Final Reports from the Participants of the
Collaborative Research Experience for Undergraduates (CREU) Program


2007-2008     2006-2007     2005-2006     2004-2005     2003-2004     2002-2003

2001-2002     2000-2001     1999-2000     1998-1999



Projects for the year 2003-2004

Project Student
Researchers
Advisor Institution Abstract Final
Reports
Project
Websites
Using Tree Histories to Speed Up Tree-space Exploration Reshmi Nath,
Julie Albrecht
Marty J. Wolf Bemidji State University    
Using Style Information to Improve OCR Accuracy Penny Garrison,
Dianne Davis
Elisa Barney Smith,
Tim Anderson
Boise State University  
Detection, Segmentation, and Tracking Algorithms for Analysis of Thermal Video of Bats Diane Hirsh,
Bonnie Marko
Margrit Betke Boston University  
Greeted by the Future: Tour Guide Robot Catherine Chiu,
Ioana Butoi,
Darby Thompson
Douglas Bank,
Deepak Kumar
Bryn Mawr College  
Data Clustering With Spiking Neurons Valeria Belmonti,
Marina Kogan
Natacha Gueorguieva City University of New York/College of Staten Island  
Automating Rendering of ASL Signs Tahseen Basheerddin,
Irena Svidovsky
John McDonald,
Jacob Furst
DePaul University  
Evaluating the Impacts of Internet Dynamism on UDDI Mechanisms and Frameworks for Web Services Georgina Saez,
Amy Silvas
M. Brian Blake Georgetown University  
Using Grid-based Computing to investigate "First Principle" Characteristics of Gene Regulatory Networks Melissa Copley,
Katherine Lee
Greg Wolffe Grand Valley State University  
Development of a Bluetooth Simulator for Undergraduate Research and Education Merina Kansakar,
Phuong Anh Thi Loi
Steven Case Minnesota State University - Mankato  
Hands-On Computer Security Laboratories: Implementation and Experimentation Mischel Levine,
Arnetta Kelly
Cynthia Cicalese,
Beryl Hoffman
Marymount University    
JDNS: Java DNS server Malinda Dunckley,
Jennifer Miller
Dr. Jody Paul,
Dr. Steven Beaty
Metropolitan State College of Denver  
Visualization Tools for Teaching and Learning Computer Architecture and Organization Amber Nixon,
Samah Aboughalyoun,
Donna Williamson
Xiaohong Yuan North Carolina A & T State University  
Neural Network Part-of-Speech Tagger for the Arabic Language Ashley Johnson,
Dina Suehirs
Shareen Khoja Pacific University  
Black Box Combinatorial Optimization for Genomic Problems Judy Cota-Robles,
Raya Budrevich
Bart Massey,
Pavel Sumazin
Portland State University  
Topology-Based Balanced Search Tree Mehwish Ahtashan,
Tuong-Van Vu
Silvia Figueira Santa Clara University  
Women Computer Science Majors and Lego Mindstorms: A Winning Combination for Attracting High Instution Girls to Computer Science? Alina Khouri,
Maggie Terry Jaqueline Zamora
Florence Appel,
Jean Mehta
Saint Xavier University  
Model-Driven Synthesis of Embedded Robotic Navigation Systems Bina Shah,
Rachael Dennison
Jeff Gray University of Alabama - Birmingham  
Change Detection in Lakes Using Satellite Imagery Wenjin Zhou,
Yee Won Lee
Ashok Samal University of Nebraska-Lincoln    
Dominating Sets in Graphs Rachel Saylor,
Ashlee Byrd
William Klostermeyer University of North Florida  
Constructing a Theoretical Machines Website: An Agile Software Generation and Maintenance Experience. Brenda Aldine,
Darlene Banta,
Carolyn Smart
John Biedler University of Scranton  
Voice-Controlled PDA User Interface for Field Data Collection Annette Arrigucci,
Roxanne Martinez
Steve Roach University of Texas - El Paso    
Minimum-Energy Broadcast Cover Problem Sarah Caruthers,
Anissa St. Pierre,
Parissa Agah Tashkand
Dr. Ulrike Stege,
Valerie King
University of Victoria - Canada    
Improving Students' Understanding of Parameter Passing Methods in a Programming Languages Course Jessica Gowey,
Orjola Kajo
Tom Naps University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh