James K Peterson

Position:
Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences

Education:
PhD, Mathematics, Colorado State University, 1980
MS, Mathematics, Colorado State University, 1977
BS, Mathematics, Indiana University Northwest, 1975

Professional Interests:
West Nile Virus and Tularaemia infection models, soft computing with neurobiologically inspired algorithms and architectures and cognitive modeling and models of biological systems.

Professional Activities:
Developing a biology based second semester calculus course for Biological Science majors in conjunction with the Department of Biological Sciences.

Developing a quantitative emphasis or minor for Biological Science majors in conjunction with the Department of Biological Sciences.

Interactions with N. King and A. Kesson of the Department of Pathology and Paediatrics, University of Sydney, Australia. on West Nile Virus Models.

Selected Publications:

• ``Abstract Action Potential Models For Toxin Recognition'', Journal of Theoretical Medicine, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp 199 - 234, with T. Khan.
  
  
• ``Core Cognitive Modeling In Avatar Design'', Conference Proceedings GAME-ON-NA, Second International North American Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation, September 19 - 20, 2006, 18 - 20.
  
  

Related Web Sites:
Gneural Gnome.
Department of Mathematical Sciences.