As of July 2005, 136 students have graduated from UMD
as Masters of Computer Science. Their names, project or thesis titles,
graduation dates, and research advisers are listed below.
Glenn Andreas, “Visual Navigation of the Search Process in a Clustered Document
Space,” Plan A, May 1989. Adviser: Donald Crouch.
Hui-Liang Low,
“Matrix-Multiplication Problem Using Parallel Processing,” Plan B, May 1989.
Adviser: Keith Pierce.
Chi-Cheng Lin, “Showing Profile Curves and Hidden-Line Removal Algorithms,” Plan B,
May 1989. Adviser: Doug Dunham.
Bridget Rogers, “Modifying CAP to Provide Unix File Serving
on a LAN of Mixed
Macintoshes and DOS PCs,” Plan A, May 1989. Adviser:
Mark Luker.
Clyde
Paul Durrant, “The Distributed Appointment Manager,” Plan A,
September, 1990. Adviser: Mark Luker.
Jeanne Dezell, “Clustering and Partitioning Techniques for
Creating Rectilinear
Steiner Trees,” Plan A, October 1990. Adviser: Linda Deneen.
Ningjian Wang,
“Intelligent and Visual Modeling of Linear Programming,” Plan A,
October 1990. Adviser: Donald Crouch.
Ching Tsui, “A Backward Defeasible
Reasoning System,” Plan A, March 1991.
Adviser: Timothy Colburn.
James Fenno, “Heuristic Control of Constraint-Based Scheduling,”
Plan B, June 1991. Adviser: Timothy Colburn.
Renato Milanesi, “Optimal Look-Ahead Adders,” Plan A, July 1991.
Adviser: Clark Thomborson.
I-Chang Wen, “A Study in Software Engineering - Maintenance,
Restructuring and Interfacing,” Plan B, August 1991. Advisor: Douglas Dunham.
Sree Rama Peyyety, “A Proposal for Measurement Study of Ethernet
Traffic,” Plan B, August 1991. Adviser: Clark Thomborson.
Bokyung Yang,
“Automatic Query Extension in Information Retrieval,” Plan A,
September 1991. Adviser: Donald Crouch.
Yanzhang Lu,
“Solving Combinatorial Optimization Problems by Simulated Annealing, Genetic
Algorithms, and Neural Networks,” Plan A, September 1991. Adviser: Clark Thomborson.
Sudhamsa Gottipati, “An Improved Algorithm for Drawing Grid Surfaces,”
Plan B, October 1991. Adviser: Douglas Dunham.
Amitabh Singhal, “Query Modification for Improved Information
Retrieval,” Plan A, March 1992. Adviser: Donald Crouch.
Peter Tsai,
“Rendering Objects in 3-Dimensional Hyperbolic Design Program,” Plan B, May
1992. Adviser: Douglas Dunham.
Gary Anderson, “Maintenance and Interface Design for a Hyperbolic Design
Program,” Plan B, May 1992. Adviser: Douglas Dunham.
Xun Zhao, “An
Interface for Transforming Information from TimberWolf
to RanTer,” Plan B, May 1992. Adviser: Clark Thomborson.
Shashikant Joshi,
“Treasurers in an
Li Wei, “Displaying Three Dimensional Graphics with
Contours and Hidden-Line
Removal,” Plan B, August 1992. Adviser: Douglas
Dunham.
Kanaiya Vasani, “A Network Management Tool Based on a Simple
Network
Management Protocol,” Plan B, March 1993. Adviser:
Donald Crouch.
Srikanth Varanasi, “Surface Determination in 3-D Using Volume
Rendering,” Plan B, April 1993. Adviser: Douglas Dunham.
Paul D. Kopecky, “Parallel Programming Using RPC,” Plan A, May 1993.
Adviser: Gary Shute.
David D. Winslow, “A Neural Network Approach to the Prediction of S.E.C.
Indictments,” Plan B, May 1993. Adviser: Timothy
Colburn.
Yi Sun,
“Delay Optimization of Carry Lookahead Adders Using
Dynamic
Programming,” Plan B, August 1993. Adviser: Clark Thomborson.
