Faculty Work
This collection contains works by faculty and staff in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Northern Iowa.
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Submissions from 2025
A Comparison of Deep Neural Network Compression for Citizen-Driven Tick and Mosquito Surveillance, Yichao Liu, Emmanuel Dufourq, Peter Fransson, and Joacim Rocklöv
Can a Smartwatch Tell if you are Brushing your Teeth Correctly?, Dheryta Jaisinghani, William Spielbauer, Marina Avdonina, and Noah Britten
Confidential Data Storage, Sarah Diesburg
Curriculum for a Comprehensive Statewide In-Service CS Teacher Training Program, Sarah Diesburg, J. Ben Schafer, and Briana B. Morrison
Deep Tracks: Using Deep Learning and Procedurally Simulated Data for Automated Vertebrate Footprints Classification, Carolina S. Marques, Afonso Mota, Matteo Belvedere, Diego Castanera, Ignacio Díaz-Martínez, Elisabete Malafaia, Soraia Pereira, Luís Miguel Rosalino, and Vanda F. Santos
Edge and Serverless Computing for the Next Generation of Ad Hoc Networks, Sourav Kanti Addya, Shantanu Pal, Anurag Satpathy, and Dheryta Jaisinghani
Optimization in Hyperbolic Space - Applications to Drug-Target Interaction Prediction, Aleksandar Poleksic
Teaching and Learning Programming, Sarah Diesburg and Ben Schafer
Transactions on Pattern Languages of Programming V, Eugene Wallingford, Uwe Zdun, and Christian Kohls
Utilizing Comprehensive Biological Network to Improve Accuracy of Computational Drug Repurposing, Aleksandar Poleksic
Working Group Report: Developing a Playbook of Equitable Grading Practices, Stephen H. Edwards, David L. Largent, Ben Schafer, Debarati Basu, Amy Csizmar Dalal, Dan Garcia, Brian Harrington, Kevin Lin, Dan S. Myers, Christian Roberson, Giulia Toti, and Brett Wortzman
Submissions from 2024
Detection and Monitoring of Stress Using Wearables: A Systematic Review, Anuja Pinge, Vinaya Gad, Dheryta Jaisinghani, Surjya Ghosh, and Sougata Sen
Developing a Playbook of Equitable Grading Practices, Stephen H. Edwards, David L. Largent, Ben Schafer, Debarati Basu, Amy Csizmar Dalal, Dan Garcia, Brian Harrington, Kevin Lin, Dan S. Myers, Christian Roberson, Giulia Toti, and Brett Wortzman
Fast Dual-Regularized Autoencoder for Sparse Biological Data, Aleksandar Poleksic
iMat:A Non-Intrusive and Low Cost Sleep Posture Estimation Mat, Ramandeep Singh, Nishtha Phutela, and Dheryta Jaisinghani
mTanaaw: A System for Assessment and Analysis of Mental Health with Wearables, Anuja Pinge, Dheryta Jaisinghani, Surjya Ghosh, Aditya Challa, and Sougata Sen
Poster: Automated Tooth Brushing Detection Using Smartwatch, Blake Schleter, Marina Avdonina, Rishiraj Adhikary, Dheryta Jaisinghani, and Sougata Sen
Tracking People Across Ultra Populated Indoor Spaces by Matching Unreliable Wi-Fi Signals with Disconnected Video Feeds, Hai Truong, Dheryta Jaisinghani, Shubham Jain, Arunesh Sinha, Jeong Gil Ko, and Rajesh Balan
Submissions from 2023
Brief Announcement: Understanding Self-stabilizing Node-Capacitated Overlay Networks Through Simulation, Winfred Afeaneku, Andrew Berns, Weston Kuchenberg, Sara Leisinger, and Cedric Liu
Hyperbolic Matrix Factorization Improves Prediction Of Drug-Target Associations, Aleksandar Poleksic
IoT In The Air: Thread-Enabled Flying IoT Network For Indoor Environments, Dheryta Jaisinghani, Tanzeel Ur Rehman, Ryan Mulkey, and Andrew Berns
Packets-To-Prediction: An Unobtrusive Mechanism For Identifying Coarse-Grained Sleep Patterns With Wifi Mac Layer Traffic, Dheryta Jaisinghani and Nishtha Phutela
Real-Time Measurement of Mold and Core Quality in Chemically Bonded Sands, Nathaniel C. Bryant, Jacob L. O’Dell, Joshua I. Kowalsky, and Gerard R. Thiel
Scaling Up To A Statewide Network For CS Teacher Preparation By Introducing AEA Community Of Practice Partnerships, Sarah Diesburg and J. Ben Schafer
