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Kay A. Robbins
Kay A. Robbins
Professor
S. B. Mathematics (1971), Ph.D. Mathematics (1975)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Statement of Purpose:
find simplicity in unexpected places.
Summary of Research
My research interests fall into two areas --- systems and visualization.
In the systems area I have been working protocols for dynamic terrain
updates in distributed interactive simulations and on visualization
of network protocols. My visualization work centers on
modeling and animation of experimental data. Specifically my work
combines image processing, visualization, and modeling to analyze
video images of the dynamic modes of premixed flames. Physicists
at the University of Houston led by Michael Gorman perform the experiments
and theoretical analysis in conjunction with the visualizations.
Representative Publications
Practical UNIX Programming: A Guide to Concurrency,
Communication and Multithreading, with S. Robbins,
Prentice Hall, 1996.
"Buffered banks in multiprocessor systems," with S. Robbins,
IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 44(4) (1995) pp. 518-530.
"Relationship between average and real memory behavior,"
with S. Robbins, J. Supercomputing, vol. 8 (1994) pp. 209-232.
"Chaotic dynamics near the extinction limit
of a premixed flame on a porous plug burner,"
with M. Gorman and M. el-Hamdi, Combustion Science & Tech.,
vol. 98 (1994) pp. 45-56.
"Real-time identification of flame dynamics," with M.
Gorman, Applied Chaos, ed. by J. H. Kim and J. Stringer, John
Wiley, (1992) p. 261-276.
The Cray X-MP: A Case Study in Pipelined
Architecture and Vector Processing,
with S. Robbins, Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science #374,
1989.