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Author:

Sha, Congzhou

Title:

Manifold Learning in Structural Biology: Docking, Folding, and Simulation

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (PHD)

Keywords:

differentiable programming
machine learning
neural networks
structural biology
Lie group
statistical mechanics
molecular dynamics
RNA structure
differential geometry

File:

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Elizabeth Proctor, Major Field Member
Mehrdad Mahdavi, Outside Field Member
Nikolay Dokholyan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Hohl, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Eckert, Scott

Title:

Studying risk factors for antibiotic resistance from population-scale microbiome data and machine learning

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics (PhD)

Keywords:

Microbiome
bioinformatics
antibiotic resistance
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
statistical genetics
machine learning

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Committee Members:

Dajiang Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Broach, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Leslie Parent, Outside Unit & Field Member
Emily Davenport, Major Field Member
David Koslicki, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Behoora, Ishan

Title:

Line of sight sensors: Applications and related 1.5D terrain guarding problem variants

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

machine learning
algorithms
computational geometry
approximation
hardness
line of sight sensors

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Martin Fürer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Antonio Blanca, Major Field Member
Kamesh Madduri, Major Field Member
Reuben Kraft, Outside Unit & Field Member
Piotr Berman, Special Member

Author:

Liu, Zhihan

Title:

Novel machine learning methods for interpreting human genetic variants

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

machine learning
copy number variation
de novo mutation
pathogenicity prediction
penetrance estimation

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Committee Members:

Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair
Qunhua Li, Outside Unit & Minor Member
Mingfu Shao, Outside Field Member
Dajiang Liu, Outside Unit Member
Shaun Mahony, Major Field Member
Santhosh Girirajan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Rasool, Asif

Title:

Three Essays in Applied Economics: Topics in Agricultural Economics and Public Finance

Graduate Program:

Energy, Environmental, and Food Economics (PhD)

Keywords:

Climate change
machine learning
cluster analysis
US livestock industry
panel data analysis
fixed effect models

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas Wrenn, Program Head/Chair
Chad Dechow, Outside Field Member
Daniel Brent, Major Field Member
Seth Blumsack, Outside Unit Member
Yizao Liu, Major Field Member
Dave Abler, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Douglas Wrenn, Major Field Member