Past Colloquium Talks

The Department of Computer Science of Colorado State University, in cooperation with ISTeC (Information Science and Technology Center), offers the The CS Colloquium series as a service to all who are interested in computer science. The current schedule is here.

Fall 2012

Introduction to our Faculty, Program Overview and Welcome to the Department Bruce Draper, Colorado State University
Robust Workflows for Science and Engineering, David Abramson, Monash University, Melbourne Australia
Tools for Genomic Assembly and Analysis, Christina Boucher, Colorado State University
Data: Needs, Importance and Challenges to the Integration of Variable Renewable Energy Source into Electricity Grids, Mark J. O'Malley, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Director, Electricity Research Centre, University College, Dublin
How Fast is my Disk? (Simple Measurements for Simple Insights), Richard L. Sites, Google Inc.
The Age of Science and Big Data Dawn Wright
ParalleX: An Innovative Execution Model for Exascale Computing Thomas Sterling, Professor, School of Informatics and Computing, Chief Scientist and Associate Executive Director of the Center for Research in Extreme Scale Technologies (CREST), Indiana University
Real-time, High Data-rate Wireless Sensor Networks, Behrooz Shirazi, Huie-Rogers Chair Professor and Director of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Washington State University
Challenges and Opportunities in Computer Architecture Research, Chita Das, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
Designing motion gestures for mobile interaction, Jaime Ruiz, Colorado State University
Cyber Physical Systems: The Need and Agenda for Re-integrating Physical and Information Systems, Janos Sztipanovits, Vanderbilt University
Debugging Techniques for Highly Parallel Architectures, David Abramson, Columbia University
Multiple Instance Learning of Calmodulin Binding Sites Fayyaz Minhas, Computer Science Department, Colorado State University
Mobile Local Search for the Privacy-Aware User, Rinku Dewri, University of Denver

Spring 2012

Super Manners: Collegiality and Professionalism, Elaine Regelson and Bruce Draper Computer Science Department, Colorado State University
Leveraging Model-Driven Engineering Techniques in Optimizing Compiler Research, Robert France and Tomofumi Yuki, Computer Science Department, Colorado State University
Guidance of Autonomous Aerial Vehicles: Real-time Planning via POMDP , Edwin Chong, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Colorado State University
Predictive Modeling of Metagenomes , Dan Knights, University of Colorado, Boulder,
Statistical Approaches to Infer Gene Regulatory Circuits , Majid Kazemian, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
Tools for Genomic Assembly and Analysis , Christina Boucher, University of California, San Diego
Designing Motion Gestures for Mobile Interaction, Jaime Ruiz, University of Waterloo
Declarative Parallel Programming, William Byrd, Indiana University
Value of Rapid Prototyping in Building Complex Digital Systems, Arvind, MIT
A Random Walk on Image Patches Franccedilois Meyer, University of Colorado, Boulder
Models, Algorithms, and Software: Tradeoffs in the Design of High-Performance Computational Simulations in Science and Engineering, Phil Colella, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Simultaneous Segmentation of Multiple Functional Genomics Data Sets with Heterogeneous Patterns of Missing Data, Michael M. Hoffman, University of Washington
Resilient Asymmetric Security (RAS), Salim Hariri, University of Arizona
Restoration of Soft X-Ray Laser Images of Nanostructures, Damir Sersic, University of Zagreb
Technology Innovation at Linkabit and Qualcomm: Generating Leading-Edge Products, Irwin Jacobs, CEO Emeritus, Qualcomm
An Overview of Research in Automatic Test Input Generation and Fault Localization , Sudipto Ghosh, Colorado State University
Robust Workflows for Science and Engineering , David Abramson, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Fall 2011

Network Attack Detection at Flow Level, Andrei Sukhov, Professor, Head of Laboratory of Network Technologies, Samara State Aerospace University, Russia
SpliceGrapher: Predicting Splice Graphs from Diverse Evidence , Mark Rogers, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Improving CUDASW++, a Parallelization of Smith-Waterman for CUDA enabled devices , Doug Hains, Zach Cashero, Mark Ottenberg, Department of Compouter Science, Colorado State University
Elementary Landscapes and Quasi-Elementary Landscapes of Local Search Graphs, Darrell Whitley, Department of Compouter Science, Colorado State University
Beyond Search: Enabling Biomedical Knowledge Discovery through Natural Language Processing Karin Verspoor, Research Assistant Professor, Center for Computational Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver
Mathematics of The Hilbert Transform: An Aircraft Autopilot, Power Engineering Dynamic Assessment, and Other Applications - Plusses, Minuses, and Reflections, Gerald Heydt, Regents Professor, Arizona State University, Department of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering
Performance Monitoring for Fun and Profit, Jim Callister, Principal Engineer, Intel Corporation, Fort Collins, CO USA
Architectural Details of the MapR File System, Ted Dunning, Chief Application Architect, MapR Technologies, San Jose, CA, USA
Supporting Iterative Development of Robust Operation Contracts in UML Requirements Models, Wuliang Sun, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Three Dimensional Integrated Circuits, Trevor Mudge, Bredt Family Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Spring 2011

