environments.Prerequisites: Math 304 and 308 or approval of instructor.CSCE 637. Complexity Theory. (3-0). Credit 3.Deterministic, non-deterministic, alternating and probabilistic computations; reducibilities; P,NP and other complexity classes; abstract complexity; time, space and parallel complexity; andrelativized computation. Prerequisites: CSCE 627 or approval of instructor.CSCE 639. Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems. (3-0). Credit 3.Introduces the basics of fuzzy logic and its role in developing intelligent systems; topics includefuzzy set theory, fuzzy rule inference, fuzzy logic in control, fuzzy pattern recognition, neuralfuzzy systems and fuzzy model identification using genetic algorithms. Prerequisite: CSCE 625or approval of instructor. Cross-listed with MEEN 676.CSCE 640. Quantum Algorithms. (3-0). Credit 3.Introduction to the design and analysis of quantum algorithms; basic principles of the quantumcircuit model; gives a gentle introduction to basic quantum algorithms; reviews recent results inquantum information processing. Prerequisite: CSCE 629 or approval of instructor.CSCE 641. Computer Graphics. (3-0). Credit 3.Representations of 3-dimensional objects, including polyhedral objects, curved surfaces,volumetric representations and CSG models; techniques for hidden surface/edge removal andvolume rendering; illumination and shading; anti-aliasing; ray tracing; radiosity; animation;practical experience with state-of-the-art graphics hardware and software. Prerequisite: CSCE441. Cross-listed with VIZA 671.238

CSCE 643. Seminar in Intelligent Systems and Robotics. (3-0). Credit 3.Problems, methods and recent developments in intelligent systems and robotics. This coursemay be taken at multiple times for credit as content varies. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.CSCE 644. Cortical Networks. (3-0). Credit 3.The architecture of the mammalian cerebral cortex; its modular organization and its network fordistributed and parallel processing; cortical networks in perception and memory; neuronalmicrostructure and dynamical simulation of cortical networks; the cortical network as a provenparadigm for the design of cognitive machines. Prerequisites: CSCE 420 or CSCE 625 and 636and graduate classification.CSCE 645. Geometric Modeling. (3-0). Credit 3.Geometric and solid modeling concepts. Freeform curves and surfaces (splines and Bezier) withtheir relational, intersectional and global mathematical properties. Parametric representation ofsolids, topology of closed curved surfaces, boundary concepts and Boolean/Euler operators.Construction and display of curves and surfaces, and solid models. Prerequisite: CSCE 441 and442 or equivalent. Cross-listed with VIZA 675.CSCE 646. The Digital Image. (3-2). Credit 4.Tools and techniques for generation, handling and analysis of two dimensional digital images;image representation and storage; display, media conversion, painting and drawing; warping;color space operations, enhancement, filtering and manipulation. Prerequisite: VIVA 653 orapproval of instructor. Cross-listed with VIZA 654.CSCE 647. Image Synthesis. (3-2). Credit 4.Principles of image synthesis from 3-D scene descriptions; includes local and globalillumination, shading, shadow determination, hidden surface elimination, texturing, rastergraphics algorithms, transformations and projects. Prerequisite: VIZA 653 or approval ofinstructor. Cross-listed with VIZA 656.CSCE 648. Computer Aided Sculpting. (3-2). Credit 3.Mathematical and artistic principles of 3-D modeling and sculpting; includes proportions,skeletal foundation, expression and posture, line of action; curves, surfaces and volumes,interpolation and approximation, parametric and rational parametric polynomials, constructivesolid geometry, and implicit representations. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor. Cross-listedwith VIZA 657.CSCE 649. Physically-Based Modeling. (2-2). Credit 3.Physical simulation as used in choreography, geometric modeling, and the creation of specialeffects in computer graphics: a variety of problems and techniques explored which may includeparticle-methods, modeling and simulation of flexible materials, kinematics and constraintsystems. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor. Cross-listed with VIZA 659.239

