Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering

Donald Geman


Professor
Applied Mathematics and Statistics
http://www.cis.jhu.edu/people/faculty/geman/ (primary)

Clark Hall 302A (office)
410-516-7678 ()
geman@jhu.edu (primary)

Staff Contact:
Dawn Kilheffer
dawn@cis.jhu.edu
410-516-4400

Education

Ph.D 1966, Northwestern University
B.A. 1965, University of Illinois

Experience

2001: Johns Hopkins University, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Professor
2000: Center for Applied Mathematics and its Applications, Ecole Superieure Nationale de Cachan, France
1970-2001: Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Massachusetts
2000-2000: Institution/Company Name, Title, (description optional)
1997-1999: Institution/Company Name, Title, (description optional)
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Research Areas

Computational Molecular Medicine
Statistical Learning
Computer Vision
Computational Biology

Journal Articles

Yoruk, E., Ochs, M., Geman, D., Younes, L. (2011). A Comprehensive Statistical Model for Cell Signaling. IEEE/ACM transactions on computational biology and bioinformatics/IEEE, ACM.
Fleuret, F., Li, T., Dubout, C., Wampler, E.K., Yantis, S., Geman, D. (2011). Comparing Machines and Humans on a Visual Categorization Test. PNAS.
Slama, P., Geman, D. (2010). Identification of family-determining residues in PHD fingers. Nucleic Acids Research.
Leek, J., Scharpf, R., Bravo, H., Simcha, D., Langmead, B., Johnson, W., Geman, D., Baggerly, K., Irizarry, R. (2010). Tackling the widespread and critical impact of batch effects in high-throughput data. Nature Reviews Genetics. 11(10). 733-739.
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Eddy, J., Hood, L., Price, N., Geman, D. (2010). Identifying Tightly Regulated and Variably Expressed Networks by Differential Rank Conservation (DIRAC). Plos Computational Biology. 6(5).
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Conference Proceedings

Geman, D., Afsari, B., Tan, A., Naiman, D. "Microarray classification from several two-gene expression comparisons", Proceedings ICMLA 2008, 2008.
Fereacatu, M., Geman, D. "Interactive Search for Image Categories by Mental Matching", Proceedings ICCV 2007, 2007.
Gangaputra, S., Geman, D. "A design principle for coarse-to-fine classification", 2006, vol.2, pp.1877-1884.
Geman, D. "Gene expression comparisons for class prediction in cancer studies", Proceedings 36th Symposium on the Interface: Computing Science and Statistics, 2004.
Fan, X., Geman, D. "Hierarchical object indexing and sequential learning", Proceedings ICPR 2004, 2004, vol.3, pp.65-68.

Awards & Honors

2011: Fellow, SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematicians)
1998: Fellow, IMS (Institute of Mathematical Statistics)

