John Harer
- Professor of Mathematics
Research Areas and Keywords
Biological Modeling
Computational Mathematics
Signals, Images & Data
Topology
Professor Harer's primary research is in the use of geometric, combinatorial and computational techniques to study a variety of problems in data analysis, shape recognition, image segmentation, tracking, brain imaging, biological networks and gene expression.
Casson, A, and Harer, J. "Some homology lens spaces which bound rational homology balls." Pacific Journal of Mathematics 96.1 (September 1, 1981): 23-36. Full Text
Harer, J. "On handlebody structures for hypersurfaces in ℂ3 and ℂP3." Mathematische Annalen 238.1 (1978): 51-58. Full Text
Turner, K, Mileyko, Y, Mukherjee, S, and Harer, J. "Fréchet Means for Distributions of Persistence diagrams." Open Access Copy
Perea, J, and Harer, J. "Sliding Windows and Persistence: An Application of Topological Methods to Signal Analysis."
Bern, M, Eppstein, D, Agarwal, PK, Amenta, N, Chew, P, Dey, T, Dobkin, DP, Edelsbrunner, H, Grimm, C, Guibas, LJ, Harer, J, Hass, J, Hicks, A, Johnson, CK, Lerman, G, Letscher, D, Plassmann, P, Sedgwick, E, Snoeyink, J, Weeks, J, Yap, C, and Zorin, D. "Emerging Challenges in Computational Topology."
Munch, E, Shapiro, M, and Harer, J. "Failure Filtrations for Fenced Sensor Networks." Full Text
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Former Graduate Students
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Anne Collins (01/2002 - 01/2006): Configuration Spaces in Robotic Manipulation and Motion Planning