Associate Professor Lisa DiPippo
Personal Information
Office Tyler 255
Dept. of Computer Science and Statistics
Tyler Hall
9 Greenhouse Road, Suite 2
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI, 02881
Telephone (401) 874-2701
Fax (401) 874-4617
Email lcd@cs.uri.edu

Education

May 1995 Ph.D. University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island
Applied Mathematical Science
May 1991 M.S. University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island
Computer Science
May 1987 B.S. Lafayette College
Easton, Pennsylvania
Computer Science

Teaching Appointments

2005 - Present Associate Professor University of Rhode Island
Department of Computer Science and Statistics
Kingston, Rhode Island
1990 - 1995 Adjunct Faculty University of Rhode Island
Department of Computer Science and Statistics
Kingston, Rhode Island

Awards
Graduated Magna Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa

Course Information

  • CSC110 - Survey of Computer Science
  • CSC436 - Data Management Systems
  • CSC499 - Project in Computer Science
  • CSC512 - Topics in Distributed Systems

Research

Real-time systems, distributed systems, real-time data distribution, real-time sensor networks, real-time middleware, quality of service, real-time databases, semantic concurrency control, object-oriented programming.

Real-Time Distributed Object Computing
Sensor Networks

Selected Publications

  • Lisa, DiPippo, Fay-Wolfe, Victor, et. al. “Real-Time CORBA”. Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems. October, 2000.
  • DiPippo, Lisa, Peckham, Joan. “A First Course in Computer Science: The Discipline is More than Programming”. The Journal of Computing in Small Colleges. May, 2000.
  • DiPippo, Lisa, Fay-Wolfe, Victor, Squadrito, Michael, et. al.. “The Affected Set Priority Ceiling Protocols for Concurrency Control in Real-Time Object-Oriented Systems”. The International Journal of Computer Systems Science and Engineering. July, 1999.
  • DiPippo, Lisa, Fay-Wolfe, Victor. “Expressing and Enforcing Timing Constraints in a Dynamic Real-Time CORBA System”. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. Jan - Feb, 1997.
  • DiPippo, Lisa, Ramamritham, Krithi, Son, Sang. “Real-Time Databases and Data Services”. Real-Time Systems Journal. December, 2004.
  • DiPippo, Lisa, Fay-Wolfe, Victor, Oblinger, James. “Timed Atomic Behavior on POSIX Compliant Real-Time Systems”. Journal of the International Society of Computer Applications. April, 1995.
  • DiPippo, Lisa, Esibov, Levon, et. al. “Scheduling and Priority Mapping for Static Real-Time Middleware”. Real-Time Systems Journal. 2001.
  • DiPippo, Lisa, Ma, Lynn. “A UML Package for Specifying Real-Time Objects”. The Journal of Computer Standards and Interfaces. 2000.

Selected Grants and Fundng

  • “Real-Time Data Distribution in Asynchronous Network Communications (Real-Time Data DANCE)” for $600,000 from National Science Foundation, 9/1/04 - 8/30/07. Victor Fay-Wolfe and Timothy Henry.
  • “Developing an Architecture and Services for Real-Time Agents” for $9,995 from University of Rhode Island Council for Research, 7/1/00 - 12/31/00.
  • “Developing Real-Time Multi-User Virtual Environments” for $8,455 from University of Rhode Island Council for Research, 6/1/99 - 12/15/99.
  • “Real-Time Object-Oriented Databases for Distributed Environments” for $505,000 from Office of Naval Research, 2/1/96 - 9/30/99. Victor Fay-Wolfe.
  • “Distributed Real-Time Collaborative Services” for $200,000 from Office of Naval Research, 10/1/99 - 9/30/02.
  • “Distributed Real-Time Combat Systems” for $300,000 from Office of Naval Research, 10/1/98 - 9/30/01. Victor Fay-Wolfe.
  • “Distributed Real-Time Data Replication in C2 and Combat Systems” for $950,000 from Office of Naval Research, 10/1/02 - 9/30/05. Victor Fay-Wolfe.
  • “Providing End-to-End Predictability through Prioritized Network Traffic” for $155,000 from Office of Naval Research, 10/1/02 - 9/30/05. Victor Fay-Wolfe.
  • “Distributed Scheduling Aspects for Time-Critical Targeting” for $482,562 from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, 10/1/02 - 9/30/04. C. Gill (Washington University), L. Welch (Ohio University), D. Niehaus (University of Kansas).