William B. Hurst

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