Journal Papers

  1. K. Bhatia, M. Taufer, B. Stearn, R. Zamudio, D. Catarino: Integrate GridFTP into Firefox - Build grid protocols into Mozilla-based tools. IBM developerWorks, 10 Oct 2006.
  2. M. Taufer, C. An, A. Kerstens , and C.L. Brooks III: Predictor@Home: A Protein Structure Prediction Supercomputer Based on Global Computing. Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems. Volume: 17, Issue: 8, Pages: 786- 796, August 2006.
  3. M. Taufer, M. Crowley, D. Price, A.A. Chien, and C.L. Brooks III: Study of an Accurate and Fast Protein-Ligand Docking Algorithm based on Molecular Dynamics. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience. Volume 17, Issue 14, Pages: 1627-1641, December 2005.
  4. Cicotti, M. Taufer, and A.A. Chien: DGMonitor: a Performance Monitoring Tool for Sandbox-based Desktop Grid Platforms. The Journal of Supercomputing. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., Formerly Kluwer Academic Publishers B.V. Volume 34, Number 2, Pages: 113 - 133, November 2005.
  5. K. Baldridge, J.P. Greenberg, W. Sudholt, K. Bhatia, S. Mock, C. Amoreira, Y. Potier, and M. Taufer: The Computational Chemistry Prototyping Environment. Proceedings of the IEEE Special Issue on Grid Computing, Volume: 93, Issue: 3, Pages: 512 - 521, March 2005.

Research Papers in Refereed Conferences, Symposiums, and Workshops

(peer-reviewed papers since 2004)
  1. G. Lopez, M. Taufer, and P.J. Teller: Evaluation of IEEE 754 Floating-Point Arithmetic Compliance Across a Wide Range of Heterogeneous Computers. In Proceedings of the 2007 Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference, October 2007, Orlando, Florida, USA.
  2. R. Araiza, M. Taufer, and M.-Y. Leung: Towards Optimal Scheduling for Global Computing Under Probabilistic, Interval, and Fuzzy Uncertainty, with Potential Applications to Bioinformatics. In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS'2007), June 2007San Diego, California, USA.
  3. M. Taufer, A. Kerstens, T. Estrada, D.A. Flores, and P.J. Teller: SimBA: a Discrete Event Simulator for Performance Prediction of Volunteer Computing Projects. In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulation 2007 (PADS'07), June 2007, San Diego, California, USA.
  4. M. Taufer, M.-Y. Leung, K. L. Johnson, A. Licon: RNAVLab: A unified environment for computational RNA structure analysis based on grid computing technology. Sixth IEEE International Workshop on High Performance Computational Biology (HiCOMB'07), in conjunction with IPDPS'07 March 2007, Long Beach, California, USA.
  5. M. Taufer, A. Kerstens, T. Estrada, D.A. Flores, R. Zamudio, P.J. Teller, R. Armen, and C.L. Brooks III: Moving Volunteer Computing towards Knowledge-Constructed, Dynamically-Adaptive Modeling and Scheduling. To appear in Proceedings of the First Workshop on Large-Scale, Volatile Desktop Grids (PCGrid'07), in conjunction with IPDPS'07 March 2007, Long Beach, California, USA.
  6. R. Zamudio, D. Catarino, M. Taufer, K. Bhatia, and B. Stearn: Topaz: Extending Firefox to Accommodate the GridFTP Protocol. To appear in Proceedings of the Fourth High-Performance Grid Computing Workshop (HPGC'07), in conjunction with IPDPS'07 March 2007, Long Beach, California, USA.
  7. T. Estrada, D. Flores, M. Taufer, P. Teller, A. Kerstens, and D. Anderson: The Effectiveness of Threshold-based Scheduling Policies in BOINC Projects. In Proceedings of the 2st IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Technologies (eScience 2006). December 2006, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  8. T. Estrada, A. Licon, and M. Taufer: CompPknots: a Framework for Parallel Prediction and Comparison of RNA Secondary Structures with Pseudoknots. In Proceedings of 1st Frontier on High Performance Computing and Networking Workshop (FHPCN-06), in conjunction with ISPA 2006, December 2006, Sorrento, Italy.
  9. K. Bhatia, B. Stearn, M. Taufer, R. Zamudio, and D. Catarino: Extending Grid Protocols onto the Desktop using the Mozilla Framework. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Grid Computing Environments (GCE 2006), in conjunction with SC 2006, November 2006, Tampa, Florida.
  10. G. Aguilera, P.J. Teller, M. Taufer, and F. Wolf: A Systematic Multi-step Methodology for Performance Analysis of Communication Traces of Distributed Applications based on Hierarchical Clustering. In Proceedings of 5th International Workshop on Performance Modeling, Evaluation, and Optimization of Parallel and Distributed Systems (PMEO-PDS 2006), in conjunction with IPDPS 2006, April 2006, Rhodes Island, Greece.
  11. M. Taufer, P.J. Teller, D.P. Anderson, and C.L. Brooks III: Metrics for Effective Resource Management in Global Computing Environments. In Proceedings of the 1st IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Technologies (eScience 2005). December 2005, Melbourne, Australia.
  12. M. Taufer, C. An, A. Kerstens, and C.L. Brooks III: Predictor@Home: A "Protein Prediction Supercomputer" Based on Public-Resource Computing. In Proceedings Fourth IEEE International Workshop on High Performance Computational Biology 2005), in conjunction with IPDPS 2005, April 2005, Denver, Colorado.
  13. M. Taufer, D.P. Anderson, P. Cicotti, and C.L. Brooks III: Homogeneous Technique to Ensure Integrity of Molecular Simulation Results Using Public Resources. In Proceedings of the 14th Heterogeneous Computing Workshop (HCW 2005), with IPDPS 2005, April 2005, Denver, Colorado.
  14. M. Taufer, M. Crowley, D. Price, A.A. Chien, and C.L. Brooks III: Study of an Fast Protein-Ligand Docking Algorithm based on Molecular Dynamics. In the Third IEEE International Workshop on High Performance Computational Biology 2004), in conjunction with IPDPS 2004, April 2004, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Educational Papers

  1. M. Taufer, P.J. Teller, A. Kerstens, R. Romero: Collaborative Research Tools for Students, Staff, and Faculty. In Proceedings of the International SUN Conference on Teaching and Learning, March 2006, El Paso, Texas.

Posters

  1. T. Estrada, M. Taufer, and K. Reed: Performance Analysis of Volunteer Computing Traces. In Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE International Conference for High Performance Computing, Network, Storage, and Analysis conference (SC'07), November 2007, Reno, Nevada, USA.
  2. D. Flores, T. Estrada, M. Taufer, P. Teller, and A. Kerstens: SimBA: a Discrete Event Simulator for Performance Prediction of Volunteer Computing Projects. Poster in Proceedings of SC2006, ACM/IEEE Supercomputing 06, November 2006, Tampa, Florida.
  3. M. Taufer, P.J. Teller, M. Ceberio, D.P. Anderson, R. Armen, C.L. Brooks III: DAPLDS: a Dynamically Adaptive Protein-Ligand Docking System based on Multi-Scale Modeling. Poster presented at the SC'05 Booth of the HEC along the Rio Grande Alliance, November 2005, Seattle, Washington.

Technical Reports

  1. R. Zamudio, D. Catarino, M. Taufer, B. Stearn, and K. Bhatia: Topaz: a Firefox Protocol Extension for GridFTP based on Data Flow Diagrams. Technical Report UTEP-CS-06-18, University of Texas, El Paso.
Publications before 2004.