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New Bioinformatics Concentration Approved
The faculty is pleased to announce that a new concentration in
Bioinformatics has recently been approved!
As a joint effort between the Mathematics and Computer Science department and the
Chemistry and Biology departments, this concentration offers students "insights into
biological problems too complex for traditional analysis."
Welcome Professor Xuan!
The faculty and students of the Clark University Computer Science and Math
departments would like to welcome Professor Ping Xuan to our family! Prior
to joining Clark, Xuan was an AI Technical Lead at Quantum Leap Innovations,
Inc., where he researched technologies for building decision support systems,
such as information surveillance and emergency management for fighting
biological and chemical terrorism, planning, scheduling, and optimization for
business logistic problems, and data fusion and mining. Xuan received his B.S.
(in Physics) from Peking University, Beijing, China, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in
Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Mr. Xuan's main research focus is Multi-Agent Systems, also know as Distributed
Artificial Intelligence. This is a branch of artificial intelligence that
studies the nature of interaction among intelligent agents (humans, intelligent
software systems, and robots alike) and how intelligent group behavior can
emerge as a result of individual behavior. Xuan is particularly interested in
the issue of planning and decision making under uncertainty in a multi-agent
setting, as well as in more general AI topics such as planning and scheduling,
machine learning, data mining, and intelligent agents software. His interests
also include research in distributed systems, real-time computing and fault-
tolerance.
Prof. Xuan has published over 10 publications in AI and systems fields and won
a best student paper award (at ATAL - Agent Theories, Architectures and
Languages, 1999). He was also a graduate teaching assistant at UMass Amherst
for two years. Mr. Xuan enjoys hiking and science fiction.
Weekly Teas
Most Wednesdays (unless otherwise noted), there is a departmental tea at 3:30pm
in Carlson Hall. All are invited. Refreshments, as usual, will be available.
The Department Teas are a great place to meet and network with other students
and faculty in the math and computer science departments. Be sure to mark it
on your calendar.
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