Graduate Assistantships: Policies and Strategies, Bruce Draper, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Wireless Cognitive Communications, Georgios Giannakis, Department of Electricial and Computer Engineering, Director, Digital Technology Center, University of Minnesota
Technology Transfer & Intellectual Property, Jeremy Nelson, Technology Transfer Office, Colorado State University Research Foundation
Robust Static Planning Tool for Military Village Search Missions: Model and Heuristics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University and US Army
Collaborative Discovery, Ian Foster, Computation Institute, Department of Computer Science, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory
Biometrics: New Solutions for Privacy and Security, Walter Scheirer, Director of Research and Development, Securics, Inc, Vision and Security Technology Lab and Computer Science Department, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Google Native Client -- Bringing Native Code to the Web , Mike Mortensen, Google
Collegiality and Professionalism, Elaine Regelson, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Fourier Analysis of Combinatorial Search Spaces , Andrew Sutton, Computer Science Department, Colorado State University
Automated Software Repair Using Genetic Programming, Stephanie Forrest, Computer Science Department, University of New Mexico
Evolutionary Software Repair, Stephanie Forrest, Computer Science Department, University of New Mexico
Topological Analysis of Network Attack Vulnerability, Sushil Jajodia, Center for Secure Information Systems, Volgenau School of Engineering, George Mason University Fairfax
The Fascinating Competition between STACKS AND QUEUES: Which Structure Is More Powerful?, Arnold L. Rosenberg, Research Professor Computer Science, Northeastern University, and Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science, Colorado State University, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Enabling Efficient Access to Scientific Data Collections, Sangmi Lee Pallickara, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Videogames and Transformational Play: Learning in the 21st Century, Sasha Barab, Barbara Jacobs Chair of Technology, Indiana University
Interaction for 3D Visualizations, Amy Ulinski, Department of Computer Science, University of Wyoming

Fall 2010

Computer Science Graduate Student Orientation, Bruce Draper and Ross Beveridge, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
An Overview of Distributed Systems Research in the Computer Science Department, Shrideep Pallickara, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Prediction of Calmodulin binders and binding sites , Asa Ben-Hur, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Applications for Green, Interactive, High Performance Computers, Richard W. Linderman, Information Directorate Air Force Research Laboratory Rome, N.Y.
Robust Resource Management for Heterogeneous Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems, H. J. Siegel, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Petascale Computing for Computational Biology and Genomics, David A. Bader, School of Computational Science and Engineering, Georgia Tech
Covariance Regularization for Supervised Learning in High Dimensions Daniell L. Elliott, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
A Dataflow Testing Approach for Aspect-Oriented , Fadi Wedyan, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Cooperative Control and Optimization in an Uncertain, Asynchronous, Wireless, Networked World, Christos Cassandras, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University
Secure Personal Health Vaults: A New Vision in Electronic Health Data Management, Indrajit Ray, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Application-Oriented Networking (AON): Adding Intelligence in the Next-Generation Internet Routers, Laxmi N. Bhuyan, Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside
Geometric Methods on Special Manifolds for Visual Recognition , Yui Man Lui, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Fingerprinting Custom Botnet Protocol Stacks, Steve DiBenedetto, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Dynamics of RIB Usage at an Edge Router, Kaustubh Gadkari, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Use of Static Single Assignment Form for Engineering a Compiler, Fabrice Rastello, LIP Laboratory, INRIA, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon

Spring 2010

Program Analysis and Geometry, Sriram Sankaranrayanan, Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder
The Dengue Decision Support System, Saul Lozano, Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University
Between Winning Slow and Losing Fast: Game Control Using Rewards Reinaldo A. Uribe Muriel, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
Using Machine Learning to Optimize Ultra-High-Resolution Climate Simulations, John Dennis, Computational Science Section, Scientific Computing Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
Search Engine Optimized & Usable Web Design & Development , Cecily Crout, CCSEO, Fort Collins, CO
Google Mobile: Search for Anything, Anywhere, Reena Singhal Lee, Technical Account Manager, Android, Google, Partner Solutions Organization
Performance Optimization with Software Lookup Tables, Chris Wilcox, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
ISTeC101: How to Incrase Your IT Research Impact, Gavriel Salvenday, Chair Professor and Head Department of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University
Dorina Petriu, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Being There: Lessons Learned in Rescue Robotics from 11 Incidents from 2001-2009, Robin Murphy, Raytheon Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Learning by Design, James Paul Gee, Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies, Arizona State University
Green Internet Routers, Sartaj Sahni, Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department, University of Florida
Understanding the Performance of Distributed Request Processing Systems, Amer Diwan, Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado, Boulder
SteerSuite: A Framework for Developing, Evaluating, and Debugging Agent-Based Crowd Simulations, Petros Faloutsos, Department of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles
Using DSLs for Simulation Management in OMS3, Olaf David, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University
All Hail the GPU: How the Video Game Industry is Transforming Molecular and Materials Simulation, Sharon Glotzer, Stuart W. Churchill Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Professor of Materials Science and Enginerring, Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Fall 2009

Graduate Student Orientation, Ross Beveridge, Bruce Draper, and Dale Grit, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Accurate Protein Function Prediction Using the GOstruct Method, Asa Ben-Hur, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Detecting Service Violation in Internet and Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Bharat Bhargava, Department of Computer Science, Purdue University
Cloud Computing: A Survey of Causative Forces, Models and Challenge, Shrideep Pallickara, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
The Rise and Fall of Systems Engineering, Norman R. Augustine, Retired Chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Photons at Work: From Silicon to DNA, and Back, Franco Cerrina, Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University
Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) in Practice, Nathan McEachen, TerraFrame, co-founder, CTO & Interim CEO
Computational Thinking and Thinking About Computing, Jeanette M. Wing, NSF Assistant Director of the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate, Carnegie Mellon University, President's Professor of Computer Science
Kodu - End-user Programming and Design for Games, Matt MacLaurin, Principal Program Manager, Creative Systems Group, Microsoft Research
GIScience: Geographical Information Systems at CSU, Melinda Laituri, Dept. of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship, Colorado State University
Convex Subspace Routing: A Novel Virtual Coordinates Based Routing Protocol for Sensor Networks, Dulanjalie Dhanapala, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University
Networks on Chip and Beyond, Sudeep Pasricha, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Searching Multidimensional Parameter Spaces to Optimize Parallel I/O, Kate Ericson, and Making Tables Smaller: Optimizing Lookup Tables in CAM, Alan LaMielle, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University

