My name is Soumya Banerjee. I am a Ph.D student at the University of New Mexico (UNM). My advisor is Prof. Melanie Moses. I also collaborate with Dr. Alan Perelson and Dr. Michael Gastner. My research interest is in computational immunology; specifically in the modeling of immune systems and properties like decentralization and "increasing returns" exhibited by them which assist them in efficient elimination of pathogens. I am also interested in looking at how city size affects distributions of facilities. My broad (ok, very broad) research goal is to have a Grand Unified Theory of how system size affects the properties of 3 archetypal complex systems: immune systems, ant colonies and cities. In other words: a) what happens to the flow of information, materials and energy as you make these complex systems bigger? b) what happens to the topology/structure of the underlying network as you make these complex systems bigger? c) are there common phenomena observed in these complex systems (e.g. decentralization, modularity, scale-invariant response, etc) and why do you have these common features in systems which are so diverse? I can be reached at - FIRST NAME AT CS DOT UNM DOT EDU Computer Science Department 1, University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 Phone: (505) 277-3122 Fax: (505) 277-6927 Countries I have visited create your own visited country map or check our Venice travel guide States in the US I have visited create your own personalized map of the USA or check out ourCalifornia travel guide |
