S. Masoud Sadjadi
Assistant Professor
School of Computing and Information Sciences
Florida International University
Miami, FL 33199

Email: http://www.cs.fiu.edu/~sadjadi/email/email14.gif

 

Short Biography

Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

Short Biography

Dr. Masoud Sadjadi is currently an assistant professor in the School of Computer Science, Florida International University. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University.

Research Colloquium 2008-2009

Research

 

 

FUNDED RESEARCH 

1.      National Science Foundation (NSF), CREST

Title: CREST: Center for Innovative Information Systems Engineering

Subproject 5 – Complex System Modeling, Analysis and Realization (CS-MAR)

PI: Xudong He; Co-PIs: S. M. Sadjadi, Shu-Ching Chen, Peter Clarke, Jason Liu

Award Number: HRD-0833093

Account Number:

Amount: $825,000

Sadjadi’s Share: $165,000

Duration: 8/1/08-7/31/13

 

2.      Florida International University, University Graduate School, RUGS

Title: A Student-Driven Distinguished Lecture Series at the School of Computing and Information Sciences at FIU

PI: S. M. Sadjadi

Account Number: 202200601

Amount: $3,000

Sadjadi’s Share: $3,000

Duration: 8/14/08 – 8/13/09

 

3.      National Science Foundation (NSF), PIRE

Title: A Global Living Laboratory for Cyberinfrastructure Application Enablement

PI: Yi Deng; Co-PIs: S. M. Sadjadi, S. Chen, B. Furht, and P. Martinez

Award Number: OISE-0730065

Account Number: 202200545

Amount: $2.27 million

Sadjadi’s Share: $454,000

Duration: 9/15/07 – 8/31/11

Note: After an internal competition at FIU (one of the three winners with the score of %96.3) and a two-stage competition with 500 proposals, only 14-17 or 3% are selected for award.

 

4.      IBM, Award for Research Support

Title: Transparent Grid Enablement of the Weather Research and Forecast code.

PI: S. M. Sadjadi

Amount: $20,000

Sadjadi’s Share: $20,000

Duration: 9/1/07- 8/31/08

 

5.      IBM, Award for Research Support

Title: Design and development of the LA Grid MetaScheduler at FIU.

PI: S. M. Sadjadi

Amount: $20,000

Sadjadi’s Share: $20,000

Duration: 9/1/07- 8/31/08

 

6.      National Science Foundation (NSF), CI-TEAM Implementation Project,

Title: Global CyberBridges (GCB): A Model Global Collaboration Infrastructure for e-Science between US and International Partners

Award Number: OCI-0636031

PI: Heidi Alvarez; Co-PI: P. W Arzberger, J. Ibarra, K. Kumar, and S. M. Sadjadi

Award Number: OCI-0636031

Account Number: 202200538

Amount: $765,000

Sadjadi’s Share: $153,000

Duration: 10/2/06 - 12/31/09

Note: S. Masoud Sadjadi is the sole PI of the sub award to the School of Computing and Information Sciences.

 

7.      National Science Foundation (NSF), CREST Supplement

Title: Development of New Simulation Software for Advanced Energy Systems

PI: Xudong He; Co-PI: S. M. Sadjadi, N. Monroe, and C. Haynes

Award Number: HRD-0317692

Account Number: 124400550

Amount: $100,000

Sadjadi’s share: $25,000

Duration: 7/1/06 - 6/30/07

 

8.      National Science Foundation (NSF), REU

Title: Autonomic Computing Research at FIU

PI: M. Milani; Co-PI: T. Li; Senior Investigators: S. M. Sadjadi, R. Rangaswami, P. Clarke, and C. Zhang

Award Number: IIS-0552555

Account Number: 212700504

Amount: $300,000

Sadjadi’s Share: $50,000

Duration: 03/15/06 - 03/14/09

Note: NSF limited only one PI and one Co-PI for REU proposals.

 

9.      IBM, Award for Research Support

Title: Grid Enablement of Hurricane Mitigation Applications

PI: S. M. Sadjadi

Amount: $40,000

Sadjadi’s Share: $40,000

Duration: 6/1/06- 5/31/07

Note: A check for the amount of $40K was awarded to the School of Computing and Information Sciences at FIU to support Sadjadi’s students working on the Grid Enablement Project, which is one of the major projects of the Latin American Grid (LA Grid) initiative.

 

10.  IBM, Shared University Research (SUR)

Title: Combining Knowledge Discovery and Adaptive Software Techniques to Build Autonomic Systems

PI: T. Li; Co-PI: S. M. Sadjadi

Amount: $50,000

Sadjadi’s Share: $25,000

Duration: 6/1/05- 5/31/06

Note: Brand new computer facilities including two servers, one storage, and ten desktop computers were awarded to FIU to establish the Autonomic Computing Research Laboratory (ACRL). See the attached documents for the details of the equipments.

PATENT DISCLOSURES, APPLICATIONS, AND AWARDS

·  Yi Deng, S. Masoud Sadjadi, P. Clarke, V. Hristidis, C. Zhang, R. Rangaswami, and S. Luis. Communication Virtual Machine (CVM). In process. Please see that attached documents.

PAST PROPOSAL INVOLVEMENTS

·        NSF ITR Proposal.

