Andy D. Perkins
Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Research Assistant
aperkins at cs.utk.edu

Department of Computer Science
The University of Tennessee
203 Claxton Complex; Knoxville, TN  37996-3450

Office: UT - Claxton 226B
ORNL - Bldg. 1059, Rm. 211
Phone: (865) 974-0511
Fax: (865) 974-4404

I received my BS in Computer Science and Mathematics and my MS in Mathematics from Murray State University. I am currently a PhD student and graduate research assistant for Dr. Michael A. Langston in the department of Computer Science at The University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

Summer 2007 I researched with the Unit for Clinical Systems Biology at Göteborg University in Göteborg Sweden. I have pictures online of the Göteborg area.

Research Interests

  • Computational biology and bioinformatics
  • Parallel computing
  • Graph theory

Current Projects

  • Effects of preprocessing methods on correlations and cliques in biological data
  • Development of differential toplogy filters to identify key vertices
  • Integration of diverse data types for combinatorial analysis
  • Spectral graph theory and graph structure for thresholding of graphs
  • Analysis of maximal biclique enumeration methods
  • Combinatorial algorithms for
    • Identifying pathways for allergic rhinitis
    • Elucidating complex ecosystem relationships
    • Extracting gene networks for low dose radiation

Completed Courses

  • CS530 Architecture
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  • CS594 Designing, Building, and Testing a Parallel Processor
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  • CS480 Theory
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  • CS594 Cluster Computing
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  • CS594 Network Programming
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  • CS580 Theory
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  • CS560 Operating Systems
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  • CS594 Parallel Architectures
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  • CS680 Graph Theory
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  • CS594 Fixed Parameter Tractability
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  • CS680 Seminar in Bioinformatics
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  • CS594 Computational Methods for Systems Biology
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You may also view my Fall 2007 schedule, a list of my recent publications or download a copy of my curriculum vitae.

Mathematics is like checkers in being suitable for the young, not too difficult, amusing, and without peril to the state - Plato