2008 Research Schedule

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Date Task Description
1/04/08 Identify conferences & journals Identify conferences/journals and outline papers for research:

Additional outlets, see ACTA Press journals.
1/05/08 Prepare IASTED paper Complete initial draft of IASTED AT 2008 paper.
1/07/08 SIGCSE hotel, flight, conf reg Book SIGCSE 2008 flight, hotel, conference registration, parking.
1/10/08 IASTED AT 2008 deadline Make final revision pass on paper and submit. IASTED International Conference on Assistive Technologies (AT 2008), April 16-18, 2008 in Baltimore. [call for papers]
1/10/08 Plan ARCES related papers Identify topics and outlets for publication of ARCES research:
  • Agile Research (Sandhya, Arun, me) - SEDE 2008 (Feb 22), SERP 2008 (Feb 25)
  • Automatic generation of large-scale, hierarchical network models (Nagesh, Pavani, me, others) - SEDE 2008 (Feb 22)
  • XMPP Modeling with CPN (Tao, Vijay) - SEDE 2008 (Feb 22), SPECTS 2008 (Jan 25), GCMS 2008 (Mar 24), SC
1/30/08 SOA Workshop "Hard Problems in SOA" Workshop at CMU's Software Engineering Institute. Road trip with Vijay and Elliot? CANNOT ATTEND.
2/06/08 Revise AT 2008 paper Revise conference paper for IASTED Telehealth and Assistive Technologies (AT 2008) conference, based on reviewer feedback. Final draft deadline is Feb. 25, registration deadline is March 1.
2/14/08 Prepare draft of CPATH grant material Prepare a draft of the material that Boots and I discussed to form a starting point for this part of the CPATH grant proposal.
2/15/08 Initial grant outline for NSF NSF Emerging Models and Technologies for Computation. Proposal deadline is March 13, 2008.
2/18/08 Prepare Agile research paper format & outline Prep outline and template for SEDE 2008 paper on Agile Research.
2/18/08 Prepare ERSA 2008 paper format & outline Prep outline and template for ERSA 2008 paper on Cell Matrix programming.
2/22/08 Submit final AT 2008 paper Submit final conference paper for IASTED Telehealth and Assistive Technologies (AT 2008) conference, based on reviewer feedback. Final draft deadline is Feb. 25, registration deadline is March 1. Submit author information form and fax copyright release form (Feb 25).
2/23/08 Finish near final draft of ERSA 2008 paper Finish complete draft of ERSA 2008 paper, in preparation for final read-thru and touch-ups on Monday, Feb. 25.
2/25/08 CDES 2008 submission due Submission to Compiling to the Cell Matrix (me, Rushikesh, Ch) - CDES 2008 due, co-located at Worldcomp 2008.
2/28/08 Register for AT 2008 conference Register for IASTED Telehealth and Assistive Technologies (AT 2008) conference. Registration deadline is March 1. Verify audio visual request.
2/29/08 Complete NSF EMT grant proposal draft NSF Emerging Models and Technologies (EMT) for Computation. Submit as much as possible to FastLane, notify Mary. Proposal deadline is March 13, 2008.
2/29/08 CPATH grant proposal work Work on additions to NSF CISE Pathways to Revitalized Undergraduate Computing Education  (CPATH). Possibly work through March 3.
2/28/08 Finish SIGCSE poster draft Make sure first version of SIGCSE 2008 poster is created, "Computer Science Workshops from the Villanova Magic School Science Camp" with Melissa Corning, Mary-Angela, Najib.
3/03/08 Produce revised magic workshop book Revise "Using Magic to Teach Computer Science." Add additional tricks, patter ideas, scholarly content, photographs. Determine whether or not to produce companion DVD.
3/07/08 Poster abstract submitted with Mike Mason Mike Mason et al. (including me) submitted abstract proposal to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Section on Public Health, poster session on public health issues, May 6, 2008. Acceptance notification is March 20, 2008.
3/08/08 SysCon 2008 submission & registration deadline Submission deadline for IEEE SysCon 2008 paper, "System of Systems Issues for the 2008 U.S. National Healthcare Information Network Remote Patient Monitoring Requirements." [EDAS link] Elliot says it is a special session, not a paper, so it does not require a submission.
3/10/08 Finish SIGCSE workshop prep Finish preparation of slides, handouts, notes, rehearsal, and learning kits for "Using Magic to Teach Computer Science" workshop at SIGCSE 2008.
3/11/08 CPATH grant proposal submission deadline Final submission deadline for grant proposal to NSF CISE Pathways to Revitalized Undergraduate Computing Education  (CPATH).
3/12/08 to 3/15/08 SIGCSE Conference SIGCSE 2008 Conference, Portland, Oregon.
Magic school poster, Using Magic workshop.
3/13/08 EMT grant proposal submission deadline Final submission deadline, for NSF Emerging Models and Technologies (EMT) for Computation grant proposal. Submitted March 12 at 4:56pm.
3/15/08 Create first versions of SAM paper Prepare initial version of SAM paper. Submission deadline is March 23.
3/20/08 Acceptance notification for College of Phys. of Philly abstract Notification for College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Section on Public Health, poster session on public health issues, May 6, 2008.
3/23/08 SAM paper submission deadline Submission deadline for SAM 2008 co-located at Worldcomp 2008. I will be away starting on March 23, so paper needs to be submitted by March 22.
* Automatic Password Protection Mechanism for MS-Excel Workbooks (Shashank, me) - SAM 2008
3/23/08 to 3/27/08 TRAVEL - UNAVAILABLE  
4/14/08 Prepare presentation for AT 2008 Prepare presentation for IASTED AT 2008 conference.
4/16/08 to 4/18/08 Telehealth and Assistive Technologies Conference Present paper (Friday, April 18, 2008 at 10:30am) at The Fourth IASTED International Conference on Telehealth and Assistive Technologies (Telehealth/AT 2008).
4/17/08 CDES 2008 notification date Notification of submission status for CDES 2008 and SAM 2008.
4/21/08 SBIR CFP CFP announcement for SBIRs. Review for Villanova/Simis collaboration.
4/24/08 First version of CCLI grant proposal budget, outline Collaborate with Vijay to produce grant proposal for NSF Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI), focused on SOA course development. Program solicitation says deadline is May 21, 2008. Get budget to Melanie and Kel early. DID NOT SUBMIT, TIME CONFLICTS
5/23/08 Outline of green computing paper Prepare possible outline for green computing paper for SIGCSE, "Green Computer Science Departments", idea being to provide formulas, recommendations, and benchmarking results to serve as political fuel to motivate greening one's department or university.
6/01/08 Summer research projects * SNITCH - complete development as web app, test, write-up, release
* Nanocompiler front end - develop basic prototype for Java or C to target Cell Matrix
* SIGCSE - SOA course, SNITCH report, videos, posters, green computing(?), workshop(?)
* Nancompiler paper(s) - write-up and submit results as completed
* grants and SBIR - with Vijay, SIMIS, magic school, others?
6/11/08 to 6/13/08 TRAVEL - UNAVAILABLE  
6/18/08 SBIR grant writing deadline Submission deadline for SBIR proposals. Complete SBIRs in collaboration with Frank, Bob, Vijay and Johnny Garcia.
7/11/08 Prepare talks for Worldcomp Prepare powerpoint presentations for Worldcomp talks.
7/14/08 to 7/17/08 Worldcomp 2008 Conference Attend and present papers at CDES and SAM at Worldcomp 2008.
Tuesday, July 15 8:40-9:00 SAM paper (East Meeting Room 8)
Tuesday, July 15 9:20-9:40 CDES paper (Titanium Room)
7/23/08 Submit effort report for SNITCH work Coordinate with Mary Schremp regarding research supervision funding in SNITCH grant budget, and submit effort report for August payroll.
7/24/08 to 8/10/08 TRAVEL - UNAVAILABLE  
8/20/08 Prep fall courses Plan semester, prepare first month of material (at least), update web sites, contact students.
8/20/08 to 8/24/08 TRAVEL - UNAVAILABLE  
8/25/08 Fall 2008 Classes Begin Villanova Fall 2008 semester classes begin.
8/26/08 Write articles about ARCES & ACT Lab Prepare articles about the ARCES Project and my ACT Lab for publication in A&S newsletter, grad newsletter, etc.
8/29/08 SIGCSE Submission deadline Deadline for submissions to SIGCSE 2009 Conference (March 4-7, 2009 in Chattanooga, Tennessee). Goals:
* SOA course development paper with Vijay (in preparation)
* SIGCSE special projects presentation/report for SNITCH (next year or ITiCSE)
* Using Magic to Teach workshop (not this time)
* Video submission(s) - 101 uses for algorithms book (if it can be cleaned up)
* Student research poster(s) due Oct. 27 (SNITCH poster on plagiarism detection algorithm)
* Green computer science paper with Mujtaba (in preparation)
11/07/08 Revise Green Computing paper Revise SIGCSE 2009 paper based on feedback, deadline is Dec. 5, 2008.

