Title  : NSF9176 - Summary of Awards, Fiscal Year 1989
Type   : Dir of Awards
NSF Org: CISE
Date   : August 15, 1991
File   : nsf9176

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                        SUMMARY OF AWARDS
                        FISCAL YEAR 1989

________________________________________________________________
Office of Cross-Disciplinary Activities
Directorate for Computer and Information
  Science and Engineering

                   NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
                       1800 G STREET, N.W.
                     WASHINGTON, D.C.  20550

                             PREFACE

The Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
Directorate, under the direction of Charles Brownstein, Acting
Assistant Director, CISE, consists of the following six divisions
and office:  Advanced Scientific Computing (ACS) Division;
Computer and Computation Research (CCR) Division; Cross-
Disciplinary Activities (CDA) Office; Information, Robotics and
Intelligent Systems (IRIS) Division; Microelectronic Information
Processing Systems (MIPS) Division; and the Networking and
Communications Research and Infrastructure (NCRI) Division.

The Office of Cross-Disciplinary Activities (CDA) supports the
building and strengthening of infrastructure in all CISE areas
through the CISE Institutional Infrastructure and the CISE
Instrumentation Programs.  It also administers various Special
Projects and coordinates activities aimed at Directorate- and
Foundation-wide goals including increasing the participation of
women, minorities, and the disabled in science and engineering,
encouraging new investigators to initiate research, developing
undergraduate curricula in CISE areas and encouraging the
participation of undergraduates in research.  The CISE
Institutional Infrastructure Program has four components:
Institutional Infrastructure-Large Scale; Institutional
Infrastructure-Small Scale; Institutional Infrastructure-Minority
Institutions; and Educational Infrastructure.

The purpose of this Summary of Awards is to provide the
scientific and engineering communities with a summary of those
grants awarded in Fiscal Year 1989 through the Office of Cross-
Disciplinary Activities (CDA).  This report lists projects
including continuing grants funded using Fiscal Year 1989 dollars
but does not list multi-year standard awards made prior to Fiscal
Year 1989.

Awards are grouped together by Programs for reader convenience.
However, projects may bridge several programs or deal with topics
not explicitly mentioned herein.  Thus, these categories have
been assigned administratively and for the purpose of this report
only.

In this document, grantee institutions and principal
investigators are identified first.  Award identification
numbers, award amounts, and award durations are enumerated after
the individual project titles.  Within each category, the awards
are listed alphabetically by principal investigator.

Readers wishing further information on any particular project
described in this report are advised to contact the principal
investigators directly.
                         Harry G. Hedges
                              Head
                  Office of Cross-Disciplinary
                           Activities

                        TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                         Page

Preface .................................................

Table of Contents .......................................

Introduction ............................................

NSF Organization & Staff ...............................

Summary ................................................

CISE Institutional Infrastructure-Large Scale...........

CISE Institutional Infrastructure-Small Scale ..........

CISE Institutional Infrastructure-Minority
  Institutions ..........................................

CISE Instrumentation ...................................

CISE Special Projects ..................................

Index of Principal Investigators .......................

                          INTRODUCTION

     This report provides summaries of awards made in Fiscal Year
1989 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Office
of Cross-Disciplinary Activities (CDA) of the Computer and
Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate.  The
programs conducted by the Office are:

CISE Institutional Infrastructure-Large Scale

     This program provides support to aid in the establishment,
enhancement and operation of major experimental facilities
supporting research activities in the areas of computer and
information science, computer engineering, or computational
science supported in the CISE Directorate.  In general, support
is provided for equipment, maintenance, technical support staff,
and other appropriate costs.

CISE Institutional Infrastructure-Small Scale

This expansion of the Institutional Infrastructure Program was
established in Fiscal Year 1988 with the acceptance of proposals
for five-year awards to support the establishment, enhancement
and operation of experimental research facilities of a smaller
scale than those encompassed by the Large-Scale Program.  As in
the Large-Scale program, awards are made for equipment,
maintenance, technical support staff, and other appropriate costs
for facilities supporting research activities in the CISE
research areas.

CISE Institutional Infrastructure-Minority Institutions

Both one-year planning grants and five-year continuing awards are
included in the Minority Institutions program.  The program
includes both research and educational components and provides
funds to aid in the establishment, enhancement, and operation of
experimental computing facilities at predominantly minority
institutions to support activities in the areas of computer and
information science, computer engineering or computational
science supported in the CISE Directorate.

CISE Educational Infrastructure Program

The objective of the Educational Infrastructure program is to
stimulate innovative educational activities which address the
problems of undergraduate instruction in the fields of computer
and information science, computer engineering and computational
science.  Support is provided for curriculum development, faculty
enhancement, development of software, equipment acquisition and
maintenance, necessary support staff, and other appropriate
costs.

CISE Instrumentation

Awards in the CISE Instrumentation program are made for the
purchase of special-purpose equipment or software to be used for
research programs in the areas of computer and information
science, computer engineering, or computational science supported
in the CISE Directorate.  The instrumentation is to be used by
more than one project and is not intended to provide general
computing capacity.

CISE Special Projects

The Office of Cross-Disciplinary Activities also makes several
significant awards in the Special Projects category and, in
addition, coordinates and is responsible for funding cross-
directorate projects.  Projects include special activities
related to women, minorities, and the disabled.

Additional Information

For additional information on any of the projects, please contact
the principal investigators directly.

                   NSF ORGANIZATION AND STAFF

The Directorate of Computer and Information Science and
Engineering (CISE), founded in 1986, continues to grow and
develop in order to serve the research and educational community
better.  The overall organizational structure of the Office of
Cross-Disciplinary Activities (OCDA) is shown below.

                             Office
                               of
                  Cross-Disciplinary Activities

                             FY 1991

                   National Science Foundation
                   1800 G Street, NW, Room 304
                   Washington, DC 20550

                   Harry G. Hedges
                   Head
                   (202) 357-7349

Program or Area          Program Director(s)      Telephone

CISE Institutional       John Cherniavsky         (202) 357-7349
  Infrastructure

CISE Instrumentation     John Cherniavsky         (202) 357-7349

CISE Educational         Caroline Wardle          (202) 357-7349
  Infrastructure

Cross-Directorate        Bryant W. York           (202) 357-7349
  Special Projects

Administrative Officer   Barbara H. Palmer        (202) 357-7349

                              email

Send email to X@note.nsf.gov (Internet) or X@nsf(bitnet) where
X= <first initial> <last name>

                  example: hhedges@note.nsf.gov

                      FY 1989 Program Staff

CISE Institutional       J. Mack Adams            (202) 357-7349
  Infrastructure

CISE Instrumentation     Alvin Thaler             (202) 357-7349

CISE Special Projects    Lawrence Oliver          (202) 357-7349

                        SUMMARY - FY 1989

                                        Number of   Value of
                                        Projects     Awards

CISE Institutional Infrastructure -
Large Scale .........................      24      $12,162,901

CISE Institutional Infrastructure -
  Small Scale .........................     2      $ 1,149,183

CISE Institutional Infrastructure -
  Minority Institutions ...............     7       $1,179,854

CISE Instrumentation ..................    27       $2,474,196

CISE Cross-Directorate Programs .......    16       $  651,570

CISE Special Projects .................    13       $  429,247

These data includes the totals of the awards listed in this
document including special Foundation initiatives and reserves
and may not agree with official NSF budget records for CDA.

         CISE INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE (LARGE SCALE)

   A Laboratory for Programming Languages and Software Systems
Andrews, Gregory; University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
CDA 8822652; 07-01-89; $577,911; 12 Months

       This award provides infrastructure support for ten
research projects, with the primary research areas being parallel
and distributed processing, and programming languages. Other
significant research areas are fault-tolerant programming,
algorithms and software for molecular genetics, graphical user
interfaces for scientific visualization, and object-oriented and
deductive database systems. Specific research projects in the
general area of parallel and distributed processing include:

       1. development of tools to aid in designing and developing
algorithms for parallel and distributed systems, with emphasis on
high-level tools for relatively naive users;

       2. research on language mechanisms and implementation
techniques to facilitate programming computations that execute
efficiently on shared-memory multiprocessors;

       3. development of techniques for compiling concurrent
programs written using shared variables into programs that
execute on multicomputers or on multiprocessors with non-uniform
memory access time;

       4. research on a configurable operating system kernel,
called the x-kernel, in which communication protocols define the
fundamental building block; and

       5. development of analytic methods for evaluating
performance of parallel asynchronous algorithms and applying the
methods to the analysis of particular parallel algorithms running
on various multiprocessor architectures.

       The research on programming languages includes:

       1. development of the Icon programming language, a
high-level language with facilities for processing nonnumeric
data, and

       2. development of effective compilation techniques for
logic programming languages.

       Equipment obtained for the research includes a Hypercube
upgrade, a shared memory multiprocessor, high-end graphic
workstations, and optical disks.

Keeping Up with the 90's in Computer Science Equipment
Bajcsy, Ruzena; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
19104
CDA 8822719; 07-15-89; $576,612; 12 Months; CDA 8947803;
07-15-89; $25,000; 0 months.

       This award provided infrastructure for research that is
organized around five laboratories:

       1. LINC--for research on artificial intelligence and
natural language processing;

       2. GRASP--for research on machine perception and robotics;

       3. GRAPHICS--for research on graphic interfaces, movement
description, and animation;

       4. DSL--for research in computer architecture and computer
communication;

       5. LOGIC & COMPUTATION--for research in logic and
computation, including theory of computation, database systems,
and programming languages.

       Two new facets of the research, integration and upward
scaling, require an enhanced experimental environment involving
machines with massively parallel architectures. The award is
helping to develop this environment by providing funds for a SIMD
machine for work in natural language processing, and active
perception and real time manipulation; a MIMD machine for
simulation and research involving extensive scientific
calculations; as well as high speed workstations with rich
environments for work in theoretical computer science.

