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CAPPLab

Computer Architecture and Parallel Programming Laboratory (CAPPLab)

Key Objectives:

  • Lead research in computer/computing systems and related fields.
  • Teach computer architecture, parallel programming, and related topics.

Director:

Selected Students

Doctorate (Ph.D.) Students:
(from first to present at WSU)

  • Vidya Suryanarayana, "Performance of Cache Locking In Hypervisor Caches," 2013
  • Kishore K. Chidella, "Directory-Based Hybrid Wired-Wireless Network-on-Chip Architectures to Minimize Cache Latency," 2018. Dissertation manuscript. Presentation slides.
  • Abdulrahman Almohaimeed, "Optimizing Interactions Between the Software-Defined Networking Controller and the Network Switches," 2019
  • Md Raihan Uddin, "Modeling, Simulation, and System Analysis," 2026
  • Mohammad S.P. Khan, "Topic - To Be Determined," (present)

Graduate (M.S.) Research Sudents:
(from first to present at WSU)

  • Sri Ramya Chaturvedula, "Designing Multi-Core Architecture Using Folded Torus Concept to Minimize the Number of Switches," (CS, 2011). Thesis manuscript.
  • Phanendra Sandeep Naidu Gavara, "A Fast Flexible Simulation Platform for Multi-Core Systems," (CN, 2012). Presentation slides.
  • Divya Vardha, "A Directory Based Mechanism to Minimize Communication Latency in Multicore Architectures by Using Wireless Routers," (EE, 2012)
  • Neeraj Kumar, "CAPPSTool: A Web-Based Android Capable Multicore Simulation Interface," (EE, 2012)
  • Mohammad S Rahman, "Takeoff Flight Path Profile: A Method to Calculate Flight Path Distances and Climb Gradients for Multiple Obstacles," (EE, 2013)
  • Deepthi Gummadi, "Improving CPU/GPU Performance by Regrouping CPU Data for GPU Global Memory," (CN, 2014)
  • Tania Jareen, "Improving Performance, Power and Security of Multicore Systems Using Smart Cache Organization," (EE, 2014)
  • Chok M. Yip, "CUDA Accelerated Large Scale Vehicular Area Network Simulator," (CN, 2014). Thesis manuscript. Presentation slides.
  • Abhishek Mummidi, "An Improved Spoofing Detection Methodology Using Acoustics and Liveness Monitoring System," (EE, 2014)
  • Sandip Bhowmick, "Design and Evaluation of Controller Area Network for Automotive Applications," (EE, 2014)
  • Naga Ramya Kondapalli, "A Promising Software-Based Testing Platform for Agricultural Machinery Without the Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulator," (CN, 2014)
  • Soumyashree Samadarsinee, "Multisensor Noninvasive Blood Glucose Monitoring System," (CN, 2015)
  • Md Moniruzzaman, "An Efficient Modeling and Simulation Platform to Assess Autonomous Power Systems," (CN, 2015)
  • Zhitao Yang, "A Multiple Ethernet Ports Management System Using FPGA," (CN, 2015)
  • Venkatesh Mabbu, "A Semantic Knowledge Engine Using Automated Knowledge Extraction from World Wide Web," (CS, 2015). Project report. Presentation slides.
  • Shanta Mazumder, "A Novel Secure Protocol for Near Field Communication," (EE, 2016)
  • Parthib Mitra, "Computer Based Analysis of Mammogram Images to Treat Breast Cancer," (EE, 2016)
  • Jainish Jain, "A Secure Cloud Migration Framework For Cloud Computing," (CN, 2017)
  • Prasanth Kamalakannan, "An Implementation of the Eight Class of Service Model," (CN, 2018)
  • Michael Milhon, "Implementation of a LoRaWAN Network for Smart Campus Development," (ECE, 2019)
  • Abhignan Telakapalli, "Software Defined UAS Model For Smart Disaster Management," (EE, 2019)
  • Gurtaj Singh, "Analysis of Correlation among Weather Attributes Using GPU Computing," (CS, 2020)
  • Mark Allen, "Topic - To Be Determined," (present)
  • A.L. Nuwanthi Perera, "Topic - To Be Determined," (present)
  • Duncan Campbell, "Topic - To Be Determined," (present)
  • Sivaprasad Reddy Bogireddy, "Machine Learning Based Car Data Prediction for Network Simulation Using PETSc Library," (CS, 2023)

