Papers

  • Anello, K., Parker, A., Porter, L., Purevdorj-Gage, L., Xu, Q.  An enhanced, statistically repeatable method for screening antimicrobial formulations in laundry applications, an adaptation of BSI EN 17658:2022 (submitted)
  • Jiang and Parker.  Determining limit of quantification in microbiology (submitted)
  • Eggers, Sigler, Kiekover, Bradley, Smalling, Parker, Peterson, LaFave.  New approach to assessing cumulative human health risk from consuming metalscontaminated home well water, using public groundwater data (submitted)
  • Anjum, Sobia; Parks, Kendall; Clark, Kaylin; Parker, Albert; Heveran, Chelsea; Gerlach, Robin.  Strengthening biopolymer adhesives through ureolysis-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (submitted)
  • Manuel, Mirizio,Huang, Parker, Kjellerup.  Effect of Microgravity on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation on the International Space Station (submitted).
  • Moore, Arbogast, Robbins, DiGiorgio, Parker. Drastic hourly changes in hand hygiene workload and performance rates:  a multicenter time series analysis.  American Journal of Infection Control doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2024.08.026 2024
  • Buckner, Buckingham-Meyer, Miller, Parker, Jones, Goeres. Coupon Position Does Not Affect Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Densities in the CDC Biofilm Reactor.   Journal of Microbiological Methods 106960 2024.
  • Ayotte, Allen, Parker, Stein, Lauchnor.  Greenhouse gas production from an intermittently dosed cold-climate wastewater treatment wetland.   Science of the Total Environment 924(171484) 2024
  • Gunyol, P., Khosravi, M., Phillips, A., Plymesser, K. and Parker, A. Effect of Fines Content on Calcium Carbonate Precipitation and Thermal Properties of Bio-cemented Sand. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 150(7) 2024.
  • Haas, James, Parker, Gagnon, Goulet, Labrie.  Comparison of Quantification Methods for an Endoscope Lumen Biofilm Model.  Biofilm 6(100163) 2023.
  • Kaiser-Jackson, Dieser, McGlennen, Parker, Foreman, and Warnat.  Detection of Microbes in Ice Using Microfabricated Impedance Spectroscopy Sensors.  ECS Sensors Plus DOI:10.1149/2754-2726/ad024d, 2023
  • Parker & Arbogast. Sample sizes for estimating the sensitivity of a monitoring system that generates repeated binary outcomes with autocorrelation.  Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 32(12) 2023, MSU access
  • Starrett, Arbogast, Parker, Wagner Mahrer, Christian, Lane, Cheek, Robbins, Boyce,  Polenakovik.  The Effect of a Prospective Intervention Program with Automated Monitoring on Hand Hygiene Performance in Long-term and Acute Care Units at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center, ICHE, 2023.
  • Ryder, Pulcini, Parker, Parker, James.  Bacterial transfer and biofilm formation in needleless connectors in a clinically simulated in vitro catheter model.   ICHE  2023.
  • Sharp,Parker, Hamilton.  Calculating the Detection Limit for a Dilution Series.  J Microbiological Methods 208 (106723), 2023.
  • Manuel, Robbins, Slater, Walker, Parker, Arbogast. Hand Hygiene Product Use by Food Employees in Casual Dining and Quick Service Restaurants.  Journal of Food Protection 86(2)  2023
  •  Arbogast, Wagner, Mahrer,Christian, Lane, Cheek, Robbins,Starrett, Parker,Boyce,
    Polenakovik, The Effect of a Prospective Intervention Program with Automated Monitoring on Hand Hygiene Performance in Long-term and Acute Care Units at a Veteran Affairs Medical Center.  Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 9(2) December 2022
  • Parker, Miller, Adams, Pettigrew, Buckingham-Meyer, Summers, Christen, Goeres.  Image analysis or microbial abundances to quantify the effect of an antimicrobial?  A case study of a photo-activated chlorine dioxide treatment.  J Applied Microbiology133(6) 2022
  • Parker, Dimitrov.    Symmetry Breaking Bifurcations of the Information Bottleneck.  Entropy 24, 1231 2022
  • Parker, Gedeon, Dimitrov.  The Lack of Convexity of the Relevance-Compression Function.   
    arXiv:2204.10957 2022.
