The current phase of this work employs an XML format listing source format, destination format, and transformations. The associated code parses these files from multiple clients recognizing and merging identical transforms and reordering generating a fan-out tree of operations to incrementally create each destination type from a common source type. Ultimately, the XML used to describe the source and destination formats and the transformation operations will be easily generated from a tool freeing the programmer from the burden of writing the conversion code themselves while still obtaining near optimal to optimal performance of the transformation with least impact on overall system performance.

This work ties neatly with my funding source by providing semantically rich data storage and retrieval operations through the storage system interface of HPC systems. Building interesting and useful examples on top of the LWFS tools affords exploration of realistic HPC-related application operations.

Other applications being considered and investigated are the airline ticket pricing domain and healthcare IT.

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• With Mary Jean Harrold -
  • Evolution of JABA into a Client-Server Capable System Spring 2003. Applied the techniques developed previously to the Java Architecture for Bytecode Analysis (JABA) tool generating a new application that can work as either a stand-alone system or a client-sever system with no client code changes.
  • Interface Extraction Technologies for OO Systems Spring 2003. Examined a mature Java stand-alone application to determine techniques to extract an interface for extension into a client-server system.
• With Spencer Rugaber -
  • DYNAMO mini-project November 2002. Worked on a short project to model file synchronization using a UML diagram in order to automatically generate code to implement the model. The goal is to be able to write software by building models rather than writing code.
• In Industry -
  • Explored the idea of using visual integration to improve healthcare worker's workflow for patient care. From the initial idea just stated, researched the appropriate technology, platforms, data acquisition technologies, display technologies, user interface technologies, and security technologies. Developed an infrastructure accessing data from various existing application data stores and displaying a cohesive view of data across the data sources customizable by the end user. Project started January 2000 and was successfully implemented and in productive use in November 2000.
  • Full-time C++ and Microsoft Foundation Classes instructor for approximately one year. Travelled to various company locations teaching week-long, 40-hour classes.
  • Developed a system that provided database trigger-like behavior external to the database for the purpose of performing complex data trending and analysis for the purpose of rapid alerting by querying various data sources using the industry standard Arden Syntax language.
  • Developed a visualization layer for a software industrial control. Had to determine how to compactly and accurately display input, output, and controller state information on screen.

• August 2003 - Joined Upsilon Pi Epsilon computer science honor society
• February 2001 - McKesson Information Systems' Pinnacle Innovation of the Year Award
• June 1993 BS CS with honors

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