Undergraduate (B.S.) Research Sudents:
(from first to present at WSU)

  • Danny Nguyen (2012); Chok M. Yip (2012); Vinosha Theagan (2012); Zachary Vickery (2012); Emmanuel Perez (2013); Scott J. Dick (2013); Josh N. Gable (2013); Alexander Ferm (2014); Suveen Emmanuel (2015); Ifrah Naeem (2015); Thomas Staab (2015); Justin B. Seal (2015); Brent A. Duncan (2016); Khondoker Usama (2016); Christopher Hiller (2016); Parth Amin (2017); Chase Weber (2017); Tyler McDonald (2017); Brad Nguyen (2018); Mohsin Zahid (2018); Seth Layton (2018); Willhelmi Kleruu (2018); Shohoud Shawaf (2018); Duncan Campbell (2021).

Selected Grants:

  • Principal Investigator (PI); "A Real-Time Imaging System to Assist Surgical Procedures," Wichita State University Research/Creative Projects Award (URCA); total $4,500 for one year, 2019-2020.
  • PI; “High Performance Computing at Low (Room) Temperature,” CybertronPC; total $10,000 for one year (includes hardware donation), 2016-2017.
  • PI; “NVIDIA GPU Research Center at Wichita State,” NVIDIA Corporation; multiple benefits including recognition as a GPU Research Center, invitation to NVIDIA Special Events, and inclusion in NVIDIA GPU Seeding Programs; total $10,000 for two years, 2015-2017.
  • PI; “Collaborative Research: NetApp NFS Connector for Apache Spark Systems,” NetApp, Inc.; total $60,000 ($49,828 for PI) for nine months, 2015-2016. (Co-PI: Tonya Witherspoon, Wichita State University.)
  • PI; “An Empirical Application of High-Performance Pattern Recognition and Protein Binding to Treat Cancer,” WSU Flossie E. West Memorial Foundation; total $24,984 for one year, 2014-2015.
  • PI; “Discovering CUDA-Accelerated New Programming Paradigm to Address the Growing Low-Power High Performance Computing Requirements,” WSU University Research/Creative Projects Award; total $4,498 for one year, 2014-2015.
  • PI; “A novel task and data regrouping based parallel approach to solve massive problems faster on multithreaded computing systems,” Kansas NSF EPSCoR First Award; total $105,296 for 15 months, 2013-2014.
  • PI; “CUDA Teaching Center at Wichita State University;” NVIDIA Corporation; total $7,702 (hardware plus money) for one year, 2012-2013.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles:

