Professor Sumit Ghosh
Sumit Ghosh
presently serves as the chair of the Computer Science Department at
The University of Texas at
Sumit’s research focuses on fundamental and challenging yet practical problems that are of potential benefit to society. His research pursuits have included next generation nVHDL, next generation secure ATM network design, next generation IP router architecture, determining network operating point for operational networks, network architecture to resist lightning-fast intrusions, novel computer architectures to defeat next generation viruses, deep space networking and distributed visualization, next generation asynchronous distributed simulation-based net-centric complex systems design, validation, and testing, impact of topology on network performance, wireless mobile networks, principles of network security, hardening networks through synthesis and modeling of security attacks, mobile computing, intelligent transportation systems, stability and absolute performance of asynchronous distributed algorithms, integrating continuous and discrete simulations within a single framework, distributed resources allocation, continuity of care in medicine, patient medical record integration, modeling synthetic creativity in artificial life, point location algorithm in computational geometry for 3-space, compiler-driven reconfigurable computer architecture, qualitative metrics for evaluating advanced graduate courses, issues in the Ph.D. process, physics of computer engineering problems, creative design in UG engineering education, and practical techniques for engineering ethics education. Sumit’s current professional aspirations are two-fold. First, he is developing an original interdisciplinary research area that integrates networked computational systems, which underlines all of engineering and computer science, with the disciplines of chemistry, biology, medicine, business, and law, at a fundamental level. While the research problems will be exceptionally challenging yet practical, the promise that they will lead to a quantum leap in our civilization’s advancement, is undeniable. Second, with inspiration and guidance from Emeritus Prof. C.V. Ramamoorthy of UC Berkeley and others, Sumit is developing the foundation of an entirely new educational infrastructure, grounded in creativity and humbleness, that will enable future citizens to thread through multiple careers in vastly different professional disciplines throughout their very long working lives as they grow from young adults into their 80s, 90s, and even 100s, still in sound mental and physical health, all the while actively contributing toward the progress of society. These two efforts underlie a new model of interaction between academia and industry that will help train a new cadre of engineers for the high-tech industry at the next level.
Sumit presented the keynote at the 13th Society for Modeling and Computer Simulation International European Simulation Symposium, ESS2001 in Marseilles, France, Oct 18-20, 2001, titled, “A New Era in Complex Information System Design: Bootstrapping Modeling and Simulation with FPGA-based Hardware Synthesis.” He presented the keynote at the MAJECSTIC 2003 conference held at Ecole Polytechnique University of Marseille in Oct 29-31, 2003, titled, “Secure Network Design: New Directions,” and the keynote at the SCS Summer Simulation Multiconference (SummerSim2005), July 24-28, 2005, Hilton Philadelphia, titled, “Modeling and Simulation in an Unprecedented Role in Business: Enabling a New Technical Stock Market Index.” He serves as associate editor for the Transactions of the Society for Computer Simulation International, had served as associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems and IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, and is on the editorial board of the IEEE Press Book Series on Microelectronic Systems Principles and Practice. His research is the result of support from the IEEE Foundation, US Air Force Office of Scientific Research, US Army Research Office, DARPA, Telcordia (formerly Bellcore), Nynex, National Library of Medicine, NSF, Intel Corp., US Army Research Lab, US Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, National Security Agency, US Air Force Research Labs (Rome, New York) through Motorola Corp., Sandia National Labs (Albuquerque, New Mexico), Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), FIPSE-US Department of Education, US Army CECOM (Ft. Monmouth, NJ) through Mitre Corporation, and The University of Texas Research Office. He has also served as consultant to the US Army Research Lab, Raytheon Corporation, US Air Force Rome Labs, and Scientific Systems Company Inc. Sumit founded the Networking and Distributed Algorithms Lab. at ASU in 1995, is a US citizen, and has held visiting professor positions at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Ecole Polytechnic University of Marseilles (France), and Kuwait University (Kuwait).
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"Network designers, engineers, practitioners, and managers will find in this book a systematic and practical approach to hardening networks against attacks. The book is aimed at a wide audience that also includes graduate and senior undergraduate students, policy makers, and consultants in various sectors, including industry, military, and government. Though much of the emphasis in the book is on the security aspects of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks, the principles gathered from the author's experience with these networks have much wider applicability. Problems and exercises have been included at the end of chapters for self-study ... his interesting and information-packed book fulfills its purpose and will be very useful for students, network security professionals, and decision makers." -- ACM COMPUTING REVIEWS.