CSCE 651. Simulation I. (3-0). Credit 3.Introduction to simulation and comparison with other problem-solving techniques; simulationmethodology including generation of random numbers and variates, time flow mechanisms,sampling considerations, and validation and analysis of simulation models and results; survey ofdiscrete simulation languages; applications of simulation, including operating systems andnetworks. Prerequisites: Graduate classification and knowledge of a minimum of threeprogramming languages.CSCE 653. Computer Methods in Applied Sciences. (3-0). Credit 3.Classical and modern techniques for the computational solution of problems of the type thattraditionally arise in the natural sciences and engineering; introductions to numberrepresentation and errors, locating roots of equations, interpolation, numerical integration,linear algebraic systems, spline approximations, initial-value problems for ordinary differentialequations and finite-difference methods for partial differential equations. Prerequisite: CSCE442 or MATH 417.CSCE 654. Supercomputing. (3-0). Credit 3.Principles of high-performance scientific computing systems, vectorization, advancedFORTRAN programming on supercomputers, numerical methods for supercomputers,performance measuring of supercomputers, multitasking. Prerequisites: Knowledge ofFORTRAN; CSCE 442 or MATH 417 or equivalent.CSCE 655. Human Centered Systems and Information. (3-0). Credit 3.A foundation course in human centered systems and information; understanding andconceptualizing interaction; design and prototyping methodologies; evaluation frameworks;visual design using color, space, layering, and media; information structuring and visualization;animation and games; individual and team programming projects. Prerequisite: Graduateclassification or CSCE 436 or 444 or approval of instructor.CSCE 656. Computers and New Media. (3-0). Credit 3.This class investigates the potential and realized impact of computers in the design of newmedia, explores the variety of relationships between authors and readers of interactivematerials, and explores the influence of media design and content expressed. Prerequisite:Graduate Classification.CSCE 659. Parallel/Distributed Numerical Algorithms and Applications. (3-0).Credit 3.A unified treatment of parallel and distributed numerical algorithms; parallel and distributedcomputation models, parallel computation of arithmetic expressions; fast algorithms fornumerical linear algebra, partial differential equations and nonlinear optimization. Prerequisite:CSCE 653; MATH 304. Cross-listed with ECEN 659.CSCE 660. Computational Linear Algebra. (3-0). Credit 3.Techniques in matrix computation: elimination methods, matrix decomposition, generalizedinverses, orthogonalization and least-squares, eigenvalue problems and singular value240

decomposition, iterative methods and error analysis. Prerequisite: CSCE 442 or equivalentMATH 417 or equivalent. Cross-listed with MATH 660.CSCE 661. Integrated Systems Design Automation. (3-0). Credit 3.VLSI design systems and their levels of abstracting; algorithms for general VLSI design andimplementation; computer aided design tools and principles; physical and logical models.Prerequisite: Graduate classification.CSCE 662. Distributed Processing Systems. (3-0). Credit 3.Principles and practices of distributed processing; protocols, remote procedure calls; filesharing; reliable system design; load balancing; distributed database systems; protection andsecurity; implementation. Prerequisite: CSCE 410 or 463.CSCE 663. Real-Time Systems. (3-0). Credit 3.Taxonomy of real-time computer systems; scheduling algorithms for static and dynamic realtimetasks; hard real-time communications protocols; programming languages andenvironments for real-time systems; case studies of real-time operating systems. Prerequisites:CSCE 410 and 456 or approval of instructor.CSCE 665. Advance Networking and Security. (3-0). Credit 3.Security aspects of various network protocols including investigation and tool developmentusing "live'' machines and networks. Prerequisites: Graduate classification and approval ofinstructor.CSCE 666. Pattern Analysis.(3-0). Credit 3.Introduction to methods for analysis, classification and clustering of high dimensional data inComputer Science applications. Course contents include density and parameter estimation,linear feature extraction, feature subset selection, clustering, Bayesian and geometric classifiers,non-linear dimensionality reduction methods from statistical learning theory and spectral graphtheory, Hidden Markov models, and ensemble learning. Prerequisites: MATH 222, MATH 411(or equivalent) and graduate classification.CSCE 667. Collaborative Systems and Models.(3-0). Credit 3.Collaborative systems support group activities over computer networks; emphasis on humanfactors, system design is different from traditional systems; overviews existing research effortsto address various design issues; state-of-the-art knowledge and how to implement collaborativeapplications. Prerequisites: CSCE 310, 410, a program language (C++/JAVA)and CSCE 436 or671 or 672 or approval of instructor and graduate classification.CSCE 668. Distributed Algorithms and Systems.(3-0). Credit 3.Introduction to fundamental algorithmic results in distributed computing systems; leaderelection, mutual exclusion, consensus, logical time and causality, distributed snapshots,algorithmic fault tolerance, shared memory, clock synchronization. Prerequisites: CSCE 629 orequivalent; approval of instructor.241

CSCE 669. Computational Optimization. (3-0). Credit 3.Combinatorial theory of polytopes as a tool for the solution of combinatorial optimizationproblems; applications to max flow, matching and matroids; geometric interpretation of theresults indicating the profound role that polyhedral combinatorics play in the design andcomplexity of approximation algorithms. Prerequisites: CSCE 629.CSCE 670. Information Storage and Retrieval. (3-0). Credit 3Representation, storage, and access to very large multimedia document collections;fundamental data structures and algorithms of information storage and retrieval systems;techniques to design and evaluate complete retrieval systems, including cover of algorithms forindexing, compressing, and querying very large collections. Prerequisites: CSCE 310 or 603 orapproval of instructor; graduate classification.CSCE 671. Computer-Human Interaction. (3-0). Credit 3.Comprehensive coverage of Computer-human Interaction (CHI) including history, importance,design theories, and future direction; modeling computer users and interfaces, empiricaltechniques for task analysis and interface design, and styles of interaction. Prerequisites:Graduate classification.CSCE 672. Computer Supported Collaborative Work. (3-0). Credit 3.Covers design, implementation and use of technical systems that support people workingcooperatively; draws from the research area of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)and includes current theoretical, practical, technical and social issues in CSCW and futuredirections of the field. Prerequisite: CSCE 671 or 610 or approval of instructor.CSCE 673. Information, Secrecy, and Authentication I. (3-0). Credit 3.Preliminaries; probability, information, entropy, signals, channels; group-theoretic view ofmessages; contemporary secrecy and digital signature systems; one-time pads, DES, RSA, DSS,wheels, LFSR-based systems; analog scramblers; key exchange, key management, secretsharing, access structures; measures of security. Prerequisites: Graduate classification andapproval of instructor. Cross-listed with MATH 673.CSCE 674. Information, Secrecy, and Authentication II. (3-0). Credit 3.Classical and recent attacks; login, compression, error control, and genetic codes; finite andinfinite codes; matrices, graphs, duals, groups, morphisms, composites, products, rates, andclassification of codes; the confusion/diffusion/arithmetic/calculus extension of Shannon's twodesign primitives. Prerequisites: MATH 673; graduate classification and approval of instructor.Cross-listed with MATH 674.CSCE 675. Digital Libraries. (3-0). Credit 3.Surveys current research and practice in Digital Libraries, which seek to provide intellectualaccess to large-scale, distributed digital information repositories; current readings from theresearch literature which covers the breadth of this interdisciplinary area of study. Prerequisite:graduate classification in computer science.242

CSCE 677. Switching Theory. (3-0). Credit 3.Digital systems design; introduction to switching algebras, overview of integrated circuittechnologies, analysis and synthesis of combinational circuits, special properties of selectedswitching functions, sequential circuits, fundamental mode analysis, pulse mode analysis, andsequential circuit synthesis. Prerequisites: Graduate classification. Cross-listed with ECEN 652.CSCE 680. Testing and Diagnosis of Digital Systems. (3-0). Credit 3.The theory and techniques of testing VLSI-based circuits and systems, and design for testability.Prerequisites: CSCE 321 or ECEN 350 or equivalent; ECEN 220 or 248 or equivalent. Crosslistedwith ECEN 680.CSCE 681. Seminar. (1-0). Credit 1.Reports and discussion of current research and of selected published technical articles. May notbe taken for credit more than once in master's degree program nor twice in Ph.D. program.CSCE 684. Professional Internship. Credit 1 to 16.Training under the supervision of practicing computer professionals in settings appropriate tothe student's professional objectives, away from Texas A&M University campus. Prerequisites:Approval of the department head and one semester of graduate work completed.CSCE 685. Directed Studies. Credit 1 to 12.Research problems of limited scope designed primarily to develop research technique.CSCE 689. Special Topics in...Credit 1 to 4.Selected topics in an identified area of computer science. May be repeated for credit.Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.CSCE 691. Research. Credit 1 or more.Research for thesis or dissertation.243

XII APPENDIX C. RESEARCH CONTRACTS & GRANTSPrincipal Investigator(s) Project Number Sponsor Term Project Title AwardSarin, Vivek 32520 15115 IBM 9/1/2002 8/31/12 Grant-In-Aid... $ 19,000.00Rauchwerger, Lawrence 32520 15137 INTEL 12/26/2005 8/31/12 Grant-In-Aid $ 57,760.00Song, Dezhen 32520 15155 MICROSOFT 7/1/2008 8/31/12 Gift - Microsoft $ 33,250.00Williams, Tiffani 32520 15207 EL SEVIER 5/1/2011 8/31/12 Grant In Aid - El Sevier $ 1,900.00Amato, Nancy M.Rauchwerger, TaylorSong, DezhenTaylor, ValerieTaylor, ValerieRauchwerger, LawrenceDos Reis Gabriel T.Stroustrup, BjarneRauchwerger, LawrenceDos Reis, Gabriel TStroustrup, BjarneRauchwerger, LawrenceStroustrup, BjarneDos Reis, Gabriel T32525 35400NSF32525 37580 NSF5/15/2006 4/30/12 CRI Infrastructure Acquisition1/1/2007 12/31/1232525 38260 NSF 01-MAR-07 28-FEB-1332525 3826A NSF32525 A0040NSF3/1/2007 2/28/13$537,000.00CAREER: Robotic BioTelemetry $400,000.00BPC-DP: Academic Mentoring... $ 388,227.00BPC-DP: Academic ... $49,000.009/15/2007 8/31/12 Collaborative Research: Nex32525 A004A NSF 9/15/2007 8/31/12 REU: Collaborative ...32525 A004BNSF15-SEP-2007 31-AUG-2012REU: Collaborative Research ...$480,000.00$ 16,000.00$24,000.00Dos Reis, Gabriel T 32525 A004C NSF 15-SEP-2007 31- REU: Collaborative Research: $244