Submissions from 2022
Creating A High Quality, High Impact CS Teacher Prep Program, J. Ben Schafer and J. Philip East
Ml-Based Device-Agnostic Human Activity Detection With Wifi Sniffer Traffic, Harshit Grover, Dheryta Jaisinghani, Nishtha Phutela, and Shivani Mittal
Unlock Me: A Real-World Driven Smartphone Game To Stimulate Covid-19 Awareness, Nishtha Phutela, Atluri Nikhitha Chowdary, Shreyansh Anchlia, Dheryta Jaisinghani, and Goldie Gabrani
Submissions from 2021
Adapt: An Auxiliary Storage Data Path Toolkit, Weisu Wang, Christopher Meyers, Robert Roy, Sarah Diesburg, and An I.Andy Wang
Applications And Implications Of A General Framework For Self-Stabilizing Overlay Networks, Andrew Berns
Brief Announcement: Network Scaffolding For Efficient Stabilization Of The Chord Overlay Network, Andrew Berns
Overcoming Sparseness Of Biomedical Networks To Identify Drug Repositioning Candidates, Aleksandar Poleksic
Rely: Machine Learning For Ultra-Reliable, Low-Latency Messaging In Industrial Robots, Kunal Sankhe, Dheryta Jaisinghani, and Kaushik Chowdhury
Teaching The Methods Of Teaching CS, Michelle Friend, Anne Leftwich, J. Ben Schafer, Beth Simon, and Briana B. Morrison
Topic Modeling As A Tool For Analyzing Library Chat Transcripts, Hyun Seung Koh and Mark Fienup
Submissions from 2020
Heterogeneous Multi-Layered Network Model for Omics Data Integration and Analysis, Bohyun Lee, Shuo Zhang, Aleksandar Poleksic, and Lei Xie
Scored Out Of 10: Experiences With Binary Grading Across The Curriculum, Andrew Berns
Submissions from 2019
Database Of Adverse Events Associated With Drugs And Drug Combinations, Aleksandar Poleksic and Lei Xie
Identifying Student Misconceptions Of Programming, Lisa C. Kaczmarczyk, Elizabeth R. Petrick, J. Philip East, and Geoffrey L. Herman
Preface, James Noble, Eugene Wallingford, and Uwe Zdun
Submissions from 2018
Evaluating Elementary Student Interaction With Ubiquitous Touch Projection Technology, Sarah M. DIesburg, C. Adam Feldhaus, Coved Oswald, Cole Boudreau, and Beau Brown
Predicting Serious Rare Adverse Reactions Of Novel Chemicals, Aleksandar Poleksic and Lei Xie
Submissions from 2017
Mining FDA Resources To Compute Population-Specific Frequencies Of Adverse Drug Reactions, Aleksandar Poleksic, Carson Turner, Rishabh Dalal, Paul Gray, and Lei Xie
Submissions from 2016
Improved Genome-Scale Multi-Target Virtual Screening Via A Novel Collaborative Filtering Approach To Cold-Start Problem, Hansaim Lim, Paul Gray, Lei Xie, and Aleksandar Poleksic
Is Your Data Gone? Measuring User Perceptions Of Deletion, S. Diesburg, C. A. Feldhaus, M. Al Fardan, J. Schlicht, and N. Ploof
Large-Scale Off-Target Identification Using Fast And Accurate Dual Regularized One-Class Collaborative Filtering And Its Application To Drug Repurposing, Hansaim Lim, Aleksandar Poleksic, Yuan Yao, Hanghang Tong, Di He, Luke Zhuang, Patrick Meng, and Lei Xie
Large-ScaleOff-Target IdentificationUsing Fast and Accurate Dual Regularized OneClass Collaborative Filtering and Its Application to Drug Repurposing, Hansaim Lim, Alexsandar Poleksic, Yuan Yao, Hanghang Tong, Di He, Luke Zhuang, Patrick Meng, and Lei Xie
Trueerase: Leveraging An Auxiliary Data Path For Per-File Secure Deletion, Sarah Diesburg, Christopher Meyers, Mark Stanovich, An I.Andy Wang, and Geoff Kuenning
Submissions from 2015
A polynomial time algorithm for computing the area under a GDT curve, Aleksandar Poleksic
A Polynomial Time Algorithm For Computing The Area Under A GDT Curve, Aleksandar Poleksic
Building High Integrity Applications with SPARK, John W. McCormick and Peter C. Chapin
Towards A Better Measure Of Protein 3D Model Quality, Aleksandar Poleksic
Submissions from 2014
Utilizing Twilight Zone Sequence Similarities To Increase The Accuracy Of Protein 3D Structure Comparison, Aleksandar Poleksic, Paul Gray, and B.
