Publications
(ordered alphabetically by author names)
[1] I. Akhtar, M. Ghommem, A. Mehmood, M. R. Hajj, and L.T. Watson, "Optimization of lift suppression over a circular cylinder undergoing inline vibrations, in Proc. 52nd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conf., Denver, CO, AIAA Paper 2011-1996, 2011, 9 pages.
[2] Z. Cao, D.R. Easterling, L.T. Watson, D. Li, K.W. Cameron, and W.-C. Feng, "Power saving experiments for large-scale global optimisation", Internat. J. Parallel Emergent Distrib. Systems, 25 (2010), pp. 381--400.
[3] Z. Cao, L.T. Watson, K.W. Cameron, and R. Ge, "A power aware study for VTDIRECT95 using DVFS", in Proc. 2009 Spring Simulation Multiconference: HPC, G. Wainer, M. Chinni, P. Roman, H. Rajaei, B. Zeigler, and C. Ribbens (eds.), Soc. for Modeling and Simulation Internat., San Diego, CA, 2009, pp. 531--536.
[4] D.R. Easterling, L.T. Watson, and M. Madigan, "The DIRECT algorithm applied to a problem in biomechanics with conformal mapping", in Proc. 2010 Internat. Conf. on Scientific Computing, H.R. Arabnia and G.A. Gravvanis (eds.), CSREA Press, Las Vegas, NV, 2010, pp. 128--133.
[5] D.R. Easterling, L.T. Watson, and M. Madigan, "Direct search versus simulated annealing on two high dimensional problems", in Proc. 2011 Spring Simulation Multiconference, High Performance Computing Symp., L.T. Watson, G. Howell, W.I. Thacker, and S. Seidel (eds.), Soc. for Modelling and Simulation Internat., Vista, CA, 2011, pp. 89--95.
[6] M. Ghommem, M.R. Hajj, L.T. Watson, D.T. Mook, R.D. Snyder, and P.S. Beran, "Deterministic global optimization of flapping wing motions for micro air vehicles", in Proc. 13th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis Optimization Conf., Fort Worth, TX, AIAA Paper 2010-9355, 2010, 13 pages.
[7] J. He, "Design and Evaluation of a Data-distributed Massively Parallel Implementation of a Global Optimization Algorithm DIRECT", Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 2007.
[8] J. He, "Global Optimization of Transmitter Placement for Indoor Wireless Communication Systems", M.S. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 2002.
[9] J. He, M. Sosonkina, C.A. Shaffer, J.J. Tyson, L.T. Watson, and J.W. Zwolak, "A hierarchical parallel scheme for global parameter estimation in systems biology", in Proc. 18th Internat. Parallel and Distributed Processing Symp., CD-ROM, IEEE Computer Soc., Los Alamitos, CA, 2004.
[10] J. He, M. Sosonkina, C.A. Shaffer, J.J. Tyson, L.T. Watson, and J.W. Zwolak, "A hierarchical parallel scheme for a global search algorithm", in Proc. High Performance Computing Symposium, Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference, A. Tentner (Ed.), Society for Modeling and Simulation Internat., Arlington, VA, 2004, pp. 43--50.
[11] J. He, M. Sosonkina, L.T. Watson, A. Verstak, and J.W. Zwolak, "Data-distributed parallelism with dynamic task allocation for a global search algorithm", in Proc. High Performance Computing Symposium 2005, M. Parashar and L. Watson (eds.), Soc. for Modeling and Simulation Internat., San Diego, CA, 2005, pp. 164--172.
[12] J. He, A. Verstak, L.T. Watson, T.S. Rappaport, C.R. Anderson, N. Ramakrishnan, C.A. Shaffer, W.H. Tranter, K. Bae, and J. Jiang, "Global optimization of transmitter placement in wireless communication systems", in Proc. High Performance Computing Symposium, A. Tentner (ed.), Soc. for Modeling and Simulation Internat., San Diego, CA, 2002, pp. 328--333.
