Principal Investigator Students/level Collaborators/Affiliation Department Type of Computing Research Topics
Apuzen-Ito, Garrett Eric Mittelstaedt/grad
Todd Bianco/grad
  Geology and Geophysics Large numbers of Cells, Long time scale, Complex visualization needs Formation of ocean island chains, Mantle, magmatic and tectonic processes of the ocean basins, 
Businger, Steven  Tiziana Cherubini/post-doc
Michael Murphy/grad
  Meteorology Large number of cells, Requires 24/7 operation and dependability, Large data transfer and visualization Destructive Atmospheric Storms, Arctic Hurricanes
Cassanova, Henri Joshua Wingstrom/grad
Mark Stillwell/grad
Richard Huang/UCSD Post-doc
  ICS Rarely requires more than 128 nodes, Does development work, needs access to large machines for testing Parallel and distributed computing, grid computing,   theoretical and practical aspects of scheduling, modeling and simulation of computing platforms
Chen, Yi-Leng (David) DaNa Carlis/grad
Hiep van Nguyen/grad
Yang Yang/post-doc
I. Shiro Jayawardena/grad
Chuan-Chi Tu/grad
  Meteorology Large number of cells Weather Models of Hawaiian Islands and Taiwan
Cheung, Kwok Fai  Volker Roeber/grad   ORE Requires 24/7 operation and dependability Tsunami Modeling, Storm-induced Coastal Flooding, Wind-wave Predictions, Hydroelasticity
Erdogan, Sevki  Donald Tripp/ugrad   ICS/UHH Development handwritten word recognition using Neural Networks and implementation of a parallel re-configurable architecture.
Fryer, Patricia Tom Fedenczuk/grad   Geology and Geophysics Large numbers of Cells, Long time scale, Complex visualization needs Mud volcanoes, Determination of undersea volcanic movement using Bathymetric data.
Gaidos, Eric Jillian Ward/grad   Astrobiology Data intensive, Storage is critical, Also I/O issues Searching for early life forms by DNA analysis of Deep Water organisms
Hamilton, Kevin      IPRC Large number of cells, Requires 24/7 operation and dependability, Large data transfer and visualization Observations and modeling of the global-scale circulation of the atmosphere, Climate modeling and climate change, Meteorology and chemistry of the stratosphere and mesosphere,  Atmospheric and oceanic waves and tides
Head, John Bing Fu/grad   Chemistry Many Cycles, Large problems, but not necessarily storage intensive Properties of Si nanoclusters, Predicting new materials, Theoretical, computational chemistry.
Kim, Albert  Nam Vu/grad
Yuewei Liu/grad
  CEE Large matrices, Fast cycles, Rarely needs more than 96 processors at one time. Particles, Aggregates, Membranes (PAM):  Environmental Soft Matter Physics: Theory and Simulations,  Computational Environmental Engineering, Membrane Separation Processes, Hydrodynamics of Colloids, Biocolloids, and Fractal Aggregates.
Kobayashi, Marcelo Hugo Pedro/grad   Mechanical Engineering Development of Code UAV design using Genetic Algorithms
Kin Wai Leung/grad   128 to 256 processors  Tsunami Modeling
      Non-linear dynamical systems.
Kumashiro, Kristin Jhonsen Djajamuliadi/grad   Chemistry Many Cycles  
  Large problems, but not necessarily storage intensive
Li, Tim Christopher Chambers/grad   Meteorology   IPRC
  PET Project
  Climate, Weather, and Ocean modeling
Magnier, Eugene  Paul Price/post-doc   Institute for Astronomy   PAN-Starrs project
  John Tonry/IfA
  Istvan Szapudi/IfA
Martindale, Mark  Casey Dunn/post-doc   Pacific Biosciences Research Center Data intensive Genomics
  Kewalo Marine Lab Storage is critical
    Also I/O issues
Pawlak, Geno Kumar Rajagopalan/grad   Oceanography Large number of cells Flow over rough bathymetry
  Large data transfer and visualization
Phillips, Vaughan      Meteorology Large number of cells  
  Requires 24/7 operation and dependability
  Large data transfer and visualization
Poisson, Guylaine Brandon Sutherlin/ugrad   ICS Data intensive Bioinformatics
  Storage is critical
  Also I/O issues
Qu, Weillin Ruey Hwu/grad   Mechanical Engineering Development of Code Fuel Cell Design
  128 to 256 processors Heat Transfer
Richards, Kelvin Paolo Calil/grad   Oceanography Large number of cells Island wakes
  Large data transfer and visualization
Siegfried, Steven      Cell and Modecular Biology Data intensive Handwritten word recognition using Neural Networks and implementation of a parallel re-configurable architecture.
  Storage is critical
  Also I/O issues
Stevens, Duane Guangxia Cao/post doc   Meteorology Large number of cells Weather prediction
  Kevin Roe/MHPCC Requires 24/7 operation and dependability Flood and major event prediction in Hawaiian islands
    Large data transfer and visualization  
Swanson, Sandra (ret.)     ICS/Maui Community College Development System Architecture
  Teaching Parallel Programming
Wessel, Paul Seung-Sep Kim/grad   Geology and Geophysics Large numbers of Cells  
  Long time scale
  Complex visualization needs
Timmerman, Axel Fabian Schloesser/grad   Oceanography    Ocean circulation and climate research 
Wang, Bin  Xiaqiong Zhou/grad    Meteorology    Hurricane, climate models, COAMPS, WRF 
Yun, David Y.Y.      EE   advanced computing and communication; bio-medical engineering; intelligent system; 3D imaging and modeling; resource management; tele-health systems and remote telemedicine delivery