Wednesday, October 3, 2001

Science Foundation Announces $156-Million in IT Grants By MICHAEL BLASENSTEIN The National Science Foundation has announced a total of $156-million in grants to 309 recipients for projects to develop innovative uses of information technology in science and engineering. The awards are divided into small, medium and large projects. (Asterisks indicate individual awards within larger collaborative projects.) The recipients are: SMALL AWARDS Dharma Agrawal, University of Cincinnati, "On Robust and Secure Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks," $400,000 Vincent Aleven, Carnegie Mellon University, "Tutoring Explanation and Discovery Learning: Achieving Deep Understanding Through Tutorial Dialog," $394,914 Yucel Altunbasak, Georgia Institute of Technology, "High Resolution Video and Still Reconstruction With Applications to Visual Communications and Image Enhancement," $210,000 Nancy Amato, Texas A&M University, "A Motion Planning Approach for Protein Folding Simulation," $300,000 Gregory Andrews, University of Arizona, "Software Improvement Through Binary Rewriting," $372,900 Sergio Antoy, Portland State University, "Non-Deterministic Computations for Functional Logic Programs," $186,000 Panos Antsaklis, University of Notre Dame, "Verification and Supervisory Control of Hybrid Embedded Systems," $366,698 Lars Arge, Duke University, "Cache-Oblivious Data Structures," $449,571 Tomas Arias, Cornell University, "Expressive Software for Multiscale Ab Initio Investigation of Surface Reactions in Dielectric Environments," $499,881 Ramon Arrowsmith, Arizona State University, "Creation of a Geospatial Data System for the Transition Between the Colorado Plateau and Basin and Range Provinces (Geoinformatics in Action)," $202,122* Shapour Azarm, University of Maryland at College Park, "Entropy-Based Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm," $370,363 Gregory Baker, Ohio State University, "Numerical Studies of the Nonlinear Interaction Between Turbulent Air Flow and Sea Surface Waves, With Application to Ocean Surface Wave Turbulence," $499,682 James Baker, Virginia Tech, "SCMP: A Single-Chip Parallel Computer," $328,000 Thomas Beck, University of Cincinnati, "Multiscale Quantum Simulations of Electron Transport in Molecular Devices," $388,928 Abdelghani Bellaachia, George Washington University, "A Web-Based Scientific Analysis Facility for Nuclear & Particle Physics Data," $369,003 Bir Bhanu, University of California at Riverside, "Handling Uncertainty in Spatial Databases," $300,000 Michael Black, Brown University, "The Computer Science of Biologically Embedded Systems," $446,970 Rick Blum, Lehigh University, "MIMO Processing and Space-Time Coding With Interference," $282,627 Mark Bocko, University of Rochester, "Musical Tele-Presence," $374,994 Bastiaan Braams, New York University, "Semidefinite Programming for Electronic Structures," $360,107 Leo Breiman, University of California at Berkeley, "A Program for Predicting and Understanding Data," $422,147 Stephen Cabaniss, Kent State University, "Stochastic Synthesis: Simulating the Environmental Transformations of Natural Organic Matter," $298,634* Xiao-Chuan Cai, University of Colorado at Boulder, "A Live-Data Simulation with Application to Bridge Performance," $451,343 Joan Carletta, University of Akron, "Reconfigurable Computing for Real-Time Control Systems," $201,910 Richard Carlson, Carnegie Institute of Washington, "Development of a Western North American Volcanic and Intrusive Rock Database," $18,864* John Carroll, Virginia Tech, "Activity Awareness in Computer-Supported Collaboration," $449,998 James Carton, University of Maryland at College Park, "Reanalysis of the Climate of the Global Oceans," $498,630 John Cary, University of Colorado at Boulder, "Application of Modern Computing Methods of Plasma," $350,000 Morris Chang, Illinois Institute of Technology, "A High Performance Memory Manager for Multi-threaded Applications," $269,922 Eugene Charniak, Brown University, "Learning Syntactic/Semantic Information for Parsing," $449,442 Gang Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "An Integrated Algorithm for Heat Conduction from Nano-Macroscale," $206,956* Ting Chen, University of Southern California, "Algorithmic Study in Computational