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Data Science Ensemble Publications

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Mining
Book Chapters
- R. Benton, “Effective Removal of Noisy Data via Batch Effect Processing”, Bioinformatics
in microRNA Research, Jingshan Huang, Glen M. Borchert, Dejing Dou, Jun Huan, Wenjun
Lan, Ming Tan, and Bin Wu, Editors, Springer, pp. 187-196, 2017.
- S. Singh, R. Benton, A. Singh, and A. Singh, “Machine Learning Techniques in Exploring
micro-RNA Gene Discovery, Targets, and Functions”, Bioinformatics in microRNA Research,
Jingshan Huang, Glen M. Borchert, Dejing Dou, Jun Huan, Wenjun Lan, Ming Tan, and
Bin Wu, Editors, Springer, pp. 211-224, 2017.
- Y. Xie, T. Johnsten, V. V. Raghavan, R. G. Benton, and W. Bush, “A Comprehensive Granular
Model for Decision Making with Complex Data”, Granular Computing and Decision-Making:
Interactive and Iterative Approaches, Witold Pedrycz and Shyi-Ming Chen, Editors,
Springer, pp. 33-46, 2015.
- W. Ashbee, L. Hively, and J. T. McDonald, “Nonlinear Epilepsy Forewarning by Support
Vector Machines,” Epilepsy Topics, M. D. Holmes ed., Chapter 3, 2014.
- B. Shah, R. Benton, Z. Wu, V. Raghavan, “Automatic and Semi-automatic Techniques for
Image Annotation”, Semantic-based Visual Info. Retrieval, Yu-Jin Zhang, Editor, Idea
Group Publishing, pp. 112-134, 2007.
Journals
- P. Luckett, J. T. McDonald, L. Hively, “Dissimilarity of Graph Invariant Features
from EEG Phase-space Analysis,” Journal of Computer Engineering and Information Technology,
Vol. 6, No. 3, 2017.
- J. Huang, F. Gutierrez, H. J. Strachan, D. Dou, W. Huang, B. Smith, J. A. Blake, K.
Eilbeck, D. A. Natale, Y. Lin, B. Wu, N. de Silva, X. Wang, Z. Liu, G. M. Borchert,
M. Tan, and A. Ruttenberg, “OmniSearch: A Semantic Search System Based on the Ontology
for MIcroRNA Target (OMIT) for microRNA-target gene interaction data,” J. Biomed Semantics,
7:25, May 10, 2016.
- J. Huang, K. Eilbeck, B. Smith, J. A. Blake, D. Dou, W. Huang, D. A. Natale, A. Ruttenberg,
J. Huan, M. T. Zimmermann, G. Jiang, Y. Lin, B. Wu, H. J. Strachan, Y. He, S. Zhang,
X. Wang, Z. Liu, G. M. Borchert, and M. Tan, “The Non-Coding RNA Ontology (NCRO):
A Comprehensive Resource for the Unification of Non-Coding RNA Biology,” J. Biomed
Semantics, 7:24, May 4, 2016.
- T. Johnsten, L. Fain, L. Fain, R. Benton, E. Butler, L. Pannell, and M, Tan, "Exploiting
Multi-Layered Vector Spaces for Signal Peptide Detection", International Journal of
Data Mining and Bioinformatics, vol. 13, no. 2, 141-157, 2015.
- J. T. McDonald and L. Hively, “Multidisciplinary Approaches for Cyber Security,” National
Cyber Security Institute’s Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 26-31, August 2014.
- J. Huang, J. Dang, G. M. Borchert, K. Eilbeck, H. Zhang, M. Xiong, W. Jiang, H. Wu,
J. A. Blake, D. A. Natale, and M. Tank, “OMIT: Dynamic, Semi-Automated Ontology Development
for the Micro RNA Domain,” Plos One, 9, 7; July 15, 2014.
- M. S. Ayhan, R. G. Benton, V. V. Raghavan, and S. Choubey, "Exploitation of 3D Stereotactic
Surface Projection for Predictive Modeling of Alzheimer's Disease", in International
Journal of Data Mining and Bioinformatics, Vol. 7, No 2, pp. 146-165, 2013.
- J. Huang, C. Townsend, D. Lou, H. Liu, and M. Tan, “OMIT: A Domain-Specific Knowledge
Base for Micro RNA Target Prediction,” Pharmacy Res., 28, 12, 3101-3104; August 31,
2011.
- R. Singh, T. Johnsten, V. V. Raghavan, and Y. Xie, “Algorithms for Discovering Potentially
Interesting Patterns,” International Journal of Granular Computing, Rough Sets, and
Intelligence Systems, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 107-122, 2011.
Invited Paper for Conferences/Workshops
- V. V. Raghavan, R. G. Benton, T. Johnsten, and Y. Xie, "Representations for Large-scale
Sequence Data Mining: A Tale of Two Vector Space Models", in International Conference
on Rough Sets, Fuzzy Sets, Data Mining, and Granular Computing, pp. 15-25, October
11-14, 2013.
