Physical Sciences and Mathematics Commons^™

Cs 466/666: Introduction To Formal Languages, Guozhu Dong

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

CS 466/666 is an introduction to formal language and automata theory. In this course we will examine methods for defining syntax of languages and recognizing patterns: the syntax of languages can be defined using grammars and patterns accepted by finite state machines. Along with presenting the fundamentals of these two topics, the course will develop and investigate the relationships between language definition and pattern recognition. The text will be the third edition of Languages and Machines: An Introduction to the Theory of Computer Science, by Thomas Sudkamp.

Cs 415: Social Implications Of Computing, Leo Finkelstein

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

CS 415 is a communication skills course using as its subject matter current salient issues associated with the social implications of computing. In addition to the course text, you will need to use certain reading materials in the library and elsewhere, and you will be responsible for using concepts and theories provided in class lectures and discussions.

Cs 776: Functional Programming, Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

This course will discuss important concepts of functional programming such as recursive definitions, higher-order functions, type inference, polymorphism, abstract data types, modules etc. The programming exercises will illustrate the utility of list-processing, pattern matching, abstraction of data/control, strong typing, and parameterized modules (functors). We also study the mathematical reasoning involved in the design of functional programs and techniques for proving properties about functions so defined.

Cs 801: Advanced Database Systems, Soon M. Chung

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

Introduction of current trends and research issues in database systems.

Ceg 233-01: Linux And Windows, Prabhaker Mateti

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

Introduction to Linux and Windows systems. GUI and Windowing Systems. Files and Directories, Ownership and Sharing. Programs and Processes. System calls, Libraries. Loading. Dynamic linking. Command Line Shells. Scripting languages. Regular expressions. Clients and Servers. Web browser clients and servers. Secure shell, sftp. SSUTSL. HTTPS. System Administration. 4 credit hours. 3 hours lectures, 2 hours labs.

Ceg 260-01: Digital Computing Hardware/Switching Circuits, Meilin Liu

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

We will discuss and cover basic digital, combinational and sequential logic systems. Labs will be used to gain valuable practical experience in implementing elementary circuits and logic designs.

Ceg 355-01: Introduction To The Design Of Information Technology Systems, Thomas C. Hartrum

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

Introduction to the design of information systems comprising modern technologies such as SQL database programming, networks, and distributed computing with CORBA, electronic and hypertext (HTML) documents, and multimedia.

Ceg 402/602-01: Computer Networks, Jack Jean

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Ceg 434/634-01: Concurrent Software Design, Thomas C. Hartrum

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

This course provides an introduction to concurrent program design in the UNIX environment. Classical problems of synchronization, concurrency, and their solutions are examined through course projects and through readings on operating system design.

Ceg 460/660-01: Introduction To Software Computer Engineering, John A. Reisner

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

This course introduces established practices for engineering large-scale software systems. Emphasis is placed on both the technical and managerial aspects of software engineering, and the software development process. This includes techniques for requirements elicitation, analysis, design, testing, and project management. The course emphasizes object-oriented development with the Unified Modeling Language (UML). Hands-on experience is provided through individual homework problems and a partnered project.

Ceg 499/699-01: Scientific Visualization And Virtual Environments, Thomas Wischgoll

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

By the end of this quarter, you will be familiar with techniques ed for visualizing various types of data sets, such as medical, vector or general data sets.

Ceg 751-01: Microprocessors Ii, Jack Jean

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Ceg 726-01: Pattern Recognition, Arthur A. Goshtasby

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

This course will discuss fundamentals of Pattern Recognition. including supervised learning and clustering.

Ceg 760-01: Advanced Software Computer Engineering, Thomas C. Hartrum

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

This course covers advanced topics in software engineering. Aspects of problem specification, design, verification, and evaluation are discussed. We will focus on design methods, including software patterns and software architecture, plus some advanced topics involving formal methods of software specification or evaluation using software metrics. Students will participate in team projects to apply the methods discussed.