Contributed directly to preparation of a proposal, recently awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) under its Information Technology Research (ITR) program. Title: Supporting Adaptable Pervasive Computing through a Kernel Middleware eXchange (KMX). Principal Investigator: Dr. Philip K. McKinley.
Description: The KMX project investigates the interaction between adaptive middleware and operating system kernel. Specifically, the project focuses on the following question: What services and interfaces should operating system provide to enable adaptive middleware to better meet the needs of mobile computing applications?

 

·        ONR RAPIDware Project Renewal.

Participated in the third-year review of the RAPIDware project, funded by the Office of Naval Research. ONR has since announced an award to continue the RAPIDware project for two additional years, until 2006. Title: Component-Based Development of Adaptable and Dependable Middleware (RAPIDware). Principal Investigator: Dr. Philip K. McKinley, Dr. R. E. Kurt Stirewalt, Dr. Laura K. Dillon, Dr. Betty H. C. Cheng, and Dr. Sandeep Kulkarni. Description: RAPIDware addresses the design of high-assurance, adaptable software to protect critical infrastructures from extreme operating conditions, component failures and cyber-attack

 

Teaching

Spring 2008

·        Special Topics in Grid Enablement of Scientific Applications (CIS 6612)

 

Summer 2007

·        Advanced UNIX Programming (COP 4225)

 

Summer 2007

·        Advanced UNIX Programming (COP 4225)

 

Spring 2007

·        Special Topics in High-Performance Grid Computing and Research Networking (CIS 6612)

·        Data Communications (CEN 4500 or CNT 4513)

·        Data Communications (CEN 4500 or CNT 4513), Jamaica

 

Fall 2006

·        Advanced Software Engineering (CEN 5011)

·        Component-Based Software Development (COP 4991)

·        Operating Systems Principles (COP 4610)

 

Summer 2006

·        Structured Computer Organization (CDA 4101)

·        Special Topics - Advanced Topics in Software Engineering (CIS 6612)

Focus: Autonomic Grid Computing.

Note: If you want to register for this class, please send me an email to provide you with a permission number.

·        Introduction to Software Engineering (CEN-4010)

 

Spring 2006

·        Introduction to Software Engineering (CEN-4010)  U02

 

Fall 2005

·        Component-Based Software Engineering (COP-4009)

·        Advanced Software Engineering (CEN-5011)

 

Spring 2005

·        Introduction to Software Engineering (CEN-4010)  U01

·        Introduction to Software Engineering (CEN-4010)  U02

 

Fall 2004

·        Advanced Software Engineering (CEN-5011)

 

Professional Services

Conference and Workshop Organizing Committee Member:

 

Referee for Journals, Magazines, Conferences, and Workshops:

 

External reviewer for Conferences and Workshops:

  • The Conference on Self-Managing Systems and Context-Aware Computing (CASEMANS), 2008
  • The Middleware Conference, 2006.
  • The 6th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC), 2006.
  • The IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2006.
  • The 2005 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, IEEE IRI-2005 (Knowledge Acquisition and Management), August 15-17, 2005, Hilton, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
  • The Fifth International Workshop on Software Engineering and Middleware (SEM 2005), Lisbon, Portugal, 5-6 September 2005, Co-located with ESEC/FSE’05.
  • The 7th International Symposium on Distributed Objects and Applications (DOA), Agia Napa, Cyprus, Oct 31 - Nov 4, 2005.
  • The International Conference of Software Engineering & Knowledge Engineering (SEKE), 2005.
  • The IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC), 2005.
  • The IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2005.
  • The IEEE SoutheastCon, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2005.
  • The IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2004.
  • The IEEE International Workshop on Future Trends in Distributed Computing Systems (FTDCS), 2004.
  • The IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, 2004.
  • The IEEE International Workshop on Future Trends in Distributed Computing Systems (FTDCS), 2003.
  • The IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2003.

 

Member of IEEE and ACM.

 

University Services

  • FIU Honors Society Faculty Advisor, 2006 to present.
  • SCIS Recruitment Search Committee, 2008-2009 AY.
  • SCIS Colloquium Coordinator, 2008-2009 AY.
  • SCIS Graduate Committee Member, 2007-2008 AY.
  • SCIS Recruitment Search Committee, 2006-2007 AY.
  • SCIS Graduate Committee Member, 2006-2007 AY.
  • SCIS Recruitment Search Committee, 2005-2006 AY.
  • SCIS Graduate Committee Member, 2005-2006 AY.
  • SCIS Recruitment Search Committee, 2004-2005 AY.
  • SCIS Colloquium Coordinator, 2004-2005 AY.

 

 

Honors and Awards

  • Travel award valued at $1,000 to Dr. Sadjadi to attend the 2008 Software Engineering Educator's Symposium (SEES08) and the 16th International Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE16).
  • Travel award valued at $5,000 to Dr. Sadjadi and 4 of his PhD students, Javier Delgado, David Villegas, Selim Kalayci, and Juan Carlos Martinez to attend TeraGrid New User Workshop to be held on Sep 23 - 25 at NCSA.
  • Excellence in Mentoring Award, School of Computer Science, Florida International University, 2007.
  • IBM Shared University Research (SUR) Award, 2005.
  • IWQoS 2004 Best Student Paper Award, the Twelfth IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service (IWQoS 2004), Montreal, Canada, 2004.
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, 2004.
  • High Score in 2001 Qualifying Examination, awarded $2000 graduate fellowship, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, 2001.

 

 

 

Last modified 9/29/2008