Research

Research Awards and Recognitions

During my tenure at GFCB, I received the following awards, recognitions, and grants.

Research Awards:

2023: Awarded the GFCB College Faculty Award for Research and Creativity, presented by the former GFCB Dean, Chris Shook.
2018: Received the GFCB College Faculty Award for Research and Creativity, conferred by the former Provost, David Lee.
2015: Designated as the "Most Prolific Grant Proposer" by the former Vice Provost, Gordon Baylis.

Grants & Funding:

Out of the 35 grants I submitted, I successfully secured 23, accumulating a total of approximately $300,000.

Student Funding:

During my tenure, I successfully secured funding for seven graduate assistantships and procured seventeen FUSE grants, cumulatively providing student support amounting to $102,500.

2022-23: GFCB Secures Over $101 Thousand in Research Grants via the Center:

Under the EXTERNAL GRANT category: The awarded grant titled "The Influence of AmeriCorps Members on Ecosystem Management" (Award# 545402) brought in an allocation totaling $52,805.108. The distribution of this amount was as follows:
- AIS Department: An allocation of $14,495 was set aside for the AIS department, specifically for a course buyout.
- GFCB: Upon the conclusion of this grant, the College stands to gain $5,987.108 as an F&A contribution.
- Faculty: A sum of $27,323 has been allocated for faculty member to engage in a comprehensive 10-week summer research analysis.
- Graduate Research Scholar: A dedicated fund of $5,000 allocated to support scholarly activities of a graduate research student.
Via the WKU OSP RCAP GRANT, a $14,547 grant was secured to support the hardware needs for the first phase of BINDR (Brain Imaging Network Data Repository). BINDR utilizes AI algorithms to enable radiologists to accurately identify brain diseases from recent scans, including X-ray, CT, and MRI. These funds are crucial for developing an initial prototype, setting the stage for collaboration between the WKU Center for Applied Data Analytics and the University of Louisville Knowledge Discovery & Web Mining Lab.
FUSE GRANT 2023: Collectively, FUSE GRANT 2023 amounted to $29,000 in student awards. In Spring 2023, awards were conferred to three students. This amounted to a total of $10,500. For Fall 2023, five students were awarded. These grants totaled $18,500.
With an allocation of $4,839 under the C-QTAG GRANT: The Center assumed a leadership role, orchestrating the formulation of a cross-departmental grant proposal. Valued faculty members including Jim Lindsey, John Erickson, Jacob Byl, and Stephen Locke directly benefited from this initiative.

Special Recognition from NSF:

In 2023, received a fully funded invitation to the NSF Aspiring Principal Investigator Summit at Georgia Tech. The summit encouraged collaboration for the Computer & Information Science and Engineering Mid-Late career researcher funding initiatives. Among a selective group of 30 Computer Science faculty members nationally. The summary of my NSF proposal has been posted on the official NSF website (link).

Research Statement

My research journey is characteristic of a relentless pursuit of excellence. I don’t just aim for quantity, but I prioritize the caliber of my contributions, as evidenced by my consistent targeting of leading journals in my area of expertise and proactive grant applications.

I've had the distinct honor of collaborating with esteemed scholars and professionals. This includes Professor Olfa Nasraoui from the University of Louisville; Professor Evelyn Thrasher, the GFCB Interim Dean; Professor Kirk Atkinson of Analytics and Information Systems; Professor Mark Ciampa, who serves as the Director of Analytics and Information Systems Graduate Programs; Professor Albert Meier, the Director at WKU Green River Preserve; Dr. Tuesdi Helbig, who directs the Office of Institutional Research at WKU; Professor Jerry Daday from Purdue University's Institute for Engaged Learning; Assistant Professor Allie McCreary from Auburn University, and Associate Professor Christina Noel of the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences.

These collaborations have profoundly influenced my academic journey. Such partnerships have been instrumental in elevating my scholarly reputation.

As of September 1, 2023, I have received 6,388 citations for my academic contributions on Google Scholar, and I have an i10-index value of 27. Here is the direct link to my Google Scholar Profile.

Summary of Research Activities

Throughout my academic journey, I've produced over 60 scholarly publications, including journal articles, book chapters, and peer-reviewed proceedings. Within the domain of Computer Engineering and Science, contributions to peer-reviewed articles in platforms such as ACM and IEEE Conferences are notable. To this end, I've contributed over 30 articles to these conferences, many with stringent acceptance rates of under 10%.