[13] J. He, A. Verstak, L.T. Watson, and M. Sosonkina, "Performance studies of a parallel global search algorithm on System X", in 2006 Spring Simulation Multiconf., High Performance Computing Symp., J.A. Hamilton, Jr., R.MacDonald, andM.J. Chinni (eds.), Soc. forModeling and Simulation Internat., San Diego, CA, 2006, pp. 209--214.
[14] J. He, A. Verstak, M. Sosonkina, and L.T. Watson, "Performance modeling and analysis of a massively parallel DIRECT -- Part 2", Internat. Journal of High Performance Computing Applications, Vol. 23, 2009, pp. 29--41.
[15] J. He, A. Verstak, L.T. Watson, and M. Sosonkina, "Performance modeling and analysis of a massively parallel DIRECT -- Part 1", Internat. Journal of High Performance Computing Applications, Vol. 23, 2009, pp. 14--28.
[16] J. He, A. Verstak, L.T. Watson, and M. Sosonkina, "Design and implementation of a massively parallel version of DIRECT", Computational Optimization and Applications, Vol. 40, 2008, pp. 217--245.
[17] J. He, A. Verstak, L.T. Watson, C.A. Stinson, N. Ramakrishnan, C.A. Shaffer, T.S. Rappaport, C.R. Anderson, K. Bae, J. Jiang, and W.H. Tranter, "Globally optimal transmitter placement for indoor wireless communication systems", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 3, No. 6, 2004, pp. 1906--1911.
[18] J. He, A. Verstak, L.T. Watson, C.A. Stinson, N. Ramakrishnan, C.A. Shaffer, T.S. Rappaport, C.R. Anderson, K. Bae, J. Jiang, and W.H. Tranter, "S4W: Globally optimized design of wireless communication systems", in Proc. of the Next Generation Software Workshop, 16th Internat. Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS'02), Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2004, pp. 173--180.
[19] J. He, L.T. Watson, N. Ramakrishnan, C.A. Shaffer, A. Verstak, J. Jiang, K. Bae, and W.H. Tranter, "Dynamic data structures for a direct search algorithm", Computational Optimization and Applications, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2002, pp. 5--25.
[20] J. He, L.T. Watson, and M. Sosonkina, "Algorithm 897: VTDIRECT95: Serial and parallel codes for the global optimization algorithm DIRECT", ACM Trans. on Mathematical Software, Vol. 36, Article 17, 2009, pp. 1--24.
[21] A. Mehmood, I. Akhtar, M. Ghommem, M. R. Hajj, and L.T. Watson, "Optimization of drag reduction on a cylinder undergoing rotary oscillations", in Proc. 52nd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conf., Denver, CO, AIAA Paper pp. 2011--1997, 2011, 11 pages.
[22] N.R. Radcliffe, D.R. Easterling, L.T. Wason, M.L. Madigan, and K.A. Bieryla, "Results of two global optimization algorithms applied to a problem in biomechanics", in Proc. 2010 Spring Simulation Multiconference, High Peformance Computing Symp., A. Sandu, L. Watson, and W. Thacker (eds.), Soc. for Modelling and Simulation Internat., Vista, CA, 2010, pp. 117--123.
[23] N. Radcliffe, M. Sosonkina, and L.T. Watson, "Communication with spawned processes", in Proc. Spring Simulation Multiconf., High Performance Computing Symp., L.T. Watson, G. Howell, W.I. Thacker, and S. Seidel (eds), Soc. for Modeling and Simulation Internat., Vista, CA, 2011, pp. 126--133.
[24] N. Radcliffe, L.T. Watson, and M. Sosonkina, "A comparison of alternatives for communicating with spawned processes, in Proc. 49th ACM Southeast Conf. (ACMSE 2011), V.A. Clincy and R. Harbort (eds), Kennesaw, GA, 2011, pp. 132--137.
[25] M. Sosonkina, A. Sharda, A. Negoita, and J.P. Vary, "Integration of ab-initio nuclear physics calculations with optimization techniques", in Proc. Internat. Conf. on Computational Science (ICCS 2008), Krakow, Poland, 2008, 10 pages.