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ITI Principal Investigators
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Walid G. Aref
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Associate Professor,
Department of Computer Sciences,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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Dr. Aref's current research interests are in database systems, spatial and multimedia data indexing, video servers, network-attached storage devices, data mining, algorithms and data structures, and computer graphics.
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765-494-1997
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765-494-0739
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aref@cs.purdue.edu
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Ahmed K. Elmagarmid
- Principal investigator for this project
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Professor of Computer Sciences, Department of Computer Sciences,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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Dr. Elmagarmid's current research interests are in the areas of video databases, consistency aspects
of multidatabases, data quality and mobile data management.
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765-494-1998
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765-494-0739
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ake@cs.purdue.edu
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Sonia
Fahmy
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Sciences,
West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907
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Dr. Fahmy's current research interests include quality of service and traffic engineering in computer networks, transport of voice and video traffic over the Internet, multipoint communication, and wireless networks. She is interested in providing practical solutions to problems using sophisticated analytical and simulation modeling
techniques
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765-494-6183
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765-494-0739
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fahmy@cs.purdue.edu
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Arif Ghafoor
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Professor,
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
Indiana, 47907
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Dr. Ghafoor's research interests are in Multimedia systems, Databases, Distributed computing systems, Broadband multimedia networking. |
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765-494-0638
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765-494-3371
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Email
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ghafoor@@ecn.purdue.edu
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Elias N. Houstis
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Professor of Computer Sciences and Director of the Computational Science & Engineering Program,
West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907.
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Dr. Houstis' current research interests are in the areas of problem solving environments
(PSEs), parallel computation, performance evaluation and modeling, computational intelligence, computational finance, and on-line learning.
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Tel (W)
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765-494-6181
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765-494-0739
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enh@cs.purdue.edu
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Tim Korb
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Director of Research Facilities, Computer Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907.
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765-494-6184
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765-494-0739
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jtk@cs.purdue.edu
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William J.
McIver,
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Sciences,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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Dr. McIver's current research interests are in the broad areas of distributed computation; mobile wireless computation; and social informatics. In particular, he worked on large scale efforts in distributed agent-based systems, Web-based applications, and database integrity.
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765-496-6348
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765-494-0739
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mciver@cs.purdue.edu
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Shailendra Raj Mehta
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Director, Krannert Entrepreneurship Inititative at the Krannert School of Management.
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Dr. Mehta has done extensive research in the areas of Entrepreneurship, Industrial Organization, Information Economics and Experimental Economics.
His research areas are, uncertainty and information (including
information and incentives), industrial organization (including the
internal organization of firms and the evolution of standards), labor
economics (including the formation of norms and the theories of wage
formation and of wage distributions), game theory, applied microeconomic
theory (including belief formation and contracting), inventory theory
and operations management and experimental economics.
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Abdelfattah Y. M. Nour
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Associate Professor of Basic Medical Sciences, Director, International Programs,
School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University,
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907.
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Dr. Nour's research is in integrating technology into the basic medical sciences curriculum and Internet applications in educational and training programs. Dynamic use of computer multimedia, networking technologies, computer case-based presentations/discussions in teaching basic medical sciences. Web-based distance learning.
Heis now working on development of a database in basic medical sciences for custom designing of CD-ROMs and web-based programs that can be used for teaching and for improving access to health information.
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765-494-5136
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765-496-1261
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nour@cs.purdue.edu
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Sunil Prabhakar
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Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Purdue University, West
Lafayette, Indiana, 47907.
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Dr. Prabhakar's research interests are in: Distributed and Multimedia Databases; I/O optimizations for modern database applications (placement, scheduling, and
caching); Tertiary storage; Digital Libraries; Database support for Intrusion Detection;
and Web Caching.
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765-494-6008
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765-494-0739
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sunil@cs.purdue.edu
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Eugene H. Spafford
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Professor of Computer Sciences, Director of Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS),
Purdue University, Indiana, 47907.
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Dr. Spafford's current research interests are focused on issues of computer and network security, computer crime and ethics, and the social impact of computing.
CERIAS is the largest and most broadly-structured academic research center in the world in its
field
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765-494-7825
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765 496-3181
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spaf@cerias.purdue.edu
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Marie C. Thursby
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Director, Center for International Business Education and Research; Director, Technology Transfer Initiative; Burton D. Morgan Chair of International Policy and Management; Professor of Economics
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Professor Thursby's current research interests include the industrial impact of university research, analysis of licensing contracts, the effects of product standards on international R&D competition, technology transfer, the effect of industrial policies, as well as policies to promote market access, and dispute settlement under the New World Trade Organization. Other areas of expertise include general equilibrium theory, economic development, and microeconomic theory.
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765-49-44463
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Email
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mct@mgmt.purdue.edu
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Methodist Research Institute Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Inc.
(Clarian
Health Partner)
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James A. Trippi
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Cardiologist at Storer Schmidt & Associates (The Care Group), Indianapolis, Indiana.
Director, Non-invasive Cardiac Diagnostic Services, Methodist Hospital of Indiana.
Methodist Hospital-Clarian Health Staff Cardiologist, Methodist Hospital of Indiana.
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Dr. Trippi's areas of professional interests are: Doppler Echocardiography, Intraoperative Echocardiography,
Transesophageal Echocardiography, Stress Echocardiography, Digital Echocardiography,
and Emergency Echocardiography Telemedicine.
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317-924-5444
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Richard J. Kovacs
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Cardiologist with Storer Schmidt & Associates (The Care Group). Staff Cardiologist, Methodist Hospital of Indiana (Clarian Health Partners).
Director of Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory, Methodist Research Institute, Inc.
President & CEO, Methodist Research Institute, Inc. Director, Methodist Hospital Minority Student Research Program (T35M-HL07806).
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Dr. Kovacs' main interest is in Cardiology.
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317-929-8861
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Gordon L. Coppoc
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Assistant Dean of Indiana University School of Medicine & Director of Lafayette Center for Medical Education,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907.
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Dr. Coppoc has been interested in applications of microcomputer technology, data base theory and learning theory to problems in education and clinical practice.
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317-494-8632
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317-494-0781
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coppoc@vet.purdue.edu
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Nikos P. Chrisochoides
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Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering,
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556.
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Dr. Chrisochoides' research interests are in Integration of algorithmic and applications-driven research in parallel computing with research in
parallel runtime software systems for the Grid and high-end architectures. Development of guaranteed-quality industrial strength parallel unstructured mesh generation.
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219-631-8811
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219-631-9260
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nikos@cse.nd.edu
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Jon Reid
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Jon Reid is President of the Development Tools Division, of Micro Data Base Systems, Inc.
(mdbs). Formerly Vice President of Research & Development, Jon has primary development responsibility for multiple mdbs software products, including the TITANIUM multi-model database engine and the GURU rule-based artificial intelligence development environment.
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Indiana Health Industry Forum / BioMedical Research Initiative
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Jody Peloza Bentz
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Executive Vice President of the Indiana Health Industry Forum, a private sector driven economic development organization whose purpose is to expand Indiana's health-related industry and to position the State as a recognized center for such business resources. She is also a principal with a privately owned consulting group.
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Steve Bryant
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Director of Business and Community Development with the IHIF
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Neal E. Fearnot
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President MED Institute, Inc.,
1400 Cumberland Ave,
West Lafayette, Indiana 47906.
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765-463-7537
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765-497-0641
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Email
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fearnot@medinst.com
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