  • Arbogast, Moore, DiGiorgio, Clark, Thompson, Wagner, Boyce, Parker.  The Impact of Automated Hand Hygiene Monitoring with and without Complementary Improvement Strategies on Performance Rates.  Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology  1-5. doi:10.1017/ice.2022.141 2022
  • Triano, Kappenman, McMahon, Blank, Heim, Parker, Zale, Platt, Plymesser.  Attraction, Entrance, and Passage Efficiency of Arctic Grayling, Trout, and Suckers at Denil Fishways in the Big Hole River Basin, Montana.   Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 151(49; 453 - 473, 2022.
  • Tomasino, Pines, Goeres, Parker.  Interlaboratory Evaluations of a Standardized Quantitative Test Method for Determining the Bactericidal and Tuberculocidal Efficacy of Antimicrobial Substances on Hard Non-Porous Surfaces.  Journal of Microbiological Methods 196, 106460, 2022.
  • Kelli Buckingham-Meyer, Lindsey A. Miller, Albert E. Parker, Diane K. Walker, Paul Sturman, Darla M. Goeres. Harvesting and Disaggregation: An Overlooked Step in Biofilm Methods Research, JOVEdoi: 10.3791/62390, 2022.
  • Pettygrove, Smith, Pallister, Voyich, Stewart and Parker.  Experimental designs to study the aggregation and colonization of biofilms by video microscopy with statistical confidence.  Frontiers in Microbiology 12, 2022.
  • Ondrej Chlumsky, Heidi J. Smith, Albert E. Parker, Kristen Brileya, James N. Wilking, Sabina Purkrtova, Hana Michova, Pavel Ulbrich, Jitka Viktorova, Katerina Demnerova.  Evaluation of The Antimicrobial Efficacy of N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine, Rhamnolipids and Usnic Acid - Novel Approaches to Fight Food-Borne Pathogens.  International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22(21), 2021
  • Parker, A.  Assessing neutralization using ASTM E1054.  Knowledge Sharing Articles, KSA-SM17. Center for Biofilm Engineering at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. Sept. 30, 2021
  • Mitch W. Messmer, Markus Dieser, Heidi J. Smith, Albert E. Parker, Christine M. Foreman.  Investigation of Raman and other spectroscopic signatures with advanced statistics: an approach for cataloguing microbial biosignatures.   Astrobiology  doi.org/10.1089/ast.2021.0021, 2021.
  • Allkja, Juliana Porto de Abreu, Charante, Reigada, Guarch-Perez, Vasquez-Rodriguez, Cos, Coenye, Fallarero, Zaat, Felici, Ferrari, Azevedo, Parker, Goeres.  Interlaboratory study for the evaluation of three microtiter plate-based biofilm quantification methods.  Scientific Reports  11 13779, 2021.
  • D. A.Bikos, C.Hwang, K. A.Brileya, A.Parker, E. K.Loveday, M.Rodriguez, T.LeFevre, I.Thornton, J. N.Wilking, M.Dills, S. T.Walk, A. K.Adams, R.Plowright, A. B.Hoegh, J. R.Carter, J.Morrow, M.Taylor, D.Keil, M. W.Fields, C. B.Chang.  SLAMP: A Rapid Fluorometric RT-LAMP Assay for Sensitive and Specific Detection of SARS-CoV-2 from Human Saliva.  medRxiv 2021.03.31.21254634; doi:https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.31.21254634, 2021
  • Jackson, Connolly, Gerlach, Klapper, Parker.  Bayesian Estimation and Uncertainty Quantification in Models of Urea  Hydrolysis by E. coli Biofilms.  Inverse Problems in Science and EngineeringDOI: 10.1080/17415977.2021.1887172, 2021
  • Corredor, Barnhart, Parker, Gerlach, Fields.  Effect of temperature, nitrate concentration, pH and bicarbonate addition on biomass and lipid accumulation in a sporulating green alga PW95.   Algal Research 53(102148), March 2021.
  • Reichart, Jay, Krukenberg, Parker, Spietz, Hatzenpichler.   Activity-based cell sorting reveals responses of uncultured archaea and bacteria to substrate amendment.  The ISME Journal 14, 2851-2861, 2020.
