Publications

Journal Articles / Book Chapters

F. Drews, J. Lichtenberg, and L. Welch, Scalable Parallel Word Search in Multicore/Multiprocessor Systems, Special Issue for the Journal of Supercomputing on “Scalability of Data Management Applications and Systems”, Springer DOI: 10.1007/s11227-009-0308-3, 2010.
 

J. Lichtenberg, K. Kurz, X. Liang, R. Al-ouran, L. Neiman, L. J Nau, J. D Welch, E. Jacox, T. Bitterman, K. Ecker, L. Elnitski, F. Drews, S. S. Lee, L. R. Welch, “Concurrent Bioinformatics Software For Discovering Genome-wide Patterns and Word Based Genomic Signatures”, BMC Bioinformatics , 11 (Suppl 12):S6doi:10.1186/1471-2105-11-S12-S6, 2010.

j. Lichtenberg, A. Yilmaz, J. D. Welch, K. Kurz, X. Liang, F. Drews, K. Ecker, S. S. Lee, M. Geisler, E. Grotewold, L. R. Welch, “The Word Landscape of the Non-Coding Segments of the Arabidopsis thaliana Genome”, BMC Genomics, 10:463, 2009.
 

Jens Lichtenberg, Edwin Jacox, Josiah Seaman, Xiaoyu Liang, Mary Q Yang, Frank Drews, Stephen Lee, Klaus Ecker, Laura Elnitski, and Lonnie Welch, Word-based Characterization of Promoters involved in Human DNA-repair Pathways, BMC Genomics, Vol 10(Suppl1): S18, DOI: 10. 1186/1471-2164-10-S1-S18, 2009.
 

D. Gu, L. Welch, F. Drews, K. Ecker, Characterizing Robustness in Dynamic Real-Time Systems, Journal of Systems and Software, Volume 80, Issue 7, 1005-1014, 2007. 
 

C. Cavanaugh, F. Drews, L. Welch, Dynamic Resource Management in Distributed Real-Time Systems (Editorial, Journal of Systems and Software, Volume 80, Issue 7, 933-937, 2007. 
 

D. Juedes, F. Drews, D. Gu, L. Welch, K. Ecker and S. Schomann, “Approximation algorithm for periodic real-time tasks with workload-dependent running-time functions,” Journal of Real-time Systems, 34(3):173-194, November 2006.
 

F. Drews, K. Ecker, O. Kao and S. Schomann, Strategies for Workload Balancing in Cluster-Based Image Databases, In Parallel Processing Letters, World Scientific, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 33 - 43, March 2004
 

U. Rerrer, O. Kao, and F. Drews, Extending the Divisible Task Model for Workload Balancing in Clusters, in Parallel Computing: Software Technology, Algorithms, Architectures and Applications, G. Joubert, W. Nagel, F. Peters, W. Walter, Elsevier, ISBN 0444516891, 219 – 224, 2004.
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Conference Publications

M. Yuan, J. Baker, W. Meilander, Lev Neiman, F. Drews, “An Efficient Associative Processor Solution to an Air Traffic Control Problem”, accepted for publication in Proceedings of the 24th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2010), 2010
 

M. Yuan, J. Baker, F. Drews, W. Meilander, “Efficient Implementation of Air Traffic Control Using the ClearSpeed CSX600 System”, in Proceedings of the 21st IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems (PDCS’09), 2009.
 

K. Kurz, L. Nau, F. Drews, and L. Welch, “An Open Source Framework for Bioinformatics  Word Enumeration and Scoring”, In Proceedings of the Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2009), 2009.
 

L. Welch, J. Lichtenberg, F. Drews, “The WORDIFIER Pattern for Functional and Regulatory Genomics”, In Proceedings of the Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2009), 2009.
 

