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The NSF EPSCoR RII Symposium took place on Monday, May 11, 2009 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The symposium featured four 'anchor' presentations on CyberTools/Science Driver interactions, a poster competition, an outreach/education session, and plenty of opportunities for networking. Find the Symposium's presentations and posters here.
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Louisiana EPSCoR RII Graduate Students
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Akturk, Ismail Work Package 1 Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering Center for Computation and Technology Louisiana State University +1 225 578 7658 akturk AT cct.lsu.edu |
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He received a B.S.(2007) degree in Computer Engineering from Dogus University in Turkey. He started a graduate study in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at LSU in Fall 2007. He is currently involved in PetaShare project.
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Alapati, Raghava BioTransport (Transport Processes) Department of Mechanical Engineering Louisiana State University +1 225 733 0130 alapatiraghava AT gmail.com |
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Raghava Alapati is Graduate Student in Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University. His research interest is computational biology and he is working on Molecular Dynamic Simulations of lipid bilayer. He is using LONI computers for his work.
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Amatya, Vinay C.
Work Packages 1 & 3 Department of Computer Science Center for Computation and Technology Louisiana State University vamatya AT cct.lsu.edu |
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Vinay is a PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at LSU. He is also involved in the Cybertools Group, Work Package 1. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. His research interests are Grid Computing, System Dynamics and Collaborative Learning Environments. | |
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Balman, Mehmet
Work Package 1 Department of Computer Science Center for Computation and Technology Louisiana State University balman AT cct.lsu.edu |
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Mehmet received his BS(2000) and MS(2005) in Computer Engineering from Bogazici University, Turkey. He started PhD in Computer Science at Louisiana State University in August 2005. Mehmet's research interests include data placement and job scheduling in widely distributed environments. | |
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Bhagawaty, Harsha Transport Processes Department of Computer Science Center for Computation & Technology Louisiana State University harsha09 AT cct.lsu.edu |
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Harsha received his Bachelors degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India in June 2007. After that, he spent a semester studying as a graduate student at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania. He then stated off pursuing his Masters in Systems Science program at LSU in the Spring-2008 semester. In Summer-2008, he started working with Dr.Nathan Brener of his department on the "Environmental Transport" project. He is currently working with Dr. Nathan Brener, Dr. Sitharama Iyengar and Dr. Gabrielle Allen on the same project. His research interests include Data Grids and Scientific Computing.
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Bohara, Bidur Work Package 3 Louisiana State University bbohar1 AT tigers.lsu.edu |
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Choi, Junseo Biosensor Development Department of Mechanical Engineering Center for BioModular Multi-Scale Systems Louisiana State University +1 225 578 4595 jchoi7 AT lsu.edu |
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Junseo Choi is a graduate research assistant of the Center for BioModular Multi-Scale Systems at Louisiana State University and a PhD student in LSU's Department of Mechanical Engineering. He earned his MS from Kyunghee University (Republic of Korea) in Chemical Engineering in Spring 2006. He is interested in studying free-standing polymer membrane with nanopore for biological molecules detecting.
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Dharmasiri, Udara Biosensor Development Department of Chemistry Louisiana State University udharm1 AT lsu.edu |
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Udara Dharmasiri is a graduate research assistant in Soper research group and a PhD student in Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University. He earned his BS degree with honors from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Later, he obtained a MS degree in analytical chemistry from the Post Graduate Institute of Science at University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Udara's research interest is utilization of aptamers as biorecognition element for prostate cancer diagnosis.
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Dubbaka, Swathi Laxmi
Work Package 1 Department of Computer Science Center for Computation and Technology Louisiana State University sdubbaka AT cct.lsu.edu |
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Dubbaka earned her Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from JNT University,India. She is currently pursuing her Masters in Computer Science in Louisiana State University. She is currently employed as a Graduate Assisstant with Dr.Gabrielle Allen and Daniel S Katz. | |
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Emory, Jason Biosensor Development Department of Chemistry Center for BioModular Multi-Scale Systems Louisiana State University +1 225 578 7709 jemory1 AT lsu.edu |
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Jason Emory is a graduate research assistant and a PhD student in LSU's Department of Chemistry. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a Master of Science in Chemistry from UNC Charlotte in 2001 and 2004 respectively. Jason's research intrests are in the field of flourescence spectroscopy with a focus on single molecule detection of molecular beacons as biomarkers. These goals are being meet by designing and building new modular genosensor systems and the supporting instrumenation.
