Marco Antoniotti

NYU Courant Bioinformatics Group,
715 Broadway, Rm 1013
New York, NY 10003
Phone: +1 - 212 998 3488
Fax: +1 - 212 998 3484
E-mail: marcoxa [at] cs.nyu.edu

Research Interests

My current work is at the intersection of Computer Science, Biology and Engineering. The topics I have been interested in recently have dealt with the validation of sequence data , the simulation of biological processes (most notably "pathway" and related problems) and the application of inference schemes based on a mix of Temporal Logic and Numerical Analysis to the model reconstruction problem for biological systems. I have been working on the construction of tools based on a variety of advanced theoretical foundations. All these tools have always been driven by concrete examples and problems from Biology and Genomics, Robotics, Automotive and Highway Systems, and Embedded Systems. The foundations upon which I laid my work are Mathematical Statistics, Temporal Logic, Control of Discrete Systems and Formal Specification of Reactive and Hybrid Systems. My current interests in System Biology require an interaction with researchers in fields where I cannot claim a deep knowledge, therefore I devote particular attention to understanding the specific problems at hand, while trying to contribute statistical and algorithmic solutions based on a continuous dialogue.

Current Projects

I am currently involved with several projects at the NYU bioinformatics group.

  • GOALIE (Group Leader): a system capable of reconstructing temporal phenomenological descriptions of the behavior of a biological system from meausured experimental (microarray) data. The system can reconstruct a description of the system behavior using a controlled vocabulary or an ontology (in particular, the Gene Ontology.)
  • Simpathica (Group Leader): an integrated system whose aim is to empower a biologist looking for systemic properties of an organism or a pathway, with a set of tools ranging from simulation algorithms, temporal logic analysis and multiresolution time-frequency analysis. Simpathica is part of the BioSpice DARPA project.
    See the Simpathica project section of our site for more information.
  • NYUMAD (Group Leader): our integrated microarray clustering, analysis, and database tool, currently supported by an NSF grant.
    See the NYUMAD project section of our site for more information.

Publications

International Journals and Book Chapters

  • M. Antoniotti, P. E. Barbano, W. Casey, J. Feng, N. Ugel, B. Mishra Multiple Biological Model Classification: From System Biology to Synthetic Biology, BioCONCUR-04, The Royal Society, London, Transactions on Computational Biology, 2006, to appear (PDF)
  • P. Barbano, M. Antoniotti, J. Feng, M. Spivak, B. Mishra A Coherent Framework for Multi-resolution Analysis of Biological Networks with Memory: RAS pathwway, Cell Cycle and Immune System, PNAS, 102(18):6245-6250, 2005.
  • M. Antoniotti, S. Paxia, N. Ugel, B. Mishra Simpathica: A Computational System Biology Tool within the VALIS Bioinformatics Environment , in Computational Systems Biology, E. Eiles and A. Ktiete eds., Elsevier, 2005 in press.
  • M. Antoniotti, B. Mishra, C. Piazza, A. Policriti, M. Simeoni Taming the Complexity of Biochemical Models through Bisimulation and Collapsing: Theory and Practice, Theoretical Computer Science 325(1):45-67, 2004 (PDF)
  • B. Mishra, M. Antoniotti et al., A Sense of Life: Computational & Experimental Investigations with Models of Biochemical & Evolutionary Processes, OMICS - A Journal of Integrative Biology, (Special Issue on BioCOMP, S. Kumar, ed.), 7(3), 2003
  • M. Antoniotti, A. Policriti, N. Ugel, B. Mishra Model Building and Model Checking for Biochemical Processes, Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, 38:271-286, 2003 (PDF)
  • M. Antoniotti, A. Ferrari, A. Flesca, A. L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, JESTER: An Esterel-based Reactive Java Extension for Reactive Embedded Systems Co-Design, in System on Chip Methodologies and Design Languages, Kluwer, 2001 (PDF)

