Brief Biographical Sketch for Joseph F. JaJa

EDUCATION

PhD 1977, MS 1976, Applied Mathematics, Division of Engineering and Applied Physics, Harvard University.

EXPERIENCE
  1. Professor, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, 1987-present.
  2. Director, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland, 1994-2004
  3.  Interim Director of the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, 2000-2004.
  4. Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, 1983-1987.
  5. Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Penn State University, 1977-1983.
BOOKS
  1. Parallel Algorithms for Volumetric Surface Construction,” J. JaJa, Q. Shi, and A. Varshney, a chapter in Parallel Computing: Models, Algorithms, and Applications, S. Rajasekaran and J. Reif, eds., Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2008.
  2. An Introduction to Clustering Techniques, a chapter in Information Technology - Principles and Applications, T. Acharya and A.K. Ray, eds., Prentice Hall, 2004.
  3. Parallel Random Access Machine, PRAM, in Encyclopedia of Mathematics, M. Hazewinkel, ed., 2000.
  4. Parallel Algorithms, Chapter in Encyclopedia of Distributed Computing, P. Dasgupta and J.E. Urban eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.
  5. Fundamentals of Parallel Algorithms, Chapter in Parallel and Distributed Computing Handbook, A. Zomaya ed., McGraw-Hill, 1996.
  6. An Introduction to Parallel Algorithms, Addison-Wesley, 1992.
  7. Parallel Algorithms for VLSI Layout, Chapter in Advances in Distributed and Parallel Processing: Applications, H. Tyrer ed., Ablex Publishing, 1992.
EDITORIAL SERVICE:
  1. Special Issue of JPDC on Data-Parallel Algorithms and Programming, Guest Editor, 1994.
  2. Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Subject Area Editor on Parallel Algorithms, 1993-present.
  3. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Associate Editor, 1995-1998.
  4. International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, Member of the Editorial Board, 2002-present.
AWARDS:
  1. Internet2 Driving Exemplary Applications (IDEA) Award, given by the Internet2 Consortium for the project, "Transcontinental Persistent Archives Prototype," in collaboration with SDSC and NARA, April 2006.
  2. ACM Fellow, 2002.
  3. 1997 R& D 100 Award for Participation in the Development of S-Check at NIST, recognized as one of 100 most technologically significant new products of the year by R& D Magazine.
  4. IEEE Fellow Award, 1996.
  5. Co-authored a paper with his student that won the Best Paper Award in Image Processing at Supercomputing'95.
  6. Maryland Industrial Partnerships Award of Excellence, 1992.
SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

  1. Space Efficient and Fast Algorithms for Multidimensional Dominance Reporting and Counting, J. JaJa, C. Mortensen, Q. Shi, Proceedings of the 2004 Annual Symposium on Algorithms and Computation, 558-568, December 2004, Hong Kong.

  2.  Fast Algorithms for 3-D Dominance Reporting and Counting, Q. Shi and J. JaJa, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, 15(4), 673-684, August 2004.

  3. Multiscale Advanced Raster Map Analysis System Definition, Design and Development, G.P. Patil, J. Balbus, G. Biging, J. JaJa, W.L. Myers, and C. Taillie, Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 11(2), 113-138, 2004.

  4.  Temporal Range Exploration of Large Scale Multidimensional Time Series Data, J. JaJa, J. Kim, and Q. Wang, Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management, 95-106, June 2004, Santorini Island, Greece.

  5.  Techniques for Indexing and Querying Temporal Observations for a Collection of Objects, Q. Shi and J. JaJa, Proceedings of the 2004 Annual Symposium on Algorithms and Computation, 822-834, December 2004, Hong Kong.

  6.  A New Framework for Addressing Temporal Range Queries and Some Preliminary Results, Q. Shi and J. JaJa, Theoretical Computer Science, 332, 109-121, 2005.

  7.   Novel Transformation Techniques using Q-heaps with applications to computational geometry, Q. Shi and J. JaJa, SIAM J. Computing, 34(6), 1474-1492, 2005.

  8.  Optimal and Near-Optimal Algorithms for Generalized Intersection Reporting on Pointer Machines, Q. Shi and J. JaJa, Information Processing Letters, 95, 382-388, 2005.

  9.  Scalable, Reliable Marshalling and Organization of Distributed Large Scale Data Onto Enterprise Storage Environments, J. JaJa, M. Smorul, F. McCall, and Y. Wang, Proceedings of the NASA/IEEE Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies, April 2005, Monterey, CA.

  10.  Mitigating Risk of Data Loss in Preservation Environments, R. Moore, J. JaJa, and R. Chadduck, Proceedings of the NASA/IEEE Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies, April 2005, Monterey, CA.

  11.   Using Scalable and Secure Web Technologies to Design a Global Digital Format Registry Prototype: Architecture, Implementation, and Testing, M. Geremew, S. Song, and J. JaJa, to appear in Proceedings of the Archiving 2006 Conference, May 23-26, 2006, Ottawa, Canada.

  12.  An Efficient and Scalable Parallel Algorithm for Out-of-Core Isosurface Extraction and Rendering, Q. Wang, J. JaJa, A. Varshney, Proceedings of the International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS’2006), April 2006, Rhodes Island, Greece.

  13.   Robust Technologies for Automated Ingestion and Long-Term Preservation of Digital Information, Proceedings of the 7th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, 285-287, May 21-24, 2006, San Diego, CA.

  14.  Isosurface Extraction and Spatial Filtering Using Persistent Octree (POT), Q. Shi and J. JaJa, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 12(5), September/October 2006.

  15.  An Efficient and Scalable Parallel Algorithm for Out-of-Core Isosurface Extraction and Rendering, Q. Wang, J. JaJa, A. Varshney, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 67(5), 592-603, 2007.

  16. Supporting Customized Archival Practice Using the Producer-Archive Workflow Network (PAWN), M. Smorul, M. McGann, and J. JaJa, Proceedings of DigCCurr2007, an International Symposium in Digital Curation, Chapel Hill, NC, April 18-20, 2007.

  17. ACE: A Novel Software Platform to Ensure the Integrity of Long Term Archives, S. Song and J. JaJa, 90-93, Proceedings of the Archiving 2007 Conference, May 2007, Washington, DC.

  18.  PAWN: a Policy-Driven Software Environment for Implementing Producer-Archive Interactions in Support of Long Term Digital Preservation, M. Smorul, M. McGann, and J. JaJa, 84-89, Proceedings of the Archiving 2007 Conference, May 2007, Washington, DC.

  19.  New Techniques for Ensuring the Long Term Integrity of Digital Archives, Sangchul  Song and Joseph JaJa, Proceedings of the 8th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, 57-65, Philadelphia, May 20-23, 2007.

  20. Component-based Data Layout for Efficient Slicing of Very Large Multidimensional Volumetric Data, Jusub Kim and Joseph JaJa, Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management, July 9-11, 2007, Banff, Canada. 

  21. Information Aware Tree for Efficient out-of-core Indexing of Very Large Multidimensional Volumetric Data, Jusub Kim and Joseph JaJa, Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management, July 9-11, 2007, Banff, Canada.

  22.  Interactive High-Resolution Isosurface Ray Casting on Multi-core Processors, Q. Wang and J. JaJa, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 14(3), 603-614, May/June 2008.

  23. Streaming Model Based Volume Ray Casting Implementation for Cell Broadband Engine, Jusub Kim and Joseph JaJa, Proceedings Eurographics Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualization, 2008.

Last updated: August 2006.