{"id":108,"date":"2011-08-26T14:49:10","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T14:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ise.ufl.edu\/abrownz\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2024-09-25T16:17:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T20:17:08","slug":"research-funding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/pardalos\/research\/research-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>IBM Support Program Award<\/strong> (1988 &#8211; 1989): &#8220;Parallel branch and bound algorithms&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cray Research and Development Grant<\/strong> for the project &#8220;Parallel search algorithms in combinatorial optimization&#8221; (1989 &#8211; 1990 -1991-1992).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cornell National Supercomputer Facility Award<\/strong> (1991-1992).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Air Force Office of Scientific Research<\/strong>. Title: Resent Advances in Global Optimization, 1 year (1991), Grant: AFOSR-91-0116.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Air Force Office of Scientific Research<\/strong>. Title: Complexity Issues for Numerical Optimization, 1 year (1991), Grant: AFOSR -91-0102.<\/li>\n<li><strong>NSF and U.S. Army Research Office<\/strong> support for the conference on &#8220;Large scale optimization&#8221; (with W. Hager and D. Hearn, Univ. of FL, Febr. 1993), Grants: NSF &#8211; DMS-9217405 and ARO &#8211; DAAH04-93G-0031.<\/li>\n<li><strong>DIMACS<\/strong> (NSF and NJ Commission on Science and Technology) support (May-June 1993).<\/li>\n<li><strong>DIMACS<\/strong> (NSF and NJ Commission on Science and Technology) support (April-May 1994).<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;SCOOP : Solving Combinatorial Optimization Problems in Parallel&#8221; (ref.: Proposal ERB4050PL941153 \/ Contract ERBCHRXCT940640) Award<\/strong> from the European Com. Program &#8220;Human capital and mobility&#8221; (1995-1998).<\/li>\n<li><strong>DIMACS<\/strong> (NSF and NJ Commission on Science and Technology) support (March 1995).<\/li>\n<li><strong>DIMACS<\/strong> (NSF and NJ Commission on Science and Technology) support (March 1996).<\/li>\n<li><strong>DIMACS <\/strong>(NSF and NJ Commission on Science and Technology) support (April 1997).<\/li>\n<li><strong>DIMACS <\/strong>(NSF and NJ Commission on Science and Technology) support (Fall 1997).<\/li>\n<li><strong>DIMACS <\/strong>(NSF and NJ Commission on Science and Technology) support for the Workshop on Mobile Networks and Computing ($14,000 &#8211; Spring 1999).<\/li>\n<li><strong>DIMACS <\/strong>(NSF and NJ Commission on Science and Technology) support for the Workshop on Discrete Algorithmic Problems in Medical Applications ($14,000 &#8211; Fall 1999).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Global Minimization of Nonconvex Energy Functions: molecular Conformation and Protein Folding&#8221;. Grant:\u00a0<strong>NSF &#8211; BIR-9505919<\/strong> (April 1, 1996 &#8212; March 31, 1998), $61,707.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Engineering Research Equipment: Equipment for Research in Applied and Computational Optimization&#8221; (with D. Hearn), Grant:\u00a0<strong>NSF &#8211; DMI-9622200<\/strong> (April 1, 1996 &#8212; March 31, 1997), $21,630 &#8211; excluding matching funds from the University of Florida.<\/li>\n<li>NSF support for the conference on &#8220;Network Optimization&#8221; (with W. Hager and D. Hearn), Grant:<strong> NSF &#8211; DMS-9522573<\/strong> (January 1, 1996 &#8212; Dec. 31, 1996) $15,000.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Multitarget MultiSensor Fusion For a Near-Real-Time Air-to-Surface Weapon Tracking Filter&#8221;,<strong> US Dept. of Air Force<\/strong>, Grant: F08635-92-C-0032, TA. P00028 ( May 5, 1997 &#8212; Dec. 31, 1997) (with K. Dominiak), $59,661.