Thomas Taylor
Associate Professor, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences Interdisciplinary Graduate faculty
Associate Professor, Affiliate Faculty, Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict
Senior Global Futures Scientist, Global Futures Scientists and Scholars
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GWC 356 TEMPE, AZ 85287-1804
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Mail code: 1804Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio
Tom Taylor studies the discrete geometry of network embeddings. Pervasive examples of network imbedding are the square pixel grids of color digital images, for which each pixel is mapped into a location in the three dimensional RGB color space. Other applications of special interest include friendship networks, political networks, trade networks, transportation networks, and semantic networks, as well as resource networks such as the power, fuel and water grids. Geometric measures on such networks provide useful tools for automated understanding of complicated properties and relationships within and between such large scale networks, such as discovering the natural partition of a friendship network into competing cliques or locating the bottlenecks that constrain the flow of electricity on the power grid.
Education
Ph.D. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 1983
Publications
- Steven L. Neuberg, Carolyn M. Warner, Stephen A. Mistler, Anna Berlin, Eric D. Hill, Jordan D. Johnson, Gabrielle Filip-Crawford, Roger E. Millsap, George Thomas, Michael Winkelman, Benjamin J. Broome, Thomas J. Taylor and Juliane Schober7. Religion and Intergroup Conflict: Findings From the Global Group Relations Project. Psychological Science (2014).
- Thomas Taylor. NIR Cameras and Color Histograms: What Information is Really There?. PublicLab.org, Near Infrared Camera forum March 23, 2014 (2014).
- S.J.R. Staton, J.Castillo, T.J.Taylor, P.Herckes, M.A. Hayes,. "Identifying indoor environmental patterns from bioaerosol material using HPLC ". Anal Bioanal Chem (2013).
- Sarah J. R. Staton, Josemar A. Castillo, Thomas J. Taylor, Pierre Herckes, Mark A. Hayes. Identifying indoor environmental patterns from bioaerosol material using HPLC. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry January 2013, Volume 405, Issue 1, pp 351-357 (2013).
- Josemar A. Castillo, Sarah J. R. Staton, Thomas J. Taylor, Pierre Herckes and Mark A. Hayes,. Exploring the feasibility of bioaerosol analysis as a novel fingerprinting technique. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemostry, 2012, 403(1), 15-26, DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-5725-0 (2012).
- Weiss, N.G., Jones, P.J., Mahanti, P., Taylor, T., Hayes, M.A. Dielectrophoretic Mobility Determination in DC Insulator-Based Dielectrophoresis. Electrophoresis (2011).
- Prasun Mahanti, Tom Taylor, Douglas Cochran, Mark Hayes, Noah Weiss and Paul Jones. Spatio-temporal image analysis of particle streaks in micro-channels for low-cost electro-hydrodynamic flow characterization. 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (2011).
- S. Buddi, T. Taylor, C. Borges, R. Nelson. SVM multi-classification of T2D/CVD patients using biomarker features. The Tenth International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, Waikiki, HI (2011).
- Sarah J. R. Staton,. Kang Ping Chen, Thomas J. Taylor, Jose Rafael Pacheco, Mark A. Hayes. Characterization of Particle Capture in a Sawtooth Patterned Insulating Electrokinetic Microfluidic Device. Electrophoresis (2010).
- Hasan Davulcu, Syed Toufeeq Ahmed, Sedat Gokalp, M’hamed H Temkit, Tom Taylor, Mark Woodward, Ali Amin. Analyzing Sentiment Markers Describing Radical and Counter-Radical Elements in Online News. The Second IEEE International Conference on Social Computing (SocialCom2010) (2010).
- Peter Knee and Tom Taylor. The Local Geometry of SAR Images. 6th U.S. / Australia Joint Workshop on Defense Applications of Signal Processing (DASP), Lihue, Hawaii, Sept. 2009 (2010).
- M. A. Hayes, M. M. Petkus, A. A. Garcia, T. Taylor, and P. Mahanti. Demonstration of Sandwich and Competitive Modulated Supraparticle Fluoroimmunoassay Applied to Cardiac Protein Biomarker Myoglobin. The Analyst (2009).
- Jennifer Fewell, Shana K. Schmidt, and Thomas Taylor. Division of Labor in the Context of Complexity. Organization of Insect Societies: From Genome to Sociocomplexit (2008).
- Picci, Giorgio, Taylor, Thomas. Almost sure Convergence of Random Gossip Algorithms. (2007).
- Murakami, J, Taylor, Thomas. Least Square Estimation of Hidden Markov Chain Parameters. (2005).
- P Killeen, Thomas Taylor. Symmetric receiver operating characteristics. J. Math. Psych (2004).
- Gurumohan, P, Taylor, Thomas, Syrotiuk, V. Topology Control for MANET. (2004).
- D Armbruster, I Diaz, Thomas Taylor. Periodic Orbits in a Class of Reentrant Manufacturin g Systems. Mathematics of operations research (2000).
- P Killeen, Thomas Taylor. A stochastic adding machine and complex dynamics. Nonlinearity (2000).
- P Killeen, Thomas Taylor. How the propagation of error through stochastic counters affect s time discrimination and other psychological judgements. Psychological Review (2000).
Research Activity
- Hayes,Mark A*, Taylor,Thomas J. Isolation of Pathogenic Listeria. HHS-NIH-NIAID(12/1/2014 - 11/30/2016).
