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ISR research posters (2004)

Biotechnology

Adaptive Log Domain Filters using Floating Gate Transistors
Pamela A. Abshire, Eric Liu Wong, Yiming Zhai and Marc H. Cohen
Integrated Biomorphic Information Systems Laboratory (IBIS)

Biolabs-on-a-Chip: Bioelectronic Interface to CelIs
Nicole Nelson, Somashekar Bangalore Prakash, Suvarcha Malhotra, Makeswaran Loganathan, Jean-Marie Lauenstein, Jack Chaiyupatumpa, Pamela Abshire
Integrated Biomorphic Information Systems Laboratory (IBIS)

Ideal Observer Analysis of Flash Detection in Blowfly Photoreceptor
Peng Xu and Pamela Abshire
Integrated Biomorphic Information Systems Laboratory (IBIS)

Computer and Communication Security

ArgusNet: An Architecture for Analyzing Attacks
Susmit Panjwani (ENTS); Michel Cukier (ME, ISR, and CS)

Ferret: A Host-Vulnerability Checking Tool
Jason Martin (University of Illinois)
Anil Sharma (ME)
Nitin Anand (former student--ME)
Michel Cukier (ME, ISR and CS)
William Sanders (University of Illinois)

Cooperative Dynamic Firewalling for Anti-DDOS Attacks in IP Networks
Nelson Liu, John Baras, George Papageorgiou, Jia-Shiang Jou
Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (HyNet--formerly CSHCN)

*Distributed Trust Establishment and Computation in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
Tao Jiang, George Theodorakopoulos, Prabha Ramachandran, John S. Baras
Systems Engineering and Integration Laboratory

Key Management for Secure Multicast in Hybrid Satellite Networks
Ayan Roy-Chowdhury, Nalini Bharatula, John S. Baras
Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (formerly the Center for Satellite and Hybrid Communication Networks) (CSHCN)
Systems Engineering and Integration Laboratory

*Modeling and Detection of Network Attacks
George Papageorgiou, Alvaro Cardenas, Huigang Chen, Jia Shiang Zhou, George Theodorakopoulos, John S. Baras
Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (HyNet--formerly CSHCN)

*Secure Multicast of Anti-Collusion Fingerprinted Video
Hong Zhao and K. J. Ray Liu
Communication and Signal Processing Lab

*Security Issues in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Irena Bojanic, Alvaro Cardenas, Behnam Neekzad, Svetlana Radosavac, John S. Baras
Systems Engineering and Integration Laboratory

Control Systems

*An Object-Oriented Modular Simulation Framework for Semiconductor CVD Processing Systems
Jing Chen, Raymond A. Adomaitis
Computer Assisted Control Systems Engineering Laboratory

*Chemical Sensing and Advanced Process Control for AlGaN/GaN HEMT Manufacturing
Soon Cho, Michael E. Aumer, Darren B. Thomson, Dan Janiak, Gary W. Rubloff, Deborah P. Partlow
Computer Assisted Control Systems Engineering Laboratory

Dynamics and Control of Supercavitating Bodies
G. Lin, B. Rosenthal, E. Abed, B. Balachandran

Generalized Washout Filters for Control of Nonlinear Systems
Munther A. Hassouneh and Eyad H. Abed
Computer Aided Control Systems Engineering Laboratory

Greedy User Tuning for Rate Control
Priya Ranjan and and Eyad H. Abed
Computer Aided Control Systems Engineering Laboratory

Biologically-Inspired Optimal Control
C. Shao and Dimtrios Hristu-Varsakelis
Intelligent Servosystems Laboratory

Experimental Study of Curvature-based Control Laws for Obstacle Avoidance
Fumin Zhang, Alan O'Connor, Derek Luebke, and P.S. Krishnaprasad
Intelligent Servosystems Laboratory

Optimal Detection of OOK Signals over Free Space Optical Channels
Arash Komaee, P.S. Krishnaprasad, Prakash Narayan
Intelligent Servosystems Laboratory

