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Thomas R. Furlani

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Director - Center for Computational Research
Center for Computational Research
NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences
University at Buffalo, SUNY
701 Ellicott St
Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 881-8939
Fax: 716-849-6656

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Education

  • Ph.D (1985) Physical (Theoretical) Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo
  • B.S. (1980) Chemistry, State University of New York College at Buffalo

Experience

  • Director, Center for Computational Research, State University of New York at Buffalo (2006-present)
  • Associate Director, Center for Computational Research, State University of New York at Buffalo (1998-2006)
  • Research Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo (1994-present)
  • Principal Chemist, Calspan Advanced Technology Center (1990-1994)
  • Senior Chemist, Calspan Advanced Technology Center (1985-1990)

External Research Support

  • 2007-2009 FHWA: ($170,000): Visualization in Transportation Design and Regional Planning (PI T. Furlani)
  • 2007-2009 NIH: ($750,000): New Numerical Solutions of Density Functional Theory (PI's J. Kong (Q-Chem), T. Furlani)
  • 2004-2006 NIH ($750,000): Local Quantum Theory for Large Molecules (PI's J. Kong (Q-Chem), T. Furlani)
  • 2003-2005 NIMA ($1,000,000): Innovative Fusion Capabilities (PI's T. Singh, R. Nagi, T. Furlani)
  • 2002-2003 NIH ($100,000): Improving Quantum Chemistry Calculations of Transition Metal Complexes (PI's T. Furlani, J. Kong (Q-Chem))
  • 2001-2003 NIH ($750,000): Incremental Density Functional Theory, (PI's J. Kong (Q-Chem), T. Furlani)
  • 2001-2002 Sarnoff ($2,200,000): Development of commodity based cluster for real time visualization application (PI's T. Furlani, J. Tilson)
  • 2000-2003 NSF ($450,000): Perturbation Theoretic Approach to the Electron Correlation Cusp Problem (PI's H. King, T. Furlani, J. Tilson)
  • 2000-2003 EPA ($997,000): A High Performance Analytic Element Model: GIS Interface, Calibration Tools, and Application to the Niagara Falls Region (PI's A. Rabideau, M. Becker, D. Flewelling, T. Furlani)
  • 1999-2002 NIH ($750,000): Development of Quantum Chemistry Software for Parallel Computers (PI's J. Kong (Q-Chem), T. Furlani)
  • 1998-2001 NSF ($300,000): Structural Studies and Methodologies in Chemistry and Molecular Biology (PI's, P. Coppens, J. Gao, H. King, R. Miller, T. Furlani)
  • 1998-1999 NIH ($100,000): Development of Quantum Chemistry Software for Parallel Computers (PI's T. Furlani, J. Kong (Q-Chem))
  • 1997-1999 NSF ($210,000): Reactions of OH Radicals and Ozone with VOC's Within Gas Phase Clusters: Experiment and Theory (PI's T. Furlani, J. Garvey)
  • 1997-1998 ONR ($25,000): Coastal and Marine Aerosol Transformation Processes (PI T/ Furlani)
  • 1994-1996 EPA ($275,000): Development of a Combined Quantum Mechanical and Molecular Mechanical Simulation Code for Massively Parallel Distributed Memory Computers (PI's T. Furlani, J. Gao)
  • 1994-1995 Sandia ($60,000): Application of the DSMC method to Modeling the Process of Plasma Etching (PI T. Furlani)
  • 1994-1996 NSF ($206,500): Ab Initio Molecular Electronic Structure Computation on Parallel Computers (PI's H. King, T. Furlani)

Honors and Awards

  • National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (1981-1983)
  • University at Buffalo Graduate School Fellowship (1984)
  • DuPont Fellowship(1981)
  • Eastman Kodak Undergraduate Scholarship (1979-1980)

Appointments

  • Member of the Governing Board of NYSGrid (www.nysgrid.org) - NY State Cyberinfrastructure Initiative, 2007
  • Founding Member, National Transportation Research Board Visualization in Transportation Committee (ABJ95), 2007
  • NSF Panel Review, Strategic Technologies for Cyberinfrastructure (STCI), Arlington, VA, April 2007
  • Session Chair, TRB International Visualization in Transportation Symposium, Denver, CO, Oct 2006
  • DOE SciDAC Panel Review, Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing Peer Review, Washington, DC, April 2006
  • NIH Panel Review, High Performance Computing Infrastructure, Bethesda, MD, Jan 2006
  • Session Chair - National Transportation Board Annual Conference, Washington, DC: 2004
  • Board Member - National Transportation Research Board, Subcommittee on Visualization: 2001-2006
  • Peer Review Committee, NASA Langley DSMC Research Program: 1994
  • Program Director - Sigma Xi, Calspan Chapter: 1994
  • Session Chair - Symposium on High Performance Computing, Washington, DC: 1992
  • Session Chair - 24th AIAA Thermophysics Conference, Buffalo, NY: 1989

Publications

  1. S. Havriliak, T. R. Furlani, and H. F. King, "Rydberg Levels of the Sodium Atom and the Ammonium Radical Calculated by Perturbation Theory", Canadian Journal of Physics, 62, 1336 (1984).
  2. T.R. Furlani and H.F. King, "Theory of Spin-Orbit Coupling. Application to Singlet-Triplet Interaction in the Trimethylene Biradical", J. Chem. Phys., 82, 5577 (1985).
  3. L. Carlacci, C.E. Doubleday, Jr., T.R. Furlani, H.F. King, and J.W. McIver, "Spin-Orbit Coupling in Biradicals. Ab-initio MCSCF Calculations on Trimethylene and the Methyl-Methyl Radical Pair", J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 109, 5323 (1987).
  4. H.F. King and T.R. Furlani, "Computation of One and Two Electron Spin-Orbit Integrals", J. Comp. Chem., 9, 771 (1988).
  5. R.A. Caldwell, L. Carlacci, C.E. Doubleday, Jr., T.R. Furlani, H.F. King, and J.W. McIver, Jr., "Viable Geometries for T-S ISC in Alkene Triplets", J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 110, 6901 (1988).
  6. T.R. Furlani and J.A. Lordi, "A Comparison of Parallel Algorithms for the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method: Application to Exhaust Plume Flowfields", Proceedings of the Sixteenth Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, P. Muntz, Ed., (AIAA publications, New York), (1988).
  7. T.R. Furlani and J.A. Lordi, "A Comparison of Parallel Algorithms for the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method: II Application to Exhaust Plume Flowfields", AIAA Paper 89-1667 (1989).
  8. T.R. Furlani and J.A. Lordi, "Implementation of the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method for Modeling Exhaust Plume Flowfields in a Parallel Architecture", Computers and Fluids, 18, 217 (1990).
  9. D. Boyer, J. Lordi, R. Bergamn, R. DeLeon, R. Drzewiecki, T. Furlani, and W. Wurster, "Gasdynamic Validation of Plume/Shock Holder Experiments to Determine the Excitation of H2O (?3) by H2O Collisions", proceedings of the JANNAF Exhaust Plume Technical Subcommittee Meeting, US Army Missile and Command Center, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama 14-16 May (1991).
  10. R.A. Caldwell, L.D. Jacobs, T.R. Furlani, E.A. Nalley, and J. Laboy, "Conformationally Dependent Heavy Atom effect of Chlorine on Alkene Triplet Lifetimes. Experimental and Ab Initio Calculations", J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 114, 1624 (1992).
  11. J. Lordi, R. DeLeon, R. Bergman, R. Drzewiecki, T. R. Furlani, and W. Wurster, "Development of a New Facility for the Study of Low Density Chemically Reacting Hypersonic Flows", AIAA Paper 92-3973 (1992).
  12. J.A. Lordi, R.L. DeLeon, T.R. Furlani, D.W. Boyer, R.C Bergman, R.F. Drzewiecki, and W. Wurster, "Measurement of the H2O(v3) Excitation Rate in H2O-H2O Collisions", proceedings of the 1992 Meeting of the IRIS Speciality Group on Targets, Backgrounds and Discrimination, Naval Training Center, Orlando, FL, January 18-20 1992.
  13. T.R. Furlani and H.F. King, "Implementation of a parallel direct SCF algorithm on distributed memory computers", J. Comp. Chem., 16, 91-104 (1995).
  14. J. Gao and T.R. Furlani, "Simulating Solvent Effects in Organic Chemistry: Combining Quantum and Molecular Mechanics", invited paper in IEEE Computational Science and Engineering, 2, 24-33 (1995).
  15. T.R. Furlani and H.F. King, "A parallel direct SCF method for large molecular systems", in Quantum Mechanical Simulation Methods for Studying Biological Systems, Ed. D. Biscout and M. Field, (Springer, France, 1996), pp. 271-274.
  16. P. Xia, M. Hall, T.R. Furlani, and J. F. Garvey, "Metastable Decomposition of (ROH)n H+ Cluster Ions (where R = CH3 or CH3CH2)", J. Phys. Chem., 100, 12235-12240 (1996).
  17. T.R. Furlani and J. Gao, "Hydrophobic and Hydrogen Bonding Effects on the Rate of Acceleration of Diels-Alder Reactions in Aqueous Solution", J. Org. Chem., 61, 5492-5497 (1996).
  18. T.R. Furlani and James F. Garvey, "Inter vs. Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding: Metastable Unimolecular and Collision Induced Dissociation Studies of Ion Clusters of Bifunctional Compounds", Molecular Physics, 92, 449-461, (1997), invited paper in special issue dedicated to John Pople.
    #D. V. Fomitchev, T. R. Furlani, and P. Coppens, "Combined X-ray Diffraction and Density Functional Study of [Ni(NO)(?5-Cp*)] in the ground and light-induced metastable state", J. Inorganic Chem., 37, 1519-1526 (1998).
  19. T.J. Bartel, J.E. Johannes, and T.R. Furlani, "Trace Chemistry Modeling with DSMC in Chemically Reacting Plasmas", AIAA Paper 98-2753, 7th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 15-18, 1998.
  20. M.M. Y. Lyktey, R.L.Deleon, K.S. Shores, T.R. Furlani, and J.F. Garvey, "Migration of a Proton as a Function of Solvation with (ROH)n H2O H+ Cluster Ions: Experiment and Theory", J. Physical Chemistry, 104, 5197-5203 (2000).
  21. T.R. Furlani, J. Kong, and P.M.W. Gill, "Parallelization of SCF calculations within Q-Chem", invited paper in special issue of Computer Physics Communications", 128, 170-177 (2000).
  22. Kong, Jing; White, Christopher A.; Krylov, Anna I.; Sherrill, David; Adamson, Ross D.; Furlani, Thomas R.; Lee, Michael S.; Lee, Aaron M.; Gwaltney, Steven R.; Adams, Terry R.; Ochsenfeld, Christian; Gilbert, Andrew T. B.; Kedziora, Gary S.; Rassolov, Vitaly A.; Maurice, David R.; Nair, Nikhil; Shao, Yihan; Besley, Nicholas A.; Maslen, Paul E.; Dombroski, Jeremy P.; Daschel, Holger; Zhang, Weimin; Korambath, Prakashan P.; Baker, Jon; Byrd, Edward F. C.; Van Voorhis, Troy; Oumi, Manabu; Hirata, So; Hsu, Chao-Ping; Ishikawa, Naoto; Florian, Jan; Warshel, Arieh; Johnson, Benny G.; Gill, Peter M. W.; Head-Gordon, Martin; Pople, John A. "Q-Chem 2.0: a high-performance ab initio electronic structure program package." Journal of Computational Chemistry, 21(16), 1532-1548 (2000)
  23. Shin, Dong Nam; Furlani, Thomas R.; DeLeon, Robert L.; Garvey, James F. "Complete chemical conversion of [(NO)m(CH3OH)n]+ to NO+(CH3ONO)x (x=1-12): experiment and theory." International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 220(2), 145-158 (2002).
  24. P. Komorbath, J. Kong, T.R. Furlani, and M. Head-Gordon, "Parallelization of Hartree-Fock and Density Functional Theory Hessian Calculations. Part I. Parallelization of Coupled-Perturbed Hartree-Fock Equations", Journal of Molecular Physics, 100, 1755 (2002).
  25. J.C. Teixeira-Dias, T. R. Furlani, K. S. Shores and J. F. Garvey, "Transition states for H atom transfer reactions in the CH2CH2OH Radical: the effect of a water molecule", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 5, 5063-5069 (2003).
  26. M. Freindorf, Y. Shao, S. T. Brown, J. Kong and T. R. Furlani, "Electrostatic and van der Waals Contributions to the Interaction between CO and Myoglobin. Combined QM/MM Study." submitted to Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation - Nov 2004.
    #M.Freindorf, Y.Shao, Th.F.Furlani, J.Kong, Lennard-Jones parameters for combined QM/MM method using B3LYP/6-31+G*/AMBER potential, J.Comput.Chem. 26, 1270 (2005).
  27. M. Freindorf, Y. Shao, S. T. Brown, J. Kong, and T. R. Furlani, "A Combined Density Functional Theory and Molecular Mechanics (QM/MM) Study of FeCO Vibrations in Carbonmonoxy Myoglobin", Chemical Phys. Letters, 419, 563-566 (2006).
  28. D.N.Shin, M.Freindorf, T.R.Furlani, R.L.DeLeon, J.F.Garvey Nitrosamide, (H2NNO), Formation within [(NO)m(NH3)n]+ Clusters: Theory & Experiment, I.J.Mass Spectrom. 255, 28-38 (2006).
  29. M.Freindorf, Y.Shao, J.Kong, T.F.Furlani, A Combined Density Functional Theory and Molecular Mechanics (QM/MM) Study of FeCO Vibrations in Carbonmonoxy Myoglobin, (communication) Chem.Phys.Letters. 419, 563 (2006).
  30. Y. Shao, L. Fusti-Molnar, Y. Jung, J. Kussmann, C. Ochsenfeld, S. T. Brown, A. T. B. Gilbert, L. V. Slipchenko,S. V. Levchenko, D. P. O'Neill, R. A. Distasio Jr., R. C. Lochan, T. Wang, G. J. O. Beran, N. A. Besley, J. M., Herbert, C. Y. Lin, T. Van Voorhis, S. H. Chien, A. Sodt, R. P. Steele, V. A. Rassolov, P. E. Maslen, P. P. Korambath, R. D. Adamson, B. Austin, J. Baker, E. F. C. Byrd, H. Dachsel, R. J. Doerksen, A. Dreuw, B. D. Dunietz, A. D. Dutoi, T. R. Furlani, S. R. Gwaltney, A. Heyden, S. Hirata, C.-P. Hsu, G. Kedziora, R. Z. Khalliulin, P. Klunzinger, A. M. Lee, M. S. Lee, W. Liang, I. Lotan, N. Nair, B. Peters, E. I. Proynov, P. A. Pieniazek, Y. M. Rhee, J. Ritchie, E. Rosta, C. D. Sherrill, A. C. Simmonett, J. E. Subotnik, H. L. Woodcock III, W. Zhang, A. T. Bell, A. K. Chakraborty, D. M. Chipman, F. J. Keil, A. Warshel, W. J. Hehre, H. F. Schaefer III, J. Kong, A. I. Krylov, P. M. W. Gill, M. Head-Gordon, "Advances in methods and algorithms in a modern quantum chemistry program package", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 8, 3172 - 3191 (2006).
  31. M.Freindorf, J.Kong, T.R.Furlani, Significance of VAL68 in Bent Conformation of CO Ligand in Carbonmonoxy Myoglobin. A Combined QM/MM Study, (communication) submitted to Inorganic Chemistry.
  32. M.Freindorf, J.Kong, T.R.Furlani, A Combined QM/MM Study of CO Ligand Docking in Carbonmonoxy Myoglobin (communication) submitted to J.Am.Chem.Soc.
  33. M. Freindorf, T.R. Furlani, Y. Shao, J. Kong, "Combined QM/MM Studies of Binding Effect of Cytochrome P450cam to Putidaredoxin", "Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology" Las Vegas, Nevada, USA June 26-29, 2006 CSREA Press, pp. 391-396.
  34. C. Chiang, M. Freindorf, T.R. Furlani, R.L. DeLeon, J.P. Richard, J.F. Garvey, "Enhancement of a Lewis Acid-Base Interaction via Solvation: Ammonia Molecules and the Benzene Radical Cation", J. Phys. Chem. A, 111, 6068-6076 (2007).
  35. M. Freindorf1, M. D. Jones, J. Kong2 and T. R. Furlani, "Large-Scale QM/MM Calculations of Electronic Excitations in Yellow Protein: Toward Petascale Level Protein Calculations", Invited paper in Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, Editors: Jack Y. Yang, Mary Qu Yang, Michelle M. Zhu, Yanqung Zhang, Hamid R. Arabnia, Youping Deng, and Nikolaos Bourbakis, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc, Oct 14-17, pp 614-619, (2007).

Technical Reports

  1. T.R. Furlani and J.A. Lordi, "Transition Regime Exhaust-Plume Modeling", Final Report IR&D 85-815, Calspan Advanced Technology Center, December 1986.
  2. T.R. Furlani, "A Comparison of Parallel Algorithms for the DSMC Method: Application to Exhaust Plume Flowfields", Final Report IR&D 87-600, Calspan Advanced Technology Center, June 1989.
  3. T.R. Furlani, "Modeling Inelastic Collision Processes within the DSMC Methodology", Final Report IR&D 87-8730, Calspan Advanced Technology Center, March 1991.
  4. T.R. Furlani and R.L. DeLeon, "Development of a DSMC Based Code to Model Chemically Reacting Flows", Calspan Report 8064-1, Calspan Advanced Technology Center, September 1993.
  5. R.L. DeLeon, T.R. Furlani, and J.A. Lordi, "Analysis of H2O v3 Direct Excitation Rate Data", Calspan Final Report 8126-1, Calspan Advanced Technology Center, November 1993.
  6. T.R. Furlani, "Incorporation of the Variable Soft Sphere Model into the Sandia DSMC-MP Computer Program", Sandia National Laboratory, Final Report for Contract AI-4069, March 1995.

Invited Talks and Visits

  1. "Theory of Spin-Orbit Coupling: Application to Singlet-Triplet Interaction in the Trimethylene Biradical", Kodak Research Laboratory, Rochester, NY, September 1984.
  2. "Theory of Spin-Orbit Coupling: Application to Singlet-Triplet Interaction in the Trimethylene Biradical", IBM, Kingston, NY, October 1984.
  3. "A Comparison of Parallel Algorithms for the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method: Application to Exhaust Plume Flowfields", Sixteenth International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Pasadena, California, 10-16 July 1988.
  4. "The Application of Parallel Processing to the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method", Graduate Group in Advanced Scientific Computing, SUNY at Buffalo, February 1988.
  5. "A Comparison of Parallel Algorithms for the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method, II: Application to Exhaust Plume Flowfields", 24th AIAA Thermophysics Conference, Buffalo, NY, June 1989.
  6. "High Performance Computing: Application to Electronic Structure Calculations", Fredonia State College, Fredonia, NY, November 1990.
  7. "High Performance Computing: Application to Modeling Solution Phase Chemistry", Roswell Park Memorial Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, September 1994.
  8. "A Parallel Direct SCF Method for Large Molecular Systems", Symposium on Quantum Mechanical Simulation Methods for Studying Biological Systems, Centre De Physique Des Houches, Les Houches, France, 2-7 May 1995.
  9. "A Parallel Direct SCF Method for Large Molecular Systems", Molecular Quantum Mechanics: Methods and Applications, International Conference in Memory of Samuel Francis Boys and in Honor of Isaiah Shavitt, Poster Session, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 3-7 September 1995.
  10. "Modeling Solvent Effects in Organic Chemistry: Application to Diels-Alder Reactions in Water" Canisius College, Buffalo, NY, 25 January 1996.
  11. "Combined QM/MM Method for Modeling Solvent Effects", ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, March 1996.
  12. "Implementation of a polarizable solvent model on distributed memory parallel computers", Gordon Conference on Computational Chemistry, New Hampton School, New Hampton, NH, 1-5 July 1996.
  13. "A Parallel Direct SCF Method for Large Molecular Systems", Gordon Conference on Computational Chemistry, New Hampton School, New Hampton, NH, 1-5 July 1996.
  14. "Modeling Solvent Effects in Organic Chemistry", Environmental Health Sciences Graduate Group and the Toxicology Research Center, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 21 February 1997.
  15. "Combined QM/MM Method for Modeling Solvent Effects: Application to Diels Alder Reactions in Water", Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 20 March 1997.
  16. "Inter vs Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding: Metastable Unimolecular and Collision Induced Dissociation Studies on Ion Clusters of Bifunctional Compounds", 9th International Congress of Quantum Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta Georgia, 9 June 1997.
  17. "Modeling Solvent Effects in Quantum Chemistry: Computational Study of Diels Alder Reactions in Water", Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 19 September 1997.