  • Ryder MA, Gunther R, Nishikawa R, Stranz M, Meyer B, Spangler T, Parker A, Sylvia C.  Evaluation of the role of infusate properties related to Midline Catheter failure in the ovine model.  American Journal of Health System Pharmacy , DOI 10.1093/ajhp/zxaa175, 2020
  • Goeres, Pedersen, Warwood, Walker, Parker, Mettler, Sturman.   Design and Fabrication of Biofilm Reactors in Recent Trends in Biofilm Science and Technology,  Editors: Manuel Simoes Anabel Borges Lucia Chaves Simoes, Elsevier, 2020
  • Zhang, Parker, Carlson, Stewart, Klapper.   Flux-Balance Based Modeling of Biofilm Communities.  SIAM  Multiscale Modeling and Simulation  18(2): 1025-1052, 2020.
  • D.M. Goeres, A.E. Parker, D.K. Walker, K. Meier, L. Lorenz, K. Buckingham-Meyer.   Drip Flow Reactor Method Exhibits Excellent Reproducibility Based on a 10 Laboratory Collaborative Study. Journal of Microbiological Methods , 10.1016/j.mimet.2020.105963, 2020
  • Christen and Parker.  Systematic statistical analysis of microbial data from dilution series.  Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics , 10.1007/s13253-020-00397-0, 2020, arXiv
  • Parker, Christen, Lorenz, Smith.  Optimal surface estimation and thresholding of confocal microscope images of biofilms using Beer's Law.  Journal of Microbiological Methods, 174, 10.1016/j.mimet.2020.105943, 2020.
  • A. E. Parker. Interlaboratory Study to Establish Precision Statements for ASTM E2647: Quantification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Grown Using Drip Flow Biofilm Reactor with Low Shear and Continuous Flow.  ASTM International, research report RR:E35-1015, April, 2020.
  • Goeres, Walker, Buckingham-Meyer, Lorenz, Summers, Fritz, Goveia, Dickerman, Schultz, and Parker.  Development, standardization, and validation of a biofilm efficacy test: the single tube method.  Journal of Microbiological Methods.  165, 2019
  • LaBelle, Knapik, Arbogast, Zhou, Bowersock, Parker, Voos.  Infection Risk Reduction Program on Pathogens in High School and Collegiate Athletic Training Rooms.  Sports Health , 2019
  • A. Zelaya; A. Parker; K. Bailey; P. Zhang; J. Van Nostrand; N. Daliang; D. Elias; J. Zhou; T. Hazen and M. Fields.  High spatiotemporal variability of bacterial diversity over short time scales with unique geohydrochemistry associations within a shallow, pristine aquifer.  Water Research 164, 2019
  • Martinello, Arbogast, Guercia, Parker, Boyce.  Nursing Preference for Alcohol-Based Hand Rub Volume.  Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology  40(11): 1248-1252 10.1017/ice.2019.251 2019
  • Ozcan, Dieser, Parker, Balasubramanian, Foreman.  Quorum Sensing Inhibition as a Promising Method to Control Biofilm Growth in Metalworking Fluids, Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, 2019
  • Boyce, Laughman, Ader, Wagner, Parker, Arbogast.  Impact of an Automated Hand Hygiene Monitoring System and Additional Promotional Activities on Hand Hygiene Performance Rates and Healthcare-Associated Infections.  Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 40(7): 741-747, 2019
  • Kinney, James, Bowersock, Parker.  Bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation on textured breast implant shell materia.  Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 43(2): 490-497, 2019.
  • Stewart and Parker.  Measuring Antimicrobial Efficacy against Biofilms: A Meta-Analysis.  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2019
  • Arbogast, Bowersock, Parker, Macinga. Randomized controlled trial evaluating the antimicrobial efficacy of chlorohexidine gluconate (CHG) and para-chloro-meta-xylenol (PCMX) handwash formulations in real-world doses  AJIC, 2019
  • Jim Arbogast, Lori Moore, Tracy Clark, Maria Thompson, Pamela Wagner,Elizabeth Young, Al Parker. Who goes in and out of patient rooms? An observational study of room entries and exits in the acute care setting.  AJIC: , 2018
  • Shelobolina, Walker, Parker, Lust, Schultz, Dickerman.  Inactivation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms Formed under High Shear Stress on Various Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Surfaces by a Continuous Flow of Ozonated Water.  Biofouling  2018
  • Parker, Hamilton, Goeres.  Reproducibility of antimicrobial test methods.  Scientific Reports  8:12531, 2018
  • Smith, Tigges, Andrilli, Bothner, Parker, Foreman.  Dynamic processing of DOM: Insight from Exometabolomics, Spectroscopy and Spectrometry.   Limnology and Oceanography Letters.  3: 225-235, 2018.
