John Harer, Professor Emeritus
 Professor Harer's primary research is in the use of geometric, combinatorial and computational techniques to study a variety of problems in data analysis, shape recognition, image segmentation, tracking, cyber security, ioT, biological networks and gene expression. - Contact Info:
- Education:
Ph.D. | University of California - Berkeley | 1979 |
BS | Haverford College | 1974 |
B.A. | Haverford College | 1974 |
- Specialties:
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Topology
Geometry Mathematical Biology Applied Math
- Research Interests: Computational Topology, Computational Biology, Algorithms
Current projects:
Biochronicity, Computational Topology, Statistical Topology, Self-Healing Networks, Network Inference, Geometric Image Analysis
Professor Harer's primary research is in the use of geometric, combinatorial and computational techniques to study a variety of problems in data analysis, shape recognition, image segmentation, tracking, brain imaging, biological networks and gene expression.
- Areas of Interest:
- Computational Biology
Computational Topology Dynamics on Networks Algorithms
- Keywords:
- Algorithms • Automatic Data Processing • Biomass • Chromosome Mapping • Crosses, Genetic • Genome, Plant • Genotype • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted • Imaging, Three-Dimensional • Inbreeding • Models, Biological • Multivariate Analysis • Oryza sativa • Phenotype • Plant Roots • Principal Component Analysis • Quantitative Trait Loci • Quantitative Trait, Heritable • Recombination, Genetic • Reproducibility of Results • Software • Workflow
- Curriculum Vitae
- Current Ph.D. Students
(Former Students)
- Christopher Traile
- Hamza Ghadyali
- Colbert Sesanker
- Darryl Wade
- Postdocs Mentored
- Henry Adams (2014 - 2015)
- Francis Motta (2014/12-present)
- Justin Curry (2014/12-present)
- Anastasia Deckard (2014/12-present)
- Ellen Gasparovic (2013 - 2015)
- Xin Guo (2013 - 2014)
- Xin Guo (2013 - 2015)
- Omer Bobrowski (2012 - 2014)
- Joshua Vogelstein (2012 - 2014)
- Jurgen Sladeczek (2011 - 2015)
- Jose' Perea (2011 - 2015)
- Kevin McGoff (2011 - 2015)
- Nate Strawn (2011 - 2015)
- Paul Bendich (January 01, 2011 - present)
- Chris Topp (2009 - 2011)
- Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi (2007 - 2011)
- Yuriy Mileyko (2008 - 2011)
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- Denny, TN; Andrews, L; Bonsignori, M; Cavanaugh, K; Datto, MB; Deckard, A; DeMarco, CT; DeNaeyer, N; Epling, CA; Gurley, T; Haase, SB; Hallberg, C; Harer, J; Kneifel, CL; Lee, MJ; Louzao, R; Moody, MA; Moore, Z; Polage, CR; Puglin, J; Spotts, PH; Vaughn, JA; Wolfe, CR, Implementation of a Pooled Surveillance Testing Program for Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections on a College Campus - Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, August 2-October 11, 2020.,
Mmwr. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, vol. 69 no. 46
(November, 2020),
pp. 1743-1747 [doi] [abs]
- Smith, LM; Motta, FC; Chopra, G; Moch, JK; Nerem, RR; Cummins, B; Roche, KE; Kelliher, CM; Leman, AR; Harer, J; Gedeon, T; Waters, NC; Haase, SB, An intrinsic oscillator drives the blood stage cycle of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.,
Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 368 no. 6492
(May, 2020),
pp. 754-759 [doi] [abs]
- Tralie, CJ; Bendich, P; Harer, J, Multi-Scale Geometric Summaries for Similarity-Based Sensor Fusion,
Ieee Aerospace Conference Proceedings, vol. 2019-March
(March, 2019), ISBN 9781538668542 [doi] [abs]
- Garagić, D; Peskoe, J; Liu, F; Claffey, MS; Bendich, P; Hineman, J; Borggren, N; Harer, J; Zulch, P; Rhodes, BJ, Upstream fusion of multiple sensing modalities using machine learning and topological analysis: An initial exploration,
Ieee Aerospace Conference Proceedings, vol. 2018-March
(June, 2018),
pp. 1-8, IEEE, ISBN 9781538620144 [doi] [abs]
- Tralie, CJ; Smith, A; Borggren, N; Hineman, J; Bendich, P; Zulch, P; Harer, J, Geometric Cross-Modal Comparison of Heterogeneous Sensor Data,
Proceedings of the 39th Ieee Aerospace Conference, vol. 2018-March
(March, 2018),
pp. 1-10, IEEE, ISBN 9781538620144 [doi] [abs]
- Recent Grant Support
- Geometric and Topological Methods for Multi-Modal Data Analysis and Fusion, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, FA9550-18-1-0266, 2018/06-2023/06.
- Geometric and Topological Methods for Multi-Modal Data Analysis and Fusion, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, FA9550-18-1-0266, 2018/06-2023/06.
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