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Computer Science and Computer Engineering

Presentation to the Arkansas Academy of Computing April 7, 2006 Craig Thompson Charles Morgan / Acxiom Graduate Research Chair in Engineering

Nerds? Not!

Danger and excitement !!!

Research is the Driver

NSF University Research Teaching Wal-Mart Acxiom

Solutions Students learn the basics Students learn the latest ideas and how to solve problems Problems

CSCE Degrees

• B.S. in Computer Science
• B.S. in Computer Engineering
• B.A. in Computer Science
• M.S. in Computer Science
• M.S. in Computer Engineering
• Ph.D. in Computer Engineering
• Ph.D. in Computer Science

CSCE Department Organization

• 16 faculty (currently 2 open positions)

– Charles Morgan/Acxiom Graduate Research Chair in Database – Dr. Craig Thompson – Rodger Kline Chair in Computer Science and Computer Engineering – Dr. Jerry Yeargan – Thomas Mullins Chair in Computer Engineering – (currently open)

• 441 Undergraduate Students
• 70 Graduate Students

Engineering Honors Program

Number of Honors Students by Department

51 23 41 33 59 56 46

10 20 30 40 50 60 70

BENG CHEG CVEG CSCE ELEG INEG MEEG

Total: 342 Proposal to Honors College for 2 semester research & projects sequence taught by CSCE & WCOB/ISYS. Considering similar emphasis w CAST.

University of Arkansas Honors Program

Number of Incoming Honors Students by College

15 18 287 15 129 78

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 AFLS ARCH ARSC EDUC ENGR WCOB

Total: 542

Program is accredited

Accreditation in progress

Sponsored Research

• Calendar Year 2003

$587,950

• Calendar Year 2004

$912,330

• Calendar Year 2005

$1,113,333

• Strengths: middleware, data grids/clusters,

parallel algorithms, database, agents, natural language, networks, bioinformatics, quantum dots, RFID, low powered circuits, embedded systems

Sponsored Research

INVESTIGATORS SPONSOR TOPIC

Li, Wingning Acxiom Clustering Analysis for Acxiom Data Products & Their Parallel Distributed Realization in Computing….. Apon, Amy Acxiom Unified Adaptive Model of the Acxiom Grid Architecture Thompson, Craig Li, Wingning Acxiom A Framework to Automate the Generation of the BCDI Process Flows Thompson, Dale Thompson, Craig Apon, Amy Acxiom Grid Node Failover and Partitioning Apon, Amy Acxiom Grid Performance Modeling, A Customized Model Deaton, Russell Li, Wing Ning Acxiom Environment for Performance Prediction of the Acxiom Advanced Insematic Data Matching Thompson, Craig Acxiom Phase II: A Framework to Automate the Generation of BCDI Process Flows: Towards a High Level Business

INVESTIGATORS SPONSOR TOPIC

Panda, Brajendra Hexmoor, Henry Air Force Office of Scientific Research Trust-Based Hierarchical Role Enhanced Policy for Adaptive Availability of Confidential Information Deaton, Russell Kim, Jin-Woo Arkansas Biosciences Institute Theoretical and Experimental Validation of a DNA-Based Pattern Classifier with in Vitro Learning and Associative Recall for Genomic Characterization Apon, Amy Educause Building the Regional Middleware Infrastructure Across the Great Plains Hexmoor, Henry Sierra Nevada Corporation Netcentric Sigint Sensor Manager Lala, Parag Parkerson, Pat Space Photonics Interface Design for the FPGA Implementation of IEEE 1393 Protocol Thompson, Craig Oracle (and Wal-Mart) Grid Performance Proof of Concept

Sponsored Research

Sponsored Research

INVESTIGATORS SPONSOR TOPIC

Apon, Amy Bellaiche, Laurent Kim, Jin-Woo Deaton, Russell Fu, Huazing Pulay, Peter Selvam, Rathinan National Science Foundation MRI: Acquisition of a Computing Cluster for High-End Applications in Science and Engineering Apon, Amy National Science Foundation Adaptation of Globus Toolkit 3.0 Tutorials for Undergraduate Computer Science Students Deaton, Russell National Science Foundation Modeling and Manufacture of Huge DNA Oligonucleotide Libraries for Computation Deaton, Russell Kim, Jin-Woo Lusth, John National Science Foundation Integrating Nanoscale Science and Technology into Introductory Computer Science Courses

Red Diamond Supercomputer

• First supercomputer in Arkansas
• Number 379 on the Top 500 list, June, 2005
• 128 node (256 processor)
• 1.349 TFlops (trillion floating point operations/sec)

RFID Research Center

The Everything is Alive Pervasive Computing Project is developing the middleware for testing in the RFID Center.

Senior Design/Capstone Projects

• Smart Flex Glove *
• VMLab - Virtualization
• E-Logbook for Truckers
• Bus Locator Service
• Social Networking
• iSeries Knock Server *
• Dance Warrior
• Parking Control
• Tab to Sheet Music
• Catastrophe Messenging
• Natural Language Interface
• Advising Software
• Antena Director
• Electronic Receipt
• Finite State Machine Editor
• Commodity Exchange *
• Signal Tracking in Free Space
• Smart Washing Machine
• Guitar Pedal
• Synthetic Data Generation
• Electronic Receipt
• Electronic Display
• Teradata Web Service
• Teradata Data Mining
• Soft Controller
• Natural Language Interface
• Smart Refrigerator
• Robot

* being commercialized

http://turing.csce.uark.edu/sdc/?path=welcome.html&state=2

USF Business Plan Competition

• Teamed with MBA

Entrepreneurship Class

• Placed in top 10 of 100
• Arkansas Governor's Cup

Future Plans

• Department Head Search

– Current Head to Retire – Search Committee Being Formed

• Hire Senior Faculty Member for Computer

Engineering Program (Mullins Chair)

• Hire Female Faculty Member
• Fill Rodger Kline Chair

Our Motivation Improve CSCE for future students

Luke Duncan, born Monday April 3 2006