  • Sibai, F., El-Moursy, A.A., Asaduzzaman, A., and Majzoub, S., "Hardware Acceleration of the STRIKE String Kernel Algorithm for Estimating Protein to Protein Interactions," in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, doi: 10.1109/TCBB.2021.3066591.
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Mazumder, S., and Selinas, S., “A Promising Security-Aware Architecture for Near Field Communication,” in Inderscience International Journal of Security and Networks (IJSN), Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 98-107, 2018.
  • Chidella, K.K. and Asaduzzaman, A., “A Novel Wireless Network-on-Chip Architecture with Distributed Directory for Faster Execution and Minimal Energy,” in Elsevier Journal of Computers and Electrical Engineering, Vol. 65, pp. 18-31, 2018. 
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Chidella, K.K., and Vardha, D., “An Energy-Efficient Directory Based Multicore Architecture with Wireless Routers to Minimize the Communication Latency,” in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 374-385, May 2016. 
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Mummidi, A., and Sibai, F.N., “An Eye Blinking Password Based Liveness Monitoring System to Improve the Detection of Video Spoofing,” in Journal of Mechatronics, Electrical, and Computer Technology (IJMEC), Vol. 5, No. 17, pp. 2398-2407, Oct. 2015.
  • Asaduzzaman, A. and Gunasekara, G.H., “Power and Performance Analysis of Multimedia Applications Running on Low-Power Devices by Cache Modeling,” in Springer Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications (MTAP), Vol. 72, No. 1, pp. 207-230, Sept. 2014.
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Chaturvedula, S.R., and Pendse, R., “A Novel Folded-Torus Based Network Architecture for Power-Aware Multicore Systems,” in Elsevier Journal of Computers & Electrical Engineering (COMPELECENG), Vol. 39, No. 8, pp. 2494-2506, Nov. 2013.
  • Asmatulu, R., Muppalla, H., Veisi, Z., Khan, W.S., Asaduzzaman, A., and Nuraje, N., “Study of Hydrophilic Electrospun Nanofiber Membranes for Filtration of Micro and Nanosize Suspended Particles,” in Special Issue: Nanocomposite Membranes Journal, Membranes 2013, 3, 1-x manuscripts; (doi:10.3390/membranes30x000x), Oct. 2013.
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Suryanarayana, V.R., and Sibai, F.N., “On level-1 cache locking for high-performance low-power real-time multicore systems,” in Elsevier Journal of Computers & Electrical Engineering (COMPELECENG), Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 1333-1345, May 2013.

  • Asaduzzaman, A., Sibai, F.N., and Rani, M., “Improving Cache Locking Performance of Modern Embedded Systems via the Addition of a Miss Table at the L2 Cache Level,” in Elsevier Journal of Systems Architecture (JSA), Vol. 56, No. 4-6, pp. 151-162, April 2010.

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  • Asaduzzaman, A. and Mahgoub, I., “Cache Modeling and Optimization for Portable Devices Running MPEG-4 Video Decoder,” in Springer Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications (MTAP), Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 239-256, January 2006.

  • Mahgoub, I., Yousif, M., and Asaduzzaman, A., “Evaluation of memory latency in cluster-based cache-coherent multiprocessor systems with different interconnection topologies,” in Elsevier Journal of Computers & Electrical Engineering (COMPELECENG), Vol. 26, Issue 3-4, pp. 207-220, 2000.

Conference Papers:

  • Asaduzzaman, A., Kamalakannan, P., Altaf-Ul-Amin, M., and Kanaya, S., "Improving Quality of Service in Computer Network Applying the Eight Classes of Service," in IEEE Conference on Science & Contemporary Technologies (ICSCT-2021), Dhaka, Aug. 5-7, 2021.

  • Asaduzzaman, A., Jojigiri, S., Sabu, T., and Tailam, S., “Studying Execution Time and Memory Transfer Time of Image Processing Using GPU Cards,” in IEEE Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC-2021), Virtual Conference, USA, Jan. 27-30, 2021. (This paper received the Best Paper Award.)

  • Asaduzzaman, A., Telakapalli, A., and Sibai, F.N., “Smart Disaster Management using Software-Defined Unmanned Aerial Systems,” in IEEE ComSoc Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC-2021), Virtual Conference, USA, Jan. 9-12, 2021.

