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Dr. Amar Gupta

 
Thomas R. Brown Chair in Management and Technology;

Professor of Entrepreneurship and MIS; and

Senior Director for Research and Business Development;

Eller College of Management

McClelland Hall 417H

University of Arizona

P. O. Box 210108

Tucson, AZ 85721-0108

Telephone: (520) 626-9842

Fax: (520) 621-8105

Email: gupta@eller.arizona.edu

 

Date of Birth:                       July 16, 1953

Citizenship:                          US

Place of Birth:                                Nadiad

 

I.    EDUCATION                                                                                                        

      Place                                                                                                  Year

      I.I.T., Kanpur                 B. Tech (Electrical Engineering)                      1969-1974

      M.I.T., Cambridge          S.M. (Management)                                       1979-1980

      I.I.T., Delhi                    Ph.D. (Computer Science)                              1977-1980

 

II.  TITLE OF DOCTORAL THESIS: 

   Relevance of Decision Support System Methodologies in Developing Environments

 

III. PRINCIPAL FIELD OF INTEREST: 

      Information Technology; Knowledge Based Systems; Data Mining; Outsourcing

 

IV.                                                                                                              CURRENT APPOINTMENT: 

      After 25-year association with MIT, moved in summer of 2004 to University of Arizona in Tucson as Thomas R. Brown Chair of Management and Technology; Professor of Entrepreneurship and MIS; and Senior Director for Research and Business Development.

 

V. 

OTHER NON-M.I.T EXPERIENCE

 

 

 

 

Employer

Position 

Period

 

IBM World Trade Corp., Bombay 

Summer Intern 

May 1973 - July 1973

 

DCM Data Products, New Delhi 

Assistant Electronics Engineer 

May 1974 -Nov. 1974

 

Dept. of Electronics, New Delhi

Junior Scientific Officer 

Dec. 1974 -Aug. 1977

 

High Commission of India, London 

Systems Designer

Aug. 1977 - Feb. 1978

 

Dept. of Electronics, New Delhi 

Scientific Officer & in charge, Central Evaluation and Procurement Agency for Computers (CEPAC)

Feb. 1978 -May 1979

 

VI.  HISTORY OF M.I.T. APPOINTMENTS                                                 

 

       Rank                                                                                                 Period

       Research Assistant                                                                             Oct. 1979 - May 1980

       Research Fellow                                                                                 June 1980 - Aug. 1981

       Post Doctoral Associate                                                                      Sept. 1981 - June 1985

       Principal Research Associate                                                               July 1985 - May 1991

       Senior Research Scientist                                                                    June 1991 - July 2004

       Associate Director, IFSRC                                                                  July 1991 - June 1992

       Director, Research Program on Communication Policy                          Aug. 1995 - July 1996

       Co-Director, PROFIT Initiative                                                            Sept. 1992 - July 2004

 

First person to hold the title of a Senior Research Scientist at the Sloan School; this is equal to Full Research Professor at other leading universities. Individuals holding this title must go through the same process at MIT as that for other senior academic appointments that are on the conventional track.
 

VII.  SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE COMMITTEES; OTHER ASSIGNED DUTIES:                    

 

         Position                                                                                                  From         To

1.      Associate Director, International Financial Service Research Center          July 1991    June 1992

2.            Co-Director, Productivity from Information Technology

         (PROFIT) Initiative                                                                                 Sept. 1992   Present

3.      Member, Diversity and Community Committee                                          Fall   1993   Summer 1996

4.      Member, Rich Wang promotion case (to Associate Professor)                   Sept. 1993   Dec. 1993

5.      Member, Sloan India Committee (Chair: Jim Orlin)                                    Oct.  1994   1997

6.      Co-chair, Leaders For Manufacturing (LFM) Research Track 2                 Oct.  1994   1998

7.      Member, Advisory Committee, Sangam MIT Indian Students Association   Oct.  1994   Present

8.      Member, Stan Finkelstein promotion case (to Senior Research Scientist)     Feb.  1995   May 1995

9.      Director, Research Program on Communication Policy                              Aug. 1995   July 1996

11.    Member, MIT India Committee (Chair: Ken Keniston)                                       1998  July 2004

10.        Member, Diversity and Community Committee (Chair: Gabriel Bitran/Paul Osterman)  

                                                                                                                        Fall   1998 July 2004

 

VIII.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

 

1. 

Principal Investigator: Research on Creation of Content Data Model; Sponsored by U.S. Air Force and U.S. Department of Transportation; MIT Account #73317 and 74133; Total Amount = $461,000.

 

2.

Principal Investigator: Research relating to Management of Large Scale Distributed Pictorial, Textual, and Numerical Information; Sponsored by Federal Aviation Administration and U.S. Department of Transportation; MIT Account #73029; Total Amount = $1,019,999.

 

3.

Principal Investigator: Research in the Use of KBIISE Approach for Management of Telecommunication Information; Sponsored by Federal Aviation Administration and U.S. Department of Transportation; MIT Account #72369; Total Amount = $100,000.

 

4.

Principal Investigator: Research in Hypermedia and Expert Systems; Sponsored by Draper Labs; MIT Account #72691; Total Amount = $50,000.

 

5.

Principal Investigator: Integration of Diverse Information Systems of TRANSCOM; Sponsored by U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Transportation; MIT Account #72594; Total Amount = $98,000.

 

6.

Principal Investigator: Integration of Information from AVI Devices into Existing Database Systems; Sponsored by Burlington Northern Railroad; MIT Account #72298; Total Amount = $50,000.

 

7.

Principal Investigator: Automated Scanning and Processing of Insurance Documents; Sponsored by American International Group; MIT Account #75057 and via IFSRC; Total Amount = $100,000.

 

8.

Principal Investigator: Automated Scanning and Processing of Documents; Sponsored by a consortium of leading financial institutions through International Financial Services Research Center; MIT Account #25099; Total Amount = $459,500.

 

9.

Principal Investigator: Research in Information Technologies to Support Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM); Sponsored by U.S. Air Force and U.S. Department of Transportation; MIT Account #70577; Total Amount = $50,000.

 

10.

Principal Investigator: Assessment of Database Technology for Modernizing Logistics Systems Analysis (LSA) Applications, Sponsored by U.S. Air Force and U.S. Department of Transportation; MIT Account #99938; Total Amount = $85,000.

 

11.

Principal Investigator: Implementation of Intelligent Updates; Sponsored by Transportation Systems Center of U.S. Department of Transportation; MIT Account #99200 and 99763; Total Amount = $192,000.

 

12.

Principal Investigator: Research in Pictorial Image Systems and Knowledge Representation for Use in Developing Environments; Sponsored by Government of India; MIT Account #28880; Total Amount = $45,400.

 

13.

Principal Investigator: Organization of Two Symposia on Knowledge Based Integrated Information Systems Engineering, Sponsored by U.S. Air Force and U.S. Department of Transportation; MIT Account #22111; Total Amount = $78,500.

 

14.

Principal Co-Investigator: (with S. E. Madnick): Integration of Heterogeneous Databases; Sponsored by U.S. Air Force and U.S. Department of Transportation; MIT Account #98474; Total Amount = $400,000.

 

15.

Principal Investigator: Design and Implementation of Expert Systems; Sponsored by IBM; MIT Account #96613; Total Amount = $160,000.

 

16.

Principal Investigator (with Stuart E. Madnick): Productivity from Information Technology; Sponsored by a group of international corporations; MIT Account # 77740; Total Amount = $380,000.

 

17. 

Principal Investigator (with Stuart E. Madnick): Context Interchange: Using knowledge about Data to Integrate Disparate Sources; Sponsored by Advanced Research Projects Agency and Rome Labs; MIT Account #60468; Total Amount = $2,096,853.79.

 

18. 

Principal Investigator: TIMS Advanced Design and Development; Sponsored by Federal Aviation Administration and Volpe National Transportation Systems Center; MIT Account # 77880; Total Amount = $550,000.