Ceg 416-01: Matrix Computations, Ronald F. Taylor

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

This course is a survey of numerical methods in linear algebra for application to problems in engineering and the sciences. Emphasis is on using modern software tools on high performance computing systems. This course covers the mathematics of linear equations, eigenvalue problems, singular value decomposition, and least squares. Material covered will be relevant to applications areas such as structural analysis, heat transfer, neural networks, mechanical vibrations, and image processing in biomedical engineering. A familiarity with MATLAB is useful, and the ability to program in languages such as CIC++ or Fortran is very important. A basic knowledge of matrix algebra is …

Probing Condensate Order In Deep Optical Lattices, Kuei Sun, Courtney Lannert, Smitha Vishveshwara

Physics: Faculty Publications

We study interacting bosons in optical lattices in the weak-tunneling regime in systems that exhibit the coexistence of Mott-insulating and condensed phases. We discuss the nature of the condensed ground state in this regime and the validity of the mean-field treatment thereof. We suggest two experimental signatures of condensate order in the system. (1) We analyze the hyperfine configuration of the system and propose a set of experimental parameters for observing radio-frequency spectra that would demonstrate the existence of the condensed phase between Mott-insulating phases. We derive the structure of the signal from the condensate in a typical trapped system, …

Chemistry & Biochemistry Newsletter, Department Of Chemistry & Biochemistry, South Dakota State University

Chemistry & Biochemistry Newsletter: 2002-2015

Inside:

Page 2 Two majors win Schultz-Werth Awards

Page 3 Building Update

Page 4 Nagyvary is Lardy Lecture speaker; Raynie Gives Earth Day Talk; Logue Work Recognized; Grad student joins Young Chemists in Cancer Research committee

Page 5 Pravecek retires from Clinical Laboratory Teaching; Chem Grad student selected for national conference

Page 6 2008-2009 Chemistry and Biochemistry Graduates

Page 7 New Research Center Will Find New Uses for Light; Tanaka Undergraduate Award

Page 8 Scholarships and Award Winners

The Planet, 2009, Spring, Emily A. Linroth, Huxley College Of The Environment, Western Washington University

The Planet

No abstract provided.

Scwds Briefs: Volume 25, Number 1 (April 2009), Gary L. Doster , Editor, Scwds Briefs, Michael J. Yabsley

Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study: Publications

Table of Contents:

USDA Seeks Comments on New CWD Rule

Some of the Intricacies of CWD

3rd International CWD Symposium

White Nose Syndrome Update

Wildlife Poisoning in Kansas

Salmonellosis in Your Backyard

Trichomonosis in Songbirds

Dr. Al Franzmann

Staff & Student Recognition

Some More Identities Of Rogers-Ramanujan Type, Douglas Bowman, James Mclaughlin, Andrew Sills

Department of Mathematical Sciences Faculty Publications

In this we paper we prove several new identities of the Rogers-Ramanujan-Slater type. These identities were found as the result of computer searches. The proofs involve a variety of techniques, including series-series identities, Bailey pairs, a theorem of Watson on basic hypergeometric series, generating functions and miscellaneous methods.

Modeling Hiv Drug Resistance, Mingfu Zhu

All Dissertations

Despite the development of antiviral drugs and the optimization of therapies, the emergence of drug resistance remains one of the most challenging issues for successful treatments of HIV-infected patients. The availability of massive HIV drug resistance data provides us not only exciting opportunities for HIV research, but also the curse of high dimensionality.
We provide several statistical learning methods in this thesis to analyze sequence data from different perspectives. We propose a hierarchical random graph approach to identify possible covariation among residue-specific mutations. Viral progression pathways were inferred using an EM-like algorithm in literature, and we present a normalization method …

N- And C-Terminal Domains In Human Holocarboxylase Synthetase Participate In Substrate Recognition, Yousef I. Hassan, Hideaki Moriyama, Lars J. Olsen, Xin Bi, Janos Zempleni

Hideaki Moriyama Publications

Holocarboxylase synthetase (HCS) catalyzes the binding of the vitamin biotin to carboxylases and histones. Carboxylases mediate essential steps in macronutrient metabolism. For example, propionyl- CoA carboxylase (PCC) catalyzes the carboxylation of propionyl-CoA in the metabolism of oddchain fatty acids. HCS comprises four putative domains, i.e., the N-terminus, the biotin transfer/ATP binding domain, a putative linker domain, and the C-terminus. Both N- and C-termini are essential for biotinylation of carboxylases by HCS, but the exact functions of these two domains in enzyme catalysis are unknown. Here we tested the hypothesis that N- and C-termini play roles in substrate recognition by HCS. …

Oscillator Strength Measurements Of The 5s6s 1s0→5snp 1p1 Rydberg Transitions Of Strontium, S. U. Haq, M. A. Kalyar, M. Rafiq, R. Ali, Naveed K. Piracha, M. A. Baig

Physics

We report the experimentally determined oscillator strengths for the 5s6s ¹S₀→5snp ¹P₁ Rydberg transitions of strontium using two-step excitation in conjunction with a thermionic diode ion detector. The absolute photoionization cross section from the 5s6s ¹S₀ excited state has been determined by adjusting the polarization vector of the ionizing laser beam parallel, perpendicular, and at the magic angle with respect to that of the exciting dye laser. The measured absolute value of the photoionization cross section 0.9±0.2 Mb at the 5s threshold is used to extract the f values of the 5s6s ^{1 …}

