Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Apan Muhammad Qasem

  • Professor at Computer Science, College of Science & Engineering

Grants

2024

  • Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Principal), Royal, Cindy L (Co-Principal), Hewitt, Barbara A (Co-Principal), Dolezel, Diane M (Supporting), Omana Sudhakaran, Pratheesh O (Supporting), Lollar, Jonathan Ernest (Supporting), Booth, Chad (Co-Principal), Roundtree, Aimee Kendall (Supporting), Ekin, Tahir (Supporting), Cordero, Rafael A (Supporting), Lopez, Omar S (Supporting), Ashford-Hanserd, Shetay Nicole (Co-Principal), Sriraman, Vedaraman (Co-Principal), Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth (Co-Principal), 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.
  • Shi, Hongchi (Principal), Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Co-Principal), Seaman, Jill M (Co-Principal). Data Alliance on Persistence and Perception in Computing, Northeastern University Center for Inclusive Computing, Institutional (Higher Ed), $10000. (Funded: May 2024 - August 2026). Grant.

2022

  • 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.
  • Metsis, Vangelis (Principal), Ngu, Hee Hiong (Co-Principal), Guirguis, Mina S (Supporting), Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Supporting), Hou, Tao (Supporting), Lee, Chul Ho (Supporting), Rathore, Heena (Supporting), Wang, Lu (Supporting). High Performance Computing GPU Server for Machine Learning Research, Materials Application Research Center (MARC), Texas State University, $49512. (Submitted: September 7, 2022, Funded: 2022 - 2023). 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.

2021

  • Shi, Hongchi (Principal), Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Co-Principal), Seaman, Jill M (Co-Principal). Data Collection for Inclusive Computing, Center for Inclusive Computing, Northeastern University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $60000. (Funded: February 1, 2021 - December 2023). Grant.

2019

  • Zong, Ziliang (Principal), Qasem, Apan (Co-Principal). Texas State University Cloud and Autonomic Computing Center, Texas State University, $15000. (Funded: May 1, 2019 - May 1, 2022). Grant.

2018

  • Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Principal). Widening the CI Workforce On-ramp by Exposing Undergraduates to Heterogeneous Computing, National Science Foundation, Federal, $241791. (Funded: September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2023). Grant.

2017

  • Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Principal). Machine Learning Compilers for the GPU, NVIDIA, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $3000. (Funded: April 2017). Grant.
  • Qasem, Apan Muhammad, Novoa Ramirez, Clara M. High-performance QAP Solvers on the POWER8, IBM Corporation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $22500. (Funded: May 2017 - Present). Grant.

2014

  • Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Co-Principal), Jin, T. (Principal), Stern, H. (Co-Principal), Semih, A. (Co-Principal), Jimenez, J. (Co-Principal), Novoa, C. (Co-Principal), Asiabanpour, B. (Co-Principal), Tate, J. (Co-Principal), Romanella, S. (Co-Principal), Mendez, F. (Co-Principal). Developing High School Students’ Curiosity in Science and Technology in Capstone Design Days, Halliburton Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $8600. (Funded: 2014 - 2015). Grant.
  • Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Co-Principal), Royal, Cindy (Principal). TexasMusicViz: Music, Data And Storytelling, ONA Challenge Fund, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $35000. (Funded: 2014 - 2015). Grant.
  • Jin, Tongdan (Principal), Asiabanpour, Bahram (Co-Principal), Aslan, Semih (Co-Principal), Jimenez, Jesus (Co-Principal), Mendez, Francis A (Co-Principal), Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Co-Principal), Romanella, S (Co-Principal), Stern, Harold P (Co-Principal), Tate, Jitendra S (Co-Principal). Developing high school students curiosity in science and technology in Capstone Design Days, Halliburton Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $8600. (Funded: September 2014 - May 2015). Grant.

2013

  • 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.
  • Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Principal). Autotuning for Multicore and Manycore Architectures: An Enhanced Feedback-driven Approach, NSF CAREER, Federal, $550000. (Funded: February 1, 2013 - January 31, 2020). Grant.

2012

  • Qasem, Apan Muhammad. Preparing Computer Science Students for the Multicore Era: Teaching Parallel Computing in the Undergraduate Curriculum Early and Often, NSF TUES, Federal, $149118. (Funded: 2012 - 2015). Grant.

2011

  • Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Co-Principal), John, Lizy (Principal), Tamir, Dan (Principal). Power Consumption Based Multicore Task Scheduling and Load Balancing, Semiconductor Research Consortium (SRC), Private / Foundation / Corporate, $360000. (Funded: 2011 - 2016). Grant.

2010

  • Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Principal). Autotuning Stencil Codes for the GPU, NVIDIA, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $6000. (Funded: 2010 - 2015). Grant.

2009

  • Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Principal). Software Support for Multicore Architectures, IBM, $17000. (Funded: 2009). Grant.
  • Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Co-Principal), Yi, Qing (Principal), Quinlan, Dan (Co-Principal), Whaley, Clint (Co-Principal). A Multi-Language Environment For Programmable Code Optimization and Empirical Tuning, Department of Energy (DOE), $360000. (Funded: 2009 - 2012). Grant.
  • Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Principal). Investigating the Challenges of Mapping OR Algorithms on Multi-core Systems, Texas State University Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $10000. (Funded: 2009 - 2010). Grant.

2008

  • Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Principal). A Loop Transformation Tool for Improving Application Performance, Rice University subcontract from Department of Energy (DOE), Federal, $43000. (Funded: 2008 - 2010). Grant.
  • Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Principal). Software Support for Better Utilization of the Shared-cache Architecture on Multi-core Systems, Texas State University Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: 2008 - 2009). Grant.