 

19.

 

Principal Investigator (with Ichiro Masaki): Smart Vision Sensors National Science Foundation; MIT Account #60955; Total Amount = $125,000

 

20. 

Principal Investigator (with Ichiro Masaki): Image Information Technology; Sponsored by Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co; MIT Account #61516.

 

21. 

Principal Investigator: Networked Multimedia Information Services (NMIS); Sponsored by Advanced Research Projects Agency and the National Science Foundation; MIT Account # 61903; Total Amount = $650,000.

 

22.

Principal Investigator: Interface Technology for Networked Computing; Sponsored by Advanced Research Projects Agency; MIT Account #78075; Total Amount = $3,928,524.

 

23.

Principal Investigator: DUET Server Deployment Additions; Sponsored by National Science Foundation; MIT Account #63823; Total Amount = $800,000.

 

24.

 

Principal Investigator: Progressive Scan Camera; Sponsored by NASA; MIT Account #62530; Total Amount = $268,989.

 

25.

Principal Investigator: Progressive Scan Camera; Sponsored by NASA; MIT Account #64198; Total Amount = $1,189,250.

 

26.

Principal Investigator (with Stuart E. Madnick): Using Emerging Information Technologies to Facilitate Material Procurement in Department of Defense; MIT Account #64913; Total Amount = $321,766.

 

27.

Principal Investigator: Multiplying Information Technology in Brazil; Sponsored by Instituto UNIEMP; MIT Account #65791; Total Amount = $100,000. 

 

28.

Principal Investigator: Research on Knowledge Acquisition "Knowledge Management and Knowledge Applications in Advance Systems"; Sponsored by US Department of Transportation; MIT Account #66577; Total Amount = $120,000.

 

29.

Principal Investigator: Data Library at the Federal Aviation Administration; Sponsored via the University of California at Berkeley; MIT Account #66648; Total Amount = $30,000.

 

30.

Principal Investigator: Intelligent Character Recognition; Sponsored by Integris S.A., Sao Paulo, Brazil; MIT Account #67303; Total Amount = $100,000.

 

31.

Principal Investigator: A Multi-Faceted Information Technology Based Approach to Handle Very Large Systems and Applications; Sponsored by MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA; MIT Account #67616; Total Amount = $99,933. 

 

32.

Principal Investigator: Knowledge Discovery and Knowledge Dissemination in Advanced Systems; Sponsored by US Department of Transportation; MIT Account #67771; Total Amount = $129,852.73.

 

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A Multi-Faceted Information Technology Based Approach to Handle Very Large Systems and Applications; Sponsored by MITRE Corporation; MIT Account #6828700; Total Amount = $1,406,864.

 

Principal Investigator: Enhancing Productivity Using Neural Networks (Principal Investigator); Sponsored by Tata Iron & Steel Company, Limited (TISCO), Jamshedpur, India; MIT Account #67870; Total Amount = $100,000.

 

Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery; Sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration via VOLPE National Transportations Center; MIT Account #6892248; Total Amount = $316,000.

 

Principal Investigator: Knowledge Discovery and Knowledge Management Tasks related to Design and Development of Spacecrafts; Sponsored by National Reconnaissance Office via MIT Aero Department; MIT Account #6890963; Approximately $125,000 per year for 2 years.

 

Principal Investigator: Virtual Markets in Wireless Grids; Sponsored by the National Science Foundation (via Tufts University); MIT account #6894341; Total Amount = $111,250.

 

Knowledge Based Approach to Next Generation; Sponsored by MITRE Corporation; MIT account #6895753; Total Amount = $70,000.

 

 

 

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Previous Research Projects at M.I.T.

 

Dates                   Topic of Research Project and Name of Sponsor

 

Oct.1979 - Aug.1980

Evaluation of Microprocessor Architecture                        IBM, Kingston

Sep.1980 -Aug.1982

Design of Interconnection Bus                                            IBM, Kingston

Sep.1981 - Aug.1982

Increasing Computational Bandwidth of                            IBM, Kingston                                                                        

Multimicroprocessor Configurations                                                                                                             

Nov.1982 - Aug.1983

Executive Workstations and Common                                General Motors

End-User Interfaces

May 1983 - Feb.1987 

Architectures for High Speed                                              U.S. Navy

Large-Capacity Database Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IX.

 

 

 

GOVERNMENT COMMITTEES, SERVICE, ETC.

 

 

 

Committee

Dates

1.

Life Member, Indian Institute of Public Administration

1976- present

2.

Technical Expert, First International Conference on Health Informatics, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

December, 1985

3.

Session Chairman, Symposium on Artificial Intelligence Applications for Military Logistics Organized by Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Department of Defense, Williamsburg, Virginia

March 1988

4.

Member of the Board, Telecom City, a joint effort by the cities of Malden, Everett, and Medford

2000- present

 

X.   CONSULTING ACTIVITIES (Partial List)

       

      Organization                                                                                                                 Years

      Chevron                                                                                                                         1980

      Digital Systems Associates                                                                                              1980 - 1984

      U.S. Federal Aviation Administration                                                                               1981

      IBM                                                                                                                               1981 - 1984

      Visual Communications Network                                                                                     1983 - 1990

      World Health Organization (United Nations)                                                                     1985 - 1986

      SRI International and NSF                                                                                               1985 - 1986

      TDS Healthcare Systems Corporation                                                                              1988

      Dynatrand Inc.                                                                                                               1988

      Citibank                                                                                                                          1989

      Burlington Northern Railroad                                                                                           1989

      American International Group                                                                                          1990

      Mitre Corporation                                                                                                           1990 and 1994

      U.S. Department of Transportation                                                                                  1991 - 1992

      United Nations Development Programme                                                                         1992 - 1995

      U.S. Air Force                                                                                                                1993

      World Bank                                                                                                                    1996

 

XI.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

Activity

Dates

1.

Founder-Member, International Financial Services Research Center

Summer 1988-1994

2.

Organized two meetings of Technical Advisory Panel of Knowledge Based Integrated Information Systems Engineering Project at MIT. More than 25 top experts participated in these meetings. Participation was by invitation only

Feb. and May, 1987

3.

Organized a one-day symposium on Critical Needs, and Approaches to Integration of Heterogeneous Information Systems in Logistics at MIT.

Nov. 10, 1988

4.

IFSRC/ILP Seminar on Imaging Technologies, New York.

April 6, 1990

5.

Organized a one-day seminar on Emerging Information Technologies for Productivity.

December 13, 1991

6.

Co-organized Enterprise '93 "Profit through Information Access" at World Trade Center in Boston. Over 5,000 persons participated in this international event.

June 16-18, 1993

7.

Organized a workshop on "IT Issues in Supply Chain Management" for member-companies of the MIT Leaders for Manufacturing (LFM) Program.

December 5, 1994

8.

Presentation on "Transportation Information Infrastructure," at Workshop on Logistics Anchordesk organized by Advanced Research Projects Agency, Tucson, Arizona.

February 1994

9.

"IT Issues in Supply Chain Management" as part of the MIT Center for Transportation Studies Conference.

March 15, 1995

10.

Organized Workshop on "IT Issues in Supply Chain Management" as co-chair of LFM Research Track #2, MIT Leaders for Manufacturing (LFM) Program Research Assault.

October 18-19, 1995

11.

Co-organized First Internet Telephony Initiative Workshop, MIT, and delivered a presentation on "Motivations for Consortium on Internet Telephony".

May 1996

12.

Presented "Using Context Interchange Technology to Deal with Diversity Across Data Sources for Material Procurement," DARPA Advanced Logistics Workshop, Dulles Airport Complex, Virginia.

May 30, 1996

13.

Presented "Using Knowledge About Data to Integrate Disparate Sources," DPSC Virtual Corporation Workshop, Cambridge, Mass.,

July 31, 1996

14.