Proteomics," $444,033 Charles Connor, University of South Florida, "First Generation Model and Data Assimilation System to Reduce Volcanic Hazards," $195,665* Paul David, Stanford University, "Economic Organization and Viability of Open Source Software," $314,999 Peter Delfyett, University of Central Florida, "Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Based High Capacity Optical Information Device Technologies and Applications.," $275,000 John Dennis, William Marsh Rice University, "Sampling Methods for Optimization and Control of Subsurface Contamination," $166,666* Peter Dinda, Northwestern University, "A Unified Relational Approach to Grid Information Services," $225,862* Peter Doerschuk, Purdue University, "Computational Tools for Determining the 3-D Static and Dynamic Structure of Viruses," $359,282 Robert Downs, University of Arizona, "The Crystal Structure Database and Analysis Tools Project," $350,000 Edmund Durfee, University of Michigan, "Strategic Positioning in Information Product Space," $150,000 William Eichinger, University of Iowa, "Inversion of Multidimensional Remotely Sensed Data to Obtain Evaporation and Other Meteorologic Parameters," $400,000 C. Michael Elliott, Colorado State University, "Molecular-Based Optical Detection of Weak Magnetic Fields," $498,598 Gregory Eyink, University of Arizona, "Optimal Nonlinear Estimation in the Geosciences," $254,552 G. Lang Farmer, University of Colorado at Boulder, "Development of a Western North American Volcanic and Intrusive Rock Database," $66,220* Matthew Farrens, University of California at Davis, "Improving System Functionality Using Monitoring Processors," $370,403 Philippe Fauchet, University of Rochester, "The Silicon Laser," $263,000 Christiane Fellbaum, Princeton University, "Using the Web as a Corpus for Empirical Linguistic Research," $161,989* Michael Ferris, University of Wisconsin at Madison, "Cancer Treatment Plan Optimization," $310,433* James Ferwerda, Cornell University, "Digital Imaging Techniques for the Simulation and Enhancement of Low Vision," $450,799 Rodney Fox, Iowa State University, "Simulation of Multiphase Chemical Reactors," $399,030 Jonathan Freund, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "An Integrated Algorithm for Heat Conduction from Nano-Macroscale," $192,504* Benjamin Friedlander, University of California at Santa Cruz, "Signal Processing and Channel Modelling in Low-Dimensional Subspaces for Wireless Communication in Multi-Antenna Systems," $243,569* Julia Fulghum, Kent State University, "Characterization of Complex Polymeric Materials Using Visualization of Multidimensional Data Sets From Multiple Analytical Technique Fusion," $499,990 Frank Gaitan, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, "Decoherence and the Performance of Geometric Quantum Computers," $50,207 Gregory Ganger, Carnegie Mellon University, "Blurring the Line Between OSes and Storage Devices," $354,899 Robert Gardner, Indiana University at Bloomington, "Grid Telemetry," $474,261 David Garlan, Carnegie Mellon University, "Compositional Connectors," $420,000 Robert Geist, Clemson University, "Design and Implementation of a Graphics Supercomputer from Commodity Components," $267,010 Jamshid Ghaboussi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Simulation of Machine-Medium Interaction in a Real-Time Virtual Environment," $399,999 Nasr Ghoniem, University of California at Los Angeles, "On Large-Scale Dislocation Dynamics Simulations for Computational Design of Semiconductor Thin Film Systems," $284,595* Allen Glazner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "Development of a Western North American Volcanic and Intrusive Rock Database," $68,487* Kenneth Goldberg, University of California at Berkeley, "Collaborative Telerobotics: Theory and Scalable Infrastructure," $450,000 Louis Gomez, Northwestern University, "Bridging the Digital Divide With Tangible and Ubiquitous Computing," $389,510 Ramesh Govindan, International Computer Science Institute, "On Topologies, Power Laws, and Hierarchies," $405,298 Gregory Hager, Johns Hopkins University, "Software Systems for Vision-Based Spatial Interaction," $450,000 Richard Hamlet, Portland State University, "Reliability Theory of Software Designed Using Components," $299,940 John