  • Suchomel, Leslie, Parker, Macinga.  How long is enough? Identification of product dry-time as the primary driver of alcohol-based hand rub efficacy.  Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 7:65, 2018.
  • A. Parker, B. Pitts, L. Lorenz, P. Stewart. Polynomial accelerated solutions to a LARGE Gaussian model for imaging biofilms: in theory and finite precision. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 113(524): 1431-1442, 2018: video
  • Eggers, Doyle, Lefthand, Young, Nall, Kindness, Other Medicine, Ford, Dietrich, Parker, Hoover, Camper.  Community Engaged Cumulative Risk Assessment of Exposure to Inorganic Well Water Contaminants in a Native American Community , Montana. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, January, 2018.
  • Davis, Gerlach, Barnhart, Parker, Fields.  Type and amount of organic amendments affect enhanced biogenic methane production from coal and microbial community structure. Fuel, 211:600-608, January, 2018.
  • Xu, Wei,Mettetal,Han, Rau, Tie, May, Pathe, Reddy, Sullivan, Parker, Maul, Brennan, Mann.  Surface micropattern reduces colonization and medical device-associated infections.   J. Medical Microbiology , October, 2017.
  • C. Fox and A. Parker. Accelerated Gibbs sampling of normal distributions using matrix splittings and polynomials. Bernoulli  23(4B):3711-3743, 2017: pdf.  NOTE: In Figure 1, using the standard orientation of the axes with the origin in the lower lefthand corner, the eigenpairs of the 2x2 precision matrix A should have been reported as {(10,[1  -1]), (1,[11])}.
  • E. Mann, C Magin, M. Mettetal, M. Drinker, R. May, M. Henry, H. DeLoid, J. Prater, L. Sullivan, J. Thomas, M. Twite, A. Parker, A. Brennan, S. Reddy.  Micropatterned Endotracheal Tubes Reduce Secretion-Related Lumen Occlusion.  Annals of Biomedical Engineering  44(12): 3645-3654, 2016.
  • J. Bingham, G. Abell, L. Kienast, L. Lerner, B. Matuschek, W. Mullins, A. Parker, N. Reynolds, D. Salisbury, J. Seidel, E. Young and J Kirk. Healthcare Worker Hand Contamination at Critical Moments in Outpatient Care Settings.  AJIC  44(1):1198-1202, 2016.
  • L. Wahlen, A. Parker, D. Walker, M. Pasmore, P. Sturman. Predictive modeling for hot water inactivation of planktonic and bio lm-associated Sphingomonas parapaucimobilis to support hot water sanitization programs. Biofouling 32(7) 2016.
  • James W. Arbogast, Laura Moore-Schiltz, William R. Jarvis, Amanda Harpster-Hagen, Jillian Hughes, Albert Parker. Impact of a Comprehensive Workplace Hand Hygiene Program on Employer Healthcare Insurance Claims plus Costs, Absenteeism, and Employee Perceptions and Practices. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.  58(6): e231 - e240, 2016.
  • Leslie, Donskey, Zabarsky, Parker, Macinga, Assadian. Measuring Alcohol-Based Hand Rub Volume Used By Healthcare Workers In Practice. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control Journal, 4(Suppl 1): P295, ICPIC 2015.
  • James Moberly, Seth D'Imperio, Albert E Parker, Brent M Peyton. Microbial Community Signature in Lake Coeur d'Alene: Association of Environmental Variables and Toxic Heavy Metal Phases.  Applied Geochemistry 66: 174-183, 2015.
  • Lauchnor, Topp, Parker, Gerlach. Whole cell kinetics of ureolysis by Sporosarcina pasteurii. Journal of Applied Micobiology 118: 1321 - 1332, 2015.  Supplementary material: docx
  • M. Hamilton and A. Parker. Disinfectant Test Results: How to Average Across Laboratories. Center for Biofilm Engineering, KSA-SM-15. March 21, 2015.