"Teaching or studying asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks? Want a reference book on the security aspects? Then this book could be for you! Writing in a very readable style, Ghosh starts with a general overview of network security modelling and then gets into the detail of how to model an ATM network under a myriad of potential threat scenarios. Uniquely, as far as I am aware, he uses case studies based on the inter-operation of military and civilian systems and examines the problems inherent in mapping security aspects between systems based on different security models. This could be very applicable to the problems of many commercial organisations trying to integrate networks, particularly across national boundaries - although Ghosh's examples are all US-based. The "problems and exercises" at the end of each chapter are more suited to providing topics for tutorial discussion than as aids to self-study or to test understanding. As the time available to ATM security on a network design course is likely to be very limited, I cannot see there being the time to use these and exercises more suited to individual self-study, with answers, would have been better. Similarly, a glossary of terms would have helped in this TLA-rich environment, although Ghosh does expand these on first occurrence. Also, the cross-reference within the index is very limited - not many readers would go looking for references to INFOSEC by looking it up under "D" (for DoD), particularly outside the US! These minor criticisms apart, this book, with its very thorough modelling of potential attacks on ATM networks, should be required reading for those professional systems engineers responsible for the security of such systems. The book covers its chosen topic very well but is not suited as a general reader on securing networks." -- Reviewed by Keith Wain, Jan 2003, Centre for Information and Computer Sciences, LTSN, Faculty of Informatics, University of Ulster. http://www.ics.ltsn.ac.uk/books/index.html.
Featured in Springer-Verlag Advanced Security and Biometric Technology Portfolio, April 2003.
Translated into Simplified Chinese by Chongqing University Press, China, 2003-2004 (To print 3000 copies).
Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society.
IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Council Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 2, April 2000, pp. 19-20, Book announcement section: This book presents in a straightforward, logical manner, the fundamental concepts that underlie every transportation system. It then shows how these concepts may be exploited to design innovative, intelligent approaches to transportation, illustrating the process for two ubiquitous transportation systems -- railways and automobiles. Next, the book describes the use of modeling and distributed simulation as a scientific and systematic approach to validate these approaches. Finally, the book presents the design of innovative performance metrics to estimate system performance and develops a methodology to study the resilience and robustness of such complex, large-scale systems. Paraphrasing one reviewer's comments, "The book presents intelligent transportation systems from a new, computer science, perspective. The perspective is unusual and one that is very much needed in the future. The ideas presented here are supported by recent research and the book is targeted for the future transportation professional, now in college." A second reviewer comments, "This text describes a number of models and architectures for control and routing of vehicles, mostly in railway but also in highway networks, and includes several simulators of these techniques on CD-ROM. The text should appeal to researchers and advanced students in engineering, computer science and operations research."
Personal Data:
Office: Chairman, Computer Science Department, College of Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Texas at Tyler, 3900 University Blvd., Tyler, Texas 75799.
Tel: 903-565-5566, Fax: 903-565-5607
Email: sumit_ghosh@uttyler.edu, sumit.ghosh@ieee.org
URL: http://cs.uttyler.edu/~sghosh
Citizenship: United States Citizen
Education
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (1984), Stanford University, Stanford, California - 94305. Thesis: A Rule-Based, Generalized Design Verifier, Advisor: Prof. Willem vanCleemput; Associate advisor: Prof. Robert Dutton.
M.S. in Electrical Engineering (1981), Stanford University. Area of Specialization: Computer Systems and VLSI.
B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering (1980), Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Rank in Class: 3rd. Cumulative Performance Index: 9.7/10.0, B.Tech. Project Advisor: Prof. V. Rajaraman, National Professor of Computer Science, India (Retd.).
Higher Secondary Examination Certificate, West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, India, 1974, Science Division, Rank: 3rd of 156,000 students. Aggregate Marks: 911/1000. Gold Medalist for Record Marks in Chemistry (195/200).