Craig Zwicky, “Restoring Files from the VMS/VAX,” Plan B,
February 1994. Adviser: Mark Luker.
Parul Jain, “Visible Surface Determination using Ray Tracing
and Transparency,” Plan B, June 1994. Adviser: Douglas Dunham.
Ravishanker Nandiwada, “A Tuning Algorithm for Fuzzy Modeling,” Plan A, July
1994. Adviser: Marian Stachowicz.
Manjari Yalavarthy, “Distributed Fractal Generation Using Remote
Procedure Calls,” Plan B, July 1994. Adviser: Gary Shute.
Chaohui Yang, “A
Fuzzy Neural Integrated System and Its Applications in Modeling and Control,”
Plan A, July 1994. Adviser: Marian Stachowicz.
Rajinder Singh,
“Document Modification in a Connectionist Retrieval Model,” Plan A, August
1994. Adviser: Donald Crouch.
Randy Peterson, “Enhanced Associative Retrieval in a Connectionist Environment,” Plan
A, December 1994. Adviser: Carolyn Crouch.
Harvinder Bhela, “Monitoring Network Traffic Using SNMP Queries,”
Plan B, April 1995. Adviser: Gary Shute.
Xiangsheng Xia, “Rectilinear Steiner Minimum Tree Problem,” Plan A,
July 1995. Adviser: Gary Shute.
David Axtell,
“Neural Networks and Quantitative Structure-Activity, Plan A,
July 1995. Adviser: Timothy Colburn.
Harry Gehring, “An Interactive Tool to Support the Teaching of
Compiler
Construction,” Plan B, August 1995. Adviser: Donald
Crouch.
Nanbo Li, “A
Computer Program to Generate Semi-regular Hyberbolic
Tessellations,” Plan B. August 1995. Adviser: Douglas Dunham.
James Donohoe, “An OSDF/Motif Implementation of a Computer Graphic
Program for Generating Repeating Patterns on the Hyperbolic Plane,” Plan B,
September 1995. Co-advisers: Marian Stachowicz and
Douglas Dunham.
Jingwen Wang, “A
Hyperbolic Design Program Using the Motif/X11 Interface,” Plan B, November
1995. Adviser: Douglas Dunham.
Shiaoling Peng, “Studies of Parallel Programming,” Plan B, February
1996. Adviser: Donald B. Crouch.
Pankaj Agrawal, “Non-Uniform Image Processing: Feature Based Image
Compression and Sub-Pixel Image Interpolation,” Plan
A, March 1996. Adviser:
Donald B. Crouch.
Haichou Fan,
“Adaptive Marching Cubes: A Fast 3D Surface Construction Algorithm,” Plan A,
April 1996. Adviser: Douglas Dunham.
Amit Jain,
“Adaptive Marching Cubes,” Plan B, April 1996. Adviser:
Dunham.
Rahul Bora, “Information Retrieval and the TREC Database,” Plan
B, August 1996. Adviser: Carolyn J. Crouch.
Prathibha Gunaseelan, “Software Tools for a Compiler Project,” Plan B,
September, 1996. Adviser: Donald Crouch.
N. R. Vaidyanathan, “Re-engineering MPI for a Multi-Homed Switched
Network of Workstations,” Plan B, January 1997. Adviser: Gary Shute.
William Reichelt, “Feature Selection in Neural Networks: An
Examination of Three Algorithms,'' Plan B, February 1997. Co-Advisers: Tim
Colburn and David Opitz.
Tong Chen,
“Using Smart for TREC Research,” Plan B, May 1997. Adviser: Carolyn Crouch.
Ewa Kusmierek, “Synchronization of Java Threads,” Plan A, May 30,
1997. Adviser: Gary Shute.
Yunjiang Luo, “Using Relevance Feedback on TREC,” Plan A, June
1997. Adviser: Carolyn Crouch.
Lei Chen,
“Generating Kaleidoscope Patterns in the Hyperbolic Plane,” Plan B, July 1997.
Adviser: Douglas Dunham.
Bei Tang,
“Decision-Theoretic Algorithms for Clustering Data,” Plan B, September 1997.
Adviser: Marion Stachowicz.
