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Overview

Kenneth M. Weiss is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research spans several interdisciplinary fields with a focus on computing and molecular biology.

The scientist has published work in multiple areas of study including Computer Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Engineering. Subfields of interest include Genetics, Computer Networks and Communications, Computational Mechanics, Hardware and Architecture, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Kenneth M. Weiss's work covers a variety of main topics such as:

  • Advanced Data Storage Technologies
  • Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis
  • Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques
  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kenneth M. Weiss include:

  • Spectral mesh-free quadrature for planar regions bounded by rational parametric curves, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Matrix-free approaches for GPU acceleration of a high-order finite element hydrodynamics application using MFEM, Umpire, and RAJA, 2022, The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications
  • Understanding Power and Energy Utilization in Large Scale Production Physics Simulation Codes, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Biochemical profile, age at diagnosis and patient ancestry are associated with the risk for positive genetic testing for PPGL susceptibility genes, 2025, Endocrine Abstracts
  • SUN-293 Risk For Hereditary PPGL Syndrome In Patients With Family History Varies By Patient Ancestry, 2025, Journal of the Endocrine Society

Kenneth M. Weiss frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Arturo Vargas
  • Robert N. Rieben
  • Reut Halperin
  • Gili Reznick-Levi
  • Ayat Khalaileh

The scientist's research has appeared in various publication venues, particularly:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications
  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • Journal of the Endocrine Society

Best Publications

  • The Osteological Paradox: Problems of Inferring Prehistoric Health from Skeletal Samples [and Comments and Reply]

    James W. Wood;George R. Milner;Henry C. Harpending;Kenneth M. Weiss

  • DNA sequence diversity in a 9.7-kb region of the human lipoprotein lipase gene

    Deborah A. Nickerson;Scott L. Taylor;Kenneth M. Weiss;Andrew G. Clark

  • The Settlement of the Americas: A Comparison of the Linguistic, Dental, and Genetic Evidence [and Comments and Reply]

    Joseph H. Greenberg;Christy G. Turner;Stephen L. Zegura;Lyle Campbell

  • How many diseases does it take to map a gene with SNPs

    Kenneth M. Weiss;Joseph D. Terwilliger

  • Native American mitochondrial DNA analysis indicates that the Amerind and the Nadene populations were founded by two independent migrations.

    A Torroni;T G Schurr;C C Yang;E J Szathmary

  • Admixture as a tool for finding linked genes and detecting that difference from allelic association between loci

    Ranajit Chakraborty;Kenneth M. Weiss

  • Haplotype structure and population genetic inferences from nucleotide- sequence variation in human lipoprotein lipase

    Andrew G. Clark;Kenneth M. Weiss;Deborah A. Nickerson;Scott L. Taylor

  • Linkage disequilibrium and the mapping of complex human traits

    Kenneth M. Weiss;Andrew G. Clark

  • Amerindian mitochondrial DNAs have rare Asian mutations at high frequencies, suggesting they derived from four primary maternal lineages

    Theodore G. Schurr;Scott W. Ballinger;Yik Yuen Gan;Judith A. Hodge

  • Linkage disequilibrium mapping of complex disease: fantasy or reality?

    Joseph D Terwilliger;Kenneth M Weiss

  • Apolipoprotein E Variation at the Sequence Haplotype Level: Implications for the Origin and Maintenance of a Major Human Polymorphism

    Stephanie M. Fullerton;Andrew G. Clark;Kenneth M. Weiss;Deborah A. Nickerson

  • A new index of abdominal adiposity as an indicator of risk for cardiovascular disease. A cross-population study.

    Valdez R;Seidell Jc;Ahn Yi;Weiss Km

  • Mineralized tissue and vertebrate evolution: the secretory calcium-binding phosphoprotein gene cluster.

    Kazuhiko Kawasaki;Kenneth M. Weiss

  • Demographic Models for Anthropology

    Kenneth M. Weiss

  • The evolution of the vertebrate Dlx gene family

    David W. Stock;Debra L. Ellies;Zhiyong Zhao;Marc Ekker

  • Genetic basis for the evolution of vertebrate mineralized tissue.

    Kazuhiko Kawasaki;Tohru Suzuki;Kenneth M. Weiss

  • A Genomewide Admixture Mapping Panel for Hispanic/Latino Populations

    Xianyun Mao;Abigail W. Bigham;Rui Mei;Gerardo Gutierrez

  • Race, ancestry, and genes: implications for defining disease risk.

    Rick A. Kittles;Kenneth M. Weiss

  • Recombinational and mutational hotspots within the human lipoprotein lipase gene.

    Alan R. Templeton;Andrew G. Clark;Kenneth M. Weiss;Deborah A. Nickerson

  • Sequence Diversity and Large-Scale Typing of SNPs in the Human Apolipoprotein E Gene

    Deborah A. Nickerson;Scott L. Taylor;Stephanie M. Fullerton;Kenneth M. Weiss

Frequent Co-Authors

Ranajit Chakraborty
Ranajit Chakraborty University of North Texas Health Science Center
andrew g clark
andrew g clark Cornell University
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Deborah A. Nickerson
Deborah A. Nickerson University of Washington
Charles F. Sing
Charles F. Sing University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Peter E. Smouse
Peter E. Smouse Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Veikko Salomaa
Veikko Salomaa Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Joseph D. Terwilliger
Joseph D. Terwilliger Columbia University
Partha P. Majumder
Partha P. Majumder Indian Statistical Institute
Joan T. Richtsmeier
Joan T. Richtsmeier Pennsylvania State University

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