Hart, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Revolutionary Computing Multipass Programming for Personal High-Performance Computing," $489,671 P. Bryan Heidorn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "An Internet Environment for Biodiversity Survey Collaboration and Verification," $475,866 Michael Hickey, Clemson University, "Small-Scale Dynamical Interactions With Chemical Processes in the Terrestrial Upper Atmosphere," $350,000 James Hollan, University of California San Diego, "Image-Based Information Access and Organization," $324,952 John Hollerbach, University of Utah, "Advanced Mechanical Displays for Locomotion Interfaces," $450,000 Stephen Intille, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Using Context-Recognition for Preventative Medicine in the Home," $319,916 Sushil Jajodia, George Mason University, "A Flexible Framework for Secure Information Sharing Among Collaborating Organizations," $360,000 Robert Jansen, University of Texas at Austin, "Computing Optimal Phylogenetic Trees Under Genome Rearrangement Metrics," $288,030* Mark Jarrell, University of Cincinnati, "Simulations and Modelling of Carbon Nanotubes," $450,000 Chakram Jayanthi, University of Louisville, "Large-Scale Quantum Mechanical Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Challenges, New Directions, and Applications to Carbon-Based Nanostructures," $456,000 Bharadwaj Jayaraman, State University of New York at Buffalo, "Constrained Objects for Modeling Complex Systems," $289,993 Poul Jessen, University of Arizona, "Quantum Processing With Laser-Trapped Atoms," $150,000 Lizy John, University of Texas at Austin, "Designing Microprocessors and Computer Systems for Emerging Workloads," $265,000 Michael Johnson, Marquette University, "Integration of Stochastic and Dynamical Methods for Speech Technology," $360,000 Erich Kaltofen, North Carolina State University, "LinBox: A Generic Library for Seminumeric Black Box Linear Algebra," $170,200* Deepak Kapur, University of New Mexico, "Integrating Induction Schemes Into Decision Procedures," $401,524 George Keller, University of Texas at El Paso, "Project-Creation of a Geospatial Data System for the Transition Zone Between the Colorado Plateau and Basin and Range Provinces (Geoinformatics in Action," $199,496* Carl Kelley, North Carolina State University, "Sampling Methods for Optimization and Control of Subsurface Contamination," $166,666* Pinar Keskinocak, Georgia Institute of Technology, "Auction Mechanisms for Complex Resource Allocation Problems," $499,998 Richard Ketcham, University of Texas at Austin, "Computational Methods for Quantitative Analysis of X-Ray Computed Tomographic Data for the Geosciences," $350,000 Assaf Kfoury, Boston University, "Implementing Modular Program Analysis Via Intersection and Union Types," $448,412 Samir Khuller, University of Maryland at College Park, "Algorithms for Data Storage and Movement," $360,000 Joseph Klewicki, University of Utah, "Raw Data as Scientific Assets: A Sharable Repository for Experimental Data," $350,000 Christof Koch, California Institute of Technology, "A Neuromorphic Vision System for Every-Citizen Interfaces," $450,000 Richard Korf, University of California at Los Angeles, "Best-First Search Algorithms for Sequence Alignment Problems in Computational Biology," $224,000* Gyorgy Korniss, Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute, "Non-Equilibrium Surface Growth and the Scalability of Parallel Discrete-Event Simulations for Large Asynchronous Systems," $450,000 Anton Kruger, University of Iowa, "Methodologies Managing Large Geophysical Datasets," $240,000 Mei-Po Kwan, Ohio State University, "The Impact of Internet Use On Women's Activity Patterns and the Gender Division of Household Labor," $191,832 Lewis Lancaster, University of California at Berkeley, "A Multilingual Gazetteer System for Integrating Spatial and Cultural Resources," $99,346 Denis Lee, Suffolk University, "Knowledge Acquisition and Effective Development of Information Technologies/Systems Workers," $329,616 Gyungho Lee, Iowa State University, "System Hardening Through Security Aware Compilation and Processor Architecture," $438,714 David Leitner, University of Nevada at Reno, "Heat Transport and Chemical Reactions in Proteins and Clusters," $331,830 Marc