In line with GFCB's expectations, I refined my research focus toward journal publications upon joining the college. From 2013 onward, I have had the privilege of publishing 15 journal articles, of which seven were produced post my promotion to Associate Professor. Simultaneously, I have been successful in acquiring research funding from diverse sources, encompassing both external bodies and university-based initiatives. A key feature of my scholarly journey has been a commitment to collaboration, strengthening ties between WKU's administration, faculty, and student body.

Research Activities: 2013-2023 (Post-Affiliation with GFCB)

Journal Publications

Article 1

Zhuhadar L, Lytras MD. The Application of AutoML Techniques in Diabetes Diagnosis: Current Approaches, Performance, and Future Directions. Sustainability. 2023;15(18):13484. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151813484

Article 2

Zhuhadar L, McCreary A, Lytras MD, Wells M. The influence of AmeriCorps members on ecosystem management. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2023:138309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.138309

Article 3

McCreary A, Zhuhadar L. The Impact of AmeriCorps Members in Invasive Species and Wildfire Fuels Mitigation. Journal of International Scientific Publications: Ecology & Safety. 2022;16:138-145. https://www.scientific-publications.net/get/1000052/1664113042548499.pdf

Article 4

Zhuhadar L, Ciampa M. Novel findings of hidden relationships in offshore tax-sheltered firms: a semantically enriched decision support system. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing. 2021:1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12652-019-01392-1

Article 5

Zhuhadar L, Daday J, Marklin S, Kessler B, Helbig T. Using survival analysis to discovering pathways to success in mathematics. Computers in Human Behavior. 2019;92:487-495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.12.016

Article 6

Zhuhadar L, Thrasher E. Data analytics and its advantages for addressing the complexity of healthcare: A simulated zika case study example. Applied Sciences. 2019;9(11):2208. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9112208

Article 7

Zhuhadar L, Ciampa M. Leveraging learning innovations in cognitive computing with massive data sets: Using the offshore Panama papers leak to discover patterns. Computers in Human Behavior. 2018;92:507-518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.12.013

Article 8

Zhuhadar L, Thrasher E, Marklin S, de Pablos PO. The next wave of innovation—Review of smart cities intelligent operation systems. Computers in Human Behavior. 2017;66:273-281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.09.030

Article 9

Zhuhadar L, Carson B, Daday J, Thrasher E, Nasraoui O. Computer-assisted learning based on universal design, multimodal presentation and textual linkage. Journal of the Knowledge Economy. 2016;7(2):373-387. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-016-0371-y

Article 10

Zhuhadar L, Marklin S, Thrasher E, Lytras MD. Is there a gender difference in interacting with intelligent tutoring system? Can Bayesian Knowledge Tracing and Learning Curve Analysis Models answer this question? Computers in Human Behavior. 2016;61:198-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.073

Article 11

Article 12

Zhuhadar L. A synergistic strategy for combining thesaurus-based and corpus-based approaches in building ontology for multilingual search engines. Computers in Human Behavior. 2015;51:1107-1115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.03.021

Article 13

Zhuhadar L, Kruk SR, Daday J. Semantically enriched Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) platform. Computers in Human Behavior. 2015;51:578-593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.02.067

Article 14

Zhuhadar L, Lytras M, Zhang JX, Kurilovas E. Advances of scientific research on technology enhanced learning in social networks and mobile contexts: towards high effective educational platforms for next generation education. Journal of Universal Computer Science. 2014;20(10):1402. http://www.jucs.org/jucs_20

Article 15

Zhuhadar L, Yang R, Lytras MD. The impact of Social Multimedia Systems on cyberlearners. Computers in Human Behavior. 2013;29(2):378-385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2012.09.009

Research Quality Indicators

Recently, the GFCB introduced the Research Award Program to honor faculty excelling in research. Among the awards is the Research Funds Award, recognizing contributions to esteemed faculty-specific journals. Securing an A or A* rank as per the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) criteria is notably exceptional. It should be noted that 13 of my published journal articles appeared in journals ranked within the top Q1. Furthermore, eight of these articles met the 2022 ABDC's evaluation criteria, attaining the respected A rank.

