Dr. Michael A. Langston

Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
College of Engineering
University of Tennessee
203 Claxton Complex, 1122 Volunteer Boulevard
Knoxville, TN 37996-3450 USA
Phone: (865) 974-3534; Fax: (865) 974-4404
Email: langston "at" eecs.utk.edu

Core Faculty
Graduate School in Genome Science and Technology

Collaborating Scientist
Biosciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Research and Service

Current Research Projects
ARC Centre in Bioinformatics
Combinatorial Analysis of North Sea Historical Data
Efficient Algorithmic Pre-Processing: Basic Theory and Applications
Integrative Neurosciences Initiative on Alcoholism
Mapping Cerebellar Development in Time and Space
Optimization and Metaheuristic Methods for Cancer Research
Scalable Computational Methods for Biological Data Analysis
Systems Biology Framework for Post-Genomic Microbiology
Unraveling Complex Diseases with Complexity Theory
Recently Completed Projects
Automated Development Environments for Reconfigurable Computing
Bioinformatics for Mouse Phenotype Analysis
Computational Grids for Advanced Machine Design
High-Performance Computing and Fixed-Parameter Tractability
Software Correctness and Emergent Algorithmic Methods
Recent Service
Bertinoro Systems Biology Workshops
International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications
International Workshop on Parameterized and Exact Computation
Mathematics and Science Regional Center
Ronald Mcnair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program

Teaching and Other Information

Current Course
CS 594, Graph Theory and Graph Algorithms
Recent Courses
CS 380, Theory of Computation
CS 580, Foundations of Computer Science
CS 581, Advanced Design and Analysis of Algorithms
CS 594, Algorithmic Methods for Bioinformatics
CS 594, Computational Methods for Systems Biology
CS 594, Extremal Graph Theory
CS 594, Fixed-Parameter Tractability
CS 680, Special Topics in Graph Algorithms
Students and Colleagues
Current Students
Recent Graduates
Team Picture, Spring 2007
Recent Software Releases
ClustalXP
Additional Information
Biographical Data
Recent Travel Photos
Selected Recent Publications

"If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it." --- Albert Einstein

"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. That is the principal difference between a dog and a man." --- Mark Twain

"If everything isn't black and white, I say 'Why the hell not?'" --- John Wayne

Michael A. Langston
Last updated October 1, 2008