GRANTS / CONTRACTS

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  • Artificial Intelligence Algorithms to Identify Deficiencies in Flood Control Systems
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI), Hoque, T. (Co-PI)
    U.S Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
    Award: $3,750,000 (W912HZ-23-2-004). Jan. 2023 — Jan. 2026
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Pattern Discovery
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Office of Naval Research (ONR) - Department of the Navy
    Award: $1,813,141 (N00173-19-S-BA01). Sep. 2020 — Aug. 2025
  • Meeting the Challenges of the Silicon Bayou: A Cooperative Strategy
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Louisiana Economic Development Department
    Award: $5M (CFMS-729488-UNO). Jan. 2014 — Dec. 2024
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  • Maintaining Sustainable Oyster Production for the Louisiana Oyster Industry
    Soniat, T. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI)
    Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
    Award: $770,111. May 2016 — May 2019
  • Large Scale Geospatial Data Mining Using Hadoop and R System
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Office of Naval Research (ONR) – Department of the Navy
    Award: $999,994. Jan. 2016 — Jan. 2021
  • Environmental Geospatial Information Systems Development for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF)
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
    Award: $834,532. Jul. 2015 — Jul. 2018
  • Guidelines for Maintaining Sustainable Oyster Shell-Stock on Louisiana Public Seed Grounds (Part II)
    Soniat, T. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI)
    Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
    Award: $512,324. May 2014 — May 2016
  • Cloud-Based Computing for Large-Data Analytics
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Office of Naval Research (ONR) - Department of the Navy
    Award: $663,261. Oct. 2013 — Oct. 2018
  • 24 TB Back-up storage for the Computer Science Department
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Strategic Technology Planning and Implementation Group (STPIG), UNO
    Award: $6,000. Jun. 2013 — Jun. 2014
  • Development of an Integrated Spatio-Temporal System for Fish Tagging
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI), Soniat, T. (Co-PI)
    Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
    Award: $707,149. Jul. 2012 — Jul. 2015
  • SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) as a Service
    Tu, S. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI)
    Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR)
    Award: $447,746. Sep. 2011 — Sep. 2012
  • Guidelines for Maintaining Sustainable Oyster Shell on Louisiana Public Seed Grounds (Part I)
    Soniat, T. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI)
    Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF)
    Award: $632,844. May 2011 — May 2014
  • Web-Mash Up & Semantic Frameworks
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI), Tu, S. (Co-PI)
    Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR)
    Award: $264,867. Sep. 2010 — Sep. 2011
  • Research Environment for Teachers: A Study on Verification-Driven Learning Model for Computer Science Education
    Tu, S. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI), Richard, G. (Co-PI), Zhu, D. (Co-PI)
    Supplementary request for NSF CPATH program
    Award: $26,800. Jun. 2010 — Aug. 2010
  • Research Environment for Undergraduate Students: Realization of the Verification-Driven Learning Model for Computer Science
    Tu, S. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI), Richard, G. (Co-PI), Zhu, D. (Co-PI)
    Supplementary request for NSF CPATH program
    Award: $16,000. Jun. 2010 — Aug. 2010
  • Collaborative Research: A Verification-Driven Learning Model that Enriches CS and Related Undergraduate Program
    Tu, S. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI), Richard, G. (Co-PI), Zhu, D. (Co-PI)
    NSF CISE CPATH
    Award: $300,000. Sep. 2009 — Sep. 2012
  • Mining of Spatial Data for Threats to Homeland Security
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    National Security Agency (NSA)
    Award: $19,238. Sep. 2008 — Sep. 2009
  • METOC GIS Data Integration Research Project
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI), Tu, S. (Co-PI)
    Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR)
    Award: $69,939. Aug. 2008 — Aug. 2009
  • METOC Data Asset and Tactical Decision Aid Integration with Navy Service Oriented Architecture Systems
    Tu, S. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI)
    Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR)
    Award: $69,939. Aug. 2008 — Aug. 2009
  • Legacy System Renovation Research
    Tu, S. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI)
    Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR)
    Award: $80,000. Aug. 2008 — Aug. 2009
  • IA Distance Learning
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI), Richard, G. (Co-PI), Roussev, V. (Co-PI)
    Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR)
    Award: $70,000. Aug. 2008 — Aug. 2009
  • Building a Competitive Research and Instructional IT Infrastructure in the Greater New Orleans Area
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Louisiana Board of Regents – Superior Graduate Fellow Subprogram