Levoy, Stanford University, "Solving the Puzzle of the Forma Urbis Romae," $449,995 Qingchong Liu, Oakland University, "Investigations on CDMA Systems Using Multiple-Level Sequences and Partitioned Reduced Complexity Multiuser Detection Receivers," $224,968* Austin Lobo, Washington College, "LinBox: A Generic Library for Seminumeric Black Box Linear Algebra," $29,878* Steven Low, California Institute of Technology, "Optimal and Robust TCP Congestion Control," $443,757 Mikhail Lukin, Harvard University, "Physics of Quantum Information Processing Based on Photon Storage," $477,257 Alan MacEachren, Pennsylvania State University at University Park, "Dialogue-Assisted Visual Environment for Geoinformation: Enabling Collaborative Information Access and Decision-Making Through a Natural, Multimodal Interface," $494,947 Gregory Madey, University of Notre Dame, "Stochastic Synthesis: Simulating the Environmental Transformations of Natural Organic Matter," $128,089* David Madigan, Rutgers University at New Brunswick, "Bayesian Data Analysis for Digital Networked Environments," $245,200 Stephane Mallat, New York University, "Geometrical Image Representation," $449,973 Julio Martinez, Virginia Tech, "Information Technology for Enabling Dynamic Immersive and Interactive Dynamic Visualization of Construction Operations," $319,874 John Mathews, Pennsylvania State University at University Park, "Development of Efficient Real-Time Multi-Mode Data Assimilation and Analysis Techniques for the Arecibo and Related Geophysical Radar Systems," $400,000 David Matolak, Ohio University, "Investigations on CDMA Systems Using Multiple-Level Sequences and Partitioned Reduced Complexity Multiuser Detection Receivers," $174,989* Cass Miller, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "Sampling Methods for Optimization and Control of Subsurface Contamination," $166,667* Stephen Miller, University of California at San Diego, "Web Exploration of Seagoing Archives," $497,000 Christopher Monroe, University of Michigan, "Quantum Computing With Trapped Ions," $494,245 Andrew Moore, University of Colorado at Boulder, "The Development of Operational Adjoint Method Based Ensemble Prediction Techniques for El Nino Southern Oscillation," $333,632* Bernard Moret, University of New Mexico, "Computing Optimal Phylogenetic Trees Under Genome Rearrangement Metrics," $161,903* Robert Morris, University of Massachusetts at Boston, "Biodiversity Data Discovery and Integration," $497,037 Amir Mortazawi, North Carolina State University, "Integrated Radio Frequency Transceiver Frontends for High Data Rate Wireless Communications," $420,000 Kanthasamy Muraleetharan, University of Oklahoma, "A Framework-Based Finite Element Approach to Solving Current and Future Multi-Physics Problems in Geomaterials," $400,000 Prakash Narayan, University of Maryland at College Park, "An Information Theoretic Approach to Secret Key Generation for Encrypted Communication in a Network," $371,049 Rohit Negi, Carnegie Mellon University, "Wireless Transmission Optimization for Bursty Data Traffic," $305,726 David Neuhoff, University of Michigan, "Distributed Data Compression and Dissemination for Wireless Sensor Networks," $399,350 Shlomo Neuman, University of Arizona, "Forward and Inverse Conditional Moment Algorithms," $400,000 Guofu Niu, Auburn University, "Bandgap Engineering and Scaling Approaches to Sige HBT Optimization for Mobile and Optical Networking IC's," $210,000 Andrew Packard, University of California at Berkeley, "Realistic Uncertainty Bounds for Complex Dynamic Modelling," $444,950 Jens Palsberg, Purdue University, "Static Timing of Interrupt-Driven Software," $432,900 Vladimir Papitashvili, University of Michigan, "A Conceptual Study of Multi-Nested Self-Populating Scientific Data Centers," $400,000 Steven Parker, University of Utah, "Data Parallel Component Software Components," $443,400 Benjamin Pierce, University of Pennsylvania, "Principles and Practice of Synchronization," $300,000 Ranga Pitchumani, University of Connecticut, "Simulation and Optimization of Thermal Manufacturing," $409,140 Beth Plale, Indiana University at Bloomington, "A Unified Relational Approach to Grid Information Services," $234,702* Serge Plotkin, Stanford University, "Optimization of Network Topology Design and