       The Research Opportunity Award (ROA) supplement provided
partial support for a faculty member from Wellesley College to
participate in research activities at the University of
Pennsylvania in the area of natural language, specifically in
problems linking computer union with natural languages.

CISE Institutional Infrastructure Program for Prototyping
Complete Digital Systems
Brooks, Frederick; University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
CDA 8944864; 04-27-89; $580,000; 12 Months

       The University of North Carolina Computer Science
Department has undertaken the development of a prototyping
capability for complete systems: chips, architectures, hardware
integration, operating systems, compilers, application software,
and user interfaces. The development of this capability is being
done in such a way that it can be transplanted to other
locations, thereby creating the possibility of a decentralized
national capability for experimental computer systems research.

       The development of the systems prototyping capability is
structured around seven shared laboratories: the Microelectronics
Design Laboratory, the Microelectronic Systems Laboratory, the
Software Systems Laboratory, the Graphics and Image Laboratory,
the Natural Language and Text Laboratory, the Communications
Facility/Research Laboratory, and the Computer Facilities. A
previous CER grant provided support to improve the Computer
Facilities, to build up the Microelectronic Systems Laboratory,
and to modernize the Graphics and Image Laboratory. The current
award is for development of the Software Systems Laboratory,
enlargement of the Microelectronic Systems Laboratory,
modernization of the Microelectronics Design Laboratory and
expansion of the Computer Facilities and of a prototype of a new
type of low-cost inter-university network.

Parallel Laboratory for Real Time Vision and Robotics
Brown, Christopher; University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627
CDA 8822724; 07-01-89; $365,879; 12 Months

       The support provided by this award is assisting the
University of Rochester researchers to pursue the goal of
real-time active vision. Based on their experience with parallel
vision algorithms on both general and special purpose hardware,
they are moving to the next stage: integration of parallel
solutions to individual problems into a unified solution to a
single complex problem. To facilitate this research the award is
helping them develop a parallel laboratory for real-time vision
consisting of four key components: a ``head,'' containing cameras
for visual input, a robot arm or ``neck'' that supports and moves
the ``head,'' a special purpose parallel processor for
high-bandwidth, low-level vision processing, and a general
purpose parallel processor for high-level vision and planning.
New research directions that are being investigated using the
laboratory include heterogeneous parallelism, hierarchical
adaptive control for sensory-motor systems, cooperation of
symbolic planning with real-world action, operating systems for
scaleable MIMD architectures, and parallel programming
environments. The laboratory also serves to unify research in
massively parallel architectures, vision, planning, robotics, and
parallel software systems.

TOPAZ--A Laboratory for Research in Parallel Computing
Dewitt, David; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Madison, WI 53706
CDA 8945330; 07-01-89;; $520,493; 12 months

       The primary goal of this project, called TOPAZ, is to
develop a laboratory that will provide a comprehensive facility
for research in parallel computing, in particular in the design
of algorithms. The system provides a breadth of hardware
capabilities and is used by researchers studying parallel
algorithms in a variety of areas, ranging across mathematical
programming, numerical methods, database management systems,
artificial intelligence, combinatorial algorithms, programming
languages, arithmetic algorithms, robotics, and performance
modeling and analysis. NSF support has aided in establishing and
operating the laboratory which includes a shared-memory
multiprocessor, a tightly-coupled multiprocessor, a number of
workstations, additional disk drives, and an enhanced Crystal
multicomputer with upgraded node processors and new co-processors
for faster message passing.

Massive Information Storage, Management, and Use
Graham, Susan; University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
94720
CDA 8945763; 06-30-89; $841,862; 12 Months

       This award is aiding in the establishment of a massive
hierarchical storage facility, (1) to investigate approaches to
the design of systems software for such an environment, and (2)
to use the environment in a number of application areas,
including:

       i) The construction of large knowledge bases and their
application in machine learning and natural language processing;

       ii) The manipulation of complex objects such as designs,
large  programs, and multimedia documents;

       iii) The processing of geometric and pictorial information
such as images, surfaces and mathematical functions of several
variables;

       iv) The integrated storage of scientific program
libraries, mathematical tables and procedures for the
transformation and manipulation of symbolic information.

       The development of the system requires innovations in
distributed operating systems, computer architecture, performance
analysis, database system design and algorithm design. The
availability of the system is enhancing the research at Berkeley
in artificial intelligence, text processing, programming systems,
graphics, computer vision and scientific computation.

Coordinated Experimental Research on Systems for Constructing and
Manipulating Complex Objects
Gries, David; Cornell University Endowed, Ithaca, NY 14853
CDA-8945085; 07-01-89; $660,087; 12 Months.

       The basic theme of this project has to do with
representation, construction and manipulation of complex objects.
The award aids in providing facilities, support staff,
maintenance and related costs for developing and experimenting
with large, comprehensive, interactive systems involving such
complex objects. Systems involved include those associated with
robotics, formal-reasoning, programming environments and VLSI
design tools.

       While these projects are diverse in nature, it is believed
that there exist fundamental, common, domain-independent problems
concerning the processing of complex objects and that the planned
research will determine the architecture of practical, effective
systems to manipulate complex objects in whichever of the domains
they appear. This project is based on ongoing work at Cornell in
each of the above noted areas and utilizes a number of new
workstations, a tightly coupled multiprocessor and networking
facilities provided under this grant as well as other equipment
acquired under the previous CER and other grants at Cornell.

``Parasol: A Laboratory for Parallel Software Technology''
Kennedy, Kenneth; William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX
77251
CDA 8947819; 07-10-89; $628,063; 12 Months; CDA-8947819;
08-25-89; $19,996; CDA-8912613; 06-01-89; $7,200; 0 Months

       This project is centered around the creation of a parallel
software laboratory, called PARASOL. This facility supports a
variety of projects investigating both the fundamental nature of
parallel computing and its application to problems of importance
in software engineering and in scientific computing. The award
has aided in the establishment of this software laboratory
through provision of support for a tightly-coupled multiprocessor
and a number of workstations along with support for maintenance
costs, support staff and related costs. The research builds on
work conducted under a previous Coordinated Experimental Research
(CER) grant and is extending the earlier contributions, as well
as providing for expansion in new directions. Significant results
are expected in the important areas of (1) the  fundamental
nature of parallel computing and (2) applications of parallel
computing to problems in scientific computing and software
engineering.
       This grant included a Research Opportunities Award under
which a faculty membr from Williams College spent a year at Rice
working in the area of scientific programming environments.

 Effective Use of Parallel Computing
Lazowska, Edward; University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
CDA 8945997; 07-03-89; $742,769; 12 Months

       The theme of this project at the University of Washington
is parallel computing. The award is aiding in providing
equipment, maintenance and support staff to enhance the existing
experimental computer research facility in order to coordinate
and stimulate work in the area of parallel computing. The
Department has groups with recognized strengths in six distinct
areas of computer science: computer architecture, performance
analysis, image analysis and graphics, programming environments,
computer systems and theory of computation. In each of these
groups, significant research is being undertaken that would not
be possible without the Infrastructure support. The work is
utilizing a shared-memory multiprocessor, a networked
multiprocessor and a number of workstations being acquired under
the grant as well as other pieces of equipment acquired from both
industrial sources and from previous NSF grants. In addition to
providing facilities to allow extensions of the previous
contributions in each of the areas noted above, it is expected
that major steps forward will be made in the overall
understanding and effective use of parallel computing.

Effective Distributed Computing: A Reliable Object-Based
Environment for Computer Science Research
LeBlanc, Richard; Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA
30332
CDA 8946991; 07-25-89; $751,245; 12 Months

       The Clouds Project at Georgia Tech is a research effort
directed toward the development of a distributed object-based
computer system. This award has aided in the establishment of an
experimental computer research facility to support work to evolve
the Clouds system from its current status as a research tool to a
more robust system that will support a wide variety of computing
research. This involves further development of the connection
between Clouds and Unix so as to provide the features of Clouds
within a familiar environment; development of a distributed
object filing system to support named, permanent objects; porting
the Clouds kernel to more modern machines; and, eventually,
providing a distributed operating system on top of the kernel,
supporting such features as object migration for load balancing,
a fault-tolerant job scheduler, global system monitoring systems,
support for multi-cluster structuring, transparent replication of
objects, and others. The Clouds system is also serving as a
testbed for ongoing research in several areas including
environments, software engineering and fault tolerance. The
project is utilizing a new shared-memory multiprocessor system
and a number of new workstations acquired under the grant as well
as equipment previously available at Georgia Tech. Under this
award, the Clouds project is being substantially expanded and
other research areas strengthened as well. It is also expected
that the graduate program will continue to expand thereby
providing additional doctoral level computer science graduates.

A Research Facility for Cooperative Distributed Computing
Lesser, Victor R.; University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst,
MA 01003
CDA 8945329; 08-01-89; $330,438 (Joint support with the Robotics
and Machine Intelligence Program--Total Grant $734,307); 12
Months; CDA-8941000; 03-02-89; $7,700; 6 Months; CDA-8945329;
$6,667; 6 Months

       This award provides an experimental facility for research
in cooperative distributed computing based on a tightly-coupled
multiprocessor containing 128 processing elements. A key aspect
of the project is to address issues that arise out of task and
problem solving decomposition in which processes cooperate to
solve a single integrated problem rather than a set of
independent tasks. It will coordinate and integrate large,
successful research groups in the areas of intelligent systems
(computer vision, robotics and distributed problem solving,
adaptive learning networks, neural modelling) and distributed and
parallel processing (language primitives, synchronization,
concurrency control, network communications, real-time
scheduling, load balancing, debugging, protection and
reliability).
       This grant included supplemental support for
undergraduates through the Research Experience for Undergraduates
(REU) Program and also support to develop visual simulation
material in robotics for undergraduate classes under a CISE
Educational Supplement.