J. Lichtenberg, F. Drews, L. Elnitski, E. Grotewold, E. Jacox, K. Kurz, S. S. Lee, X. Liang, P. Morris, C. Nelson, E. Stockinger, J.  D. Welch, S. Wyatt, A. Yilmaz, and L. R. Welch. “Identification of Regulatory Landscapes in Genomes: Strategies and Case Studies”, Proceedings of the Ohio Collaborative Conference on Bioinformatics (OCCBIO’09), IEEE Computer Society Press, 2009.
 

 F. Drews, W. Leal, P. K. Srinivasan, Enabling Uniform CPU Allocation in the Presence of System Dynamics: Implementation and Experimental Evaluation, In Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications (ESA'08), Las Vegas, NV, 2008.
 

 F. Drews, E. Petri, J. Lichtenberg, and L. Welch, Scalable Parallel Word Search in Multi-Core/Multiprocessor Systems , Proceedings of The 2008 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BIOCOMP'08), Las Vegas, July, 2008.
 

 K. Ecker, F. Drews, QoS-based Management of Multiple Shared Resource in Dynamic Real-Time Systems, In Proceedings of the 20th IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium, 2006.
 

 F. Drews, K. Ecker, J. Lichtenberg, QoS-based Management of Multiple Shared Resources in Dynamic Real-Time Systems, in CIRM 2006 Symposium on Scheduling Algorithms for new Emerging Applications, 2006.
 

 D. Gu, F. Drews, and L. Welch, “Robust Task Allocation for Dynamic Distributed Real-time Systems Subject to Multiple Environmental Parameters,” The 25th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, June 2005.
 

H. Zhao, D. Gu, L. Welch, F. Drews, Stable Allocations in Distributed Real-time Systems with Multiple Environmental Parameters and Replicable Applications,"  13th International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-time Systems, April 2005.
 

 R. Judd, F. Drews, D. Lawrence, D. Juedes, B. Leal, J. Deshpande, and L. Welch
QoS-based Resource Allocation in Dynamic Real-Time Systems, Proceedings of the 24th American Control Conference (ACC 2005), pp. 1745-1751, 2005.
 

 Klaus Ecker, Andrej Chernyk, Frank Drews, Continuous Mode Changes in Real-Time Systems,  In Proceedings of the 3-rd International Conference on Parallel Computing Systems, Colima, Mexico, September 19-22, 2004.
 

 Eric Aber, Frank Drews, Dazhang Gu, David Juedes, Andrew Lenharth, David Parrott, Lonnie Welch, Hang Zhao, David Fleeman, “Experimental Comparison of Heuristic and Optimal Resource Allocation Algorithms for Maximizing Allowable Workload in Dynamic, Distributed Real-Time Systems,” WTR 2004 - 6th Brazilian Workshop on Real-Time Systems, May 2004.
 

 David Juedes, Frank Drews, and Lonnie Welch, Workload Functions: A New Paradigm for Real-time Computing, In Proceedings of the 10th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium RTAS2004, 2004.  
 

 A. Bruening, F. Drews, M. Hoefer, O. Kao, and U. Rerrer, Towards Quality of Service Based Resource Management for Cluster-Based Image Retrieval Systems, In Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Algorithmic Mathematics and Computer Science (AMCS'04), Las Vegas, 2004. 
 

 William Leal, Frank Drews, Chang Liu, Lonnie Welch, “Toward Model-Based Verification of Adaptive Allocation Managers,” Workshop on Model-based Development of Embedded Systems, May 2004.
 

 F. Drews, L.Welch, D. Juedes, D. Fleeman, A. Bruening, K. Ecker and M. Hoefer, "Utility-Function based Resource Allocation for Adaptable Applications in Dynamic Distributed Real-Time Systems," 12th International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-time Systems, April 2004.
 

 David Juedes, Frank Drews, Lonnie Welch, and David Fleeman, “Heuristic Resource Allocation Algorithms for Maximizing Allowable Workload in Dynamic, Distributed Real-Time Systems,” 12th International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-time Systems, April 2004.
 