Presentations

"Learning Graphical Models by Competitive Assembly of Marginals," IMA, Minneapolis, MN, October 26, 2011
"Image Interpretation by Entropy Pursuit", Plenary Lecture, German Pattern Recognition Association (DAGM), Frankfurt, Germany, August 31, 2011
"Interactive Search for Image Categories by Mental Matching", Workshop on Frontiers in Vision, MIT, Boston, MA., August 24, 2011
"Order Statistics, Marker Interactions and Molecular Medicine," Joint Statistical Meetings, Miami, FL., August 4, 2011
"Measuring Network Regulation and Differential Expression by Rank Conservation", Keynote Address, MCBIOS 2011, College Station, TX, April 1, 2011
"Computational Molecular Medicine," Department of Mathematics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, May 11, 2010
"Towards Translational Cancer Bioinformatics," Clinical Research Grand Rounds, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, April 21, 2010
Stationary Features and Cat Detection NIPS 2007. Whistler, BC. 2007-12-08. (Invited), December 8, 2007
Interactive Search for Image Categories by Mental Matching SIAM Meeting. Baltimore, MD. 2007-11-14. (Invited), November 14, 2007
Image Interpretation: A Critical Overview Distinguished Lecture Series. University of California - San Diego. 2007-03-16. (Invited), March 16, 2007
Image Interpretation ONR Workshop. Alexandria, VA. 2007-03-02. (Invited), March 2, 2007
Interactive Image Retrieval by Mental Matching Multimedia Image Retrieval (MIR06). Santa Barbara, CA. 2006-10-26. (Invited), October 26, 2006
In Search of a Unifying Theory for Image Interpretation Annual Meeting, Norwegian Soceity for Image Processing . Oslo, Norway. 2006-09-07. (Invited), September 7, 2006
In Search of a Unifying Theory for Image Interpretation Annual International Symposium on Information Theory. Seattle, WA. 2006-07-14. (Invited), July 14, 2006
Coarse-to-fine Hierarchies Visual Learning and Recognition Workshop. IMA, Minneapolis, MN. 2006-05-23. (Invited), May 23, 2006
Small-sample Learning in Computational Biology and Vision Snowbird Learning Conference. Snowbird, Utah. 2006-04-05. (Invited), April 5, 2006
Efficiency-driven Computational Vision Stochastic Systems Conference. Notre Dame University. 2006-03-25. (Invited), March 25, 2006
Efficiency-driven Computational Vision SCI Distinguished Lecture Series. University of Utah. 2006-03-17. (Invited), March 17, 2006
A Statistical Framework for Coarse-to-Fine Classification . Caltech. 2005-12-13. (Invited), December 13, 2005
Course-to-Fine Classification and Scene Analysis . Los Alamos National Laboratory. 2005-11-10. (Invited), November 10, 2005
Coarse-to-Fine Classification and Scene Interpretation . New York University, Department of Computer Science. 2005-11-04. (Invited), November 4, 2005
Interactive Mental Picture Retrieval . University of Maryland Baltimore County. 2005-10-21. (Invited), October 21, 2005
Image Retrieval from a Mental Picture AMS Seminar. JHU. 2005-09-23. (Invited), September 23, 2005
Audio- and Video-Based Biometric Person Authentication AVBPA 2005. Rye, New York. 2005-07-21. (Invited), July 21, 2005
Statistical Analysis of Postgenomic Data Institut National Agronomique. Paris, France. 2005-04-21. (Invited), April 21, 2005
Workship on Pattern Classification , Learning and Object Recognition MSRI. Berkeley, CA. 2005-03-21. (Invited), March 21, 2005
Introductory Workshop: Mathematical, Computational and Statistical Aspects of Image Analysis MSRI. Berkeley, California. 2005-01-24. (Invited), January 24, 2005
Workshop on Object Recognition . Taromina, Sicily. 2004-10-00. (Invited), September 30, 2004
BME Freshman Lecture . JHU. 2004-09-23. (Invited), September 23, 2004
Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems ACIVS04. Brussels, Belgium. 2004-08-31. (Invited), August 31, 2004
Bodian Lecture . JHU Mind Brain Institute. 2004-05-03. (Invited), May 3, 2004
Presentation . JHUSPH. 2004-04-28. (Invited), April 28, 2004
Presentation on the Center for Imaging Science BME Advisory Council Meeting. JHU SOM. 2004-04-27. (Invited), April 27, 2004
Rank-Based Classification of Gene Expression Profiles AMS Seminar. JHU. 2004-04-22. (Invited), April 22, 2004
Whitaker Site Visit . . 2004-03-18. (Invited), March 18, 2004
Perception in Artificial and Natural Systems Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America. Baltimore, MD. 2003-11-07. (Invited), November 7, 2003
Hierarchical Designs for Pattern Recognition Copmutational Sciences Lecture Series: Computational Vision and Image Analysis. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. 2003-10-30. (Invited), October 30, 2003
Hierarchical Testing Designs for Pattern Recognition Mathematics Day, Institute of Mathematics. Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. 2003-09-03. (Invited), September 3, 2003
Hierarchical Designs for Pattern Recognition DIMACS Workship on Complexity and Inference. Rutgers University, NJ. 2003-06-03. (Invited), June 3, 2003
Hierarchical Testing Designs for Pattern Recognition ETH. Zurich, Switzerland. 2003-05-23. (Invited), May 23, 2003
Computational Modeling EURANDOM Workshop: "Statistical Learning in Classificaiton and Model Selection". Eindhoven, Netherlands. 2003-01-18. (Invited), January 18, 2003
Hierarchical Designs for Object Identification SIAM Minisymposium, Joint Mathematics Meetings. Baltimore, MD. 2003-01-16. (Invited), January 16, 2003
Sequential Testing Strategies for Object Identification Statistics Colloquium. University of Michigan. 2002-11-15. (Invited), November 15, 2002
Computational Modeling Applied Mathematics Colloquium. Cornell University. 2002-10-17. (Invited), October 17, 2002
Computational Modeling A. Rosenfeld Distinguished Lecture Series. University of Maryland. 2002-10-16. (Invited), October 16, 2002
Statistical Methods and Learning in Computer Vision SIAM 2002 Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. 2002-07-09. (Invited), July 9, 2002
When is Coarse-to-Fine Search Optimal? International Workshop on Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision. Sophia Antipolis, France. 2001-09-00. (Invited), August 31, 2001
Interrogation Bayesienne d'une Base de Donnees 33rd Journees de Statistique. Nantes, France. 2001-05-00. (Invited), April 30, 2001
Coarse-to-Fine Classification and Visual Recognition Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Workshop. Berkeley, CA. 2001-03-00. (Invited), February 28, 2001

Committees

2011: Board of Review, Academic Council
2011: Freshman Book Committee
2011 - 2011: GBO Committee, Puyang Xu, ECE
2011 - 2011: GBO Committee, Thomas Reppert, BME
2011 - 2011: GBO Committee, Sarah Pekny, BME
2010 - 2010: GBO Committee, Yongjin Park, BME
2007 - 2010: Miscellaneous GBO Committees, ECE,BME,AMS
2006 - 2007: Academic Affairs Committee, AMS
2006 - 2006: Introductory Exam Committee, AMS
2006 - 2006: GBO Exam, Wen Wu, AMS
2006 - 2006: GBO Exam, Yan Qi, BME
2006 - 2006: ICM Hiring Committee
2004 - 2004: WSE Dean's Search Committee
2004 - 2004: Member, Department Curriculum Committee
2004 - 2004: GBO Committee, Xiaodong Fan, May 5, 2004
2004 - 2004: GBO Committee, Iman El-Shehaby, July 7, 2004
2004 - 2004: GBO Committee, Charles Wright, December 10, 2004
2004 - 2004: Organizer, CIS Seminar Series 2003-2004
2003 - 2003: Ph.D. Committee, Vivian Yuan, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics
2003 - 2003: WSE Curriculum Committee
2003 - 2003: GBO Committee: Christian D'Avignon, BME
2003 - 2003: GBO Committee, Kerry Zesker, Astrophysics
2003 - 2003: Editor, Exponent, Fall 2003
2002 - 2002: Scientific Committee of Various Conferences