ACTIVE (Animated Color 3D Interactive Visual Environments
Lewis, Philip; State University of New York-Stonybrook, Stony
Brook, NY 117940001
CDA 8822721; 07-01-89; $334,000; 12 Months

       This award provided funds for a network of
high-performance graphics workstations to support research on
building visualization environments. The goals of the research
are to:

       1. Create tools that can be used to rapidly generate
application-specific, visually-oriented computing environments on
high-performance workstations;

       2. Build prototype environments in the application areas
of massively-parallel algorithms and architectures, asynchronous
and distributed systems, and VLSI design;

       3. Use these prototypes for research within the three
application areas.

       The approach to building environments is based on a
declarative semantic conceptual architecture, in which each
environment is specified as an interface to an underlying
semantic model with which the user interacts. The environment
always maintains the screen display as a presentation of the
current state of the underlying model, so that the presentation
automatically changes when the state of the model changes. The
mapping between the states of the underlying model and the screen
display is defined declaratively in terms of the desired
relationship that must be maintained, and not on the precise
program used to maintain it. This approach requires advances in
user interface management, knowledge bases, and declarative
languages, which are active research areas in the department.

The Massive Memory Machine Project
Lipton, Richard J.; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
CDA 8946156; 07-15-89; $541,140; 12 Months

       This project was directed at the investigation of
supercomputers with massive amounts of physical memory, in the
tens of billions of bytes. The hypothesis of the research is that
such machines may change, in fundamental ways, how certain
classes of problems are solved and may lead to orders of
magnitude performance improvements. Efforts are underway to
validate experimentally the massive memory hypothesis, to explore
ways to build such a machine in the future, and to investigate
selected algorithmic processes for such designs. The validation
portion of the project is being carried out on a Large Memory
Computer (LMC), a conventional computer with an unconventional
but economically feasible amount of memory (256 MB). The second
part of the project involves the study of a number of novel
architectures for machines with billions of bytes of memory.

The University of Chicago Computer Science Laboratory
O'Donnell, Michael; University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
CDA 8822657; 07-15-89; $303,948; 12 Months

       This award provided funds to develop computing
infrastructure for a wide variety of research, with the primary
areas being equational logic, case-based reasoning, computer
vision and graphics, numerical solution of partial differential
equations, and computer science theory. The infrastructure
includes a VLSI design facility to be used by students and
faculty in developing and testing circuit designs. This facility
is used by a number of other research projects. The research in
equational logic is concerned with the development of useful
implementations of an equational logic programming language. The
following issues are being addressed: compiler optimizations,
radical new implementation techniques based on congruence
closure, extensions of the language to provide modularity,
implementation of indeterminate systems without the Church-Rosser
property, more powerful techniques for guaranteeing determinacy,
more flexible input-output interfaces integrating equational
programming with structure editors and debuggers, and parallel
evaluation of equational programs.

       The research on case-based reasoning is concerned with the
analysis and implementation of reasoning by remembering previous
results and adapting them to new situations. This approach is
being applied to four projects: evaluating student applications,
diagnosing mechanical failures, routing delivery vehicles, and
tutoring high school students in geometry. The research on
computer vision and graphics involves the study of a new
efficient general purpose algorithm for recognizing polyhedral
objects in arbitrary orientations. Practical applicability of the
algorithm is being tested and generalizations of the algorithm
are being investigated. The research on numerical solutions of
partial differential equations involves several projects dealing
with particle methods, multigrid methods, variational
inequalities, and superconvergent recovery of information in
finite element methods. The research also involves studying
operator-splitting and time-splitting methods for the simulation
of fluid flow in porous media, and dealing with singularities in
solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations.

       The theoretical areas of research include complexity
theory and algorithms, programming language semantics, recursion
theory, and the application of recursion theoretic concepts and
techniques to the theoretical foundations of learning.

Tapestry-Unifying Shared and Distributed Memory Parallel Systems
Reed, Daniel; University of Illinois-Urbana, Urbana, IL 61801
CDA 8945213; 07-01-89; $531,700; 12 Months

       This award is aiding in the establishment of a parallel
processing research laboratory based on a pool of heterogeneous
parallel processors. The laboratory connects shared memory and
message-based parallel systems via a pool of shared memory. Users
access this heterogeneous parallel system, called Tapestry, via a
high-speed network from workstations and existing facilities in
the department. The Tapestry research encompasses architecture,
system software, and parallel applications. A reconfigurable,
heterogeneous system composed of shared memory and message
passing parallel processors provides the testbed for the Tapestry
operating system, for work in performance evaluation, and for
studies of selected parallel applications including numerical
solution of partial differential equations.

Computing About Physical Objects
Rice, John; Purdue University Research Foundation, West
Lafayette, IN 47907
CDA 8947475; 09-01-89; $634,581 (Joint support with Numeric and
Symbolic Computation Program--Total Grant $846,108); 12 Months

       The design, manipulation and control of physical objects
involves complex computational models that are tightly coupled.
To create and use such models requires an environment that hides
intricate details, that harnesses complexities, and that is
supported by powerful computers and graphics. This Institutional
Infrastructure project at Purdue University is developing tools
that integrate design and inspection of computational models of
physical objects with simulation and analysis of their behavior
and interaction. These tools will create and manipulate the
geometric shapes, simulate the physical processes, help control
the power of multicomputers, and provide a natural, uncluttered
environment for the users. The award is aiding in providing the
facilities, support staff, maintenance and related costs for
developing and experimenting with the large, complex interactive
systems. The project is based on ongoing work at Purdue and is
utilizing new workstations, a tightly-coupled multiprocessor,
sophisticated graphics systems and access to a supercomputer
system. This project allows for substantial expansion of the
current work in geometric modeling and mathematical software,
strengthens other areas and allows for expansion of the graduate
program in computer science.

Experimental Research in Computer Algorithms
Sahni, Sartaj; University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55104
CDA-8947706; 09-01-89; $89,886 (Joint Support with the New
Technologies Program--Total Grant $179,771); 12 Months

       This project is concerned with experimental research
utilizing supercomputers in the design and analysis of algorithms
and applications software to serve projects in combinatorial
algorithms, optimization, systolic systems, and linear algebra.
The research emphasizes the design of algorithms for problems for
which the currently best known algorithms are unable to solve
problems of desired sizes using a reasonable amount of computer
resources. A portion of the work is being carried out on
facilities of the Supercomputer Institute at the University of
Minnesota. In addition, some work is being carried out on certain
tightly coupled parallel computers via the University's ARPA net
connection and other work is being carried out on workstations
and an NCUBE hypercube acquired under this project.

 Multiparadigm Design Environments
Savage, John; Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
 CDA 8945764; 07-01-89; $734,000; 12 Months

       Design environments that could offer flexible interactive
support for different design paradigms hold great potential for
increasing the effectiveness of designers of large, complex
systems. The Brown CISE Institutional Infrastructure project aims
to develop such environments, by achieving the following research
goals:

       1. supporting in a consistent way a variety of design
paradigms in a single environment;

       2. providing system tools that facilitate the interaction
of teams of designers working on complex tasks;

       3. developing and implementing new paradigms suitable for
design problems;

       4. testing the concepts and tools in the problem domains
of software development and VLSI design.

       GARDEN, the prototype multiparadigm programming
environment developed at Brown, is the central testbed for the
research.

       Research in object-oriented databases, concurrency tools,
parallel algorithms for graphics, and logic and object-oriented
programming paradigms will also be instrumental in achieving the
research goals.

A Facility for Research in Numerical Computation and Software
Environments
Schnabel, Robert B.; University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO
80309
CDA-8943088; 02-01-89; $62,838; 06 Months

       The Seventh Annual NSF CISE Institutional Infrastructure
Conference (previously CER) brought together two or more
representatives from each institution currently holding
Institutional Infrastructure or CER awards, along with guests
from academia, industry and government. The purpose of the
meeting was for the various institutions to interchange ideas,
review their research and common problems and to develop joint
approaches to solving these problems.

Annual CISE Institutional Infrastructure Conference
Schnabel, Robert B.; University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO
80309
CDA-8946189; 08-01-89; $364,727 (Joint support with the New
Technologies Program--Total Grant $439,727); 12 Months

       This award supports research in the areas of numerical
computation and software environments, by aiding in the
establishment of a new experimental computational facility
consisting of a loosely coupled network of scientific
workstations. This enables expansion of the research areas
through use of such new hardware and software systems as
high-performance workstations, bit-mapped graphics displays,
meghahertz communication links, attached array processors,
networks, and distributed databases. In addition to allowing
significant expansion of work in numerical computation and
software environments, the facility serves as an effective system
for coordinating the projects of the researchers, opening the
prospect of mutually enriching research interactions which might
be otherwise impossible. This grant includes support for
undergraduates through the Research Experiences for
Undergraduates (REU)  Program.

A Multiprocessor Systems Laboratory
Schultz, Martin H.; Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
CDA 8945086; 07-01-89; $402,300; 12 months

       The objective of this research is to broaden and deepen
ongoing investigations into parallel multiprocessor-based
computers. Prior research at Yale Univesity indicated that
parallel computers had enormous potential for cost-effective high
performance computations. The fundamental goal of this five year
research program is either definitely to prove or disprove this
contention. If this contention is indeed true, it is expected
that parallel multiprocessors will have a major impact on both
engineering and scientific research, and by extension, to society
as a whole. Basic parallel-processing algorithms are being
developed, analyzed, implemented, benchmarked and applied to
real-world problems. Parallel-processing architectures are being
studied in connection with these algorithms and problem areas.
Parallel programming environments are being developed as well as
software tools for transforming existing sequential software into
reasonable parallel variants. The grant provides infrastructure
and support staff which, along with major equipment funding from
other sources, enables these efforts to move forward.

