Grants
Sheikh Ghafoor has supervised numerous scientific research grants during his career (16 as the PI and 8 as the Co-PI). Project funds have totaled over $7 million with Tennessee Tech receiving over $4 million. In recent years, Sheikh's research has been supported by NSF, NASA, NSA, and ORNL. The following is a list of research grants Sheikh has been involved with over the years:
2021
CC* Compute: A HPC Cluster for Science Research and Education at Tennessee Tech University. National Science Foundation (NSF), July 12, 2021, $399,983. PI: Michael Rogers. Co-PIs: Sheikh Ghafoor, Michael Renfro, Alfred Kalyanapu, Syed Hasan.
Lake Observations from Citizen Scientists and Satellites: Validation of Satellite Altimetry to Support Hydrologic Science. National Science Foundation (NSF), June 24, 2021 - December 31, 2025, Prototype Phase: $359,886 (TTU Portion: $65,071), Implementation Phase: $1,200,000 (TTU Portion: $247,275). Lead-PI: Tamlin Pavelsky. TTU-PI: Sheikh Ghafoor. Co-PIs: Grant Parkins, Faisal Hossain.
2020
Collaborative Research: CyberTraining: Implementation: Medium: Broadening Adoption of Parallel and Distributed Computing in Undergraduate Computer Science and Engineering Curricula. National Science Foundation (NSF), October 15, 2020 - October 14, 2023, $1,000,000 (TTU Portion: $64,220). Lead-PI: Sushil Prasad. TTU-PI: Sheikh Ghafoor. Co-PIs: Charles Weems, Ramachandran Vaidyanathan.
XiveNet: An Extensible, Innovative, and Open Architecture Testbed for In-Vehicle Network Security Research. National Security Agency (NSA), September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2022, $299,992. Lead-PI: Sheikh Ghafoor. Co-PIs: Ambareen Siraj, Stacy Prowell, Anthony Skjellum, Farah Kandah, Mark Yampolskiy.
Collaborative Research: SaTC: EDU: Artificial Intelligence Assisted Malware Analysis. National Security Agency (NSA), August 1, 2020 - July 31, 2023, $400,000 (TTU Portion: $183,263). Lead-PI: Maanak Gupta. Co-PIs: Sheikh Ghafoor, Sudip Mittal, Mahmoud Abdelsalam.
CC* CRIA: Planning a Regional Cyber-Infrastructure-Research Consortium for Middle Tennessee. National Security Agency (NSA), July 1, 2020 - December 31, 2021, $249,713 (TTU Portion: $82,220). Lead-PI: Anthony Skjellum. TTU-PI: Sheikh Ghafoor. Co-PIs: Gerald Gannod, Ryan Otter.
2019
Software Engineering Workforce Development in High Performance Computing for Digital Twins. National Science Foundation (NSF), October 1, 2019 - September 30, 2020, $100,000 (TTU Portion: $42,000). Lead-PI: Anthony Skjellum. Co-PIs: Sheikh Ghafoor, Gerald Gannod.
Adaptive and Reconfigurable Sensor Elements and Networks for Monitoring Critical Infrastructure and Maneuver Corridors. Research and Development Center (ERDC), US Army Corps of Engineers Engineers (USACE), September 25, 2019 - September 24, 2020, $957,444.48. PI: Charles Van Neste. Co-PIs: Sheikh Ghafoor, Satish Mahajan, Jeff Austen, Michael Rogers.
From Can’t to CAN: Attack Prevention & In-Situ Detection of Advanced Attacks on Controller Area Networks. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), March 11, 2019 - September 30, 2020, $56,260. PI: Sheikh Ghafoor.
Semi-Automatic Assessment of Parallel Programs in Training of Students and Faculty. National Science Foundation (NSF), September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2021, $200,000 (TTU Portion: $82,000). Lead-PI: Prasun Dewan. TTU-PI: Sheikh Ghafoor.
Collaborative Research: CyberTraining: Conceptualization: Planning a Sustainable Ecosystem for Incorporating Parallel and Distributed Computing into Undergraduate Education. National Science Foundation (NSF), September 20, 2019February 29, 2022, $423,921. PI: Sushil Prasad. Senior Personnel: Sheikh Ghafoor.