Simultaneous Diagonalization for Blind Signal Processing
Bijan Afsari and P. S. Krishnaprasad
Intelligent Servosystems Laboratory

Swarms in Three Dimensions
E.W. Justh and P.S. Krishnaprasad
Intelligent Servosystems Laboratory

Vision-Based Control of an Inverted Pendulum on a Rotating Platform
Salman Haq, Xiaobo Tan, Fumin Zhang, P.S. Krishnaprasad
Intelligent Servosystems Laboratory

Language-Based Control of a Sphere/Tilt-Plate Mechanical System
Phillip Yip and Dimtrios Hristu-Varsakelis
Intelligent Control Engineering Laboratory

Electronic Systems Cost Modeling

Technology Obsolescence Forecasting and Management
Peter Sandborn
Electronic Systems Cost Modeling Laboratory

Human-Computer Interaction

The BIRD Note Taking System
Evan Golub
Human-Computer Interaction Lab

Manufacturing and Operations

Influence of the Crown Geometry and Loading on Stress Distribution
G. Zhang, M. Harsono, D. Rekow and E. Romberg
Advanced Design and Manufacturing Laboratory
National Institutes of Health

Next Generation Molding Technologies
S.K. Gupta, G. Fowler, I. Golden, R. Gouker, A. Priyadarshi, B. Spranklin
Computer Integrated Manufacturing Laboratory

Improving Decision-Making for Environmentally Responsible Product Development
Daniel Fitzgerald, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Peter A. Sandborn, Linda C. Schmidt
Computer Integrated Manufacturing Laboratory

Design and Simulation of Mass Spectrometry System Monitor Programmable CVD Process
Yuhong Cai, Jae-Ouk Choo, Laurent Henn-Lecordier, Raymond A. Adomaitis, Gary W. Rubloff
Laboratory for Advanced Materials Processing

Development of a Spatially Controllable
Chemical Vapor Deposition System: Preliminary Experimental Evaluation

J. O. Choo, R. A. Adomaitis, G. W. Rubloff, L. Henn-Lecordier, and Y. Cai
Laboratory for Advanced Materials Processing

Gas Flow Modeling in MEMS Based Microvalves for Next-Generation CVD Reactor Designs
R. Sreenivasan, R. Adomaitis, G. Rubloff
Laboratory for Advanced Materials Processing

Reaction Kinetics and Transport Model for Gallium Nitride MOVPE Reactor Showerhead Design
Rinku P. Parikh, Raymond A. Adomaitis, Brendan D. Hoffman, Michael E. Aumer, Darren Thomson, Deborah Partlow
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems
Advanced Materials and Semiconductor Device Technology Center

Dynamic Simulation for Water Recycling in Semiconductor Manufacturing
Wei Lei (1), Jessica Jensen (2), Anne Rose (3), Gary W. Rubloff (1)
(1):ISR/MSE; (2): Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona (3): Center for Engineered Learning Systems, ISR

An Object-Oriented Modular Simulation Framework for Semiconductor CVD Processing Systems
Jing Chen, Raymond A. Adomaitis
Computer Assisted Control Systems Engineering Laboratory

Chemical Sensing and Advanced Process Control for AlGaN/GaN HEMT Manufacturing
Soon Cho, Michael E. Aumer, Darren B. Thomson, Dan Janiak, Gary W. Rubloff, Deborah P. Partlow
Computer Assisted Control Systems Engineering Laboratory

Processing and Characterization of PMSSQ Based Materials for Nanoporous Low-K Dielectrics
J.J. Park, Z. Lin, G.W. Rubloff (University of Maryland); P. Lazzeri, L. Vanzetti, M. Bersani, M. Anderle (ITC-irst, Italy); R.D. Miller (IBM Almaden Research Center)