International Conferences

  • C. Piazza, M. Antoniotti, V. Mysore, A. Policriti, F. Winkler, and B. Mishra, Algorithmic Algebraic Model Checking I: Challenges form Systems Biology, 17th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification (CAV05), Edimburgh, Scotland, UK, July 2005 (PDF).
  • N. Ramakrishnan, M. Antoniotti, and B. Mishra, Reconstructing Formal Temporal Models of Cellular Events using the GO Process Ontology, Bio-Ontologies SIG Meeting, ISMB 2005, Detroit, USA, 2005.
  • M. Antoniotti, N. Ramakrishnan, B. Mishra, GOALIE, A Common Lisp Application to Discover "Kripke Models:" Redescribing Biological Processes from Time-Course Data., International Lisp Conference, Stanford, CA, U.S.A., June 19-22, 2005 (PDF).
  • M. Antoniotti, I. T. Lau, B. Mishra, Naturally Speaking: A System Biology Tool with Natural Language Based Interfaces, Biological Language Conference (BLC04), Pittsburgh, PA, USA, November 2004 (PDF)
  • M. Antoniotti, B. Mishra, C. Piazza, A. Policriti, M. Simeoni Modeling Cellular Behavior with Hybrid Automata: Collapsing and Bisimulation, Computational Methods in System Biology (CMSB 2003), C. Priami ed., LNCS 2602, Springer 2003 (PDF)
  • M. Antoniotti, F. Park, A. Policriti, N. Ugel, B. Mishra Foundations of a Query and Simulation System for the Modeling of Biochemical and Biological Processes, PSB 2003, Lihu'e, HW, U.S.A., January 2003 (PDF)
  • M. Antoniotti, A. Policriti, N. Ugel, B. Mishra XS-systems: eXtended S-systems and Algebraic Differential Automata for Modeling Cell Behavior, High Performance Computing (HiPC 2002), S. Sahni, V. K. Prasanna e U. Shukla eds., LNCS 2552, Springer 2002 (PDF)
  • M. Antoniotti Two Bioinformatics Applications of Common Lisp, ILC 2002, San Francisco, U.S.A., 2002 (PDF)
  • M. Antoniotti, A. Ferrari, A. L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, E. Sentovich Embedded System Design Specification: Merging Reactive Control and Data Computation, 40th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2001), Orlando, U.S.A., 2001 (PDF)
  • M. Antoniotti, A. Ferrari, A. Flesca A. L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, JESTER: An Esterel-based Reactive Java Extension for Reactive Embedded Systems Co-Design, Forum on Design Languages 2000, Tübingen, Germany, September 2000
  • M. Antoniotti, A. Balluchi, L. Benvenuti, A. Ferrari, R. Flora, W. Nesci, C. Pinello, C. Rossi, A. L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, G. Serra, M. Tabaro, A Top-Down Constraints-Driven Design Methodology for Powertrain Control Systems, Proceedings of the Global Powertrain Congress, Detroit, MI, U.S.A., October 1998
  • M. Antoniotti, A. Deshpande, A. Girault, Microsimulation Analysis of Multiple Merge Junctions under Autonomous AHS Operations, Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Boston, MA, U.S.A. November 1997 (PDF)
  • M. Antoniotti, A. Deshpande, A. Girault, Microsimulation Analysis of a Hybrid System Model of Multiple Merge Junction Highways and Semi-Automated Vehicles, Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Orlando, FL, U.S.A. October 1997
  • M. Antoniotti, A. Göllü, SHIFT and SMART-AHS: A Language for Hybrid System Engineering, Modeling and Simulation, USENIX Conference on Domain Specific Languages, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A., October 1997 (PDF)
  • M. Antoniotti, B. Mishra, NP-completeness of the Supervisor Synthesis Problem for Unrestricted CTL Specifications, Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K., 1996 (PDF)
  • M. Antoniotti, M. Jafari, B. Mishra, Applying Temporal Logic Verification and Synthesis to Manufacturing Systems, Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Man, Systems and Cybernetics, Vancouver, Canada, 1995
  • M. Antoniotti, B. Mishra, Discrete Event Models + Temporal Logic = Supervisory Controller: Automatic Synthesis of Locomotion Controllers, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 95), Nagoya, Japan, 1995 (PDF)
  • M. Antoniotti, B. Mishra, Automatic Synthesis Algorithms for Supervisory Controllers, Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Automation Technology (CIMAT 94), Troy, NY, U.S.A., 1994

