Francis Motta, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Mathematics and Statistics
Boca Raton Campus
Education
Ph.D. in Mathematics, Colorado State University, 2014
Research Interests
Topological Data Analysis
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Dynamical Systems
Mathematical Biology
Research Description
I am a mathematician specializing in topological data analysis (TDA), dynamical systems, and mathematical biology. I am interested in everyaspect of the expansion of the applicability of TDA to existing machine learning & statistical modeling approaches, especially those concernedwith the analysis of data derived from spatiotemporal systems. I thrive on interdisciplinary collaboration & I am involved in both the design,implementation, & application of novel computational data analysis methods to solve problems from multiple scientific domains includingsynthetic and systems biology, condensed matter physics, and neuroscience. Currently my work involves 1) using topological methodstogether with machine learning tools to understand principles of protein stability, and 2) modelling the dynamics of host-parasite interactions of Plasmodium,to understand genetic regulatory networks in the causative agent of malaria.
Recent Publications
- Quantitative Analysis of Attractors in Finite-Dimensional Approximations of State-Dependent Delay Differential Equations ()
- Assessment of Simulated Surveillance Testing and Quarantine in a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccinated Population of Students on a University Campus - JAMA HEALTH FORUM - Oct. 2021
- Improved Data Sets and Evaluation Methods for the Automatic Prediction of DNA-Binding Proteins - BIOINFORMATICS - Aug. 2021
- Inference of Gene Regulatory Network Uncovers the Linkage Between Circadian Clock and Crassulacean Acid Metabolism in Kalanchoë fedtschenkoi - CELLS - Aug. 2021
- Critical and Ictal Phases in Simulated EEG Signals on a Small-World Network - FRONTIERS IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE - Jan. 2021
- An Intrinsic Oscillator Drives the Blood Stage Cycle of the Malaria Parasite, Plasmodium falciparum - SCIENCE - May, 2020
- Hyperparameter Optimization of Topological Features for Machine Learning Applications - IEEE ICMLA - Feb. 2020
- Persistence Images: A Stable Vector Representation of Persistent Homology - JOURNAL OF MACHINE LEARNING RESEARCH - Feb. 2017
- Layers of regulation on cell-cycle gene expression in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae - MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL - Sep. 2018
- Reconciling Conflicting Models for Global Control of Cell-Cycle Transcription - CELL CYCLE - Sep. 2017
- Conservation and Diversification of Circadian Rhythmicity Between a Model Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Plant Kalanchoë fedtschenkoi and a model 𝐶3 Photosynthesis Plant Arabidopsis thaliana - FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE - Nov. 2018
- Informing the Structure of Complex Hadamard Matrix Spaces Using a Flow - DISCRETE & CONTINUOUS DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS – S - Dec. 2019