HCV genotyping using statistical classification approach (2009)
Qiu, Ping, Cai, Xiao-Yan, Ding, Wei, Zhang, Qing, Norris, Ellie D, Greene, Jonathan R
Abstract The genotype of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) strains is an important determinant of the severity and aggressiveness of liver infection as well as patient response to antiviral therapy. Fast and...
On regional association rule scoping (2008)
Wei Ding, Christoph F. Eick, Xiaojing Yuan, Jing Wang
A special challenge for spatial data mining is that information is not distributed uniformly in spatial data sets. Consequently, the discovery of regional knowledge is of fundamental importance....
Mining Regional Knowledge in Spatial Datasets (2008)
My research interests lie in the field of spatial data mining and its applications in geosciences and planetary sciences. Spatial data mining has been identified as a key technology to automate the...
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (2008)
Xinning Zhu, Jiachuan Huo, Song Zhao, Zhimin Zeng, Wei Ding
Abstract—In this paper, we propose a time-frequency resource allocation scheme for OFDMA based system in WiMAX access networks. We utilize a user-based scheduling scheme to reduce complexity. The...
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR AGENT-BASED TUTORING SYSTEMS (2008)
As the educational field is becoming increasingly technology-heavy, more and more educational systems involve on-line or interactive training and tutoring techniques, and lots of educational...
Lecture #4: Performance Concepts (2008)
Professor S. Lennart, Johnsson Ta, Wei Ding, Speedup S Rimp
In this lecture, we examine one of the key performance measures for computing systems.
Lecture #12: Vector Architectures (2008)
Professor S. Lennart, Johnsson Ta, Wei Ding
The generic computer consists of a central processing unit, CPU, and memory, as illustrated in Figure 1. The memory contains both instructions and data. Real computers are refinements of this generic...
On regional association rule scoping (2008)
Wei Ding, Christoph F. Eick, Xiaojing Yuan, Jing Wang
A special challenge for spatial data mining is that information is not distributed uniformly in spatial data sets. Consequently, the discovery of regional knowledge is of fundamental importance....
Lecture #16: Parallel Sorting-I (2008)
Professor S. Lennart, Johnsson Ta, Wei Ding
Sorting is one of the most common applications on computers. It is not only used in commercial applications, such as those in the banking and insurance industries, but also in science applications....
Finding Regional Co-location Patterns for Sets of Continuous Variables, under review (2008)
This paper proposes a novel framework for mining regional colocation patterns with respect to sets of continuous variables in spatial datasets. The goal is to identify regions in which multiple...
Tianfang Yao, Wei Ding, Gregor Erbach
Abstract: In the exploration of Chinese named entity recognition for a specific domain, the authors found that the errors caused during word segmentation and part-ofspeech (POS) tagging have...
Web-Based Interactive Visualization of Data Cubes (2008)
Xusheng Wang, Ping Chen, Wei Ding
Data Cube is an effective technique for data mining. Because of the complex relationships among aggregation values of a data cube, designing an efficient method or tool to visualize the complex...
SenseNet: A Knowledge Representation Model for Computational Semantics (2008)
Ping Chen (contact, Chengmin Ding, Wei Ding, Ping Chen
Knowledge representation is essential for semantics modeling and intelligent information processing. For decades researchers have proposed many knowledge representation techniques. However, it is a...
OPEN COURSEWARE AND COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION (2008)
Kwok-bun Yue, T. Andrew Yang, Wei Ding, Ping Chen
The recent enthusiastic reception of the MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) project has significantly improved the general awareness of Open Courseware (OC). However, many other lesser known projects and...
An Interactive Visualization Model for Large High-dimensional Datasets (2008)
Abstract Data visualization gives a direct view of complex data, which is especially helpful for analysis of large high dimensional datasets. However, existing methods often lose simplicity and...
REGULATION OF NAKED2 BY TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-ALPHA AND WNT SIGNALING (2008)
Naked family members (Drosophila Naked Cuticle and mammalian Naked1 and Naked2) have been identified as inducible antagonists of canonical Wnt signaling. We previously reported that Naked2, but not...
REGULATION OF NAKED2 BY TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-ALPHA AND WNT SIGNALING (2008)
Naked family members (Drosophila Naked Cuticle and mammalian Naked1 and Naked2) have been identified as inducible antagonists of canonical Wnt signaling. We previously reported that Naked2, but not...
