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Dr. Apan Muhammad Qasem

  • Professor - Computer Science
  • Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Principal), Royal, Cindy L (Co-Principal), Hewitt, Barbara A (Co-Principal), Booth, Chad (Co-Principal), Ashford-Hanserd, Shetay Nicole (Co-Principal), Sriraman, Vedaraman (Co-Principal), Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth (Co-Principal), Dolezel, Diane M (Supporting), Omana Sudhakaran, Pratheesh O (Supporting), Lollar, Jonathan Ernest (Supporting), Roundtree, Aimee Kendall (Supporting), Ekin, Tahir (Supporting), Cordero, Rafael A (Supporting), Lopez, Omar S (Supporting), Mendez, Francis A (Supporting). STEM-CLEAR: Creating Contextualized Learning Pathways across Academic and Cultural Boundaries, National Science Foundation, Federal, $2646529. (Submitted: August 8, 2023, Funded: June 1, 2024 - June 2029). Grant.
  • Ekin, Tahir (Principal), Tesic, Jelena (Co-Principal), Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Co-Principal), Valles Molina, Damian (Co-Principal), Summers, Lucia (Co-Principal), Hewitt, Barbara A (Supporting), Liu, Xiangping (Supporting), Chang, Carolyn T (Supporting), Mendez, Francis A (Supporting), Irvin, Jennifer A (Supporting), Resendiz, Maria D (Supporting). Expanding AI Curriculum and Infrastructure at Texas State University to Advance Interdisciplinary Research and Grow a Diverse AI Workforce, National Science Foundation, Federal, $400000. (Submitted: June 2023, Funded: January 2024 - December 2025). Grant.
  • Fulton, Lawrence V (Principal), Mendez, Francis A (Co-Principal), Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Co-Principal). Accelerating Credentials Planning Grant, THECB, State, $50000. (Funded: July 2022 - September 2022). Grant.
  • Yang, Kecheng (Principal), Ngu, Hee Hiong (Co-Principal), Chen, Xiao (Supporting), Islam, Tanzima Z (Supporting), Metsis, Vangelis (Supporting), Hou, Tao (Supporting), Rathore, Heena (Supporting), Wang, Lu (Supporting), Queiroz de Farias, Mylene Christine (Supporting), Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Supporting). REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Edge Computing, National Science Foundation (NSF), Federal, $389995. (Submitted: August 2021, Funded: March 1, 2022 - February 28, 2026). Grant.
  • Lu, Yijuan (Principal), Ngu, Anne H. (Co-Principal), Gao, Ju (Co-Principal), Chen, Xiao (Co-Principal), Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Co-Principal). II-NEW: Shared High Performance Data Center, NSF CISE CRI Program, Federal, $375756. (Funded: 2013 - 2019). Grant.
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  • Hope, J., Gjergji, M., DiGirolamo, J., Alvarez, M., & Qasem, A. (2021). Characterizing Input-sensitivity in Tightly-Coupled Collaborative Graph Algorithms (pp. 287–296). https://doi.org/10.1109/CCGrid51090.2021.00038
  • Sultana, T., Allen, B., & Qasem, A. M. (2020). Intelligent Data Placement on Discrete GPU Nodes with Unified Memory (PACT20) (pp. 139–151). New York, NY: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3410463.3414651
  • Sadman, Z., & Qasem, A. M. (2025). LLMs in Compiler Optimization: Challenges and Future Direction. IEEE Pulse, 16, 35–37. https://doi.org/10.1109/MPULS.2025.3526517
  • Vyas, S., Vyas, C., Sharotry, A., Jimenez, J., Qasem, A. M., & Mendez, F. A. (2025). Human Activity Recognition in MMH: Pilot Study on Lifting and Lowering Classification.
  • Zisan, S. A., Nooruddin, M., & Qasem, A. M. (2025). A Multi-Tiered Autotuner for Portable Heterogeneous-Compute Interfaces (pp. 73–82). https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC65507.2025.00018
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award. September 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Research Millionaire Award. 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award. 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Research Millionaire Award. September 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award. September 2024
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  1. Member

    Presidential Commission on the Run to R1

  2. Member

    Provost Search Committee

  3. Member

    Academic Program Organizational Review for the College of Science and Engineering

  4. Member

    Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Field of Study (FOS) Advisory Committee

  5. Chair

    Mathematics Chair Search Committee

  6. Member

    Program Committee, 15th NSF/TCPP Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Computing Education (EduPar)

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