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Gilmanov, Timur BioTransport (Transport Processes) Department of Mechanical Engineering Louisiana State University tgilma AT lsu.edu |
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Timur Gilmanov is a PhD student with the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He obtained a BS degree in Summer 2007 from Kazan State University, Russia. Since Spring 2008 he is involved in solving problems of biomechanics at the EPSCOR project. His research interests are computational approaches in biomechanics, including theory of membranes and Flow-Structure Interaction(FSI) problems. To achieve the objectives of his research he is studying numerical methods for solving continuum mechanics equations and high-performance computing. He has been using LONI for his research in since he came to LSU in 2008.
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Hamlington, Katharine
Biosensor Development, Transport Processes Department of Biomedical Engineering Tulane University +1 504 862 3374 khamling AT tulane.edu |
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Kate Hamlington is a biomedical engineering Ph.D student at Tulane
University. She received her BSE in biomedical engineering from Tulane as well. Kate works with Dr. Donald Gaver in computational fluid dynamics and is currently working on methods to compute flow fields around complex geometric obstructions.
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Harhad, Farid
Work Package 3 Department of Computer Science Center for Computation & Technology Louisiana State University fharhad AT cct.lsu.edu |
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Farid is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science. He has also joined the CFD-IGERT program. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Computer Science from LSU with a minor in Mathematics. His research interests are Scientific Visualization, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Human-Computer Interaction. His faculty advisors are: Dr. Bijaya Karki, Dr. Brygg Ullmer, Dr. Sumanta Acharya, and Dr. Werner Benger. | |
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Jiang, Lei
Work Package 4 Department of Computer Science Center for Computation & Technology Louisiana State University +1 225 578 7658 ljiang AT cct.lsu.edu |
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Lei has a BS degree in Computer Science from University of Science and Technology of China and MS degree in Applied Computer Science from Wuhan University, China. He joined CCT in July 2008, now working on the CyberTools project with the focus on environment transport.
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Kalghatgi, Prasad BioTransport (Transport Processes) Department of Mechanical Engineering Louisiana State University +1 225 578 0589 prasad AT cct.lsu.edu |
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Prasad Kalghatgi is a PhD student in LSU's Department of Mechanical Engineering. He completed BS from Visveshwaraiah Technological University in 2003. His interests are Computational Fluid Dynamics and he is currently involved in developing CFD modules for CFDToolkit.
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Kankamedala, Senaka Biosensor Development Department of Engineering Institute for Micromanufacturing Louisiana Tech University +1 318 607 7716 skk011 AT latech.edu |
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Senaka Kanakamedala received the B. Tech degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Jawaharlal Technological University, Hyderabad, India, in 2006 and is currently working towards the PhD. Degree program in Engineering at Louisiana Tech University. His current research interests include design and fabrication of micro/nano electronic devices and microfluidic devices for sensor applications.
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Kim, Namwon Department of Mechanical Engineering Center for Bio-Modular Multiscale Systems Louisiana State University +1 225 578 4412 nkim1 AT lsu.edu |
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Namwon Kim is a graduate research assistant of the Center for Bio-Mudular
Multiscale Systems at Louisiana State University and a PhD student in
Mechanical Engineering, LSU. He received his B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering
from Kangwon National University, South Korea, in 1998. He was with Hyundai
Motor Company, South Korea from 1997 to 2001 as an Auto-Parts Developing
Engineer. His research interests include multiphase flows in polymer
microfluidic systems. He is working on experimental investigations of
gas-liquid and liquid-liquid two-phase flows for bio-analytical chip
applications.
