Research Support

  • IBM Support Program Award (1988 - 1989): ``Parallel branch and bound algorithms''.
  • Cray Research and Development Grant for the project ``Parallel search algorithms in combinatorial optimization'' (1989 - 1990 -1991-1992).
  • Cornell National Supercomputer Facility Award (1991-1992).
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Title: Resent Advances in Global Optimization, 1 year (1991), Grant: AFOSR-91-0116.
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Title: Complexity Issues for Numerical Optimization, 1 year (1991), Grant: AFOSR -91-0102.
  • NSF and U.S. Army Research Office support for the conference on ``Large scale optimization'' (with W. Hager and D. Hearn, Univ. of FL, Febr. 1993), Grants: NSF - DMS-9217405 and ARO - DAAH04-93G-0031.
  • DIMACS (NSF and NJ Commission on Science and Technology) support (May-June 1993).
  • DIMACS (NSF and NJ Commission on Science and Technology) support (April-May 1994).
  • ``SCOOP : Solving Combinatorial Optimization Problems in Parallel" (ref.: Proposal ERB4050PL941153 / Contract ERBCHRXCT940640) Award from the European Com. Program ``Human capital and mobility" (1995-1998).
  • DIMACS (NSF and NJ Commission on Science and Technology) support (March 1995).
  • DIMACS (NSF and NJ Commission on Science and Technology) support (March 1996).
  • DIMACS (NSF and NJ Commission on Science and Technology) support (April 1997).
  • DIMACS (NSF and NJ Commission on Science and Technology) support (Fall 1997).
  • DIMACS (NSF and NJ Commission on Science and Technology) support for the Workshop on Mobile Networks and Computing ($14,000 - Spring 1999).
  • DIMACS (NSF and NJ Commission on Science and Technology) support for the Workshop on Discrete Algorithmic Problems in Medical Applications ($14,000 - Fall 1999).
  • ``Global Minimization of Nonconvex Energy Functions: molecular Conformation and Protein Folding''. Grant: NSF - BIR-9505919 (April 1, 1996 -- March 31, 1998), $61,707.
  • ``Engineering Research Equipment: Equipment for Research in Applied and Computational Optimization'' (with D. Hearn), Grant: NSF - DMI-9622200 (April 1, 1996 -- March 31, 1997), $21,630 - excluding matching funds from the University of Florida.
  • NSF support for the conference on ``Network Optimization'' (with W. Hager and D. Hearn), Grant: NSF - DMS-9522573 (January 1, 1996 -- Dec. 31, 1996) $15,000.
  • ``Multitarget MultiSensor Fusion For a Near-Real-Time Air-to-Surface Weapon Tracking Filter'', US Dept. of Air Force, Grant: F08635-92-C-0032, TA. P00028 ( May 5, 1997 -- Dec. 31, 1997) (with K. Dominiak), $59,661.
  • NSF EIA 98-72509: ``Integrating Randomization Techniques in the Undergraduate and Graduate Curricula,'' Co-PIs: Randy Chow, Linda Crocker, Sanguthevar Rajasekaran, Raphael Haftka, Raj Rajagopalan, Sanjay Ranka, Gerhard Ritter, Sartaj Sahni, Stanley Su, Baba Vemuri. National Science Foundation, $372,312 - excluding matching funds from the University of Florida - (August 1998 to July 2001).
  • NSF DMS 9817945: Support for the ``Conference on Approximation and Complexity in Numerical Optimization: Continous and Discrete Problems,'' $5,000 (April 1, 1999 to March 31, 2000).
  • NSF DMI-0082231: Support for the ``Conference on Stochastic Optimization: Algorithms and Applications,'' $5,000 (May 1, 2000 - March 31, 2001).
  • NATO (Scientific and Environmental Affairs Division), SST.CLG 975032: ``Calculating Robust Bayesian Estimates Using Optimization Approaches,'' 815,000 Belgian Francs (1999-2000).
  • NSF DBI 9808210: ``Global Optimization Approaches for Molecular and Protein Conformation Problems'' $109,266.00 (Oct. 1999- Sept. 2001).
