William B. Hurst
Mabee Kresgee Science Hall, Room 210
Philander Smith College
900 Daisy Bates Drive
Little Rock, AR 72202
Email: whurst@philander.edu
Phone: 501-975-8526
Education
Ph.D. Applied Science, Applied Computing
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Expected Graduation: May 2010
Topic:
Performance Metrics for Analysis and Evaluation of High Performance Distributed, Networked Computing Systems
Advisor: Dr. Srini Ramaswamy
Description:
Modeling and performance analysis of High Performance Computers (HPC), proposing mathematical models for minimizing queuing times and maximizing utilization
M.S. Computer Science:
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Graduation: June 2008
Dissertation:
Eclipse Bug Count Life-Cycle Analysis
Advisor: Dr. Srini Ramaswamy
Description:
Eclipse Bug Count Analysis using software sub-component life cycles
B.A., Physics
MacMurray College
Graduation: May 1976
Advisor: Dr. Wang
Interests
High Performance Computing (HPC), operating systems, distributed operating systems, telecommunications, networking, parallel processing, software engineering, software design, programming, programming languages, databases, data mining, system adminstration, and database administration
Publications
W.B. Hurst, "Eclipse Bug Count Cycle Analysis", Masters Thesis, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock AR, 72204, June 2008.
C. Zhang, W. B. Hurst, R. B. Lenin, S. Ramaswamy, R.B. Govindan, "Predicting Bugs in Open Source Software Systems: An in-depth, Comparative Case Studey on Eclupse," Technical Report, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Computer Science Department, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA, 2008.
W. Hurst, S. Ramaswamy, R. Lenin, D. Hoffman, "Development of Generalized HPC Simulator", The 6th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Internet Technologies, ICDCIT 2010 conference, Bhubaneswar, India, Feb. 15, 2010.
Reviews
M. Sayed, H. Bae, Y. Zheng, B. Armstrong, R. Eigenmann and F. Sabied, "Measuring High-Performance Computing with Real Applications," IEEE Computational Science \& Engineering, Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages: 60-70, Digital object Identifier: 10.1109/MCSE.2008.98, URL=ieeexplore.ieee.org/ie15/5992/454810404548205.pdf, Jul/Aug 2008.
G. Zarinzad, A.M. Rahmani and N. Dayhim, "A Genetic Algorithm Approach for Fault-Tolerant Task Scheduling in Real-Time Multiprocessor Systems," Technical Report, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran, 2008.
Y. Zhang and y. Liu, "Application of Combined Forecasting Models to Intelligent Transportation Systems," Research Center of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2002240 Shanghai, P.R. China, Tech. Rep. 2008.
H. Haverkort, L. Toma and Y. Zhuang, "Computing Visibility on Terrains in External Memory," ACM, J. Exp. Algor. 13, Article 1.5, DOI=10.1145/1412228.1412233, http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1412228.1412233, Volume 13, Pages 23, November 2008.
R.A. Gonzalez, "Analysis and Design of a Multi-Agent System for Simulating a Crisis Response Organization," Easychair, Review Form ID: 190610:111613, Submission Number 18, March 2009.
Curriculum Vitae