Presented "Information Practices in the Medical Drug Industry:  A Case Study," DPSC Virtual Corporation Workshop, Philadelphia, PA.

October 9, 1996

15.

Presented "Using Emerging Information Technologies to Facilitate Material Procurement in DoD,"  DARPA-DLA Joint Logistics Workshop, Philadelphia, PA.

November 12-13, 1996

16.

Presented "Using Emerging Information Technologies to Facilitate Procurement of Medical Supplies for DoD," DARPA Advanced Logistics Workshop, San Diego, CA.

December 1996

17.

Presented "High Payoff Information Technologies: A Knowledge-Based Approach", Epoch Foundation Workshop organized by MIT ILP, Cambridge, MA, 

October 30, 1998

18.

Panel Member for "What is Different with Information Technology Implementation in Less-Developed Countries and Why Should We Care?"  International Conference on Information Systems, Atlanta, Georgia.

December 16, 1997

19.

Keynote Speaker, "Impact of Internet and Internet2," Symposium for Science & Technology Attachés from a number of Embassies in Washington, D.C, at MIT  (organized by MIT Industrial Liason Program). 

October 28, 1997

20.

Invited Panelist at "Workshop on Opportunities in Federal Information Systems", organized by the National Science Foundation. Arlington, Virginia. 

May 13-15, 1998

21.

Invited Keynote Speech “High Payoff Emerging Information Technologies,” presented to 50 officials of U.S. Department of Defense, organized by TRW.

June 1999.

22.

Invited Speech: “Integrated Command and Control: A Collaborative Effort Involving Industry, Government, and Academia,” U.S. Department of Defense, Washington.

June 1999.

23.

Invited Panel Member: “New Design Paradigms,” National Reconnaissance Office.

August 1999

24.

Co-organized ACM knowledge and Data Discovery Conference, World Trade Center, Boston,  (920 persons attended this conference).

August 2000

25.

Co-organized IEEE 10th International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE), MIT, Cambridge, MA.

2001.

26.

Presented “Knowledge Based Paradigms for SSPARC,” Caltech.

August 2001

27.

Presented “Knowledge Based Paradigms for SSPARC,” Stanford University.

January 2002.

 

XII.

AWARDS, PRIZES, AND OUTSIDE PUBLICITY

 

1.

Rotary Award for International Understanding, 1979 - 1980.

2.

Brooks Prize - Honorable Mention - 1980.

3.

U.S. Department of Transportation Achievement Award for outstanding work on the "Telecommunications Information Management Systems" initiative, -1992

4.

U.S. Patent on "System and Method for Character Recognition with Normalization", (Patent #5633954, dated May 1997).

5.

Sole person from MIT to be featured in November 1996 issue of "Boston" magazine in article entitled, "The New Brahmins."

6.

Selected as one of three key professors at Sloan School by Business 2.0 in their December 2001 survey of Tech Savvy MBA Schools and prominent persons at each school.

 

 

XIII.

PROFESSIONAL AND HONORARY ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP

 

 

 

Rank and Organization

Dates

1.

Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

1985 - present

2.

Chairman, IEEE Technical Committee on Microprocessor Applications 

1984 -1992

3.

Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 

1984 - 1992

4.

Assistant Chairman, Industrial Electronics Conference (IECON '85), San Francisco, CA 

1985

5.

National Publicity Chairman, Industrial Electronics Conference (IECON '86), Milwaukee, WI 

1986

6.

Executive Member, Organizing Committee, Industrial Electronics Conference (IECON '87), Boston, MA

1987

7.

Assistant Chairman, Industrial Electronics Conference (IECON '88), Singapore

1988

8.

Reviewer for ACM Computing Reviews, Performance Evaluation Journal, IEEE Spectrum, various transactions of IEEE, and for International Conference on Parallel Processing (IEEE) and IECON (IEEE) and other prestigious journals

1983 – present

 

9.

Registration Chair and Executive Member of the Program Committee, ACM International Knowledge and Data Discovery Conference  (KDD)

2000

10.

Chair, IEEE 10th International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE)

2001.

11.

Associate Editor, ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, Association for Computing Machinery, (ACM)

2000-present

12.

Associate Editor, Journal of Information Resources and Management Association (IRMA)

1999 -present

 

 XIV. RESEARCH AND THESIS SUPERVISION

 

The following list consists of students whose research and/or thesis work was directly supervised by me. Instances in which I served only as a thesis reader are not reflected below. Also, the names of research papers and dissertations which were later published as papers or as technical reports are included in Section XI, and excluded from the following list.
 

Doctoral & Masters Students

                                 

Neeraj Agarwal              “Neural Network based Modeling and Simulation for the Optimization of Safety Logic”, 2002.

Nassar Ahmad:               "A Modular Neural Network Based System for the Recognition of Handwritten Numerals", 1992.

Walter Aldana                “Data Mining Industry:  Emerging Trends and New Opportunities”, May 2000.

Dave Anderson

Clarence Applegate        “A Scheduling Analysis Tool for Real-Time Systems”, 2000.                                                

Shiu-chung Au                “Internet2 in Brazil: Strategic and Technical Issues”, 1998.

Bradley Banks                “Neural Network Based Modeling and Data Mining of Blast Furnace   Operations”, 1999.

Pavan Bakeri

Adolfo Castellon             “Technologies for Connecting and Using Databases and Server Applications on the World Wide Web”, 1997.

Winston D. Chang          A Knowledge Based Approach to Assisting Engineering Design in Collaborative Environments, 2003.

Mark Chi-Hsun Chen      “Simulation and Optimization of Immediate Delivery Networks”, May 2001.

Kelvin Cheung                “A Study of Improvements for the Winbank Courtesy Amount Recognition    System”, 1998.

Timothy Chien                “A CASE Strategy Proposal for The Traffic Manager Workbench Project”, 1999.

Geoffrey T. Cooney        “Optimizing Neural Networks for Enhancing Air Traffic Safety”, 2004.

Bobornrat Darakananda  “Simulation of Manufacturing Process Under a Hierarchical Control

                                      Algorithm", 1989.

Susan Dey                      “Adding Feedback To Improve Segmentation and Recognition of Handwritten Numerals”, 1999.

Anjali Dhond                  “Application of Neural Network Technique

s for Modeling of Blast Furnace Parameters”, 2000.

Jeff Doering                   “Evaluation of an Object-Based Data Interoperability Solution for Air Force Systems”, 2000.

Francine Ming Fang       “An Analytical Study on Image Databases”, 1997.

Michael L. Feng             “A Self-Configuring and Self-Administering Name System”, 2000.

Joseph Figueroa              “iCheck: An Architecture for Secure Transactions in the Processing of Bank Checks”, 1997.

Auroop Ganguly              “Distributed Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts Combining Information from Radar and Numerical Weather Prediction Model Outputs, February 2002.

Jaideep Ganguly               

Angela Ge                      “A Neural Network Approach to the Modeling of Blast Furnace”

Sanjay Hazarika

Daniel T. Hu                  “Development of Part of Speech Tagging and Syntactic Analysis Software for Chinese Text”, May 2001. 

Angus Huang                  “PocketRemote: Integrating a Universal Remote Control with a Handheld Computer”, February 2002.

Paul Huck Jr                        “Zero Configuration Name Services for IP Networks”, June 2001.

Adrian Gonzalez             “Telecommunications in Mexico: History, Deregulation and Future”, 1997.

Maher Kallel

Masatoshi Kano              "International Multi-Company Collaborative Engineering: Strategies of

                                      Japanese Engineering and Construction Firms", 1994.

Salman Khan                  “Character Recognition Heuristics for Check Amount Verification”, 1998.

Mark Ming-Hsun Lee     “Reengineering the Corporation, A Study At a Semiconductor Company”, 1995.