Refereed Papers for Conferences/Workshops
- N. de Silva, D. Dou, and J. Huang, “Ontology-based Information Extraction PubMed Abstracts
Using the OMIT Ontology to Discover Inconsistencies,” Proc. 8th ACM International
Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB-17), Boston, MA, August
2017.
- S. Katragadda, R. Benton, and V. Raghavan, "Sub-Event Detection from Tweets", in IEEE
International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Anchorage, Alaska, pp. 2128-2135,
May 14-19, 2017.
- G. Clark, M. Doran, and T. Andel, “Cybersecurity Issues in Robotics,” IEEE Conference
on Cognitive and Computational Aspects of Situation Management (CogSIMA 2017), Savannah,
GA, March 27-31, 2017.
- S. Katragadda, R. Benton, and V. Raghavan, "Framework for Real-Time Event Detection
using Multiple Social Media Sources", 50th Annual Hawaii International Conference
on System Sciences, pp. 1716-1725, January 3-7, 2017.
- S. Katragadda, R. Benton, S. Virani, and V. Raghavan, "Detection of Event Onset using
Twitter", in IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Vancouver, Canada,
1539-1546, July 24-29, 2016.
- A. Henderson, J. Maynard, and M. Doran, “Making the Trains Run on Time: The Development
of a Self-Regulating, Real-Time Model Railroad System,” 20th World Multiconference
on Systems, Cybernetics, and Informatics (WMSCI 2016), Orlando, FL, July 2016.
- A. Henderson, J. Maynard, and M. Doran, “Modeling a Warehouse System: Intelligent
Management of Autonomous Vehicles in a Factory Setting Using a Simulation and Scale
Model,” American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE 2016), Orlando, FL, July
2016.
- P. Luckett, J. T. McDonald, L. Hively, “Seizure Detection via Distance Traversal of
Phase-Space Graphs,” IEEE International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics,
Las Vegas, NV, February 24-27, 2016.
- S. Katragadda, H. Karnati, M. Pusala, V. Raghavan, and R. Benton, "Detecting Adverse
Drug Effects Using Link Classification on Twitter Data", IEEE International Conference
on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, Washington D.C., 675-679, November 9-12, 2015.
- J. Huang, K. Eilbeck, J. A. Blake, D. Dou, D. A. Natale, A. Ruttenberg, B. Smith,
M. T. Zimmermann, G. Jiang, Y. Lin, B. Wu, Y. He, S. Zhang, X. Wang, H. Zhang, Z.
Liu, and M. Tan, "A Domain Onotology for the Non-Coding RNA Field,” Proc. 2015 IEEE
International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, Washington, D. C., pp.
621-624, November 2015.
- J. Huang, F. Guiterrez, D. Dou, J. A. Blake, K. Eilbeck, D. A. Natale, B. Smith, Y.
Lin, X. Wang, Z. Liu, M. Tan, and A. Ruttenberg, “A Semantic Approach for Knowledge
Capture of Micro RNA Target Gene Interactions,” Proc. 2015 IEEE International Conference
on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, Washington, D. C., pp. 975-982, November 2015.
- A. Henderson, J. Maynard, and M. Doran, “Scheduling a Real-Time Railroad System Using
Lego Mindstorm Hardware,” International Conference on Computer and Information Science
and Technology (CIST 2015), Ottawa, Canada, May 11-12, 2015.
- J. Huang, J. Dang, X. Lu, M. Xiong, W. T. Gerthoffer, and M. Tan, “Semi-Automated
Micro RNA Ontology Development Based on Artificial Neural Networks,” Proc. 2013 IEEE
International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, Shanghai, China, pp. 526-529,
December 2013.
- T. Johnsten, S. Alihamad, A. Kannalath, and R. G. Benton, “Targeted Action Rule Discovery”,
in International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, Miami, Florida,
348-353, December 4-7, 2013.
- J. Lavergne, R. Benton, and V. V. Raghavan, "DynTARM: An In-Memory Data Structure
for Targeted Strong and Rare Association Rule Mining Over Time-Varying Domains", in
IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Mining, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 298-306,
November 17-20, 2013.
- R. G. Benton, S. Choubey, D. G. Clark, T. Johnsten, and V. V. Raghavan, "Diagnosis
and Grading of Alzheimer's Disease via Automatic Classification of FDG-PET Scans",
in International Conference on Brain and Health Informatics, Maebashi, Japan, pp.
266-276, October 29-31, 2013.
- M. S. Ayhan, R. G. Benton, V. V. Raghavan, and S. Choubey, "Composite Kernels for
Automatic Relevance Determination in Computerized Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease",
in International Conference on Brain and Health Informatics, Maebashi, Japan, pp.
126-137, October 29-31, 2013.