High-Performance Computing for Computer Science Research
Sedgewick, Robert; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
CDA 8945088; 07-15-89; $546,582; 12 Months

       With support provided by the University, this
Institutional Infrastructure award aided the establishment and
operation of a research computing environment that is serving as
the basis for experimental computer science research activities
at Princeton into the next decade. Research at Princeton includes
work in Programming Languages, Graphical Representations of
Mathematical Objects, VLSI Layout Algorithms and Tools, Design
and Analysis of Data Structures, and Algorithm Animation. The
facility acquired, which includes high-performance workstations
and advanced personal computers, with the primary VAX equipment
provided by the University, serves the needs of all of these
diverse projects, allows the current group to move forward in
experimental research, and provides for additional planned growth
of both faculty and students.

A Laboratory for Software Research
Taylor, Richard; University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA
92717;
CDA-8945762; 07-15-89; $542,100; 12 Months.

       This award aide in the establishment of a major
experimental facility to support cooperative, experimental
research in four important subareas of Software Engineering:
modeling and analysis, software development environments,
advanced methods and tools and measurement and evaluation.
Expertise in each of these research areas currently exists at the
University and is being applied toward the two major objectives
of this interlocking research. The first objective is development
of fundamental understandings,  advanced methods, techniques, and
tools to facilitate economical development of reliable,
large-scale, complex software systems. The second is the
qualitative and quantitative assessment of emerging software
technologies, with respect to effectiveness, costs, and
applicability. The project is being carried out  utilizing a
number of standard and specialized dedicated workstations and
shared cycle servers acquired under this project.

Coordinated Experimental Research Program: A Conduit from Theory
to Practice
Winkel, David E.; Indiana University Bloomington; Bloomington, IN
47402
CDA 8945087; 08-15-89; $499,740; 12 months

       Computer science research at Indiana is focussed on the
programming process, based upon the reduction of theory to
practice. It emphasizes 1) theoretical foundations of programming
languages, 2) development of functional languages for parallel
computation, 3) implementation of programming language semantics,
and 4) implementation of tools for producing hardware and
software from formal specifications. This project aids in
supporting and implementing a major expansion of the department's
experimental computer facility to support research in the several
areas cited above.

         CISE INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE (SMALL SCALE)

Image Processing and Computing Environments For Mathematical Applications

Flaherty, Joseph; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
12180
CDA 8805910; 11-18-88; $822,512; 12 Months

       This award is aiding in the establishment, enhancement and
operation of a modern laboratory facility to support experimental
work in two major areas, viz. image processing and development of
computing environments for mathematical applications. The project
in image processing includes work in image coding, image
restoration and enhancement, digital filtering, texture modeling
and discrimination, image interpretation, computer vision and
applications of neural networks to image understanding. The goal
of the second project is the development of a software
environment in which natural scientists and engineers can solve
problems in an efficient and convenient manner. It involves
bringing together state-of-the-art computational tools including
high-level graphical programming environments, languages and
compilers that automatically detect vector and parallel
structures, software for the automatic solution of differential
equations, parallel linear algebra packages, integrated computer
algebra systems, an environment for performing graph theoretic
operations, and programming laboratories and libraries of
frequently-used procedures and notions. The project is based on
ongoing work at Rensselaer in each of the above areas and
utilizes a large-scale scientific computer, several
high-performance graphics workstations, some Lisp
environment/symbolic computation machines, AI workstations, and
necessary peripheral equipment.

A Laboratory for Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision Research
Jain, Anil; Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
CDA 8806599; 10-19-88; $326,671; 12 Months

       This award supports the enhancement of the Pattern
Recognition and Image Processing (PRIP) Laboratory of the
Department of Computer Science at Michigan State University. A
modern, distributed, pattern recognition facility  is being
established, consisting of four image processing/graphics
workstations, a dedicated file server and a computation server,
image acquisition and image output devices, a laser range finder
for capturing 3-D range data, an optical disk for archiving
images, a LISP machine with a signal processing board, and
several workstations for software development.

       The enhanced PRIP Laboratory will provide the environment
for the following research projects:

       1. extraction and evaluation of features for recognition
of 3-D objects and construction of object models;

       2. examination of the role of Markov Random Field models
in pattern recognition and computer vision;

       3. investigation of the perceptual grouping problem in
computer vision;

       4. development of parallel programming environments for
computer vision applications;

       5. application of pattern recognition and image processing
algorithms in remote sensing for land use planning, measurement
of root systems by soil scientists, detection of structures in
magnetic resonance brain scans, and the analysis of sequences of
fluid images.

       The grant also supports development of the Artificial
Intelligence/Knowledge Based Systems research group, which
interacts with the PRIP Laboratory in studying the object
recognition problem.

    CISE INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE (MINORITY INSTITUTIONS)

Planning Award to Plan for the Enhancement of Computer Science Programs at

UMES
Boyd, Eddie; University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, Princess Anne,
MD 21853
CDA 8911077; 06-01-89; $50,000; 12 Months

       This Planning Grant was to support development of a
proposal for a five-year continuing grant. The projects and
strategies that UMES considered for a five-year plan are divided
into five categories:

       * enhanced faculty/student research

       * enhanced teaching methodologies

       * enhanced faculty development

       * enhanced hardware/software facilities

       * exploration of new linkages

       Linkages to Universities, HBCU's, governmental agencies,
private industries and foundations were to be created for the
purpose of obtaining helpful suggestions and advice on
maintaining a program of excellence in  computer science. It is
expected that the enhanced program will serve as a magnet to
attract women and minorities to enroll at UMES in advanced degree
programs in computer science.

Infrastructure Planning for the Department of Systems and
Computer Science
 Coleman, Don; Howard University, Washington, DC 20059
CDA 8910878; 06-01-89; $49,855; 12 Months

       This grant was for support of the planning and proposal
development activities of the Department of Systems and Computer
Science (SCS), Howard University. The objective of the Department
was to develop, within one year a comprehensive plan for the
enhancement and development of the graduate and undergraduate
programs of the Department. In particular, the Department
developed a new PhD level computer science program and upgraded
the present offerings in the areas of computer science and
systems engineering. The resulting comprehensive plan was to
provide the basis of a new proposal to be submitted to the
Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
Directorate Institutional Infrastructure Minority Institutions
(II-MI) Program.

Laboratory for Communications, Signal Processing Expert Systems,
And Application Specific Integrated Circuit Design
Foster, John; North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC
27411
CDA 8913432; 09-01-89; $421,700 (Joint Support with the
OAD/CISE--Total Grant $540,000); 12 Months

       This project is for the support of Communications, Signal
Processing Expert Systems and the Application Specific Integrated
Circuit Design (CSA) Laboratory in the Departments of Electronics
and Computer Technology, Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science. This Laboratory is an integration of three ongoing
research programs at NC A&T: i) the Communication Methods
Research Laboratory, ii) the VLSI Design Laboratory and iii) the
Signal Processing Laboratory which support a total of 7 faculty
members, 20 graduate (MS) students and 25 undergraduate students
in the departments. This project is supporting an integrated
facility in which algorithm development, computer modeling and
simulation, and application specific VLSI design can take place
in the aforementioned research areas. The facility will consist
of 2 image processing/graphics workstations, 5 VLSI CAD
workstations, 4 AI expert system workstations, dedicated file and
computational servers, data acquisition equipment, image I/O
devices, a high speed IC packaged chip tester, several
application software packages, and networking capabilities to
SURANet. The new facility is allowing expansion and enhancement
of current research projects and will also create an environment
which can initiate new projects in communication, expert systems,
and ASIC design.

Norfolk State University CISE Institutional Infrastructure
Program
Harrison, George; Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA 23504
CDA 8910750; 06-01-89; $50,000; 12 Months

       The objective of this Planning Grant was to develop a
proposal for a five-year continuing grant. The five major areas
of computational investigations includes:

       1. Software Engineering Environments and Tools including
program verification, reusability theory, and automated software
design methodologies;

       2. Application Support Tools for mathematical modeling,
computer aided design and manufacturing, statistical analysis,
signal processing,control systems, and simulations;

       3. Theoretical Research including fault-tolerant
computing, parallel processing computational algorithms, network
tool design, simulations on distributive system and parallel and
multiprocessing models.

       4. Artificial Intelligence including work on knowledge
based systems, neural networks, symbolic computation and
robotics; and

       5. Laboratory Environments including end-user
environments, human factors prototyping, and ergonomics.

 Enhancing the Computer Science Infrastructure
Martin, Benjamin; Spelman College, Atlanta, GA 30314
CDA 8910938; 06-01-89; $50,000; 12 Months

       This Planning Grant was to support development of a
proposal for a five-year continuing grant. The grant was to
provide support to (1) improve and expand research efforts in
progress in the areas of image processing, and information
storage and retrieval; (2) increase the number of courses in
Computer and Information Science which have laboratory
components; (3) study and modify the curriculum as necessary and
desirable to meet the accreditation standards of ACM; (4) expand
the course offerings in Applied Mathematics to include relevant
topics and techniques for image processing; (5) recruit
additional faculty in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
with research interests and performance in the selected areas;
and (6) expose students to governmental and industrial
environments in which scientific applications of the discipline
occur.

Collaborative Research: A Center for Parallel Processing
Narang, Hira; Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088
CDA 8911664; 06-01-89; $50,000; 12 months

       This Planning Grant represented a cooperative effort
between researchers at Tuskegee University and Purdue University.
Faculty and students in the Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science Departments at Tuskegee University, and Computer Science
at Purdue University have performed research in the proposed
field over the past decade. The faculty of Tuskegee University
will work together to establish the research and M.S. degree
programs at Tuskegee University as their primary goal, as well as
to further develop research at Purdue. The result of this project
will be the establishment of a research program in Computer
Science at Tuskegee University that will attract available
minority students qualified for research positions in industry.

