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I am a PhD student at Texas A&M University working with Prof. Nancy Amato. In 1998, I received a B.S. in Computer Science, with academic and research honors, from Tulane University. My senior research thesis was titled "The Role of Tulane University in Increasing the Shrinking Pipeline of Women in Engineering and Computer Science." Currently my main area of research is intelligent motion planning (with application to robotics).
Prior to attending graduate school, I worked as a member of technical research staff as part of the Virtual Reality Laboratory at Sandia National Laboratories. At Sandia I contributed to many large-scale virtual reality applications including a training simulation for first responders to a chemical warfare attack.
Research
My research intersts include motion planning, robotics, computational biology, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality
Projects
Computational Biology:
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Protein Folding
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RNA Folding
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Feature Sensitive Framework for Motion Planning
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Publications
Xinyu Tang, Shawna Thomas, Lydia Tapia, David P. Giedroc, Nancy M. Amato, "Simulating RNA Folding Kinetics on Approximated Energy Landscapes," Journal of Molecular Biology, preprint, Feb 2008. Also, Technical Report, TR07-008, Parasol Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, Oct 2007.
Journal(pdf, abstract) Technical Report(ps, pdf, abstract)
Shawna Thomas, Lydia Tapia, Nancy M. Amato, "Elucidating the Protein Folding Core," Technical Report, TR08-001, Parasol Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, Jan 2008.
Technical Report(ps, pdf, abstract)
Lydia Tapia, Shawna Thomas, Bryan Boyd, Nancy M. Amato, "The Role of Spatial-Temporal Adaptation in Motion Planning," Technical Report, TR07-005, Parasol Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, U.S.A., Oct 2007.
Technical Report(ps, pdf, abstract)
Xinyu Tang, Shawna Thomas, Lydia Tapia, Nancy M. Amato, "Tools for Simulating and Analyzing RNA Folding Kinetics," Technical Report, TR07-007, Parasol Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, Oct 2007. Also, In Proc. Int. Conf. Comput.
Molecular Biology (RECOMB), pp. 268-282, San Francisco, CA, Apr 2007.
Technical Report(ps, pdf, abstract) Proceedings(ps, pdf, abstract)
Lydia Tapia, Xinyu Tang, Shawna Thomas, Nancy M. Amato, "Kinetics Analysis Methods For Approximate Folding Landscapes," In Int. Conf. on Int. Sys. for Mol. Bio. (ISMB)/European Conf. on Comp. Bio.(ECCB), Vienna, Austria, Jul 2007. Also, Bioinformatics, 23(13):i539-i548, Jul 2007. Also, Technical Report, TR07-002, Parasol Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, Feb 2007.
Journal(pdf, abstract) Technical Report(ps, pdf, abstract)
Shawna Thomas, Xinyu Tang, Lydia Tapia, Nancy M. Amato, "Simulating Protein Motions with Rigidity Analysis," Journal of Computational Biology, 14(6):839-855, Jul 2007. Also, In Proc. Int. Conf. Comput.
Molecular Biology (RECOMB), pp. 394-409, Apr 2006. Also, Technical Report, TR05-008, Parasol Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, Sep 2005.
Journal(ps, pdf, abstract) Proceedings(ps, pdf, abstract) Technical Report(ps, pdf, abstract)
Lydia Tapia, Xinyu Tang, Shawna Thomas, Nancy M. Amato, "Roadmap-Based Methods for Studying Protein Folding Kinetics," Technical Report, TR06-011, Parasol Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, Oct 2006.
Technical Report(ps, pdf, abstract)
Marco A. Morales A., Lydia Tapia, Roger Pearce, Samuel Rodriguez, Nancy M. Amato, "C-Space Subdivision and Integration in Feature-Sensitive Motion Planning," In Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Robot.
Autom. (ICRA), pp. 3114-3119, Barcelona, Spain, May 2005. Also, Technical Report, TR04-004, Parasol Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, U.S.A., Sep 2004.
Proceedings(ps, pdf, abstract) Technical Report(ps, pdf, abstract)
Marco Morales, Lydia Tapia, Roger Pearce, Samuel Rodriguez, Nancy M. Amato, "A Machine Learning Approach for Feature-Sensitive Motion Planning," In Proc. Int. Wkshp. on Alg.
Found. of Rob. (WAFR), pp. 361-376, Utrecht/Zeist, The Netherlands, Jul 2004. Also, Technical Report, TR04-001, Parasol Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, U.S.A., Feb 2004.
Proceedings(ps, pdf, abstract) Technical Report(ps, pdf, abstract)
Sharon Stansfield, Dan Shawver, Annette Sobel, Monica Prasad, Lydia Tapia, "Design and Implementation of a Virtual Reality System and Its Application to Training Medical First Responders", Presence Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 9(6):524-556,2000. (ps, pdf)
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