Brad Shutters

Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Computer Science
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011 USA
 
shutters@iastate.edu
 

Research

My research interests are in the design and analysis of algorithms, computational complexity theory, and the theory of algorithmic self-assembly. My specific interests are in algorithms for phylogenetics, and in the self-assembly of fractals. I am currently working with David Fernández-Baca where I am doing research on algorithmic foundations of phylogenetic tree reconciliation.

Selected Papers

•  Brad Shutters and David Fernández-Baca. A Simple Characterization of the Minimal Obstruction Sets for Three-State Perfect Phylogenies. Technical Report 1106.0874, Computing Research Repository, 2011.
•  Steven M. Kautz and Brad Shutters. Self-Assembling Rulers for Approximating Generalized Sierpinski Carpets. Computing and Combinatorics, 17th Annual International Conference (Dallas, Texas, August 14-16, 2011), LNCS 6842, Springer, 2011, pp. 284-296.
• Jack H. Lutz and Brad Shutters. Approximate Self-Assembly of the Sierpinski Triangle. Theory of Computing Systems, to appear.