Research Students

Graduate Students

• Retired from faculty. No current students.

PhD Dissertations

• João Paulo Oliveira Marum, University of Mississippi, PhD, August 2021. Co-advised with J. Adam Jones, Dependency-Based Reactive Change Propagation Design Pattern Applied tp Environments with High Unpredictability.  Assistant Teaching Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Syracuse University.

• Hazim H. Shatnawi, University of Mississippi, PhD, May 2021. Constructing and Validating Feature Models Using Relational, Document, and Graph Databases. Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Missouri State University.

• Nighat Yasmin, University of Mississippi, PhD, May 2015. Co-advised, primary advisor Murali Sitaraman of Clemson University, Specification and Mechanical Verification of Performance Profiles of Software Components.
  Senior Lecturer, General Engineering, Clemson University.

• Charles M. (Chuck) Jenkins, University of Mississippi, PhD, May 2010. Co-advised, primary advisor Stephen Rice, Models and Domain Specific Languages for Resources.
  Freelance consultant, deceased.

• Yi Liu, University of Mississippi, August 2005, BoxScript: A Language for Teaching Component-Oriented Programming.
  Associate Professor, Computer and Information Science, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

• Pamela A. B. Lawhead, University of Mississippi, PhD, August 1994. A Qualitative Decision Tool for Software Development.
  Associate Professor Emeritus, Computer and Information Science, University of Mississippi.

MS Theses

• Achini Herath, University of Mississippi, May 2017. Genetic Algorithm for University Course Timetabling Problem.
  Lecturer, Computer Science and Information Systems, University of North Alabama.

• Peter Salu, University of Mississippi, December 2015. Functional Reactive Programming for Games.
  Software Engineer, Niantic, Inc.

• Hazim Shatnawi, University of Mississippi, May 2013. Modeling of Software Product Lines Using Feature Diagrams.
  Systems Analyst II, National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering (NCCHE), University of Mississippi.

• “Melody” Hui Xiong, University of Mississippi, December 2004. Design and Implementation of FRUIT: A Family of Retargetable User Interface Tools.
  Instructor, Computer and Information Science, University of Mississippi.

• Pallavi H. Tadepalli, University of Mississippi, August 2003. Graphical Class Browsing and Execution Environments for Java Applications.
  Principal Software Engineer, Interopion.

MS Projects

• Jian Hu, University of Mississippi, August 1997. Components of a Data and File Structures Class Library in Java.

• Shailaja P. Rayaprolu, University of Mississippi, December 1997. Implementation of a Distributed Processing System using the Manager-Worker Strategy.
  Co-founder, DispatchTrack.

• Deep O. Sharma, University of Mississippi, December 1997. A Java Class Library for B-Trees.

• “John” Mingxian Li, University of Mississippi, May 1998. A Java Package for Indexed Files.

• Ming Wei, University of Mississippi, May 1998. A Java-based Pipes-and-Filters Framework.

• Tushar P. Dave, University of Mississippi, August 1998. A Graphical Tool for Building Pipes-and-Filters Applications.

• Joseph E. Nokku, University of Mississippi, August 1998. A Web-based Undergraduate Computer Science Advising Tool.

• “Jane” Juan Qian, University of Mississippi, August 1998. HTML-to-LaTeX Converter Program.

• Vishnu V. Ayyagari, University of Mississippi, December 1998. Writing Applications in the Space Architecture.

• Xiaobin Pang, University of Mississippi, May 1999. A Communicating Sequential Processes Application Framework in Java.

• Wenwen Xu, University of Mississippi, August 1999. An XML-Based Tool for Automating Faculty Activity Reports.

• Cuihua Zhang, University of Mississippi, December 1999. Automated Degree Application Form—A Case Study of Pattern Design and an Application of Java Programming.

• Hongmei Gao, University of Mississippi, May 2000. UML Database Design and Implementation Using Java Servlets.

• Lin Tang, University of Mississippi, May 2000. Intersection Traffic Flow Simulator.

• Jingyi Wang, University of Mississippi, May 2000. A Flexible Java Library for Table Data and File Structures.

• Arun K. Sureddi, University of Mississippi, August 2000. Simulating Wireless Communication Networks.

• “Jennifer” Jie Xu, University of Mississippi, August 2000. An Object-Oriented Framework for Distributed Decision-Making Protocols.

• Wei Qian, University of Mississippi, December 2000. A UML Database Tool for Object-Oriented Design.

• Vandana Thomas, University of Mississippi, December 2000. A Java-Based Design and Implementation of an Object-Oriented Framework for Communication in Distributed Decision-Making Protocols.

• Steven L. Goertzen, University of Mississippi, May 2001. A Configurable Ballot System.

• Anjib Shakya, University of Mississippi, August 2001. Graduate Admissions Tracking System.

• Linwu Gu, University of Mississippi, December 2001. Online Student Advising System.

• Ramakrishna Govindaraju, University of Mississippi, May 2002. Automation of Course Scheduling in the Computer Science Department.

• Wei Liu, University of Mississippi, May 2002. The Transport Facilitator.

• Sajan M. Malla, University of Mississippi, May 2002. Online Faculty Activity Reporting System.

• Vamsee K. Matta, University of Mississippi, May 2002. XML Database Mapping.

• Mahmudul I. Sheikh, University of Mississippi, August 2002. Dynamic Execution Environment for Java Applications (DEEJA).

• J. B. Bhonsle, University of Mississippi, December 2002. An Electronic Chemistry Laboratory Notebook.

• Mingxian Fu, University of Mississippi, December 2002. The University of Mississippi Voting Observation and Tabulation Environment (UM/VOTE).

• Jian Li, University of Mississippi, December 2002. A Faculty Activity Report Editor.

• Hongman Gao, University of Mississippi, August 2003. Online Hotel Reservation System.

• Rui Zhou, University of Mississippi, May 2004. Online Module Guide.

• C. W. Pruett, University of Mississippi, August 2004. A Framework for Image Processing.

• Muralidhar Chittibomma, University of Mississippi, December 2004. Automation of Online Teacher Evaluation System for OleMiss Online.

• Deepak (Derek) Girdhani, University of Mississippi, May 2005. VolunteerNet.

• Somesh Dubey, University of Mississippi, August 2005. Online Publication Catalog System.

• Ravichandra Adiraju, University of Mississippi, December 2005. Schedule Validator.

• Sireesha Kurapati, University of Mississippi, December 2005. Using a File System Example to Illustrate Software Design Patterns in Java.

• Navanath Prabhudessai, University of Mississippi, December 2005. Distributed Architecture Using Design Patterns, Strongly Typed Datasets and Web Services for Online User Administration.

• Lakeisha James, University of Mississippi, May 2006. A Computer Equipment System for Departmental Users in a Business Environment.

• Kalyan Panchumarthi, University of Mississippi, May 2006. Online User Administration for the Department of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (ICookie).

• Anshul Saxena, University of Mississippi, May 2006. Online IT Multimedia Acquisition System (OITMAS).

• Prasad Choudhari, University of Mississippi, December 2006. Online Degree Application System (ODAS).

• Swapna Veervalli, University of Mississippi, December 2006. Online Working Directory.

• Madhavi Karuturi, University of Mississippi, May 2007. OCSMRS.

• SreeRam Dasoju, University of Mississippi, August 2007. Contact Database (CD).

• Jian Weng, University of Mississippi, August 2007. Integrating the BoxScript Language into the Eclipse IDE.

• Vineeta Arya, University of Mississippi, December 2007. Independent Study Test Scheduling System.

• Jane Hsiao, University of Mississippi, December 2007. Online Student Assignment Management.

• Arvinder Singh Kang, University of Mississippi, December 2007. Equipment Reservation System Using Ruby on Rails.

• Suresh Chelamalla, University of Mississippi, August 2008, Inventory Database.

• Narendranath Panguuluri, University of Mississippi, August 2008. Course Scheduling System.

• Rong Zhou, University of Mississippi, August 2008, Creating a Workflow Framework in Scala.

• Scott Mounger, University of Mississippi, December 2008. Web Interface for Imagemagick.

• Joy Wei Liao, University of Mississippi, May 2011.

• Phani Alluri, University of Mississippi, December 2011.

• Srinivas Rao Jaligama, University of Mississippi, December 2011.
  Technical Lead, Lucas Systems.

• Dayong Sun, University of Mississippi, December 2011.

• Jing Ma, University of Mississippi, May 2013.

• Bo Fu, University of Mississippi, May 2013.

• Russell Barnes, University of Mississippi, August 2015.
  Director of Information Security, mTrade.

• Ravi Polisetti, University of Mississippi, December 2015.

• Bhavya Sangars, University of Mississippi, December 2015.
  Senior Software Engineer, ISACA.

• Manjit Joshi, University of Mississippi, December 2016.
  Software Engineer, CoreLogic.

• Justin Trotter, University of Mississippi, May 2017.
  Associate System Engineer, AutoZone.

• João Paulo Oliveira Marum, University of Mississippi, May 2017. Survey of Functional Reactive Programming Approaches on .NET Platform Driven to Virtual Environment Applications.
  PhD student ABD, Graduate Instructor (half-time, thru Summer 2021), Computer and Information Science, Univeersity of Mississippi.
  Assistant Teaching Professor (beginning Fall 2021), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Syracuse University.

Undergraduate Students

Senior Theses

• William G. Vaughan, McDonnell-Barksdale Honors College, University of Mississippi, May 2001. An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming in Java.