Spring 2009

Average of Synthetic Exact Filters and FaceL, David Bolme, CSU Computer Science Department
User-Based Testing of GUI Systems, Lee White, Professor Emeritus, Case Western Reserve,
Non-Invasive Brain-Controlled Robots, Jose Millan, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Impossible, Unbelievable ... but True Results of Mathematics and Physics, Stan Wagon, Macalester College
Many-Task Computing: Bridging the Gap between High-Throughput Computing and High-Performance Computing, Ioan Raicu, University of Chicago,
A Simple and Dynamic Data Structure for Pattern Matching in Texts, Sung-Whan Woo, Colorado State University
Granules: A Lightweight Runtime for Cloud Computing, Shrideep Pallickara, Indiana University
Virtualization Performance and its Programming Support for the Next Generation HPC Systems, Lamia M. Youseff, University of California at Santa Barbara
Toward Exascale Computing, Craig Stunkel, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Dynamically Adaptive Systems and the DIVA System, Benoit Baudry, INRIA, Rennes
The Computing Revolution; ManyCore, Clouds, Research and the Future, Dan Reed, Microsoft Corporation
Searching in the `Real World', Ophir Frieder, Illinois Institute of Technology
Infectious Disease Modeling and Simulation: Stochastic Modeling and Real World Collaborative Simulation Software Applications Developed at CSU, Shaun Case, Research Associate II, Department of Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University
Algorithms Support for Monitoring of Subsurface Contaminant Using Wireless Sensor Networks, Qi Han, Assistant Professor, Colorado School of Mines
Statistical Language Detection in Web Pages, Dr. Richard L. Sites, Google, Inc.

Fall 2008

Developing a Shared Vision for the Future of Networking and Information Technology Research and Development, Christopher Greer, Director, National Coordination Office for Networking and Information Technology Research and Development, National Science Foundation.
Not Your Grandmother's Genetic Algorithm; The Creativity Imperative and the Technology Professional of the Future, David Goldberg, Jerry S. Dobrovolny Distinguished Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Switched Memory Architectures and the GRAIL, Sanjay Rajopadhye, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University.
The Computing Revolution, Dan Reed, Microsoft Corporation
Adaptive Models for Tile Size Selection, Tomofumi Yuki, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Two Topics in Computer Science, One Numerical and One Curricular, Elizabeth Jessup, University of Colorado, Boulder
So You Want to Get a Ph.D.: What to Do to Improve Your Career Options, Darrell Whitley, Professor and Chair, CSU C.S. Department
Scalable Fault Tolerance for High Performance Computing, Zizhong (Jeffrey) Chen, Colorado School of Mines
Systems Biology: A Frontier of Computational Science, Qing Nie
CUDA: Accelerating Science With Massively Parallel Computing, Dr. David Luebke, Manager, NVIDIA Research, NVIDIA Corporation.
Making Parallel and Distributed Operating Systems Robust, H.J. Siegel, CSU Electrical And Computer Engineering and Computer Science Departments, Director of ISTeC.
Multicore Programming Models and their Implementation Challenges, Vivek Sarkar
Entering the Golden Age of Heterogeneous Computing, Michael Mantor

Spring 2008

Network Coding: A New Paradigm For Networking, Anthony Ephremides, University of Maryland, ECE Dept.
Meeting the Challenges of 21st Century Computational Geoscience, Rich Loft, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Translating Thoughts into Actions by Finding Patterns in Brainwaves, Chuck Anderson, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Vulnerability Discovery in Multi-Version Software Systems with Shared Source Code effect, Yashwant Malaiya, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Scientific Computing: Applications, Algorithms, Architectures, Dr. Paolo Bientinesi, Duke University, Department of Computer Science
Precise Program Analysis with Data Structures, Bor-Yuh Evan Chang, Computer Science Division, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Storage Systems for Global Scale Datacenters, Dr. Hakim Weatherspoon, Cornell University
Productive Supercomputing, Greg Malewicz, Google
Data: Making it be there when you want it and go away when you want it gone, Dr. Radia Perlman, Sun Fellow, Network Protocols and Security Project
Cartesian computations and the high cost of moving data, Dr. Larry Carter, Computer Science and Engineering Dept., University of California, San Diego
Quality Now Requires - Small Delay Fault Model, Dr. Thomas W. Williams, Synopsys Fellow at Synopsys in Boulder, Colorado
Future Directions in DoD Science and Technology, Dr. Andre van Tilborg, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Science & Technology)
Optimization of Strategies/Heuristics for Delay Tolerant Ad-Hoc Networks, Dr. Pascal Bouvry, Heading, CSC research unit, Faculty of Sciences, Technology and Communications of Luxembourg University
Neural Stimulation using Implantable Devices: Auditory and Optical Systems, Dr. Timothy Starkweather, Consultant, Second Sight Medical Products

