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Andrew Rodriguez | PhD Student

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San Marcos, Texas

Hello! My name is Andrew Rodriguez. I am a PhD student at Texas State University (TXST) studying computer science. I am a member of the Efficient Computing Laboratory (ECL), advised by Dr. Martin Burtscher. My research interests include nature-inspired algorithms, data compression, computational complexity and game theory.

Previously, I attended the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) and received my master’s in computer science. I researched with the Algorithmic Self-Assembly Research Group (ASARG) at UTRGV under Dr. Tim Wylie and Dr. Robert Schweller. Before that, I attended the University of Texas at Austin and received my bachelor’s in computer science.

Outside of research, I love to read and write. My favorite book right now is ‘Negative Space’ by B. R. Yeager. I also enjoy watching movies, and making my own mixes of my favorite songs.

news

Jun 20, 2023 Complexity of Reconfiguration in Surface Chemical Reaction Networks accepted at DNA ‘23
Jun 19, 2023 Covert Computation in the Abstract Tile-Assembly Model presented at SAND ‘23
Jun 3, 2023 Reconfiguration of Linear Surface Chemical Reaction Networks with Bounded State Change accepted at CCCG ‘23
Mar 19, 2023 Covert Computation in the Abstract Tile-Assembly Model accepted at SAND ‘23
Mar 17, 2023 Simulation of Multiple Stages in Single Bin Active Tile Self-Assembly presented by me :) at UCNC ‘23

selected publications

  1. Complexity of Reconfiguration in Surface Chemical Reaction Networks
    Robert M. Alaniz, Josh Brunner, Michael Coulombe, Erik D. Demaine, Yevhenii Diomidov, Timothy Gomez, Elise Grizzell, Ryan Knobel, Jason Lynch, Andrew Rodriguez, Robert Schweller, and Tim Wylie
    To appear in Proc. of the 29th International Conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming (DNA’23), 2023
  2. Reconfiguration of Linear Surface Chemical Reaction Networks with Bounded State Change
    Robert M. Alaniz, Michael Coulombe, Erik D. Demaine, Bin Fu, Timothy Gomez, Elise Grizzell, Ryan Knobel, Andrew Rodriguez, Robert Schweller, and Tim Wylie
    To appear in Proc. of the 35th Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry (CCCG’23), 2023
  3. Covert Computation in the Abstract Tile-Assembly Model
    Robert M. Alaniz, David Caballero, Timothy Gomez, Elise Grizzell, Andrew Rodriguez, Robert Schweller, and Tim Wylie
    In Proc. of the Symposium on Algorithmic Foundations of Dynamic Networks (SAND’23), 2023
  4. Simulation of Multiple Stages in Single Bin Active Tile Self-Assembly
    Sonya C. Cirlos, Timothy Gomez, Elise Grizzell, Andrew Rodriguez, Robert Schweller, and Tim Wylie
    In Proc. of the 20th International Conference on Unconventional Computation and Natural Computation (UCNC’23), 2023
  5. Reachability in Population Protocols is PSPACE-Complete (Short Abstract)
    Bin Fu, Timothy Gomez, Elise Grizzell, Andrew Rodriguez, Robert Schweller, and Tim Wylie
    In The 24th Japan Conference on Discrete and Computational Geometry, Graphs, and Games (JCDCG3’22), 2022
  6. Building Squares with Optimal State Complexity in Restricted Active Self-Assembly
    Robert M. Alaniz, David Caballero, Sonya C. Cirlos, Timothy Gomez, Elise Grizzell, Andrew Rodriguez, Robert Schweller, Armando Tenorio, and Tim Wylie
    In Proc. of the Symposium on Algorithmic Foundations of Dynamic Networks (SAND’22), 2022