SYMPOSIUM SESSIONS

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Keynote Address - Chair: M. Mascagni

§ Steve Piacsek, Parallel Approaches to Navy Ocean Modeling

Ocean Modeling and Related Applications - Chair: L. Perkins

§ Patrick C. Gallacher and Michael Schaferkotter, The Physics of Frontal Instabilities in a Buoyant Plume
§ Louise Perkins and P. Orlin, Explicit Phase Accurate Non-linear Methods

Numerical Methods I - Chair: H. Zhang

§ Hong Zhang, Pseudozeros of Polynomials and Their Potential Impact on Polynomial Algorithms
§ Vasile Berinde, On Some Weak Smoothness Conditions and Newton's Method
§ Deborah Dent, Marcin Paprzycki and Anna Kucaba-Pietal, Comparing the Performance of Solvers for Systems of Nonlinear Equations

Applications I - Chair: D. Ali

§ Nicole D. Terry and James Jennings, Towards Increasing the Level of Automation in Text-Based Interfaces
§ James Ridgway and Dia L. Ali, Utilizing Mobile Agents in e-Commerce Applications
§ B. Kasche, Fey and W. Erhard, 3D Optoelectronic Arithmetic Unit and its Application for Algorithm of Medical Image Processing

Random Number and Monte Carlo Research at USM - Chair: Michael Mascagni

§ Chi-Ok Hwang, New First Passage Algorithms and Applications
§ Li Yaohang, A Distributed Monte Carlo Integration Tool, Work in Progress
§ Michael Mascagni, SPRNG: A Library for Parallel Pseudorandom Number Generation
§ Mike Zhou, SPRNG and CONDOR: A Tool for Distrubted Monte Carlo
§ William F. Gilreath, Hash Sort: A Linear Time Complexity Multiple-Dimensional Sort Algorithm
§ ** Hong Qiu, A Deterministic PDE Algorithm Based on a Monte Carlo Algorithm

Numerical Methods II - Chair: J. Kolibal

§ M. Eckhoff and Joseph Kolibal, Assessing Finite Element Solutions to the Stochastic Sturm-Liouville Equation
§ C. He and N.H. Rhee, Shifted Iterative Schemes for the Structured Markov Chains

Computation - Chair: C. Burgess

§ W. Douglas Maurer, Indentation, Double Blanks, and Language Design
§ Mirek Kubat and Wei Kian Chen, Weighted Projection in Nearest-Neighbor Classifiers
§ Peggy Wright, Missing Data Values in Knowledge Discovery: Their Significance and Resolution
§ T.E. O'Neil and Chun Ng, Notes on the Performance of the CCG Algorithm for 3-CNF Satisfiability

Keynote Address - Chair: M. Paprzycki

§ S.S. Iyengar, Wavelet Based Techniques for Image Processing Applications

Reception - Attendance Welcome

Refreshments - Attendance Welcome

Keynote Address - Chair: S. Oppenheimer

§ Jianping Zhu, An Efficient High Order Algorithm for Solving Reaction Diffusin Equations

Computational Approaches to Predictions of Molecular Structures, Properties and Reactions I - Chair: J. Leszczynski

§ Steven R. Davis, Comparison of Potential Energy Surfaces Calculated at Single and Multideterminantal Levels
§ Grace Foo and Ras B. Pandey, A Hybrid Computational Approach to Complex Problems in Complex Macromolecular Systems
§ Frank Hagelberg, Electron-Nucleon Dynamics Investigations on Small Molecular Systems
§ Mel Leavy, Density Function Theories for Excited States

Applications II - Chair: A. Ali

§ Seth F. Oppenheimer, W.L. Kingery, K. Willeford, F.X. Han, A Quadrature Technique for Reaction Rate Identification
§ Bogdan D. Czejdo, Steven M. Guerin, Yoshiaki Kamino and Mikolaj Baszun, Cooperative Engineering Design over Internet
§ Mark Bilderback, Prashant Soni and Ioana Banicescu, Integrating Efficient Partitioning Techniques for Graph Oriented Applications

Spatial Data Computation I - Chair: M. Cobb and F. Petry

§ Ruth Wilson, Maria Cobb, Miyi Chung, Kevin Shaw, A Spatial Indexing Framework Using a Quadtree Organization for Geographic Data Storage and Retrieval
§ Anselmo Cocchi and Enrico Nardelli, Algorithmics Issues in Node Management Policies for Distributed R-Trees
§ Adriano Di Pasquale and Enrico Nardelli, Efficient Spatial Data Management Using Balanced and Distributed Search Trees
§ Mark Gill and Dia L. Ali, 3D Computer Graphics for Communicating Non-Intuitive Concepts: Quantum Computing

Numerical Methods III - Chair: J.M. Tyler

§ J.D. Callahan and J.M. Tyler, Cost Effective VRML Visualization for Finite Element Methods
§ Peter K Moore, An Adaptive H-Refinement Finite Element For Solving Systems of Parabolic Partial Differential Equations in Three Space Dimensions
§ Wen Zhang, Simulation of Microstructural Evolution in Sintering by Method of Lines
§ Xuefeng Li, Entropy Consistent, Implicit TVD Methods with High Accuracy for Conservation Laws

