Chris Augeri’s Research Site


Chris standing by an oak tree.

 

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Welcome! I am a computer scientist and recently completed my dissertation on improving the performance of the PageRank algorithm by applying techniques used to decide graph isomorphism. The PageRank algorithm is used to order query responses in some search engines. I also proposed other PageRank algorithm applications, such as identifying members in a social network that are likely to be infected with a disease or identifying nodes in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm that are likely to contain information spread by a rumor-routing protocol.

 

My early work on data management in UAV swarms involved implementing a communications protocol library and integrating UAVs in undergraduate classes. Those efforts motivated my early doctoral results, such as defining a swarm design paradigm, creating a swarm simulation environment, and improving a distributed data structure’s performance in mobile applications. Other work yielded an XML compression study and two visual cache simulators. Many of these efforts involved my favorite aspects of research: creativity and collaboration.

 

While on active duty, I served in the communications and intelligence fields at many locations, including Korea, New Jersey, and Ohio, and as an assistant professor of computer science at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA). During a break in service, I was an instructor of introductory algebra at the University of Nebraska-Omaha (UNO) and a network technician at Integrated Solutions. If you’d like to discuss any material I’ve posted on this site or any other matter, please send me an e-mail by clicking my name at the bottom of this page.

 

All the best,

Chris Augeri