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Korobkin, Oleg Work Package 4 Department of Physics Louisiana State University +1 225 578 1218 korobkin AT cct.lsu.edu |
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Oleg graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology with a degree in applied physics and mathematics. The subject of his diploma was computing spectrum of semiconductor nanowires. Currently he is pursuing Ph.D. in physics under supervision of Dr. Manuel Tiglio. Oleg started working at CCT in February 2006 as a member of numerical relativity group, and right now he is working on initial data for new generalized harmonic formulation of Einstein's equations. Another project, which he is doing at CCT with Dr. Burak Aksoylu from Maths department, is application of space and space-time finite elements in general relativity.
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Kulshrestha, Archit Work Package 1 Department of Computer Science Center for Computation & Technology Louisiana State University +1 225 334 2447 architk AT cct.lsu.edu |
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Archit is a Grid Administrator at the Scientific Computing Systems and Software group at CCT. He graduated with a Master's degree in Systems Science from LSU and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from JNTU, India. His primary interests are Grid Computing, Distributed Systems and Software Engineering. At CCT he is involved in various Grid Computing projects such as UCoMS, SCOOP and GAT Development, apart from managing the Grid Resources for CCT.
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Lee, Tae Yoon Biosensor Development Department of Mechanical Engineering Center for BioModular Multiscale System Louisiana State University tlee15 AT lsu.edu |
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Tae Yoon Lee is a graduate research assistant of the Center for BioModular Multiscale System at Louisiana State University and a Ph.D. Student in LSU's Department of Mechanical Engineering. Tae Yoon's research interests are in the field of lab-on-a-chip (LOC) or micro-total-analysis-system for mutation detection. To build up a system, he has applied engineering principles and used engineering tools to his studies.
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Liu, Kexi Work Package 3 Department of Computer Science Center for Computation & Technology Louisiana State University kliu AT cct.lsu.edu |
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Kexi is a Ph.D student in CS department. She received her B.S. degree in Jinan University in China. Kexi currently works in the Tangviz Group with guidance of Dr. Brygg Ullmer.
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Mahajan, Vinayak Work Package 3 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Louisiana at Lafayette +1 337 482 1363 vmm3480 AT louisiana.edu |
| Vinayak Mahajan received B. Eng. in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering from Mumbai University, India in 2006 and is currently working towards MS Degree program in Telecommunications at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His research interests include solid state electronic devices, MOSFET noise modeling, radio-frequency integrated circuits, and optical fiber communication. He has been using LONI for his research in MS project since summer 2008.
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Natesan, Vignesh Work Package 3 Center for Advanced Computer Studies University of Louisiana Lafayette vignesh AT lite3d.com |
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Vignesh Natesan is a graduate research assistant at Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE) with interest in the field of Computer Graphics, Database Management System and Operating System.
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Njoroge, Samuel K. Biosensor Development Department of Chemistry Louisiana State University +1 225 454 2469 snjoro1 AT lsu.edu |
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Samuel is a PhD student at Louisiana State University, Chemistry Department. He has been working as a graduate student since the fall of 2006. In the spring and summer semesters of 2007, Samuel worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in Chemistry Department. His research is on DNA Fingerprinting for Forensic Studies under the supervision of Dr. Steven A. Soper. Currently, he is working as a research assistant in Dr. Soper Lab. Samuel's country of origin is Kenya. He received his BS in Chemistry and Physics from Moi University, Eldoret in Kenya.
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Park, Taehyun Biosensor Development Department of Mechanical Engineering Center for BioModular Multi-Scale Systems Louisiana State University +1 225 578 4412 lsumems AT gmail.com |
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Taehyun is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University.
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Pillert, Jerina
Biosensor Development, Transport Processes Department of Biomedical Engineering Tulane University +1 504 247 1910 jpillert AT tulane.edu |
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Jerina Pillert is a biomedical engineering Ph.D student at Tulane University. She received her B.S. in physics and computer engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Jerina currently works with Dr. Donald Gaver on projects related to computational fluid dynamics and pulmonary mechanics.
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Ramet, Celine Biosensor Development Department of Mechanical Engineering Center of Bio-Modular Multi-scale Systems Louisiana State University +1 225 278 3014 cramet1 AT lsu.edu |
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Celine Ramet has been a graduate research assistant and a MS student in
Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University since Fall 2006. Celine's research is on creating a micro-fluidic cycler based on electrokinetic forces-called Electrophoretron- to be used as a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) cycler. Her work combines electroosmotic and electrophoretic velocity measurements (close to PCR conditions), as well as design, optimization and realistic simulations of the device.
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Sekeroglu, Kazim Work Package 3 Department of Electrical Engineering Southern University +1 225 324 8719 ksekeroglu AT gmail.com |
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Kazim is a graduate student in Electrical Engineering at Southern University, Baton Rouge. He received his B.S.(2007) in Department of Electronics and Computer Education from Gazi University, Turkey. His research interest include medical electronics, medical instrumentation, and hardware implementation. He is currently involved in CyberTools project.
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Shetty, Nikhil
Work Package 3 Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE) Center for Advanced Computer Studies (CACS) University of Louisiana at Lafayette nikhil AT lite3d.com |
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Nikhil is pursuing his PhD in Computer Science. His primary areas of interest are systems-programming/development/engineering, machine learning and HPC in Scientific computing/visualization. His research goal is to develop an adaptive/distributed/unified systems framework for HPC in scientific computing and visualization. Dr. Cruz-Neira is his PhD advisor. | |
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Shrestha, Asim
Work Package 3 Louisiana State University ashres1 AT tigers.lsu.edu |
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Singh, Harpreet Work Package 2 Department of Computer Science Data Mining Research Laboratory Louisiana Tech University hsi001 AT latech.edu |
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Harpreet graduated with a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science & Technology from I.E.T. Bhaddal, ROPAR, PTU. Harpreet was a trainee for 6 months in the Information Technology Department of Punjab, India. His research interests include bioinformatics, databases, and data mining. He is currently working on the following projects: Database Manager (CRM), Customer Relation Mgmt. Solutions (an interactive website), Hospital Management System.
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Suslu, Ibrahim H Work Package 1 Department of Computer Science Center for Computation and Technology Louisiana State University +1 225 578 2818 ihsuslu AT cct.lsu.edu |
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Ibrahim H Suslu is a PhD student in computer science at LSU. He has completed bachelor's in computer technology at Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey. He has also completed master in computer science at Southern University, Baton Rouge. He has worked for Southern University, Computer Science Department as a System Manager for five years. He is working for CCT as a research assistant since spring 2007. His research interests are grid computing, distributed data movement and also networking.
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Thalakokkula, Bharadhwaj Work Package 2 Department of Computer Science Center for Computation and Technology Louisiana State University bthala1 AT cct.lsu.edu |
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Bharadhwaj did his Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science at Osmania University, Hyderabad, India in 2008. He is working on CyberTools for grid portals, Work Package 2 under Allen since spring '09.
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Thanakornworakij, Thanadech Work Package 1 Computational Analysis and Modeling Louisiana Tech University tth010 AT latech.edu |
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Thanadech Thanakornworakij is a graduate assistant and PhD student in Computational Analysis and Modeling program
at Louisiana Tech University. He earned MS from King's Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Thailand.
His research interests are in High performance computing and Grid computing.
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Thota, Abhinav Work Package 4 Department of Computer Science Center for Computation & Technology Louisiana State University athota1 AT tigers.lsu.edu |
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Abhinav S Thota is a graduate research assistant with the Center for Computation Technology, LSU and a Master's student with the Department of Computer Science, LSU. He received his B.E. in Information Technology from Osmania University. He is currently working on WP 4, CyberTools. His research interests include high speed networks, high performance computing and grid computing.
