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Publication Funding and the Future of U.S. Public Research Universities(MIT Press Journals, 2010-03-01) McPherson, Peter; Gobstein, Howard J.; Shulenburger, David E.Innovation through research is a critical element to a nation's success in the highly competitive global marketplace. University research provides the base from which an important part of the most competitive innovations arise. The modern research university, with synergy flowing from a mix of research, graduate study and undergraduate instruction, is vital to simultaneously generating needed knowledge while also educating future generations of researchers and able graduates primed to take advantage of research findings. In the U.S. the very high proportion of research and graduate education done by public universities makes their futures key the future competitive success of the country.Publication CISC controls and the union/non-union wage ratio(Elsevier, 1984-06) Shulenburger, David E.; McLean, Robert; Rasch, Sara B.Publication Optimal External Memory Interval Management(Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2003) Arge, Lars; Vitter, Jeffrey ScottIn this paper we present the external interval tree, an optimal external memory data structure for answering stabbing queries on a set of dynamically maintained intervals. The external interval tree can be usedin an optimal solution to the dynamic interval management problem, which is a central problem for object-orientedandtemp oral databases andfor constraint logic programming. Part of the structure uses a weight-balancing technique for efficient worst-case manipulation of balanced trees, which is of independent interest. The external interval tree, as well as our new balancing technique, have recently been used to develop several efficient external data structures.Publication Ψ-RA: a parallel sparse index for genomic read alignment(BioMed Central, 2011-07-27) Külekci, M. Oğuzhan; Hon, Wing-Kai; Shah, Rahul; Vitter, Jeffrey Scott; Xu, BojianBackground Genomic read alignment involves mapping (exactly or approximately) short reads from a particular individual onto a pre-sequenced reference genome of the same species. Because all individuals of the same species share the majority of their genomes, short reads alignment provides an alternative and much more efficient way to sequence the genome of a particular individual than does direct sequencing. Among many strategies proposed for this alignment process, indexing the reference genome and short read searching over the index is a dominant technique. Our goal is to design a space-efficient indexing structure with fast searching capability to catch the massive short reads produced by the next generation high-throughput DNA sequencing technology. Results We concentrate on indexing DNA sequences via sparse suffix arrays (SSAs) and propose a new short read aligner named Ψ-RA (PSI-RA: parallel sparse index read aligner). The motivation in using SSAs is the ability to trade memory against time. It is possible to fine tune the space consumption of the index based on the available memory of the machine and the minimum length of the arriving pattern queries. Although SSAs have been studied before for exact matching of short reads, an elegant way of approximate matching capability was missing. We provide this by defining the rightmost mismatch criteria that prioritize the errors towards the end of the reads, where errors are more probable. Ψ-RA supports any number of mismatches in aligning reads. We give comparisons with some of the well-known short read aligners, and show that indexing a genome with SSA is a good alternative to the Burrows-Wheeler transform or seed-based solutions. Conclusions Ψ-RA is expected to serve as a valuable tool in the alignment of short reads generated by the next generation high-throughput sequencing technology. Ψ-RA is very fast in exact matching and also supports rightmost approximate matching. The SSA structure that Ψ-RA is built on naturally incorporates the modern multicore architecture and thus further speed-up can be gained. All the information, including the source code of Ψ-RA, can be downloaded at: http://www.busillis.com/o_kulekci/PSIRA.zip webcite.Publication Kansas Labor Unions: Past, Present and Future([Lawrence, Kan.] : Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1977, 1983-06-01) Shulenburger, David E.; Johnson, Nancy BrownPublication The Cost Effectiveness of CETA in Kansas([Lawrence, Kan.] : Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1977, 1982-04-01) Shulenburger, David E.; Sardo, Judith CrumPublication Economic Conditions([Lawrence, Kan.] : Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1977, 1982-04-01) Shulenburger, David E.Publication The High Cost of Scholarly Journals (And What To Do About It)(Taylor & Francis, Ltd., 2013) Edwards, Richard; Shulenburger, David E.Publication Higher Learning, Greater Good: The Private and Social Benefits of Higher Education by Walter W. McMahon(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009) Shulenburger, David E.Publication Test Comparability(Taylor & Francis Group, 2010) Keller, Christine; Shulenburger, David E.Publication Yes, We Can Expand Access to Higher Ed: More College Degrees Will be Good for the Economy(Wall Stree Journal, 2009) McPherson, Peter; Shulenburger, David E.Publication Expanding Undergraduate Education to Meet National Goals: The Role of Research Universities(Taylor & Francis Group, 2010) McPherson, Peter; Shulenburger, David E.Publication Understanding the Cost of Higher Education(The Society for College and University Planning, 2010) McPherson, Peter; Shulenburger, David E.Publication Bootstrapping and Volunteerism: The Labor Market Solution to Poverty(University of Kansas, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, 1982) Shulenburger, David E.Publication Competitiveness of Public Research Universities & Consequences for the Country: Recommendations for Change(National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, 2009) McPherson, Peter; Gobstein, Howard J.; Shulenburger, David E.Publication Forging a Foundation for the Future: Keeping Public Research Universitites Strong.(National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, 2010) McPherson, Peter; Gobstein, Howard J.; Shulenburger, David E.Publication Improving Student Learning in Higher Education Through Better Accountability and Assessment(National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, 2006) McPherson, Peter; Shulenburger, David E.Publication University Tuition, Consumer Choice and College Affordability: Strategies for Addressing a Higher Education Affordability Challenge(National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, 2008) McPherson, Peter; Shulenburger, David E.Publication Toward a Voluntary System of Accountability Program (VSA) For Public Universities and Colleges(National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, 2006) McPherson, Peter; Shulenburger, David E.Publication Labor and the Economy. by Gary A Moore and Randyl D. Elkin. Book Review.(Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1984) Shulenburger, David E.