Fall 2007

Graduate Student Orientation, Ross Beveridge and Dale Grit, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Computer Science Department Research Overview , Darrell Whitley, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Software Reliability and Security Engineering, Yashwant K. Malaiya, Computer Science Department, Colorado State University
Challenges for Consumer Electronics in the 21st Century, Steve Leibson, Tensilica, Inc.
Power-Aware High-Performance Computing: The Dawn of a New Era, Ishfaq Ahmad,Computer Science and Eng Dept, University of Texas at Arlington
The Internet is flat: A brief history of the Internet in the next ten years, Don Towsley, Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts
Scale-up and scale-out: Evolution and trends in parallel processing, Jose Moreira, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights NY
A Routing-Driven Key Management Scheme for Heterogeneous Sensor Networks, James Du, North Dakota State University
Super SOC: Putting the whole system on the chip, Mike Flynn, Stanford University
High Performance Computing and Atmospheric Modeling, John Michalakes, NCAR, MMM Division
Experimental Mathematics and High-Performance Computing, David H. Bailey, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Spring 2007

Kinematically redundant robots - The promise of human-like dexterity, Prof. Tony Maciejewski, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Colorado State University
Split Decomposition of Graphs, Prof. Ross McConnell, Computer Science Department, Colorado State University
The Economic Performance of Dot-Com Firms and the Impact of Internet on Traditional Business: Two Case Studies from the History of the Commercialized Internet, Prof. William Aspray, Professor of Informatics, Indiana University
Cost-sensitive Classifier Evaluation Using Cost Curves, Prof. Robert Holte, Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta
Turning Software Development into Income: An Example, Mr. David Schwaab, Rebit Co.
Malicious Transactions in Mobile Databases, Dr. Vijay Kumar, Computer Science and Informatics Department, University of Missouri, Kansas City
MANET Simulation Studies: Reversing the Incredibles, Prof. Tracy Camp, Computer Science Department, Colorado School of Mines
Careers and Challenges for Computer Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories, Dr. Jean-Paul Watson, Sandia National Laboratories
Using Random Circulations to Find Small Cuts, Prof. Ramakrishna Thurimella, Department of Computer Science, University of Denver
Genuinely Secure Software, Dr. William S. Worley, CTO, Secure64 Software Corporation
Why Robots Will Never Have Sex, Prof. Avi Kak, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
A Platform-Independent Component QoS Modeling Language for Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems, Prof. Aniruddha Gokhale, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, Vanderbilt University

Fall 2006

The Evolution of FreeBSD and Linux , Clemente Izurieta, Computer Science Department, Colorado State University
Mixed Discrete and Continuous Algorithms for Scheduling Airborne Astronomy Observations, Jeremy Frank, Planning and Scheduling Group, NASA Ames Research Center
Graduate Student Orientation, Ross Beveridge and Dale Grit, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
An Update on Google Book Search Digitization at the University of Michigan, John P. Wilkin, Library Information Technology and Technical and Access Services, University of Michigan
Reconfigurable Computing: Opportunities and Challenge, Professor Viktor Prasanna, Computer Engineering Division, University of Southern California
Computer Science Department Research Overview , Dr. Darrell Whitley, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
The End of Computing As We Know It. Again, Dr. Greg Pfister, Distinguished Engineer, IBM Systems & Technology Group, Advanced Technology and Architecture Department, Austin, Texas
The Walls of Computer Design, Professor Jean-Luc Gaudiot, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of California-Irvine
Viewing HIV as Evolutionary Computation, Dr. Richard K. Belew, University of California at San Diego
Security Issues in Collaborative Computing, Professor Mikhail Atallah, Distinguished Professor, Computer Science Department, Purdue University
Simultaneously Improving Privacy and Security, Professor Terrance E. Boult, El Pomar Prof. of Communication and Computation, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Founder and CEO, Securics,Inc.
Vulnerabilities in Servers a nd Browsers, Omar Alhazmi and Sung-Whan Woo, Computer Science Department, Colorado State University
The Spatial Web: Visions For A Geographically Enabled World, Professor Michael F. Goodchild, Professor of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara

Spring 2006

Towards Robust Overlay Networks: Enhancing Adaptivity Mechanisms with Byzantine-Resilience, Dr. Cristina Nita-Rotaru, Purdue University, Department of Computer Sciences
Beyond the PhD , Darrell Whitley, Department of Computer Science, CSU
On Demand Skills for an On Demand World, Phil Farley, IBM
Reducing Complexities, Gautam, Department of Computer Science, CSU
Model-based Security Engineering, Dr. Jan Juerjens, Senior Researcher, Software and Systems Engineering, Department of Informatics, TU Munich, Germany.
Fingerprinting Internet Paths using Packet Pair Dispersion, Christos Papadopoulos, Department of Computer Science, Information Sciences Institute and Integrated Media Systems Center, University of Southern California
Protecting Critical Computing Systems: A Hardware/Software Codesign Approach, Joseph Zambreno, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University
Toward a better probabilistic understanding of sequence alignment, Dan Brown, Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Building Better Gene Finders, Tomas Vinar, University of Waterloo
Characterizing Flows in Wireless Networks, Xiaoqiao (George) Meng, Computer Science Department, University of California at Los Angeles
Computational Foundations of Automatic Differentiation, Paul Hovland, Argonne NL
Are You Stealing Content? Multimedia Security: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: We are Going to Catch You!, Edward J. Delp , Purdue University
Incorporating Feature Hierarchies into Bayesian Network Learning , Dr. Marie desJardins, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Jose Fortes
Model Driven Engineering for Distributed Real-time and Embedded Systems, Doug Schmidt, Associate Chair of Computer Science and Engineering and Professor of Computer Science, Vanderbilt University
Helly Circular-Arc Graphs, Ben Joeris, Computer Science Department, CSU
Case studies of optimization problems in industry , Lawrence "Dave" Davis
James J. Hack, Senior Scientist, Head, Climate Modeling Section, Deputy Director, Climate and Global Dynamics Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Fall 2005