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Toole, Cornelius Work Package 3 Department of Computer Science Louisiana State University corntoole AT cct.lsu.edu |
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Cornelius is a doctoral student within the Computer Science Department. He completed Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Computer Science at Jackson State University respectively in 2003 and 2005 and started here at the LSU/CCT Fall 2005. Currently Cornelius is investigating brokering techniques to help manage distributed visualization applications as part of the Enlightened Project. He is also working with the Tangible Visualization Group to find ways to apply brokering and other distibuted computing concepts to support co-located, computer-supported, collaborative use of tangible interaction devices in scenarios such as remote visualization and teleconference sessions. His research interests include visualization, human computer interfaces, distributed computing and design.
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Wadje, Ninad S. Work Package 3 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Louisiana at Lafayette +1 337 482 1363 nsw2719 AT louisiana.edu |
| Ninad S. Wadje is a currently graduate student at University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received his Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Pune University, India, in 2006. His research interests include Solid state electronics, MOSFET noise modeling and Optical fiber communication.
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Wang, Xinqi "Jack" Work Package 1 Department of Computer Science Center for Computation & Technology Louisiana State University xinqiwang AT cct.lsu.edu |
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Wang Xinqi got his BS from Taiyuan University of Technology in 2002, he then worked in financial sector for about two years. Since 2004, he has been a graduate student in Taiyuan University of Technology, Wang Xinqi became a member of the CCT in January, 2007, he is currently working under Prof.Tevfik Kosar as a PHD student, his research includes data intensive distributed and grid computing.
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Weidner, Ole Christian Work Package 4 Department of Computer Science Center for Computation & Technology Louisiana State University +1 225 578 4917 oweidner AT cct.lsu.edu |
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Ole is a researcher in the Core Computational Science group at CCT, specializing in grid framework design. He graduated with a B.Sc. in Software Engineering from Hasso-Plattner-Institute for Software Systems Engineering in Germany in 2006. During his studies, Ole worked at the Max-Planck-Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert-Einstein-Institute) as a software developer for the Grid Application Toolkit (JavaGAT). His research interests are focused on grid frameworks and middleware as well as programming models and object-oriented design patterns for distributed and grid computing environments. At CCT, he currently works on the SAGA C++ reference implementation.
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Yildirim, Esma
Work Package 1 Department of Computer Science Center for Computation and Technology Louisiana State University +1 225 578 7511 esma AT cct.lsu.edu |
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Esma has received her BS degree from Fatih university and MS degree from Marmara University Computer Engineering Departments in Istanbul, Turkey. She worked for one year in Avrupa Software Company for the Development of ERP Software. She also worked as a Lecturer in Fatih University Vocational School until 2006. She is currently in Louisiana State University as a Phd student in Computer Science since August 2006. She is working for CCT as a graduate research asistant. Her research interests are Distributed Computing, Web technologies and Sofware Engineering. | |
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Yin, Dengpan Work Package 1 Department of Computer Science Center for Computation & Technology Louisiana State University +1 225 578 0054 dyin AT cct.lsu.edu |
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Dengpan Yin is a graduate research assistant of the Center for Computation and Technology at Louisiana State University and a PhD student in computer science department, LSU. He received his M.S in computer science from Southern University, USA, in 2008. His research interests include parallel && distributed computing and high performance networks. He is working on Stork projects currently.
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You, Byoung Hee Biosensor Development Department of Mechanical Engineering Louisiana State University byou1 AT lsu.edu |
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Byoung Hee You was born in Taegu, South Korea. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Yeungnam University in 1994 and 1996, respectively. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University. His research interests are in the areas of micromolding, kinematic design, tolerance analysis, microassembly and microsystem technologies.
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Yun, Zhifeng Work Package 1 Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering Center for Computation & Technology Louisiana State University +1 225 578 7658 zyun AT cct.lsu.edu http://www.cct.lsu.edu/~zyun |
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Zhifeng received his B.E from Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China, in 2004 and his M.S from University of Southampton, UK, in 2006. Now he is a Ph.D student in Louisiana State University. He is currently working in CCT at LSU as a research assistant in UCoMS.
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