Project Ideas

Research Projects

Projects shaded with yellow backgrounds are ones I would be particularly interested in working on at this time

Computational Science

Project Title	status
Distributed molecular docking program	initial investigations underway
Distributed DNA sequence database search engine written in Unicon.	idea
Distributed protein sequence database search engine written in Unicon	initial implementation completed (almost)/ follow-on work defined
The Phase Problem in Protein Crystallography: Potential Approaches Utilizing Massively Parallel Computers	initial investigation completed / dormant

Networks

Project Title	status
Data Link Frame Aggregation Protocol	completed
Light-weight TCP/IP Stack.	idea
Meta-level Firewall	idea

Operating Systems

Project Title	status
*DHAKS(Distributed Hybrid Architecture Kernel System)*	initial work completed / follow-on work defined
DICE, Distributed Interpretive Computing Environment	initial systems completed can be extended and improved ad infinitum
NEW! Dicer Bring DICE back to life on modern systems	idea
DICE port to JVM	idea
DICE port to Microsoft CLR Environment.	idea
OS as an Embedded Library	idea
*MOSIX Experiments Alternate Load Balancing Algorithms*	active / initial work completed/follow-on work defined

Parallel Computing

Programming Languages

Project Title	status
Concurrency In Unicon	on hold
Icon derivative with Parallel Language Constructs	idea
Integration of PVM and Unicon.	idea
Introductory Teaching Language	completed
MICO (CORBA) Support in Unicon.	idea
Modula-2 Compiler Port to JVM	idea
Modula-2 Compiler Port to .NET Environment	idea
RPC (DCE) support in Unicon	idea
RPC (ONC) support in Unicon	idea
SOAP support in Unicon	initial implementation completed, should be enhanced
TLI or TDI support in Unicon	idea
MPI support in Unicon	idea
Unicon compiler, rewrite in Unicon	idea
Unicon i-code interpreter level support for objects	initial phase
Unicon implementation on bare metal (embedded Unicon)	idea
Unicon port to Microsoft .NET	idea
XML-RPC Linda	idea
XML-RPC support for Unicon	initial implementation completed should be enhanced
language translator to convert Perl programs to Unicon	idea
Write a language translator to convert Python programs to Unicon	idea
Coco-R Implementation for Unicon	completed
Implement an i-code interpreter in e-Lisp with hooks to the Emacs variables	idea

Security

Project Title	status
Authentication and Security in Dynamically Reconfigurable Multi-Level Secure Distributed Systems	completed
Source Code Security Analyzer	initial implementation completed, could be extended indefinitely
Vulnerabilities and Countermeasures in Windows NT Operating System	completed
System and Network Security Scanner	idea

Web Centric Computing

Project Title	status
Apache Icon Module	idea
Apache Unicon Module	idea
Distributed Cooperative Web Server	completed
i-box	idea
TestBank	partial implementation, paused

Miscellaneous Small Projects

Project Title	status
An Extended Unicon Major Mode for XEmacs	completed can be extended and improved ad infinitum