Book Manuscripts in Print:
Hardware Description Languages: Concepts and Principles. An IEEE Press Original Monograph, A volume in the IEEE Press Series on Microelectronic Systems, ISBN 0-7803-4744-7, 2000 (Released September 1999). IEEEBK1 Series Editor: Stuart Tewksbury and Joe Brewer.
Modeling and Asynchronous Distributed Simulation: Analyzing Complex Systems. An IEEE Press Original Monograph, ISBN 0-7803-5398-6. Released June 2000. Co-author Dr. Tony Lee of Vitria Technology, Inc. Foreword by Prof. Anil Nerode of Cornell University. Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society. IEEEBK2
Intelligent Transportation Systems: New Principles and Architectures. A CRC Press Original Monograph, ISBN 0-8493-0067-3, January 2000. Co-author Dr. Tony Lee of Vitria Technology, Inc. CRC Series Editor: Dr. Frank Kreith, Life Fellow of ASME.
Principles of Secure Network Systems Design, A Springer-Verlag Original Monograph, 0-387-95213-6, April 2002. Foreword by Dr. Bud Lawson, IEEE and ACM Fellow.
Algorithm Design for Networked Information Technology Systems: Principles and Applications, A Springer-Verlag Original Monograph, 0-387-95544-5, November 2003. Foreword by Prof. C.V. Ramamoorthy of UC Berkeley.
Edited Book:
"Guarding Your Business: A Management Approach to Security," Proceedings of the Management of Technologies Symposium held October 22-24, 2002, at Stevens Institute of Technology, co-editors Profs. Manu Malek and Ted Stohr, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, ISBN 0-306-48494-3, March 2004.
Invited Book Chapters:
Chapter on, "Networking Algorithms and Computational Intelligence," co-authored with Dr. Seong-Soon Joo, Q. Razouqi, Tony Lee, and P. Seshasayi, Chapter 9, pp. 221-262, in the book titled, "Computational Intelligence in Telecommunications Networks," edited by Prof. Witold Pedrycz and Athanaios Vasilakos. CRC Press, September 2000, ISBN 0-8493-1075-X. CRC
Chapter on, "A Fundamental Framework for Network Security," co-authored with Jerry Schumacher, in the Second edition of the Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, edited by Prof. John Webster, John Wiley Publishers, Feb 2000.
Chapter on, "Future Advances in Networked Systems and New Forms of Cyberattacks," second to last chapter in the book titled, "Computing and Networking Crimes," edited by Elliot Turrini (Former Asst. US Attorney) and Jessica R. Herrera (Federal Prosecutor, CCIPS, US Department of Justice). Wadsworth Publishing, Belmont, CA., December 2003. Outline
Section 10.9 titled, Intelligent Transportation Systems, in Chapter 10 titled Transportation, in CRC Press Handbook of Mechanical Engineering, Second Edition, Edited by Dr. Frank Kreith and Dr. Yogi Goswami, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, July 2003, To appear July 2004.
Research Interests/Areas of Specialization:
Fundamental and challenging yet practical problems from different disciplines in computer engineering and science.
Asynchronous Distributed Decision-Making Algorithms (ADDM): Fundamental properties of ADDM algorithms, stability of ADDM algorithms, absolute performance of ADDM algorithms, and a mathematical framework to synthesize asynchronous decentralized algorithms from centralized descriptions (with Prof. A. Nerode of Mathematics, Cornell University).
Network Security: Holistic approach to network security ranging from underlying computer instruction set redesign to control algorithms to legal implications in future network design and operations, a fundamental framework for comprehensive network security -- adopted by National Security Agency in their Network Rating Model (Link), security on demand in ATM network, a framework to evaluate network topology impact on network security performance, a new approach to uncovering vulnerabilities and designing attacks for ATM networks, design of a distributed hardware-software sentinel for ATM network, integrating ATM Forum security specifications with fundamental security framework, human immune system-inspired strategic-tactical architecture for intrusion detection in future networking, new forms of cyberattacks enabled by advances in networking in the future, fundamental nature of computer viruses, and computer architecture redesign to harden against next-generation virues and intrusions.