Graduate Student Orientation, Ross Beveridge and Dale Grit, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Computer Science Department Research Overview>, Darrell Whitley, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Bayesian Logistic Regression for Text Classification and Mining, David D. Lewis
Science funding and the congress: Time = Money, John F. Plumb, Science and Technology Fellow, Office of Senator Ken Salazar
Kernel methods for the analysis of proteins, Asa Ben-hur, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Research Opportunities in the Open Analysis and Run-time Reordering Transformation Projects, Michelle Strout, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Towards Large Scale Kernel Methods, Jason Weston, NEC LAbs
Software Vulnerabilities Discovery Models and their Applications, Omar Alhazmi, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Defending Against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks, Christos Papadopoulos, Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California
Equations, Programs and Circuits: What's polyhedra got to do with it?, Sanjay Rajopadhye, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Hardware Compilation of Streams and Processes, Monica Chawathe, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University

Spring 2005

Evolving Cooperative Teams of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVS),>Darrell Whitley, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Patterns before and beyond the Object-Oriented Paradigm: Interpreting the Ideas and Methods of Michael Jackson, Nick Ourusoff, Department of Computer Information Science at Western State College of Colorado
Predicting Malicious Attacks from Authorized Insiders, Nayot Poolsappasit, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Techniques for Model-Based Analysis and Implementation Synthesis of Real-Time Embedded Software, Dr. Zonghua (Sam) Gu,, Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia
Representation-Independent Compiler Analysis, Dr. Michelle Strout, Argonne National Laboratory, Mathematics and Computer Science Division
Human Graphics: Imagery That Works For Its Users, Dr. Benjamin Watson, Department of Computer Science, Northwestern University
Cooperative Edge Cache Grid: Concepts, Architecture and Techniques, Dr. Lakshmish Ramaswamy, Georgia Tech
A kernel method for predicting protein-protein interactions, Dr. Asa Ben-Hur, Noble Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle
Marker Gene Selection and Cancer Classification in Microarray Data Analysis, Yuhang Wang, Department of Computer Science, Dartmouth College
A Cultural History of the Original JPEG Standard, Dr. Joan Mitchell, IBM Printing Division, Boulder, CO.
Grid Computing: The Next Big Thing,, Wolfgang Gentzsch, MCNC Grid Computing & Networking Services
A Tool Supported Approach to Testing UML Designs,, Trung T. Dinh-Trong, Nilesh R. Kawane, Sudipto Ghosh, Robert B. France, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University, and Anneliese A. Andrews, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Washington State University
Quantum Information and Quantum Computing - Why the Excitement?, Dan Marinescu, University of Central Florida
The Microprocessor in the Year 2015: Issues, Challenges, Potential Avenues to Solutions, Yale Patt, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Understanding Complex Adaptive Systems: An Evolutionary Agent-based Approach, Ken De Jong, George Mason University
Adaptive Resource Management in Multithreaded Architectures,, Dan Connors, University of Colorado at Boulder
Sustained Petaflop and Beyond Can Parallel Computing Systems Meet The Challenges?, Guang Gao, University of Delaware

Fall 2004

New Graduate Student Orientation, Dale Grit, Ross Beveridge, Dept. of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Guidelines for Computer Science Teaching Assistants, Liz Boese and Wim Bohm, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
CS Faculty Research Presentations:, Wim Bohm, Sanjay Rajopadhye, Ross McConnell, H.J. Siegel, Colorado State University
CS Faculty Research Presentations:, Sudipto Ghosh, Roger Alexander, Jim Bieman, Robert France, Yashwant Malaiya, Colorado State University
CS Faculty Research Presentations: , Darrell Whitley, Ross Beveridge, Bruce Draper, Chuck Anderson, Colorado State University
CS Faculty Research Presentations:, Dan Massey, Adele Howe, Indrajit Ray, Indrakshi Ray, Colorado State University
Simplifying Reductions, Sanjay Rajopadhye, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University.
Minimax Probability Machine Classification and Regression, Greg Grudic, Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder
Beyond BGP: Building a Secure and Resilient Network Routing Protocols , Dan Massey, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University.
Stochastic Local Search Algorithms for MAX-SAT , Holger H. Hoos, Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia
Challenges and Possible Solutions for Testing Aspect-Oriented Programs, Roger Alexander, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Open Source Software in Business, Stormy Peters, Open Source Program Office, Hewlett-Packard Company, Fort Collins, CO
Routing Dynamics and Route Flap Damping, Beichuan Zhang, Postdoctoral scholar at UCLA
An Aspect-Oriented Approach to Software Development, Geri Georg and Robert France, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State Unversity
Learning Control for the Manipulation of Quantum Dynamics, Randy Bartels, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, CSU
Quantitative Vulnerability Assessment in Software Systems,> Omar Alhazmi, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University