    Award: $34,000. Jul. 2008 — Jul. 2011
  • Mining Large Spatio-Temporal Data Sets over Spatial Networks
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Office of Naval Research (ONR) – Department of the Navy
    Award: $307,037. Aug. 2007 — Aug. 2012
  • Recruitment of Superior Graduate Students in Computer Science at UNO
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Louisiana Board of Regents – Superior Graduate Fellow Subprogram
    Award: $32,000. Jul. 2007 — Jul. 2010
  • Intelligent Information Systems Laboratory for Research & Instruction
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Louisiana Board of Regents – Enhancement Program
    Award: $100,000. Jul. 2006 — Jul. 2007
  • A Teaching and Research Laboratory for Service-Oriented Computing and GIS Web Services
    Tu, S. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI)
    BoR Enhancement
    Award: $85,000. Jun. 2006 — null
  • The Navy's Tactical Environmental Data Services (TED Services)
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) - San Diego, CA
    Award: $655,573. Jul. 2004 — Jul. 2008
  • High Performance Hurricane Modeling Using a 72-node Beowulf Cluster
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI), Tu, S. (Co-PI), Venkata, M. (Co-PI)
    U.S Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - New Orleans, LA
    Award: $30,000. Jul. 2004 — Jul. 2005
  • An Architecture for Merging the Navy’s Tactical Environmental Data Services (TED Services) and NATO’s Rapid Environmental Assessment Program
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Stennis Space center, MS
    Award: $58,968. May 2004 — Aug. 2004
  • REU Site In Spatio-Temporal Database Systems
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI), Tu, S. (Co-PI)
    NSF
    Award: $270,000. Apr. 2004 — Apr. 2008
  • Graduate Fellowships in Computer Science at UNO
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Louisiana Board of Regents
    Award: $30,000. Aug. 2003 — Aug. 2006
  • A Laboratory for Applied Computer Forensics Instruction and Research
    Richard, G. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI)
    Louisiana Board of Regents Enhancement Program
    Award: $65,668. Jul. 2003 — Jul. 2004
  • A Component-Based Software Integration Laboratory
    Tu, S. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI)
    Louisiana Board of Regents Enhancement Program
    Award: $56,000. Jul. 2003 — Jul. 2004
  • Improved Regression Testing Capabilities for COTS Systems Integration
    Tu, S. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI)
    Lockheed Martin System Integration - Owego
    Award: $25,000. May 2003 — May 2004
  • A Highly-Automated GIS-Based Pest Management Control Program
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI), Tu, S. (Co-PI)
    APEX Systems, Inc., New Orleans, LA
    Award: $11,250. Jan. 2003 — May 2003
  • Central Gulf Coast Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory Project
    Dupont, R. (PI), Scharf, P. (Co-PI), Stellingworth, R. (Co-PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI), Richard, G. (Co-PI)
    The Office of Justice Programs, NIJ, Crime Laboratory Improvement Program, U.S. Department of Justice
    Award: $1,449,230. Oct. 2002 — Oct. 2003
  • Experimental Visual Computing for the Mississippi Valley GIS of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI), Tu, S. (Co-PI)
    ACS Government Services, Inc.
    Award: $24,000. Oct. 2002 — Apr. 2003
  • A Benchmark Engine for the Maritime Industry
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Louisiana Board of Regents Industrial Ties Research Subprogram Grant
    Award: $120,000. Jul. 2002 — Jul. 2006
  • Superior Graduate Fellowships in Computer Science at UNO
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Louisiana Board of Regents
    Award: $24,000. Jul. 2002 — Jul. 2005
  • Enterprise GIS Design and Integration
    Tu, S. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI)
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New Orleans, LA. Subcontract through Robotech, Inc., Dallas, TX
    Award: $117,600. Feb. 2002 — Apr. 2003
  • Enterprise GIS Design and Integration
    Tu, S. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI)
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New Orleans, LA. Subcontract through Robotech, Inc., Dallas, TX
    Award: $117,600. Feb. 2002 — Apr. 2003
  • Upgrade Literacy Lab/Help Desk
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Strategic Technology Planning and Implementation Group (STPIG), UNO
    Award: $80,000. Jul. 2001 — Jul. 2002
  • Data Visualization and Web Presentation of Hydraulic Model and Maps
    Tu, S. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI)
    Engima Corporation
    Award: $59,232. Sep. 2000 — Mar. 2001
  • Database Design & Fine Tuning
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Solutient, Inc.
    Award: $16,240. Aug. 2000 — May 2001
  • Managing Enrollment Growth in the Computer Science Department
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Strategic Technology Planning and Implementation Group (STPIG), UNO
    Award: $32,800. Jul. 2000 — Jul. 2001
  • Data Replication for the DIMHRS (Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System)
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI), Tu, S. (Co-PI), Richard, G. (Co-PI)
    Scientific & Engineering Associates (SEA), Inc.
