Funded Research Projects of Jun Zhang

• U.S. National Science Foundation
  • A Unified Framework for Large Scale Scientific Computing,
    CCF-0727600, amount: $190,000, duration: from 10/01/2007 to 09/30/2010.
    
  • MSPA-MCS: Mathematical and Computational Algorithms for Visualization of Human Brain Neural Pathways,
    CCF-0527967, amount: $193,615, duration: from 10/01/2005 to 09/30/2008.
    Co-PI: Yunmei Liu, and Yijun Liu, University of Florida.
  • Undergraduate Research Experience in Computational Medical Imaging,
    CCF-0527967 (supplement), amount: $6,000, duration: from 10/01/2007 to 09/30/2008.
    
• Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation
  • Generalized Diffusion Simulation-Based Tractography for Mapping Human Brain,
    KSEF-148-502-06-186, amount: $88,468, duration: from 01/01/2007 to 12/30/2008.
    Co-PI: Brian T. Gold, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, UK Medical School.
• Alzheimer's Association
  • Diffusion Tensor MRI Analysis for Early Detection of AD,
    NIGR-06-25460, amount: $100,000, duration: from 07/01/2006 to 06/30/2008.
• National Institutes of Health
  • Computer Modeling of Perlecan as a Vascular Regulator.
    PI: Michael Fannon, UK Medical School.
    NIH: 1 R01 HL086644-01, amount: $1,318,500 (approximately, direct and indirect total), duration: from 01/01/2007 to 12/31/2010.
    Amount to Jun Zhang: $286,280 (approximately, direct and indirect total).

• National Science Foundation
  • A Supplemental Award to NSF CCR-0092532: Research Experience for Undergraduate Students,
    CCR-0092532, amount: $12,000, duration: from 08/15/2005 to 01/31/2007.
  • CAREER: Develop Robust Scalable Linear System Solvers with Scientific, Engineering and Industrial Applications,
    CCR-0092532, amount: $325,000, duration: from 02/15/2001 to 01/31/2007.
  • New Concepts and Parallel Algorithms for Robust Preconditioning in Large Scale Parallel Matrix Computation,
    ACR-0202934, amount: $172,361, duration: from 06/01/2002 to 05/31/2005.
  • A Supplemental Award to NSF CCR-9988165: Research Opportunity Award,
    CCR-0117602, amount: $27,657, duration: from 04/09/2001 to 06/30/2004.
  • Nonstandard High Order Multigrid Techniques with Applications to Laminar Diffusion Flame Simulations
    CCR-9988165, amount: $253,970, duration: from 07/01/2000 to 06/30/2004.
  • A Software Environment for High Performance Scientific Computing Applications
    ACR-0234270, amount: $62,027, duration: from 03/15/2003 to 05/31/2004.
  • A Supplemental Award to NSF CCR-9902022: Computer Equipments for the Laboratory for High Performance Scientific Computing and Computer Science,
    CCR-0043861, amount: $10,700, duration: from 08/31/2000 to 07/31/2002.
  • A Fully Algebraic Multigrid Software Package for Automated Solution of Unstructured Sparse Linear Systems on High Performance Computers
    CCR-9902022, amount: $188,313, duration: from 08/01/1999 to 07/31/2002.
  • Parallel Iterative High Accuracy Solution of the Convection Diffusion Equation with High Reynolds Number
    Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center: DMS-970001P, amount: 10 CPU hours on C90, and 500 CPU hours on T3E, duration: from 05/28/97 to 06/15/98.
• U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science
  • Development of a High-Performance Anisotropic Diffusion Equation Solver Using the ACTS Toolkit,
    DE-FG02-02ER45961, amount: $217,577, duration: from 01/01/2002 to 12/30/2005.
• Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation
  • Support Vector Machine Approach to Matrix Condition Number Prediction,
    KSEF-148-502-05-132, amount: $64,612, duration: from 05/01/2005 to 04/30/2007.
  • Preliminary Study on Modeling and Simulation of Thermomechanical Interaction of Biological Bodies at High Temperature,
    KSEF--02-264-RDE-002, amount: $14,705, duration: from 01/01/2003 to 12/30/2003.
• Kentucky New Economy Safety and Security Initiative (NESSI) Consortium
  • Building a Preliminary Prototype Terrorist Analysis System with Privacy Protection,
    amount: $29,294, duration: from 08/16/2004 to 06/30/2005.
• Research Organization for Information Science & Technology, Japan
  • Scalable Parallel Iterative Solvers for Realistic Ill-Conditioned Problems,
    amount: $56,394, duration: from 10/01/2001 to 03/31/2003.
• University of Kentucky Research Committee
  • Computational Techniques for Nerve Fiber Tracking with Application to Aging Disease Studies,
    amount: $20,000, duration: from 01/01/2004 to 12/30/2004.
  • Memory Efficient Algorithms for Large Scale Document Retrieval,
    amount: $6,000, duration: from 01/01/2002 to 12/30/2002.
• University of Kentucky Center for Computational Sciences
  • High Performance and High Accuracy Computation of Navier-Stokes Equations
    UK-CCS:, amount: $15,000, duration: from 07/01/2000 to 12/31/2000.
  • High Order Compact Scheme and Multigrid Method for Convection Diffusion Equation with Boundary Layers
    UK-CCS:, amount: $40,000, duration: from 03/01/99 to 06/30/00.
• University of Kentucky College of Engineering (Start-UP Funding)
  • Parallel Block Predictor-Corrector Methods for Solving Ordinary Differential Equations
    UK-CE:, amount: $30,000, duration: from 11/01/99 to 10/31/00.
  • Robust Incomplete LU Factorization Preconditioning Techniques for General Sparse Matrices
    UK-CE:, amount: $18,000, duration: from 01/01/99 to 12/31/99.
• American Mathematical Society (AMS)
  • Travel Grant to Attend the 2002 International Congress of Mathematicians in Beijing, August, 2002,
    amount: $2,250, duration: from 08/01/2002 to 08/30/2002.
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
  • Travel Grant to Attend the 2003 International Congress of Industrial Applied Mathematics in Sydney, July, 2003,
    amount: $1,500, duration: from 07/01/2003 to 07/30/2003 (declined).
• University of Kentucky Computer Science Department
  • There is one research assistantship from the Department of Computer Science for two years, as a matching funding to the NSF Career award.
    amount: standard RA rate (not included in total), duration: from 02/15/2001 to 02/14/2006.

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