Spring 2004

How to Share a Bag of Tasks Optimally in a Heterogeneous Cluster -- Three Models, Three Answers , Arnold L. Rosenberg, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts.
N+1 Heads Are Better Than N --- or Are They? Arnold L. Rosenberg
The Consecutive-Ones Property and The Semantic Web -- bringing meaning to the World Wide Web and Dynamic Service Choreography on the Semantic Web, Professor James Hendler, Director of Semantic Web and Agent Technology, Maryland Information band Network Dynamics Laboratory, University of Maryland
A Metamodeling Approach to Specifying Design Patterns, Dae-Kyoo Kim, Graduate Student, Dept. of Computer Science
Performance Transformations for Irregular Applications, Michelle Mills Strout, Argonne National Labs
Righting the Ship - Evolution of the Offshore Model, Josh Swihart
Distributed Robotics at the University of Wyoming, Professor William Spears, Department of Computer Science, University of Wyoming
Building a Secure and Resilient Network Infrastructure, Dr. Dan Massey, University of Southern California Computer Science Department and Project Leader, USC Information Science Institute, Washington, D.C.
Warp Processors, Roman Lysecky
Automated Restructuring of Component-based Software Using DMS, Dr. Robert L. (Larry) Akers, Semantic Designs
The CORAS MBRA methodology: using UML-models as input to risk analysis, Siv Hilde Houmb, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Computational Maps in the Visual Cortex, Dr. James Bednar, Department of Computer Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
Producing Flight Software with Agile Commercial and Government Practices, Jon Hagar, Software engineer and test lead at Lockheed Martin, Denver, Atlas launch vehicles
Parallel Storage I/O: Programming, Configuration and Performance Perspectives, Dr. Raymond L. Paden, HPC Technical Architect, WW Deep Computing Team, IBM Corporation
Routing and Link Scheduling in Ad Hoc Networks, Dr. Anil Vullikanti, Los Alamos Labs
Steady state scheduling for heterogeneous platforms, Yves Robert, Ecole Normale Sup\E9rieure de Lyon, France
Investigating Neurological Development and Epilepsy via Computational Models, Keith Bush, CSU Graduate Student
WebCom-G, a Candidate Operating System for Grid-Ireland, John Morrison, University Cork, Ireland

Fall 2003

New Graduate Student Orientation, Dale Grit, Ross Beveridge, Dept. of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Preserving Digital Information, Dr. Richard Sites, Adobe Fellow
Agent-oriented methodologies - what we can learn from object technology and method engineering, Dr. Brian Henderson-Sellers, Visiting Professor, Australia
An Evaluation of Use Case Modeling: Limitations and Opportunities, Dr. Dan Turk, Dr. Gretchen Irwin, CIS Dept., Colorado State University
CS Faculty Research Presentations: Fault Tolerant Systems, Software Engineering, Roger Alexander, Yashwant Malaiya, Jim Bieman, Colorado State University
CS Faculty Research Presentations: Artificial Intelligence, Vision, Darrell Whitley, Chuck Anderson, Bruce Draper, Ross McConnell, Colorado State University
CS Faculty Research Presentations: Software Engineering, Security, Sudipto Ghosh, Indrajit Ray, Indrakshi Ray, Ross Beveridge, Colorado State University
Marshall Potter, Chief Scientist for Information Technology, Federal Aviation Administration, AIO-4
Patterns for Effective Use Cases with The Ever Unfolding Story, Paul Bramble, Emperative
CS Faculty Research Presentations: Parallel/Embedded Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Wim Bohm, Sanjay Rajopadhye, H. J. Siegel, Adele Howe, Colorado State University
How Robust are Resource Allocations for Tasks in Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems, Prof. H. J. Siegel, CS & ECE, Colorado State University
Distributed Robotics at the University of Wyoming , Professors William Spears and Diana Gordon-Spears, Computer Science Department, University of Wyoming
The UCSC Human Genome Browser and Comparing the Human, Mouse and Rat Genomes, Professor David Haussler, University of California at Santa Cruz
A Controlled Experiment on the Impact of the Object Constraint Language in UML-based Development, Dr. Lionel Briand, Canada Research Chair in Software Quality Engineering, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Aspect-Oriented Modeling: Tackling Software Complexity Through Aspects, Dr. Geri Georg, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University

Spring 2003

Modeling Local Search Algorithm Performance in Scheduling, Jean Paul Watson, Colorado State University
On Evolvability, Complexity and Statistics, Dr. Darrell Whitley, Computer Science Department, Colorado State University
Image Understanding and Web Security, Dr. Henry Baird, Palo Alto Research Center
Enhancing the Productivity of Information Technology, Dr. Amar Gupta, MIT Sloan School of Management
All of the world is an abstract interpretation (of all of the world), Dr. Dave Schmidt, Computing and Information Sciences Department, Kansas State University
A Single Program Multiple Data Parallel Processing Platform for FPGAs, Phil James-Roxby, Xilinx Labs, Longmont CO
Design Tool for a Heterogeneous Fabric Generation HetFabBuilder, Christophe Wolinski, IFSIC Rennes (France)
Latent Semantic Analyis and its Application to Automated Essay Scoring, Karen Lochbaum, Knowledge Analysis Technologies
Replacing the Telephone Network with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) - An Overview, John Boese
The Patenting of Computer-related Inventions, Jean Macheledt, Macheledt Bales LLP, Fort Collins, CO
Characterization of Magnetic Recording Channels: A Historical Perspective, Dr. Thomas Howell, San Jose State and IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer
Using Genetic Programming to Mine DNA-chip Data, W. B. Langdon, GlaxoSmithKline, University College London

Fall 2002

CS Faculty Research Presentations, Ross McConnell, Sanjay Rajopadhye, Indrakshi Ray, Indrajit Ray, Wim Bohm
CS Faculty Research Presentations, Sudipto Ghosh, Yashwant Malaiya, Bruce Draper
CS Faculty Research Presentations Adele Howe, Chuck Anderson, JimBieman, Darrell Whitley
Certifying Algorithms, Ross M. McConnell, CSU Computer Science Department
CS Faculty Research Presentations, Robert France, Roger Alexander, Ross Beveridge
CoDesign with MMALPHA, Kolin Paul, Alpha Group, Computer Science Department, CSU
Aggregating states for stochastic processes, Jon Rowe, Birhingham University, UK
Compiling Loops to High-performance Hardware: a Step Towards SoC Design, Patrice Quinton, IRISA, Rennes France
Challenging the Conventional Wisdom, Eugene H. Spafford, professor of Computer Sciences at Purdue University, professor of Philosophy (courtesy appointment), and Director of the Center for Education Research Information Assurance and Security
The Rise and Fall of Internet Caching, Matt Haines, Haines Technology Partners, LLC, www.hainespartners.com
No Free Lunch and Beyond , Darrell Whitley, CSU Computer Science Department

