RESEARCH GRANTS AWARDED (EXTERNALLY FUNDED)

1. Title: Quantifying Deformable Motion in Growth and Motility PI/Co-PI: K. Palaniappan, T. Baskin, C. Krull Source: NIH 1 R33 EB000573-01A1 Award Amount: $606,729 Period covered: 8/1/03-7/31/06 Person-months commitment: Summer 1 month
2. Title: Advanced Human Computer Interfaces for Biomedicine PI/Co-PI: Y. Zhao, X. Zhuang and K. Palaniappan Source: NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering, NSF 96-132 Award Amount: $167,464 Matching funds: Univ. of Missouri Research Board Special Opportunity ($28,143) Period covered: 3/1/00-2/28/2003 Person-months commitment: NA
3. Title: Visualization, and Analysis Testbed System for EOS Global Assimilated Datasets and Satellite Data PI/Co-PI: K. Palaniappan Source: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NAG 5-3900 Award Amount: $405,838 Period covered: 3/1/97-2/28/2001 Person-months commitment: Summer up to 2 months
4. Title: University of Missouri-Columbia Commercial Remote Sensing Program (ICREST) PI/Co-PI: A. Blanchard, X. Zhuang, K. Palaniappan, plus other faculty Source: NASA Stennis Space Center, NAG-13-99014 Award Amount: $3,600,000 Period Covered: 1/1/99-04/30/2001 Person-months commitment: Academic 2 months, Summer 2 months
5. Title: Remote Sensing Demonstration Program PI/Co-PI: A. Blanchard, X. Zhuang, K. Palaniappan, plus others Source: Raytheon, C-5-34366 Award Amount: $720,000 Period Covered: 2/1/00-1/31/2001 Person-months commitment: Academic 1 month, Summer 1 month
6. Title: A vBNS Connection for the University of Missouri-Columbia PI/Co-PI: Dr. G. Springer, S. C. Chen, K. Palaniappan, and D. Musser Source: NSF Connections Program, Division of Networking, Communication Research and Infrastructure, NSF 96-64 Award 9720668 Award Amount: $461,600 Period covered: 10/1/97-2/28/02 Person-months commitment: Academic 0.5 month
7. Title: University of Missouri Interdisciplinary Remote Sensing Program PI/Co-PI: K. Palaniappan, J. Hipple, D. Diamond Source: NASA NRA-97-MTPE-05, NAG5-6968 Award Amount: $126,400 Period covered: 3/1/98-2/29/2000 Person-months commitment: Academic 1 month
8. Title: Intelligent Visualization of Earth Science Datasets Using Novel Data Structures and Data Compression Strategies PI-Co-PI: X. Zhuang and K. Palaniappan Source: NASA NRA-94-OSS-16, NAG5-6283 Award Amount: $485,000 Period covered: 8/1/95-12/31/1999 Person-months commitment: Summer up to 1 month
9. Title: Classification of Unexploded Ordnance Signatures PI/Co-PI: P. Gader and K. Palaniappan Source: Geo-Centers Inc. Award Amount: $30,011 Period Covered: 9/1/98 to 11/6/1998 Person-months commitment: Academic 0.5 month
10. Title: Intercomparison, Visualization, and Analysis Testbed System for EOS Global Assimilated Datasets and Satellite Data PI/Co-PI: K. Palaniappan, S. D. Schubert, W. L. Hibbard, A. F. Hasler Source: NASA Information System Technology Applicable to EOSDIS, NRA-93-MTPE-02 Award Amount: $855,000 Period Covered: 1994 to 1997
11. Title: Automatic Analysis of Stereo Cloud Heights and Cloud Winds Using Robust Algorithms on Massively Parallel Computers PI/Co-PI: A. F. Hasler, K. Palaniappan, and X. Zhuang Source: NASA Applied Information Systems Research, NRA-93-OSSA-09 Award Amount: $645,000 Period Covered: 1993 to 1996
12. Title: A High Performance Interactive Image SpreadSheet PI/Co-PI: A. F. Hasler, and K. Palaniappan Source: NASA Energy and Hydrologic Systems Research Award Amount: $1,400,000 Period Covered: 1991 to 1995

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Scientific Visualization & Computer Graphics
Software Quality & Software Engineering
Computational Remote Sensing
Image & Signal Processing
Parallel Algorithms
Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining
Exploratory Data Analysis & Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision & Artificial Intelligence
Neural Networks
Maximum Entropy Inversion Methods
Biological Sequence Analysis