Current Advisees
1 Lee Dee Miller, Ph.D. CS (Advisor), 2008-
2 Adam Eck, Ph.D. CS (Advisor), 2011-
3 Derrick Lam, M.S. CS (Advisor), 2009-
4 Vlad Chiriacescu, M.S. CS (Advisor), 2011-
5 Leonard Cleve Stuart, M.S. CS (Advisor), 2012-
6 Rasheed Ali Rajabzadeh, M.S. CS (Advisor), 2012-
7 SingHwa Lee, B.S. CS (UCARE Advisor), 2012-
Past Advisees
1 Nobel Khandaker, Ph.D. Dissertation (Advisor), 2005-2011, May 2011: Multiagent Coalition Formation in Uncertain Environments with Type-Changing Influences and Its Application Towards Forming Human Coalitions
2 Deepti Joshi, Ph.D. Dissertation (co-advisor), 2007-2011, May 2011: Polygonal Spatial Clustering
3 Carol Spradling, Ph.D. Education Studies (Co-Advisor), 2004-2007 (May 3, 2007): A Study of Social and Professional Ethics in Undergraduate Computer Science Programs: Faculty Perspectives
4 Xin Li, Ph.D. CS (Advisor), 2001-2007 (April 12, 2007): Improving Multi-Agent Coalition Formation in Complex Environments
5 XuLi Liu, Ph.D. CS (co-Advisor), 2002-2007 (April 9, 2007): APOP: Automatic Pattern and Object-based Code Parallelization Framework for Clusters
6 Ziyang Lin, M.S. Project (Advisor), 2010-2011, July 2011: Search and Retrieval of Learning Objects
7 Adam Eck, M.S. Thesis (Advisor), 2008-2010, November 2010, Agent Sensing with Stateful Resource
8 Tao Hong, M.S. Thesis (co-advisor), 2006-2008, November 2008: Computing Information Gain for Spatial Data Support
9 L.D. Miller, M.S. Thesis (Advisor), 2003-2007, November 2007: Genetic Algorithm Classifier System Framework for Semi-Supervised Classification
10 Jared Kite, M.S. Thesis (Advisor), 2003-2007, June 2007: A Flexible Framework for Knowledge Engineering and Automation of An Adaptive Conversational Case-Retrieval System
11 Naresh Arcot, M.S. Project, CS (co-Advisor), 2005-2006, November 2006: An Adaptive Placement Test for Introductory CS Courses
12 Todd Blank, M.S. Thesis, CS (Advisor), 2003-2005, November 2005: ILMDA: An Intelligent Tutoring System with Integrated Learning
13 Nobel Khandaker, MS. Thesis, CS (Advisor), 2004-2005, August 2005: VALCAM – An Auction Based Learning Enabled Multiagent Coalition Formation Algorithm for Real-World Applications
14 Eric Moss, MS. Thesis, CS (Advisor), 2003-2005, August 2005: Language Boundaries and Excess Programming Complexity
15 Lei Fu, MS. Thesis, CS (co-Advisor), 2003-2005, August 2005: Evaluating Quality of Data for the Geospatial Time Series Datasets
16 Jing Zhang, M.S. Thesis, CS (Co-Advisor), 2002-2004, December 2004: Polygon-Based Spatial Clustering and Its Application in Watershed Study
17 Kye Halsted, M.S. Project, CS (Advisor), 2002-2004, December 2004: Predator/Prey Domains: Analyzing Multiagent Communication in a Noisy Environment
18 Xuesong Zhang, M.S. Thesis, CS (Co-Advisor), 2002-2004, December 2004: I-MINDS: An Intelligent Multiagent System Supported Teaching and Cooperative Learning Environment
19 Suresh Namala, M.S. Project, CS (Advisor), 2002-2004, November 2004: An Intelligence Module for I-MINDS
20 Chao Chen, M.S. Thesis, CS (Advisor), 2002-2004, November 2004: A Multiagent Approach Using Ontology and Operational Learning to Improve Distributed Information Retrieval
21 Ashok Thirunavukkarasu, M.S. Project, CS (Advisor), 2003-2004, July 2004: Relaxed Database Retrieval
22 Jeremy Glasser, M.S. Thesis, CS (Advisor), 2002-2004, May 2004: Using Adaptive Agents to Create a Continuous Challenge in Computer Games