2018
Detection and Analysis of Malware in Critical Infrastructure. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), October 1, 2018 - September 30, 2020, $336,000. PI: Sheikh Ghafoor. Co-PI: Michael Rogers.
Black Box: Highly Secure Environment for Health Data Computation. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), August 1, 2018 - September 30, 2021, $112,508. PI: Sheikh Ghafoor. Co-PI: Michael Rogers.
Development and Improvement of High-Resolution Flood-2D GPU Modeling Titan HPC Environment. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), August 1, 2018 - July 31, 2019, $296,192. PI: Alfred Kalyanapu. Co-PI: Sheikh Ghafoor.
2017
Cyber Training: CDL: iPDC – Summer Institute for Integrating Parallel and Distributed Computing in Introductory Programming Classes. National Science Foundation (NSF), September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2020, $499,988. PI: Sheikh Ghafoor. Co-PIs: Michael Rogers, David Brown.
Tracking Water Storage in Lakes: Citizens and Satellites. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), January 2017 - June 2022, Prototype Phase: $152,674 (TTU Portion: $31,898), Implementation Phase: $1,492,802 (TTU Portion: $255,000). Lead-PI: Tamlin Pavelsky. TTU-PI: Sheikh Ghafoor. Co-PIs: Grant Parkins, Faisal Hossain.
2016
Benchmark and Analyze of Open Source Parallel XXT Libraries on Different HPC Architectures for Performance Prediction. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), November 11, 2016 - September 30, 2017, $25,000. PI: Sheikh Ghafoor.
Develop and Benchmark Architecture Agnostic Scalable Library of Data Parallel Kernels for Big Data Architecture. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), April 1, 2016 - September 30, 2016, $25,000. PI: Sheikh Ghafoor.
Development of Integrated DHSVM-Flood2D-GPU Modeling Framework for Regional-Scale Modeling of High-Resolution Rapid Flood Risk Assessment. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), March 1, 2016 - September 30, 2016, $60,000. PI: Alfred Kalyanapu. Co-PI: Sheikh Ghafoor.
2015
Knowledge-Based Flood Inundation Forecast on Affordable Mobile Platforms to Empower Farmers. University of Washington, October 2015 - September 2017, $150,000 (TTU Portion: $35,000). Lead-PI: Faisal Hossain. TTU-PI: Sheikh Ghafoor.
iPDC: Integrating Parallel and Distributed Computing in Introductory Programming. National Science Foundation (NSF), August 2015 - July 2016, $49,973. PI: Sheikh Ghafoor. Co-PI: Michael Rogers.
Integrating Hands on Security Exercises in Computer Networks Class. Intel-NSF-GTISC Security Education Micro-grant Program, January 2015 - December 2015, $5,000. PI: Sheikh Ghafoor.
2014
Collaborative Research: CyberWorkshops: Resources and Strategies for Teaching Cybersecurity in Computer Science (CReST). National Science Foundation (NSF), September 2014 - August 2017, $422,917. PI: Ambareen Siraj. Co-PI: Sheikh Ghafoor.
2013
Department Wide Parallel and Distributed Computing Adoption. National Science Foundation (NSF) TCPP Early Adopter, July 2013 - June 2014, $5,500. PI: Sheikh Ghafoor. Co-PI: Michael Rogers.
2012
SecKnitKit (Security Knitting Kit): Integrating Security into Traditional Computer Science Courses. National Science Foundation (NSF), August 15, 2012 - July 31, 2014, $199,872. PI: Ambareen Siraj. Co-PI: Sheikh Ghafoor.
2011
Autonomic Dynamic Resource-Aware Runtime System. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), January 2011 - September 2011, $75,000. PI: Stephen Scott. Senior Personnel: Sheikh Ghafoor.
2010
Enhancing the Programming Experience for First-Year Engineering Students through Hands-On Integrated Computer Experiences. National Science Foundation (NSF), September 2010 - August 2014, $600,000. PI: Stephan Canfield. Co-PIs: Sheikh Ghafoor, Mohamed Abdelrahman, Essam Ibrahim, Johne' Parker.
2009
Modeling and Simulation of an Adaptive Parallel System. Office of Research, Tennessee Tech. University, July 2009 - June 2010, $4,000. PI: Sheikh Ghafoor.