  • United States Civilian Research and Development Foundation CRDF Award UW0-1010 (Proposal Number UW-032): ``Recent Advances in Non-Differentiable Optimization'' $13,400 (2000).
  • US Dept. of Air Force grant (F-08630-00-1-0001), ``Optimal Risk Path and Target Coverage Algorithms'', $230,000 (2000-2001) (with S. Uryasev).
  • US Dept. of Air Force grant (F-49620-01-1-0338), ``Robust Decision Making: Addressing Uncertainties in Distributions'' (2001-2003), $200,000 (with S. Uryasev)
  • ``International Conference on Biocomputing'' (February 25-27, 2001), $21,000 from UF ($10,000 BME Program, $5,000 Brain Isntitute, and $6,000 College of Engineering and UF Research and Graduate Programs).
  • $15,000 form the BME Program for Visitors (joint with the Medical School).
  • UF Research Opportunity Fund 2001: ``Preictal Detection and Therapeutic Intervention in a Transgenic Epileptic Rodent'' (with P. Carney and C. Sackellares), $50,000.
  • NIH Grant Number: 1 R01 NS39687-01A1 (07/19/2001 - 04/30/2006): ``Bioengineering Research Partnership in Brain Dynamics'' (with J.C. Sackellares et al) (FY2001: $847,398, FY2002: $819,681, FY2003: $900,803, FY2004: $904,026, FY2005: $929,365).
  • NATO PST.GLG.978668, ``Robust Statistical Estimates and Applications in Nuclear Safety,'' EUR 10,000 (2002-2003).
  • Support for the ``Quantintative Neurosciences" conference:
    • McKnight Brain Institute $6,000
    • School of Engineering $3,000
    • Biomedical Engineering Department $3,000
    • UF Research Foundation $3,000
    • School of Medicine $6,000
    • Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc $5,000
  • AFOSR, Equipment for defense Related Projects Conducted by the Risk Managemenst & Financial Engineering Lab (with S. Uryasev and E. Romejin) $182,228 (2003-2004).
  • CRDF, Clique-Detection Algorithms with Applications in Biomedical Engineering, (with Ivan Sergienko, Institute of Cybernetics, UAS (Kiev)) $60,000 (2003-2004).
  • ``A quantitative EEG method for real-time detection of neonatal seizures in the neonatal intensive care unit" (08/1/03 - 07/31/05), Partnership for Petriadic Epilepsy Research, Epilepsy Foundation of America; Total amount $75,000 (with P. Carney, C. Sackellares, and D. Shiau).
  • NSF, ``ITR: Information Extraction from Massive Data Sets'' (with Sanguthevar Rajasekaran, Thomas Cormen, and Sartaj Sahni) $3, 350,534.00 (2003-2008).
  • Evelyn F. & William L. McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida Award (with P. Carney), ``Data mining and optimization techniques in EEG data analysis and epileptic brain modeling," $20,000 (2003-2004).
  • OTL, University of Florida (With P. Carney, ,J. Pricipe, C. Sackellares, and D. Shiau), ``On Line Real Time Seizure Prediction in Adult Patients with Epilepsy'', $28,340 (2004).
  • NSF, ``Design and Analysis of Algorithms for Multicast Networks'', $246,820 (2004-2007).
  • NSF, ``Design and Analysis of Algorithms for Multicast Networks'' (Supplement Award), $44,038.00 (2005-2006).
  • AFOSR, Eavesdropping (or Jamming) of Communication Networks (with S. Uryasev), $240,000 (2005-2007).
  • AFOSR, (DURIP-05) Equipment for defense-related projects of the center for applied optimization (with S. Uryasev), $148,953.42 (2006-2007).
  • DIMACS (NSF) support for the Conference on Data Mining, Systems Analysis and Optimization in Neuroscience ($10,000 - Spring 2007).
  • DIMACS (NSF) support for the Workshop on Clustering Problems in Biological Networks ($14,000 - Spring 2007).

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