Xi (Cissy) Zhang, “A Comparison of Information Retrieval Methods with
Machine
Learning Approaches,” Plan A, November 1997.
Co-advisers: Carolyn Crouch and Richard Maclin.
Xing Li,
“Generating Objects in the Hyperbolic Plane,” Plan B, December 1997.
Adviser: Douglas Dunham.
Vinod John,
“Geometric Transformations of Motifs of Repeating Hyperbolic Patterns,” Plan A,
May 1998. Adviser: Douglas Dunham.
Sameer Pradhan, “A Generalized Approach to Computer Science
Distance Learning,” Plan B, May 1998. Adviser: Donald Crouch.
Xiong Wang,
“Generating Improved Queries for the World Wide Web,” Plan A, July 1998.
Adviser: Carolyn Crouch.
Ramji Pilapakam, “Reinforcement Learning in Multi-Agent
Environment,” Plan A, July 1998.
Adviser: Richard Maclin.
Zhiyu (Sonny) Zhan, “Fuzzy Mathematical Approach to Color Recognition,” Plan A, August
1998. Adviser: Marian Stachowicz.
Rahul Naik, “Creating Classification Features for Biological
Images,” Plan A, September 1998. Adviser: Richard Maclin.
Norman Will,
“Using the Web for Interactive Data Acquisition, Presentation and
Analysis,” Plan B, September 1998. Adviser: Carolyn
Crouch.
Gang Wu, “Polygon
Area Decomposition with Near-Minimal Perimeter,” Plan A, May 1999. Adviser:
Donald Crouch
Shakila Xavier, “Learning
from Training Samples,” Plan A, June 1999. Adviser:
Richard Maclin
Christopher Buck, “Applying Persistence to Priority Search Trees to Facilitate
Multi-Dimensional Range Queries,” Plan A, June 1999. Adviser: Gary Shute
Qingyan Chen, “Improving
the Retrieval Effectiveness of Very Short Queries,” Plan A, September 1999.
Adviser: Carolyn Crouch
Jayaraman Manni, “A Study of Object Oriented Design Patterns in the
Development of a Framework,” Plan A, May 2000. Adviser: Gary Shute
Vishwas Raman, “A
High Throughput Computing System with User-Initiated
Checkpointing,” Plan A, May 2000. Adviser: Richard Maclin
Karthik Ramakrishnan, “Building a Piece-Wise Ensemble of Decision Tree
Classifiers,” Plan A, May 2000. Adviser: Richard Maclin
Purushottam Kulkarni, “Some Methods for Parallelizing Decision Tree
Learning,” Plan A, May 2000. Adviser: Richard Maclin
Ramesh Kizhappali, “Valkyrie: A Distributed
System for Graph Visualization,” Plan A, June 2000. Adviser: Douglas Dunham
Vidyasagar Krishnamoorthy, “Object Oriented Graph Framework with Searcher,” Plan
A, June 2000. Adviser: Gary Shute
Haseen Alam, “Multi-channel Image Segmentation,” Plan A,
December 2000. Adviser: Donald B. Crouch
Hariprasad Bommaganti, “A Novel Feature Subset Selection Approach,” Plan
A, May 2001. Adviser: Richard Maclin
Gan Chen,
“Providing Dynamic Network Information to Distributed Applications,” Plan A,
May 2001. Adviser: Maria Sosonkina
Xiaochun (Shirley) Liu, “Deterministic Conformant Planning with the Causal
Calculator,” Plan A, May 2001. Adviser: C. Hudson
Turner
Kiranmayee Nakka, “Object-Oriented Graph Framework,” Plan A, May
2001. Adviser: Gary Shute
Alark Joshi,
“Interactive Visualization of Models of Hyperbolic Geometry,” Plan A, June
2001. Adviser: Douglas Dunham
Anand Nagarajan, “Distributed Graph Coloring Algorithms in Linear
Systems,” Plan A, June 2001. Adviser: Maria Sosonkina
Milton Luoma, “A Realistic Bayes Net
for Predicting Type 2 Diabetes,” Plan B, June 2001. Adviser: Carolyn Crouch
Steven Holtz,
“Further Experiments in Improving Very Short Queries,” Plan A, July 2001.