Published Book Chapter

Zhuhadar L, Ciampa M. Government Surveillance, National Security, and the American Rights: Using Sentiment Analysis to Extract Citizen Opinions. Politics and Technology in the Post-Truth Era. Emerald Publishing Limited; 2019:129-141. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78756-983-620191009

Published Articles in Conference Proceedings

Proceeding 1

Zhuhadar L, Healthcare Analytical System to Predict Necessary Resources in Case of Crises (2018). Proceedings of The 2018 Annual Americas' Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS).15.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2018/TREOsPDS/Presentations/15

Proceeding 2

Zhuhadar, L., Discovering Pathways to success in STEM Disciplines. The 2015 INFORMS Workshop on Data Mining and Analytics, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Proceeding 3

Zhuhadar, L., Carson, B. M., Daday, J., Nasraoui, O. (2015). A Universal Design Infrastructure for Multimodal Presentation of Materials in STEM Programs. The 24th International Conference on World Wide Web. ACM Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2740908.2744712

Proceeding 4

Zhuhadar, L., Butterfield, T. J. (2014). Analyzing Students Logs in Open Online Courses Using SNA Techniques. 20th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2014, Savannah, Georgia, USA, August 7-9, 2014. http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2014/

Proceeding 5

Zhuhadar, L., Carson, B. M., Daday, G. K. Moving from Entrenched Structure to a Universal Design. ASSETS '14 Proceedings of the 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility (vol. 16, pp. 265-266). New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1145/2661334.2661409

Presentation of Refereed Papers

Presentation 1

Presented with Maria Wells at The 2023 INFORMS Business Analytics Conference, “AmeriCorps' Influence on Ecosystem Management,” Aurora, CO. (collaborative presentation with a student)

Presentation 2

Presented with Jonah Hathaway at The 2023 INFORMS Business Analytics Conference, “Examining Pandemic-Related Fraud & Auditing,” Aurora, CO. (collaborative presentation with a student)

Presentation 3

Presented with Layla Dalton at The 2023 INFORMS Business Analytics Conference, Addressing Health Inequity & AI's Role,” Aurora, CO. (collaborative presentation with a student)

Presentation 4

Presented at The 31^st International Scientific Conference, "The Impact of AmeriCorps Members in Invasive Species and Wildfire Fuels Mitigation,” Burgas, Bulgaria, August 22, 2022.

Presentation 5

Presented at The 26^th Annual Conference of the International Association for Applied Management, "Decision Support Systems to Discover Hidden Relationships in Offshore Tax-sheltered Firms," London, UK, July 13, 2019.

Presentation 6

Presented at the 2018 Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), "Healthcare Analytical System to Predict Necessary Resources in Case of Crises." New Orleans, LA, USA, August 16-18, 2018.

Presentation 7

Presented at The 2017 Predictive Analytics World for Healthcare Conference, “Are We Ready for Zika? Applicability of Healthcare Analytical Systems During Crisis,” New York, USA, October 29, 2017.

Presentation 8

Presenter at The 2016 INFORMS Annual Meeting, "Optimizing Urgent Care

Resource Scheduling Through Discrete Event Simulations," Nashville, TN, USA, November 13, 2016.

Presentation 9

Panel Speaker at The 2016 NSF Educational Data Workshop, “Exploring the Intersection of Topological Data Analysis and Educational Data," Fairfax, Virginia, USA, April 7-8, 2016.

Presentation 10

Presented at The 2015 INFORMS Workshop on Data Mining and Analytics, “Discovering Pathways to Success in STEM Disciplines,” Philadelphia, PA, November 7, 2015.

Presentation 11

Presented at The 24^th International Conference on World Wide Web, “A Universal Design Infrastructure for Multimodal Presentation of Materials in STEM Programs,” Florence, Italy, 2015.

Presentation 12

Presented at The 16^th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, “Analyzing Students Logs in Open Online Courses Using SNA Techniques,” NY, USA, October 20-22, 2014.

Presentation 13

Presented at The 2014 Americas Conference on Information Systems National Conference (AMCIS), “Moving from Entrenched Structure to a Universal Design,” Georgia, USA, August 7-9, 2014.

Presentation 14

Presented at Carnegie Mellon University, at The 2014 Pittsburgh Learn Lab’s Annual Learning Science Workshop, “Toward Enhancing Achievement and Equity in the 21^stCentury,” Pittsburgh, PA, USA, June 16-20, 2014.

Presentations at WKU

Presentation 1

Presented at the 2023 WKU Annual Student Scholar Showcase, “How to Visualize Research Data,” Bowling Green, KY.

Presentation 2

Presented a Session on FUSE Grants as Part of the 2019 PEAK Program. 2019.