Guardians Of The Grassland: A Qualitative Assessment Of The Success Of Community-Based Wildlife Conservation In Mongolia’S Eastern Steppe, Alexandra Sprague

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Community-based conservation is a newer type of conservation that includes people in the ecosystem and attempts to simultaneously promote development and conservation. One organization in Mongolia that is facilitating the implementation of community-based conservation is the Wildlife Conservation Society. Their goal is:

My research questions concerning this NGO’s project are: what are the perceived benefits and problems with CBC? What makes it successful and how can it be improved? My location of study was the easternmost aimags of Mongolia, Dornod and Sukhbaatar. I spent 1 week travelling to 9 of the WCS’s 13 active herder communities asking their opinions about …

Absorbing-State Phase Transitions On Percolating Lattices, Man Young Lee, Thomas Vojta

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We study nonequilibrium phase transitions of reaction-diffusion systems defined on randomly diluted lattices, focusing on the transition across the lattice percolation threshold. To develop a theory for this transition, we combine classical percolation theory with the properties of the supercritical nonequilibrium system on a finite-size cluster. In the case of the contact process, the interplay between geometric criticality due to percolation and dynamical fluctuations of the nonequilibrium system leads to a different universality class. The critical point is characterized by ultraslow activated dynamical scaling and accompanied by strong Griffiths singularities. To confirm the universality of this exotic scaling scenario we …

Binding Two-Loop Vacuum-Polarization Corrections To The Bound-Electron G Factor, Ulrich D. Jentschura

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We commence the evaluation of the one- and two-loop binding corrections to the g factor for an electron in a hydrogenlike system of order alpha2(Zalpha)5 and consider diagrams with closed fermion loops. The one-loop vacuum-polarization correction is rederived and confirmed. For the two-loop vacuum-polarization correction, due to a specific gauge-invariant set of diagrams with closed fermion loops, we find a correction deltag=7.442(alpha/pi)2(Zalpha)5. Based on the numerical trend of the coefficients inferred from the gauge-invariant subset, we obtain a numerically large tentative estimate for the complete two-loop binding correction to the g factor (sum of self-energy and vacuum polarization).

Two-Center Double-Capture Interference In Fast H E²⁺+ H₂ Collisions, Deepankar S. Misra, Henning T. Schmidt, M. Gudmundsson, Daniel Fischer, Nicole Haag, Henrik A B Johansson, Anders Kallberg, B. Najjari, Peter Reinhed, Reinhold S. Schuch, Markus S. Schoffler, Ansgar Simonsson, Alexander B. Voitkiv, Henrik Cederquist

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We report the first observation of Young-type interference effects in a two-electron transfer process. These effects change strongly as the projectile velocity changes in fast (1.2 and 2.0 MeV) He²⁺+H₂ collisions as manifested in strong variations of the double-electron capture rates with the H₂ orientation. This is consistent with fully quantum mechanical calculations, which ignore sequential electron transfer, and a simple projectile de Broglie wave picture assuming that two-electron transfer probabilities are higher in collisions where the projectile passes close to either one of the H₂ nuclei.

Environmental Internship & The Fordham Eco-Roof Proposal, Anthony Giovannone

Student Theses 2001-2013

Fordham received its 2008 College Sustainability Report Card, scrapping by with a C‐ while Columbia received an A‐, and NYU a B‐. Adding to this low score is a C grade on student involvement, which is the essentially why I am writing this proposal. There is an increasing awareness, in college students, of human caused effects on the environment, and its potential degradation due to human action. Many Fordham students would consider themselves environmental citizens, and most are willing to be active. There is a need for an educational application of solutions to the everyday problems that involve human action …

Counting On Chebyshev Polynomials, Arthur T. Benjamin, Daniel Walton '07

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

Chebyshev polynomials have several elegant combinatorial interpretations. Specificially, the Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind are defined by T₀(x) = 1, T₁(x) = x, and T_n(x) = 2x T_n-1(x) - T_n-2(x). Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind U_n(x) are defined the same way, except U₁(x) = 2x. T_n and U_n are shown to count tilings of length n strips with squares and dominoes, where the tiles are given weights and sometimes color. Using these interpretations, many identities satisfied by Chebyshev polynomials can be given …

The View From Ventress - 2009, University Of Mississippi. College Of Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Newsletters

Special Section: The Great Debate. College takes leading role in hosting the Presidential Debate of 2008.