Gerardo Lemus               "Portfolio Optimization with quantile-based risk-measures", 1998.

Michael G. Leonida         “A Time-Delayed Neural Network Approach to the Prediction of the Hot Metal Temperature in a Blast Furnace”, 2000.

Alexis C. Liu                   

Patricia Liu                     "Towards the Reliable Automation of Courtesy Amount Recognition," 1996.

Raymond Louie              “Hybrid Intelligent Systems Integration Into Complex Multi-Source Information    Systems”, 1999.

Tzer Hung Low               “A Self Healing Dynamically Distributed System for Hotel Management using JavaSpaces”, July 2001.                                                                 

Yao Ma                         “Data Warehousing, OLAP, and Data Mining: An Integrated Strategy for Use at

                                      FAA”, 1998.

Vishal Mehta                  "Neural Network in Optimization of Safety Logic", 2002.

Ashish Mishra                “Using Structural Analysis to Automate Entity Correlation between Multiple Data Schema”, February 2002.

Pat Moy                          

Ronjon Nag                     

M.V. Nagendraprasad    "Automated Recognition of Handwritten Numerals: Issues and Algorithms",

                                       1991.

Sze Hwei Ong (Osh):      "Grid Computing: Business and Policy Implications", 2003.

Jay Ongg                        “An Architectural Comparison of Distributed Object Technologies”, 1997.

Jibu Punoose                  “An Improved Segmentation Module for the Recognition of Handwritten

                                      Numerals”, 1999.

Christopher Poulsen 

Brian A. Purville             “Design of Information Chennels for Mission-Critical Systems, May 2001.

Manuel Quintana        

Vijay Ruhela                   “Effective use of Wire-less Technology (WT) to Enhance Productivity in

                                      Information Technology (IT) Activity Management”, 1999.

Wandy Sae-Tan              “The Design and Construction of a 3-D Scanner from Off the Shelf

                                      Components”, 1998.

Ravindra Sarma              “Neural Network Datamining for Prediction and Input Saliency Determination in a Blast Furnace Environment”, May 2000.

Viney Sawhney              "Prospects for Privatization of Energy Sector in India", 1994.

Quincy Scott                   “SSPARCy: A Software Integration Support and Design Rationale Capture System”, July 2001.

Satwik Seshasai              “A Knowledge Based Approach to Facilitate Enginering Design” 2002.

Harshal Shah                  “Reengineering of In-Transit Asset Visibility at Federal Express and UPS”, 1995.

Farokh Shapooyee      

Anshu Sinha                   “An Improved Recognition Module for the Recognition of Handwritten Digits”, 1999.

Madhav Srimadh             Strategies for Providing Students and Researchers in Developing Environments Access to Industry Standard Hardware and Software Technologies, 2003.

Allen Sun                       “Design and Implementation of Fisheye Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks”, 2000.

Yang Meng Tan         

Hongfei Tian                 “ Grid Computing as an Integrated Force in Virtual Enterprises”, 2003.

Ali Tobah

Michael Trupiano            “A Taxonomy for Assessing Fitness of Mobile Data Services in US Consumer Markets”, 2001.

Sanjeev Vadhavkar

David Wang                   “Automated Semantic Correlation between Multiple Schema for Information Exchange”, 2000.   

Brian T. Wong                “The Abstract Data Interface”, May 2001.

Tony Wu                        “Enhancements of Post Processing Step in Winbanks’s Off-Line Character Recognition System”, 1998.

Akbar Zaheer

                                 

Undergraduate Students                                                                                                                                       

Aparna Agarwal              

George Apostle                

Tyrome Brown               "Application of Imaging Technology: A Case Study", 1990.

Jim Buonora                   "Fault-Tolerance in a Hierarchical Storage System", 1987.

Rolando Cabrera             "MS-Windows User Interface for OCR", 1993.

Emily Candell

Winnie Chan                   “Improving the Automatic Processing of Handwritten Bank Checks, 2002.

Winston Chang               “Relationship Analysis Tool for Stakeholders in a Knowledge-Based Engineering Design System”, 2002

Shane Cruz                     “SSPARCY:A Software Integration Support System for Satellite Simulation”, 2001.

Gregory A. Dancer

Anuja Doshi                   Neural Network Optimization for Airport Movement Area Safety System, 2003.

Ashima Dua                   “Inversion of Neural Networks: A Solution to the Problems Encountered by a Steel Corporation”, 2000.                                                                                                                                

Mark G. Duggan             "Enhancing Accuracy of Automated Numerical Recognition", 1992.

Benjamin Fang                “Datamining Application in Steel Production Neural Network Analysis of the Sinter Making Prediction”, 2000.

Vanessa C. Feliberti        "A New Algorithm for Slant Correction of Handwritten Characters", 1991.

Anne M. Francomano     "Intelligent Preprocessing and Postprocessing for Recognizing Numbers", 1992.

Adam Garner                  Contemporary Bank Check Alternatives, 2003.

 

Daniel Gonzalez              “Improvement of the Recognition Module of WinBank”, 2002

Lenny Granowetter         "Machine Recognition of the Courtesy Amount Box on Checks", 1993.

Christine Guarino            "A Segmentation-Recognition Method for Handwritten Numeral Strings", 1993.

Suman Gupta                   

William Habeck              "An Expert System for Accessing and Integrating Design Analysis Knowledge",

                                      1987.

Scott Hirayama               "Optimization of Query Facilities for a Telecommunications Database", 1992.

Felicia Hu                       “A Syntax Verification Module for the Winbank System", 1999.

Daniel Kennedy              "Achieving a Single Model for Integrating Heterogenous Databases", 1987.

Lowell Kim                    "Storage and Retrieval of Pictorial Information in Heterogeneous Computing

                                      Systems", 1987.

Jennifer Koo                   “Optical Character Recognition”, 1999.

Danny Lai                      “Using Genetic Algorithms as a Controller for Hot Metal Temperature in Blast Furnace Processes”, 2000.

Douglas Lee                   "Computer-Aided Software Engineering",

Mark Levine                    

Andrew Luan                 "System Integration of Optical Scanners to Improve Administrative Operations:

                                                  A Case Study of the US Postal Service", 1993.

Yoshitaka Nakanishi       “Training of Optimized Neural Network for Airport Movement Area Safety System” 2002

Carolyn Ng                     “Creating a Web Interface for WinBank”, 2003.

Brian Purville                  “Data Mining Using Time-Delay Neural-Networks Applied to Steel Production”, 2000.

Mu'taz Qubbaj                “Using Decision Trees to Create a Control Mechanism for regulation of the Hot Metal Temperature of the "G" Blast Furnace at Steelcorp”, 2000.

Suneeta Ramaswami        

Knute Ream                    

John Riordan                   

James Rutherford           "An Evolution of Standards for Data Exchanges in an Integrated Environment",

                                      1988.

Harshal Shah                  "Reengineering of In-Transit Asset Visibility at Federal Express and UPS",

                                      1993.

Peter L. Sparks              "A Hybrid Method of Segmenting Numeric Character Strings", 1991

Pankaj Srivastava           "A Study of Optical Scanners and their Application to Office Automation",

                                      1990.

Tameez Sunderji             “Locating the Courtesy Amount Block in Bank Cheque Images”, 1999.

Rui Tang                        “Electronic Checking System”, 2004.

NattavudeThirathon        “Extension and Alarm Analysis of Neural Network Prediction of Separation Distance in AMASS Safety Logic”, 2003.

Stella Tsoi                      "Implementing Logical Compound Query in a Pictorial Database", 1988.

Richard Wong                 

David Yuen                     

   

XV. 

PUBLICATIONS

 

A. 