Presentation 3

Presented at the 2015 BISC Research Symposium, “HyperManyMedia Platform,” Bowling Green, KY. 2014.

Presentation 4

Presented at the 2014 WKU Student Research Conference, “Data Visualization Using Analytics,” February 20 - 22, 2014.

Awarded Research Grants

Enclosed is a brief summary of my 23 research grants, accumulating a total funding of approximately $300,000. Of these grants, 17 are FUSE grants, with funds directly benefiting students. This financial backing originates from a diverse array of sources, including external agencies, university-focused initiatives, and specific college programs. Throughout these ventures, I have fostered collaborative ties that bridge WKU's administration, faculty, and student body.

External Grant/ Cross-Colleges Collaboration

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount
Co-Principal Investigator (w/ Allie McCreary)	The Impact of AmeriCorps Members in Invasive Species and Wildfire Fuels Mitigation	- External Grant - January 2021 – December 2023 - Corporation for National and Community Service - Awarded $156,136

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount

Co-Principal Investigator (w/ Allie McCreary)

The Impact of AmeriCorps Members in Invasive Species and Wildfire Fuels Mitigation

- External Grant

- January 2021 – December 2023

- Corporation for National and Community Service

- Awarded $156,136

Internal Grant/ University Level

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator	Building a Research Infrastructure for Assisting Radiologists in Detecting Brain Diseases	- Internal Grant - January 2022 – Present WKU RCAP - Awarded $14,547

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator

Building a Research Infrastructure for Assisting Radiologists in Detecting Brain Diseases

- Internal Grant

- January 2022 – Present WKU RCAP

- Awarded $14,547

Internal Grant/ University Level/ Empowering Student Education Through Faculty-Student Synergy

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator (w/ Lilly Shipley as Co-PI)	Assessing Risk Factors and Early Detection in Stroke Prediction	- Internal Grant - WKU FUSE Grant - August 2023 – May 2024 - Awarded $3,500

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator (w/ Lilly Shipley as
Co-PI)

Assessing Risk Factors and Early Detection in Stroke Prediction

- Internal Grant

- WKU FUSE Grant

- August 2023 – May 2024

- Awarded $3,500

Internal Grant/ University Level/ Empowering Student Education Through Faculty-Student Synergy

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator. (w/ Jonathan Roberts as Co-PI)	Optimizing Revenue Management Strategies in the Hospitality Industry	- Internal Grant - WKU FUSE Grant - August 2023 – June 2024 - Awarded $4,500

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator. (w/ Jonathan Roberts as Co-PI)

Optimizing Revenue Management Strategies in the Hospitality Industry

- Internal Grant

- WKU FUSE Grant

- August 2023 – June 2024

- Awarded $4,500

Internal Grant/ University Level/ Empowering Student Education Through Faculty-Student Synergy

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator. (w/ Geoffrey Ross as Co-PI)	Developing and Evaluating a Prediction Model for Diabetes Diagnosis	- Internal Grant - WKU FUSE Grant - August 2023 – June 2024 - Awarded $3,500

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator. (w/ Geoffrey Ross as Co-PI)

Developing and Evaluating a Prediction Model for Diabetes Diagnosis

- Internal Grant

- WKU FUSE Grant

- August 2023 – June 2024

- Awarded $3,500

Internal Grant/ University Level/ Empowering Student Education Through Faculty-Student Synergy

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator. (w/ Abbigail Daly as Co-PI)	Predicting Customer Spending Behavior	- Internal Grant - WKU FUSE Grant - August 2023 – June 2024 - Awarded $3,500

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator. (w/ Abbigail Daly as Co-PI)

Predicting Customer Spending Behavior

- Internal Grant

- WKU FUSE Grant

- August 2023 – June 2024

- Awarded $3,500

Internal Grant/ University Level/ Empowering Student Education Through Faculty-Student Synergy

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator. (w/ Sarah Shirley as Co-PI)	Developing a Predictive Model for Home Loan Approval Using Machine Learning Techniques	- Internal Grant - WKU FUSE Grant - August 2023 – June 2024 - Awarded $3,500

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator. (w/ Sarah Shirley as Co-PI)

Developing a Predictive Model for Home Loan Approval Using Machine Learning Techniques

- Internal Grant

- WKU FUSE Grant

- August 2023 – June 2024

- Awarded $3,500

Internal Grant/ University Level/ Empowering Student Education Through Faculty-Student Synergy

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator. (w/ Aaron Wallace as Co-PI)	How Much Does It Cost to Have a Heart Attack in the US?	- Internal Grant - WKU FUSE Grant - January 2023 – June 2024 - Awarded $3,500

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator. (w/ Aaron Wallace as Co-PI)

How Much Does It Cost to Have a Heart Attack in the US?

