Several agencies including US Air Force Research Labs, Ball Aerospace, LEXIS-NEXIS, Multiple Refineries/Oil Companies Consortium, Sirsai Inc, National Science Foundation, Tech_Edge, Sytronics are providing funds to support research in the Interactive Systems Modeling and Simulation Lab at WSU.
The following is a partial list of the currently active research projects for which Dr.Narayanan is a PI. Click on the project name to view more information about it :
PROJECT |
SPONSORS |
| Automated Tool for Cognitive Cyber Weapon Selection Research | US Air Force Research Lab/ Human Effectiveness, Ball Aerospace |
| Scenario - Based Training Research Center for Operator Performance | Multiple Refineries/ Oil Companies Consortium |
| Highly Scalable Cluster Computing Framework | Sirsai Inc., Hadoop |
| An Interdisciplinary Initiative on Tech Based on learning with Disability. | National Science Foundation |
Please click on the below tabs to know more about these ongoing projects.
The objective of this research was to develop Cognitive Cyber Weapon Selection Tools (CCWST) which would induce changes in the human decision making patterns of adversaries by changing adversarial cognitive states. The four major cognitive states selected for this study were deception, distraction, distrust and confusion. In order to observe such cognitive states and to quantify them objectively, a simulated cyber attack environment was developed. This environment has the capabilities to deploy cognitive cyber weapons on to a participants’ computer. Once deployed, these weapons can alter content on web pages and change information and details of the data entered onto Microsoft excel sheets. We hypothesize that the participants would delay their decisions and their error rate would increase during the experiment on deploying certain cognitive weapons developed.
In this project "Research Center for Operator Performance" the operator performance is classified into major factors that effect the human performance. These are inturn classified into various sub-divisions. This map helps to divide tasks performed by human operator and the area that can be improved with help of this research project. To know more about this project please click the link below.
Learning with Disability (LwD) is a Wright State University interdisciplinary initiative. They conduct research, training and service programs that enhance formal education and lifelong learning for people with all types of physical and learning disabilities.Interdisciplinary doctoral specialization in Technology-based Learning with Disability - An Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) Grant sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
The LwD Ph.D program is supported by a five year National Science Foundation (NSF) award for Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeships (IGERT). This award provides the opportunity to support qualified graduate students as IGERT Fellows. Fellows receive a stipend, tuition, and fees for up to three years. Fellows must commit to complete four LwD courses, 2 quarters of practicum, and a dissertation that is relevant to learning with disabilities. They are also expected to participate in IGERT program activities including research meetings, workshops, and conferences.To know more about the IGERT grant and IGERT fellows please click the link below.
The following is a list of the past and Recently Completed Research Projects and Click on the project name to view more information about it :
| PROJECT | SPONSORS |
| Operator Expertise in Control Rooms/Center for Operator Performance | Multiple Refineries/ Oil Companies Consortium |
| Web 2.0 HCI Research | SIRSAI, Inc |
| Operational Leadership for Tech Edge Activities | Tech_Edge |
| Warfighter Decision Support during Net Centric Warfare- Decision Tools for Multi-UAV Agency (MAGE) Support | Sytronics, Inc |
Other Companies and Agencies like Air Force Office of Scientific Research, US Air Force Research Labs, State of Ohio, Wright State University, Information Technology Research Institute at WSU, LEXIS-NEXIS, Systran Federal Corporation, and Ohio Space Grant Consortium have provided funds for research in the Interactive Systems Modeling and Simulation Lab at WSU.
| 1. US Air Force/Wright Brothers Institute. WICC workshop, PI, August 2006 – July 2007. |
| 2. US Air Force. Virtual simulation and EAAGLES. PI. April 2006 – September 2007. |
| 3. Lexis-Nexis/Univentio, Research Agreement, PI, Jan 2007 – June 2007. |
| 4. US Air Force/Wright Brothers Institute. Innovation and collaboration center virtual hub. PI. April 2006 – September 2007. |
| 5. Rittal Corporation. Raw material availability analysis, inventory control, cycle time reduction, assembly line balancing and order expedition strategies. Co-PI (Xinhui Zhang – PI). February 2006 – June 2006. |
| 6. General Dynamics, Dynamic decision making in network-centric operations. PI. July 2005 – March 2006. |
| 7. Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Seminar Series. PI. . January 2006 – December 2006. |
| 8. Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute/AFRL Faculty-Student Research Program. Visual display interfaces for automated target recognition algorithms. PI. August 2005 – July 2007. |
| 9. Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute/AFRL Faculty-Student Research Program. Cognitive modeling in dynamic environments. PI. August 2005 – July 2006. |
| 10. General Dynamics Corp., Evaluation of cushion comfort for Air Force crew stations, PI, October 19, 2004 – June 18, 2005. |
| 11. Coleman Foundation, Certificate in entrepreneurship and innovation in high technology, PI, July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2005. |
| 12. Sandia National Lab, Model-based feedback for simulator-based training in network-centric operations. PI, April 2004 – March 2005. |
| 13. Lexis-Nexis, Quantitative assessment of multi-year performance metrics. PI, February 9, 2004 – March 15, 2004. |