Adviser: Carolyn Crouch
Shardul Vikram, “Some Experiments with Reinforcement Learning on Real
World Robots,” Plan A, September 2001. Adviser: Richard Maclin
Aditi Paluskar, “User-Level Control of Scheduling in a Micro Kernel
Operating
System,” Plan B, December 2001. Adviser: Theodore
Pedersen
Kiranmai Kodukula, “Using Artificial Neural Networks to Predict
Properties of
Polypropylene Film,” Plan B, June 2002. Adviser:
Timothy Colburn
Devdatta Kulkarni, “Using Dynamic Network Information to Improve the
Runtime Performance of a Distributed Sparse Linear System Solution,” Plan A,
June 2002. Adviser: Masha Sosonkina
Amit Lath, “Approximate
Hyperbolic Splines and Their Transformations,” Plan
A, June 2002. Adviser: Douglas Dunham
Kristy VanHornweder, “Extending the Application of Partial Order Bounding
to Game Tree Search,” Plan A, June 2002. Adviser: Timothy Colburn
Srinivas Vadrevu, “Efficient Neural Network Training Using Subsets of
Very Large Datasets,” Plan A, June 2002. Adviser: Richard Maclin
Inderjit Singh, “The
Impact of Phrases on the Retrieval Effectiveness of Very Short Queries,” Plan
A, August 2002. Adviser: Carolyn Crouch
Zhuo Chen, “Determinizing in Conformant Planning,” Plan A, October
2002. Adviser: C. Hudson Turner
Nirish Dhruv, “Design of Large Scale Data Archival and Retrieval
System for
Transportation Sensor (Write-Once-Ready-Many Type)
Data,” Plan A, October 2002. Adviser: Donald B. Crouch
Abhijit Parsekar, “ A Unified Data Representation and Visualization of
Patterns Based on Regular Tessellations in the Three “Classical” Geometries,” Plan
A, December 2002. Adviser: Douglas Dunham
Satanjeev Banerjee, “Adapting the Lesk Algorithm
for Word Sense Disambiguation to WordNet,” Plan A,
December 2002. Adviser: Ted Pedersen
Nitin Varma, “Identifying Word Translations in Parallel Corpora
Using Measures of Association,” Plan A, December 2002. Adviser: Ted Pedersen
Deepa Krishnamoorthy, “An Approach to Inclusion of Parallel Independent
Sets in PARMS,” Plan A, March 2003. Adviser: Masha Sosonkina
Sameer Apte, “Using the Extended Vector Space Model for
Content-Oriented XML Retrieval,” Plan A, August 2003. Adviser: Carolyn J.
Crouch
Harsh Bapat, “Adapting the Extended Vector Space Model for
Structured XML
Retrieval,” Plan A, August 2003. Adviser: Carolyn J.
Crouch
Saif Mohammad, “Combining
Lexical and Syntactic Features for Supervised Word Sense Disambiguation,” Plan
A, August 2003. Adviser: Ted Pedersen
Siddharth Patwardhan, “Incorporating Dictionary and Corpus Information into
a
Context Vector Measure of Semantic Relatedness,” Plan
A, August 2003. Adviser: Ted Pedersen
Sweta Sinha, “A Finite Domain Satisfiability
Solver,” Plan A, August 2003. Adviser: C. Hudson Turner
Oleksandr Kosolapov, “The Effects of Category Information on Association
Learning Tasks in Neural Network Models,” Plan A, October 2003. Adviser: Christopher
Prince
Jayanta Nath, “Modeling Behavior Programming Language Design in a
Rat Maze Simulator,” Plan B, October 2003. Adviser: Christopher Prince
Srikanth Varanasi, “Modeling and Simulating Scenarios for Testing the Effects
of Information Technology in the Reduction of Medical Errors,” Plan A, November
2003. Adviser: Piotr Windyga
Committed by Registered Nurses in the Intensive Care
Unit,” Plan A, December 2003. Adviser: Piotr Windyga
Anand Sivaraman, “Improving the Efficiency of a Color-Based Image
Retrieval
System,” Plan A, December 2003. Adviser: Donald B.
