List of Publications

Papers in Journals

• Iyad A. Ajwa
  Preparing Computer Science Educators
  The American Journal of Secondary Education, Volume 35, Number 3, pp. 54-62, (Summer 2007).
• Iyad A. Ajwa
  The Arrow Program: A Software Engineering Case Study for CS1
  The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Volume 22, Number 4, pp, 82-86, (April 2007).
• Iyad A. Ajwa
  A Case Study of Grid Computing and Computer Algebra: Parallel Gröbner Bases and Characteristic Sets
  The Journal of Supercomputing, Volume 41, pp. 53-62, (2007).
• Iyad A. Ajwa, Paul S. Wang, and Dongdai Lin
  Another Attempt for Parallel Computation of Characteristic Sets
  Lecture Notes Series on Computing, Volume 8, pp. 63-66.

Papers in Conference Proceedings

• Iyad A. Ajwa, Steven Drozdowski, Christopher Duran, Branden Hamilton, Zachary Porter
  The Design and Implementation of a Real-World Project for a Real Client in a One-Semester Software Engineering Course
  Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS'09), pp. xxx-xxx.
• Brent Beard and Iyad A. Ajwa
  theBOSS - BOSS Open Source Solution
  Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Internet Computing (ICOMP'09), pp. xxx-xxx.
• Iyad A. Ajwa
  Analysis of the Computer-Mathematics Research System ELIMINO
  Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Scientific Computing (CSC'06), pp. 272-276.
• Weidong Liao and Iyad A. Ajwa
  On The Introduction ot Grid Computing to Undergraduate Education
  Proceedings of The 2005 International Conference on Grid Computing and pplications (GCA'05), pp. 112-117.
• Ahmad Hindawi and Iyad A. Ajwa
  AFKAR: A Logo Turtle Educational Tool
  Proceedings of The 2004 International Conference on Algorithmic Mathematics and Computer Science (AMCS'04), pp. 386-390,
• Iyad A. Ajwa, Paul S. Wang, and Dongdai Lin
  Another Attempt for Parallel Computation of Characteristic Sets Proceedings of The Fourth Asian Symposium on Computer Mathematics (ASCM'2000), Chiang Mai, Thailand, December 17-21, 2000.
• Iyad A. Ajwa
  Teaching Distributed Computation at the Undergraduate Level
  Proceedings of The International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'00), Volume III, pp. 1761-1764.
• Iyad A. Ajwa and Paul S. Wang
  Parallel Implementations of the Characteristic Sets Method
  Proceedings of The International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'99), Volume III, pp. 1702-1707.
• Iyad A. Ajwa and Paul S. Wang
  Applying Parallel/Distributed Computing to Advanced Algebraic Computations
  Proceedings of the IEEE 1997 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON 1997), vol. 1, pp.156-164, Dayton, Ohio, USA, July 14-17, 1997. (Winner of NAECON'97 Student Best Award: Second Runner-Up)
• Hong H. Ong, Iyad A. Ajwa, and Paul S. Wang
  PvmJobs: A generic parallel jobs library for PVM
  Proceedings of the IEEE 1997 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON 1997), vol. 1, pp.165-172, Dayton, Ohio, USA, July 14-17, 1997.
• Iyad A. Ajwa and Paul S. Wang
  Using PVM to Speedup Gröbner Bases Computations
  Proceedings of the Eighth IASTED/ISMM International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems (PDCS'96), pp. 457-461.

Papers Resulting from Undergraduate Research

• Jeremy Fensch and Iyad A. Ajwa
  A Grid Computing Environment at Ashland University: an Undergraduate Research Project
  Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Grid Computing and Applications (GCA’07), pp. 97-99.
• Jonathan Gentle and Iyad A. Ajwa
  The GINA Messaging System
  Proceedings of The 2004 International Conference on Internet Computing (IC'04), Volume II, pp. 655-659.
• Jonathan Gentle and Iyad A. Ajwa
  Draak: A Multilanguage Macro Compiler
  Proceedings of The 2003 International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms (ERSA'03), pp. 316-320.
• Michael Steiner and Iyad A. Ajwa
  Real-Time Role-Playing Computer Game
  Proceedings of The 2002 International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology (CISST'02), Volume I, pp. 346-350.

Poster Presentations

• Iyad A. Ajwa
  Applications of The Characteristic Sets Method
  Fall Meeting of The Ohio Section of The Mathematical Association of America, Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio, USA, October 27, 2006.
• Iyad A. Ajwa
  Preparing A Successful First Regional Programming Contest
  The 2006 ICPC New Regional Contest Directors' Workshop, San Antonio, Texas, USA, April 8, 2006.
• Iyad A. Ajwa
  Gröbner Bases Applications in Polynomial Theory
  Fall Meeting of The Ohio Section of The Mathematical Association of America, Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio, USA, October 21, 2005.
• Iyad A. Ajwa
  From ELIMINO To OpenElimino and Beyond
  The 2004 East Coast Computer Algebra Day (ECCAD'2004), Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA, May 4, 2004.
• Iyad A. Ajwa
  Performing Parallel Symbolic Computation on the CRAY T3E
  The Sixth Annual East Coast Computer Algebra Day, ECCAD '99, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, April 24, 1999.
• Iyad A. Ajwa and Lihong Zhi
  CharSets: An Efficient Implementation of the Characteristic Sets Method
  The Fifth Annual East Coast Computer Algebra Day, ECCAD '98, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, April 25, 1998.
• Iyad A. Ajwa
  Parallel and Sequential Characteristic Sets Method
  The Third Annual East Coast Computer Algebra Day, ECCAD '96, IBM Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, April 13, 1996.
• Iyad A. Ajwa and Paul S. Wang
  SymbolicNet: Present State and Future Plans
  International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation, ISSAC'95 Poster Session, Montreal, Canada, July 10-12, 1995.
• Iyad A. Ajwa and Paul S. Wang
  Parallel Characteristic Sets Method Using PVM
  The 1997 Cluster Computing Conference (CCC'97), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, March 9-11, 1997.
• Iyad A. Ajwa and Paul S. Wang
  Parallel Gröbner Bases Algorithm with PVM
  The Fourth U.S. PVM Users' Group Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, February 25-27, 1996.
• Iyad A. Ajwa
  Parallel Gröbner Bases
  The Second Annual East Coast Computer Algebra Day, ECCAD '95, Newark, Delaware, April 8, 1995. Abstract in: SIGSAM Bulletin, Special Issue, June 1995.

Technical Reports

• Iyad A. Ajwa, Zhuojun Liu, and Paul S. Wang
  On Wu's Method
  ICM Technical Reports, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.

• Iyad A. Ajwa, Zhuojun Liu, and Paul S. Wang
  Gröbner Bases Algorithm
  ICM Technical Reports (ICM-199502-00), Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, February 1995.

Dissertation and Thesis

• Iyad A. Ajwa
  Parallel Algorithms and Implementations for the Gröbner Bases Algorithm and the Characteristic Sets Method
  Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, December 1998.
• Iyad A. Ajwa
  Parallel Algorithms for Algebraic and Numerical Problems: A Survey
  M.S. Thesis, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, October 1990.