Surface Characterization and In-Situ, Real Time Analysis on Electrochemically Deposited Polysaccharide Chitosan for BioMEMS Application
J.J.Park, G.W. Rubloff, Li-Qun Wu, Reza Ghodssi, William Bentley, Gregory Payne, Cecilia Pederzolli, Giorgio Speranza, Roberto Canteri, M. Anderle

Advanced Arrival Slot-Trading Mechanisms: Evaluation using Agent-Based Simulation
Michael Ball, Philippe Montebello, Dzung Nguyen, Thomas Vossen, Adams Wilson
NEXTOR (National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operations Research)

NAS Capacity and Performance Models for FAA Strategy Simulator
Dzung Nguyen, Ravi Sankararaman, Michael O. Ball
NEXTOR (National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operations Research)

NEXTOR: The National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operations Research
Michael Ball, Robert Hoffman, Dave Lovell, Paul Schonfeld, Larry Bodin
NEXTOR (National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operations Research)

Optimization Models for Off-Loading Flow Constrained Areas
Ming Zhong and Michael Ball
NEXTOR (National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operations Research)

Advanced ATP and Its Application
Michael Ball, Zhenying Zhao (University of Maryland); Yoshinori Shirasu, Masahiro Kotake (Toshiba Corporation)

Application of Optimization-Based Production Loading at Toshiba Corporation
Michael Ball, Zhenying Zhao (University of Maryland); Hideo Mizusawa, Yoshinori Shirasu (Toshiba Corporation)

Microelectronics

Fabrication and Packaging of Polymer-Based Microfluidics
T.M. Valentine, G.W. Rubloff, R. Ghodssi
MEMS Sensors and Actuators Laboratory
Laboratory for Advanced Materials Processing

Multimedia and Interactive Systems

Optimal Resource Allocation for Arbitrary Adaptive Real-Time Sources in CDMA Networks with Application to MPEG4 FGS
Andres Kwasinski and Nariman Farvardin
Communications and Signal Processing Laboratory

Neural Science

Application of Independent Component Analysis on Magnetoencephalograph (MEG)
Juanjuan Xiang and Jonathan Z. Simon
Computational Sensorimotor Systems Lab

A Low-Power Acoustic Periodicity Detector Chip for Voice and Engine Detection
Timothy Horiuchi and Hisham Abdalla
Computational Sensorimotor Systems Lab

Periodic Noise Suppression for MEG Signals
Nayef Ahmar and Jonathan Z. Simon
Computational Sensorimotor Systems Lab

*Adaptive Log Domain Filters using Floating Gate Transistors
Pamela A. Abshire, Eric Liu Wong, Yiming Zhai and Marc H. Cohen
Integrated Biomorphic Information Systems Laboratory (IBIS)

 


Optoelectronics and Fiber Optics

*VLSI for Adaptive Optics
Marc Cohen

Adaptive Optics without Wavefront Sensing: Laser Communication and Directed Energy Applications
Thomas Weyrauch and Mikhail A. Vorontsov
Intelligent Optics Laboratory

Wavefront Control in Optical Receiver Systems
Miao Yu and Mikhail Vorontsov
Intelligent Optics Laboratory

Far-Field Optical Microscope with Nanometer-Scale Resolution
Igor I. Smolyaninov, Christopher C. Davis
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Studies of Free Space Optical Communication Links through a Turbulent Channel using a Time-Delayed-Diversity System
Sugianto Trisno, Igor I. Smolyaninov, and Christopher C. Davis
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Round Exit Velocity Measurement Using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors
Arvind Aiyar, Christopher C. Davis and *Justin Bowlus
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, *TechnoSciences Inc.

Modeling Laser Beam Penetration through Foliage
Clint Edwards and Christopher C. Davis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Analysis of Optical Beam Propagation through Turbulence
Heba M. El-Erian, Walid Ali Atia*, Linda Wasiczko, and Christopher C. Davis  
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, *Axsun, Inc. Billerica, Mass.