- Internal Grant

- WKU FUSE Grant

- January 2023 – June 2024

- Awarded $3,500

Internal Grant/ University Level/ Empowering Student Education Through Faculty-Student Synergy

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator. (w/ Layla Dalton as Co-PI)	Health inequity and the role of Artificial Intelligence!	- Internal Grant - WKU FUSE Grant - January 2023 – June 2024 - Awarded $3,500

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator. (w/ Layla Dalton as
Co-PI)

Health inequity and the role of Artificial Intelligence!

- Internal Grant

- WKU FUSE Grant

- January 2023 – June 2024

- Awarded $3,500

Internal Grant/ University Level/ Empowering Student Education Through Faculty-Student Synergy

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator. (w/ Jonah Hathaway as Co-PI)	Think Pandemic-Related Fraud Is Going Away? Think Again!	- Internal Grant - WKU FUSE Grant - January 2022 – June 2024 - Awarded $3,500

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator. (w/ Jonah Hathaway as Co-PI)

Think Pandemic-Related Fraud Is Going Away? Think Again!

- Internal Grant

- WKU FUSE Grant

- January 2022 – June 2024

- Awarded $3,500

Internal Grant/ University Level/ Empowering Student Education Through Faculty-Student Synergy

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator. (w/ Abigail McGraw as Co-PI)	Predicting Pregnant Customers Using Analytics	- Internal Grant - WKU FUSE Grant - January 2020 – June 2021 - Awarded $3,500

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator. (w/ Abigail McGraw as Co-PI)

Predicting Pregnant Customers Using Analytics

- Internal Grant

- WKU FUSE Grant

- January 2020 – June 2021

- Awarded $3,500

Internal Grant/ University Level/ Empowering Student Education Through Faculty-Student Synergy

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator. (w/ Morgan Lyons as Co-PI)	Profiling Customers	- Internal Grant - WKU FUSE Grant - January 2020 – June 2021 - Awarded $3,500

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator. (w/ Morgan Lyons as Co-PI)

Profiling Customers

- Internal Grant

- WKU FUSE Grant

- January 2020 – June 2021

- Awarded $3,500

Internal Grant/ University Level/ Empowering Student Education Through Faculty-Student Synergy

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator. (w/ Ian Hamilton as Co-PI)	Using ML Algorithms to Detect Financial Fraud	- Internal Grant - WKU FUSE Grant - January 2019 – June 2020 - Awarded $3,500

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator. (w/ Ian Hamilton as
Co-PI)

Using ML Algorithms to Detect Financial Fraud

- Internal Grant

- WKU FUSE Grant

- January 2019 – June 2020

- Awarded $3,500

Internal Grant/ University Level/ Empowering Student Education Through Faculty-Student Synergy

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator. (w/ Kyla Scanlon as Co-PI)	The True Economic Impact of Terrorism: Determining the Effect and Detriment through Sentiment Analysis	- Internal Grant - WKU FUSE Grant - January 2018 – June 2019 - Awarded $3,500

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator. (w/ Kyla Scanlon as Co-PI)

The True Economic Impact of Terrorism: Determining the Effect and Detriment through Sentiment Analysis

- Internal Grant

- WKU FUSE Grant

- January 2018 – June 2019

- Awarded $3,500

Internal Grant/ University Level/ Empowering Student Education Through Faculty-Student Synergy

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator. (w/ Ryan Boone as Co-PI)	Improving Ecosystem Quality Through Data Mining	- Internal Grant - OSP Support Grant - Awarded $5,000

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator. (w/ Ryan Boone as Co-PI)

Improving Ecosystem Quality Through Data Mining

- Internal Grant

- OSP Support Grant

- Awarded $5,000

Internal Grant/ University Level/ Empowering Student Education Through Faculty-Student Synergy

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator. (w/ Kyle Hart as Co-PI)	Discovering Pathways to Success	- Internal Grant - WKU FUSE Grant - Awarded $3,500