Towards Region Discovery in Spatial Datasets (2008)
Wei Ding, Rachsuda Jiamthapthaksin, Rachana Parmar, Dan Jiang, Tomasz F. Stepinski, Christoph F. Eick
Abstract. This paper presents a novel region discovery framework geared towards finding scientifically interesting places in spatial datasets. We view region discovery as a clustering problem in...
Towards Region Discovery in Spatial Datasets (2008)
Wei Ding, Rachsuda Jiamthapthaksin, Rachana Parmar, Dan Jiang, Tomasz F. Stepinski, Christoph F. Eick
Abstract. This paper presents a novel region discovery framework geared towards finding scientifically interesting places in spatial datasets. We view region discovery as a clustering problem in...
CHINERS: A Chinese Named Entity Recognition System for the Sports Domain (2007)
Tianfang Yao, Wei Ding, Gregor Erbach
In the investigation for Chinese named entity (NE) recognition, we are confronted with two principal challenges.
Assembling the Unusual Tetrapeptidyl Skeleton in an Iterative Manner � † (2007)
Lei Li, Wei Deng, Jie Song, Wei Ding, Qun-fei Zhao, Chao Peng, ...
Saframycin A (SFM-A), produced by Streptomyces lavendulae NRRL 11002, belongs to the tetrahydroisoquinoline family of antibiotics, and its core is structurally similar to the core of ecteinascidin...
IBM CRL Problem statement (2007)
Rongzeng Cao, Chunhua Tian, Wei Ding, Shun Jiang
� Two different type of model in Epidemic dynamics simulation
Effective Bootstrapping of Peer-to-Peer Networks over Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (2006)
Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks are vigorous, revolutionary communication technologies in the 21st century. They lead the trend of decentralization. Decentralization...
Mechanisms of arsenic toxicity and carcinogenesis in UVR-induced human skin cancer / (2006)
"May, 2006."
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Effective bootstrapping of Peer-to Peer networks over Mobile Ad-hoc networks (2006)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 2006.
Discovering of interesting regions in spatial data sets using supervised clustering (2006)
Christoph F. Eick, Wei Ding, Jing Wang, Rachsuda Jiamthapthaksin, Dan Jiang
Finding interesting documents on the Internet has been major focus of recent research and commercial projects. For example, GOOGLE became famous for building search engines that can efficiently...
A framework for regional association rule mining in spatial datasets (2006)
Wei Ding, Christoph F. Eick, Jing Wang
The immense explosion of geographically referenced data calls for efficient discovery of spatial knowledge. One critical requirement for spatial data mining is the capability to analyze datasets at...
EFFECTIVE BOOTSTRAPPING OF PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS OVER (2006)
Mobile Ad, Hoc Networks, Wei Ding, Wei Ding
ii This dissertation is dedicated to my lovely wife, Poy, and my wonderful daughter, Bingbing. It is a product of their patience. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First I would like express my gratitude to my...
A Framework for Regional Association Rule Mining (2006)
Wei Ding, Christoph F. Eick, Jing Wang, Xiaojing Yuan
This project [4] centers on regional association rule mining and scoping in spatial datasets. We introduces a methodology for mining spatial association rules and proposes new algorithms to determine...
A framework for regional association rule mining in spatial datasets (2006)
Wei Ding, Christoph F. Eick, Jing Wang
The immense explosion of geographically referenced data calls for efficient discovery of spatial knowledge. One of the special challenges for spatial data mining is that information is usually not...
There is a limit on the amount of time a faculty member may devote to each student. As a consequence, a faculty member must quickly determine which student needs more attention than others throughout...
Definition of cell-DEVS models for complex diffusion systems (2005)
Wei Ding, Xiuping Wu, Laurentiu Checiu, Changshuang Lin, Gabriel Wainer
Abstract. Cell-DEVS is an extension to the DEVS formalism that allows the definition of cellular models. CD++ is a modeling and simulation tool that implements DEVS and Cell-DEVS. Here, we show the...
Cosmetic surgery in American consumer culture / (2004)
Thesis (M.A.)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 2004.
Towards formal verification of UML diagrams based on graph transformation (2004)
Yu Zhao, Yushun Fan, Xinxin Bai, Yuan Wang, Hong Cai, Wei Ding
In this paper, a meta-level and highly automated technique that could formally transform UML diagrams for verification is presented. Firstly, the meta-model hierarchical structure of UML is reviewed...
Ziying Yan, Roman Zak, Yulong Zhang, Wei Ding, Simon Godwin, Keith Munson, ...