Network security and law enforcement: Identify, comprehensively, the requirements of the future network, from the perspective of law enforcement, one that reflects the network performance and functionality needs of the public, industry, and DoD, and in keeping with advances in networking and computing infrastructure. Delineate the necessary legal basis to address cybercrimes relative to the future network. The role of the 5th Amendment in protecting privacy at increasingly higher levels of abstraction, beyond the present cyberspace.
Networking: Network-centric systems design language, secure network architecture for critical functions, high-performance next generation IP router architecture, definition and fundamental attributes of high-speed networks, generalized networks, distributed dynamic self-healing algorithms for ATM networks, accurate modeling and simulation of ATM networks, performance characterization of ATM networks, fuzzy thresholding-based buffer management in ATM networks, guaranteed-no-cells-dropped buffer management scheme for ATM networks, impact of source traffic bandwidth distribution on the quality of service (QoS) in ATM networks, novel routing mechanism for future high-speed networks, concurrent call processing architectures for ATM networks, architectures for interfacing call processor with switch fabric, network topology and performance, architecture for deep space networking, and determining network operating point for ATM and future networks.
Interdisciplinary research: Analyzing phenomena in biology and nature and conceptualizing and adapting the ideas across different engineering problems. Synthesizing creative traits in robot colonies that will survive unforeseen situations during space exploration, introducing new behaviors in selected molecules of a synthetic vaccine so the drug can make a difference under abnormal life threatening conditions, simulation-based innovative drug design and testing. Human immune system inspired strategic-tactical architecture for fast and accurate intrusion detection in high-speed networks. Use of reflection as practical vehicle to triggering creativity in ordinary engineering students.
Computer-Aided Design of Digital Systems: A science of hardware description languages (HDLs) to address future digital systems, new semantics for transport delays in VHDL, origin of delta delays in VHDL, behavior-level fault modeling, distributed test generation and fault simulation and concurrent execution of VHDL models on loosely-coupled parallel processors, design and implementation of the next-generation hardware description language (nVHDL), a breakthrough approach for simulating continuous (analog) and discrete (digital) subcomponents of a VLSI design simultaneously (in a uniform framework) in nVHDL.
Modeling and Simulation of Complex Systems: The fundamental notion of timing in simulation, a science of modeling and distributed simulation of complex processes, a distributed deadlock-free and null message-free discrete event simulation algorithm, modeling an architecture for integrating patient medical records, modeling decentralized command and control in the military, generalized discrete event specification (GDEVS), a new principle for simulation beyond time-based and event-driven techniques.
Intelligent Transportation: A distributed, national architecture for IVHS, new algorithms for coordination and control in railway networks, personalized rapid transport, stability of large-scale intelligent transportation systems, and scientific estimation of realistic traffic for design of ITS systems.
Computational Science & Engineering: A fundamental continuity of care index in medical care (computational medicine), real-time domestic and international payments processing systems, computational intelligence in IP and ATM networking.
Computer Engineering and Science (CpE&S) Education: New graduate program in networked information systems engineering, characteristics of the Ph.D. process, redesigning the computer engineering and science program, physics of computer engineering and science problems, qualitative metrics to assess quality of advanced graduate, role of honors theses in a computer engineering B.S. program, influence of challenging exams and open-ended projects in fostering creativity in engineering students, and modeling the admissions process for an engineering B.S. program.
Ethics: Basis for ethical thinking in the increasingly abstract engineering systems in the future, practical mechanisms for ethical decision-making in subtle and complex engineering situations.
Others: Electromagnetic field theory as the basis for point location algorithm in computational geometry, large-scale asynchronous concurrent software systems, distributed resources allocation, compiler-driven adaptive reconfigurable computer architectures, and dynamic debugging environments for distributed algorithms executing on loosely-coupled parallel processors.
Invited Talks:
42. "Secure Network Design: New Directions,'' Majecstic 2003 Conference, Oct 29-31, 2003, Ecole Polytechnique University of Marseille, France. Link
41. "A Novel Architecture for Intrusion Detection and Mitigation in ATM Networks,'' Broadband Exchange: Homeland Security & Public Safety Networks, ATM Forum, Oct 21, 2002, Renaissance hotel, Richardson, Texas. Link
40. "The Fundamental Nature of Network Security: A Tutorial,'' Management of Technologies Symposium: Guarding your Business: Enterprise Architectures for Security, Oct 22-24, 2002, Stevens Institute of Technology Campus, Hoboken, NJ. Link
39. "Overview of Research in Secure Network Systems Design Lab (SENDLAB),'' Oct 29, 2001, Host: Steve Bloom, Computer Science Department, Stevens Institute of Technologu, Hoboken, NJ 07039. Host: Prof. Steve Bloom, Director, Computer Science Department.
