GRANTS / CONTRACTS
In-Force
+/-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
Completed
+/-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