  • B. Fritz, D. Walker, D. Goveia, A. Parker, D. Goeres. Evaluation of Petrifilm Aerobic Count plates as an equivalent alternative to drop plating on R2A agar plates in a biofilm disinfectant efficacy test. Current Microbiology70(3): 450-456, 2015.
  • Mann, Mettetal, May, Drinker, Stevenson, Baiamonte, Marso, Dannemiller, Parker, Reddy, Sande. Surface micropattern resists bacterial contamination transferred by healthcare practitioners. Journal of Microbiology and Experimentation 1(5), 2014.
  • A. Parker. Mountain grouse man. Outside Bozeman, October 2, 2014.
  • D. Macinga, D. Shumaker, P. Werner, S. Edmonds, R. Leslie, A. Parker, and J. Arbogast. The Relative Influences of Product Volume Delivery Format and Alcohol Concentration on Dry-Time and Efficacy of Alcohol-Based Hand Rubs BMC Infectious Diseases 14:511, 2014.
  • James Folsom, Albert Parker, and Ross Carlson. Physiological and Proteomic Analysis of Escherichia coli Iron-Limited Chemostat Growth. Journal of Bacteriology 196(15):2748-2761, May 2014.
  • A. Parker, D. Walker, D. Goeres, N. Allan, M. Olson, and A. Omar. Ruggedness and Reproducibility of the MBEC biofilm disinfectant efficacy test. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 102: 55-64, 2014.
  • R. May, M. Hoffman, M. Sogo, A. Parker, G. O'Toole, A. Brennan, and S. Reddy. Micro-patterned surfaces reduce bacterial colonization and biofilm formation in vitro: Potential for enhancing endotracheal tube designs. Clinical and Translational Medicine, 3:8, 2014.
  • N. Mallette, E. Pankratz, A. Parker, G. Strobel, S. Busse, R. Carlson, B. Peyton. Evaluation of cellulose as a substrate for hydrocarbon fuel production by Ascocoryne sarcoides (NRRL 50072). Journal of Sustainable Energy Systems 4(1), 33-49, 2014.
  • C. Fox and A. Parker. Convergence in variance of Chebyshev accelerated Gibbs samplers. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 36(1):A124-A147, 2014: pdf
  • S. Tomasino, A. Parker, and M. Hamilton. Use of Statistical Modeling to Reassess the Performance Standard for the AOAC Use-dilution Methods (955.15 and 964.02) JAOAC International, 97(1): 68-77, 2014.
  • A. Parker, M. Hamilton, and S. Tomasino. A Statistical Model for Assessing Performance Standards for Quantitative and Semi-quantitative Disinfectant Test Methods. JAOAC International, 97(1):58-67, 2014. Appendices with R code
  • Ryder M, James G, deLancey Pulcini E, Parker A, An in vitro comparison of intraluminal biofilm bacteria transfer of three peripheral intravenous valved blood control catheters. AJIC, 41(6):S127-S128, June, 2013.
  • M. Hamilton and A. Parker. Using R to calculate confidence intervals for the repeatability and reproducibility standard deviations and the intra-laboratory correlation coefficient of a disinfectant test method. Center for Biofilm Engineering, KSA-SM-14. November 7, 2013
  • A. E. Parker. Interlaboratory Study to Establish Precision Statements for ASTM E2871-13: Standard Test Method for Evaluating Disinfectant Efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Grown in CDC Biofilm Reactor using the Single Tube Method. ASTM International, research report RR:E35-1008, October, 2013.
  • C.R. Allen, O.R. Stein, P.B. Hook, M.D. Burr, A.E. Parker and E.C. Hafla. Temperature, Plant Species and Residence Time Effects on Nitrogen Removal in Model Treatment Wetlands. Water Science and Technology, 68(11): 2337-2343, 2013.
  • M. Hamilton, G. Hamilton, D. Goeres, and A. Parker. Guidelines for the Statistical Analysis of a Collaborative Study of a Laboratory Disinfectant Product Performance Test Method. JAOAC International 96(5):1138-1151, September, 2013. Appendices with R code.