Crouch
Kiran Vuppla, “Evaluation and Documentation of Two Synchrony
Detection
Implementations,” Plan A, April 2004. Adviser:
Christopher Prince
Samuel Storie, “Aspects of Communication Subsystem Analysis for
Distributed
Scientific Applications,” Plan A, May 2004. Adviser: Masha Sosonkina
Navdeep Kaur, “Empirical Analysis of Two Learning Techniques for
Image Retrieval,” Plan A, June 2004. Adviser: Donald B. Crouch
Ruinan Lu, “Parallel
Algebraic Recursive Multilevel Solver to Tackle Difficult Sparse Linear Systems
of Equations,” Plan B, June 2004. Adviser: Masha Sosonkina
Deodatta Bhoite, “A Traffic Data Warehouse and Visualization Scheme,”
Plan A, July 2004. Adviser: Richard Maclin
Nan Zhang, “
Nitin Agarwal, “Extending the Stream Concept,” Plan A, August 2004.
Adviser: Gary Shute
Yanhua Li, “Hyperbolic
Spline Curves Using a Weighted Average,” Plan A,
August 2004. Adviser: Douglas Dunham
Ashutosh Nagle, “A
Finite Domain Satisfiability Solver with Negation,”
Plan A, August 2004. Adviser: C. Hudson Turner
Prashant Rathi, “Development of Customizable Analytical Model of the
Prostrate
Anatomy for Training in Cryosurgical Related
Procedures and Design of the Virtual Simulator,” Plan A, August 2004. Adviser:
Douglas Dunham
Rashmi Kankaria, “A Tool for Constructing and Visualizing Tree
Augmented Bayesian Networks for Survey Data,” Plan A, August 2004. Adviser:
Richard Maclin
Amruta Purandare, “Unsupervised Word Sense Discrimination by Clustering
Similar Contexts,” Plan A, August 2004. Adviser: Ted Pedersen
Anand Takale, “Constructing Predictive Models to Assess the
Importance of Variables in Epidemiological Data Using a Genetic Algorithm
System Employing Decision Trees,” Plan A, August 2004. Adviser: Richard Maclin
Archana Bellamkonda, “Automation of Content and Structure (or CAS) Query
Processing,” Plan A, September 2004. Adviser: Carolyn
Crouch
Aniruddha Mahajan, “Flexible Retrieval in a Structured Environment,”
Plan A,
September 2004. Adviser: Carolyn Crouch
Kailash Aurangabadkar, “Generating Subnets for Polyhedra,”
Plan A, October 2004. Adviser: Douglas Dunham
Sachin Sharma, “Object
Retrieval Based on Color Composition,” Plan A, October 2004. Adviser: Donald B.
Crouch
Suchitra Goopy, “Improving
Usability of the Parallel Algebraic Recursive Multilevel Solver,” Plan B,
December 2004. Adviser: Masha Sosonkina
Anushri Parsekar, “Blind Deconvolution of
Vehicle Inductive Signatures for Travel Time Estimation,” Plan A, December
2004. Adviser: Donald B. Crouch
Bridget Thomson-McInnes, “Extending the Log Likelihood Measure to Improve
Collocation Identification,” Plan A, December 2004.
Adviser: Ted Pedersen
Paul Gordon, “Using NICAN for the Monitoring and Reporting of Environmental
Conditions on Multiple Nodes during the Execution of
the Parallel Program GAMESS,” Plan B, May 2005. Adviser: Masha
Sosonkina
Sumalatha Kuthadi, “Detection of Objects from High-Resolution Satellite
Images,” Plan A, May 2005. Adviser: Douglas Dunham
Archna Yadav, “A State Space Approach to Arterial Travel Time
Prediction,” Plan B, May 2005. Adviser: Carolyn Crouch
Ajit Datar, “Generating Hyperbolic Patterns for Regular and
Non-Regular P-Gons,” Plan A, July 2005. Adviser:
Douglas Dunham
Jason Michelizzi, “Semantic Relatedness Applied to All Words Sense
Disambiguation,” Plan A, July 2005. Adviser: Ted
Pedersen
Pratheepan Raveendranathan, “Identifying Sets of Related Words on the World Wide Web,”
Plan A, July 2005. Adviser: Ted Pedersen