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Classes Taught

• EGRE 364 Microcomputer Systems

Current Projects

• A Helmet-Based Video Guidance System for Paratrooper Safety and Navigation
• Microbiological Systems Modeling Toolkit
• A Scalable Redundant Static Storage Controller
• Accelerating Stochastic Simulation of Biochemical Systems

Education

• Ph.D. Computer Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN,2006
• M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN,2004
• B.E.E. Electrical Engineering, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, 2001
• B.S. Computer Science, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, 2001

Publications

• C. D. Cox, G. D. Peterson, M. S. Allen, J. M. Lancaster, J. M.
  McCollum, D. Austin, L. Yan, G. S. Sayler, M. L. Simpson. “Analysis of
  noise in quorum sensing,”OMICS, 7 (3): 317-334, 2003.
• J. M. McCollum, C. D. Cox, M. L. Simpson, and G. D. Peterson.
  “Accelerating gene regulatory network modeling using grid based
  simulation,” Simulation, 80 (4-5): 231-241, 2004.
• D. W. Austin, M. S. Allen, J. M. McCollum, R. D. Dar, J. R. Wilgus, G.
  S. Sayler, N. F. Samatova, C. D. Cox, and M. L. Simpson, “Gene network
  shaping of inherent noise spectra,” Nature, 439 (7076): 608-611, 2006.
• J. M. McCollum, C. D. Cox, G. D. Peterson, M. L. Simpson, and N. F.
  Samatova, “The sorting direct method for stochastic simulation of
  biochemical systems with varying reaction execution
  behavior,”Computational Biology and Chemistry, 30 (1): 39-49, 2006.
• C. D. Cox, J. M. McCollum, D. W. Austin, M. S. Allen, R. D. Dar and M.
  L. Simpson, “Frequency domain analysis of noise in simple gene
  circuits,” Chaos 16: 026102, 2006.
•  C. D. Cox, J. M. McCollum, M. S. Allen, R. D. Dar, M. L. Simpson,
  “Using noise to probe and characterize gene circuits,” Proceedings of
  the National Academy of Sciences, 105: 10809-10814, 2008.

Research Topics

• Digital Design
• High Performance Computing
• Embedded Systems
• Reconfigurable Computing
• Stochastic Simulation