- L. Hively, J. T. McDonald, N. Munro, and E. Cornelius, “Forewarning of Epileptic Events
from Scalp EEG,” in proceedings of the ORNL Biomedical Science and Engineering Center
Conference, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 21-23, 2013.
- J. Shelley-Tremblay, M. Doran, T. Young, “Capturing the Intention to Move: Testing
a Brain-Computer Interface Using the Lateralized Readiness Potential,” Southeastern
Psychological Association (SEPA 2013), 59th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 13-16,
2013.
- C. Smith, M. Doran, R. Daigle, and T. Thomas Jr., “Enhanced Situational Awareness
in Autonomous Mobile Robots using Context-Based Mapping,” IEEE International Multi-Disciplinary
Conference on Cognitive Methods in Situation Awareness and Decision Support (CogSIMA
2013), San Diego, CA, February 26-28, 2013.
- L. Hively and J. T. McDonald, “Theorem-Based, Data-Driven, Cyber Event Detection,”
in proceedings of the 8th Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Workshop, Oak
Ridge National Laboratory, January 2013.
- J. Lavergne, R. Benton, and V. V. Raghavan, "TRARM-RelSup: Targeted Rare Association
Rule Mining Using Itemset Trees and the Relative Support Measure", in 20th International
Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems, Vancouver, Canada, Macau, pp.
61-70, December 4-7, 2012.
- J. Lavergne, R. Benton, and V. V. Raghavan, "Min-Max Itemset Trees for Dense and Categorical
Datasets", in 20th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems,
Vancouver, Canada, Macau, pp 51-60, December 4-7, 2012.
- M. S. Ayhan, R. G. Benton, V. V. Raghavan, and S. Choubey, "Utilization of Domain-Knowledge
for Simplicity and Comprehensibility in Predictive Modeling of Alzheimer's Disease",
in International Workshop on Multiscale Biomedical Imaging Analysis, held in conjunction
with IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, pp. 265 - 272, October 4-7, 2012.
- J. Huang, J. Dang, X. Lu, D. Dou, J. A. Blake, W. T. Gerthoffer, and M. Tan, “An Onology-Based
MicroRNA Knowledge Sharing and Acquisition Framework,” Proc. 2012 IEEE International
Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, Philadelphia, PA, pp. 16-23, October
2012.
- Y. Xie, J. Fisher, V. V. Raghavan, T. Johnsten, and C. Akkoc, “Granular Approach for
Protein Sequence Analysis,” In Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Rough
Sets and Current Trends in Computing, Chengolu, China, August 17 - 20, 2012.
- D. Difallah, R. Benton, T. Johnsten and V. Raghavan, "FAARM: Frequent Association
Action Rules Mining Using FP-Tree", in Workshop on Domain Driven Data Mining, part
of 11th IEEE International Conference on Data Mining Workshops, Vancouver, Canada,
pp. 398-404, December 11, 2011.
- C. Akkoç, T. Johnsten and R. Benton, “Multi-layered Vector Spaces for Classifying
and Analyzing Biological Sequences”, International Conference on Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology, New Orleans, pp. 160-166, March 23-25, 2011.
- M. S. Ayhan, R. Benton, V. V. Raghavan, and S. Choubey, “Exploitation of 3D Stereotactic
Surface Projection for Automated Classification of Alzheimer’s Disease According to
Dementia Levels”, IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine,
Hong Kong, pp. 516-519, December 18-21, 2010.
- C. Townsend, J. Huang, D. Dou, S. Dalvi, P. J. Hayes, L. He, W. Lin, H. Liu, R. Rudnick,
H. Shah, H. Sun, X. Wang, and M. Tan, “OMIT: Domain Ontology and Knowledge Acquisition
in Micro RNA Target Prediction,” Proc. 9th International Conference on Ontologies,
Databases, and Applications of Semantics, Springer-Verlag, Crete, Greece, pp. 1162-1169,
October 2010.
- B. Lemoine, S. Rayburn, R. Benton and ADNI, “Data Fusion and Feature Selection for
Alzheimer's Diagnosis”, International Conference on Brain Informatics, Toronto, Canada,
pp. 320-327, August 28-30, 2010.
Refereed Abstracts
- M. S. Ayhan, R. Benton, V. V. Raghavan, and S. Choubey, “Determining Relevant Features
Based on 3D Stereotactic Surface Projection to Detect Dementia Caused by Alzheimer's
Disease”, 7th Annual Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Symposium, Lafayette, Louisiana,
pp. 91-92, October 14-15, 2010.
Big Data
Refereed Papers for Conferences/Workshops
- M. Van Devender, W. Glisson, R. Benton, and G. Grispos, "Understanding De-identification
of Healthcare Big Data", in Americas Conference on Information Systems, Boston, Massachusetts,
accepted, 10 pages, August 10-12, 2017.
- S. Hsu, R. Benton, and R. Gottumukkala, "Real-Time Flu Monitoring System and Decision
Informatics", in Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Kauai, Hawaii,
pp. 2794-2803, January 5-8, 2015.