Presentations at International Conferences

  • M. Antoniotti, N. Ramakrishnan, B. Mishra, Reconstructing Formal Temporal Logic Models of Cellular Events using the GO Process Ontology, Eight Annual Bio-Ontologies Meeting, ISMB 2005, Detroit, Michigan, June 24th 2005.
  • M. Antoniotti, F. Park, A. Policriti, N. Ugel, B. Mishra Simulating Large Biochemical and Biological Processes and Reasoning about their Behavior, Poster at ICSB 2002, Stokholm, Sweden, December 2002
  • M. Antoniotti, M. Isopi, V. Mittal, N. Ugel, B. Mishra Mathematically Modeling Stem Cells Populations, Poster at 2002 Meeting on Genome Sequencing and Biology, CSHL, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, U.S.A., May 2002
  • M. Rejali, M. Antoniotti, V. Cherepinsky, C. Leventhal, S. Paxia, A. Rudra, J. West, B. Mishra Goals, Design and Implementation of a Versatile MicroArray Data Base, Poster at CGC 2001, Baltimore, U.S.A., November 2001
  • M. Antoniotti, T. Anantharaman, C.-W. Chang, D. C. Schwartz, B. Mishra Algorithms for combining Sequences and Maps: Examples from P. falciparum and E. coli, Poster at GSAC 2001, San Diego, U.S.A., October 2001
  • M. Antoniotti, T. Anantharaman, C.-W. Chang, J. Colinas, D. C. Schwartz, B. Mishra Algorithms and Analysis for combining Sequences and Maps: Applications to the Malaria Parasite P. falciparum, Poster at WABI 2001, Aarhus, Denmark, August 2001
  • M. Antoniotti, A. Ferrari, L. Lavagno, A. L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, JESTER = Java || Esterel, Presentation at the 1999 Synchronous Workshop, Hyeres, France, November 1999
  • M. Antoniotti, A. Ferrari, L. Lavagno, A. L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Object-Oriented System Level Design for Embedded Reactive Systems, Presentation at Forum on Design Languages, EPFL, Lousanne, CH, September 1998

Technical Reports

  • M. Antoniotti, I. T. Lau, B. Mishra, Naturally Speaking: A System Biology Tool with Natural Language Based Interfaces, CIMS TR2004-853, June 2004 (PDF)
  • M. Antoniotti, T. Anantharaman, S. Paxia, B. Mishra Genomics via Optical Mapping IV: Sequence Validation via Optical Map Matching, CIMS TR-811, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU, March 2001
  • M. Antoniotti, B. Mishra Automatic Synthesis Algorithms for Supervisory Controllers (Preliminary Report), CIMS TR-664, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU, November 1994
  • B. Mishra, M. Antoniotti, F. Hansen, R. Wallace, NYU Educational Robotics Project: A Pedagogic Overview, CIMS TR-653, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU, November 1993
  • B. Mishra, M. Antoniotti, ED I: NYU Educational Robot Design and Evaluation, CIMS-TR 643, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU, Aug. 1993
  • M. Antoniotti, Conceptual and Pragmatic Tools for Design and Control of Manufacturing Systems (Petri Nets and Ramadge-Wonham Discrete Event Systems), CIMS-TR 664, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU, Jul. 1993

Submitted

  • M. Antoniotti, N. Ramakrishnan, D. Kumar, M. Spivak, B. Mishra Remembrance of Experiments Past: Analyzing Time Course Datasets to Discover Complex Temporal Invariants, under review 2006
  • M. Antoniotti, P. E. Barbano, W. Casey, J. Feng, M. Rejali, M. Spivak, N. Ugel, B. Mishra NYU BioWave & NYU BioSim: Tools for Classifying Trajectories of Biochemical Pathways, under review 2006
  • J. P. Mathew, A. Chinnaiyan, G. Bader, S. Pyarajan, B. Taylor, R. Daruwala, M. Antoniotti, C. Sander, S. J. Burakoff, B. Mishra, From Bytes to Bedside: Computational Biology for Biomedical Tranlsational Research, under review 2006

Patents

  • U.S. Patent application #60/236,296, System and Method for a Sequence Validation via Optical Map Matching, filed 2000-09-28
  • U.S. Patent application #60/293,254, Automatic Validation, Alignment, and Reordering of Sequences via Optical Mapping, filed 2001-05-24

Other Links

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Some more personal stuff can be found here.


 

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