  • Asaduzzaman, A. and Gupta, D., “Geospatial Cyberinfrastructure for Regional Economic Growth,” accepted, in IEEE Conference on Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology (ECTI-CON 2020), Phuket, Thailand, June 24-27, 2020.
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Almohaimeed, A., and Chidella, K.K., “Shared Entry Logger to Eliminate Duplicate Requests to SDN Controller,” in IEEE Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC), Las Vegas, Nevada, Jan. 7-9, 2019.
  • Almohaimeed, A. and Asaduzzaman, A., “Incorporating Monitoring Points in SDN to Ensure Trusted Links Against Misbehaving Traffic Flows,” in IEEE International Conference On Mobile and Secure Services (MobiSecServ), Miami Beach, Florida, March 2-3, 2019.
  • Chidella, K.K., Asaduzzaman, A., and Almohaimeed, A., “Impact of Non-Uniform Subnets on Wireless Network-on-Chip Performance,” in IEEE Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC), Las Vegas, Nevada, Jan. 7-9, 2019.
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Mashhadi, F., and Rani, M., “Applying Learner-Centered Project-Oriented Approach to Enhance STEM Education Experience – A Case Study,” in Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Stillwater, OK, Sept. 24-26, 2017.
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Mitra, P., Chidella, K.K., Saeed, K.A., Cluff, K., and Mridha, M.F., “A Computer-Assisted Mammography Technique for Analyzing Breast Cancer,” in IEEE International Conference on Advances in Electrical Engineering (ICAEE), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sept. 28-30, 2017.
  • Chidella, K.K. and Asaduzzaman, A., “Prior Detection of Explosives to Defeat Tragic Attacks using Knowledge Based Sensor Networks,” in IEEE Green Technologies Conference (GreenTech), Denver, CO, Mar. 29-31, 2017.
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Mazumder, S., Salinas, S., and Mridha, M.F. “A Security-Aware Near Field Communication Architecture,” in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Networking, Systems and Security (NSysS), BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Jan. 5-8, 2017. (Acceptance rate is 26%)
  • Asaduzzaman, A. and Chidella, K.K., “A Novel Directory Based Hybrid Cache Coherence Protocol for Shared Memory Multiprocessors,” in IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology (PAST), Boston, Massachusetts, Oct. 18-21, 2016.
  • Asaduzzaman, A. and Asmatulu, R., “A Learner-Centered Computational Experience in Nanotechnology for STEM Students,” in IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC’16), Princeton University, New Jersey, March 5, 2016.
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Mummidi, A., Mridha, M.F., and Sibai, F.N., “Improving Facial Recognition Accuracy by Applying Liveness Monitoring Technique,” in IEEE International Conference on Advances in Electrical Engineering (ICAEE), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec. 17-19, 2015. (This paper received the Best Paper Award.)
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Moniruzzaman, M., and Tamtam, P., “Efficient Management of Renewable Solar Energy for Vehicular Applications,” in ISERD International Conference on Engineering, Technology, and Management (ICETM'15), Bangkok, Thailand, May 16, 2015. (This paper received the Excellent Paper Award.)
  • Yip, C.M. and Asaduzzaman, A., “A Promising CUDA-Accelerated Vehicular Area Network Simulator Using NS-3,” in 33rd IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Austin, TX, Dec. 5-7, 2014.
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Suryanarayana, V.R., and Rahman, M., “Performance-Power Analysis of H.265/HEVC and H.264/AVC Running on Multicore Cache Systems,” in 2013 International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS’13), Naha, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 12-15, 2013.
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Chaturvedula, S.R., and Pendse, R., “Folded Torus Based Power Aware Interconnection Topology for High-Performance Multicore Architecture,” in IASTED Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems (PDCS 2012), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Nov. 12-14, 2012.
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Joseph, A.R., Sibai, F.N., and Mohamed, N. “Cloud Computing: A Cloudy Future?,” in the Eighth International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (Innovations'12), Al Ain, UAE, Mar. 18-20, 2012.
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Mahgoub, I., and Sibai, F.N., “Evaluation of the Impact of Miss Table and Victim Caches in Parallel Embedded Systems,” in IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM-2010), Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 19-22, 2010.
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  • Asaduzzaman, A., Mahgoub, I., Sanigepalli, P., Kalva, H., Shankar, R., and Furht, B., “Cache Optimization for Mobile Devices Running Multimedia Applications,” in 6th IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia Software Engineering (ISMSE2004), Miami, Florida, Dec. 2004.

  • Asaduzzaman, A. and Mahgoub, I., “Evaluation of Application-Specific Multiprocessor Mobile System,” in International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS-2004), San Jose, California, July 2004.

  • Asaduzzaman, A., Mahgoub, I., and Yousif, M.S., “Memory Latency Evaluation in Cluster-Based Cache Coherent Multiprocessor with Different Network Topologies,” in (CATA-98, pp. 393-396) International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA), Honolulu, Hawaii, March 1998.