Books

 

 

1.       Integration of Information Systems: Bridging Heterogeneous Databases (editor), IEEE Press: New York, NY, 1989.

2.       Principles of Expert Systems (editor - with B.E. Prasad), IEEE Press: New York, NY, 1988.

3.       Microcomputer Based Expert Systems (editor - with B.E. Prasad), IEEE Press: New York, NY, 1988.

4.       Advanced Microprocessors - Volume II (editor), IEEE Press: New York, NY, 1987.

5.       Multi-Microprocessors (editor), IEEE Press: New York, NY, 1988.

6.       Insights into Personal Computers (editor - with H.D. Toong), IEEE Press: New York, NY, 1985.

7.       Personal Computers (with H.D. Toong) South Bend, IN, 1983.

8.       Advanced Microprocessors (editor - with H.D. Toong), IEEE Press: New York, NY, 1983.

 

B. 

Refereed Articles

 

 

1.       "Sistema de reconocimiento de caracteres para la lectura autom·tica de cheques" (with  R. Palacios), Anales de Mecanica y Electricidad, 2003. 

 

2.       “A Knowledge Based Approach To Facilitate Engineering Design” (with S. Seshasai), Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2003.

 

3.       “Selective and Authentic Third-party Distribution of XML Documents” (with E. Bertino, B. Carminati, E. Ferrari, and B. Thuraisingham), IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Forthcoming.

 

4.       “Feedback based architecture for reading courtesy amounts on checks” (with R. Palacios and P. Wang), The Journal of Electronic Imaging, 12(1), Jan 2003, pp 194-202.

 

5.       “Handwritten Bank Check Recognition of Courtesy Amounts” (with R. Palacios and P. Wang), Accepted for publication in International Journal of Image and Graphics (IJIG), 2003.

 

6.       “An Integrated and Collaborative Framework for Business Design: A Knowledge Engineering Approach” (with S. Seshasai and A. Kumar), Data and Knowledge Engineering, Special Issue on Business Process Technologies, Accepted on December 1, 2003.

 

7.       “The Critical Role of Trusted Agents”, Sloan Management Review, Volume 43, No. 4, Summer 2002, pp. 94-95.

 

8.       “Collaborative Commerce and Knowledge Management” (with E. Bertino, E. Ferrari, and B. Thuraisingham), The Journal of Knowledge and Process Management, Volume 9, Issue 1, 2002.

 

9.       “The Evolution of the High-End Computing Market in the United States” (with S.  

             Deshpande, and R. Foster), The International Journal of Technology Management (IJTM), 

             Volume 23, No. 8, Spring, 2002.

 

10.  “A Four-Faceted Knowledge Based Approach to Surmounting National and Other Borders”  

      The Journal of Knowledge Management, Volume 5, No. 4, 2001.

 

11.   “A Self-Configuring and Self-Administering Name System with Dynamic Address

      Assignment”, (with P. Huck, M. Butler, and M. Feng), Transactions on Internet Technology     

             (ACM-TOIT), Volume 1, No. 4, 2001.

 

12.   “Data Mining for Electronic Commerce" (with Sanjeev Vadhavkar and Shiu-chung Au)  

             Electronic Commerce Advisor, Volume 4, Number 2, September/October 1999, pp. 24-30.

 

13.   "A Knowledge Based Segmentation Algorithm for Enhanced Recognition of Handwritten Courtesy Amounts" (with Karim Hussein, Arun Agrawal, and Patrick Shen-Pei Wang), Journal of Pattern Recognition, in Volume 32, No 2, 1999, pp. 305.

 

14.   "A Hybrid Model Based on Dynamic Programming, Neural Networks, and Surrogate Value for Inventory Optimization Applications" (with Carlos Reyes, Auroop Ganguly and Gerardo Lemus), Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 49, 1998, pp. 1-10.

 

15. "Neural Networks Based Data Mining Applications for Medical Inventory Problems" (with Kanti Bansal, and Sanjeev Vadhavkar, International Journal of Agile Manufacturing, Volume 1 Issue 2, 1998, pp. 187-200.

 

16. "Telecommunications in Mexico" (with Adrian Gonzalez and Sawan Deshpande), Telecommunications Policy, Volume 22, Issue 4-5,1998, pp. 341-357.

 

17. "Neural Networks Based Forecasting Techniques for Inventory Control Applications" (with Kanti Bansal and Sanjeev Vadhavkar), Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Vol. 2, 1998, pp. 97-102.

 

18. "Query Optimization in Heterogeneous Distributed Information Environment" (with M.P.   

      Reddy and B. Uma), Heuristics: The Journal of Intelligent Technologies, Vol. 10, No. 2,  

      1998, pp. 67-90.

 

19.  "Detection of Courtesy Amount Block on Bank Checks" (with Arun Agarwal, Karim  

       Hussein and Patrick Wang), Journal of Electronic Imaging, Vol. 5(2), April 1996, pp. 214- 

       224.

 

20. "Incremental Loading in the Persistent C++ Language E" (with Murali Vemulapati and D. Sriram), Journal of Object Oriented Programming, Vol. 8, No. 4, July-August 1995.

 

21. "Correction of Slant in Handwritten Numerals for Automated Document Processing" (with M.V. Nagendraprasad and V. Feliberti), Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 8, No.4, 1995, pp. 469-472.

 

  1. "Formulating Global Integrity Constraints During Derivation of Global Schema" (with M.P. Reddy and B.E. Prasad), Data and Knowledge Engineering, Vol. 16, 1995, pp. 241-268.

 

23. "Context Interchange: A Lattice Based Approach", (with M.P. Reddy), Knowledge-Based Systems, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, England, 1995.

 

  1. "A Methodology for Integration of Heterogeneous Databases" (with M. P. Reddy, B. E. Prasad, and P. G. Reddy), IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 6, 1994.

 

  1. "An Adaptive Modular Neural Network with Application to Unconstrained Character Recognition" (with Lik Mui, Arun Agarwal, and P.S.P. Wang), International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, World Scientific Press, Singapore. Special Issue on Document Image Analysis, 1994, pp. 1189-1204.

 

  1. "A Heuristic Multi-stage Algorithm for Segmenting Simply Connected Handwritten Numerals" (with M.V. Nagendraprasad and Peter L. Sparks), Heuristics: The Journal of Knowledge Engineering & Technology, Vol. 6, No. 4, 1993, pp 16-26.

 

  1. "Algorithms for Thinning and Rethickening Digital Patterns" (with M. V. Nagendraprasad, and P. S. P. Wang), Journal of Digital Signal Processing, Academic Press, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1993, pp 97-102.

 

  1. "An Integrated Architecture for Recognition of Totally Unconstrained Handwritten Numerals", (with M.V. Nagendraprasad, A. Liu, P.S.P Wang, and A. Ayyadurai), International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 7, No. 4, 1993, pp. 757-773.

 

  1. "An Improved Structural Approach for Automated Recognition of Handprinted Characters" (with P.S.P. Wang), International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 5, 1 and 2, 1991, pp. 97-121.

 

  1. A Microcomputer-Based Image Database Management System” (with B.E. Prasad, Hoo-min Toong, and Stuart Madnick), IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. IE-24, No. 1, February 1987, pp. 83-88.

 

  1. "Increasing Throughput of Multiprocessor Systems" (with H.D. Toong), IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. IE-32, No. 3, August 1985, pp. 260-267.

 

  1. "Microcomputers in Industrial Control Applications" (with H.D. Toong), IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. IE-31, No. 2, May 1984, pp. 109-119.

 

  1. "A New Direction in Personal Computer Software" (with H.D. Toong), Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 72, No. 3, March 1984, pp. 337-388.

 

  1. "The First Decade of Personal Computers" (with H.D. Toong), Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 72, No. 3, March 1984.

 

  1. "Microprocessors -- The First Twelve Years" (with H.D. Toong), Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 71, No. 11, November 1983, pp. 1236-1256.

 

  1. "An Architectural Comparison of 32-Bit Microprocessors" (with H.D. Toong), IEEE Micro, Vol. 3, No. 1, Feb. 1983, pp. 9-22.

