Recent Research Funding

Highlights of major research funding secured by Computer Science Department Faculty

Hamid Karimi

Hamid Karimi, Assistant Professor (PI and Co-PI)

  • Title: Learning Analytics for Process-driven Computer Programming Assignments
         Role: Principal Investigator
         Amount: $349,847
         Duration: October 1, 2023 - September 30, 2026 (estimated)
         Funding Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF)

  • Title: Collaborative Research: BPE Track 2: Disability DCL - Capturing Narratives that Characterize Neurodivergent Strengths and Weaknesses
         Role: Co-Principal Investigator
         Amount: $186,754 Dr. Karimi; $373,508 total
         Duration: July 15, 2023 - June 30, 2026
         Funding Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF)

  • Title: A Smart Toolkit for Knowledge Brokers to Visualize Social Opportunity Spaces
          Role: Principal Investigator of Subaward
          Subaward Amount: $74,000 (Interdisciplinary project amount: $2M)
          Duration: November 2021 - November 2024 
          Funding Organization: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

John Edwards

John Edwards, Assistant Professor (Principal Investigator)

  • Title: How Novices Write Code: Discovering Best Practices and How They Can Be Adopted
          Amount: $223,468
          Duration: September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2026 (estimated)
          Funding Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF)

  • Title: Dynamics Lab: Interactive Physics Simulations for Intermediate Classical Mechanics
          Amount: $299,649
          Duration: February 1, 2023 - January 31, 2026
          Funding Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF)

Isaac Cho

Isaac Cho, Assistant Professor (PI and Co-PI)

  • Title: A Visualization System Prototype for LOcalized Constructed Analogs 2 (LOCA2)
          Role: Principal Investigator
          Amount: $46,608.57
          Duration: August, 2023 - July 2024
          Funding Organization: U.S. Department of Energy

  • Title: Real-D Visualization Tool Installation
          Role: Principal Investigator
          Amount: $88,901
          Duration: November, 2022 - October, 2023
          Funding Organization: Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

  • Title: Contractor Support for Real-D Visualization Tool Installation
          Role: Lead Principal Investigator
          Amount: $88,900
          Duration: July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023
          Funding Organization: Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

  • Title: Real-Time Analysis with Visual Analytics for Enhanced Decision-Making and Situational Awareness in Modern Power System
          Role: Co-Principal Investigator
          Amount: $78,114 USU; $299,237 total
          Duration: July 1, 2021 - September 30, 2022
          Funding Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF)
          Collaborators: The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Shah Muhammad Hamdi

Shah Muhammad Hamdi, Assistant Professor (Principal Investigator)

  • Title: SHINE: Understanding the Relationships of Photospheric Vector Magnetic Field Parameters in Solar Flare Occurences using Graph-based Machine Learning Models
          Amount: $437,703
          Duration: June 1, 2023 - May 31, 2026 (estimated)
          Funding Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF)

  • Title: CRII: OAC: Cyberinfrastructure for Machine Learning on Multivariate Time Series Data and Functional Networks
          Subaward Amount: $174,984 (USU portion: $132,965)
          Duration: June 1, 2022 - May 31, 2024
          Funding Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF)

Soukaina Filali Boubrahimi

Soukaina Filali Boubrahimi, Assistant Professor (Principal Investigator)

  • Title: CAREER: End-to-End Active Region-based Heliospheric Forecasting System Using Multi-Spacecraft Data and Machine Learning
          Amount: $691,972
          Duration: April 1, 2023 - March 31, 2028 (estimated)
          Funding Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grant

  • Title: Combining Physics and Machine Learning-based Models for Full-Energy-Range Solar Energetic Particles Events Prediction
          Amount: $527,129
          Duration: July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2025
          Funding Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF) Solar Terrestrial program

Xiaojun Qi

Xiaojun Qi, Professor (Co-Principal Investigator)

  • Title: NSF Convergence Accelerator Track H: Automating Transportation Affordances for People Living with Disabilities Using a Machine Learning Approach
          Amount: $749,996
          Duration: December 15, 2022 - November 30, 2023 (estimated)
          Funding Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF) ITE Innovation and Technology Ecosystems

  • Title: Exploring the Feasibility and Accuracy of Low-Cost LiDAR Technology for Traffic Monitoring
          Amount: $50,000
          Duration: April 14, 2021 – December 31, 2022
          Funding Organization: Utah Department of Transportation

Steve Petruzza

Steve Petruzza, Assistant Professor (USU Principal Investigator)

  • Title: Collaborative Research: SHF: Small: Scalable and Extensible I/O Runtime and Tools for Next Generation Adaptive Data Layouts
          Amount: $299,687 USU; $600,000 total
          Duration: July 15, 2022 - June 30, 2025
          Funding Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF)

Mario Harper

Mario Harper, Assistant Professor (USU Co-Principal Investigator)

  • Title: UNDERMS iCommunity: Utility Managed Distributed Energy Resources Intelligent Community
          Amount: $227,704 USU; $1,540,786; $7.9 M total
          Duration: 2022 - 2027
          Funding Organization: U.S. Department of Energy

Shuhan Yuan

Shuhan Yuan, Assistant Professor (Principal Investigator)

  • Title: SaTC: CORE: Small: Deep Learning for Insider Threat Detection
          Amount: $498,618
          Duration: June 1, 2021 – May 31, 2024
          Funding Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF) Secure & Trustworthy                                                                                    Cyberspace

Mahdi Al-Ameen

Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Assistant Professor (PI and Co-PI)

  • Title: SaTC: CORE: Medium: Collaborative: BaitBuster 2.0: Keeping Users Away From Clickbait
          Role: Lead Principal Investigator
          Amount: $899,714 (USU-part: $314,963)
          Duration: July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2024
          REU award: $16,000
          Funding Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF) Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace
          Contact: mahdi.al-ameen@usu.edu

  • Title: Understanding the Digital Privacy of the Rural Women in Bangladesh
          Role: Co-Principal Investigator
          Amount: $100,000
          Duration: 2021 - 2022
          Funding Organization: Facebook
          Collaborators: University of Toronto and Cornell University
          Contact: mahdi.al-ameen@usu.edu

Stephen Clyde

Stephen Clyde, Emeritus Associate Professor (Co-Principal Investigator)

  • Title: Providing HiTrack and CHARMS Support for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
          Amount: $201,700
          Duration: Fall 2020 - 2024
          Funding Organization: Utah Department of Health

Vladimir Kulyukin

Vladimir Kulyukin, Associate Professor (Co-Principal Investigator)

  • Title: Mobile Instructional Particle Image Velocimetry (mI-PIV): Hands-on Flow Visualization and Experimentation for Improved Student Interest and Technical Capacity in Navy-relevant Engineering Careers
          Amount: $799,438
          Duration: Sept 01, 2018 – August 31, 2021

Curtis Dyreson

Curtis Dyreson, Professor (Principal Investigator)

  • Title: ABI Development: Collaborative Research: Symbiota2: Enabling greater collaboration and flexibility for mobilizing biodiversity data
          Amount: $283,231
          Duration: June 01, 2018 – May 31, 2021
          Funding Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF)