Bina Ramamurthy

Department of Computer Science and Engineering
State University of New York at Buffalo 
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo

[ Research | Courses | Curriculum Vitae | Outreach ]

Dr. Bina Ramamurthy was one of the early adopters of the grid computing into the CSE curriculum and her effort Project GridFoRCE (Grid For Research, Collaboration and Education) was supported NSF-DUE-CCLI-0311473 (2003-2006) approx. 150K. A distributed systems course (CSE4/586) was introduced into the CSE curriculum and it has become a core course.
She was awarded an NSF grant to support a newly (2006) created Embedded and Realtime systems course (CSE321) by a grant NSF-DUE-CCLI-0727243 (2007-2008) approx. $75K. This Project Nexos (Next Generation Embedded Operating Systems) is in collaboration with Dr. Dennis Brylow of Marquette University. It is based on the famous XINU operating systems by Doug Comer of Purdue University.
She is the PI on a grant for
data-intensive computing curriculum development NSF-DUE-CCLI-0920335 (2009-2012) approx. 250K. A SUNY-wide certificate program in data-intensive computing has been designed and is pending approval from SUNY central. This Project TIDE (Timely Introduction of Emerging Data-intensive computing) was instrumental in adding a new course Data-intensive Computing (CSE4/587) to the CSE curriculum at Buffalo. This course deals with data-intensive computing and cloud computing.
Dr. Ramamurthy (PI) recently received an NSF grant for inter-disciplinary research Project POP!World (
CI-TEAM Demonstration Project: A Cloud-enabled Evolutionary Genetics Learning Tool for Engaging the Net-Savvy Generation) NSF-OCI-CITEAM 1041280 (2010-2012) approx. 250K. This is in collaboration with Dr. Jessica Poulin and Dr. Katharina Dittmar De la Cruz of Biological Sciences department.

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Email 
bina@buffalo.edu
Web URL  http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~bina 
Office address  345 Davis Hall, SUNY@Buffalo, Buffalo, NY14260 
Office hours  MWF 11-11.50AM
Office phone  716-645-3182
Office fax  716-645-3464 


Spring 2012

Mon
10.00AM - 10.50AM
CSE 241: Digital Systems
Cooke 121

11.00AM - 12.20PM
Office hours
Davis 345

2.00PM - 2.50PM
CSE341: Computer Organization
Talbert 107
Tue
By Appointment
Research
Davis 345
Wed
10.00AM - 10.50AM
CSE241: Digital Systems
Cooke 121
11.00Am - 2.50AM
Research meeting (IE; BIO)

2.00PM - 2.50PM
CSE341: Computer Organization
Talbert 107
Thu
By Appointment
Research
Davis 345
Fri
10.00AM - 10.50AM
CSE241: Digital Systems
Cooke 121

11.00AM -  12.20PM
Office hours
Davis 345

2.00PM - 2.50PM
CSE321: Realtime Embedded Systems
Talbert 107

Best way to contact me is through e-mail. If you want to see me at any other time besides my office hours, please send me mail.

Spring 20102 Courses

     CSE241: Digital systems

     CSE341: Computer Organization

Invited Presentations (Spring 2012)

      February 7: Invited talk on Cloud Computing Certificate Program at Niagara County Community College

      Jan 11: Buffalo State College (Presenting Pop!World)

      Jan 13: Erie Community College (North): Pop!World K-21 Module (Presentation) (Rescheduled due to weather)

Invited Presentations/Participation (Spring, Summer, Fall 2011)

Jan 26-28: AAAS: Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM PI Conference, Washington D.C.
                Poster on NSF CCLI NEXOS Project

Jan 30- Feb 1: Computing Education for the 21st Century Community Meeting, New Orleans, LA
                Based on CI-TEAM Evolutionary Biology Tool POP!World Project
March 9 -12: SIGCSE 2011: Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education, Dallas, TX
                NSF Showcase presentation: Cloud-enabling STEM Education

May 24-26: CI-TEAM PI Conference: Invited Member of a Panel on Competencies, UIUC, Urbana-Champaign, IL.

June 2-3: Cloud Futures 2011, Invited presentation, "Introducing Cloud Computing into STEM Curriculum Using Microsoft Azure", Redmond, WA.

June 5-9: Semtech 2011, The Sementic Technology Conference, San Franscisco, CA.

June 28: Wipro, Chennai, India: Cloud Computing: Concepts, Technologies and Business Implications (Slides)

August 11: University Day at Bloomberg LP, NY, USA, invited participant.

December 5: CS Education week at Erie Community College
Invited talk on Data-Intensive Computing and Data-intensive Computing Certificate program


Outreach:


Recent Talks at ICAET 2010, Chennai, India  
         Women-in-Computing Conference on 6/23/1010: Data-intensive Computing
         Plenary on 6/24/2010: Cloud: The next generation computer
         

CSEUGA
(Computer Science and Engineering Undergraduate Association): Faculty mentor for this student club.
Gaskill Middle School (Science Club): This is a NY public middle school in the Niagara County.  Dr. Bina Ramamurthy visits 
the school periodically and presents activities for students with the goal of encouraging them to pursue
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) studies and careers.  With the help of a small donation from
Northrop Grumman Corporation we are also able to procure some basic science kits to the school’s science labs. 
The donation is through UB Foundation and the coordinator is Ms. Melanie Bunch who also participates in the events.
Photos from event on October 12, 2010.
          Dr. Jessica Poulin, Dr. Bina Ramamurthy and a CSUGS student Mike visited Gaskill and spent some time with the students.
We also demoed PopWorld evolutionary Biology tool, that was well received.
BEAM (Buffalo-area Engineering Awareness for Minorities Inc): A summer enrichment program for high school students.
Bina has involved at one or two BEAM students in her research for the past 10 years and has taken an active role in the
final project presentations by the student on completion of the program.

CSTEP (Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program): faculty mentor for under-represented minority students for
more than 10 years.
Summer 2011 Student: Damian Ogbonna (A CEN major: Sophomore)

NSBE: (National Society of Black Engineers) Have been a panelist at local NSBE chapter talking and motivating 
minority  students to pursue Engineering careers. Recent events:
Technology panel: 5.00-6.00PM, October 22, 414 Bonner Hall, UB North campus.
Annual awards: April 22, 2011, at Harriman Hall, UB South Campus.

Research

Cloud-enabling STEM Education:  POP!World

A Certificate Program in Data-intensive Computing

Presentations

Project NEXOS

GridFoRCE: Grid FoR Research, Education and Collaboration: NSF supported project  

ViGOR: Visual Grid Tutorial: Univeristy at Buffalo Ed Tech supported project

EdTech (UB) Presentation 4/27/2006: ViGOR Visual Grid Tutorial

Master projects supervised