Title : NSF9176 - Summary of Awards, Fiscal Year 1989 Type : Dir of Awards NSF Org: CISE Date : August 15, 1991 File : nsf9176 ****************************************************************************** This File has been updated 10/31/96 to reflect the proper address of the: National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 For more information call: (703)306-1234 ****************************************************************************** Keywords : PT 34, 18, II, FF, DD, 1004000, 1014001 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= 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.