Management," $300,000 Zoya Popovic, University of Colorado at Boulder, "Integrated Signal Processing and Antenna Array Design for Diversity Wireless Links," $250,000* Colin Potts, Georgia Institute of Technology, "Aligning Societal Values, Privacy Policy, and IT Requirements," $334,866 Christopher Raphael, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, "Musical Signal Recognition," $374,859 Lawrence Rauchwerger, Texas A&M University, "Smartapps: An Application Centric Approach to Scientific Computing," $463,809 Raj Reddy, Carnegie Mellon University, "The Million Book Project," $500,000 Philip Resnik, University of Maryland at College Park, "Using the Web as a Corpus for Empirical Linguistic Research," $150,000* Vwani Roychowdhury, University of California at Los Angeles, "Quantum Communication and Cryptography: Protocols and Systems," $371,433 Vivek Sarin, Texas A&M University, "Modeling and Simulation of Sub-Micron VLSI," $426,954 B. David Saunders, University of Delaware, "LinBox: A Generic Library for Seminumeric Black Box Linear Algebra," $170,200* Akbar Sayeed, University of Wisconsin at Madison, "Integrated Signal Processing and Antenna Array Design for Wireless Diversity Links," $249,685* Louis Scharf, Colorado State University, "Signal Processing and Channel Modelling in Low-Dimensional Subspaces for Wireless Communication in Multi-Antenna Systems," $250,003* Paul Schimpf, Washington State University, "Computational Tools for Inverse Electromagnetic Problems," $400,000 William Seales, University of Kentucky, "Self-Calibrating, Scalable Displays for Digital Library Collections," $375,000 Dogan Seber, Cornell University, "A National Earth Science Knowledge Node for Research and Education," $400,000 Steven Seitz, University of Washington, "Capturing and Modeling Physics From Images," $463,532 Vadim Shapiro, University of Wisconsin at Madison, "Interactive Spatial Physics: Computational Foundations and Systems," $299,998 David Shepard, University of Maryland at Baltimore, "Cancer Treatment Plan Optimization," $162,275* Joel Sherzer, University of Texas at Austin, "Web-Based Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America (AILLA)," $218,975 Yanhua Shih, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, "Quantum Entanglement, Information and Computation," $449,708 Wesley Shrum, Louisiana State University and A&M College, "A Longitudinal Analysis of Internet-Based Research Communication in Developing Areas," $461,379 Stuart Shulman, Drake University, "Expanding Information Technology Literacy With a Service-Learning Approach," $399,644 Murali Sitaraman, Clemson University, "Modular Interface Violation Checking Using Formally-Specified Contracts," $367,099 Henry Snyder, University of California at Riverside, "Digitizing the Burney Collection of Early English Newspapers," $400,000 Henry Snyder, University of California at Riverside, "Creating a Latin American Union Catalogue and Bibliography to 1850," $99,751 Daniel Spielman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Why Algorithms Work Well in Practice: Perturbation-Based Average-Case Analysis of the Simplex Algorithm and Beyond," $272,040 Andreas Stathopoulos, College of William and Mary, "High Performance Iterative Methods on Parallel Computers and Distributed Shared Environments," $269,364 James Stone, University of Maryland at College Park, "Development of a Next-Generation Community Code for Astrophysical Gas Dynamics," $480,823 Robert Street, Stanford University, "High Resolution Parallel Coastal Ocean Modeling," $482,200 Lizhi Sun, University of Iowa, "On Large-Scale Dislocation Dynamics Simulations for Computational Design of Semiconductor Thin Film Systems," $195,405* Berk Sunar, Worcester Polytechnical Institute, "SI Implementing Public-Key Cryptosystems for Secure Information Infrastructure," $436,000 Klaus Sutner, Carnegie Mellon University, "Course Capsules: Persistent Personalized Courseware," $424,841 Walid Taha, Yale University, "Putting Multi-Stage Annotations to Work," $370,000 Eva Tardos, Cornell University, "Combinatorial Optimization Algorithms for Informaion Access (Fundamental IT Models)," $300,000 Kenneth Torrance, Cornell University, "Subsurface Light Scattering for Printed and Natural Surfaces," $458,465 Alexander