 

  1. "An Overview of Office Technology," Behavior and Information Technology, London, England, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1982, pp. 217-236.

 

  1. "Evaluation Kernels for Microprocessor Analyses" (with H.D. Toong), Performance Evaluation, North-Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 1-8, 1982.

 

  1. "An Architectural Comparison of Contemporary 16-Bit Microprocessors," IEEE Micro (with H.D. Toong), Vol. 1, No. 2, May 1981, pp. 26-37.

 

  1. "Want to Buy a Computer System?" (with P.G. Reddy), Communications of the Computer Society of India, August 1977.

 

C. 

Journal Articles (Non-refereed)

 

 

1.       "The Magic New World of Computers" (with H.D. Toong), Span, Vol. 24, No. 3, July 1983, pp. 5 -15.

2.       "The Computer Age Gets Personal" (with H.D. Toong), Technology Review, MIT, Cambridge MA, Vol. 86, No. 1, January 1983, pp. 26 - 37.

3.       Amar Gupta, "Personal Computers" (with H.D. Toong), Scientific American, Vol. 247, No. 6, December 1982, pp. 88-99.
--Italian edition, Feb. 1983, p. 96

--French edition, Feb. 1983, p. 46

--Spanish edition, Feb. 1983, 46

--German edition, Feb. 1983, p. 96

--Chinese edition, 1983, p. 30

--Japanese edition, Feb. 1983, p. 42

--Russian edition, Mar. 1984, p. 168

4.       "Automating Air Traffic Control" (with H.D. Toong), Technology Review, MIT, Cambridge, MA, Vol. 85, No. 3, April, 1982, pp. 40 - 49 and 54.

 

D. 

Chapters in Edited Volumes 

 

 

1.       “Neural Network-Based Data Mining Techniques for Steel Making” (with R.K. Sarma, and S. Vadhavkar), in Statistical Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, edited by H. Bozdogan, CRC Press 2004, Chapter 24, pp. 401-414.

 

2.       “Knowledge Management for Integrating Heterogeneous Databases” (with Bhavani Thuraisingham, Elisa Bertino and Elena Ferari) in Heterogeneous Information Exchange and Organizational Hubs, edited by Bestougeff, Dubois and Thuraisingham, Kluwer, Academic Publishers, 2002.

 

3.       “Data Mining for Diverse E-Commerce Applications” (with Sanjeev Vadhavkar and Jason Yeung), in E-Commerce and Intelligent Methods, published by the Springer-Verlag Group (Physica-Verlag) in the series "Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing", Series Editor J.Kacprzyk, 2002.

 

4.       "Bank Check Analysis and Recognition by Computers" (with Arun Agarwal, Karim Hussein, M.V. Nagendraprasad and Patrick Wang), in the Handbook of Optical Character Recognition and Document Image Analysis, edited by Bunke and Wang, World Scientific Publishing Company, 1997. Chapter 24, pp. 623-652.

 

5.       "Detection of Courtesy Amount Block on Bank Checks" (with Arun Agarwal, Len M. Granowetter, and P.S.P. Wang), in the Handbook of Document Image Analysis, edited by Bunke and Wang, 1997.

 

6.       "An Integrated Architecture for Recognition of Totally Unconstrained Handwritten Numerals", (with M.V. Nagendraprasad, A. Liu, P.S.P Wang, and A. Ayyadurai), Advances in Pattern Recognition Systems Using Neural Network Technologies, World Scientific Press, 1993, pp. 113-129.

 

7.       "A Neural Net Based 'Hybrid' Approach to Handwritten Numeral Recognition", (with P.S.P. Wang, and M.V. Nagendraprasad), in From Pixels to Features III: Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (eds) S. Impedova and J.C. Somon, North - Holland, edited by S. Impadaro and J.C. Simon, Elsevier Publishers, 1992, pp 145-154. 

 

8.       “An Improved Structural Appraoch for Automated Recognition of Hand Printed Characters”, (with P.S.P. Wang). Character and Handwriting Recognition, World Scientific, 1991, pp. 97-121.

 

9.       "An Architectural Comparison of 32-Bit Microprocessors" (with H.D. Toong), Computer Architecture, edited by D. D. Gajski, V. M. Milutinovic, M. J. Siegel and B. P. Furht, IEEE Computer Society Press, Washington D.C., 1987, pp. 177-190. 

 

10.   "An Architectural Comparison of 16-Bit Microprocessors" (with H.D. Toong), Microcomputer Control of Power Electronics and Drives, edited by Bimal K. Bose, IEEE Press, New York, 1987, pp. 25-36. 

 

11.   "Informatics in India", National Policies for Developing High Technology Industries - International Comparisons, edited by Francis W. Rushing and Carole Ganz Brown, Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, and London (U.K.), 1986, pp. 89-110. 

 

12.   "An Architectural Comparison of 32-Bit Microprocessors" (with H.D. Toong), Advanced Microprocessors and High-Level Language Computer Architecture, edited by Veljka Milutinovic, IEEE Computer Society Press, Washington, D.C., 1986, pp. 344-357. 

 

13.   "New Developments and Applications of Microcomputer Hardware and Software", Handbook of Information Technology and Office Systems, edited by A. E. Cawkell, published by North-Holland Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1986, pp. 651-676.

 

14.   "Personal Computers" (with H.D. Toong), The Information Technology Revolution, edited by Tom Forester, published by Basil Blackwell Publisher Ltd., (U.K.), 1985 and by MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1985, pp. 169-181. 

 

15.   "An Architectural Comparison of 32-Bit Microprocessors" (with H.D. Toong), Microprocessors and Microcomputers, edited by J.T. Cain, IEEE Computer Society Press: New York, NY, 1984, pp. 129-142. 

 

16.   "An Architectural Comparison of Contemporary 16-Bit Microprocessors" (with H.D. Toong), Microprocessors and Microcomputers, edited by J.T. Cain, IEEE Computer Society Press: New York, NY, 1984, pp. 105-116. 

 

17.   "Adapting the Informational Revolution", The Infrastructure of Information Society, North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1984, pp. 105-110. 

 

18.   "An Architectural Comparison of Contemporary 16-Bit Microprocessors" (with H.D. Toong) Microcomputer Networks, H. A. Freeman and K. J. Thurber (eds.), IEEE Computer Society Press: New York, NY, 1983. 

 

19.   "Emerging Trends in Office Technology", Office Information Systems, N. Naffah (ed.), North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1982, pp. 599-626. 

 

E. 

Conference Proceedings: Refereed Papers Only

 

 

1.       “Training Neural Networks for Reading Handwritten Amounts on Checks” (with R. Palacios), IEEE International Workshop on Neural Networks for Signal Processing, 2003.

 

2.        “Reducing Impediments to Collaboration in A Virtual Design World” (with S. Seshasai, and T. Sainath) Virtual Worlds Conference, San Antonio, 2002.

 

3.       “SSPARCy: A System for Automated Design Data and Rationale Capture” (with S. Seshasai, J. Yeung, and T. Sainath) Virtual Worlds Conference, San Antonio, 2002.

 

4.       “Neural Networks Based Data Mining Techniques For Steel Making” (with R.K. Sarma, and S. Vadhavkar) Knoxville, Warren Neel Conference on Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, June 22-25, 2002

 

5.       “Neural Networks in Optimization of Safety Logic”, (with N. Agarwal, A. Ferriere, and B. English), Warren Neel Conference on Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Knoxville, June 22-25, 2002.

 

6.       “The Introduction of Neural Networks in the Optimization of Runway Safety Logic”, (with B. English and V. Mehta), Presented at the Integrated CNS Technologies Conference, Washington D.C., 2002.

 

7.        “Why the Information Explosion Can Be Bad for Data Mining, and How Data Fusion Provides a Way Out”, (with P. Van der Putten, and J. Kok), Second SIAM International Conference on Data Mining, Arlington, April 11-13, 2002.

