Research & Scholarship

The research and scholarly efforts of our faculty ensure that our students are educated in a vibrant and engaged environment. Recent research and scholarship projects are listed below.

Grants

Perugini, S. (Principal), Wright, D. J. (Co-Principal), Quill, L. L. (Co-Principal), Bowers, D. M. (Co-Principal), Cresencia, J. V. (Supporting), Mize, M. (Supporting). “Virtual Learning and Teaching Community.” Sponsored by Ohio Board of Regents and University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI), $20,000. (April 20, 2009 – April 29, 2011).

Seitzer, J. (Principal). “Evolving Structure using Hierarchical Genetic Algorithms.” Sponsored by LEADER Consortium - National Science Foundation Sub-Award, $4,944. (October 29, 2010 - December 31, 2011).

Sritharan, R. (Principal). “Problems on Structured Families of Graphs.” Sponsored by National Security Agency, $40,200. (January 2009 - January 2011).

Yao, Z. (Principal). “Understanding Nonstationary User Churn in Peer-to-Peer Networks.” Sponsored by The University of Dayton Research Council Seed Grants, $6,000. (May 16, 2010 - August 15, 2010).

Journal Articles

Abueida, A. A., Busch, A. H., Sritharan, R. (2010). A min-max theorem on a class of bipartite graphs and its applications. Graphs and Combinatorics, 26(3), 301-313. www.springerlink.com/content/0911-0119/

Perugini, S. (2010). Personalization by website transformation: Theory and practice. Information Processing and Management, 46 (3), 284-294.

Perugini, S. (2010). Supporting multiple paths to objects in information hierarchies: Faceted classification, faceted search, and symbolic links. Information Processing and Management, 46(1), 22-43.

Perugini, S., Ramakrishnan, N. (2010). Program transformations for information personalization. Computer Languages, Systems and Structures, 36 (3), 223-349.

Papers Published in Conference Proceedings

Buckley, J. P., Seitzer, J. (2010). Detecting Implicit Meta-Patterns in Relational Databases (pp. 162-164). Orlando, FL: The International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics: IMCIC 2010.

Busch, A. H., Dragan, F., Sritharan, R. (2010). In Weili Wu and Ovidiu Daescu (Ed.), New Min-Max Theorems for Weakly Chordal Graphs and Dually Chordal Graphs (vol. 6509, pp. 207-218). Kailua-Kona, HI: Proceedings of the 4th Annual International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. www.springerlink.com/content/978-3-642-17460-5/

Calvo, A., Seitzer, J. (2010). In International Institute of Informatics and Systemics (Ed.), MELEC: Meta-Level Evolutionary Composer (pp. 113-118). Orlando, FL: Proceedings of the 14th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI 2010).

Czajkowski, B., Seitzer, J. (2010). Here Today, Gone Today; ELEGE – Ephemeral Links – Encrypt, Glimpse, and Eliminate. In Seitzer, J. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Software Technology and Engineering (ICSTE 2010). San Juan, PR: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Software Technology and Engineering.

Eschen, E. M., Hoang, C. T., Spinrad, J. P., Sritharan, R. “Finding a sun in graphs.” 23rd Cumberland Conference on Graph Theory, Combinatorics, and Computing, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS. (May 20, 2010).

Seitzer, J. “Mining the Implicit Complete Graph of Knowledge Bases.” 21st Midwest Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science Conference (MAICS 2010), MAICS organization, Indiana University South Bend, Schaumburg, IL. (April 18, 2010).

Seitzer, J., Buckley, J. P., Babu-Chilaku, G. (2010). Mining the Implicit Complete Graph of Knowledge Bases (pp. 84-89). Schaumburg, IL: Proceedings of the 21st Midwest Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science Conference (MAICS 2010).

Yao, Z., Cline, D. B. H., Loguinov, D. (2010). In-Degree Dynamics of Large-Scale P2P Systems. New York City, NY: Third Workshop on Hot Topics in Measurement & Modeling of Computer Systems (HotMetrics’10).

Performances

Seitzer, J. “A Recital for Three Women’s Voices.” Christ Cathedral, Cincinnati, OH. (January 5, 2010).

Presentations

Buckley, J. P. “Detecting Implicit Meta-Patterns in Relational Databases.” The International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics, and Cybernetics, Orlando, FL. (April 8, 2010).

Busch, A. H., Dragan, F., Sritharan, R. “Distance-k Matchings in Weakly Chordal and Dually Chordal Graphs.” Discrete Mathematics Seminar, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO. (March 1, 2010).

Busch, A. H., Dragan, F., Sritharan, R. “New Min-Max Theorems for Weakly Chordal Graphs and Dually Chordal Graphs and a New Class of Hypergraphs.” 4th International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications, University of Texas at Dallas, Kailua-Kona, HI. (December 1, 2010).

Eschen, E. M., Hoang, C. T., Spinrad, J. P., Sritharan, R. “Finding a sun in building-free graphs.” 15th Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Conference on Discrete Mathematics, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Austin, TX. (June 14, 2010).

Seitzer, J. “Computer Science Session 1.” 14th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics: WMSCI 2010, International Institute of Informatics and Systemics, Orlando, FL. (July 1, 2010).

Seitzer, J. “Cyber UD -- Five Online Resources You Need to Know at University of Dayton.” First Lecture Series of the 2010 New Student Orientation, First Lecture Series of the 2010 New Student Orientation, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH. (August 23, 2010).

Seitzer, J. “Extreme Programming -- the new SW Engineering.” Guest Lecturer Software Engineering Class - University of Cincinnati, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. (June 23, 2010).

Seitzer, J. “Hierarchical Genetic Algorithms.” 6th Annual Dayton Engineering Sciences Symposium, American Society of Mechanical Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton, OH. (October 25, 2010).

Yao, Z. “In-Degree Dynamics of Large-Scale P2P Systems.” The 3rd Workshop on Hot Topics in Measurement & Modeling of Computer Systems (HotMetrics), New York, NY. (June 18, 2010).