2008 Honours Projects
Here are some proposal of honours projects for interested students.
Pease contact Tomaso Aste for further information.
1) DNA intrinsic curvature from atomic force measurements
This project
concerns the development of a statistical theory to interpret
high-resolution atomic force measurements of DNA molecules adsorbed on
surfaces. The aim is to predict the angles that a given sequence
of
DNA will produce once adsorbed on the surface starting from the
physical properties of adsorption of DNA molecules.
2) The Pursuit of Loose Packing
Which is the
lowest limit at which a disordered packing of equal spheres can be
mechanically stable? The project aims to seek an answer to this
question by starting from experimental samples measured by X-ray
Computed Tomography and performing ‘virtual experiments’ by using
Discrete Elements simulation techniques. The discrete elements
code has been already implemented, it must be modified and optimised
for the project aims. See Granular
Matter web page for further information and references.
3) Complex Networks
This project
aims to use Homology Theory to characterize complex networks and, by
means of embeddings onto surfaces, extract hierarchies and clustering.
This approach will be applied to the study of correlations in financial
markets, to the extraction of information from DNA microarray and
biological systems.
The project will
be co-supervised by A/Prof
Tiziana Di Matteo.
4) Econophysics
This project
concerns “econophysics”
the application of tools from statistical physics to the study of
economics systems and financial markets in particular. The project will
be co-supervised by A/Prof
Tiziana Di Matteo.