Enhancement of the Computer Engineering Academic and Research
Program at UPRM
Vasquez, Ramon; University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR
00709
CDA 8913486; 09-15-89; $389,999; 12 Months

       The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of
the  University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM) is acquiring
new computing resources to enhance the established academic
programs and strengthen research efforts. These computing
resources are being utilized to attain the following goals:

       Develop a Master's Program in Computer Engineering within
three years. Attract minority students, from the island and the
mainland states, to careers  and graduate education in computer
engineering. Increase significantly the research output and the
number of technical publications in learned journals.

       Strengthen the computing and connective infrastructure so
that researchers can join the knowledge and information intensive
environments made possible through networking within the academic
and industrial communities. Build an infrastructure to promote
faculty development and to create an environment for research.

       Develop a program of manufacturing-related research and
development that will forge close ties with industry and foster
future entrepreneurial product development for a world market. As
the final outcome of this project, the number of trained minority
computer engineers entering the workforce from the institution at
both undergraduate and graduate levels is expected to
significantly increase in quantity and quality. The students and
faculty will be able to use computing equipment comparable to
that used in industry in their studies and their research and
faculty will be able to conduct state of the art research for
both government and industry sponsors.

              CISE RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION PROGRAM

                  CISE Research Instrumentation
Barnwell, Thomas; Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA
30332
CDA 8820683; 03-01-89; $71,613; 12 Months

       A workstation-based digital signal processing environment
has been provided for research in the School of Electrical
Engineering. The research for which the equipment is being used
is in the areas of: signal processing computer architectures,
speech processing, image processing and general digital signal
processing theory.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Baru, Chaitanya; University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI
48109
CDA 8908744; 09-15-89; $60,105; 12 Months

       A multicomputer system for parallel processing has been
provided for research in the Department of Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science. The research for which the equipment is
being used is in the area of parallel database processing.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Bekey, George; University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
90089
CDA 8820847; 03-30-89; $251,162; 36 Months

       A 32-node hypercube multi computer has been provided in
the Department of Computer Science. The research for which the
equipment is being used is in the areas of intelligent robotics
and control, medium-to-large grain  distributed artificial
intelligence (DAI), computational neurobiology and neural
computing, computer vision and image understanding, and parallel
computer architectures for AI.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Carlson, Carl; Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
60616
CDA 8820762; 06-06-89; $51,090; 12 Months

       A 16-node hypercube computer has been provided in the
Department of Computer Science. The equipment is being used for
several research projects, including in particular message driven
computing, natural robotics and distributed algorithms.

CISE Research Instrumentation
DeKock, Arlan; University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO 65401
CDA 8820714; 04-15-89; $80,000; 12 Months

       A multiprocessing system has been provided for research in
the Department of Computer Science. The research for which the
equipment is being used is in the areas of, 1) the application
oriented fault-tolerance paradigm, 2) application of parallel
automated reasoning to diagnosis, 3) an intelligent
example-generator for graph theory, 4) development of a versatile
communication mechanism and its language support, and 5) parallel
computer operating system development.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Diaz, Julio; University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK 74104
CDA 8820752; 04-01-89; $108,760; 12 Months

       A 19-node parallel processor has been provided in the
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. The
research for which the equipment is being used is in the areas
of, 1) development of parallel iterative solution techniques for
those linear systems that exploit massively parallel systems, 2)
algorithms for massively parallel processors capable of reliable
simulation multiphase flow, 3) the distributed ray tracing
process to make use of massive parallelism, 4) parallel
algorithms for the approximate solution of highly structured
linear systems, and 5) a software tool for the parallelization of
dynamic programming algorithms.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Dunham, Douglas; University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812
CDA 8820648; 05-01-89; $85,767; 12 Months

       Graphic user-interface equipment has been provided for
research in the Department of Computer Science. The research for
which the equipment is being used is in the areas of visual
analysis of information in a clustered search environment, visual
modeling in decision support systems, a graphic interface to a
graph-theoretic data structure, a design program in hyperbolic
geometry and graphical tracing of heuristically controlled logic
programs.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Gajski, Daniel; University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA 92717
CDA 8820627; 04-01-89; $187,274; 12 Months

       A 32-node hypercube multiprocessor has been provided for
research in the Department of Computer Science. The research for
which the equipment is being used is in the areas of
computer-aided programming for multiprocessing systems, resource
management for distributed systems, subcompact processes for the
hypercube architecture, and testbed-based validation of
techniques for fault tolerance in real-time tightly-coupled
computer networks.

 CISE Research Instrumentation
Hachtel, Gary; University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
CDA 8907749; 09-01-89; $92,551; 12 Months

       A ``Supercomputer Prototype System'' has been provided for
research in the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering. The research for which the equipment is being used
is in the area of state-of-the-art logic synthesis applications.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Ja'Ja', Joseph; University of Maryland-College Park, College
Park, MD 20742
 CDA 8907195; 08-15-89; $129,931; 12 Months

       A reconfigurable distributed computing environment has
been provided for researchers at the University of Maryland for
research in the Department of Electrical Engineering. The
research for which the equipment is being used is in the areas of
performance analysis of different network topologies,
exploitation of concurrency in robotics and mechanics, parallel
algorithms for VLSI CAD tools, neural computation experiments,
distributed simulation/computation, and distributed database
operations.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Jean, Jack S.; Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435
CDA 8911230; 08-15-89; $24,815; 24 Months

       A workstation and silicon compiler has been provided for
research in the Department of Computer Science. The research for
which the equipment is being used is in the development of a CAD
tool for the design of systolic/wavefront arrays.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Kaveh, Mostafa; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
CDA 8907236; 08-15-89; $50,000; 12 Months

       Image-Processing Equipment has been provided for research
in the Department of Electrical Engineering. The research for
which the equipment is being used is in the areas of image
compression, edge detection for object recognition, and textured
image segmentation.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Kime, Charles; University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
CDA 8820250; 05-01-89; $50,000; 12 Months

       A Transputer system and workstation has been provided for
research in the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering. The research for which the equipment is being used
will be in the areas of, 1) studies in performance evaluation in
parallel processing, 2) simulation of a proposed functional
simulation engine, 3) parallel circuit simulation, and 4)
parallel test pattern generation and fault simulation.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Kjell, Bradley; George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
CDA 8906889; 08-15-89; $26,500; 30 Months

       An upgrade to image-processing equipment has been provided
for research in the Department of Computer Science. The research
for which the equipment is being used is in the areas of data
fusion, texture segmentation & shape from texture, real-time
inspection, applications of wigner transform, and motion
understanding.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Labuz, Jeffrey; University of South Carolina-Columbia, Columbia,
SC 29208
CDA 8820543; 03-01-89; $58,148; 12 Months

       A robot-manipulator configuration has been provided for
research in the Center for Machine Intelligence. The research for
which the equipment is being used is in the areas of motion
stereo vision, coordinated tracking of multiple point targets
with multiple cameras, multiple sensor integration for robotics.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Magee, Michael; University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071
CDA 8820823; 05-01-89; $95,620; 12 Months

       Vision and robotics equipment has been provided for
researchers at the University of Wyoming for research in the
Department of Computer Science. The research for which the
equipment is being used is in the areas of design principles for
computer vision-based spatial reasoning in structured
environments, medical image processing for analyzing drug induced
defects in embryos, image processing methods for determining
velocity fields for fluid flow and for modeling of electron
distribution in the plasma of laser-induced breakdown of gases
for hi-voltage switching, and the decomposition of two and
three-dimensional patterns using computational geometry methods.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Maida, Anthony; Pennsylvania State University, University Park,
PA 16802
CDA 8820755; 02-01-89; $40,000; 12 Months

       A Lisp workstation environment upgrade has been provided
for researchers in the Department of Computer Science. The
research for which the equipment is being used is in the area of
constructing parallel implementations for knowledge
representation (KR) languages.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Moura, Jose'; Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
CDA 8820575; 03-01-89; $89,098; 12 Months

       Data-acquisition equipment has been provided for research
in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The
research for which the equipment is being used is in the areas
of: motion in image and vision systems with real imagery, speech
enhancement and dynamic adaptation for automatic  speech
recognition, dynamic tactile sensing, and distributed control of
hybrid systems.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Prasanna Kumar, V.; University of Southern California, Los
Angeles, CA 90089
CDA 8905929; 08-15-89; $42,575; 12 Months

       A front-end interface to a connection machine has been
provided for  research in the School of Engineering. The research
for which the equipment is being used is in the area of design
and implementation of parallel algorithms for vision.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Pu, Carlton; Columbia University, New York, NY 10027
CDA 8820759; 04-15-89; $40,000; 12 Months

       A workstation cluster plus oscilloscope has been provided
for researchers in the Department of Computer Science. The
research for which the equipment is being used is in the areas of
distributed operating systems and distributed databases.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Reed, Irving; University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
90089
CDA 8905938; 08-15-89; $35,732; 12 Months

       VLSI design and test equipment has been provided for
research in the Department of Electrical Engineering. The
research for which the equipment is being used is in the study of
communication signal processing algorithm implementations on VLSI
chips.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Robinson, Robert; University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
CDA 8820544; 04-01-89; $27,525; 12 Months

       Graphics and imaging equipment has been provided for
research in the Department of Computer Science. The research for
which the equipment is being used is in the areas of, 1)
geometric operations on stripcoded images, 2) graphical display
in computer-aided design, 3) development of numerical schemes
based on the inverse scattering transform (IST) for solving
nonlinear partial differential equations, and 4) spectral
geometry of fractals.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Seidel, Steven; Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
49931
CDA 8820841; 04-01-89; $113,508; 24 Months

       A hypercube computer has been provided for research in the
Department of Computer Science. The research for which the
equipment is being used is in the areas of implementing parallel
virtual memory for executable code, performance analysis of
parallelization/vectorization tradeoffs, performance analysis of
circuit-based communication algorithm, and design and
implementation of graphical event description for debugging.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Sholl, Howard; University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06268
 CDA 8909284; 08-15-89; $57,015; 12 Months

       A reconfigurable parallel computer system has been
provided for research in the Department of Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science. The research for which the equipment is
being used is in the areas of computation analysis, partitioning,
and performance modeling.