| 14. US Air Force Air Force Research Laboratory/Anteon Corp., Image interpretation through diverse data fusion, PI, October 2003 – March 2006. |
| 15. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Coordination and control of cooperative swarms of unmanned aerial combat vehicles via a virtual testbed environment, Co-PI with Ray Hill, Jan. 15, 2004 – Jan. 14, 2007. |
| 16. Univ. of Arkansas, AFRL, Modeling sortie generation, maintenance, and inventory interactions, Co-PI (Ray Hill – PI), Oct 2003 – Sept 2005. |
| 17. Ohio Board of Regents, 2002 Hayes Investment Fund Program, Ohio research in advanced internet utilization, simulation, and telerobotics. Co-Investigator (Dr. Gilkey PI).. July 2002 – 2004. |
| 18. Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (through Air Force Institute of Technology). Bay of Biscay Agent Simulation Environment Extensions. PI, Sept. 1, 2002 – March 31, 2003. |
| 19. WSU Research Council, Research Challenge Technology Commercialization Grant Competition, Personalizing web interactions through the NARAD technology. Principal Investigator, September 1, 2001 – August 31, 2002. |
| 20. Ohio Board of Regents, Air Force Research Lab/DAGSI Program, Adaptive aiding using operator state assessment, Principal Investigator from June 2002, (Dr. Ling Rothrock – Principal Investigator until May 2002), July 1, 2001 – December 30, 2003. |
| 21. DAGSI Supplemental Award, Adaptive aiding using operator state assessment, Principal Investigator, July 1, 2003 – December 30, 2003. |
| 22. US Air Force, SBIR (Small Business Innovative Research) Subcontract through Kelley’s Logistics Support Systems, Principal Investigator, July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2002. |
| 23. Intel Corporation, Equipment Grant for modeling real-time interactions in a prototypical supply chain, Equipment , April 2001 |
| 24. Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute (DAGSI), Hybrid models for logistics readiness composite course, Summer 2001 |
| 25. Intel Corporation, Integrating Mobile Devices with High Fidelity Computer Models for Future E-Business Applications, Principal Investigator, Jan 23, 2001 – July 1, 2001 |
| 26.Ohio Board of Regents, Air Force Research Lab/DAGSI Program, Command and Control of Remotely Operated Vehicles, Joint Principal Investigator with Dr. J. Gallimore, July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2002. |
| 27.Ohio Board of Regents, Air Force Research Lab/DAGSI Program, Self-Evolving Adaptive Interfaces, Co-PI, (Dr. Rick Koubek – Principal Investigator), July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2002. |
| 28. Ohio Board of Regents, Air Force Research Lab/DAGSI Program, Models and Web-Based Simulations for Improved Logistical Performance, Principal Investigator, July 1, 1999 – June 30, 2001. |
| 29.WSU Research Council, Research Challenge Award, Models and Web-Based Simulations for Logistics, Principal Investigator, July 1, 1999 – June 30, 2000. |
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| 31.US Air Force Research Lab (through Logicon Technical Services, Inc.), Enhancing UMAST Architecture, Principal Investigator, April 1 1999 – June 30, 1999. |
| 32.WSU Research Council, Research Challenge Award, A Graphical Configuration Environment for Unmanned Vehicles, Principal Investigator, Jan 1, 1999 – December 31, 1999. |
| 33.US Air Force, SBIR Program (through Systran Corporation), Interactive Simulation Applications on ORB_IT, Principal Investigator, March 30, 1998 – August 31, 1998. |
| 34.US Air Force Research Lab (through Logicon Technical Services, Inc.), Crew aiding modeling to support the requirements planning process, Principal Investigator, April 1, 1998 – December 31, 1998. |
| 35.US Air Force Research Lab (through Logicon Technical Services, Inc.), Multi-user interaction with unmanned aerial vehicles, Principal Investigator, April 15, 1998 – December 31, 1998. |
| 36.WSU Research Council, Integrating object-oriented simulation and interactive optimization for logistics systems analysis, Principal Investigator, June 1, 1997 – August 31, 1998. |
| 37.US Air Force Armstrong Lab (through TASC Inc.), Information synthesis using integrated learning techniques, Principal Investigator, March 3, 1997 – February 6, 1998. |
| 38. Lexis-Nexis Corp., Modeling enterprise information consumption, Principal Investigator, April 1, 1997 – December 31, 1997. |
| 39.Air Force Office of Scientific Research, (through RDL), Java-based interactive simulation architecture, Principal Investigator, January 1, 1997 – December 31, 1997. |
| 40.US Air Force Armstrong Lab (through Systems Research Lab), Integrating object-oriented simulation and interactive optimization for logistics systems analysis, Principal Investigator, March 20, 1996 – February 13, 1997. |
| 41.Capital Investment Fund, Ohio Board of Regents, Virtual Environments, Human Performance, Technology, & Applications, Co-Investigator (Dr. R. Gilkey – Principal Investigator), 1996 - 1999. |
| 42.Instructional Grant, Microsoft Corporation, Software support for courses in the college of engineering and computer science, Principal Investigator (Dr. T. K. Prasad & Karen Meyer as Co-PIs), July 1, 1995 – June 30 1997. |
| 43.Instructional Grant, Microsoft Corporation, Software support for courses in the college of engineering and computer science, Co-Investigator, (Dr. T. K. Prasad – Principal Investigator), August 18, 1997 to August 17, 1998. |
| 44.Research Initiation Grant, Wright State University Research Council, Hypermedia-based intelligent library information retrieval system, Principal Investigator, May 1, 1995 – May 31, 1996. |
| 45.Seed Grant, Ohio Space Grant Consortium, Object-oriented computational modeling for research in human decision aiding and training in the aerospace domain, Principal Investigator, May 1, 1995 – December 31, 1995. |
| 46.New Investigator Grant, Wright State University Research Council, Models of systems and problem solving in advanced manufacturing, Principal Investigator,December 1, 1994 – November 30, 1995. |