 

8.       “Directions for Web and E-Commerce Applications Security”, (with B. Thuraisingham, C. Clifton, E. Bertino, and E. Ferrari), Tenth IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE), Cambridge, June 2001.

 

9.       “Integrated Framework to Support Distributed CAD over the Internet”, (with S. Vadhavkar, F. Pena-Mora, and J.Yeung), Tenth IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE), Cambridge, June 2001.

 

10.   “Data Mining Techniques for Optimizing Inventories for Electronic Commerce,” (with A. Dhond and S. Vadhavkar), ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD) Industrial Track, Boston, August 2000.

 

11.   “Use of Recurrent Neural Networks for Strategic Data Mining of Sales Information” (with Jayavel Shanmugasundaram and M.V. Negendra Prasad), IRMA Conference, 1999.

 

12.   "Detection of Courtesy Amount Block on Bank Checks" (with Arun Agarwal, Len M. Granowetter, and P.S.P. Wang), Third International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, edited by Bunke and Wang, Singapore 1995.

 

13.   "A Knowledge Based Segmentation Algorithm for Enhanced Recognition of Handwritten Courtesy Amounts" (with Karim Hussein, Arun Agarwal, and Patrick Shen-Pei Wang), Structural and Syntactic Pattern Recognition, World Scientific Press, Singapore, Oct. 1994.

 

14.   "Towards an Active Schema Integration Architecture for Heterogeneous Database Systems", (with M. P. Reddy and Michael Siegel), Research Issues on Data Engineering: Interoperability in Multidatabase Systems, Vienna, Austria, 1993.

 

15.   "An Improved Algorithm for Thinning Binary Digital Patterns", (with M.V. Nangendraprasad and P.S.P. Wang), Eleventh IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition, The Hague, The Netherlands, Aug 30 - Sept 3, 1992.

 

16.   "An Algorithm for Segmenting Handwritten Numerals" (with P.L. Sparks and M.V. Nagendraprasad), Second International Conference on Automation, Robotics, and Computer Vision, Singapore, 1992.

 

17.   "A System for Automatic Recognition of Totally Unconstrained Handwritten Numerals" (with M.V. Nagendraprasad and Alexis Liu), Second International Conference on Automation, Robotics, and Computer Vision, Singapore, 1992.

 

18.   "Knowledge Based Integrated Information Systems Engineering for Logistics Applications" (with S.E. Madnick), Symposium on Artificial Intelligence Applications for Military Logistics, Williamsburg, VA, March 29-31, 1988, pp. 247-251.

 

19.   "Expert Systems for Transportation and Distribution" (with R. Giangrande), Symposium on Artificial Intelligence Applications for Military Logistics, Williamsburg, VA, March 29-31, 1988, pp. 211-213.

 

20.   "Adapting the Informational Revolution," First International Conference on Infrastructure of on Information Society, Cairo, Egypt, December 1982.

 

21.   "Enhanced Concurrency in m-n Multiprocessor Systems" (with H.D. Toong), IEEE Third International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, October 1982.

 

22.   "Performance Modeling of Multimicroprocessor Systems", Southeast Asia Regional Computer Conference, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, September 1982.

 

23.   "Personal Computers -- An Overview", Ninth Australian Computer Conference, Hobart, Australia, August 1982.

 

24.   "Emerging Trends in Office Technology", International Conference on Office Information Systems, INRIA, France, October 1981.

 

25.   "Relevance of Decision Support Systems in Developing Environments", Southeast Asia     Regional Computer Conference, Jakartha, Indonesia, September 1980.

 

26.   "Computers in India - State of the Art", CSI Annual Convention, Bangalore, January 1979.

 

27.   "Performance Evaluation of Computing Systems", Indo-British Seminar on Digital Systems, Delhi, September 1978.

 

28.   "Benchmarking - Case Study", Seminar on Performance Monitoring, Bombay, August 1978.

 

F. 

Technical Reports and Working Papers

 

 

Several working papers and technical reports were subsequently published as articles listed above. In such cases, they have been omitted from the list that follows. Working papers with an NTIS number are disseminated by NTIS, 5282 Port Royal Rd., Springfield, Virginia 22161.

 

  1. Self-configuration and Self-Administration of Wirelss Grids (with A. Agarwal and D. Norman), MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4460-04, 2004.

 

  1. Wireless Grids: Approaches, Architectures and Technical Challenges (with A. Agarwal and D. Norman), MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4459-04, 2004.

 

  1. Toward the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory (with S. Seshasai), MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4455-04, 2004.

 

  1. Global Outsourcing of Professional Services (with S. Seshasai), MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4456-04, 2004.

 

  1. Training Neural Networks for Reading Handwritten Amounts on Checks (with R. Palacios), MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4365-02, 2002.

 

  1. A Knowledge Based Approach to Facilitate Enginering Design (with Satwik Seshasai), MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4381-02, 2002.

 

  1. Using Structural Analysis to Mediate XML Semantic Interoperability (with A. Mishra and M. Ripley), MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4345-02, 2002.

 

  1. Use of Recurrent Neural Networks for Strategic Data Mining of Sales (with J. Shanmugasundarum, M.V. Nagendra-Prasad, and S. Vadhavkar), MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4347-02, 2002.

 

  1. Selective and Authenic third Party Distribution of XML Documents (with E. Bertino, B. Carminati, E. Ferrari, and B. Thuraisingham), 2002.

 

  1. Temporal Data Mining (with J. Shanmugasundram and M.V. Nagendra Prasad), 1997. 

 

  1. Internet2 in Brazil (with Shiu-chung Au, Aparna Upadhyay, and Guilherme Xavier), 1998. (Series of 7 working papers).

 

  1. Multiplying Information Technology in Brazil (with Shiu-chung Au, Aparna
    Upadhyay, and Guilherme Xavier), 1998.

 

  1. Rapid Vision Technologies, Inc.  Tomorrow's Banking...Today, Business Plan for the MIT 50K Competition (with Janet Park, Maram Nagendraprasad, Timothy Chien, Wandy Sae-Tan, Salman Khan, Patrick Wang, Tony Wu), 1998.

 

  1. Neural Networks Based Approach for Strategic Analysis of Retail Information (with M.V. Nagendra Prasad, Sanjeev Vadhavkar, and Jayavel Shanmugasundram)

 

  1.  Rapid Vision Technologies, MIT 50K Competition (with Dr. Maram Nagendra Prasad, Dr. Patrick Wang, Timothy Chien, James Kim, Susan Dey, and Anshu Sinha).

 

  1. Use of Multilayer Perceptron Model for Prediction of Conditions in Blast Furnace Environment (with Anjali Dhond, Brad Banks, and Angela Ge).

 

17.   Sensitivity Analysis and Derivatives Based Model for Optimizing Conditions in Process Control Environments (with Ravi Sarma).

 

18.   Internet2 in Brazil (with Shiu-chung Au, Aparna Upadhyay, and Guilherme Xavier), January 1998. (Series of 7 working papers.)

 

19.   Multiplying Information Technology in Brazil (with Shiu-chung Au, Aparna Upadhyay, and Guilherme Xavier), January 1998.

 

20.   Temporal Data Mining (with J. Shanmugasundrum and M.V. Negendra Prasad), MIT, PROFIT Working Paper #97-31.

 

21.   Context Interchange: Research in Using Knowledge About Data to Integrate Disparate Sources (with Stuart Madnick), MIT, PROFIT Working Paper #95-29.

 

22.   Image-Information Systems for Traffic Management (with Ichiro Masaki), MIT, PROFIT Working Paper #94-18.

 

23.   International Multi-Company Collaborative Engineering: A Study of Japanese Engineering and Construction Firms (with Masatoshi Kano and Ram Duvvuru Sriram), MIT, PROFIT Working Paper #94-17. (Under review by IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.)