CISE Research Instrumentation: Hypercube Memory Upgrade
 Teague, Keith; Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078
CDA 8820606; 04-01-89; $37,050; 12 Months

       A hypercube-computer memory upgrade has been provided for
research in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
The research for which the equipment is being used is in the
areas of parallel Lp algorithms for beam forming, parallel
superquadric description for machine vision, hypercube ray tracer
for computer graphics, and hypercube image processor (HIP).

CISE Research Instrumentation
Tekalp, A. Murat; University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627
CDA 8820693; 04-15-89; $35,000; 12 Months

       Digital image processing equipment has been provided for
research in the Department of Electrical Engineering. The
research for which the equipment is being used is in the areas of
adaptive color image restoration; medical image enhancement; and
image reconstruction and enhancement in NMR imaging.

CISE Research Instrumentation
Wang, Paul; Kent State University Foundation, Kent, OH 44242
CDA 8820390; 04-01-89; $129,488; 12 Months

       A shared-memory multiprocessor has been provided for
research in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. The research
for which the equipment is being used is in the areas of parallel
algorithms and implementations for symbolic computations,
automatic parallel code generation, parallel algorithms for the
numerical solution of linear systems, parallel computing for
engineering applications, and multiprocessing languages and
operating environments.

                 CISE CROSS-DIRECTORATE PROGRAMS

    Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site Awards

REU: Summer Research Experience in Computer Science
Basenspiler, Larry; University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688
CDA 8900690; 05-01-89; $41,750; 12 Months

       The ``Summer Research Experience in Computer Science''
involved ten students in an intensive eight week research
project. Three principal investigators supervised, directed and
counseled these students. Minorities and women made up at least
50% of the research team and at least eight were non-South
Alabama students. The major focus of the projects was theoretical
and applied utilization of supercomputers in the general field of
computer science.

 Research Experience for Undergraduates
Birman, Kenneth; Cornell University Endowed, Ithaca, NY 14853
CDA 8900795; 04-01-89; $28,500; 12 Months

       Under this Research Experience for Undergraduates award,
Cornell University provided six undergraduate students with
training and support while they participated in ongoing research
projects in the University's Computer Science Department. The
award recognizes the importance of hands-on experience in  active
research for training undergraduates for careers in mathematics,
science and engineering, and that too few such experiences are
now available. The University recruited most of the students from
other institutions, in order to broaden the base for attracting
students to scientific careers.

REU: Parallel System Evaluation Methods
Buckles, Bill; Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118
CDA 8900394; 06-01-89; $34,911; 12 Months

       This was a Research for Undergraduates site grant in which
Tulane University teamed eight undergraduate students with two
faculty members to investigate the expansion of Petri net
modeling capability and its application to computer networks.
Five students worked during the 1989 summer at Tulane, and three
worked at Bell Northern Research. All worked together at Tulane
during the following academic school year.

A Center For Undergraduate Research In Computer Science At IIT
Burnstein, Ilene; Illinois Institute of Techology, Chicago, IL
60616
CDA 8900909; 06-01-89; $41,565; 6 Months

       In this REU site project, undergraduate students were
engaged in research projects in the areas of artificial
intelligence and software engineering. The areas of investigation
are expert systems for program debugging, undergraduate advising,
and organic synthesis; programming environments for robotics and
graphics applications; and software engineering tools which
interact with database systems.

Systems Simulation and Modeling
Campbell, Robert; Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322
CDA 8901175; 04-01-89; $42,930; 12 Months

       Under this Research Experience for Undergraduates award,
Utah State University provided ten undergraduate students with
training and support while they participated in ongoing research
projects in the University's Computer Science Department. The
University recruited most of the students from other
institutions, in order to broaden the base for attracting
students to scientific careers.

REU: Industrial Research for Undergraduates
Cukor, Peter; GTE Laboratories Inc., Waltham, MA 02154
CDA 8902231; 06-01-89; $40,141; 6 Months

       This is a Research Experience for Undergraduates site
grant in which GTE Laboratories, Inc. added ten students to the
six students in its existing in-house training program. While the
total sixteen student program is interdisciplinary, the ten
student NSF-supported portion consists entirely of computer and
information science projects, with emphasis on networking
subjects.

Research Opportunities for Undergraduates in Software
Measurements and Evaluation
Davis, John; Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634
CDA 8900354; 03-15-89; $35,341; 12 Months

       Under this Research Experience for Undergraduates award
Clemson University provided ten undergraduate students with
training and support while they participated in ongoing research
projects in the University's Computer Science Department. The
University recruited most of the students from other
institutions, in order to broaden the base for attracting
students to scientific careers.

REU Site: To Continue an REU Site in Computer and Information
Science and Engineering at Caltech
Fox, Geoffrey; California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
91125
CDA 8900464; 05-01-89; $35,000; 12 Months

       This award was to continue an NSF-REU site in
Computational and Information Sciences and Engineering at
Caltech. The 1989 program was aimed at encouraging eight students
to participate in a ``player/coach'' relationship with faculty
who are interested in neural networks and parallel computing.
Faculty contacts at other colleges were used to encourage women
and underrepresented minorities to participate. In addition to
the research, other opportunities for professional and personal
growth were made available; these include ``overview'' seminars
in other fields, informal lunches and talks with the math
faculty, and social events. Students were recruited from several
of the forty local colleges who have underrepresented minority
students. Special efforts were aimed at encouraging students from
Historically Black Colleges and Universities to participate.

REU; Parallel Processing: Development and Implementation of
Parallel Algorithms
Gillett, Billy; University of Missouri Rolla, Rolla, MO 65401
CDA 8901087; 06-01-89; $42,637; 12 Months

       This REU site project was designed to illustrate methods
and phases of research from problem definition and literature
search, through the actual research, to the point of writing up
results and conclusions. The particular research topic for this
project was parallel processing. Students were involved in the
development and implementation of efficient parallel algorithms,
which use supporting data structures, to solve integer linear
programming and/or composite graph coloring problems. This
research involved the investigation of current algorithms for
solving integer linear programming and/or composite graph
coloring problems, as well as the data structures used by those
algorithms.

Research Experience In Computer Science For Undergraduates
Ingalls, Robert; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180
CDA 8900511; 03-15-89; $120,000; 36 Months

       This Research Experience for Undergraduates award renews
for three  years, a successful REU Site program. Under this award
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute provided ten undergraduate
students with training and support while they participated in
ongoing research projects in the University's Computer Science
Department. The University recruited some of the students from
other institutions in order to broaden the base for attracting
students to scientific careers.

REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates--June 1989
 Kalos, Malvin; Cornell University Endowed, Ithaca, NY 14853
CDA 8900810; 08-01-89; $99,900; 12 Months

       This award to the Cornell Theory Center (one of the five
(NSF/DASC supercomputer centers) funded a month long intensive
training and research experience for undergraduates (REU). The
focus of the training and learning was on supercomputing
technologies, personal scientific research, methodologies, and
applications. Approximately twenty students were involved in the
process. In line with the Foundation's outreach goals the
supercomputer center recruited undergraduates from Historically
Black and women's colleges and targeted those institutions which
are lacking in a strong research orientation. This was the second
year the Center has sponsored this type of REU activity.

Research Experience for Undergraduates in Parallel Processing
Lakshmivarahan, S.; University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019
CDA 8900816; 06-01-89; $43,885; 12 Months

       This REU site project involved a mix of theoretical and
experimental problems in parallel processing. The program was
based on discovery through problem solving, examples, and
generalizations. The roles of intuition and formalism in the
research process were integrated. The particular problems studied
involve: graph embedding, benchmarking of broadcast algorithms on
a hypercube, randomizing algorithms, and the development of
portable parallel software.

REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates at the
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Levine, Michael; Mellon-Pitt-Carnegie Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
15213
CDA 8900446; 07-15-89; $40,000; 12 Months

       This award to the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC)
included a program which combines formal training in the
efficient use of supercomputers with extended work on a research
computing project to prepare undergraduates for a research career
which includes significant amounts of computation. The program
provided research experience for undergraduates on an interactive
basis with the research scientists at the center. This helped to
familiarize and educate the students in a wide variety of
computer hardware and software.

Expert Systems Research with the Knowledge Engineer's Workbench
Medsker, Larry; American University, Washington, DC 20016
CDA 8900466; 03-15-89; $38,996; 12 Months

       Under this Research Experience for Undergraduates award
The American University provided ten undergraduate students with
training and support while they participated in ongoing research
projects in the University's Computer Science Department. The
University recruited most of the students from other
institutions, in order to broaden the base for attracting
students to scientific careers.

Research Experience for Undergraduates in Computer Vision
Shah, Mubarak; University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816
CDA 8900798; 04-01-89; $56,243; 12 Months

       Under this Research for Undergraduates award The
University of Central  Florida provided eleven undergraduate
students with training and support while they participated in
ongoing research projects on computer vision in the University's
Computer Science Department. The University recruited some of the
students from other institutions in order to broaden the base for
attracting students to scientific careers.

Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement (ILI) Awards

Effective Technical Communication Laboratory
Bennett, A. Wayne; Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634
CDA 8853193; 04-01-89; $50,602; 24 Months

       The aim of this project under the ILI Program was to deal
effectively with the most common complaint about engineering
graduates; their lack of communication skills. The written, oral
and graphic communication skills of engineering students at
Clemson University are being improved through the Effective
Technical Communications (ETC) program which has the following
objectives:

       1. Integrate technical communication exercises throughout
the engineering curriculum.

       2. Provide students with a condensed manual for written,
oral and graphic communications.

       3. Provide modern equipment and techniques to aid
preparation and feedback.

       4. Use communication exercises to enhance learning of the
technical material being presented.

       In order to fully integrate the ETC program into the
curriculum and serve the 3300 students in the College of
Engineering, a special facility for preparing written, oral and
graphical communication materials is necessary. The facility
contains computers, laser printers, video equipment, and graphic
display/printers to enable students and faculty to utilize the
latest techniques in technical communications. The ETC concept
has been presented at several national meetings and has generated
inquiries from more that forty institutions. It is a unique
approach to a major problem.