38. "Information Systems Security Center at Stevens Institute of Technology: A Vision,'' Kuwait Engineering Society, Kuwait; and Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences KFAS (Headed by Emir of Kuwait), May 22, 2001.
37. "Is Information Systems Engineering the Future of Computer Engineering & Science?'' Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, Kuwait University, Kuwait, May 21, 2001. Host Prof. Nasser Al-Muthairi, Chairman, EE & CE Departments.
36. "Reflection as a Catalyst in Triggering Creativity in Science & Engineering,'' Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, Kuwait University, Kuwait, May 19, 2001. Host Prof. Nasser Al-Muthairi, Chairman, EE & CE Departments.
35. "Developing synthetically creative robotic colonies for space exploration, through modeling and simulation,'' Science Seminar Program, Desert Vista High School, Phoenix (Ahwatukee), AZ, March 5, 2001. Host: Dr. Steven G. O'Neal, Honors Chemistry teacher.
34. "Future Directions in Networking Research,'' ECE Networked Information Systems Seminarar, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken (NJ), Invited by Prof. Stuart Tewksbury, Chair, January 31, 2001.
33. "nVHDL, Next Generation System Design Language for Information Technology Systems,'' Workshop on Next Generation Network Centric Systems: Research Challenges and Opportunities, January 18-19, 2001, Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, AZ, Organized by the Center for Advanced TeleSysMatics (CAT), Department of ECE, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721.
32. "Principles and Techniques to Choosing and Maintaining a Network Operating Point in an Operational System,'' US Army CECOM, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, August 18, 2000. Hosts: Denise Carton and Thomas Jensen.
31. "The Future of Networking," Invited by Dr. Seong-Soon Joo, Head of the Call Processing Department, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Taejon, Korea, Dec 10, 1999.
30. "Impact of Source Traffic Bandwidth Distribution on QoS in ATM Networks," Invited by Dr. Seong-Soon Joo, Head of the Call Processing Department, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Taejon, Korea, Dec 9, 1999.
29. "A Framework for Investigating Security Attacks in ATM Networks," Invited by Dr. Seong-Soon Joo, Head of the Call Processing Department, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Taejon, Korea, Dec 9, 1999. Also presented at the National Computerization Agency of the Ministry of Information and Communication, Seoul, Korea, Dec 10, 1999.
28. "Fundamental Principles of Modeling Timing in Hardware Description Languages for Digital Systems," Invited by Prof. Franz Pichler, Head of the Department of Systems Theory and Information Engineering, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria, Nov 25, 1999.
27. "A Study of Synthetic Creativity through Behavior Modeling and Simulation of an Ant Colony," Invited by the ASU IEEE Computer Society Student Chapter, Tuesday, November 10th, 1998, 12:00 PM, GWC B69 (with Peter Heck).
26. "Performance Analysis of Fuzzy Thresholding-Based Buffer Management for a Large-Scale Cell-Switching Network," Invited to Motorola, Government Systems Group, Scottsdale, AZ, ATM Technology Presentations, May 8, 1998.
25. "Network Security: Science or Technology," Invited to Panel on The INFOSEC Technology Profession: A Moving Bus, National Information Systems Security Conference, Oct 8, 1997, Baltimore, MD.
24. "A Mathematical Framework for Asynchronous, Decentralized, Decision Making Algorithm with Semi-Autonomous Entities: Synthesis, Simulation, and Evaluation," Invited Research Presentation, COPPE Sistemas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, August 2, 1996.
23. "Distributed Decision-Making and Approximate Reasoning for Intelligent B-ISDN Network Control," Advanced Computational and Information Sciences Directorate Colloquium, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, April 13, 1994, Host: Dr. Aivars Celmins.
22. "Synthesizing Asynchronous, Distributed, Decision-Making Algorithms for Execution on Parallel Processors," Motorola Cambridge Research Center, Cambridge, MA 02139, December 1, 1993, Dr. Tony Dahbura, Director.