 D. Gu, F. Drews and L. Welch, “A Characterization of Task Allocation Problems for Distributed Real-time Systems,” Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems (PDCS), July 2004.
 

 U. Rerrer, O. Kao, and F. Drews, Extending the Divisible Task Model for Workload Balancing in Clusters, In Proceedings of Conference on Parallel Computing (ParCo 2003), published 2004.
 

 D. Parrott, D. Fleeman, L. Welch, D. Chelberg, C. Bruggeman, F. Drews and Z. Tan, “Autonomous Satellite Systems Operating in Dynamic, Real-Time Environments.” International Conference of Artificial Intelligence, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2003.
 

 D. Chelberg, F. Drews, D. Fleeman, L. Welch, J. Marquart and B. Pfarr, “Obtaining the Greatest Scientific Benefit from Observational Platforms by Consideration of the Relative Benefit of Observations,” International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology (SMC-IT), Pasadena, CA, July 2003.
 

 K. Ecker, F. Drews, D. Juedes, L. Welch, D. Chelberg, D. Fleeman. and D. Parrott, “An Optimization Framework for Dynamic, Distributed Real-Time Systems,” in Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems, Nice, France, April 2003.
 

 F. Drews and L. Welch, An Architecture and a General Optimization Framework for Resource Management in Dynamic, Distributed Real-Time Systems, IEEE International Workshop on Object-oriented Real-time Dependable Systems, Capri, Italy, Oct. 2003.
 

 F. Drews, K. Ecker, O. Kao and U. Rerrer, Extending the Divisible Task Model for Load Balancing in Parallel and Distributed Systems, In Proceedings of The 2003 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA 2003), CSREA Press, 2003, Vol. 1 pp. 493-497.
 

 S. Schomann, F. Drews, and O. Kao, Evolutionary Algorithms for Scheduling in the Extended LogGP Model, in Proceedings of The 2003 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA 2003), CSREA Press 2003, Vol. 1 pp. 286-292.
 

 F. Drews, K. Ecker, O. Kao and S. Schomann, Simulated Annealing Strategy for Workload Balancing in Parallel Image Databases, Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA), Special Session on Parallel and Distributed Retrieval of Multimedia Data, CSREA Publishing, pp. 734-740,  2002
 

 F. Drews, Scheduling and Performance Prediction of I/O intensive Tasks in  parallel Time-Sharing Systems, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA 2001), CSREA Publishing, June 25-28 2001.
 

 F. Drews, O. Kao, Randomized Block Size Scheduling Strategy for Cluster-Based Image Databases, Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA 2001), CSREA Publishing,  pp. 2116-2123, 2001.
 

 O. Kao, G. Steinert, F. Drews, Scheduling Aspects for Image Retrieval in Cluster-Based Image Databases, Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGrid 2001), 2001, pp 329-336, IEEE Society Press.
 

 Other Publications

F. Drews, K. Ecker, K. Kurz, S. S. Lee, X. Liang, J. Lichtenberg, J. Welch, L. Welch (2008)  WordSeeker, “ A High Performance Bioinformatics Pipeline for Computational Regulatory Genomics”, OPBC, 2008.  
 

J. Lichtenberg, E. Jacox, J. Welch, K. Kurz, M. Yang, K. Ecker, F. Drews, L. Elnitski, and L. Welch, Word-based characterization of promoters from human DNA-repair pathways, in Genome Informatics, 2008. 
 

Frank Drews, David Juedes, Lonnie Welch, and Klaus Ecker, An Approximation Algorithm for Periodic Real-Time Tasks with Workload-Dependant Running Times, In Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings No. 04231, Schloss Dagstuhl, International Conference and Research Center for Computer Science, Germany, 2004 
 

F. Drews, Incorporating Multitasking into a Static Scheduling Model, Schloss Dagstuhl, International Conference and Research Center for Computer Science,
Dagstuhl Seminar Report, 2002