Tropsha, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "Computational Analysis of Proteins: From Structure to Sequence to Function," $301,619 Thanh Truong, University of Utah, "Virtual Kinetic Laboratory," $199,998 Todd Valentic, SRI International, "Data Retrieval and Instrument Control for Remote Locations," $270,000 Mahesh Varanasi, University of Colorado at Boulder, "Multi-Antenna, Multi-User Communications," $351,000 Priya Vashishta, Louisiana State University and A&M College, "Billion-Atom Multiscale Simulations of Nanosystems on a Grid," $486,000 Luminita Vese, University of California at Los Angeles, "Variational-PDE Models Using Level Sets for Computer Vision," $210,199 David Wagner, University of California at Berkeley, "Cryptography: Examining the Assumptions," $374,899 J. Douglas Walker, University of Kansas, "Development of a Western North American Volcanic and Intrusive Rock Database," $96,437* Christopher Weare, University of Southern California, "Digital Government: Communications Technology and Urban Governance Reform," $435,479 Robert Wetzel, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "Stochastic Synthesis: Stochastic Synthesis: Simulating the Environmental Transformations of Natural Organic Matter," $71,525* Louis Whitcomb, Johns Hopkins University, "Real-Time Spatio-Temporal Interfaces for Remote Oceanographic Exploration With Underwater Robotic Vehicles," $483,274 Charles Williams, Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute, "Development of Interactive Web-Based Tools for Modeling Deformation at Subduction Zones," $400,000 Erik Winfree, California Institute of Technology, "Biomolecular Computing by DNA/Enzyme Systems," $449,619 Dawn Wright, Oregon State University, "Digital Government: Infrastructure for Data Sharing, Spatial Analysis, Resource Decision-Making, and Societal Impact: The Oregon Coastal Atlas," $497,965 Shyhtsun Wu, University of California at Davis, "Automatic Consistency Checking for IPSEC/VPN Security Policy," $388,429 Geoffrey Xie, Naval Postgraduate School, "A Networking Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Networks," $311,562 Jun Xu, Georgia Institute of Technology, "Mandatory Human Participation: A New Paradigm for Building Secure Systems," $288,000 Li You, Georgia Institute of Technology, "Neutral Atom Cavity QED Quantum Logic," $477,618 Daniel Zeng, University of Arizona, "Developing a Collaborative Information and Knowledge Management Infrastructure," $224,998 Xiao Cheng Zeng, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, "Multiscale Treatment of Fluid-Solid Interfaces," $400,000 Weixiong Zhang, Washington University, "Best-First Search Algorithms for Sequence Alignment Problems in Computational Biology," $224,039* MEDIUM AWARDS Gregory Abowd, Georgia Institute of Technology, "The Aware Home: Sustaining the Quality of Life for an Aging Population," $1,599,997 Peggy Agouris, University of Maine, "Enabling the Creation and Use of Geogrids for Next Generation Geospatial Information," $1,500,000 Mustaque Ahamad, Georgia Institute of Technology, "Guarding the Next Internet Frontier: Countering Denial of Information," $1,694,769 Burcu Akinci, Carnegie Mellon University, "Early Defect Detection and Management at Construction Sites," $1,999,598 A. Paul Alivisatos, University of California at Berkeley, "Molecular Computational With Automated Microfluidic Sensors," $413,449* Peter Allen, Columbia University, "Computational Tools for Modeling, Visualizing and Analyzing Historic and Archaeological Sites," $2,000,544 Rajeev Alur, University of Pennsylvania, "Formal Design and Analysis of Hybrid Systems," $1,000,000 N Aluru, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Computational Design of Mixed-Technology Systems," $1,712,000 Annamaria Amenta, University of Texas at Austin, "Exploring the Tree of Life," $784,958* Dmitri Averin, State University of New York at Stony Brook, "Reversible Computing Using Superconducting Quantum Devices," $500,000 M. Pauline Baker, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Modular Ocean Data Assimilation," $500,000* Antonio Baptista, Oregon Health Sciences University, "Quality-Scalable Information Flow Systems for Environmental Observation and Forecasting," $3,925,000 Andrew Bennett, Oregon State University, "Modular Ocean Data Assimilation," $2,370,339* Lorenz