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Published Work
Published Work
Selvitella, A.M. and Foster, K.L. (2025). A mathematical model of hopping with stopping controlled by muscle damping instantaneous change: biological implications and limitations. The NSF-Simons National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology - Booklet of Abstracts, 160. link
Selvitella, A.M. and Foster, K.L. (2024). Some comments on the paper ``Is human height based on a Lucas sequence relationship between the foot height, tibial length, femur length and upper body length?" and an alternative analysis. Journal of Anatomy, 246(4), 631-632.
Selvitella, A.M. and Foster, K.L. (2024). An approximate solution of the SLIP model under the regime of linear angular dynamics during stance and the stability of symmetric periodic running gaits. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 595, 111934. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2024.111934
Selvitella, A.M. and Foster, K.L. (2023). Gait stability of the spring-mass model of planar locomotion on inclines. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 62, S99-S99.
Foster, K.L. and Selvitella, A.M.. (2023). Anolis ecomorph biomechanics across arboreal environments: What can machine learning tell us about behavioral plasticity in lizards?. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 62, S99-S99.
Selvitella, A.M. and Foster, K.L. (2023). On the variability and dependence of human leg stiffness across strides during running and some consequences for the analysis of locomotion data. Royal Society Open Science, 10, 230597. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230597.
Foster, K.L. and Selvitella, A.M. (2022). Transfer of Anolis locomotor behaviour across environments: implications for phenotypic plasticity and adaptive radiation?. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 62(3), 774–790. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icac015.
Selvitella, A.M. and Foster, K.L. (2022). The spring-mass model and other reductionist models of bipedal locomotion on inclines. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 62(5), 1320–1334. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icac047.
Foster, K.L. and Selvitella, A.M. (2020). Learning the locomotion behaviour of lizards transfers across environments. ICML 2020 Workshop on Computational Biology (spotlight presentation). http://www.comparativebiomechanics.com/Foster%20and%20Selvitella%202020.pdf
Talks and Seminars
(Presenter in bold)Talks and Seminars
12th October, 2024. Selvitella, A.M. On some mathematical laws governing terrestrial locomotion. Invited Talk at the 2024 Great Lakes SIAM Annual Meeting 2024. Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN. Co-author: K.L. Foster.
4th October, 2024. Selvitella, A.M. On some matters regarding neural networks and differential equations. Contributed Talk at the Mathematical Foundations of Machine Learning Annual Meeting 2024. Miami University, Oxford, OH.
1st August, 2024. Selvitella, A.M. On sparse identification of nonlinear dynamics. Tutorial (Datapalooza) at the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences Annual Meeting 2024. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
31st July, 2024. Selvitella, A.M. On the variability of human leg stiffness across strides and data analysis consequences. Contributed Talk at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting 2024, Seattle, WA. Co-author: K.L. Foster.
5th January, 2024. K.L. Foster.The ecomorphology of primates is detected in the long bones. Contributed Talk at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting 2024, Seattle, WA. Co-author: A.M. Selvitella.
4th January, 2024. Selvitella, A.M. On the variability of human leg stiffness across strides and data analysis consequences. Contributed Talk at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting 2024, Seattle, WA. Co-author: K.L. Foster.
27th March, 2023. Selvitella, A.M. Some Interesting Problems in the Theory and Applications of Mathematics and Statistics to Complex Biological Systems. Bridge to Research Seminar. Purdue University.
12th August, 2022. Foster, K.L. and Selvitella, A.M. Statistical approaches in biomechanics: What can transfer learning tell us about lizard locomotion? Midwest workshop of women in experimental biology: Towards an integration of modern machine learning methods to the biological sciences. Ball State University, Muncie, IN.
July 10th - July14th, 2022. Foster, K.L. Transfer of Anolis locomotor behaviour across environments and species. ISMB 2022 - 30th Conference for Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (online).
July 10th - July14th, 2022. Selvitella, A.M. and Foster, K.L. The spring-mass model and other reductionist models of bipedal locomotion on inclines. ISMB 2022 - 30th Conference for Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (online).
2nd June, 2022. Selvitella, A.M. and Foster, K.L. Anolis Ecomorph Biomechanics Across Arboreal Environments: What Can Machine Learning Tell Us About Behavioral Plasticity In Lizards?. SSC - Statistical Society of Canada - Annual Meeting (online).
9th May - 13th May, 2022. Selvitella, A.M. and Foster, K.L. The spring-mass model and other reductionist models of bipedal locomotion on inclines. CSZ - Canadian Society of Zoology - Annual Meeting (online).
9th May - 13th May, 2022. Foster, K.L. and Selvitella, A.M. Transfer of Anolis locomotor behaviour across environments and species. CSZ - Canadian Society of Zoology - Annual Meeting (online).
16th March - 17th March, 2022. Selvitella, A.M. and Foster, K.L. Gait stability of the spring-mass model of planar locomotion on inclines. 4th Annual Conference on Quantitative Approaches in Biology. Northwestern University, Center for quantitative biology (online).
16th March - 17th March, 2022. Foster, K.L. and Selvitella, A.M. Anolis ecomorph biomechanics across arboreal environments: What can machine learning tell us about behavioral plasticity in lizards?. 4th Annual Conference on Quantitative Approaches in Biology. Northwestern University, Center for quantitative biology (online).
7th January 2022. Foster, K.L. and Selvitella, A.M. Anolis ecomorph biomechanics across arboreal environments: What can machine learning tell us about behavioral plasticity in lizards?. SICB - The Annual Meeting of the Society of Experimental Biology, Phoenix, AZ.
4th January 2022. Selvitella, A.M. and Foster, K.L. Gait stability of the spring-mass model of planar walking on inclines. SICB - The Annual Meeting of the Society of Experimental Biology, Phoenix, AZ.
Workshops and Conferences
Workshops and Conferences
12th August, 2022. Midwest workshop of women in experimental biology: Towards an integration of modern machine learning methods to the biological sciences (MWWEB 2022). Ball State University, Muncie, IN. Sponsor: Society for Experimental Biology. Organizers: Foster, K.L. and Selvitella, A.M.
Ongoing Projects
Ongoing Projects
Previous Projects
Previous Projects
NSF - Simons Pilot Project: On the mathematical and physical laws of the morphology and biomechanics of mourning geckos through ontogeny.
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