Team
Researchers

 

Randall Frank,
Principal Investigator

The University of Michigan

School of Information and Library Studies

College of Engineering

304 West Engineering Bldg.
550 East University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1092

Voice: 313/936-3565

e-mail: frank@umich.edu

Education

  • University of Utah candidate for Ph.D. in Computer Science completed all course work and qualifying exam for doctoral degree in Computer Science, 1973 to 1977
  • University of Michigan, 1973 Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Computer Engineering)

 

Academic Experience

  • University of Michigan, 1986-present, Director of Information Technology, College of Engineering
  • University of Michigan, 1992-present, Director of Information Technology, School of Information and Library Studies
  • Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), 1992-1993, Director of Central Computing
  • University of Michigan, 1988-present, Adjunct Lecturer in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

 

Selected Recent Research Grants

Agency: DEC
Title: Electronic Information Server Project
Period: 1 year, 9/90-8/93 (Completed)
Amount: $1,200,000
 
Agency: Hewlett Packard
Title: Equipment for Innovative Instruction
Period: 1 year, 1/91-12/92 (Completed)
Amount: $1,500,000
 
Agency: NSF
Title: Massively Parallel Computing
Period: 2 years, 11/92-10/94 (Ongoing)
Amount: $4,280,000
 
Agency: US DOE
Title: Integrating An Image Database Into Gopher
Period: 2 years, 10/93-9/95 (Ongoing)
Amount: $288,594

 

Selected Publications (related to proposed project)

"The Future of Science and Engineering Computing at Universities," invited paper in Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium Computer at the University, June 1989.

Avoiding Obsolescence in a Computer Aided Engineering Network," invited paper in Proceedings of the UPCAEDM Conference on Computer Aided Design Programs at Universities, July 1987.

"Stored-Data Description and Data Translation: A Model and Language," (with others), Information Systems, vol. 2, no. 3 (1977), Pergamon Press.

"CODASYL Data-Base Management Systems," with R. Taylor, ACM Computing Surveys, vol 8, no. 1 (March 1976).

"A Model for a Generalized Data Access Method," with K. Yamaguchi, Proceedings of the National Computer Conference, 1974.

"A Developmental Model for Data Translation", (with others), Proceedings of the ACM SIGFIDET Workshop on Data Description, Access, and Control, December 1972.

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