Biegler, Carnegie Mellon University, "Real Time Optimization for Data Assimilation and Control of Large-Scale Dynamic Simulations," $1,145,000* Wayne Book, Georgia Institute of Technology, "Digital Clay for Shape Input and Display," $2,000,000 Alan Borning, University of Washington, "Interaction and Participation in Integrated Land Use, Transportation, and Environmental Modeling," $3,500,000 Roberto Car, Princeton University, "Novel Scalable Simulations Techniques for Chemistry, Materials Science, and Biology," $1,000,000* Jaime Carbonell, Carnegie Mellon University, "AVENUE: Adaptable Voice Translation for Minority Languages," $2,500,000 V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, "Sensor Fusion and Networking of Radars Over the Internet," $1,799,998 Shun Chuang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "High-Speed Wavelength-Agile Optical Networks," $2,564,000 Edmund Clarke, Carnegie Mellon University, "Verification Tools for Autonomous and Embedded Systems," $1,000,000 Elaine Cohen, University of Utah, "Computer-Linked Auto-Fabricated Models for Education in Molecular Biology," $392,649 Karl Crary, Carnegie Mellon University, "Language Technology for Trustless Software Dissemination," $1,712,000 James Danziger, University of California at Irvine, "Conditions of Change and Transformation," $2,800,000 Ronald Davis, Stanford University, "Molecular Computation With Automated Microfluidic Sensors," $413,449* David Dill, Stanford University, "Computational Logic Tools for Research and Education," $2,160,000 Zhi Ding, University of California at Davis, "Integrated Design of Broadband Wireless Transceivers," $1,159,677 David Ebert, Purdue University, "Procedural Representation and Visualization Enabling Personalized Computational Fluid Dynamics," $3,419,155 Claude Fennema, Mount Holyoke College, "Research on the Perceptual Aspects of Locomotion Interfaces," $249,011* Jose Fortes, University of Florida, "Design and Simulation of Biologically-Inspired Nanolattice," $2,000,000 Henry Fuchs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "Real-Time Long-Distance Terascale Computation for Full Bandwidth Tele-Immersion," $2,651,500 Thomas Funkhouser, Princeton University, "3D Shape-Based Retrieval and Its Applications," $500,000 Riccardo Giacconi, Associated Universities, Inc./National Radio Astronomy Observatory, "Cooperative Agreement for the Management, Operation of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory," $524,000 Alyssa Goodman, Harvard University, "Developing the National Virtual Observatory Data Model," $510,000 Ignacio Grossmann, Carnegie Mellon University, "Model-Based Integration of Methods for the Optimization of Process Systems," $955,000 Robert Haber, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Multiscale Models for Microstructure Simulation and Process Design," $4,000,000 Dale Haidvogel, Rutgers University at New Brunswick, "Modular Ocean Data Assimilation," $762,500* Matthias Heinkenschloss, Rice University, "Real Time Optimization for Data Assimilation and Control of Large-Scale Dynamic Simulations," $550,000* Robert Hubal, Research Triangle Institute, "Responsive Virtual Human Technology Research," $2,042,547 Scott Hudson, Carnegie Mellon University, "Situationally Appropriate Interaction," $1,050,000 Brian Hughes, North Carolina State University, "A Unified Approach to Communication in Space and Time," $711,062 Liviu Iftode, Rutgers University at New Brunswick, "Cooperative Computing for Distributed Embedded Systems," $1,409,852 Frederick Jelinek, Johns Hopkins University, "Summer Workshops on Human Language Technology: Integrating Research and Education," $1,750,000 William Johnson, University of Southern California, "Social Intelligence in Interfaces for Educational Software," $1,400,000 Ming-Yang Kao, Northwestern University, "Foundations of Electronic Marketplaces: Game Theory, Algorithms, and Systems," $400,000* David Keyes, Old Dominion Research Foundation, "Real Time Optimization for Data Assimilation and Control of Large-Scale Dynamic Simulations," $805,000* Sara Kiesler, Carnegie Mellon University, "Cognitive and Social Design of Robotic Assistants," $3,200,000 Walter Kintsch, University of Colorado at Boulder, "Latent Semantic Analysis: Theory and Technology," $2,400,000 