Dennis KafuraProfessor
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Research Interests
Dennis Kafura received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Purdue University in 1974 and 1972, respectively. He had earlier received a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of San Francisco in 1970. He served on the faculty at Iowa State University from 1975 to 1981 where he received tenure. He joined the faculty at Virginia Tech in 1982, serving as Head of the department from 1998 to 2008.
His current research interests are in Computer Science Education, specifically focusing on the curriculum and technology related to computational thinking for novice learners. His previous research interests were broadly in systems and software engineering. He has directed several projects involving object-oriented concurrent programming (ACT++), object-oriented distributed systems (OOSI, and Symphony), and security in grid computing systems (PRIMA). He is the author of over 50 refereed journal and conference publications and the author of two books on object-oriented programming. He has been awarded 18 research grants exceeding $4.5 million in funding and over $2.5 million in equipment grants and donations. He is a member of the ACM, the IEEE, and the IEEE Computer Society.
Please see projects at: http://people.cs.vt.edu/~kafura/
Alliance Between Historical Black Universities And Research Universities For Collaborative Education And Research In Computing Disciplines
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $103,877
CE21 Planning Grant: Integrating Computational Thinking into Middle School Curriculum
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $199,998
Collaborative Research: ITR/NGS: Deja Vu: Transparent Checkpointing and Migration of Parallel Codes Over Grid Infrastructures
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount:
Déjà Vu: Transparent Checkpointing And Migration Of Parallel Codes Over Grid Infrastructures
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $715,000
Development of Trauma Surgery Simulation Software
Granting Institution: Carilion Clinic
Amount: $60,000
IUSE:A Scaffolded Data-Centric Approach to Improved Learning of Introductory Computing Concepts
Granting Institution: NSF
Amount: $532,671
Planning Grant: Integrating Computational Thinking Into Middle School Curriculum
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $199,998
REU Planning Grant: Integrating Computational Thinking Into Middle School Curriculum
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $16,000
TUES: EAGER: Scaffolding Big Data for Authentic Learning of Computing
Granting Institution: NSF
Amount: $97,658
U.S. Haiti Higher Education Partnership, Computer Science
Granting Institution: American Council on Education
Amount: $552,000