 

24.   A Collection of Papers on Handwritten Numeral Recognition, MIT, IFSRC Discussion Paper #219-92.

 

25.   A System for Automatic Recognition of Totally Unconstrained Handwritten Numerals (with M.V. Nagendraprasad and Alexis Liu) MIT, IFSRC Discussion Paper #218-92.

 

26.   An Algorithm for Segmenting Handwritten Numerals (with P.L. Sparks, and M.V. Nagendraprasad) MIT, IFSRC Discussion Paper #214-92.76. A New Algorithm for Slant Correction of Handwritten Characters (with Vanessa C. Feliberti) MIT, IFSRC No. 173-91.

 

27.   Composite Information Systems: Resolving Semantic Heterogeneities (with Michael Siegel, and Stuart Madnick) MIT, IFSRC Discussion Paper #164-91.

 

28.   Handwritten Numeral Recognition Using Dynamic Programming Neural Networks on an

             Off-Line Basis (with Ronjon Nag, and Alexis Lui), MIT, IFSRC Discussion Paper #151-91.

 

  1. An Improved Structural Technique for Automated Recognition of Handwritten Information  (with P.S.P. Wang), IFSRC Discussion Paper #123-90, April 1990.

 

  1. Integration of Traditional Imaging, Expert Systems, and Neural Network Methodologies for Enhanced Recognition of Handwritten Information (with E. Roman, and J. Riordan), IFSRC Discussion Paper #124-90, April 1990.

 

  1. Interfacility Graphics Requirements: An Evaluation of Technical Options and Overall Strategy, Working Paper #3, TIMS Project, March 1990.

 

  1. Telecommunications Information Management System: Management Decision Paper (with G. Byron et al), Working Paper #2, TIMS Project, February 1990.

 

  1. Telecommunications Information Management System (with G. Byron et al), Working Paper #1, TIMS Project, January 1990.

 

  1. An Architectural Comparison of Contemporary Approaches and Products for Integrating Heterogeneous Information Systems (with C. Poulsen, S.E. Madnick, and T. Wingfield), IFSRC Discussion Paper #110-89, November 1989.

 

  1. Optical Image Scanners and Character Recognition Devices: A Survey and New Taxonomy (with S. Hazarika, M. Kallel, and P. Srivastava), IFSRC Discussion Paper #107-89, October 1990. (Also appears as Sloan School of Management Working Paper #3081-89).

 

  1. Integration of Heterogeneous Information Systems of USTRANSCOM: Issues, Options, and a New Taxonomy (with T. Wingfield and C. Poulsen), October 1990.

 

  1. Automated Transfer of Information from Paper Documents to Computer-Accessible Media (with M. Kallel), Sloan School of Management Working Paper #2113-89-MS, April 1989.

 

  1. Critical Needs and Applications for Integration of Heterogeneous Information Systems in Logistics (with S.E. Madnick et al), Working Paper for Center for Transportation Studies, MIT, January 1989.

 

  1. Trends in CIM Technologies (with P. Srivastava et al), Working Paper #2, CALS Project, November 1988.

 

  1. Air Force Tech Order Management Systems (AFTOMS) Automation Plan (with R. Smith et al), Working Paper #1, CALS Project, February 1988.

 

  1. KBIISE - Vol. 1: Knowledge-Based Integrated Information Systems Engineering: Highlights and Bibliography (editor with S.E. Madnick), MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1987. (NTIS/DTIC Accession #A195850).

 

  1. KBIISE - Vol. 2: Knowledge-Based Integrated Information Systems Methodologies Plan (editor with S.E. Madnick), MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1987. (NTIS/DTIC Accession #A195851).

 

  1. KBIISE - Vol. 3: Integrating Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Distributed Databases: Prototypes (editor with S.E. Madnick), MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1987. (NTIS/DTIC Accession #A195852).

 

  1. KBIISE - Vol. 4: Object-Oriented Approach to Integrating Database Semantics (editor with S.E. Madnick), MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1987. (NTIS/DTIC Accession #A195853).

 

  1. KBIISE - Vol. 5: Integrating Images, Applications, and Communications Networks (editor with S.E. Madnick), MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1987. (NTIS/DTIC Accession #195854).

 

  1. KBIISE - Vol. 6: Strategic, Organizational, and Standardization Aspects of Integrated Information (editor with S.E. Madnick), MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1987. (NTIS/DTIC Accession #195855).

 

  1. KBIISE - Vol. 7: Integrating Information Systems in a Major Decentralized International Operation (editor with S.E. Madnick), MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1987. (NTIS/DTIC Accession #195856).

 

  1. KBIISE - Vol. 8: Technical Opinions Regarding Knowledge-Based Integrated Information Systems Engineering (editor with S.E. Madnick), MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1987. (NTIS/DTIC Accession #195857).

 

  1. A Technical Comparison of Distributed Heterogeneous Database Management Systems (with S. Bhalla, S.E. Madnick, and B.E. Prasad), Technical Report #5, KBIISE Project, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1987.

 

  1. Highlights of Knowledge-Based Integrated Information Systems Engineering (with S.E. Madnick), Technical Report #1, KBIISE Project, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1987.

 

  1. Appropriate Informatics Technology, June 1986. (Subsequently integrated into a book published by World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.)

 

  1. An Efficient Multiprocessor Strategy for Mechanical Design Applications (with H.D. Toong), Technical Report #28, IBM-MIT Joint Research Series, March 1986.

 

  1. A Microcomputer-Based Image Database Management System for Mechanical Design Applications (with S.E. Madnick, B.E. Prasad, and H.D. Toong), Technical Report #27, IBM-MIT Joint Research Series, March 1986.

 

  1. Hardware Feasibility of INFOPLEX Design Strategy (with H.D. Toong and S.E. Madnick), IMS Technical Report #18 (NTIS Number AD-A166287), March 1985.

 

  1. Information Systems Support Handbook, February 1985.

 

  1. Next-Generation Computer Architectures and Graphic Subsystems (with H.D. Toong), Technical Report #26, IBM-MIT Joint Research Series, August 1983.

 

  1. Optical Disk Technology: Key Applications and Markets (with Y. Sohn, H.D. Toong, and G. Vancollie), Technical Report #25, IBM-MIT Joint Research Series, April 1983.

 

  1. Analytic Modeling and Optimization of Response Times of Floppy Disk Based Systems (with B. Ashton and H.D. Toong), Technical Report #24, IBM-MIT Joint Research Series, November 1982.

 

  1. Integration of Multiple Personal Computers -- Compatibility, Communication, Concurrency, and Related Issues (with Z. Bulka and H.D.Toong), Technical Report #22, IBM-MIT Joint Research Series, August 1982.

 

  1. Distributed Operating Systems for Multimicroprocessor Control, Technical Report #20, IBM-MIT Joint Research Series, December 1981.

 

  1. A Comparison of Analytic and Simulation Models (with T.A Hamid and S.O.Strommen), Technical Report #19, IBM-MIT Joint Research Series, June 1981.

 

  1. Evaluation of Multimicroprocessor Bus Architectures (with B. Chou and H.D. Toong), Technical Report #18, IBM-MIT Joint Research Series, December 1980.

 

  1. Capacity Comparison of Various Interconnection Systems (with S.O.Strommen and H.D. Toong), Technical Report #12, IBM-MIT Joint Research Series, May 1980.

 

  1. Analysis of Galaxy Using IMMPS (with H.D. Toong), Technical Report #7, IBM-MIT Joint Research Series, April 1980.

 

  1. Interactive Multimicroprocessor Performance Systems (with H.D. Toong), Technical Report #6, IBM-MIT Joint Research Series, April 1980.

            (This is a condensed version of the master's thesis by A. Gupta entitled "Design and          

            Evaluation of Multimicroprocessor Systems." Incidentally, this thesis was awarded the         

            Brook's Prize -- Honorable Mention -- Award.)