Hesam Addin Torabi Dashti Department of Mathematics 316 Van Vleck University of Wisconsin 480 Lincoln Dr. Madison, WI 53706-1388 Email: Dashti at math dot wisc dot edu

Math 320: Linear Algebra and Differential Equations By Prof. Gerardo Hernandez-Duenas Discussion Sessions: Section 301: Tu 8:50-9:40AM, B119 Van Vleck Hall Section 302: Tr 8:50-9:40AM, B119 Van Vleck Hall Office Hours: Monday: 11:00-12:00 Wednesday: 1:00-2:00 Friday: 11:00-12:00 Course Page

Research Interests:

• Computational Mathematics,
• High Performance Computing
• Computational Medicine
• NeuroInformatics

publications

book chapter

• Hesam T. Dashti, S. Kamali, and N. Aghaeipoor (2007), "Positioning in Robot Soccer", Robotic Soccer, P. Lima, ed., Vienna: I-Tech Education and Publishing.

conference papers

• [BioComp 2011] "Quantifying Phenotypic Traits in Retinal Coronary Angiography: Automated Extraction of Retinal Vascular Networks and Localization of Optic Discs in Fundus Images", International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, WorldComp 2011.
• [IFIP_2010] "Design and Applications of Intelligent Systems in Identifying Future Occurrence of Tuberculosis Infection in Population at Risk", IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, Springer, 2010.
• [ICAI 2010] "Pattern Recognition in Collective Cognitive Systems: Hybrid Human-Machine Learning (HHML) By Heterogeneous Ensembles", International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, WorldComp 2010.
• [BioComp 2010] "Applications of Machine Learning Methods to Quantifying Phenotypic Traits that Distinguish the Wild Type from the Mutant Arabidopsis thaliana Seedlings during Root Gravitropism", International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, WorldComp 2010.
• [WCCI_2010] "MK-means - Modified K-means clustering algorithm", IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, 2010.
• [IFIP_2010] "Introduction of Empirical Topology in Construction of Relationship Networks of Informative Objects", IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, Springer, 2010.
• [BioComp_2009] "A Topological Method for Organization of Biological Imaging Data", International Conference on Scientific Computing- Worldcomp, 2009.
• [CSC 2008] "Parallel Evolutionary Computation in Very Large Scale Eigenvalue Problems", International Conference on Scientific Computing-Worldcomp, 2008.
• [ICTA_2008_a] "Construction of empirical topologies from Infomax Gene Networks based on mRNA microarray data", The International Conference of Theory and Applications of Computational Chemistry, The Shanghai Jiao University, China
• [ICTA_2008_b] "Applying Recurrent Artificial Neural Networks on Conventional Motif Discovery Problem", The International Conference of Theory and Applications of Computational Chemistry, The Shanghai Jiao University, China.
• [ROB_2005] "Dynamic Positioning based on Voronoi Cells", Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS Springer 4020: 219-229.

posters/abstracs

• "Functional Networks for Organ Specific Genes in Retinal Endothelial Cells", Midwest Eye Research Symposium, 2011.
• "Genotype-Phenotype Variation in Retina Vasculature Using a Quantitative Synthesis of Systems Biology", North American Vascular Biology Organization, Vasculata 2011.
• "High Throughput Automated Imaging and Machine Learning Methods for Quantifying Variation of Morphological Traits of Arabidopsis Thaliana Roots and Shoots", International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR) 2011.
• "Quantifying Complex Phenotypic Traits in Angiogenesis Dependent Eye Diseases", Genomic Sciences Training Program (GSTP), 2011.
• "Predicting the Functionalities of Organ Specific Genes in Retinal Endothelial Cells", Genomic Sciences Training Program (GSTP), 2011.
• "Empirical Topology Tools for Analysis of Massive High Dimensional Biological Data: Quantifying and Modeling Variation in Genomic and Phenotypic Traits", Genomic Sciences Training Program (GSTP), 2010.
• "Analyzing Dynamical Behavior of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in Genomic Scale", Computation and Informatics in Biology Medicine (CIBM) Annual Retreat, 2010.
• "Structure Analysis of Retina Vasculature (SARV); A Tool Toward a Model for Variation in Neuroangiogenesis in Retinae", Computation and Informatics in Biology Medicine (CIBM), 2010.
• "Applications of Machine Learning Methods to Quantifying Dynamical Phenotypic Traits of Arabidopsis Thaliana Seedlings", Computation and Informatics in Biology Medicine (CIBM), 2010.
• "Toward an in silico models for variation in neuroangiogenesis in retina", The Computational Neuroscience Conference, 2010.
• "Parallel A-Conjugate Gradient Algorithm for Solution of Large- Scale Elliptic Differential Equation", SIAM Parallel Processing 2010.
• "Design and Hardware-Software Implementation of a fully Automated Image Acquisition Platform for Quantifying Morphological Variation in Plant Growth and Development". Computation and Informatics in Biology Medicine(CIBM), 2009 CIBM Annual Retreat, 2009.
• "Quantifying Natural Variation of Morphological Traits and Network Dynamics". Computation and Informatics in Biology Medicine (CIBM), 2009.
• "Combinatorial Local-to-Global PCA and an Application to Statistical Analysis of the Human Auditory Evoked", AMS meeting, 2009.
• "A computational model for nociceptic fields in the anterior cingulate cortex of animal models of neuropathic pain", The 38th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC., 2008.
• "Information Dynamics in Dopaminergic Networks", The Computational Neuroscience Conference, 2008.
• "Network Eigen Kinetic Analysis (NEKA): A Novel Data-Driven Approach to Modeling Uptake of Dopamine in Brain". The 37th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, 2007.
• "InfoMax Gene Networks Constructed from Intervention in the Animal Models of the Parkinson Disease". The Computational Neuroscience Conference, 2007.

links

• Piled Higher & Deeper (PhD)
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