Submissions from 2013
Creating Your Master Mind: Personal And Professional Development Through Mastermind Groups, Benjamin Arnold, Lucas Friedrichsen, and Mo Nishiyama
Human Performance With Multiple Devices Influencing A Single Cursor, Stephen Hughes, Cody Bardell, and J. Ben Schafer
Improved Algorithms For Matching R-Separated Sets With Applications To Protein Structure Alignment, Aleksandar Poleksic
On The Difference In Quality Between Current Heuristic And Optimal Solutions To The Protein Structure Alignment Problem, Mauricio Arriagada and Aleksandar Poleksic
On the Difference in Quality between Current Heuristic and Optimal Solutions to the Protein Structure Alignment Problem, Mauricio Arriagada and Aleksandar Poleksic
Preface, James Noble, Ralph Johnson, Uwe Zdun, and Eugene Wallingford
Slaying The Desktop Management Dragon With Configuration Manager 2012, Benjamin Arnold
Submissions from 2012
Lidar Data Reduction Using Vertex Decimation And Processing With GPGPU And Multicore CPU Technology, Dossay Oryspayev, Ramanathan Sugumaran, John DeGroote, and Paul Gray
On Complexity Of Protein Structure Alignment Problem Under Distance Constraint, Aleksandar Poleksic
Protein Structure Alignment In Subquadratic Time, Aleksandar Poleksic
Protein Structure Alignment: Is There Room For Improvement?, Mauricio Arriagada and Aleksandar Poleksic
Visualizing Protein Structural Superpositions And Alignments With Structalignviewer, Harald Kattnig and Aleksandar Poleksic
Books from 2011
Building Parallel, Embedded, and Real-Time Applications with ADA, John W. McCormick
GPU-Based Cloud Performance For Lidar Data Processing, Ramanathan Sugumaran, Dossay Oryspayev, and Paul Gray
Interface Design To Support Situation Awareness In Virtual Puppetry, Keisha Harthoorn and Stephen Hughes
NCATE Standards For Preparation Of Secondary Computer Science Teachers, J. Philip East, Charmaine Bentley, Joe Kmoch, Stephen Rainwater, and Chris Stephenson
Optimizing A Widely Used Protein Structure Alignment Measure In Expected Polynomial Time, Aleksandar Poleksic
Predicted Anomalous Behavior Of C 60 Fullerenes On Graphite At Low Temperature: A New Hindered Cooperative Rotational Transition, M. W. Roth, M. K. Balasubramanya, P. Bergmann, M. Karl, M. J. Connolly, and Paul A. Gray
Thorstein Veblen, Ken Mccormick
Submissions from 2010
Identifying Student Misconceptions Of Programming, Lisa C. Kaczmarczyk, Elizabeth R. Petrick, J. Philip East, and Geoffrey L. Herman
Submissions from 2009
Algorithms For Optimal Protein Structure Alignment, Aleksandar Poleksic
Island Method For Estimating The Statistical Significance Of Profile-Profile Alignment Scores, Aleksandar Poleksic
Island method for estimating the statistical significance of profile-profile alignment scores, Aleksandar Poleksic
Learning Computer Science: Perceptions, Actions And Roles, Anders Berglund, Anna Eckerdal, Arnold Pears, Philip East, Päivi Kinnunen, Lauri Malmi, Robert McCartney, Jan Erik Moström, Laurie Murphy, Mark Ratcliffe, Carsten Schulte, Beth Simon, Ioanna Stamouli, and Lynda Thomas
Submissions from 2008
Ada And Software Engineering Education: One Professor's Experiences, John W. McCormick
Ada And Software Engineering Education: One Professor's Experiences, John W. McCormick
A Different Look At The Quality Of Modeled Three-Dimentional Protein Structures, Aleksandar Poleksic, Mark Fienup, Joseph F. Danzer, and Derek A. Debe