Spectral Detection of Nonlinear RF Interactions in Biological Preparations Exposed to RF Energy
Quirino Balzano and Christopher C. Davis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Impedance Methods for Analyzing Surface Plasmons
Quirino Balzano, Igor Smolyaninov, and Christopher C. Davis
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Parametric Studies for FSO Transceiver Pointing
Tzung-Hsien Ho, Sugianto Trisno, Stuart D. Milner*, and Christopher C. Davis
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, *Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Near Field Antenna Measurements for Cellular Phone Certification
Ahlia M. Tillman, John Rsaza, Bandar Hakim, Quirino Balzano, and Christopher C. Davis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Speech, Image and Video Signal Processing

*Optimal Detection of OOK Signals over Free Space Optical Channels
Arash Komaee, P.S. Krishnaprasad, Prakash Narayan
Intelligent Servosystems Laboratory

Acoustic Parameters for Automatic Detection of Nasal Manner
Tarun Pruthi, Carol Espy-Wilson
Speech Communication Lab

Landmark-Based Speech Recognition
Amit Juneja and Carol Espy-Wilson
Speech Communication Lab

A Novel Speaker Verification System using Samples-Based Acoustical Models
Gongjun Li , Carol Espy-Wilson
Speech Communication Lab

Synergy of Acoustic-Phonetics and Peripheral Auditory Modeling Towards Robust Speech Recognition
Om Deshmukh, Amit Juneja, Carol Espy-Wilson
Speech Communication Lab

Data Hiding in Curves with Fingerprinting Applications for Maps
Hongmei Gou and Min Wu
Communication and Signal Processing Lab

Distortion Management of Real-time MPEG-4 FGS Video over Downlink Multicode CDMA Networks
Guan-Ming Su, Zhu Han, Andres Kwasinski, Min Wu, K.J.Ray Liu, and Nariman Farvardin
Communication and Signal Processing Lab

Dynamic Distortion Control for 3-D Embedded Wavelet Video over Multiuser OFDM Networks
Guan-Ming Su, Zhu Han, Min Wu, K.J.Ray Liu
Communication and Signal Processing Lab

On Reliable Communication over RF and Optical Wireless Channels
Kaushik Chakraborty, Prakash Narayan
Communication and Signal Processing Lab
Systems Engineering and Integration Laboratory

Secure Multicast of Anti-Collusion Fingerprinted Video
Hong Zhao and K. J. Ray Liu
Communication and Signal Processing Lab

Source Coding and Parallel Routing
Azadeh Faridi, Anthony Ephremides
Communication and Signal Processing Lab

Transportation

Observation of Variability in Car-Following Behavior
David J. Lovell, Taehyung Kim, Adriano Lombre and Tiffany Shipmon

Telecommunication Networks

Efficient Power Control for Wireless Queueing Networks
Tolga Girici, Anthony Ephremides
Communications and Signal Processing Laboratory

Power Levels and Packet Lengths in Random Multiple Access with Multi-Packet Reception Capability
Jie Luo, Anthony Ephremides


Standard and Quasi-Standard Stochastic Power Control Algorithms
Jie Luo, Sennur Ulukus, Anthony Ephremides

Relaying Algorithms for Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks
Mohamed Abdallah and Haralabos Papadopoulos

Broadband Support for a Satellite-based Aeronautical Communications Network
Yadong Shang, Michael Hadjitheodosiou, John Baras
Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (HyNet--formerly CSHCN)

Sensor Management and Routing in Wireless and Space Networks
Michael Hadjitheodosiou
Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (HyNet--formerly CSHCN)

Atemu Sensor Network Emulator
Jonathan Polley, Jonathan McGee, Dionysus Blazakis, Karl Seamon, Dan Rusk, John Baras
Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (HyNet--formerly CSHCN)

Capacity Region of Power Controlled Fading CDMA: Generalized Iterative Waterfilling
Onur Kaya and Sennur Ulukus
Communication and Signal Processing Lab
Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (formerly the Center for Satellite and Hybrid Communication Networks) (CSHCN)

Efficient Key Management Techniques for Group Communications in MANETs
Maria Striki and John Baras
Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (HyNet--formerly CSHCN)

A Game Theoretic Look at Joint Multi Access, Power and Rate Control
Yalin Evren Sagduyu, Anthony Ephremides
Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (HyNet--formerly CSHCN)

Integrated Modeling and Simulation of an Urban Operation Scenario
Majid Raissi-Dehkordi, Karthikeyan Chandrashekar, Ayan Roy Chowdhury and John Baras
Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (HyNet--formerly CSHCN)

Joint Multi-Access and Routing as a Stochastic Game for Relay Channel
Yalin Evren Sagduyu, Anthony Ephremides
Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (HyNet--formerly CSHCN)

Joint Scheduling and Routing Algorithm for Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks
Yun Li, Anthony Ephremides
Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (HyNet--formerly CSHCN)

Load Balancing in Multi-Beam Satellite Systems
Gun Akkor, John S. Baras, and Michael Hadjitheodosiou
Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (HyNet--formerly CSHCN)

Modeling and Detection of Network Attacks
George Papageorgiou, Alvaro Cardenas, Huigang Chen, Jia Shiang Zhou, George Theodorakopoulos, John S. Baras
Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (HyNet--formerly CSHCN)

Decentralized Control of Autonomous Vehicles
Pedram Hovareshti, John S. Baras, Xiaobo Tan
Systems Engineering and Integration Laboratory

Distributed Trust Establishment and Computation in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
Tao Jiang, George Theodorakopoulos, Prabha Ramachandran, John S. Baras
Systems Engineering and Integration Laboratory

Jointly Optimal Quantization, Estimation and Control of Hidden Markov Chains
Wei Xi, John S. Baras, Xiaobo Tan
Systems Engineering and Integration Laboratory

*Key Management for Secure Multicast in Hybrid Satellite Networks
Ayan Roy-Chowdhury, Nalini Bharatula, John S. Baras
Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (formerly the Center for Satellite and Hybrid Communication Networks) (CSHCN)
Systems Engineering and Integration Laboratory

Security Issues in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Irena Bojanic, Alvaro Cardenas, Behnam Neekzad, Svetlana Radosavac, John S. Baras
Systems Engineering and Integration Laboratory

Synthesis and Validation of Models for Management of Narrow Passageways
Evangelos Kaisar and Mark Austin
Systems Engineering and Integration Laboratory

Jointly Optimum Power and Signature Sequence Allocation for Fading CDMA
Onur Kaya and Sennur Ulukus
Communication and Signal Processing Lab
Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (formerly the Center for Satellite and Hybrid Communication Networks) (CSHCN)

Wireless Communication Systems

*Security Issues in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Irena Bojanic, Alvaro Cardenas, Behnam Neekzad, Svetlana Radosavac, John S. Baras
Systems Engineering and Integration Laboratory

*Energy Efficient Power Control for Wireless Queueing Networks
Tolga Girici, Anthony Ephremides
Communications and Signal Processing Laboratory

*Distributed Trust Establishment and Computation in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
Tao Jiang, George Theodorakopoulos, Prabha Ramachandran, John S. Baras
Systems Engineering and Integration Laboratory

*Sensor Management and Routing in Wireless and Space Networks
Michael Hadjitheodosiou
Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (HyNet--formerly CSHCN)

*Joint Scheduling and Routing Algorithm for Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks
Yun Li, Anthony Ephremides
Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (HyNet--formerly CSHCN)

*Joint Multi-Access and Routing as a Stochastic Game for Relay Channel
Yalin Evren Sagduyu, Anthony Ephremides
Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (HyNet--formerly CSHCN)

*Relaying Algorithms for Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks
Mohamed Abdallah and Haralabos Papadopoulos