CAPPLab

Welcome to the Computer Architecture and Parallel Programming Laboratory (CAPPLab) at 黑洞社区. CAPPLab has been selected as an NVIDIA GPU Research Center.

Key Objectives:

Conduct research in computer systems, data analysis, and associated domains.

Teach computer architecture, parallel programming, machine learning, and related topics.

Director:

Dr. Abu Asaduzzaman (Zaman), Professor

 

Selected Publications

Journal Articles:

  • Sibai, F.N., Asaduzzaman, A., and El-Moursy, A., 鈥淐haracterization and Machine Learning Classification of AI and PC Workloads,鈥� accepted in IEEE Access, June 2024.
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Thompson, C.C., and Uddin, M.J., "Improving CADx System Performance for Skin Disease Detection using Ensemble Machine Learning Models," in IEEE TechRxiv, May 02, 2024, DOI: 10.36227/techrxiv.171467652.28972099/v1.
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Uddin, M.R., and Sibai, F.N., "Dimensionality Reduction by Machine Learning for Cost-Effective Data Analysis," in IEEE TechRxiv, April 17, 2024, DOI: 10.36227/techrxiv.171332281.12206851/v1.
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Thompson, C.C., and Uddin, M.J., 鈥淢achine Learning Approaches for Skin Neoplasm Diagnosis,鈥� in Biology bioRxiv, May 12, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.12.593773.
  • Sibai, F., Asaduzzaman, A., and Elmoursy, A., 鈥�3D Layout of the Spidergon-Donut On-Chip Interconnection Network,鈥� in Inderscience Int. J. of High-Performance Systems Architecture (IJHPSA), Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 137-147, Apr. 2023.
  • 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 (TCBB), Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 2272-2283, Aug. 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TCBB.2021.3066591.
  • Uddin, M.J., Crews, B.C., Oltman, C.G., Lo, J.H.-J., Huda, T., Liu, J., Kingsley, P.J., Lin, S., Milad, M., Aleem, A.M., Asaduzzaman, A., McIntyre, J.O., Duvall, C.L., and Marnett, L.J., 鈥淒iscovery of a Redox-Activatable Chemical Probe for Detection of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Cells and Animals,鈥� in Journal: ACS Chemical Biology, Vol. 17, No. 7, pp. 1714鈥�1722, July 2022.
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Mazumder, S., and Selinas, S., 鈥淎 Promising Security-Aware Architecture for Near Field Communication,鈥� in Inderscience International Journal of Security and Networks (IJSN), Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 98-107, 2018.
  • Chidella, K.K. and Asaduzzaman, A., 鈥淎 Novel Wireless Network-on-Chip Architecture with Distributed Directory for Faster Execution and Minimal Energy,鈥� in Elsevier Journal of Computers and Electrical Engineering, Vol. 65, pp. 18-31, 2018. 
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Chidella, K.K., and Vardha, D., 鈥淎n Energy-Efficient Directory Based Multicore Architecture with Wireless Routers to Minimize the Communication Latency,鈥� 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., 鈥淎n Eye Blinking Password Based Liveness Monitoring System to Improve the Detection of Video Spoofing,鈥� in Journal of Mechatronics, Electrical, and Computer Technology (IJMEC), Vol. 5, No. 17, pp. 2398-2407, Oct. 2015.
  • Asaduzzaman, A. and Gunasekara, G.H., 鈥淧ower and Performance Analysis of Multimedia Applications Running on Low-Power Devices by Cache Modeling,鈥� 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., 鈥淎 Novel Folded-Torus Based Network Architecture for Power-Aware Multicore Systems,鈥� 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., 鈥淪tudy of Hydrophilic Electrospun Nanofiber Membranes for Filtration of Micro and Nanosize Suspended Particles,鈥� 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., 鈥淥n level-1 cache locking for high-performance low-power real-time multicore systems,鈥� in Elsevier Journal of Computers & Electrical Engineering (COMPELECENG), Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 1333-1345, May 2013.
  • Asaduzzaman, A. and Gunasekara, G.H., 鈥淎 Way Cache Locking Scheme Supported by Knowledge Based Smart Preload Effective for Low-Power Multicore Electronics,鈥� in Journal of Low Power Electronics (JOLPE), Vol. 8, No. 5, pp. 552-564(13), Dec. 2012.

  • Asaduzzaman, A., Sibai, F.N., and Rani, M., 鈥淚mproving Cache Locking Performance of Modern Embedded Systems via the Addition of a Miss Table at the L2 Cache Level,鈥� 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., 鈥淐ache Modeling and Optimization for Portable Devices Running MPEG-4 Video Decoder,鈥� 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., 鈥淓valuation of memory latency in cluster-based cache-coherent multiprocessor systems with different interconnection topologies,鈥� in Elsevier Journal of Computers & Electrical Engineering (COMPELECENG), Vol. 26, Issue 3-4, pp. 207-220, 2000.

Conference Papers:

  • Asaduzzaman, A. and Campbell, D., 鈥淭ensorFlow Batch Size Tuning for Parallel Optimization,鈥� under preparation, IEEE Conference, 2024.