Spring 2002

In vivo imaging of biological samples: application of computer vision to biology and genomics, Dr. June Medford, Department of Biology, Colorado State University
On the Accuracy of Garbage Collection, Amer Diwan, University of Colorado, Boulder
Iterative Compilation in a Non-Linear Optimisation Space, Michael O'Boyle, University of Edinburgh, UK, currently visiting Stanford University.
Novel Approaches to Certificate Management in PKI, Prof. Ravi Mukkamala, Department of Computer Science, Old Dominion University
Indirect Reinforcement Learning: An Analysis of the Exploitation-Exploration Tradeoff and an Application to Human-Computer Interaction, Dr. Satinder Singh Baveja
MSXmin: A Modular Multicast ATM Packet Switch with Low Delay and Hardware Complexity, Prof. Sibabrata Ray, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
Low Fidelity Algorithm Visualization, Dr. Christopher Hundhausen, University of Hawaii
A State Variable Approach for Feedback Software Process Control, Joao Cangussu, Purdue University
Optical High-Speed Networking, Dr. Mohsen Guizani, University of West Florida
Pervasive Information Communities Organization (PICO), Dr. Behrooz Shirazi, The University of Texas at Arlington
Bug Riddance: hard core software engineering, Rex Page, The University of Oklahoma
Algorithms for Computational Biology and Data Mining, Ross McConnell, University of Colorado at Denver
Software Archaeology, Grady Booch, Chief Scientist, Rational Software Corporation
A Cryptographic Solution to Implement Access Control in a Hierarchy and More, Indrakshi Ray, Computer Science Department, Colorado State University
In vivo imaging of biological samples: application of computer vision to biology and genomics Part 2, Dr. June Medford, Department of Biology, Colorado State University
Three Tools to Help with Cluster and Grid Computing: ATLAS, PAPI, and Netsolve and An Overview and Trends in High Performance Computing, Prof. Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee

Fall 2001

Economics Paradigm for Resource Management and Scheduling in Peer-to-Peer and Grid Computing. Rajkumar Buyya, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
How to Succeed as a Graduate Student Profs. Ross Beveridge and Dale Grit.
``Systems'' Research in the Computer Science Department. Profs. Wim Bohm, Yashwant Malaiya, Sanjay Rajopadhye, Indrajit Ray, Indrakshi Ray. Computer Science Department Research Group Presentation.
Software Engineering Research in the Computer Science Department. Profs. Roger Alexander, Anneliese Andrews, James Bieman, Robert France, Sudipto Ghosh. Computer Science Department Research Group Presentation.
Optimizing the Testing Process and how to Detect Unreliable Software Components . Harald Stieber, N\FCrnberg.
Artificial Intellegence Research in the Computer Science Department. Profs. Chuck Anderson, Ross Beveridge, Bruce Draper, Adele Howe, Darrell Whitley. Computer Science Department Research Group Presentation.
Knapsack on a Chip. Prof. Sanjay Rajopadhye.
Electronic Voting Over the Internet: Can We Prevent another Florida 2000? Prof. Indrajit Ray.
Sexual Harassment: The Ultimate Error Message. Roselyn Cutler, CSU Office of Equal Opportunity.
Recognition of Circular Arc Graphs. Ross McConnell, University of Colorado, Denver.
AC/DC - Architecture-Cognizant Divide and Conquer. Larry Carter, University of California, San Diego.
Allocating independent tasks on heterogeneous platforms. CRA-W Distinguished Speaker: Jeanne Ferrante, University of California, San Diego.
Panel: Career Choices After the Bachelor's Degree in C.S.: Perspectives of Women in Industry and Academia. Panelists: Jeanne Ferrante, Univ. of California, San Diego; Joann Ordille, Aviya Labs; Liz Bradley, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder; Monica Chawathe, Colorado State Univ.; Dian Hansen, Colorado State University and Hewlett Packard. Moderator: Indrakshi Ray, Colorado State Univ.
Heterogeneous Distributed Computing: Goals, Methods, and Open Problems. H.J. Siegel.

Spring 2001

Identifying Mental Tasks from Spontaneous EEG: Signal Representation, Chuck Anderson, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University.
Electrical Impedance Imaging, Jennifer Mueller, Departmentof Mathematics, Colorado State University.
Next Generation E-Business Systems: A Computer Science/Industry Challenge, Ralph Castain, Business Technology Manager, Eaton Corporation.
Delivering Tomorrow's Content, Matt Haines, Inktomi, Fort Collins, CO.
Ruleforms -- Algorithms & Applications, Gary Overgard, Industry Consultant, Cincom Corporation.
The Nature of Forward and Inverse Problems in the Atmospheric and Earth Sciences, Graeme Stephens, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University.
Reinforcement Learning Chaos Control Using Value Sensitive Vector Quantization, Sabino Gadaleta, Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University.
Writing a Text on Computer Architecture - Is There Anything Left to Say in a Post Hennessy and Patterson Era?, Alan Clements, University of Teesside, UK.
Control of Starvation-induced Apoptosis in CHO Cell Culture, M. Nazmul Karim, Department of Chemical and Bioresource Engineering, Colorado State University.