Tripeptidyl aldehyde proteasome inhibitors have been shown to effectively increase viral capsid ubiquitination and transduction of recombinant adeno-associated virus type 2 (rAAV-2) and rAAV-5...
A model for open content communities to support effective learning and teaching (2004)
Kwok-bun Yue, Toneluh A. Yang, Wei Ding, Ping Chen
Open Source Software (OSS) has provided a successful model for community-based collaborative development of software. The success of OSS has triggered interests in applying similar approaches to...
Web technologies have become essential in the computing curricula. However, teaching a Web development course to computing students is challenging because of large bodies of knowledge, rapidly...
Icon-based Visualization of Large HighDimensional Datasets (2003)
Ping Chen, Chenyi Hu, Wei Ding, Heloise Lynn, Yves Simon
High dimensional data visualization is critical to data analysts since it gives a direct view of original data. We present a method to visualize large amount of high dimensional data. We divide...
CHINERS: A Chinese Named Entity Recognition System for the Sports Domain (2003)
Tianfang Yao, Wei Ding, Gregor Erbach
In the investigation for Chinese named entity (NE) recognition, we are confronted with two principal challenges.
Investigation of photon beam models for multi-dimensional radiotherapy (2002)
Typescript (photocopy) "A thesis presented for the degree of Master of Applied Science (Medical and Health Physics)". Bibliography: leaves 79-85.
Model checkers in software testing (2002)
Paul Ammann, Paul E. Black, Wei Ding
The primary focus of formal methods is static analysis of specications and code, but there is also a long tradition of exploiting formal methods for testing. This paper continues this tradition by...
ii Multicast is the transmission of datagrams to a group of zero or more hosts identified by a single destination group address. It provides a simple yet robust and efficient communication mechanism....
Model checkers in software testing (2002)
Paul Ammann, Paul E. Black, Wei Ding
Abstract The primary focus of formal methods is static analysis of specifications and code, but there is also a long tradition of exploiting formal methods for testing. This paper continues this...
Analyzing infinite-state programs with abstract interpretation [microform]. (2001)
Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Toronto, 2000.
Dongsheng Duan, Ziying Yan, Yongping Yue, Wei Ding, F. Engelhardt
Adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based muscle gene therapy has achieved tremendous success in numerous animal models of human diseases. Recent clinical trials with this vector have also demonstrated...
Using a model checker to test safety properties (2001)
Paul Ammann, Wei Ding, Daling Xu
In addition to providing a sound basis for analysis, formal methods can support other development activities; in our case the target is specification-based testing at the system level. We use the...
Induction of c-fos and activation of parallel MAPK cascades by cadmium (2000)
grantor: University of Toronto
Analyzing infinite-state programs with abstract interpretation (2000)
grantor: University of Toronto
Lightweight Reasoning About Program Correctness (2000)
Automated verification tools vary widely in the types of properties they are able to analyze, the complexity of their algorithms, and the amount of necessary user involvement. In this paper we...
Lightweight Reasoning about Program Correctness (2000)
Automated verification tools vary widely in the types of properties they are able to analyze, the complexity of their algorithms, and the amount of necessary user involvement. In this paper we...
Multimodal Surrogates for Video Browsing (1999)
Three types of video surrogates visual (keyframes) , verbal (keywords/phrases), and visual and verbal were designed and studied in a qualitative investigation of user cognitive processes. The results...
Shi, Stephanie T., Yang, Guang-Yu, Wang, Li-Dong, Xue, Zhihong, Feng, Bo, Ding, Wei, ...
In order to characterize p53 alterations in esophageal cancer and to study their roles in carcinogenesis, we performed gene mutation and immunohistochemical analysis on 43 surgically resected human...
A Survey on Integrating Object-Oriented Analysis and Formal Specifications (1998)
Introduction Formal specifications can be used to precisely describe the behavior of a computer system and its components. By using automated reasoning techniques, formal specification can also...
Dissertation Topic: Discovering regional knowledge in spatial datasets (1998)
My main research interests lie in the field of knowledge discovery and data mining, with applications to astronomy, geosciences, and environmental sciences. My Ph.D. dissertation is on discovering...
Building an Electronic Learning Community: From Design to Implementation (1997)
Rose, Anne, Ding, Wei, Marchionini, Gary, Beale, Josephus Jr., Nolet, Victor
The University of Maryland at College Park in cooperation with Baltimore City Public Schools and several partners is working to build an electronic learning community that provides teachers with...
A Study on Video Browsing Strategies (1997)
Due to the unique characteristics of video, traditional surrogates and control/browsing mechanisms that facilitate text-based information retrieval may not work sufficiently for video. In this paper,...