Computational Approaches to Predictions of Molecular Structures, Properties and Reactions II - Chair: J. Lee

§ Joon C. Lee, Dynamic Light Scattering Experiment on Computer: Diffusion in Random Pores
§ David Magers, Computation of Ring Strain in Small Heterocycles
§ Jane S. Murray, Recent Applications of the General Interaction Properties Function to the Prediction of Condensed Phase Properties
§ Michael McKee and Ohyun Kwon, Calculations of Band Gaps in Polyaniline from Theoretical Studies of Oligomers

Parallel/Distributed/Concurrent Methods I - Chair: C. Breshears

§ Clay P. Breshears and Graham Fagg, A Computation Allocation Model for Distributed Computing Under MPI_Connect
§ Cedell A. Alexander, Aric B. Lambert, Donna S. Reese, James C. Harden, Ron B. Brightwell, Near-Critical Path Analysis: A Tool for Parallel Program Optimization
§ Bogdan D. Czejdo, Thomas Gallagher and Brian Ham, Verification of Concurrent Engineering Software Using a Multiprogramming Computer Simulator
§ Wilson Rivera-Gallego, On Scalability of Parallel Genetic Algorithms

Spatial Data Computation II - Chair: M. Cobb and F. Petry

§ Todd Lovitt, Barbara Ray and Kevin Shaw, Using Virtual Reality for Training and Mission Rehearsal
§ Stephanie A. Myrick, Use of GIS for U.S. Navy Anti-submarine Warfare and Mine Counter Measures Support
§ John Sample, Applying Symbology for a Geospatial Database
§ Arpad Barsi, Processing of Satellite Imagery by Neural Networks

Lunch - Attendance Welcome

Keynote Address - Chair: M. Cobb

§ F. Petry, Uncertainty Issues in GIS and Spatial Databases

Computational Approaches to Predictions of Molecular Structures, Properties and Reactions III - Chair: R. Pandey

§ Alexandre Pelmenschikov and Jerzy Leszczynski, Adsorption of 1,3,5-Trinitrobenzene on the Siloxane Sites of Clay Minerals: Ab Initio Calculations of Molecular Models
§ Peter A. Politzer, Computational Studies of Energetic Materials
§ Jiri Sponer, Pavel Hobza, Jerzy Leszczynski, Interactions of Nucleic Acid Bases by ab initio Calculations: Recent Results
§ Charles Weatherford, Wave Packet Solution of the Time-Dependent Schroedinger Equation in 3D Using a New Implicit Split Operator Procedure

Parallel/Distributed/Concurrent Methods II - Chair: B. Czejdo

§ Bogdan D. Czejdo, Natalie E. Louque and Ronnie Yates, Automatic Generation of Synchronization Primitives from Graphical Concurrency Constraints
§ Ryan B. Harvey and Gabriel J. Clothier, Simulation of a Multiprogramming System Using a Multiple Processor Model
§ Akira Kojima and Seiji Fujino, A Parallelizing Compiler for Multiple-Precision
§ Oh-Heum Kwon and Kyung-Yong Chwa, Scheduling Parallel Tasks with Unrelated Execution

Session 5C - Chair: M. Cobb and F. Petry

§ Catherine Benetz, Issues and Experiments in Distributing Spatial Objects
§ Orlando Karam, On Querying In Distributed Spatial Object Databases
§ John Monde, An Efficient Object-Oriented Distributed Contouring Algorithm

Artificial Intelligence - Chair: D. Fletcher

§ Sean Bowers, Jody L. Morrison and Marcin Paprzycki, Comparing Performance of Neural Networks Applied to the Multifont Recognition Problem
§ Desmond Fletcher, Web-based Probabilistic Neural Network for Reduction of Bias in Faculty Evaluations
§ Khaled El-Sawi and Dia L. Ali, Mobile Agent Markup Language

Computational Approaches to Predictions of Molecular Structures, Properties and Reactions IV - Chair: N. Zhanpeisov

§ Andrzej Wierzbicki, Molecular Modeling of Adsorption on Crystal Surfaces of Biominerals
§ Nurbosyn U. Zhanpeisov, Masakazu Anpo, Interaction of NO molecules with highly dispersed titanium oxides incorporated into Silicalite and Zeolites. Theoretical ab initio Study
§ Frank Bentrem, Grace M. Foo and Ras B. Pandey, Interfacial Dynamics in an Electrophoretic Deposition of Polymer Chains in (2+1)-Dimensions
§ Zoita Berinde, On Some Topological Indices Obtained from the CEP Matrix

Parallel/Distributed/Concurrent Methods III - Chair: J. Kolibal

§ Jeremy W. Mullendore, The Timed k-server Problem
§ S. Fang and Joseph Kolibal, Assessing Parallel Bernstein Interpolation in Large Scale Models
§ A. Kiayias, A. Pagourtzis, K. Sharma and S. Zachos, The Complexity Of Determining the Order of Solutions
§ Md. Najmul Karim and Ahmed El-Amawy, Reduced Connection Multiple Bus Systems: A Probabilistic Approach

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