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Vwani P. Roychowdhury is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their academic work spans the fields of computer science and neuroscience, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence and cognitive neuroscience as key subfields. The researcher has contributed notably to several interdisciplinary areas including sociology and political science, statistical and nonlinear physics, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The main topics of Vwani P. Roychowdhury's research include EEG and brain-computer interfaces, epilepsy research and treatment, and functional brain connectivity studies. Additionally, their work addresses misinformation and its impacts, quantum computing algorithms and architecture, advanced memory and neural computing, and the detection of hate speech and cyberbullying.

The scientist frequently publishes in notable venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Neural Engineering, Epilepsia, and PLoS ONE. This body of work reflects a broad engagement with both preprint servers and peer-reviewed journals in their fields.

Recent publications include:

  • "Conspiracy in the time of corona: automatic detection of emerging COVID-19 conspiracy theories in social media and the news," 2020, Journal of Computational Social Science
  • "Read Before You Cite!", 2024, Complex Systems
  • "An automated pipeline for the discovery of conspiracy and conspiracy theory narrative frameworks: Bridgegate, Pizzagate and storytelling on the web," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Roadmap for unconventional computing with nanotechnology," 2024, Nano Futures
  • "Refining epileptogenic high-frequency oscillations using deep learning: a reverse engineering approach," 2021, Brain Communications

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research, with frequent coauthors including Yipeng Zhang, Hiroki Nariai, Pavan Holur, Tonmoy Monsoor, and Richard J. Staba.

Best Publications

  • Network component analysis: Reconstruction of regulatory signals in biological systems

    James C. Liao;Riccardo Boscolo;Young-Lyeol Yang;Linh My Tran

  • A New Proof for the Existence of Mutually Unbiased Bases

    Somshubhro Bandyopadhyay;P. Oscar Boykin;Vwani P. Roychowdhury;Farrokh Vatan

  • Task Matching and Scheduling in Heterogeneous Computing Environments Using a Genetic-Algorithm-Based Approach

    Lee Wang;Howard Jay Siegel;Vwani P. Roychowdhury;Anthony A. Maciejewski

  • RF/wireless interconnect for inter- and intra-chip communications

    M.F. Chang;V.P. Roychowdhury;Liyang Zhang;Hyunchol Shin

  • Leveraging social networks to fight spam

    P.O. Boykin;V.P. Roychowdhury

  • Conspiracy in the time of corona: automatic detection of emerging COVID-19 conspiracy theories in social media and the news.

    Shadi Shahsavari;Pavan Holur;Tianyi Wang;Timothy R. Tangherlini

  • A Proof of the Security of Quantum Key Distribution

    Eli Biham;Michel Boyer;P. Oscar Boykin;Tal Mor

  • Independent component analysis based on nonparametric density estimation

    R. Boscolo;H. Pan;V.P. Roychowdhury

  • Algorithmic cooling and scalable NMR quantum computers

    P. Oscar Boykin;Tal Mor;Vwani P. Roychowdhury;Farrokh Vatan

  • Discrete Neural Computation: A Theoretical Foundation

    Kai-Yeung Siu;Vwani Roychowdhury;Thomas Kailath

  • Read Before You Cite

    Mikhail V. Simkin;Vwani P. Roychowdhury

  • A new universal and fault-tolerant quantum basis

    P. Oscar Boykin;Tal Mor;Matthew Pulver;Vwani Roychowdhury

  • Transcriptome-based determination of multiple transcription regulator activities in Escherichia coli by using network component analysis.

    Katy C. Kao;Young-Lyeol Yang;Riccardo Boscolo;Chiara Sabatti

  • Percolation search in power law networks: making unstructured peer-to-peer networks scalable

    N. Sarshar;P.O. Boykin;V.P. Roychowdhury

  • Covariance selection for nonchordal graphs via chordal embedding

    Joachim Dahl;Lieven Vandenberghe;Vwani Roychowdhury

  • Scale-free and stable structures in complex ad hoc networks

    Nima Sarshar;Vwani Roychowdhury

  • Stochastic modeling of citation slips

    Mikhail V. Simkin;Vwani P. Roychowdhury

  • Depth-size tradeoffs for neural computation

    K.Y. Siu;V.P. Roychowdhury;T. Kailath

  • On Universal and Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing

    P. Oscar Boykin;Tal Mor;Matthew Pulver;Vwani Roychowdhury

  • Collective computational activity in self-assembled arrays of quantum dots: a novel neuromorphic architecture for nanoelectronics

    V.P. Roychowdhury;D.B. Janes;S. Bandyopadhyay;Xiaodong Wang

  • On universal and fault-tolerant quantum computing: a novel basis and a new constructive proof of universality for Shor's basis

    P.O. Boykin;T. Mor;M. Pulver;V. Roychowdhury

  • A proof of the security of quantum key distribution (extended abstract)

    Eli Biham;Michel Boyer;P. Oscar Boykin;Tal Mor

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Kailath
Thomas Kailath Stanford University
Eli Yablonovitch
Eli Yablonovitch University of California, Berkeley
Howard Jay Siegel
Howard Jay Siegel Colorado State University
Alon Orlitsky
Alon Orlitsky University of California, San Diego
James C. Liao
James C. Liao University of Florida
Chiara Sabatti
Chiara Sabatti Stanford University
Jianfeng Feng
Jianfeng Feng Fudan University
Edwin K. P. Chong
Edwin K. P. Chong Colorado State University
David B. Janes
David B. Janes Purdue University West Lafayette
Kang L. Wang
Kang L. Wang University of California, Los Angeles

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