    Award: $24,952. Jul. 2000 — Oct. 2000
  • A Multimedia Computing & Computer Visualization Laboratory
    Tu, S. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI), Richard, G. (Co-PI), Chiu, M. (Co-PI), Korthright, E. (Co-PI)
    Louisiana Education Quality Support Program, Enhancement Program
    Award: $50,000. Jun. 2000 — Jun. 2001
  • Wireless Computer Experimentation Laboratory
    Richard, G. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI), Chiu, M. (Co-PI)
    Louisiana Education Quality Support Program, Enhancement Program
    Award: $78,000. Jun. 2000 — Jun. 2001
  • Enhancing the Instructional Computer Facilities at UNO’s Computer Science Department
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI), Fouquet, E. (Co-PI)
    Equipment Grant from SUN Microsystems
    Award: $52,785. Jun. 2000 — Jun. 2001
  • Web-Based Sexual Predator & Offender Geomapping System
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). Subcontract from the University of Central Florida
    Award: $15,500. Jan. 2000 — Jul. 2000
  • Large Scale Systems Development Using the MacroMosaics Concept
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI), Ming-Cheng, C. (Co-PI)
    Department of the Army - Army Research Office (ARO) - Research Triangle Park, NC
    Award: $175,000. Sep. 1998 — Sep. 2000
  • Louisiana Balloon-Borne Experiment Cluster: Phase II
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    NASA EPSCOR, Subcontract from LSU
    Award: $204,737. Jun. 1997 — Jun. 2002
  • Affordable Crime Mapping and Information Sharing Technology for Community Police Officers
    Reynolds, K. M. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Participant), Wildgen, J. (Co-PI), Burby, R. (Co-PI), Pfeiffer, M. (Commander of Research and Planning, New Orleans Police Department (PI))
    The National Institute of Justice
    Award: $203,000. Jun. 1997 — Jun. 1999
  • A High-Performance Computing Environment for Concurrency Research and Development in the Computer Science Department
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI), Tu, S. (Co-PI), Johannes, M. (Co-PI), Richard, G. (Co-PI), Echols, M. (Co-PI)
    Louisiana Education Quality Support Program, Enhancement Program
    An additional $19,131 matching funds have been granted by the University of New Orleans Research Office
    Award: $92,000. Jun. 1997 — Jun. 1999
  • RAM/SHIPNET Roll-Out - Phase I
    Inozu, B. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Participant)
    Gulf Coast Region Maritime Technology Center
    Award: $300,000. Apr. 1997 — Apr. 1998
  • The Pontchartrain Lake Unified Management Consortium
    Hanoura, A. (PI), King, J. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Participant)
    Freeport McMoran
    Award: $2.8M. Sep. 1996 — Sep. 2000
  • Development of a Digital Mapping Database with Modeling and Simulation Extensions to be Compared to an Extended VPF Database
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Stennis Space Center, MS
    Award: $69,213. Jul. 1995 — Jan. 1997
  • High-Level Support for Recursive Primitives in a Shared-Nothing Parallel Deductive Database System
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Louisiana Education Quality Support Program, Research Program
    An additional $8,500 matching funds have been granted from the University of New Orleans' Research Office
    Award: $56,080. Jun. 1993 — Jun. 1997
  • Strong Protection Against Computer Virus Attacks
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI), Patterson, W. (PI)
    Louisiana Education Quality Support Program, PleX Research Program
    Award: $160,000. Jun. 1993 — Jun. 1997
  • Enhancing Microelectronics Education in the State of Louisiana
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    National Science Foundation/Louisiana Stimulus for Excellence in Research
    Award: $65,200. Feb. 1993 — Aug. 1995
  • A Multidisciplinary Computer-Aided VLSI Laboratory: Enhancement and Upgrade
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Louisiana Education Quality Support Program, Enhancement Program
    An additional $22,280 matching funds have been granted by the University of New Orleans Research Office
    Award: $50,000. Jun. 1992 — Jun. 1993
  • Strengthening the LCCSE Intelligent Machines Research Cluster
    Patterson, W. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI)
    Louisiana Stimulus for Excellence in Research/National Science Foundation Program
    Award: $69,000. Jul. 1991 — Jul. 1993
  • Effect of Duplicates on the Operators of the Relational, NF2, and Extended NF2 Data Models
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    University of New Orleans Research Council
    Award: $5,000. May 1991 — May 1992
  • Design of a Hypercube-Based Pictorial Database Machine
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Louisiana Stimulus for Excellence in Research/National Science Foundation General Enhancement Grant
    Award: $7,000. Jun. 1990 — Jun. 1991
  • Parallel Bit-Level Pipelined Special Function Unit for Statistical Aggregation Functions
    Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)
    Research Development Award, Federal Moghul Corporation
    Award: $1,900. May 1990 — May 1991
  • System Component Reliability
    Sengupta, D. (Project Director), Mohankrisnah, N. M. (PI), Sin, C. J. (Co-PI), Ashrahzadeh, A. R. (Co-PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI)
    University of Detroit
    Award: $237,614. May 1988 — May 1989