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Duration Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator.
(w/ Kyle Hart as Co-PI)

Discovering Pathways to Success

- Internal Grant

- WKU FUSE Grant

- Awarded $3,500

Internal Grant/ University Level/ Empowering Student Education Through Faculty-Student Synergy

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator. (w/ Zach Ross) as Co-PI)	Too Big to Fail? Or Too Blind to See? Profit Analysis	- Internal Grant - WKU FUSE Grant - Awarded $3,500

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator. (w/ Zach Ross) as
Co-PI)

Too Big to Fail? Or Too Blind to See? Profit Analysis

- Internal Grant

- WKU FUSE Grant

- Awarded $3,500

Internal Grant/ University Level/ Empowering Student Education Through Faculty-Student Synergy

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator. (w/ Corey Travis as Co-PI)	Lend Smarter: Analytics to Better Enhance Consumer Lending	- Internal Grant - WKU FUSE Grant - Awarded $3,500

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator. (w/ Corey Travis as
Co-PI)

Lend Smarter: Analytics to Better Enhance Consumer Lending

- Internal Grant

- WKU FUSE Grant

- Awarded $3,500

Internal Grant/ University Level/ Empowering Student Education Through Faculty-Student Synergy

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator. (w/ Cody Kirk as Co-PI)	Who Wants My Product? Affinity-Based Marketing	- Internal Grant - WKU FUSE Grant - Awarded $3,500

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator. (w/ Cody Kirk as
Co-PI)

Who Wants My Product? Affinity-Based Marketing

- Internal Grant

- WKU FUSE Grant

- Awarded $3,500

Internal Grant/ College-level Collaboration

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator. (w/ Evelyn Thrasher)	Are We Ready for the Zika Virus? Applicability of Healthcare Analytical Systems During a Crisis	- Principal Investigator. (w/ Evelyn Thrasher as Co-PI) - January 2018 – June 2019 - Awarded $10,000

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator.
(w/ Evelyn Thrasher)

Are We Ready for the Zika Virus? Applicability of Healthcare Analytical Systems During a Crisis

- Principal Investigator. (w/ Evelyn Thrasher as Co-PI)

- January 2018 – June 2019

- Awarded $10,000

Internal Grant/ College-level Collaboration

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator. (w/ Mark Ciampa)	Reviewing and Prototyping Semantic Cloud-based Repositories	- Internal Grant - GFCB Aim High - January 2017 – June 2018 - Awarded $10,000

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator.
(w/ Mark Ciampa)

Reviewing and Prototyping Semantic Cloud-based Repositories

- Internal Grant

- GFCB Aim High

- January 2017 – June 2018

- Awarded $10,000

Internal Grant/ College-level Collaboration

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator. (w/ Evelyn Thrasher)	Review of Smart Cities Intelligent Operation Systems	- Internal Grant - GFCB Aim High - January 2017 – June 2018 - Awarded $5,000

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator. (w/ Evelyn Thrasher)

Review of Smart Cities Intelligent Operation Systems

- Internal Grant

- GFCB Aim High

- January 2017 – June 2018

- Awarded $5,000

External Cost share Grant/ Cross-Universities Collaboration

Role & Collaborators	Title & Purpose	Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount
Principal Investigator. (w/ Tuesdi Helbig, as Co-PI; w/ Jerry Daday, former Director of CITL as Co-PI; w/ Bruce Keesler, as Co-PI; w/ Olfa Nasraoui, UofL, as Co-PI)	Examining the Impact of Course Sequencing as Pathways to Success in STEM WKU Research and Creative Activity Program	- External Cost-share - The research grant from WKU's RCAP funded through an agreement with the University of Louisville - January 2014 – July 2016 - Awarded $36,000

Role & Collaborators

Title & Purpose

Grant Type, Funding Agency, and Amount

Principal Investigator.

(w/ Tuesdi Helbig, as Co-PI;
w/ Jerry Daday, former Director of CITL as Co-PI; w/ Bruce Keesler, as Co-PI; w/ Olfa Nasraoui, UofL, as Co-PI)

Examining the Impact of Course Sequencing as Pathways to Success in STEM WKU Research and Creative Activity Program

- External Cost-share

- The research grant from WKU's RCAP funded through an agreement with the University of Louisville

- January 2014 – July 2016

- Awarded $36,000

Research Activities: 2008 - 2012 (Prior to Affiliation with GFCB)

Journal Publications

Article 1

Yang, R. Zhuhadar, L. P., & Nasraoui, O. (2012). Structural decompositions of complex networks. In Computational Social Networks, 143-160, Springer Publishing.