- Hayes,Mark A*, Taylor,Thomas J. Pathogen Isolation and Concentration for Phenotypic Subtyping. HHS-NIH-NIAID(3/5/2012 - 2/28/2015).
- Woodward,Mark Rhey*, Woodward,Mark Rhey*, Corman,Steven Robert, Davulcu,Hasan, Jacobson,David, Taylor,Thomas J. Finding Allies for the War of Words: Mapping the Diffusion and Influence of Counter-Radical Muslim Discourse. DOD-NAVY-ONR(4/1/2009 - 5/31/2014).
- Neuberg,Steven Laurence*, Broome,Benjamin J, Millsap,Roger E, Schaefer,David, Schober,Juliane S, Taylor,Thomas J, Thomas,George, Warner,Carolyn, Winkelman,Michael James. AOC-The Dynamics of Religion and Conflict: A Multidisciplinary, Emperical Approach. NSF-SBE(1/1/2008 - 12/31/2011).
- Gober,Patricia*, Balling,Robert C, Bolin,Robert, Bolin,Robert, Corley,Elizabeth, Corley,Elizabeth, Elser,Monica Mueller, Gries,Corinna, Griffin,William Albert, Kinzig,Ann, Mccartney,Peter H, Nelson,Margaret C, Razdan,Anshuman, Razdan,Anshuman, Redman,Charles L, Redman,Charles L, Rowe,Jeremy, Rowe,Jeremy, Saltz,Charlene, Taylor,Thomas J, Wentz,Elizabeth Ann, White,Dave Douglas, White,Dave Douglas, Zehnder,Joseph A. Decision Center for a Desert City (DCDC): Science and Policy of Climate Uncertainty. NSF-SBE(9/15/2004 - 8/31/2011).
- Taylor,Thomas J*. Innovative Signal Processing for Synthetic Aperature Radar. DOD-NAVY-ONR(7/13/2004 - 4/15/2006).
- Taylor,Thomas J*. A MATHEMAICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT ON THE NAVAJO RESERVATION. NSF-EHR(3/1/1996 - 7/31/1999).
- Taylor,Thomas J*. OBSERVABILTY OF SYSTEMS WITH COMPLICATED DYNAMICS. DOD-AIR FORCE(8/1/1988 - 7/31/1990).
Teaching Website URL
Courses
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MAT 342 | Linear Algebra |
| MAT 493 | Honors Thesis |
| MAT 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MAT 266 | Calculus for Engineers II |
| MAT 590 | Reading and Conference |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MAT 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| APM 503 | Applied Analysis |
| MAT 242 | Elementary Linear Algebra |
| MAT 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MAT 493 | Honors Thesis |
| MAT 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MAT 267 | Calculus for Engineers III |
| MAT 267 | Calculus for Engineers III |
| MAT 590 | Reading and Conference |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MAT 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| MAT 371 | Advanced Calculus I |
| MAT 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| MAT 342 | Linear Algebra |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MAT 342 | Linear Algebra |
| MAT 493 | Honors Thesis |
| MAT 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MAT 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MAT 371 | Advanced Calculus I |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MAT 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| MAT 342 | Linear Algebra |
| MAT 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| MAT 371 | Advanced Calculus I |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MAT 493 | Honors Thesis |
| MAT 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MAT 267 | Calculus for Engineers III |
| MAT 590 | Reading and Conference |
| APM 598 | Special Topics |
| MAT 494 | Special Topics |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MAT 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| MAT 267 | Calculus for Engineers III |
| MAT 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| MAT 371 | Advanced Calculus I |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MAT 493 | Honors Thesis |
| MAT 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MAT 267 | Calculus for Engineers III |
| MAT 590 | Reading and Conference |
| APM 598 | Special Topics |
| MAT 494 | Special Topics |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MAT 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| MAT 267 | Calculus for Engineers III |
| MAT 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| MAT 242 | Elementary Linear Algebra |
2019 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MAT 493 | Honors Thesis |
| MAT 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MAT 267 | Calculus for Engineers III |
| MAT 266 | Calculus for Engineers II |
| MAT 590 | Reading and Conference |
Presentations
- Taylor, Thomas. Statistics on Manifolds IV. Lecture Series at the Dipartimento of Infomation Engineering, University of Padova (Nov 2007).
- Taylor, Thomas, Mahanti, Prasun, Cochran, Douglas, Hayes, Mark. Enhanced Biochemical Signal Extraction from Rotating Paramagnetic Chains. AzANS Conference
- Taylor, Thomas, Picci, Giorgio. ALMOST SURE CONVERGENCE OF RANDOM GOSSIP ALGORITHMS. 46th Conference on Decision and Control
- Taylor, Thomas. Canonical Operators on Graphs. PicciFest
- Taylor, Thomas. Statistics on Manifolds. Seminar
Service
- Organization Committee Defense Applications of Signal Processing conference, commitee member (2008 - Present)
- personnel committee, member (2009 - 2010)
- Colloquium Committee, CoChair (2007 - 2008)
- Steering Committee, Sensor, Signal and Information Processing Center, Member (2007 - 2007)
- Steering Committee, Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity, Member (2004 - 2007)
- Engineering Liason Committee, Member (2004 - 2004)
- Planning Committee, Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity, Member (2004 - 2004)
- Lecturer/Instructor Evaluation Committee, Member (2004 - 2004)
- Awards Committee, Member (2003)
- Calculus Committee, Co-Chair (2003)
- Lecturer/Instructor Evaluation, Member (2003)