  • A. Parker and M. Hamilton. Using R to assess resemblance, repeatability, and reproducibility for quantitative and semi-quantitative disinfectant methods. Center for Biofilm Engineering, KSA-SM-13. August 7, 2013
  • R. Pines, S. Tomasino, M. Cottrill, G. Hamilton, and A. Parker. Procedural Revision to the Germicidal Spray Products as Disinfectants Test Method: Establishment of Minimum and Maximum Log Density Values for Test Microbes on Inoculated Carriers. JAOAC International, 96(3): 567-572, May, 2013.
  • E. L. Sandvik; B. R. McLeod, A. E. Parker and P. Stewart. Direct electric current treatment under physiologic saline conditions kills Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms via electrolytic generation of hypochlorous acid. PLOS ONE 8(2), 1-14, 2013.
  • J. M. Bardsley, A. Solonen, A. Parker, H. Haario, and M. Howard. An ensemble Kalman filter using the conjugate gradient sampler. International Journal of Uncertainty Quantification. 3(4), 357-370, 2013: pdf
  • J. L. Faulwetter, M. D. Burr, A. E. Parker, O. R. Stein, A. K. Camper. Influence of sulfate reducing bacteria and ammonia oxidizing bacteria on nutrient cycling in constructed wetland microcosms. Microbial Ecology. 65(1):111-127, 2013.
  • J. Bardsley, A. Parker, A. Solonen, and M. Howard. Krylov Space Methods for Kalman Filtering. Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications. 20(2), 171-184, 2013: pdf
  • C.R. Allen, O.R. Stein, P.B. Hook, M.D. Burr, A.E. Parker and E.C. Hafla. Temperature, Plant Species and Residence Time Effects on Nitrogen Removal in Model Treatment Wetlands. Proc. 13th Inter. Conf. on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control. Perth, Australia, November 25-29, 2012.
  • S. Tomasino, A. Parker, M. Hamilton, G. Hamilton. Performance of the AOAC Use-dilution Method with Targeted Modifications: A Collaborative Study. JAOAC International. 95(6): 1618-1628, 2012.
  • A. Parker and C. Fox. Sampling Gaussian Distributions in Krylov Spaces with Conjugate Gradients. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. 34(3), 2012: pdf
  • T. Gedeon, A. Parker, and A. Dimitrov. The mathematical structure of Information Bottleneck methods. Entropy: Special issue for the Information Bottleneck Method 14(3):456-479, 2012.
  • A. E. Parker. Interlaboratory study for ASTM method E2799-11 Standard Test Method for Testing Disinfectant Efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm using the MBEC Assay. ASTM International, research report RR:E35-1006, 2011.
  • A. Agostinho, A. Hartman, C. Lipp, A. Parker, P. Stewart, G. James. An in vitro model for the growth and analysis of chronic wound MRSA biofilms. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 111, 1275-1282, 2011.
  • Sabrina Behnke, Albert Parker, Dawn Woodall, and Anne Camper. Comparing the chlorine disinfection of detached biofilm clusters with sessile biofilms and planktonic cells in single and dual species cultures. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77(20): 7176-7184, 2011.
  • A. Corbin, B. Pitts, A. Parker and P. Stewart. Antimicrobial Penetration and Effcacy in an In-Vitro Oral Biofilm Model. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 55: 3338 - 3344, July 2011.
  • A. E. Parker and M. A. Hamilton. Assessing Resemblance, Repeatability and Reproducibility for quantitative methods. Center for Biofilm Engineering, KSA-SM-10, 2011.
  • D. L. Williams, K. L. Woodbury, A. E. Parker, R. D. Bloebaum. A Modified CDC Biofilm Reactor to Produce Mature Biofilms on the Surface of PEEK Membranes for an In Vivo Animal Model Application. Current Microbiology, 62(6): 1657-1663, 2011.
  • M. A. Hamilton and A. E. Parker. Enumerating viable cells by pooling counts for several dilutions. Center for Biofilm Engineering, KSA-SM-06, October 2010.
  • J. P. Folsom, L. Richards, B. Pitts, F. Roe, G. D. Ehrlich, A. Parker, A. Mazurie, and P. S. Stewart. Physiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Biofilms as Revealed by Transcriptional Profiling. BMC Microbiology, 10:294, 2010.
  • A. Parker, A. Dimitrov and T. