

            Saleh Elmohamed
     Northeast Parallel Architectures Center
            111 College Place
            CST Bldg, Rm 3-217
            Syracuse University
            Syracuse, NY 13244-4100

       E-mail: saleh@npac.syr.edu
       Telephones: (315) 443-1073 (office)
                   (315) 422-8497 (home - 
                         leave msg, please.)

                   (315) 443-1973 (Fax)


  Career Objective
  ----------------
  Interested in opportunities in 
  distributed systems/computing
  (via objects, messaging and
  components), virtual environments,
  software architecture, computational
  modeling on heterogeneous computing
  environments, collaborative systems
  for scheduling and distance learning,
  and algorithms for routing, allocation
  and data mining applications.

  I also have worked on pattern/speech
  recognition, and object-relational
  database systems. Therefore, would
  be quite interested in any
  opportunities in these two areas.

  Looking forward to join a group of
  highly motivated and intelligent
  researchers or developers to work on 
  some of these interesting fields.


  Education
  ---------
  Bachelor of Science in Mathematics 
  and Computer Science, Michigan; Master 
  and PhD of Science in Computer Science,
  Syracuse.
  Projected date for the completion of
  the PhD: 4/1999.


  Areas of Knowledge & Experience
  -------------------------------
  As well as being knowledgeable about I've had hands-on
  experience in the following areas:

  1. Resource managment/allocation and
     scheduling on distributed computing
     environments.

  2. Distributed and Shared-Memory
     Computing and Programming Models on NUMA
     systems, SMPs, and clusters.
     http://nhse.npac.syr.edu/hpccsurvey/architecture/

  3. CC-NUMA and Cache Coherence protocols.
     Computer architecture, particularly
     parallel architecture and the interplay
     between software and hardware.
     http://nhse.npac.syr.edu/hpccsurvey/architecture/

  4. Non-Euclidean Combinatorial
     Optimization (for example,
     scheduling, routing, allocation).
     Heuristics and algorithms
     for tackling these type of 
     problems.

  5. Approximation Algorithms.

  6. Building Java-based collaborative
     systems for applications such as 
     command & control, and distance learning.
     http://www.npac.syr.edu/tango/

  7. Scientific Computing using Java/MPI,
     C/MPI on Networks of Workstations
     and High Performance Computer
     Architecture.

  8. Computational Science and Modeling.

  9. Software Engineering (particularly, 
     object-oriented software design and
     analysis) & collaborative software.

  10. Database systems, and Algorithms for
      data mining applications.

  11. Java & related technologies
      such as CORBA for scientific
      and engineering applications, and
      visual learning tools.

  12. Knowledge-based Systems,
      Case-based Reasoning and 
      Computational Geometry.

  13. Distributed Object Protocols
      such as Java RMI and CORBA's
      IIOP.

  14. Neural computing for Pattern
      and Speech Recognition, and Function
      Approximation.


  Software/Hardware Systems and Languages
  ---------------------------------------
  1. Programming Skills: 
     proficient in C, Java, Lisp,
     Prolog, Smalltalk, Fortran, C++,
     Modula-3, and (SQL, CGI/Perl).
     Parallel programming tools: MPI and
     PVM.

  2. OS knowledge and experience in:
     Unix, Solaris, Linux, VMS, IRIX,
     and NT.

  3. Hardware systems experience in:
     SUN UltraSparcs and Servers, 
     HP Stations, SGI Origin 2000,
     SGI Power Challenge, IBM SP-2, 
     Intel Paragon, Cray T3E/T3D, 
     Compaq-DEC stations, PCs, and Macs.
     http://nhse.npac.syr.edu


  Related Work and Experience
  ---------------------------
  Title: Development/Research Scientist
  Organization: Northeast Parallel 
       Architectures Center, Syracuse, NY,
  Date: 1995 till now.

   1. Worked on High Performance
      Computing using MPI and Java/MPI
      on clusters of Sun workstations
      under Solaris.

   2. Worked on designing a virtual 
      programming laboratory (VPL) for 
      programming in Java, Java/MPI,
      C/MPI, on a network of 
      workstations (SUN, Compaq-DEC, HP). 
      ** Currently part of NPAC distance 
      education efforts, using a cluster 
      of Sun Servers.
      http://www.npac.syr.edu/Education/Courses/CPS615/

   3. Designed and successfully
      implemented scheduling and 
      timetabling for Syracuse 
      University using optimization-based
      methods such as simulated annealing,
      mean field, TS, genetic algorithms
      and rule-based approaches. 
      ** Currently using Similar
      algorithms for data mining
      applications and multiprocessor
      scheduling.

   4. Working on Java-based tools for
      scientific and engineering 
      applications such as collaborative
      systems for planning, scheduling
      and distance education.
      http://www.javagrande.org
      http://www.npac.syr.edu/tango/

   5. Fall 1996, 1997, and 1998 
      co-taught, with Geoffrey Fox, 
      Computational Science for 
      Simulation Applications and 
      Parallel Computing:
      http://www.npac.syr.edu/Education/Courses/CPS615/
      As well as distributed information systems:
      http://www.npac.syr.edu/projects/cps606spring98/

   6. working on Computational 
      Methods for Distributed
      Information Systems. Using
      Java-related technologies,
      among others.
      http://www.javagrande.org

   7. Database Systems (current work
      involves Oracle8 and OORDBC).
      As well as JDBC on the Java side.

   8. Working on coupling message-passing
      and other parallel tools with Java
      for distributed and parallel computing.
      http://www.npac.syr.edu/projects/pcrc/index.html

   9. Worked on pattern recognition and
      matching using neural, genetic and
      mean field algorithms.

   10. Working on hardware and software
       resources for NHSE.
       http://www.nhse.org
       http://nhse.npac.syr.edu 

   11. Working on issues of software/
       hardware trade-offs in a distributed
       computing environment.


  Languages and Communication Skills
  ----------------------------------
   Have an excellent command of 
   the English language as well as
   few others.


  Sample Reports
  --------------
  1. S. Elmohamed, Some issues of 
     reducibility and equivalence in
     feedforward neural networks, NPAC 
     TR 94-60, Syracuse University, 1995. 
     (submitted for publication) 

  2. S. Elmohamed, G. Fox,
     P. Coddington, Optimization Networks
     and Annealing for scheduling on
     a cluster of workstations, NPAC Tech 
     Report, Syracuse University, 1997. 
     (To appear in Journal of Physics C)

  3. S. Elmohamed, G. Fox, M. McMahon, 
     Web-based CFD Educational Example: 
     Parallel Implementations and 
     Analysis, NPAC Tech Report, 
     Syracuse University, 1997.
     (To appear in Journal of Physics C)
     ** MPI/Java demos of this software 
     were given at Supercomputing 1997 
     in San Jose and Supercomputing 
     1998 in Orlando, by our colleague
     Bryan Carpenter. 
     http://www.npac.syr.edu/projects/pcrc/index.html

  4. S. Elmohamed, G. C. Fox, 
     P. Coddington, A Comparison of 
     Annealing Techniques for Academic
     Course Scheduling, in Practice 
     and Theory of Automated 
     Timetabling II, Edmund Burke & 
     Michael Carter (Eds.), 
     Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in
     Computer Science, Volume 1408, 1998.


  Other Online Work
  -----------------
  That I have worked on and some is work in progress.

  1. Parallel Compiler Runtime Consortium:

       http://www.npac.syr.edu/projects/pcrc/

  2. Parallel software/hardware for the NHSE:

       http://www.nhse.org
       http://nhse.npac.syr.edu/hpccsurvey/
       http://nhse.npac.syr.edu/hpccgloss/
       http://nhse.npac.syr.edu/hpccsurvey/architecture/

  3. Java for Computational Science and Engineering:

       http://www.javagrande.org
       http://www.npac.syr.edu/projects/tutorials/JavaCSE/

  4. CD-ROM materials for the US Army Corps of Eng. (CEWES):

       http://osprey6.npac.syr.edu:8080/   and
       http://www.wes.hpc.mil/pet/CEWES/CEWES_frame.html

  5. Computational Science and Engineering Materials:

       http://www.npac.syr.edu/projects/cpsedu/CSEmaterials/

  6. Collaborative systems:

       http://www.npac.syr.edu/tango/

  7. Classes I co-taught or assisted in setting up and
     teaching in the past 3 years:

       http://www.npac.syr.edu/projects/cps606spring98/
       http://www.npac.syr.edu/Education/Courses/CPS615/


  References
  ----------
    1. Professor Geoffrey C. Fox, 
       Director, NPAC, 111 college
       place, CST Bldg, 
       Rm 3-217, 
       Syracuse, NY 13244-4100.   
       phone: 315-443-2163
       email: gcf@npac.syr.edu

    2. Dr. Paul D. Coddington, 
       Department of Computer Science, 
       University of Adelaide, 
       Adelaide, SA 5005,
       Australia.
       email: paulc@cs.adelaide.edu.au

    3. Professor Ernest Sibert,
       Engineering and Computer 
       Science, 111 College Place, 
       CST Bldg, Rm 2-120, 
       Syracuse, NY 13244.
       phone: 315-443-3110
       email: eesibert@top.cis.syr.edu

    4. Dr. Bryan Carpenter, 
       Senior Research Scientist, 
       NPAC, 111 College Place, 
       CST Bldg, Rm 3-217, 
       Syracuse, NY 13244-4100.
       phone: 315-443-5068
       email: dbc@npac.syr.edu

    5. Professor Nancy McCracken, 
       Engineering and Computer Science,
       Syracuse University, 
       111 College Place, CST Bldg,
       Syracuse, NY 13244.
       phone: 315-443-4687
       email: njm@npac.syr.edu


  Work Location and Availability
  ------------------------------
  I can relocate to any region in the US.
  April 1999 or after...