23 Jingfei Xu, M.S. Project, CS (Advisor), 2002-2003, July 2003: Operational Distributed Ontology Learning in a Multi-Agent System
24 Juan Luo, M.S. Project, CS (Advisor), 2001-2003, May 2003: Case-Based Learning Behavior in a Real Time Multi-Agent System
Committee Members
1 Christopher Assi, M. S. Thesis, CS (committee), December 2011: Heart Disease Prediction Efficiency and Comparison in Data Mining
2 Neethu Shah, Ph.D. CS (committee), 2011 – Present
3 Brian Kokensparger, Ph.D. in Instructional Technology (committee), 2011 – Present
4 Yaling Zheng, Ph.D. CS, (committee) , 2011-present
5 Cate Anderson, Ph.D., CS (committee), 2007 – Present
6 Yuji Mo, Ph.D., CS (committee), 2010 – Present
7 Deng Kun, Ph.D., CS (committee), 2005 – Present
8 Official Examiner, Chattrakul Sombattheera, Ph.D. CS., University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
9 Johnathan Crosmer, Doctorate Music (committee), August 2008-April 2011: A Comparison of Viola Strings with Harmonic-Spectral Analysis
10 Yijun Lu, Ph.D., CS (committee, Reader), July 2007: Improving Data Consistency and Overlay Multicast in Internet-scale Distributed Systems
11 Indu Latha, M.S. CS, Project (committee), April 2011: Comparative Analysis of Peak Detection Techniques for Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Chromatography
12 Derrick Stolee, B.S. CS, Thesis (committee), April 2007: A Multi-Dimensional Spatial Cache for Decision Support Systems
13 Teik-Ooi Tan, MEngSc. Thesis (external reviewer, committee), January 2006: SAR Image Classification and Field Measurement in Antarctica, Multimedia University, Malaysia
14 DongMin Zhang, M.S. Project, CS (committee), December 2001: Baseline Removal in Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatographic Images
15 XuanLi Liu, M.S. Thesis, CS (committee), August 2002: The Web Application of Parking Lot Problem with MLPQ System
16 Yifeng Zhu, M.S. Thesis, CS (committee), December 2002: Design, Implementation and Performance Evaluation of a Cost-Effective, Fault-Tolerant Parallel Virtual File System (CEFT-PVFS)
17 Yu Lin, M.S. Project, CS (committee), May 2003: On-Line Handwriting Recognition
18 Phanivas Vemuri, M.S. Project, CS (committee), July 2003: Multimedia Support for I-MINDS
19 Arvind Visvanathan, M.S. Thesis, CS (committee), July 2003: Archiving and Reporting Formats for Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography
20 Visweswara Rao Kottapalli, M.S. Thesis, CS (committee), August 2003: Visualization, Processing, and Analysis of GCxGC-TOR MS Images
21 Christopher Hammack M.S. Thesis, CS (committee), December 2003: LASSO: A Learning Architecture for Semantic Web Ontologies
22 Sarita Navuluru, M.S. Project, CS (committee), April 2004: A Semantic Web Approach for Representing Software Process Tailoring Knowledge
23 Rishi Kumar Venkatarama, M.S. Thesis (committee), June 2005: Improving Software Process through Case Based Retrieval
24 Thomas Osugi, M.S. Thesis, CS (committee), June 2005: Exploration-Based Active Learning
25 Timothy Perrin, M.S. Thesis, CS (committee), June 2006: BIT: Bug Identification Tool Learning and Detecting Common Mistakes in Simple Programming Exercises
26 Matthew Culver, M.S. Thesis, CS (committee), July 2006: Active Learning to Maximize Area under the ROC Curve
27 Catherine Anderson, M.S. Thesis, CS (committee), November 2006: A Study on the Effect of Ensemble and Concavity Repair Methods on the Area under the ROC