  • Asaduzzaman, A. and Campbell, D., 鈥淚mpact of Computer Graphics Interfaces in High-Level Programming Languages,鈥� under preparation, IEEE Conference, 2024.

  • Asaduzzaman, A., Telikepalli, V. S. P. T., and Uddin, M.R., 鈥淧erformance Analysis of C and Python Parallel Implementations on a Multicore System Using Particle Simulation,鈥� in IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Data Sciences and Applications (ACDSA), Victoria, Seychelles, 2024.

  • Asaduzzaman, A., D鈥橲ouza, D., Uddin, M.R., and Woldeyes, Y., 鈥淚ncrease Security by Analyzing Password Strength using Machine Learning,鈥� in IEEE Joint International Conference on Digital Arts, Media and Technology with ECTI Northern Section Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering (ECTI DAMT & NCON), Thailand, 2024, pp. 32-37.

  • Uddin, M. R., Asaduzzaman, A., Le, K., and Medarametla, R.R., 鈥淰oice Activated Edge Devices Using Tiny Machine Learning Enabled Microcontroller,鈥� in IEEE Green Technologies (GreenTech) Conference, Springdale, Arkansas, 2024.

  • Asaduzzaman, A., Mercer, L., Uddin, M.R., and Woldeyes, Y., 鈥淢odeling and Analyzing Wind Velocity at Entrance Doors to Avoid Accidents,鈥� in IEEE High Performance Extreme Computing Conference (HPEC-2023), Boston, USA (Virtual), Sept. 25- 29, 2023.

  • Sibai, F.N, Asaduzzaman, A., and Sibai, A., 鈥淎 Comparative Study of Machine Learning Methods for Intrusion Detection,鈥� in IEEE International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ICEEE-2023), Istanbul, Turkey, May 8-10, 2023.

  • Asaduzzaman, A., Jojigiri, S., Sabu, T., and Tailam, S., 鈥淪tudying Execution Time and Memory Transfer Time of Image Processing Using GPU Cards,鈥� 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., 鈥淪mart Disaster Management using Software-Defined Unmanned Aerial Systems,鈥� in IEEE ComSoc Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC-2021), Virtual Conference, USA, Jan. 9-12, 2021.
  • Asaduzzaman, A. and Gupta, D., 鈥淕eospatial Cyberinfrastructure for Regional Economic Growth,鈥� 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., 鈥淪hared Entry Logger to Eliminate Duplicate Requests to SDN Controller,鈥� in IEEE Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC), Las Vegas, Nevada, Jan. 7-9, 2019.
  • Almohaimeed, A. and Asaduzzaman, A., 鈥淚ncorporating Monitoring Points in SDN to Ensure Trusted Links Against Misbehaving Traffic Flows,鈥� 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., 鈥淚mpact of Non-Uniform Subnets on Wireless Network-on-Chip Performance,鈥� in IEEE Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC), Las Vegas, Nevada, Jan. 7-9, 2019.
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Mashhadi, F., and Rani, M., 鈥淎pplying Learner-Centered Project-Oriented Approach to Enhance STEM Education Experience 鈥� A Case Study,鈥� 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., 鈥淎 Computer-Assisted Mammography Technique for Analyzing Breast Cancer,鈥� in IEEE International Conference on Advances in Electrical Engineering (ICAEE), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sept. 28-30, 2017.
  • Chidella, K.K. and Asaduzzaman, A., 鈥淧rior Detection of Explosives to Defeat Tragic Attacks using Knowledge Based Sensor Networks,鈥� in IEEE Green Technologies Conference (GreenTech), Denver, CO, Mar. 29-31, 2017.
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Mazumder, S., Salinas, S., and Mridha, M.F. 鈥淎 Security-Aware Near Field Communication Architecture,鈥� in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Networking, Systems and Security (NSysS), BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Jan. 5-8, 2017.
  • Asaduzzaman, A. and Chidella, K.K., 鈥淎 Novel Directory Based Hybrid Cache Coherence Protocol for Shared Memory Multiprocessors,鈥� in IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology (PAST), Boston, Massachusetts, Oct. 18-21, 2016.
  • Asaduzzaman, A. and Asmatulu, R., 鈥淎 Learner-Centered Computational Experience in Nanotechnology for STEM Students,鈥� in IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC鈥�16), Princeton University, New Jersey, March 5, 2016.
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Mummidi, A., Mridha, M.F., and Sibai, F.N., 鈥淚mproving Facial Recognition Accuracy by Applying Liveness Monitoring Technique,鈥� 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., 鈥淓fficient Management of Renewable Solar Energy for Vehicular Applications,鈥� 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., 鈥淎 Promising CUDA-Accelerated Vehicular Area Network Simulator Using NS-3,鈥� in 33rd IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Austin, TX, Dec. 5-7, 2014.
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Suryanarayana, V.R., and Rahman, M., 鈥淧erformance-Power Analysis of H.265/HEVC and H.264/AVC Running on Multicore Cache Systems,鈥� in 2013 International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS鈥�13), Naha, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 12-15, 2013.
  • Asaduzzaman, A., Chaturvedula, S.R., and Pendse, R., 鈥淔olded Torus Based Power Aware Interconnection Topology for High-Performance Multicore Architecture,鈥� 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. 鈥淐loud Computing: A Cloudy Future?,鈥� 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., 鈥淓valuation of the Impact of Miss Table and Victim Caches in Parallel Embedded Systems,鈥� 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., 鈥淐ache Optimization for Mobile Devices Running Multimedia Applications,鈥� in 6th IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia Software Engineering (ISMSE2004), Miami, Florida, Dec. 2004.