Article 2

Zhuhadar, L. P., Nasraoui, O., Wyatt, R., & Yang, R. (2011). Visual knowledge representation of conceptual semantic networks, Social Network Analysis and Mining, 1(3), 219-229. doi: 10.1007/s13278-010-0008-2

Article 3

Zhuhadar, L. P., & Nasraoui, O. (2010). A hybrid recommender system guided by semantic user profiles for search in the e-learning domain, Journal of Emerging Technologies in Web Intelligence, 2(4), 272-281. doi: 10.4304/jetwi.2.4.272-281

Article 4

Zhuhadar, L. P., Nasraoui, O., Wyatt, R., & Romero, E. (2009). Metadata as seeds for building an ontology driven information retrieval system. International Journal of Hybrid Intelligent Systems, 6(3), 169-186, 2009. doi: 10.1007/s13278-010-0008-2

Research Travel Awards

Zhuhadar L, Nasraoui O, Wyatt R, Romero E. Cluster to user profile ontology mapping. International Conference on Software, Services & Semantic Technologies; October 28-29, 2009; Sofia, Bulgaria.

Best Paper Award

Romero E, Zhuhadar L, Wagner C, Wyatt R. Web-Based technology use and computer self-efficacy as predictors of faculty perceptions of support for the implementation of eLearning. International Conference on Mobile, Hybrid, and On-line Learning (ELML) 2009:28-34. doi: 10.1109/elml15089.2009

Published Book Chapters

Book Chapter 1

Zhuhadar, L. P., Nasraoui, O., & Wyatt, R. (2008). Knowledge mining for adaptive multimedia web-based educational platforms, In Technology Enhanced Learning: Best Practices, 205-256.

Selected Published Articles in Conference Proceedings

Article 1

Zhuhadar, L., Yang, R., and Nasraoui, O. 2012. Toward the design of recommender system: Visual clustering and detecting community structure in a web usage network, Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conferences on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology-Volume 01: IEEE Computer Society, pp. 354-361.

Article 2

Nutakki, G. C., Zhuhadar, L., and Wyatt, R. 2012. Appearance based disease recognition of human brains, BIOINFORMATICS, pp. 351-355.

Article 3

Zhuhadar, L., and Yang, R. 2012. Cyberlearning and learning resources, LAK '12: ACM Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, April 29-May 2, 2012, Vancouver, CA.

Article 4

Zhuhadar, L., and Nutakki, G. C. 2012. Hybrid appearance-based disease recognition of human brains, 16th International Conference on Information Visualization (IV), 2012, pp. 588-598.

Article 5

Yang, R., Zhuhadar, L., and Nasraoui, O. 2011. Bow-Tie decomposition in directed graphs, Information Fusion (FUSION), 2011 Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on: IEEE, pp. 1-5.

Article 6

Yang, R., and Zhuhadar, L. 2011. Extensions of closeness centrality?, Proceedings of the 49th annual southeast regional conference: ACM, pp. 304-305.

Article 7

Zhuhadar, L., Nasraoui, O., and Wyatt, R. 2010. Semantically enriched recommender engine: A novel collaborative filtering approach using user-to-user fast Xor bit operation,” Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE Fourth International Conference on Semantic Computing: IEEE Computer Society, pp. 349-352.

Article 8

Zhuhadar, L., and Nasraoui, O. 2010e. Personalized search based on a user centered recommender engine, IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology (WI-IAT), pp. 200 -203.

Article 9

Zhuhadar, L., and Kruk, S. R. 2010. Intelligent social semantic collaborative filtering tools in an e-learning context,” IC-AI, CSREA Press, pp. 996-1002. http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/icai/icai2010.html - ZhuhadarK10.

Article 10

Zhuhadar, L., and Nasraoui, O. 2010d. Performance and scalability testing methodology for a semantic personalized search engine, IKE, pp. 459-465.

Article 11

Zhuhadar, L., and Nasraoui, O. 2010c. Evaluating usability and precision of visual search engine, Proceedings of the 2010 Spring Simulation Multiconference, New York, NY, USA: ACM, pp. 239:231-239:234.

