ctchalk2 ατ gmail.com / ctchalk ατ utexas.edu I am a Ph.D. student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at The University of Texas at Austin, advised by David Soloveichik. I received my B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science at The University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley (formerly known as The University of Texas Pan-American) under the advisement of Robert Schweller. Here's my CV. Research The majority of my research has been in algorithmic self-assembly, primarily studying abstract models of systems such as self-assembling DNA tiles to find out all the cool stuff they are capable of, such as computation and efficient nanoscale shape building.
I've had the pleasure of co-authoring with: Keenan Breik, Erik Demaine, Martin Demaine, David Doty, Dominic Fernandez, Bin Fu, David Haley, Jacob Hendricks, Alejandro Huerta, Niels Kornerup, Mario Maldonado, Eric Martinez, Matthew J. Patitz, Wyatt Reeves, Robert Schweller, Michael Sharp, David Soloveichik, Leslie Sweet, Marko Vasic, Luis Vega, Boya Wang, Andrew Winslow, and Tim Wylie. I've had the pleasure of reviewing submissions for the following conferences: DNA 22, DNA23, UCNC 2016, and SODA19. Publications Deep Molecular Programming: A Natural Implementation of Binary-Weight ReLU Neural Networks with Marko Vasic, Sarfraz Khurshid, David Soloveichik
SIMD||DNA: Single Instruction, Multiple Data Computation with DNA Strand Displacement Cascades with Boya Wang, David Soloveichik
Self Assembly of Any Shape with Constant Tile Types using High Temperature with Austin Luchsinger, Robert Schweller, Tim Wylie
Freezing Simulates Non-freezing Tile Automata with Austin Luchsinger, Eric Martinez, Robert Schweller, Andrew Winslow, Tim Wylie
Programming Substrate-Independent Kinetic Barriers with Thermodynamic Binding Networks with Keenan Breik, David Doty, David Haley, David Soloveichik
with Niels Kornerup, Wyatt Reeves, David Soloveichik
with Jacob Hendricks, Matthew J. Patitz, Michael Sharp
Optimal Staged Self-Assembly of Linear Assemblies with Eric Martinez, Robert Schweller, Luis Vega, Andrew Winslow, Tim Wylie
Universal Shape Replicators via Self-Assembly with Attractive and Repulsive Forces
with Erik D. Demaine, Martin L. Demaine, Eric Martinez, Robert Schweller, Luis Vega, Tim Wylie
Optimal Staged Self-Assembly of General Shapes
with Eric Martinez, Robert Schweller, Luis Vega, Andrew Winslow, Tim Wylie
Concentration Independent Random Number Generation in Tile Self-Assembly
with Bin Fu, Eric Martinez, Robert T. Schweller, Tim Wylie
Flipping Tiles: Concentration Independent Coin Flips in Tile Self-Assembly
with Bin Fu, Alejandro Huerta, Mario A. Maldonado, Eric Martinez, Robert T. Schweller, Tim Wylie
Strict Self-Assembly of Fractals using Multiple Hands
with Dominic A. Fernandez, Alejandro Huerta, Mario A. Maldonado, Robert T. Schweller, Leslie Sweet
SoftwareVersaTile Self-Assembly Simulator - Download here. A simulator I work on along with Eric Martinez. It's open source. Contributors include Alejandro Huerta, Mario Maldonado, and Dominic Fernandez. It simulates several models of tile self-assembly with some cool features. We've had good experience using this simulator to introduce students to tile self-assembly and to put together our own results. |