A Snapshot Of Studio Based Learning: Code Reviews As A Means Of Community Building, Joseph Bergin, Rick Mercer, David West, Robert C. Duvall, Eugene Wallingford, Pamela M. Rostal, and Richard P. Gabriel
Education, Outreach, And Training For High-Performance Computing, David Joiner, Charles Peck, Thomas Murphy, and Paul Gray
Explicit Hydrogen Molecular Dynamics Simulations Of Hexane Deposited Onto Graphite At Various Coverages, M. J. Connolly, M. W. Roth, Paul A. Gray, and Carlos Wexler
Optimizing The Size Of The Sequence Profiles To Increase The Accuracy Of Protein Sequence Alignments Generated By Profile-Profile Algorithms, Aleksandar Poleksic and Mark Fienup
Proceedings Of The ACM Sigada Annual International Conference; Sigada: Foreword, John W. McCormick, Michael B. Feldman, and Leemon C. Baird
Supercomputer Based Laboratories And The Evolution Of The Personal Computer Based Laboratory, David A. Joiner, Robert M. Panoff, Paul A. Gray, Tom Murphy, and Charlie Peck
Submissions from 2007
Collaborative Filtering Recommender Systems, J. Ben Schafer, Dan Frankowski, Jon Herlocker, and Shilad Sen
Implementations Of The CC′01 Human – Computer Interaction Guidelines Using Bloom's Taxonomy, Bill Manaris, Michael Wainer, Arthur E. Kirkpatrick, Rox Ann H. Stalvey, Christine Shannon, Laura Leventhal, Julie Barnes, John Wright, J. Ben Schafer, and Dean Sanders
Model Railroading And Computer Fundamentals, John W. McCormick
Welcome To Sigada 2007 From The Sigada, Conference, And Program Committee Chairs, John W. McCormick, Alok Srivastava, and Leemon C. Baird
Submissions from 2006
A New Flavor Of Eet And Cs: Bs Degree In Networking And System Administration (Nasa) At UNI, Recayi Pecen, Paul Gray, and Jin Zhu
Instrumentation Education Through Model Railroading, John W. McCormick
Recommender Systems For The Web, J. Ben Schafer, Joseph A. Konstan, and John T. Riedl
Something Wonderful This Way Comes, Paul Gray and Thomas Murphy
Spinfast: Using Structure Alignment Profiles To Enhance The Accuracy And Assess The Reliability Of Protein Side-Chain Modeling, Aleksandar Poleksic, Joseph F. Danzer, Brian A. Palmer, Barry D. Olafson, and Derek A. Debe
Structfast: Protein Sequence Remote Homology Detection And Alignment Using Novel Dynamic Programming And Profile-Profile Scoring, Derek A. Debe, Joseph F. Danzer, William A. Goddard, and Aleksandar Poleksic
Teaching Parallel Computing To Science Faculty: Best Practices And Common Pitfalls, David A. Joiner, Paul Gray, Thomas Murphy, and Charles Peck
Submissions from 2005
A Comparison Of Corba And ADA'S Distributed Systems Annex, Andrew Berns
High Performance Computing Environments Without The Fuss: The Bootable Cluster CD, Sarah M. Diesburg, Paul A. Gray, and David Joiner
Indexing Genomic Sequence Libraries, Kevin C. O'Kane and Matthew J. Lockner
In-Person Grading: An Evaluative Experiment, J. Philip East and J. Ben Schafer
Proceeding Of The ACM Sigada Annual International Conference, Sigada: Foreword, John W. McCormick and Leemon C. Baird
Teaching Polymorphism Early, Joseph Bergin, Michael Goldweber, Eugene Wallingford, Michael Caspersen, and Michael Kölling
Test-First Pair-Programming Tutorial, Joseph Bergin and Eugene Wallingford
We've Been Working On The Railroad: A Laboratory For Real-Time Embedded Systems, John W. McCormick
Submissions from 2004
Applying Software Design Methodology To Instructional Design, J. Philip East
View Through Metalens: Usage Patterns For A Meta-Recommendation System, J. B. Schafer, J. A. Konstan, and J. Riedl
Welcome To Sigada 2004 From The Sigada Conference & Program Committee Chairs, Currie Colket, John W. McCormick, and Ricky E. Sward
Submissions from 2003
A Practical Comparison Between Java And Ada In Implementing A Real-Time Embedded System, Eric Potratz
Submissions from 2002
Collaborative Metacomputing With Icet, Paul A. Gray and Vaidy S. Sunderam
Improving Computer Architecture Education Through The Use Of Questioning, Mark Fienup and J. Philip East
Meta-Recommendation Systems: User-Controlled Integration Of Diverse Recommendations, J. Ben Schafer, Joseph A. Konstan, and John Riedl
Performance Evaluation Of Copper-Based Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces, P. Gray and A. Betz
Work-Family Spillover And Daily Reports Of Work And Family Stress In The Adult Labor Force, Joseph G. Grzywacz, David M. Almeida, and Daniel A. McDonald
Submissions from 2001
Certificate Use For Supporting Merging And Splitting Of Computational Environments, Paul A. Gray and Vaidy S. Sunderam
Migration Of Legacy Mumps Applications To Relational Database Servers, K. C. O'Kane
Submissions from 2000
Active And Group Learning In The Computer Architecture Classroom, Mark Fienup
Submissions from 1999
Keynote Address Ada, Model Railroading, And Real-Time Software Engineering Education, John McCormick
The Networks Course: Old Problems, New Solutions, Shakil Akhtar, Nizar Al-Holou, Mark Fienup, Gail T. Finley, Robert S. Roos, and Sam Tannouri
Submissions from 1998
A Web Access Script Language To Support Clinical Application Development, Kevin C. O'Kane and Elizabeth E. McColligan
Class To Survey Application Programming Topics, Janet M. Drake
Class To Survey Application Programming Topics, Janet M. Drake
Submissions from 1997
A Case Study Of A Mumps Intranet Patient Record., K. C. O'Kane and E. E. McColligan
A Synopsis Of Arabidopsis (Brassicaceae), Steve L. O'Kane and Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz
Social Issues In The Collection And Use Of Software Metric Data Position Paper: Metrics: Promise Vs. Implementation, Janet M. Drake
Submissions from 1996
An Object-Oriented Class Library For Medical Software Development, K. C. O'Kane and E. E. McColligan
Implementing A Distributed Intranet-Based Information System., K. C. O'Kane, E. E. McColligan, and G. A. Davis
Pattern-Based Programming Instruction, J. Philip East, S. Rebecca Thomas, Eugene Wallingford, Walter Beck, and Janet Drake
Rethinking The CS-2 Course With An Object-Oriented Focus, Mark Fienup
Toward A First Course Based On Object-Oriented Patterns, Eugene Wallingford
Submissions from 1995
A C++ Class Library Foundation For Developing An Electronic Medical Record, Kevin C. O'Kane and Elizabeth E. McColligan
The Placa Agent Programming Language, S. Rebecca Thomas
Submissions from 1994
System Bounding Issues For Analysis, Janet M. Drake and W. T. Tsai
Using C++ In CS1/CS2, A. Michael Berman, Rick Decker, Dung X. Nguyen, Richard J. Reid, and Eugene Wallingford
Submissions from 1993
Acm Model High School Computer Science Curriculum (Abstract), Susan M. Merritt, Charles J. Bruen, J. Philip East, Darlene Grantham, Charles Rice, Viera K. Proulx, Gerry Segal, and Carol E. Wolf
Functional Representation And Reasoning About The F/A-18 Aircraft Fuel System, Mahmoud Pegah
Submissions from 1992
A Language For Implementing Information Retrieval Software, Kevin C. O'Kane
