The SEECS faculty continues to build a strong tradition of participating in a variety of events and activities outside the classroom. Included in their activities are grant research, a wide variety of publications, keynote speaking engagements, conference presentations, and editorial services. This edition of Faculty News Bytes focuses our faculty's recent publishing endeavors.

Recent Publications

Erol Gelenbe, R. Lent, Z. Xu,

"Design and Performance of Cognitive Packet Networks" Performance Evaluation, Vol. 46, pp. 155-176, 2001.

Erol Gelenbe, Q. Zhu,

"Adaptive Control of Prefetching" Performance Evaluation, Vol. 46, pp. 177 - 192, 2001.

Erol Gelenbe , R. Lent, Z. Xu,

"Measurement and Performance of a Cognitive Packet Network" Computer Networks, Vol. 37, pp. 691 - 791, 2001.

Charles E. Hughes, J. Michael Moshell, Dean Reed, Diane Z. Chase, Arlen F. Chase

"The Caracol Time Travel Project" The Journal of Visualization and Computer Animation Volume 12, Issue 4, pp. 203 - 214, Sept. 2001.

Charles E. Hughes, Valerie K. Sims, J. Michael Moshell, James E. Cotton, Jiangjian Xiao

"Salient Characteristics of Virtual Trees" Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 45th Annual Meeting, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Oct. 2001.

J. J. Liou, F. Schwierz,

"Development of RF Transistor: A historical prospect" Sixth International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated-Circuit Technology, Shanghai, China, Oct. 22 - 25, 2001.

J. J. Liou, F. Schwierz,

"Evolution and Current Status of RF Semiconductor Devices" International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials, Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 26 - 28, 2001.

J. J. L iou,V. Polyakov, F. Schwierz,

"Drain Current Fluctuations in Nanometer MOSFETs: A Monte Carlo study" Frontier Science Research Conference, La Jolla, California, Aug. 13 - 15, 2001.

J. J. L iou,Q. Zhang,

"Statistical Modeling of MOS Devices Based on Parametric Test Data for Improved IC Manufacturing" IEEE Hong Kong Electron Device Meeting, Hong Kong, June 29 - 30, 2001.

Dan Marinescu,

"A Comparison of Three Algorithms for 3D Reconstruction of Virus Structures" HPCN-2001, 2001.

Dan Marinescu,

"Reflections on Qualitative Attributes of Mobile Agents for Computational, Data and Service Grids" Workshop on Agent-Based Cluster and Grid Computing 2001, Brisbane, 99. 442-449, IEEE Press, May 2001.

G. H. Walton, R.M. Patton, D. J. Parsons,

"Usage Testing of Military Simulation Systems" Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2001 (WSC 01), Arlington VA, Dec. 2001.

G. H. Walton, R.M. Patton, D. J. Parsons,

"The Application of Statistical Usage Testing to Improve Validation of Simulation Systems" Proceedings of the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), Orlando FL, Nov. 2001.

G. H. Walton, A. Hevner, R. Linger, A. Sobel,

"Specifying Large-Scale, Adaptive Systems with Flow-Service-Quality (FSQ) Objects" Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications (ACM OOPSLA 2001) Tampa FL, Oct. 2001.

G. H. Walton,R. Linger, A. Hevner, A. Sobel,

"Semantic Foundations for Survivable System Analysis and Design" Proceedings of the International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN-2001), Goteberg, Sweden, July 2001.

J. S. Yuan, W. Wu,

"Copper Electromigration Modeling Including Barrier Layer Effect" Solid-State Electron., vol. 45, pp. 2011 - 2016, Dec. 2001.

J. S. Yuan, W. Wu,S. H. Kang, A. S. Oates,

"Electromigration Subjected to Joule Heating and Pulsed-dc Stress" Solid-State Electronics, vol. 45, pp. 2051 - 2056, Dec. 2001.

J. S. Yuan, J. Zhang, Y. Ma, Y. Chen, A. Oates,

"Experimental Evaluation of Device Degradation Subject to Oxide Soft Breakdown" Solid-State Electron., vol. 45, pp. 1521 - 1524, Oct. 2001.

J. S. Yuan, Q. Li, J. Zhang, W. Li, Y. Chen, A. Oates,

"RF Circuit Performance Degradation Due to Soft Breakdown and Hot Carrier Effect in Deep Submicron CMOS Technology" IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Technologies, vol. MTT-49, pp. 1546 - 1551, Sept. 2001.

Janusz Zalewski, C. Munoz,

"Architecture and Performance of Java-Based Distributed Object Models: CORBA vs RMI" Real-Time Systems, Vol. 21, No. 1/2, pp. 43 - 76, July 2001.

Janusz Zalewski,

"Real-Time Software Architectures and Design Patterns: Fundamental concepts and their consequences" Annual Reviews in Control, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 133 - 146, July 2001.

SEECS Director Receives Honor from the President of France

On November 14, 2001, Erol Gelenbe, SEECS Director, was named an Officer of the National Order of Merit of France (Officier de l'ordre national du merite) by decree of the President of France and on the recommendation of the French Minister of Research. In his letter dated Nov. 15, 2001, the French Minister of Research states, "This distinction, for which I express my warmest and sincere congratulations, crowns an exceptional professional career, which I am particularly happy to see recognized." Gelenbe said the experience has been a tremendous honor and he is extremely proud of this National Order of Merit of France medal.