Research Projects by Category

	Algorithms and Theory of Computing
	Algorithmic Algebraic Geometry
	Algorithmic and Combinatorial Issues in Pattern Matching
	Analytical Approach to Probabilistic Problems on Words
	Approximate Pattern Matching with q-Grams
	Data-Driven Communication and Synchronization Primitives for Meta-Computing Environments
	Data Compression Based on Approximate Pattern Matching
	Data Compression from String Matching Perspective: Second Order Properites
	Graph Algorithms and Data Structures
	Message Broadcasting and Edge Reductions
	Multimedia Data Compression Based on Pattern Matching
	Stability Considerations for Networks: Asymptotic Behaviors and Limits of Multidimensional Models
	Structural Analysis in Computational Biology and Computer Vision
	Towards Analytic Information Theory: Data Compression, Prediction and Universal Coding Through Analytic Methods
	Compilers and Programming Languages
	Agassiz C Compiler
	Animation Aided Problem Solving
	Compass: Compiling for Persistence
	The Java Tree Builder
	Optimizing Orthogonal Persistence for Java
	Panorama Fortran Compiler
	Proof-Carrying Java Code
	The Study of the Paging and I/O Activity of Parallel Programs
	Computational Science and Engineering
	Analytical and Computational Framework for n-Body Simulations
	Bond
	Computational Methods in VLSI Design
	Data Processing Suite
	Direct Simulation of Solid-Liquid Flows
	ELLPACK System
	EMMA
	GasTurbnLab: A Problem Solving Environment for Gas Turbine Simulation
	High Performance Computing for Large Dynamical Systems
	High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Problem Solving Environments (PSEs)
	Multidisciplinary Problem Solving Environments
	Net PELLPACK
	Parallel and Distributed Computing for Solving Very Large Structural Biology Problems
	Parallel Methods and Collaborating Systems for Solving Partial Differential Equations
	PDE Solving Kernels and Systems for Multi-Physics Applications
	PDELab: A Development and Problem Solving Environment for PDE-Based Applications on Parallel Machines
	PELLPACK: A Problem Solving Environment for PDE Based Applications on Multicomputer Platforms
	SciAgents
	Soft-Lab—A Laboratory for Computational Science
	The Tonitza Project
	WWW //ELLPACK: A Web Based Problem Solving Environment for Partial Differential Equations
	Databases and Information Processing
	Data Quality
	Database Support for Virtual Enterprises
	Digital Libraries
	Distributed Database Systems Research (RAID Project)
	Distributed Object-Oriented Database Research
	Intelligent Management of the Electric Power Grid through an Innovative Anticipatory, Multi-Agent, High-Performance Computing Approach
	Mobile Computing
	Parallel I/O for Multimedia Applications
	Video Database Systems
	General
	Adaptive User Interfaces in Special Needs Education
	Data Compression and Analysis for Business and Scientific Applications
	Genetic Programming with the Goal of Detecting Signs of Breast Cancer in Mammograms
	Nonlinear Wavelet Image Processing
	Performance Evaluation and Optimization for Scientific Kernels
	Purdue-On-Line: Distributed Learning
	Geometric Modeling and Scientific Visualization
	Computer-aided Mechanical Design Research
	Foundations and Tools for Surface Modeling
	Geometric and Solid Modeling
	Mechanical CAD Project
	Red-Blue Kinetic Problems
	Spatial Constraint Solving
	Information Security
	Algorithms for Factoring Large Integers
	Audit Trail Content and Format
	Autonomous Agents for Intrusion Detection
	Characterizing Misuse Detection
	Firewalls Evaluation
	Intrusion Detection Technology
	Low-Threat Patch Distribution
	Middleware Security
	Secure Outsourcing of Scientific Computations
	Security Archive
	Security Tool Evaluation
	Self-Protecting Code
	Smart Card and Biometric Security
	Vulnerabilities Database
	Watermarking Files with Quadratic Residues
	Networking and Operating Systems
	Adaptable Video Conferencing Systems
	ATM Network Security
	The Clam Communications System
	Communication Experiments for Adaptable Quality of Service Control
	Concerto: Quality of Service Architecture or General Purpose Network Computing
	Crosspoint Project
	The DISplay System
	DUNES (Distributed UNix ExtenSion)
	The EcliPSe Simulation System
	Experimental Studies in Network Multimedia Compression
	Experiments in an Active Communication Environment
	Fault-Tolerant Computing in Large-Scale Distributed Systems
	Internet QoS Architecture
	ISAC: Integrated System Support for Adaptive Communication and Computation Control in Clustered Environments
	Next-Generation Network Security
	The ParaSol Distributed Simulation System
	POEMS—End-to-End Performance Modeling of Large Heterogeneous Adaptive Parallel/Distributed Computer/Communication Systems
	Self-Similar Traffic Control
	Support for Multimedia Data Communication Over a Wide-Area Network
	Wide Area Network Traffic Measurement and Characterization

	Software Engineering
	The ACES Project
	Adaptable Software Systems
	The Arachne Threads System
	Architecture-Based Estimation of Software Reliability
	The Ariadne Threads System
	Developing Optimal Object-Oriented Design and Programming Techniques
	Educational Enhancement of VSERC
	PYTHIA: Using Computational Intelligence to Support Problem Solving Environments
	Security Vulnerability Testing
	Software Engineering Research Center
	Testing Distributed Systems
	Testing for Security
	Type Inference for Object-Oriented Software

1998
Annual Research Report

Department of
Computer Sciences