Michael Klein, University of Pennsylvania, "Novel Scalable Simulations Techniques for Chemistry, Materials Science, and Biology," $468,000* Doyle Knight, Rutgers University at New Brunswick, "Data-Driven Design Optimization in Engineering," $1,200,000 Kenneth Kraemer, University of California at Irvine, "Globalization, Electronic Commerce and Social Impacts," $300,004 Paul Kwiat, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Foundations of Solid-State Quantum Information Processing," $4,590,491 Monica Lam, Stanford University, "The System Architecture of a Computing Utility," $2,911,212 Laura Landweber, Princeton University, "Molecular Computation in Ciliates," $2,561,824 John Ledyard, California Institute of Technology, "Computer Test Beds and Mechanism Design," $574,988 Henry Levy, University of Washington, "Adaptive Wide-Area Information Delivery," $780,000 Colin Lonsdale, Northeast Radio Observatory Corporation, "The Low Frequency Array (LOFAR): A Digital Radio Telescope," $2,000,000 Nancy Lynch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Communication and Data Sharing Services for Dynamic Distributed Systems," $1,030,000 Glenn Martyna, Indiana University at Bloomington, "Novel Scalable Simulation Techniques for Chemistry, Materials Science, and Biology," $364,000* Dennis McLaughlin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "An Ensemble Approach to Data Assimilation in the Earth Sciences," $4,369,999 Arthur Miller, University of California at San Diego Scripps Institute, "Modular Ocean Data Assimilation," $240,000* Michael Modest, Pennsylvania State University at University Park, "Scalable Portable Algorithms for Thermal Radiation," $1,750,000 Andrew Moore, University of Colorado at Boulder, "Modular Ocean Data Assimilation," $149,717* Andrew Moore, Carnegie Mellon University, "Statistical Data Mining for Cosmology," $3,406,500 Bernard Moret, University of New Mexico, "Reconstructing Complex Evolutionary Histories," $792,540* Nelson Morgan, International Computer Science Institute, "Language Technology to Make Sense of Human Interaction," $1,402,851 Julia Muccino, Arizona State University, "Modular Ocean Data Assimilation," $845,000* Marcel Nooijen, Princeton University, "Synthesis of High-Performance Algorithms for Electronic Structure Calculations," $304,100* Nicholas Nystrom, Carnegie Mellon University, "Novel Scalable Simulation Techniques for Chemistry, Materials Science, and Biology," $206,773* Arthur Olson, The Scripps Research Institute, "Computer-Linked Auto-Fabricated Models for Education in Molecular Biology," $430,932 John Orcutt, University of California at San Diego Scripps Institute, "Exploring the Environment in Time: Wireless Networks & Real-Time Management," $1,758,079 David Padua, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "A New Framework for Program Optimization," $1,800,000 Manish Parashar, Rutgers University at New Brunswick, "The Instrumented Oilfield of the Future," $337,499* Abani Patra, State University of New York at Buffalo, "Information Processing for Integrated Observation and Simulation Based Risk Management of Geophysical Mass Flows," $1,924,981 Nicholas Patrikalakis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Poseidon: Rapid Real-Time Interdisciplinary Ocean Forecasting: Adaptive Sampling and Adaptive Modeling in a Distributed Environment," $1,400,000 Randy Pausch, Carnegie Mellon University, "Augmented Cognition: Combining Human and Digital Memory," $1,200,000 Herbert Pick, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, "Research on the Perceptual Aspects of Locomotion Interfaces," $420,759* Raymond Pierrehumbert, University of Chicago, "Flexible Environments for Grand-Challenge Climate Simulation," $3,410,000 Vladimir Privman, Clarkson University, "Center for Modeling of Quantum Dynamics, Relaxation, and Decoherence for Solid State Physics for Information Technology Applications," $1,600,000 Umakishore Ramachandran, Georgia Institute of Technology, "A Distributed Programming Infrastructure for Integrating Smart Sensors," $1,350,000 Jagannathan Ramanujam, Louisiana State University and A&M College, "Synthesis of High-Performance Algorithms for Electronic Structure Calculations," $345,000* Aristides A. 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