  • Asaduzzaman, A. and Mahgoub, I., 鈥淓valuation of Application-Specific Multiprocessor Mobile System,鈥� 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., 鈥淢emory Latency Evaluation in Cluster-Based Cache Coherent Multiprocessor with Different Network Topologies,鈥� in (CATA-98, pp. 393-396) International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA), Honolulu, Hawaii, March 1998.

Selected Grants

  • Principal Investigator (PI); 鈥淧rescreening Data Analysis for Mobile Dental Clinics,鈥� awarded, Vera Healthcare; total $71,425 for six months (my share is $42,855). Co-PIs from 黑洞社区: John Watkins and Visvakumar Aravinthan, 11/2023鈥�05/2024.

  • Recipient; travel grant to attend the NSF CISE Education and Workforce (EWF) Aspiring PI (API) Summit in Atlanta, GA, June 21-22, 2023 (registration, hotel, airfare, and meals will be reimbursed by NSF, estimated total $1,800, 2023.

  • PI; 鈥淏usiness Analyses of Network Architecture on Exascale Machines using PETSc,鈥� funded by the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) Faculty Research Participant program for research at ANL; total $54,800 (two students are supported), 2023.

  • PI; 鈥淓xpand PETSc Library to Support Data-Intensive Real-Time Simulation,鈥� awarded by the Argonne National Laboratory Exascale Computing Project (ECP) Co-Design Center for Online Data Analysis and Reduction (CODAR); total $43,815 (one student to support) for one year, 2022-2023.

  • PI; 鈥淣etwork Application Modeling and Simulation on Exascale Machines,鈥� funded by the Department of Energy Exascale Computing Project (ECP) via Sustainable Research Pathways for High-Performance Computing (SRP-HPC) program for research at the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL); total $53,300 (two students are supported), 2022.

  • PI; 鈥淥pen2C framework and OpenSoC Fabric to build up a communication-aware level-2 cache controller,鈥� awarded by the Department of Energy Visiting Faculty Program (VFP 鈥� Faculty and VFP 鈥� Student) via Sustainable Research Pathways (SRP) for research at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; total $48,000 (two students are supported), 2020-2021.

  • PI; "A Real-Time Imaging System to Assist Surgical Procedures," 黑洞社区 Research/Creative Projects Award (URCA); total $4,500 for one year, 2019-2020.
  • PI; 鈥淗igh Performance Computing at Low (Room) Temperature,鈥� CybertronPC; total $10,000 for one year (includes hardware donation), 2016-2017.
  • PI; 鈥淣VIDIA GPU Research Center at Wichita State,鈥� 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; 鈥淐ollaborative Research: NetApp NFS Connector for Apache Spark Systems,鈥� NetApp, Inc.; total $60,000 ($49,828 for PI) for nine months, 2015-2016. (Co-PI: Tonya Witherspoon, 黑洞社区.)
  • PI; 鈥淎n Empirical Application of High-Performance Pattern Recognition and Protein Binding to Treat Cancer,鈥� 黑洞社区 Flossie E. West Memorial Foundation; total $24,984 for one year, 2014-2015.
  • PI; 鈥淒iscovering CUDA-Accelerated New Programming Paradigm to Address the Growing Low-Power High Performance Computing Requirements,鈥� 黑洞社区 University Research/Creative Projects Award; total $4,498 for one year, 2014-2015.
  • PI; 鈥淎 novel task and data regrouping based parallel approach to solve massive problems faster on multithreaded computing systems,鈥� Kansas NSF EPSCoR First Award; total $105,296 for 15 months, 2013-2014.
  • PI; 鈥淐UDA Teaching Center at 黑洞社区;鈥� NVIDIA Corporation; total $7,702 (hardware plus money) for one year, 2012-2013.

Selected Projects

  • Improved Pet Tracking Tool: CAPPLab collaborated with the , previously known as Spay Neuter Kansas City (SNKC), to research, evaluate, and improve a technology used by the clinic to track animals.
  • CAPPLab Solar Energy Project: CAPPLab students to debut solar car on Earth Day. The solar energy project was well recognized by the Green Group at 黑洞社区.

Selected Presentations

  • Abu Asaduzzaman, "Next Generation Information Processing: A Collaborative Approach," at the BUET Institute of Information and Communication Technology () on May 21, 2022, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Link: .
  • Abu Asaduzzaman, 鈥淗igh Performance Computing, Machine Learning, and Big Data Analytics for Common Good,鈥� at the on Jan. 14, 2020, Nara, Japan.

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