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About
the Author
Bill Majoros
is a computer scientist,
musician, author, and
bird watcher.
Early in his career he worked on Top Secret classified projects for the
United States government as a contractor at the Lockheed-Martin
Corporation, followed by contributions to the human genome project at
Celera Genomics that determined the very first complete genomic human
DNA sequence. His seminal book on computational methods for
finding genes in DNA (Cambridge
University Press, 2007) has been used as a textbook for
PhD-level courses at a number of prominent universities. His
research at Duke University focuses on finding mathematical patterns in
DNA, particularly in the evolution of DNA elements that regulate the
expression levels of genes. This research has the potential to
impact future cures for various diseases.
In a more avian vein, he has applied mathematical
techniques to the study of syntactic structure in bird song,
with a minor publication in 2001 resulting from hundreds of hours of
recording wild bird song in the field followed by analyses to
characterize the grammatical
capabilities of a particular species of songbird.
The author and
his dog, Brandy,
at Duke University.
(Photo by Rick Fisher. Used with permission.)
His bird
photos have been featured in displays at state
museums, in
publications by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in wall calendars
published by local nature associations, by the Sierra Club, by the
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and on
plaques at local parks. He is a proponent of the Open
Access movement for free access to scientific information, and has
published research articles in open-access journals. He
currently resides with his two labrador retrievers in North
Carolina. A sample
of his photography portfolio can be viewed at ThirdBirdFromTheSun.com.
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