Publications in 2008

  1. Paper: Design of a speech recognition to assist hearing impaired students in the classroom, Assistive Technology journal article (June 2007).
  2. Paper: System of Systems Issues for the 2008 US National Healthcare Information Network Remote Patient Monitoring Requirements, IEEE SysCon 2008 (Nov 2007).
  3. Paper: Achieving Acceptable Accuracy in a Low-Cost, Assistive Note-Taking, Speech Transcription System, IASTED Assistive Technologies 2008 (Jan 2008).
  4. Paper: Nanocompilation for the Cell Matrix Architecture, conference paper (cell matrix, analysis or modeling) (Feb 2008).
  5. Workshop: Using magic to teach CS workshop, SIGCSE 2008 edition (Mar 2008).
  6. Poster: A Retrospective Chart Review of Adolescent Mental Health in Urban Primary Care, Mike Mason, et al., uses my software survey tool, College of Phys. of Phil., poster (Mar 2008).
  7. Grant Proposal: NSF Emerging Models and Technologies for Computation grant proposal (Mar 2008)
  8. Grant Proposal: NSF CPATH grant proposal (Mar 2008)
  9. Paper: Automatic Password Protection Mechanism for MS-Excel Workbooks (Mar 2008)
  10. Grant Proposal: Phase II STTR in collaboration with a Villanova Univ. alum (Mar 2008).
  11. SBIR with Johnny Garcia, Frank, Vijay and Bob (see Frank's email) (June 2008)
  12. Green Computing conf. paper or poster, SIGCSE 2009 (Aug 2008).
  13. Grant Proposal: RAJANT collaboration (Sept 2008)

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last update: 01/20/2009