Stroustrup, Bjarne AUG-2012 Next.. 24,000.00Rauchwerger, LawrenceJiang, AnxiaoJiang, AnxiaoYamauchi, Takashi RGutierrez-Osuna, Ricstr Stroustrup, BjarneRauchwerger, LawrenceAmato, NancyAmato, NancyStroustrup, BjarneRauchwerger, LawrenceAmato, NancyRauchwerger, LawrencRauchwerger, LawrencAmato, Nancy M.Kim, Eun J.Taylor, ValerieSchaefer, ScottPetrova, GuerganaJarvi, Jaakko32525 A1340 NSF 15-FEB-2008 31-JAN-201332525 A1860 NSF 01-MAY-2008 30-APR-201232525 A309032525 A335032525 A335A32525 A3570NSFNSFNSFNSF32525 A357A NSF01-AUG-2008 31-JUL-201201-SEP-2008 31-AUG-201201-SEP-2008 31-AUG-201215-SEP-2008 31-AUG-201215-SEP-2008 31-AUG-201232525 A5400 NSF 01-MAR-2009 28-FEB-201432525 A5860 NSF 01-DEC-2008 30-NOV-201232525 A6050 DARPA30-APR-2009 29-APR-201232525 A6260 NSF 01-JUN-2009 30-JUN-2014CAREER: Information Storage ... $ 402,271.00Collaborative Research: BRAM:Ba...Collaborative Research: ...A Compositional Approach to....REU Supplement: A CompositionalMotion-Planning BasedTechniquesREU Supplement: Motion-Planning$150,000.00$ 210,597.00$1,199,412.00$96,000.00$370,009.00$48,000.00CAREER: Communication-Centric $ 315,972.00Collaborative Proposal: BPC-DP: $ 210.00Reconstruction From Point..$ 326,444.00ARRA: CAREER: From Incidental $ 402,774.00245

Jarvi, JaakkoMurphy, RobinKeyser, John32525 A626A NSF 01-JUL-2009 30-JUN-201432525 A7030 NSF 15-JUL-2009 30-JUN-201232525 A7190 NSF 01-SEP-2009 31-AUG-2012Rauchwerger, Lawrenc 32525 A7280 NSF 01-SEP-2009 31-Amato, Nancy M.AUG-2012Amato, Nancy M. 32525 A728A NSF 01-SEP-2009 31-Rauchwerger, LawrenceAUG-2012Taylor, Valerie32525 A7380 NSF 01-AUG-2009 31-JUL-2014Chen, Jianer 32525 A7630 NSF 01-SEP-2009 31-Akleman, ErgunAUG-2012Chen, Jianer 32525 A763B NSF 01-SEP-2009 31-Akleman, ErgunAUG-2012Stoleru, RaduSong, DezhenGutierrez-Osuna, RicMurphy, Robin R.Ames, AaronAmato, Nancy M.Amato, Nancy M.Taylor, ValerieGutierrez-Osuna, Ric32525 A7640 NSF01-SEP-2009 31-AUG-201232525 A8010 NSF 01-SEP-2009 31-AUG-201232525 A801A NSF 01-SEP-2009 31-AUG-201232525 A9260 NSF 01-JAN-2010 31-DEC-201232525 A9270 SYNKERA 25-SEP-2009 31-MAY-2012ARRA: CAREER: REU: From ... $ 23,805.00ARRA: HCC: Medium:CollaborativeHCC: Small: RethinkingSimulation$ 841,243.00$ 469,010.00RI: Small: Scalable Roadmap ... $450,000.00REU: RI: Small: ScalableRoadmap ..$24,000.00ARRA: CSR: Large: Collaborative... $865,000.00AF: Small: Topological Graph ... $ 224,136.00REU: AF: Small: TopologicalGraphMRI: Acquisition of Mobile$ 16,000.00$1,092,761.00M. DC: Small: Col $ 199,961.00. REU: DC: Small: Collaborative ... $ 16,000.00Face-to-Face-Software TF $ 22,500.00Miniature and Reliable Chemical... $ 142,787.00246

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