21. "Distributed Multimedia Communications Networks," US Army Research Office Workshop on Virtual, Distributed Interactive Simulation, May 26-28, 1993, Radison Governor's Hotel, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
20. "Distributed Algorithm for Dynamic Self-Healing in B-ISDN Networks," Distinguished Speaker Seminar, GTE Government Systems Corporation, Needham, MA 02194, April 14, 1993. (Hosts: Drs. Marty Ross and John Terrell of the Government Systems Division -- Command and Control Laboratory).
19. Invited Participant to a Workshop on "National Issues with regard to the Utilization of Gigabit Testbeds," Organized and held at the Corporation for National Research Initiatives, Reston, VA, February 5, '93.
18. "Distributed, Dynamic Self-Healing in the Event of Link Failures & Bandwidth Allocation for Broadband-ISDNetwork: Algorithm, Modeling, and Simulation on a Network of Sun Workstations Configured as a Loosely-Coupled Parallel Processor," Strategic Defense Initiative Organization/ Innovative Science and Technology Review, Joint ARMY Research Office & Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA, July 14-15, 1992. Also presented at the Virtual Reality and Synthetic Environment Workshop organized by the ARMY Research Office, Omni Durham, North Carolina, October 26-28, 1992.
17. "TGICAPP: An Asynchronous Distributed Approach to Test Vector Generation Based on Circuit Partitioning on Loosely-Coupled Parallel Processors," Research Seminar, AT &T Engineering Research Center -- Bell Laboratories, May 20, 1992. (Host: Dr. Scott Davidson, Manager, Test Generation Department)
16. "Modeling and Distributed Simulation of Broadband-ISDNetwork on a Network of Sun Workstations Configured as a Loosely-Coupled Parallel Processor System," First Workshop on Enabling Technologies for Concurrent Engineering, Concurrent Engineering Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, April 22-23, 1992.
15. "Distributed Decision-Making Algorithms," Research Seminar, Large Systems and Architecture Division, IBM, Poughkeepsie, New York, February 28, 1992. (Host: Dr. Guru Rao, Manager, Future Computer Architectures Department)
14. "Modeling and Distributed Simulation of Broadband-ISDNetwork on a Network of Sun Workstations Configured as a Loosely-Coupled Parallel Processor System," Research Seminar, Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Humanities, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, February 5, 1992 (Host: Profs. Arnie Urken and Dhadesugoor Vaman)
13. "Modeling and Distributed Simulation of Complex Communication (Broadband-ISDN) Networks Under Overload on Loosely-Coupled Parallel Processors," Workshop on AI and Simulation in Modeling of Complex Systems, July 31 - August 2, 1991, Virginia Technology Center, Falls Church, Virginia, Organized by US Army Concept Analysis Agency, Army AI Center, and Model Improvement and Study Management Agency.
12. "Distributed Decision-Making Algorithms," Invited session at the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, October 1991, University of Virginia, VA 22903.
11. "Distributed Decision-Making Algorithms," a 1-day symposium with eight research talks hosted at the Laboratory for Engineering Man/Machine Systems, Division of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912, 20 March 1991.
10. "DCHLPP: A Distributed C-based Hardware Description Language and Environment for the Execution of Behavior-Level Simulation Models on Parallel Processors," Research Seminar, Department d'informatique et de recherche operationnelle (IRO), Universite d' Montreal, Quebec, Canada M3C 3J7. November 21, 1990. (Host: Prof. Eduard Cerny)
9. "An Asynchronous Distributed Approach to Test Vector Generation Based on Circuit Partitioning on Parallel Processors" Testing Research Seminar, AT &T Engineering Research Center - Bell Labs, Princeton, NJ, December 10, 1990. (Host: Testing Research Manager Dr. Scott Davidson)
8. "NOVADIB: A Novel Architecture for Asynchronous Distributed Real-Time Banking Modeled on Loosely-Coupled Parallel Processors," Advanced Telecommunications and architectures Group, The Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, November 1, 1990. (Host: Mr. George McGovern, Vice President)
7. "Distributed Simulation of Broad Band ISDN Networks and Modeling of Performance Degradation under Overload," Transwitching Technology Research, Bell Communications Research, Red Bank, New Jersey 07701, July 20, 1990. (Host: Member of Technical Staff Dr. Robert Warfield)
6. "Transwitching Technology Research, Bell Communications Research, Red Bank, New Jersey 07701, May 4, 1990. (Host: Divisional Manager Dr. Joseph Berthold)
5. Science and Technology Group, Nynex Corporation, 400-500 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, NY 10604, 21 February 1990. (Host: Director John Jazylo and Associate Director Prodip Sen)
4. "Digital Signal Processing VLSI Group, Analog Devices, Norton, Massachusetts, December 8, 1990. (Host: Supervisor George Morton and Damon Chu)
3. Computer-Aided Design Group, AT &T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, 30 January 1990. (Host: Supervisors Chin-Fu Chen).
