NSF Org:	EIA DIVISION OF EXPERIMENTAL & INTEG ACTIVIT
Recipient:	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE
Initial Amendment Date:	September 25, 1998
Latest Amendment Date:	September 25, 1998
Award Number:	9871219
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Dragana Brzakovic EIA  DIVISION OF EXPERIMENTAL & INTEG ACTIVIT CSE  Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Start Date:	September 15, 1998
End Date:	August 31, 1999 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$150,000.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$150,000.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 1998 = $150,000.00
History of Investigator:	Margrit Betke (Principal Investigator) betke@cs.bu.edu Edward Sciore (Co-Principal Investigator) Peter Clote (Co-Principal Investigator) Robert Signorile (Co-Principal Investigator) James Gips (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	Boston College 140 COMMONWEALTH AVE CHESTNUT HILL MA  US  02467-3800 (617)552-8000
Sponsor Congressional District:	04
Primary Place of Performance:	Boston College 140 COMMONWEALTH AVE CHESTNUT HILL MA  US  02467-3800
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	04
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	MJ3JH8CRJBZ7
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	Major Research Instrumentation
Primary Program Source:	app-0198
Program Reference Code(s):	1189, 9218, HPCC
Program Element Code(s):	118900
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.070

ABSTRACT

EIA-9871219 Betke, Margrit Clote, Peter G. Boston College MRI: Research Laboratory for Computer Science The objective of the requested equipment is to support on-going research in the Computer Science Department at Boston College. In addition to longstanding emphasis on theoretical aspects of computer science, several applied projects are now underway within the department including projects in computer vision, computer-human interfaces, database systems, computational biology, distributed simulation and computer technology. In order to support these projects, the Computer Science Department is establishing a dedicated Research Laboratory for Computer Science. This laboratory is designed to support a wide range of research and develop activities by faculty members, their collaborators, and students. These research efforts include: experiments with digital cameras for computer vision research; database systems design; parallel algorithm development for computational biology research; experiments with a new robotic wheelchair and an LCD projector for computer-human interfaces and 3D-modeling software development. This project proposes to equip the laboratory with 10 high-performance Pentium II 333MHz workstations, one Tinman robotic wheelchair, one LCD projector, and several digital cameras together with supporting hardware and software.

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