The Incubator Laboratory: A Multi-Purpose Undergraduate Lab for
Experimental Human-Computer Interface Design
Gannon, Dennis; Indiana University-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN
47405
CDA 8852304; 03-15-89; $90,577; 24 Months

       With their award under the Instrumentation and Laboratory
Improvement (ILI) program, Indiana University established a
multi-purpose lab for undergraduate training in human-computer
interface design. The lab is being used as a facility for
computer science students to work in teams on the design of
special graphics and realtime tools for use by selected groups
outside the department. The objective was to provide a controlled
environment where students can learn how to apply advanced
computer science ideas to building tools to solve problems that
are important to other sciences and the arts.

 Parallel Computing Laboratory for Undergraduates
Grosch, Chester; Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23508
CDA 8851730; 04-15-89; $50,000; 24 Months

       This ILI project was intended to introduce senior students
in Science and Engineering to the theory and practice of high
performance vector and parallel computing. This is centered
around a laboratory where each student obtained hands-on
experience in programming vector and parallel computers, both
SIMD and MIMD. The students measured the performance of the
program and compared it to the prediction obtained from simple
complexity analysis. The emphasis was on the analysis and
implementation of a few representative examples chosen from
computational problems in Science and Engineering, tailored to
the capabilities of undergraduates.

A Software Engineering Laboratory for Undergraduates
Kiper, James; Miami University at Oxford, Oxford, OH 45056
CDA 8851711; 03-01-89; $48,101; 24 Months

       This ILI project involves six workstations and associated
software to be connected via an Ethernet. The emphasis in this
project is on (1) a visual approach to analysis, design, and
programming; (2) automation of tasks; (3) the use of integrated
tools; and (4) resource sharing. By introducing students to this
technology, they can eventually help to improve the quality of
software produced in industry.

Establishment of an Undergraduate Computer Science Course
Entitled `Parallel Computers and Algorithms'
Quinn, Michael; University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824
CDA 8853262; 04-01-89; $52,380; 24 Months

       Under this ILI award, the University of New Hampshire
introduced a new undergraduate computer science elective entitled
``Parallel Computers and Algorithms.'' The aim of the course is
to introduce upper-division computer science majors to
fundamental theoretical results and give them experience
implementing parallel algorithms on an actual parallel computer.
They purchased four hypercube workstations for program
development and debugging. Designated time periods are being made
available on the department's 64-processor research hypercube,
enabling students to benchmark their parallel programs on a
larger machine. Students entering this course have a background
in computer architecture, operating systems, and analysis of
algorithms; the curriculum is well developed, having grown out of
a graduate course taught at this university for the past five
years; and suitable textbooks are now available.

 GAMUT: A Laboratory for Computer Science Instruction
Reiss, Steven; Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
CDA 8853317; 03-01-89; $100,000; 24 Months

       Under this ILI award, Brown University purchased advanced,
state-of-the-art workstations to populate a unique classroom
laboratory for computer science instruction. This laboratory uses
advanced software to provide a consistent visual programming
environment to undergraduates from their first, introductory
programming course, through the most advanced software
engineering course or independent study. This environment will
significantly improve the teaching of computer science and will
affect the whole undergraduate curriculum. The unique  feature of
the proposed environment is a set of integrated tools for program
and data structure visualization. These tools will enable
students to visualize concepts and the programs that embody them
throughout their undergraduate experience. A simple,
``read-only'' version of the system BALSA, has been used at Brown
successfully for four years and has already had a significant
impact on their curriculum. The system envisioned will provide
more powerful visualization tools, including color and real-time
animation of three-dimensional representations, and will allow
the student to interact with visualizations during the course of
a lecture as well as during the implementation of the student's
own programs.

Integrated Senior Projects Laboratory for Parallel Computing,
Computer Graphics, and Software Engineering
Robbins, Woodrow; North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
27695
CDA 8853156; 03-15-89; $70,400; 24 Months

       This collaborative senior projects lab developed under
this ILI award emulates the scope and complexity of an R&D
organization yet is carefully supervised by teaching faculty. A
small but powerful parallel computer and high performance color
graphics system have been acquired and integrated with existing,
conventional computing support. Advanced applications of this
system require students specializing in computer graphics,
software engineering and parallel computing to join forces to
solve problems none could have attempted in isolation on
equipment that would be difficult to justify for any single,
specialized lab. The interplay of theory and practice from three
typically distinct subjects enriches the lab experience for each
student and provides realistic complexity without losing sight of
basic principles.

Undergraduate Data Communications Laboratory
Smith, Wayne; Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
39762
CDA 8852902; 03-01-89; $12,074; 24 Months

       Under this ILI award, Mississippi State University has
established an undergraduate course in data communications and
computer networks, and developed an undergraduate data
communications laboratory to support instruction in this area.
The intent is to provide a laboratory devoted exclusively to
providing computer science and computer engineering students with
exposure to the hardware and software components of data
communications and computer networks. The laboratory equipment
consists of ten IBM compatible microcomputers specifically
equipped so as to provide the capability to rapidly reconfigure
the computers into a variety of telecommunications topologies. A
series of experiments has been developed with the goal of giving
the student hands-on experience with data communications. In
these  experiments, the students will develop an understanding of
data communications hardware, and write data communications
software.

RULE: Revitalized Undergraduate Laboratory Environment
Starling, Albert; University of Arkansas Main Campus,
Fayetteville, AR 72701
CDA 8852452; 03-01-89; $28,691; 24 Months

       Under this ILI grant this project called RULE: Revitalized
Undergraduate Laboratory Environment, is the first phase of the
development of resources envisioned to eventually embrace the
curriculum at the University of Arkansas with an integrated
environment that brings all computing resources to  undergraduate
students through the same man-machine interface. The first phase
utilizes a networked Macintosh SE laboratory to support
programming I and II, files processing, data structures and
algorithm analysis and the computer organization and computer
networks courses. The project is an innovative one coupling Karel
the Robot programming teaching environment with Modula-2 as the
programming language in programming I. The second phase will
include IBM 370 assembler programming on the Macintosh and will
support most of the upper-division courses on more powerful,
workstation class Mac II machines. Although they have a different
architecture, the human interface is the same.

Hardware/Software Interface Lab for Computer Science
Werth, John; University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX 78712
CDA 8853115; 03-01-89; $33,945; 24 Months

       The aim of this project under the ILI program was the
development of a standardized course on hardware/software
interfaces appropriate for students in a computer science
curriculum. This is an upper division class requiring courses in
digital logic, machine organization and computer architecture and
affecting 500 students over the next five years at the University
of Texas. With the aid of the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, the Department of Computer Sciences has
identified an appropriate curriculum, a set of laboratory
exercises and laboratory equipment for the class. The basic unit
in such a laboratory is a large, hard disk based microcomputer
built around a modern chip and bus structure and having an open
system architecture. Ten Macintosh IIs are being used for this
purpose. Other items are an oscilloscope and multimeter for each
station, appropriate software, a logic analyzer, prom burner, and
printing capabilities.

Exposing Undergraduates to Computer Vision
Wilson, Joseph; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
CDA 8852364; 03-15-89; $48,437; 24 Months

       Under this ILI grant, The University of Florida offered an
upper level undergraduate course in Computer Vision to
familiarize students with this area. To support this coursework,
funds were awarded to purchase a small group of workstations.
These workstations are being used for laboratory support of the
undergraduate computer vision class. The class and laboratory
work gives undergraduates an opportunity to bring together many
of the concepts that have been conveyed to them in their
mandatory course work in a fascinating field of study.

                      CISE SPECIAL PROJECTS

 Regional Computer Science and Computation Research and Educational Proposal

Writing Workshop, June, 29-30, 1989, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Blackburn, Ronald; Foundation Education Ana G Mendez Systems
Office, Rio Piedras, PR 00928
CDA 8914974; 06-01-89; $16,835; 6 Months

       The purpose of this project was to stimulate competitive
research and the development of academic programs in computer
science and related fields. To attain this goal the Ana G. Mendez
Educational Foundation implemented a two day Regional Proposal
Writing Workshop for computer science and engineering faculty of
all major colleges and universities in Puerto Rico. The Workshop
was held  June 29-30, 1989 and was conducted by NSF program
representatives and AGMEF specialists. It focussed on 1)
information on sources of funding within NSF, 2) developing plans
for support programs 3) improving the understanding of
participants of the mechanics of proposal writing, and 4)
developing proposal writing and evaluation skills. Eighty faculty
from all major institutions in Puerto Rico participated.

Computer Science and Technology Board (Joint with NASA)
Blumenthal, Marjory; National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
20418
CDA 8944600; 03-15-89; $60,000; 12 Months

       The Computer Science and Technology Board is intended to
be a central asset for identifying the implications of new
technologies, assessing current and proposed policies that affect
computer science and technology, and anticipating challenges to
the strength of the U.S. computer science posture. The missions
of a large number of Federal agencies are affected by advances in
the field. The National Science Foundation is one of the
principal agencies. Core funding of the Board will support
continuing costs for operation and administration of the Board,
including the costs to establish and carry on oversight of groups
of experts convened to work on specific projects, suggested by
sponsors or initiated by the Board.