Fall 2000

Machine Learning for Subproblem Selection, Robert Moll, Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
Loop Fusion and Temporal Common Subexpression Elimination in the Cameron SA-C Compiler, Jeff Hammes, Department of Computer Science, CSU.
Software Module Size Distribution and Defect Density, Yashwant Malaiya, Department of Computer Science, CSU.
Designing the Emotion Engine, Howard A. Landman, Vitesse Semiconductor, Longmont, CO
Static Checking of Interrupt-driven Software, Jens Palsberg, Department of Computer Science, Purdue University.

Spring 2000

The Evolution of a Load Value Predictor, Martin Burtscher (University of Colorado)
A Compositional Approach to Interprocedural Control Dependence Analysis, Judith Stafford (University of Colorado).
Exploring the Quantitative Benefits of New Architectures for Object-Oriented Programs - A Summary of Past and Future Studies, Chris Sadler, HP
A System for Predictable Component-Based Software Construction, Murali Sitaraman (West Virginia University)
Visualization of Large Graphs, Stephen Kobourov (John Hopkins University)
Evolutionary Computation with Humans in the Loop, Elizabeth Sklar (Brandeis University)
Knowledge Discovery in Sequence, Temporal and Spatial Databases , Zoran Obradovic (Washington State University)
The Triangular Format Graph, Michael D. Vose
Explaining Synthesized Software, Jeffrey Van Baalen, University of Wyoming
An Interface-based Testing Methodology for Distributed Component-based Systems , Sudipto Ghosh, Purdue
Toward the Rapid Development of Dependable Mobile Applications, Amy Murphy, Washington University
Microprocessors for the Years 2001 and 2009, Yale Patt
Vision-Guided Robotics: From Controlled Active Vision to HOLDER, Christopher Smith, University of Colorado at Denver.
Programming with proofs, and proving programs, James Caldwell, University of Wyoming
Feature Selection from Huge Feature Sets in the Context of Computer Vision, Jose Bins, Colorado State University
Multiple Access Technologies that are Reshaping the Wireless World, Carl Nassar, Colorado State University

Fall 1999

Data Dissemination in a Mobile Environment, Wang-Chien Lee, GTE Labs.
Making Technology Transfer Decisions, Shari Pfleeger, Systems/Software & Univ. Maryland
Daemons and Drag-Ins: Perils of the Web, Charles Pfleeger, Arca Systems
New features of the IA-64 architecture, Joel Boney, Hewlett Packard, Microprocessor Technology Lab.
Software Engineering Research Collaboration: Lund University and CSU, Claes Wohlin, Lund University
On the Aesthetics of Diagrams David Harel, Weizmann Institute
Linux Clusters: High Reliability & Performance, Alan Robertson, Bell Labs - Lucent Technologies

Spring 1998

Semi-Automated Tracing and Visualization of Medical Images , Charles Anderson, Department of Computer Science, CSU.
A New Approach to Data Reduction, Michael Kirby, Department of Mathematics, CSU.
Genetic Prediction Application on a Low-Cost Cluster of PCs, Dr. Bruce Golden, College of Agricultural Science, CSU.
Current Research Funding Opportunities at the National Science Foundation, Larry Reeker, Program Director, Knowledge and Cognitive Systems, Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, National Science Foundation.
The Application of Formal Software Inspections in an Industrial Environment, Walter Lamia, Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO.
Applying Genetic Algorithms to Molecular Architecture Problems, Wayne Pullan, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
Argumentation as a General Approach to Decision Making Under Uncertainty, Dr. Simon Parsons, Electronic Engineering Department, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London.
Uncovering Architectural Mismatch in Component Behavior, Dr. Alex Wolf, UC Boulder.
Generation of memory efficient code from a functional language , Fabien Quillere, IRISA (CNRS), Campus Universitaire de Beaulieu, France.
Rocket Science at MTU: Overview of the Rocket C/Fortran compiler , Dr. Phil Sweany, Michigan Technological University.
A Tractable Walsh Analysis of SAT and its Implications for Genetic Algorithms, Soraya Rana, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University.
Reinforcement Learning for Dynamic Channel Allocation in Cellular Telephone Systems,Dr. Satinder Singh, UC Boulder.
Accurate Software Defect Density Estimation, Dr. Yashwant Malaiya and Jason Denton, Department of Computer Science, CSU.

Fall 1997

Specification and Detection of Parallelism in Object-Oriented Programs, Dr. Sandeep Kumar, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto.
Concurrent Object-Oriented Programming, Dr. Gul Agha, Director of the Open Systems Laboratory, U. of Illinois, Urbana, IL.
Bridging the Formal/Informal Specification Culture Gap, Dr. Robert B. France, Department of Computer Science & Engineering Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
What do Software Reliability Parameters Mean?, Jason Denton, graduate student in computer science at CSU.
Automatic Test Generation using Checkpoint Encoding and Antirandom Testing, Zemen Lebne-Dengel, Hewlett-Packard and a PhD student in computer science at Colorado State University.
The Evolution and Impact of the First Electronic Digital Computer, John V. Atanasoff II, CEO of Colorado MEDtech, Inc.
Chaos and Control, Dr. Elizabeth Bradley, University of Colorado, Computer Science Department.
Speaker Verification Using Neural Tree Networks and Data Fusion Methods, Kevin Farrell, T-NETIX/SpeakEZ Inc., Englewood, CO.
Using Integrated Informal and Formal Modeling Techniques to Analyze Functional Requirements: A Case Study, Dr. Robert France, Florida Atlantic University.
Medium Access Control Protocols, Event-Driven Simulation, and Performance Evaluation of Robust WDM Network, Chintan Vaishnav, Lucent Technologies.