Julio C. Facelli

 

  • Professor and Vice-Chair of  Biomedical Informatics
  • Director Center for High Performance Computing
  • Adjunct Professor of Chemistry
  • Adjunct  Professor of Physics
  • B.S. 1977, Physics, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Ph.D. 1981, Physics, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

 

Dr. Facelli's research interests are:

 

Informatics: Parallel and distributed high performance computing. Advanced networking applications and GRID computing in biomedical sciences. Application of parallel genetic algorithms (PGA) to physical and biomedical problems. Organizational aspects of cyberinfrastructure in academic institutions.

 

Computational and Quantum Chemistry: Application of genetic algorithms to crystal structural prediction of biomedical compounds. Calculation of NMR parameters (coupling constants and shielding tensors).

 

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Determination of molecular structures using high resolution and solid state NMR techniques. Computational application to NMR. Physical and theoretical aspects of chemical shift tensors and J coupling constants.
 
 

Selected publications:

  • Analysis of Naphthalene Molecular Symetry Using Diffraction and Solid State NMR Data J. C. Facelli and D. M. Grant, Nature 365, 325 (1993).
  • Decentralized Information Technology Requires Central Coordination.  Michalak SC, Facelli JC and Drew CJ  (2000) Cause/Effect 22, 42-48
  • Calculation of Chemical Shieldings: Theory and Application. J. C. Facelli. Invited article Concepts in Magn. Reson. 20A, 42-69 (2004)..
  • Modeling NMR Chemical Shifts: Gaining Insights into Structure and Enviroment, J. C. Facelli and A. de Dios (eds) ACS Symposium Series, 732 (1999).
  • Design, Implementation and Deployment of a Commodity Cluster for Periodic Comparison of Gene Sequences. A. M. Orendt, B. Haymore, D. Richardson, S. Robb, A. Sanchez Alvarado and J. C. Facelli. Book Chapter in High Performance Computing: Paradigm and Infrastructure, L. T. Yang and M. Guo, Eds. (in press) John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2004
  • Telemediated Art: The ADAPT (Association for Dance and Performance Telematics) Collaboration, E. R. Bromberg, J. Birringer, J. Miklavcic, D. Zemmels and J. C. Facelli. Proceeding of EDUCAUSE 2002, Atlanta,Georgia 2002. ( http://www.educause.edu/conference/e2002/postcon_resources.asp ).
  • A General framework to understand parallel performance in heterogeneous systems.  Bazterra VE, Cuma M, Ferraro MB and Facelli JC. (2005) J Parallel and Distributed Computing, 65, 48‑57
  • Computational Science and Engineering Online (CSE-Online):  A Cyber‑Infrastructure for scientific computing. Truong TN, Nayak M, Huynh HH, Cook T, Mahajan P, Tran LT, Bharath J, Jain S, Pham HB, Boonyasiriwat C, Nguyen N, Andersen E, Kim Y, Choe S, Choi J, Cheatham TE Jr, and Facelli JC. (2006) J. Chemical Information and Modeling, 46, 971-984 Invited article in the special issue on E-Science
  • Modified genetic algorithms to model cluster structures in medium size silicon clusters: Si18-Si60. Oņa  O, Bazterra VE, Caputo MC, Facelli JC, Fuentealba P and Ferraro MB. (2006) Phys Rev, 73, 053203.1-053203.11
  • A Distributed Computing Method for Crystal Structure Prediction of Flexible Molecules: An Application to N-(2-Dimethyl-4,5-dinitrophenyl) Acetamide. Bazterra VE, Thorley M, Ferraro MB and Facelli JC. (2007) J Chem Theory and Comp, 3, 201-209


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