M. Leigh Fanning
leigh at versiera.net
Ph.D. Computer Science, University of New Mexico, expected December 2013
M.S. Computer Science, University of New Mexico
B.S. Engineering Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder
Interests
Algorithms, optimization problems, software development, code and engineering process correctness,
launching ozonesondes and space shuttles.
Papers
M. Leigh Fanning, Joanne Macdonald, Darko Stefanovic, ISO: Numeric Representation of
Nucleic Acid Forms, Proceedings of the ACM International Conference of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, 2011,
ACMBCB-2011, Chicago, IL.
paper
M. L. Fanning, J. Macdonald, D. Stefanovic, Advancing the Deoxyribozyme-Based Logic Gate
Design Process, DNA Computing and Molecular Programming, 15th International Conference, DNA15, Lecture Notes in
Computer Science, Volume 5877, 45-54, 2009.
M. Leigh Fanning, Parallel Simulated Annealing Applied to RNAi Inexact Match Gene Family Knockdown,
UNM Computer Science M.S. Thesis, 2007.
paper
W. Zhao, M. L. Fanning, T. Lane, Efficient RNAi-Based Gene Family Knockdown via Set Cover
Optimization, Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Volume 35, Issues 1-2, 61-73, 2005.
Posters
M. Leigh Fanning, Joanne Macdonald, Darko Stefanovic, ISO: A Numeric Representation for
Nucleic Acid Secondary Structure, 9th Annual Conference, Foundations of Nanoscience, Self-Assembled Architectures and
Devices, FNANO12, 2012.
poster
Links
Molecular Computing Group
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