Association of Computer Science and Engineering Departments at
Minority Institutions, Organizational and Curriculum Workshop
held in New Orleans, August 14-17, 1989
Engel, Gerald; Institute of Electrical Engineers IEEE, New York,
NY 10017
CDA 8914975; 07-01-89; $12,334; 6 Months

       As a follow up to the Proposal Development Workshop for
Chairpersons of Computer Science and Engineering Departments at
Minority Institutions held in November, 1988, an Organizational
Workshop was held in New Orleans, coordinated by the IEEE
Computer Society. The department chairpersons were organized into
the Association of Computer Science/Engineering Departments at
Minority Institutions (ADMI) which is prioritizing its program
recommendations and assessing institutional strengths and
weaknesses in the education and research areas supported by CISE.
Representatives from the Computing Science Accreditation Board
(CSAB) and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
(ABET) made presentations regarding curriculum activities.
Invited participants included representatives from the
Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) and other government
agencies with support programs for minority institutions such as
NASA, DOD and NIH. Over sixty minority Colleges and Universities
were represented.

Regional Workshop on Applied Computing '89 (WAC 89); March 30-31,
1989; Stillwater, Oklahoma
Fisher, Donald; Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078
CDA 8815322; 02-01-89; $12,586; 6 Months

       The project was to organize and conduct a regional
computing conference (WAC89) in Stillwater, Oklahoma, March
30-31, 1989. The objectives of the project were, 1. to provide an
opportunity for personal contact of computing scientists and
practitioners from academia and industry,      2. to provide a
forum for the exchange of ideas, 3. to provide computer science
graduate students with an opportunity to present results of their
research, 4. to allow computer  science students an opportunity
to widen their horizons by meeting and listening to computer
scientists other than their immediate teachers, and 5. to publish
papers presented at the workshop for dissemination in the form of
a workshop proceedings.

VLSI Workshop for Minority Institutions, July 23-28, 1989
Foster, John; North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC
27411
CDA 8914972; 07-01-89; $17,100; 6 Months

       This award involved the development and execution of a
workshop for very large scale integrated (VLSI)circuit design.
The focus of the workshop was directed towards minority academic
institutions obtaining the skills necessary to teach and conduct
research in VLSI CAD areas at the advanced undergraduate and
graduate levels. North Carolina A&T State University served as
the hub school, where they will assist other HBCU institutions
towards implementing a course and research activities. The
targeted outreach schools are: Southern University, Tuskegee
University, Tennessee State University, Howard University,
Hampton University and Prairie View University. The workshop
included: i) an overview of VLSI CAD methodology, ii) principles
of MOS transistor technology, ii) an introduction to VLSI CAD
workstations, and iv) laboratory exercises illustrating VLSI CAD
techniques.

Bringing Young Minority Women to the Threshold of Science
Heller, Rachelle; George Washington University, Washington, DC
20052
CDA 8954181; 09-15-89; $88,000; 24 Months

       This project was designed to interest young minority women
in future careers in science by providing them with an enrichment
of skills, incentives, and role models upon which to base their
career choices. Twenty-four female high school students in grades
9 or 10 and six high school science teachers were selected to
participate in a 10 day summer training program to prepare them
to work on software teams composed of four students and one
teacher advisor. The teams produced science education software
during the school year following the summer session. The team was
chosen from the Washington, DC area.

 NSFnet Orientation and Training Workshop for Minority
Institutions--June 21-23, 1989.
Hollen, Robert Von; Southeastern University Research Association,
Newport News, VA 23606
CDA 8907095; 06-01-89; $9,800; 6 Months

       The Southeastern Universities Research Association, Inc.
(SURA) rendered logistical services in coordinating an NSFnet
Orientation and Training Workshop for Minority Institutions
(NOT-MI). The workshop was held at the Continuous Electronic Beam
Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) in Newport News, Virginia. SURAnet
is a regional network of 52 nodes in the Southeast United States
which provides user services and connection to the NSFnet. They
seek to extend the network and services to all research and
teaching institutions in the Southeast, including historically
black colleges. Most of the nation's predominantly minority
institutions are located in the SURAnet area. Participation was
limited and included selected institutions receiving Foundation
support under: 1) the Comprehensive Regional Centers for
Minorities, 2) the Minority Research Centers of Excellence, and
3) the Institutional Infrastructure-Minority Institutions
Program. Approximately forty attended. NOT-MI allowed computer
networking experts and users to present instructions on internet
technology, major protocols, principles and applications with
hands-on experiences to educators/researchers and technical
specialists of minority institutions that could readily benefit
from NSFnet connection.

Undergraduate Software Engineering Laboratory Project (SELP)
Jackson, Alyce; California State University Fullerton Foundation,
Fullerton, CA 92631
CDA 8911294; 07-15-89; $11,986; 8 Months

       This ROW Planning Grant was designed to provide a software
engineering laboratory in the computer science department so that
the PI can conduct intensive research in areas of software
engineering. The focus was on an investigation of software
engineering tools that are appropriate for students studying
software engineering courses. The resulting competitive proposal
was expected to center on research for evaluating the appropriate
software engineering tools for the laboratory.

MRI: Minority Internships in Parallel Computing
Lusk, Ewing; DOE-Chicago Operations Office, Argonne, IL 60439
CDA 8818254; 08-01-89; $38,321; 12 Months

       This award supported a one year internship in parallel
computing for a faculty member from a minority institution. The
objective was to give the participant the opportunity to master
techniques and to conduct research in parallel computing. The
participant learned about various debugging tools and performance
measurement techniques available for parallel programs, studied
languages used to program multiprocessors, and worked on the
design of algorithms to exploit parallelism. The participant had
hands-on experience with a variety of different advanced-computer
architectures.

Time Dependent Meta-Knowledge Systems for Robotic Control
Malave, Cesar; Texas A&M University Research Foundation, College
Station, TX 77843
CDA 8822191; 06-01-89; $12,000; 12 Months

       This was a MRI planning grant whose research attempted to
design a more intelligent and realistic robotic task planner that
would be able to operate effectively under uncertainty in a time
constrained environment. The meta-knowledge structure of the
system will insure proper functioning under ill-defined
environments. The system will also include a learning mechanism
based on a bayesian--based neural model.

Travel Funds for HBCU Faculty to Attend VLSI Conference and
Symposium on July 19-21, 1989 in Santa Clara, CA
Martin, Harold; North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro,
NC 27411
CDA 8914973; 07-01-89; $7,635; 6 Months

       This project was directed at increasing the number of
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU's) involved in
VLSI CAD-related teaching and research. Faculty from selected
HBCU's were identified to serve as focal points for their
universities VLSI activities. These participants attended the 2nd
Annual VLSI Education Conference and Exposition which provided a
forum for  communication between educators, industrial
representatives, government sponsors and vendors in areas of
common interest in VLSI education. The targeted HBCU's are:
Tuskegee University, Southern University, North Carolina A&T
State University, Howard University, Hampton University and
Prairie View A&M University.

Conference On Strategic Directions In Computing Research
Wood, David; Association For Computing Machinery, New York, NY
10036
CDA 8912988; 08-01-89; $36,419; 12 Months

       The Conference on Strategic Directions in Computing
Research was timely and important for computing related
disciplines. The results of the conference are designed to assist
academic, industrial, and governmental organizations in making
the difficult decisions of which research directions to pursue in
the next few years. As a result, the conference should have a
positive impact on a wide range of computer-oriented research at
a variety of levels.

Boston University Workshop on Computer Aids for the Physically
Handicapped
York, Bryant W.; Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
CDA 8921881; 09-30-89; $6,800; 6 Months

       Boston University hosted a Workshop on Computer Aids for
the Physically Handicapped (BU-CAPH) on October 2-3, 1989.
Approximately twenty-five participants assessed the needs and
planned programmatic activities involving the use of computers to
aid the physically handicapped in education and research. The
participants separated into four small working groups to develop
recommendations for the NSF/CISE Directorate.

                INDEX OF PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS

NAME

A
Adrion, W. Richards
Andrews, Gregory

B

Bajcsy, Ruzena
Bara, Chitanya
Barnwell, Thomas
Basenplier, Larry
Bennet, A. Wayne
Bekey, George
Birman, Kenneth
Blackburn, Ronald
Blumenthal, Marjory
Boyd, Eddie
Brooks, Frederick P.
Brown, Christopher
Buckles, Bill
Burnstein, Ilene

C

Campbell, Robert
Carlson, Carl
Coleman, Don
Cukor, Peter

D

Davis, John
Dekock, Arlan
Dewitt, David
Diaz, Julio
Dunham, Douglas

E

Engel, Gerald

F

Fisher, Donald
Flaherty, Joseph
Foster, John
Fox, Geoffrey

G

Gajski, Daniel
Gannon, Dennis
Gillett, Billy
Graham, Susan L.
Grosch, Chester

H

Hachtel, Gary
Harrison, George
Heller, Rachelle
Hollen, Robert Von

I

Ingalls, Robert P.

J

Jackson, Alyce
Jain, Anil
Ja' Ja', Joseph
Jean, Jack

K

Kalos, Malvin
Kaveh, Mostafa
Kennedy, Kenneth
Kime, Charles
Kiper, James
Kjell, Bradley

L

Labuz, Jeffrey
Lakshmivarahan, S.
Lazowska, Edward
LeBlanc, Richard
Lesser, Victor R.
Levine, Michael
Lewis, Philip
Lipton, Richard
Lusk, Ewing

M

Magee, Michael
Maida, Anthony
Martin, Benjamin
Martin, Harold W.
Medsker, Larry
Melave, Cesar
Moura, Jose'

N

Narang, Hira

O

O'Donnell, Michael

P

Prasanna, Kumar
Pu, Carlton

Q

Quinn, Michael

R

Reed, Daniel
Reed, Irving
Reibman, Amy
Reiss, Steven
Rice, John
Robbins, Woodrow
Robinson, Robert

S

Savage, John E.
Scholl, Howard
Sedgewick, Robert
Seidel, Steven
Schultz, Martin H.
Shah, Mubarak
Smith, Wayne
Starling, Albert

T

Taylor, Richard
Teague, Keith
Tekalp, A. Murat

V

Vasquez, Ramon

W

Wang, Paul
Werth, John
Wilson, Joseph
Winkel, David E.
Wood, David

Y

York, Bryant W.