  18. "An Introduction to Parallel Computing II: An Introduction to MPI", UB, Buffalo, NY, March 4, 1999.
  19. "An Introduction to Parallel Computing, I: CCR and Parallel Computers", UB, Buffalo, NY, February 25, 1999.
  20. "UB's Sun Cluster running under Linux", Sun HPC Consortium in La Jolla, CA, June 1999.
  21. "What's New at UB?", UB Tech '99, Buffalo, NY, October 7, 1999.
  22. "The Center for Computational Research at UB", Kiwanis Club of Batavia, New York, July 22, 1999.
  23. "Sun Beowulf Cluster", Supercomputing 99, Sun Microsystems Booth, Portland Oregon, November 1999.
  24. "The role of high performance computing and visualization in science", Science Day, Washington, DC, July 12, 2000.
  25. "Leading Edge Computing for the 21st Century", UB day in Albany, NY, February 13, 2001.
  26. "Igniting Ideas in Bioinformatics", Washington DC, April 24, 2001.
  27. "An Introduction to Parallel Computing using MPI", UB, Buffalo, NY, Sept 25, 2001.
  28. "Application of Supercomputing to Medical Science", WNY High School Science Teachers, UB, October 17th, 2001
  29. "Bioinformatics: Generating a New Economy", UB Day in Albany, NY, February 12, 2002.
  30. "How Computational Science is Changing Science in the U.S.", UB Alumni, April 29, 2002.
  31. "Igniting Ideas: Bioinformatics", UB Industry Day, May 9, 2002.
  32. "Careers in Computers", presentation to Erie County BOCES students, May 13, 2002.
  33. "Careers in Computers", presentation to the Niagara Frontier Science Association, May 15, 2002.
  34. "Overview of CCR and the Science Enabled at UB through HPC", NIMA visit, UB, June 12, 2002.
  35. "Urban Simulation and Visualization", DOT Annual Conference, Saratoga, NY, December 11, 2002.
  36. "High Performance Computing and Visualization and its role in Biomedical Advances", invited talk at Niagara Community College, January 13, 2003.
  37. "Careers in Computers", presentation to Erie County BOCES students, March 18, 2003.
  38. "Careers in Computers", presentation to Orchard Park High School, April 23, 2003.
  39. "Urban Simulation and Visualization", National Transportation Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, December 13, 2004.
  40. "Careers in Computers", presentation to Erie County BOCES students, Center for Tomorrow, UB, March 10, 2004
  41. "Urban Simulation and Visualization Projects at CCR", presentation to School of Architecture meeting on visualization projects at UB, March 25, 2004.
  42. "Overview of CCR and the Science Enabled at UB through HPC", CRBTA Meeting, CUBRC, UB, May 27, 2004.
  43. "Development of a Parallel Direct SCF Method for Large Molecular Systems", presentation at Q-Chem Inc, Pittsburgh, PA, June 8, 2004.
  44. "Overview of CCR and the Science Enabled at UB through HPC", Toronto based SHARCNet visit, UB, September 22, 2004.
  45. "Overview of CCR and the Science Enabled at UB through HPC", Columbia University, Columbia Genome Center, September 29, 2004.
  46. "Careers in Engineering and Technology", invited panel participant, University at Buffalo, October 26, 2004.
  47. "Careers in Computers", presentation to computer science students from Williamsville East High School, Dec 2, 2004.
  48. "Careers in Computers", presentation to students from Mt. Saint Mary's High School, Dec 15, 2004.
  49. "Milestones in the 21st Century Science Workshop", invited speaker, Buffalo State College, SUNY, March 17. 2005.
  50. "Visualization of Traffic using StreetScenes", McTrans, University of Florida, March 8, 2006.
  51. "An Overview of CCR's Resources to Support Research in the Life Sciences", Department of Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, March 23, 2006.
  52. "Urban Modeling and Simulation and 3D Traffic Visualization", Annual Conference of the New York State Association of Transportation Engineers, Buffalo, NY, June 1, 2006.
  53. "Modeling Traffic for Planning & Design Decision-making", 5th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium and Workshop, Denver, CO, Oct 23-26, 2006.
  54. "Opportunities and Challenges in Transportation Data Visualization", 5th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium and Workshop, Denver, CO, Oct 23-26, 2006.
  55. "Overview of NYSGrid", Open Science Grid All Hands Meeting, San Diego, CA, March, 2007.
  56. "Urban Modeling and Simulation and 3D Traffic Visualization", Florida Turnpike Authority, Orlando, Fl, March 28, 2007.
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