@conference {
	title = {Convergence results for the agreement problem on Markovian random topologies},
	author = {Matei, Ion., Baras, John S.},
	year = {2011},
	month = {08/2011},
	abstract = {We study the linear distributed asymptotic agreement(consensus) problem for a network of dynamic agents whose communication network is modeled by a randomly switching graph. The switching is determined by a finite state, Markov process, each topology corresponding to a state of the process. We address both the cases where the dynamics of the agents is expressed in continuous and discrete time. We show that, if the consensus matrices are doubly stochastic, convergence to average consensus is achieved in the mean square and almost sure sense, if and only if the graph resulted from the union of graphs corresponding to the states of the Markov process is strongly connected. The aim of this paper is to show how techniques from the theory of Markovian jump linear systems, in conjunction with results inspired by matrix and graph theory, can be used to prove convergence results for stochastic consensus problems.},
	address = {Milano, Italy},
	booktitle = {2011 IFAC World Conference},
	pages = {pp. 8860-8865}
}
@conference {
	title = {A systems biology model studying the role of cholesterol in Alzheimer{\textquoteright}s disease progression},
	author = {Kyrtsos, C Rose., Baras, John S.},
	year = {2011},
	month = {08/2011},
	abstract = {A simplified network describing the interactions between the cholesterol and beta amyloid (Aβ) synthesis pathways was generated using information available from literature and the KEGG database.~ A system of non-linear differential equations was developed and modeled using several different initial conditions.~ Rate constants were approximated using ratio-metric data from the literature, or by fitting parameters to obtain a stable simulation within given biological constraints.~ Simulations demonstrated the importance of negative feedback control by cholesterol in the regulation of beta-amyloid levels.~ Additionally, the effect of reduced LRP-1 levels and oscillatory cholesterol generation was studied.~},
	address = {Chicago, Illinois},
	booktitle = {ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and~Biomedicine 2011}
}