Article 12

Zhuhadar, L., and Nasraoui, O. 2010b. Evaluating a cross-language semantically enriched search engine, Seventh International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG). IEEE, pp. 1074-1079.

Article 13

Zhuhadar, L., and Nasraoui, O. 2010a. Augmented ontology-based information retrieval system with external open-source resources, Seventh International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG). IEEE, pp. 144-149.

Article 14

Nasraoui, O., and Zhuhadar, L. 2010. Improving recall and precision of a personalized semantic search engine for e-learning, Fourth International Conference on Digital Society, 2010. ICDS'10. IEEE, pp. 216-221.

Article 15

Zhuhadar, L., Nasraoui, O., Wyatt, R., and Romero, E. 2010b. “Multi-Language ontology-based search engine, ACHI'10 International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions, IEEE, pp. 13-18.

Article 16

Zhuhadar, L., Nasraoui, O., and Wyatt, R. 2009a. Automated discovery, categorization and retrieval of personalized semantically enriched e-learning resources, International Conference on Semantic Computing (0), pp. 414-419.

Article 17

Zhuhadar, L., Nasraoui, O., Wyatt, R., and Romero, E. 2009k. Multi-Model ontology-based hybrid recommender system in e-learning domain, Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology-Volume 03, pp. 91-95.

Article 18

Romero, E., Zhuhadar, L., Wagner, C., and Wyatt, R. 2009. Web-Based technology use and computer self-efficacy as predictors of faculty perceptions of support for the implementation of eLearning. pp. 28-34.

Article 19

Zhuhadar, L., Nasraoui, O., and Wyatt, R. 2009d. Model driven architecture: How to re-model an e-learning web-based system to be ready for the semantic web?, 7th International Workshop on Semantic Web for e-learning, pp. 61-69.

Article 20

Zhuhadar, L., Nasraoui, O., Wyatt, R., and Romero, E. 2009h. Cluster to user profile ontology mapping, S3T: the International Conference on Software, Services & Semantic Technologies, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Article 21

Zhuhadar, L., Nasraoui, O., and Wyatt, R. 2009f. Visual ontology-based information retrieval system, Information Visualization, 2009 13th International Conference: IEEE, pp. 419-426.

Article 22

Zhuhadar, L., Nasraoui, O., Wyatt, R., and Romero, E. 2009i. Evaluating multi-model (metadata-semantic) information retrieval system,” IC-AI, pp. 125-130.

Article 23

Zhuhadar, L., and Nasraoui, O. 2008a. Personalized cluster-based semantically enriched web search for E-Learning, Proceedings of the 2nd international workshop on Ontologies and Information Systems for the Semantic Web: ACM, pp. 105-112.

Article 24

Zhuhadar, L., Nasraoui, O., and Wyatt, R. 2009b. Dual representation of the semantic user profile for personalized web search in an evolving domain, Proceedings of the AAAI 2009 Spring Symposium on Social Semantic Web, Where Web 2.0 meets Web 3.0, pp. 84-89.

Article 25

Zhuhadar, L., Romero, E., and Wyatt, R. 2009k. The effectiveness of personalization in delivering e-learning classes, Second International Conferences on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions, ACHI'09, 2009: IEEE, pp. 130-135.

Article 26

Zhuhadar, L., and Nasraoui, O. 2008. Personalized cluster-based semantically enriched web search for e-learning, Proceedings of the 2nd international workshop on Ontologies and information systems for the semantic web: ACM, pp. 105-112.

Article 27

Zhuhadar, L., and Nasraoui, O. 2008b. Semantic information retrieval for personalized e-learning, Tools with Artificial Intelligence, 2008. ICTAI'08. 20th IEEE International Conference on: IEEE, pp. 364-368.

Article 28

Zhuhadar, L., Nasraoui, O., and Wyatt, R. 2008b. Metadata Domain-Knowledge driven search engine In “Hypermanymedia” e-learning Resources, CSTST '08: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Soft Computing as Transdisciplinary Science and Technology, New York, NY, USA: ACM, pp. 363-370.

Article 29

Zhuhadar, L., Nasraoui, O., and Wyatt, R. 2008a. A comparison study between generic and metadata search engines in an e-learning environment, Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, pp. 500 - 505.

Article 30

Rojas, C., Nasraoui, O. Zhuhadar, L., 2008. Knowledge Discovery in data with selected Java open-source software, Knowledge Discovery and Web mining 1st Conference, Louisville, KY, USA, p. 51.

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