2. "A Distributed, Hierarchical Architecture Towards Real-Time, National and International Payments Processing (Banking)," Wayland Collegium In-House luncheon presentation series, Wayland Collegium, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, February 15, 1995.
1. "On Behavior-Level Fault Modeling of Digital Designs," EECS Colloquium Series, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Nov 7, 1988. (Host: Prof. Pinaki Majumdar)
Courses Taught & Planned: Under construction
Partial List of Refereed Transactions, Journals, & International Conference papers: Under construction
Peter Heck and Sumit Ghosh, "A Study of Synthetic Creativity through Behavior Modeling and Simulation of an Ant Colony,'' IEEE Intelligent Systems, Vol. 15, No. 6, November/December 2000, pp. 58-66. Page 1 in PDF
Sumit Ghosh, "A New Qualitative Metric for Assessing Advanced Graduate Courses in Computer Engineering & Science,'' IEEE Circuits & Devices, Feature article to launch 'From the Lecture Hall' column, Vol. 16, No. 6, November 2000, pp. 11-20. Page 1 in PDF
Sumit Ghosh, "Humbleness as a Practical Vehicle for Engineering Ethics Education,'' Proceedings of the IEEE/ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2002, Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Nov 6-9, 2002. Page 1 in PDF
Ed Witzke, Tom Tarman, Sumit Ghosh, and Gerald Woodard, "A Novel Scaleable Architecture for Intrusion Detection and Mitigation in Switched Networks,'' Proceedings of the IEEE Milcom 2002 Conference, Oct 7-10, 2002, The Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, CA. Page 1 in PDF
Peter A. Walker and Sumit Ghosh, "On the Nature and Inadequacies of Transport Timing Delay Constructs in VHDL,'' IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, Vol. 16, No. 8, August 1997, pp. 894-915. Page 1 in PDF
Sumit Ghosh, "P2EDAS: Asynchronous, Distributed Event Driven Simulation Algorithm with Inconsistent Event Preemption for Accurate Execution of VHDL Descriptions on Parallel Processors,'' IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 50, No. 1, January 2001, pp 28-50. Page 1 in PDF
Sumit Ghosh and Pete Robinson, "A Framework for Investigating Security Attacks in ATM Networks,'' Accepted for presentation and inclusion in the Proceedings of the MILCOM'99 Conference, Atlantic City Convention Center, NJ, Oct 31 - Nov 3, 1999, pp. 724-728. Page 1 in PDF
Allen R. Bonde and Sumit Ghosh, "A Comparative Study of Fuzzy Versus "Fixed'' Thresholds for Robust Queue Management in Cell-Switching Networks,'' IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 2, No. 4, August 1994, pp. 337-344. Page 1 in PDF
Norbert Giambiasi, Bruno Escude, and Sumit Ghosh, "GDEVS: A Generalized Discrete Event Specification for Accurate Modeling of Dynamic Systems,'' Transactions of the Society for Computer Simulation (SCS) International, Vol. 17, No. 3, September 2000, pp. 120-134, San Diego, CA. Page 1 in PDF
Sumit Ghosh, Qutaiba Razouqi, H.J.(Jerry) Schumacher, and Aivars Celmins "A Survey of Recent Advances in Fuzzy Logic in Telecommunications Networks and New Challenges,'' IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Vol. 6, No. 3, August 1998, pp. 443-447. Page 1 in PDF
Ricardo Citro, Sumit Ghosh, and Peter G. Churgin, "A Fundamental Metric for Continuity of Care: Modeling and Performance Evaluation,'' IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, Vol. 1, No. 3, September 1997, pp. 189-204. Page 1 in PDF