Content + Connectivity = Community: Digital Resources for a Learning Community (1997)
Marchionini, Gary, Nolet, Victor, Williams, Hunter, Ding, Wei, Beale Jr., Josephus, Rose, Anne, ...
Digital libraries offer new opportunities to provide access to diverse resources beyond those held in school buildings and to allow teachers and learners to reach beyond classroom walls to other...
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Content+Connectivity=Community: Digital resources for a learning community (1997)
Gary Marchionini, Victor Nolet, Hunter Williams, Wei Ding, Josephus Beale, Anne Rose, ...
Digital libraries offer new opportunities to provide access to diverse resources beyond those held in school buildings and to allow teachers and learners to reach beyond classroom walls to other...
Comparison of the positional cloning methods used to isolate the BRCA1 gene (1995)
Harshman, Keith, Bell, Russell, Rosenthal, Judith, Katcher, Harold, MlKl, Yoshio, Swenson, Jeff, ...
A critical step in positional cloning is the identification of candidate genes from a large, genetically defined region. Candidate gene isolation by hybrid selection, genomic sequencing, and direct...
Value-Oriented IT Project Portfolio Management (1970)
Rongzeng Cao, Wei Ding, Chunhua Tian, Juhnyoung Lee
In the present enterprise computing environment, it becomes more and more important to be able to demonstrate financial gains of IT (Information Technology) initiatives compared to their cost. A...
Business Componentization: A Guidance to Application Service Design (1970)
Chunhua Tians, Wei Ding, Rongzeng Cao, Juhnyoung Lee
Aligning IT with business both at the strategic level and at the operation and management level is a challenge in enterprise architecture design. A simplistic approach of linking IT systems with...
Continual Business Transformation Technology (1970)
Thomas Li, Wei Ding, Chunhua Tian, Rongzeng Cao, Shunxiang Yang, Jim Zhu
Enterprises always have to pursue for profitability while maintaining long term competitive advantages. Today, this task becomes more challenging due to globalization and dynamic changing business...
Domain-oriented functional analysis based on expression profiling
Ding, Wei, Wang, Luquan, Qiu, Ping, Kostich, Mitchel, Greene, Jonathan, Hernandez, Marco
Is there a credit crunch in East Asia?
Wei Ding, Domac, Ilker, Ferri, Giovanni
The issue of the credit crunch in the aftermath of the Asian crisis has stimulated much debate. Indeed, some features of the East Asian economies, such as bank-based financial systems and high...
Li, Lei, Deng, Wei, Song, Jie, Ding, Wei, Zhao, Qun-Fei, Peng, Chao, ...
Saframycin A (SFM-A), produced by Streptomyces lavendulae NRRL 11002, belongs to the tetrahydroisoquinoline family of antibiotics, and its core is structurally similar to the core of ecteinascidin...
Ding, Wei, Li, Cunxi, Hu, Tianhui, Graves-Deal, Ramona, Fotia, Andrew B., Weissman, Allan M., ...
Naked family members (Drosophila Naked Cuticle and mammalian Naked1 and Naked2) have been identified as inducible antagonists of canonical Wnt signaling. We recently reported that Naked2, but not...
Signal-Jamming in a Sequential Auction
Wei Ding, Elmar Wolfstetter, Thomas D. Jeitschko
In a recurring auction early bids may reveal bidders’ types, which in turn affects bidding in later auctions. Bidders take this into account and may bid in a way that conceals their private...
Prizes and Lemons: Procurement of Innovation under Imperfect Commitment
The literature on R&D contests implicitly assumes that contestants submit their innovation regardless of its value. This ignores a potential adverse selection problem. The present paper analyzes the...
Huang, Qin, Ding, Wei, Wei, Mu-Xin
AIM: To investigate the three important cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) haplotypes poly-T, TG-repeats and the M470V polymorphisms in the Chinese population, and to compare...
HCV genotyping using statistical classification approach
Qiu, Ping, Cai, Xiao-Yan, Ding, Wei, Zhang, Qing, Norris, Ellie D, Greene, Jonathan R
The genotype of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) strains is an important determinant of the severity and aggressiveness of liver infection as well as patient response to antiviral therapy. Fast and accurate...
Murakami, Masataka, Wei, Mu-Xin, Ding, Wei, Zhang, Qian-De
AIM: To determine whether Chinese herbs (CHs) relieve xerostomia (dry mouth) by increasing salivary secretion.