<\/li>\n<li><strong>NSF EIA 98-72509<\/strong>: &#8220;Integrating Randomization Techniques in the Undergraduate and Graduate Curricula,&#8221;\u00a0<strong>Co-PIs:<\/strong> Randy Chow, Linda Crocker, Sanguthevar Rajasekaran, Raphael Haftka, Raj Rajagopalan, Sanjay Ranka, Gerhard Ritter, Sartaj Sahni, Stanley Su, Baba Vemuri. National Science Foundation, $372,312 &#8211; excluding matching funds from the University of Florida &#8211; (August 1998 to July 2001).<\/li>\n<li><strong>NSF DMS 9817945<\/strong>: Support for the &#8220;Conference on Approximation and Complexity in Numerical Optimization: Continuous and Discrete Problems,&#8221; $5,000 (April 1, 1999 to March 31, 2000).<\/li>\n<li><strong>NSF DMI-0082231<\/strong>: Support for the &#8220;Conference on Stochastic Optimization: Algorithms and Applications,&#8221; $5,000 (May 1, 2000 &#8211; March 31, 2001).<\/li>\n<li><strong>NATO (Scientific and Environmental Affairs Division), SST.CLG 975032<\/strong>: &#8220;Calculating Robust Bayesian Estimates Using Optimization Approaches,&#8221; 815,000 Belgian Francs (1999-2000).<\/li>\n<li><strong>NSF DBI 9808210<\/strong>: &#8220;Global Optimization Approaches for Molecular and Protein Conformation Problems&#8221; $109,266.00 (Oct. 1999- Sept. 2001).<\/li>\n<li><strong>United States Civilian Research and Development Foundation CRDF Award UW0-1010 (Proposal Number UW-032)<\/strong>: &#8220;Recent Advances in Non-Differentiable Optimization&#8221; $13,400 (2000).<\/li>\n<li><strong>US Dept. of Air Force grant (F-08630-00-1-0001)<\/strong>, &#8220;Optimal Risk Path and Target Coverage Algorithms&#8221;, $230,000 (2000-2001) (with S. Uryasev).<\/li>\n<li><strong>US Dept. of Air Force grant (F-49620-01-1-0338)<\/strong>, &#8220;Robust Decision Making: Addressing Uncertainties in Distributions&#8221; (2001-2003), $200,000 (with S. Uryasev)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;International Conference on Biocomputing&#8221; (February 25-27, 2001), $21,000 from UF ($10,000 BME Program, $5,000 Brain Institute, and $6,000 College of Engineering and UF Research and Graduate Programs).<\/li>\n<li>$15,000 form the BME Program for Visitors (joint with the Medical School).<\/li>\n<li><strong>UF Research Opportunity Fund 2001<\/strong>: &#8220;Preital Detection and Therapeutic Intervention in a Transgenic Epileptic Rodent&#8221; (with P. Carney and C. Sackellares), $50,000.<\/li>\n<li><strong>NIH Grant Number: 1 R01 NS39687-01A1<\/strong> (07\/19\/2001 &#8211; 04\/30\/2006): &#8220;Bioengineering Research Partnership in Brain Dynamics&#8221; (with J.C. Sackellares et al) (FY2001: $847,398, FY2002: $819,681, FY2003: $900,803, FY2004: $904,026, FY2005: $929,365).<\/li>\n<li><strong>NATO PST.GLG.978668<\/strong>, &#8220;Robust Statistical Estimates and Applications in Nuclear Safety,&#8221; EUR 10,000 (2002-2003).<\/li>\n<li>Support for the &#8220;Quantitative Neurosciences&#8221; conference [McKnight Brain Institute $6,000 | School of Engineering $3,000 | Biomedical Engineering Department $3,000 | UF Research Foundation $3,000 | School of Medicine $6,000 | Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc $5,000]<\/li>\n<li><strong>AFOSR<\/strong>, Equipment for defense Related Projects Conducted by the Risk  Management &amp; Financial Engineering Lab (with S. Uryasev and E. Romejin) $182,228 (2003-2004).<\/li>\n<li><strong>CRDF<\/strong>, Clique-Detection Algorithms with Applications in Biomedical Engineering, (with Ivan Sergienko, Institute of Cybernetics, UAS (Kiev)) $60,000 (2003-2004).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;A quantitative EEG method for real-time detection of neonatal seizures in the neonatal intensive care unit&#8221; (08\/1\/03 &#8211; 07\/31\/05), Partnership for Pediatric Epilepsy Research, Epilepsy Foundation of America; Total amount $75,000 (with P. Carney, C. Sackellares, and D. Shiau).<\/li>\n<li><strong>NSF<\/strong>, &#8220;ITR: Information Extraction from Massive Data Sets&#8221; (with Sanguthevar Rajasekaran, Thomas Cormen, and Sartaj Sahni) $3,350,534.00 (2003-2008).<\/li>\n<li>Evelyn F. &amp; William L. McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida Award (with P. Carney), &#8220;Data mining and optimization techniques in EEG data analysis and epileptic brain modeling,&#8221; $20,000 (2003-2004).<\/li>\n<li><strong>OTL, University of Florida <\/strong>(With P. Carney, J. Principe, C. Sackellares, and D. Shiau), &#8220;On Line Real Time Seizure Prediction in Adult Patients with Epilepsy&#8221;, $28,340 (2004).<\/li>\n<li><strong>NSF<\/strong>, &#8220;Design and Analysis of Algorithms for Multicast Networks&#8221;, $246,820 (2004-2007).<\/li>\n<li><strong>NSF<\/strong>, &#8220;Design and Analysis of Algorithms for Multicast Networks&#8221; (Supplement Award), $44,038.00 (2005-2006).<\/li>\n<li><strong>AFOSR<\/strong>, Eavesdropping (or Jamming) of Communication Networks (with S. Uryasev), $240,000 (2005-2007).<\/li>\n<li><strong>AFOSR<\/strong>, (DURIP-05) Equipment for defense-related projects of the center for applied optimization (with S. Uryasev), $148,953.42 (2006-2007).<\/li>\n<li><strong>DIMACS (NSF)<\/strong> support for the Conference on Data Mining, Systems Analysis and Optimization in Neuroscience ($10,000 &#8211; Spring 2007).<\/li>\n<li><strong>DIMACS (NSF)<\/strong> support for the Workshop on Clustering Problems in Biological Networks ($14,000 &#8211; Spring 2007).<\/li>\n<li><strong>NSF<\/strong> &#8220;Human Supervision of Time Critical Control Systems&#8221; $415,391 (2006-2009).<\/li>\n<li><strong>CMS thru DOT<\/strong> &#8220;Multi-Modal Solutions for Large Scale Evacuation&#8221; $71,481 (2008-2009).<\/li>\n<li><strong>AFOSR<\/strong> &#8220;Detecting and Jamming Dynamic Communication Networks in Anti-Access Environments&#8221; $443,264 (2008-2010).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Penn State<\/strong> &#8220;Modeling &amp; Optimization of Network Response to WMD Attacks Under Uncertainty &#8221; $160,139 (2008-2009).<\/li>\n<li><strong>DIMACS (NSF and NJ Commission on Science and Technology)<\/strong> &#8220;Support for the DIMACS\/DyDAn Workshop on Approximation Algorithms in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks&#8221; $14,000 (Spring 2009).<\/li>\n<li><strong>UF Research Opportunity Fund 2009<\/strong> &#8220;A portable, wearable, fast, magnetic resonance imager (MRI)&#8221; (with M. Davidson, Y. Chen, F. Skidmore, B. Whiting, and P. Holloway), $90,298.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation, US Dept. of Transportation\/Fed Highway Admin.<\/strong> &#8220;Multimodal solutions for large scale evacuation&#8221; $71,481 (2008 &#8211; 2009)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation, US Dept. of Transportation\/Fed Highway Admin.<\/strong> &#8220;Development of a Multimodal Transportation Educational Virtual Appliance&#8221; (with P. Sheng and R. Figueiredo) $110,000 (2009 &#8211; 2010)<\/li>\n<li><strong>U.S. Department of Defense\/DTRA<\/strong> &#8220;Modeling and Optimization of Network Response to WMD Attacks Under Uncertainty&#8221; (with V. Boginski (co-PI), and S. Uryasev (co-PI)) $219,016 (2009-2010)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Florida Institute for Information Systems Dynamics<\/strong> &#8220;Biological Models for Information Systems Dynamics&#8221; $10,000 (Fall 2009)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Veterans Health Administration<\/strong> Improvement Capability Grant &#8220;Applying Systems Engineering Concepts to Improve Efficiency, Patient Satisfaction, and Quality of Care in a Veterans Health Administration Medical Center&#8221;, $1.5 M, 3 years (2009-2011). Team involves VAMC, Tampa, FL and Center for Applied Optimization, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL<\/li>\n<li><strong>DTRA<\/strong> &#8220;Mathematical Approaches to WMD Defense and Vulnerability Assessments on Dynamic Networks&#8221; (co-PI with C. Smith and M. Thai), $632,407<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IBM Support Program Award (1988 &#8211; 1989): &#8220;Parallel branch and bound algorithms&#8221;. 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