Qutaiba Razouqi, Seong-Soon Joo, and Sumit Ghosh, "Performance Analysis of Fuzzy Thresholding-Based Buffer Management for a Large-Scale Cell-Switching Network,'' IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Vol. 8, No. 4, August 2000, pp. 425-441. Page 1 in PDF
Kwun Han and Sumit Ghosh, "A Comparative Analysis of Virtual Versus Physical Process-Migration Strategies for Distributed Modeling and Simulation of Mobile Computing Networks,'' ACM Wireless Network Journal -- The Journal of Mobile Communication, Computation, and Information, Vol. 4, No. 5, August 1998, pp. 365-378, Baltzer Science Publishers, Red Bank, NJ. Page 1 in PDF
Sumit Ghosh, "On a Fundamental Physical Principle Underlying the Point Location Algorithm in Computer Graphics,'' IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 42, No. 3, August 1999, pp. 200-204. Page 1 in PDF
L. Agarwal, M. Wazlowski, S. Ghosh, "An asynchronous approach to efficient execution of programs on adaptive architectures utilizing FPGAs,'' IEEE Workshop on FPGAs for Custom Computing Machines, Sheraton Inn at Napa Valley, Napa, California, April 10-13, 1994, pp. 101-110. Page 1 in PDF
Tom Morrow and Sumit Ghosh, "DIVIDE: Distributed Visual Display of the Execution of Asynchronous Distributed Algorithms on Loosely-Coupled Parallel Processors,'' Proceedings of the IEEE Visualization '93 Conference, October 25-29, 1993, Red Lion Hotel, San Jose, California, pp. 166-173. Page 1 in PDF
Noppanunt Utamaphethai and Sumit Ghosh, "DICAF, A Distributed Architecture for Intelligent Transportation,'' IEEE Computer, Vol. 31, No. 3, March 1998, pp. 78-84. Page 1 in PDF
Sumit Ghosh and Meng-Lin Yu, "A Preemptive Scheduling Mechanism for Accurate Behavioral Simulation of Digital Designs,'' IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 38, No. 11, November 1989, pp. 1595-1600. Page 1 in PDF
Tony Lee and Sumit Ghosh, "A Novel Approach to Asynchronous, Decentralized Decision-Making in Military Command and Control,'' IEEE Computational Science and Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 4, Winter 1996, pp.69-79. Page 1 in PDF
Peter A. Walker and Sumit Ghosh, "On the Nature and Inadequacies of Transport Timing Delay Constructs in VHDL,'' IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, Vol. 16, No. 8, August 1997, pp. 894-915. Page 1 in PDF
Sumit Ghosh, "Computer Virus Attacks on the Rise: Causes, Mitigation, and the Future,'' Financial IT Decisions 2002, Vol. 1, a Bi-Annual Technology Publication of the Wall Street Technology Association, Red Bank, New Jersey, http://www.wsta.org, Feb/Mar 2002, pp. 16-17, ISBN 1-85938-369-6. Page 1 in PDF
Sumit Ghosh, "On the Proof of Correctness of Yet Another Asynchronous Distributed Discrete Event Simulation Algorithm (YADDES),'' IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Vol. 26, No. 1, January 1996, pp. 68-74. Page 1 in PDF
Erik Debenedictis, Sumit Ghosh, and Meng-Lin Yu, "An Asynchronous Distributed Discrete Event Simulation Algorithm for Cyclic Circuits using Data-flow Network,'' IEEE Computer, Vol. 24, No. 6, June 1991, pp. 21-33. Page 1 in PDF
Sumit Ghosh, "Creative Thinking,'' IEEE Circuits & Devices, Vol. 20, No. 1, Jan/Feb 2004, pp. 52-62. Reprint in PDF
Chell Roberts and Sumit Ghosh, "A Proposed Model For an Undergraduate Engineering Program in Modeling and Simulation,'' 2004 International Conference on Simulation Education, Western Simulation Multiconference (WMC.04), Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS), Catamaran Resort Hotel, San Diego, CA., January 18-21, 2004 . Reprint in PDF