Michael Erdmann's "Whois-Me" Page

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Michael Erdmann

Professor of Computer Science and Robotics,
School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University.

Co-Director, Manipulation Laboratory.

"Official" CMU homepages (automatically generated):: My Computer Science page; My Robotics Institute page

Research Interests Courses Statement Other

Structural Comparisons for a basis set of proteins

Line Weavings for the Astral 40 set of representative proteins

Proteins, Knots, and Line Weavings
Algorithms for comparing protein structures using geometric convolution and line weavings. An early version (without line weavings) of this report appeared at RECOMB 2004. A revised version (with line weavings and similarity trials) appeared in the Journal of Computational Biology.
(Clarification/Erratum: In Section 6.2.3 of the paper we defined the "L2 measure" using a sum of integrals, each measuring a squared error between two lines. Our code inadvertently computed the sum of the square roots of these integrals. Thus the dimensions of the "L2" values reported are actually square-root-Angstroms not Angstroms.)

Associated Centers


Center for the Foundations of Robotics		Aladdin Center

Topology and Robotics

In June 2003, a sizeable group of Topologists and Roboticists gathered at ETH in Zurich, Switzerland for a collaborative workshop. The goal of the workshop was to explore robotic motions using newly discovered topological perspectives and to build the foundations of a long-term research agenda. (Why was I there? Fun, beauty, and even the hint of applications to computational biology.) A brief writeup appeared in Science. Here are some pictures I took of the attendees.

In July 2006, a similar group of Topologists and Roboticists again gathered at ETH in Zurich. I did not take any pictures this time, but here is a list of the talks.

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IJRR Editorial Board

Paper Submissions

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Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics VI

Michael Erdmann, David Hsu, Mark Overmars, Frank van der Stappen

Coming Up: The Eighth Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics will be held in Guanajuato, Mexico, December 7-9, 2008.

Contact Data

Office: Wean Hall 5307 TEL: (412) 268-7883 FAX: (412) 268-5576	Lab: Newell Simon Hall A519 TEL: (412) 268-3822
Physical mailing address: School of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3891	Home: TEL: (412) 422-0641
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Executive Assistant: Nicole Stenger, Wean 4116, Tel: 412-268-3779

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