Mathematics and StatisticsBala Krishnamoorthy

Bala Krishnamoorthy

Professor, Tenure Track

Vancouver

Biography

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Bala works on theoretical and applied problems from algebraic topology, geometric measure theory, optimization, and machine learning. He collaborates with orthopedic surgeons, biologists, physical chemists, agronomists, criminologists, environmental scientists, electrical engineers, computer scientists, and mathematicians. He consulted for a power company and co-launched a tech start-up.

Bala’s research has been supported by multiple grants from the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, and the WA State Attorney General’s Office. He received the WSU Vancouver (WSUV) Chancellor’s Award for Research Excellence in 2019 (awarded annually to one researcher from WSUV). Bala also received the WSU Yang Liu Excellence in Teaching Award in 2022 and WSU College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award in 2023.

Education

BTech, IIT Madras (India), 1995
PhD, OR, UNC Chapel Hill, 2004

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Tamal Dey, Anil Hirani, and BK. Optimal homologous cycles, total unimodularity, and linear programming. SIAM Journal on Computing, 40, 4, 2011, 1026–1040. Preprint: arXiv:1001.0338.
BK and Gavin Smith. Non Total-Unimodularity Neutralized Simplicial Complexes. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 240, 11, 2018, 44–62. Preprint: arxiv:1304.4985.
BK and Gábor Pataki. Column basis reduction and decomposable knapsack problems. Discrete Optimization, 6, 3, 2009, 242–270. Preprint: arXiv:0807.1317
Matthew Broussard and BK. A tight max-flow min-cut duality theorem for non-linear multicommodity flows. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization (JoCO), 47, 2024, article 54. Preprint: arXiv:2107.04252.
Sharif Ibrahim, BK, and Kevin Vixie. Flat Norm Decomposition of Integral Currents. Journal of Computational Geometry, 7, 1, 2016, 285–307. Preprint: arXiv:1411.0882.
Enrique Alvarado, BK, and Kevin Vixie. The maximum distance problem and minimal spanning trees. International Journal of Analysis and Applications, 19, 5, 2021, 633–659. Preprint: arXiv:2004.07323.
Prashant Gupta, BK, and Gregory Dreifus. Continuous toolpath planning in a graphical framework for sparse infill additive manufacturing. Computer-Aided Design, 127, 2020, 102880. Issue on papers accepted to Solid and Physical Modeling (SPM 2020). Preprint: arXiv:1908.07452.
Prashant Gupta, Yiran Guo, Narasimha Boddeti, and BK. SFCDecomp: Multicriteria optimized tool path planning in 3D printing using space-filling curve based domain decomposition. International Journal of Computational Geometry & Applications (IJCGA), 31, 04, 2021, 193–220. Preprint: arXiv:2109.01769.
Christopher Deutsch and BK. Four-body scoring function for mutagenesis. Bioinformatics, 23, 22, 2007, 3009–3015.
Svetlana Lockwood and BK. Topological Features in Cancer Gene Expression Data. In Proceedings of the Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB 2015), 20, 108–119, 2015. Preprint: arXiv:1410.3198.
Dayton Opel, Benjamin Rapone, BK, Jung Yoo, and James Meeker. Race and gender influence management of humerus shaft fractures. Journal of Orthopaedics, 15, 2, 2018, 540–544.
David Makin, Guangzhen Wu, Matthew Broussard, and BK. Predicting Police Integrity: An Application of Support Vector Machines (SVM) to The Police Integrity Instrument. Asian Journal of Criminology, 19, 69–93, 2024.