Daniel Boley                

Professor interests:   Numerical Linear Algebra, Data Mining, Control Theory, Fault Tolerance. email: boley _at_ cs.umn.edu office: EE/CSci 6-209   address: 4-192 EE/CSci, 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 phone: (612) 625-3887 fax: (612) 625-0572

Computational methods in linear algebra, scalable data mining algorithms, algebraic models in systems and evolutionary biology, biochemical metabolic networks. Current projects include scalable computation and analysis of elementary pathways through metabolic networks of single-cell organisms, Markov model of evolution of the avian influenza virus, scalable data mining algorithms for corpora of short text fragments.

Teaching

(Access to some items may be limited to UMN hosts)
• CSci 8363 - Fall 2008 - Numerical Linear Algebra in Data Exploration.
• CSci 3003 - Spring 2008 - Introduction to Computing in Biology.
• CSci 5302-- Spring 2008 - Analysis of Numerical Algorithms.
• CSci 5304 - Fall 2007 - Computational Aspects of Matrix Theory.
• CSci 5302 - Spring 2007 - Analysis of Numerical Algorithms.
• CSci 3003 / 5980 sec 1 - Fall 2006 - Introduction to Computing in Biology.
• CSci 5302 - Spring 2006 - Analysis of Numerical Algorithms.
• CSci 3003 - Fall 2005 - Introduction to Computing in Biology.
• CSci 5302 - Spring 2005 - Analysis of Numerical Algorithms.
• CSci 8363 - Spring 2005 - Numerical Linear Algebra in Data Exploration.
• CSci 5521 - Fall 2004 - Pattern Recognition.
• CSci 1901 - Fall 2003- Structure of Computer Programming I.
• CSci 8363 - Spring 2003 - Numerical Linear Algebra in Data Exploration.
• CSci 5302 - Spring 2003 - Analysis of Numerical Algorithms.
• My Classes Information Page, for information on my older classes.
• Updated class scores for current semester, via GRIT system.

Recent Research and Publications

• List of Publications.
  Software used to generate the above list directly from a bibtex file.
• Principal Direction Divisive Partitioning Project General Information.
• Selected Active Research Projects.

Software

Clustering Software:

• Software (Matlab Source, Version 2d, updated as of 28 May 2008, distributed as a ZIP file)
• Slides for talk on Principal Direction Partitioning in Data Mining, given at Stanford, February, 2000.
• Sample PDDP Tree generated from Gene Expression Data (now with clickable map).
  Similar PDDP Tree obtained after pruning the list of genes (now with clickable map).

Graphics Software for Introductory Courses:

• gdraw.stk, Scheme Graphics: a simple interface to the TK graphics toolbox (canvas objects) for STK. (updated 11/26/05)
  testgdraw.stk, Simple Example Driver
  bounce.stk, Simple Bouncing Ball & Paddle Game Demo.
• gdraw.py, Python Graphics: a simple interface to the TK graphics toolbox (canvas objects) for python. (updated 11/26/05)
  testgdraw.py, Simple Example Driver
  bounce.py, Simple Bouncing Ball & Paddle Game Demo.
• gdraw.pl, Perl Graphics: a beta version of the same simple Tk interface in Perl. (updated 01/07/08)
  gdraw.pm, Perl Graphics as a Module (needs gdraw.pl).
  testgdraw.pl, Simple Example Driver
  bounce.pl, Simple Bouncing Ball & Paddle Game Demo.
• scm-stuff A very random collection of linear algebra and numerical tools written in scheme (distributed as a ZIP file).

Miscellaneous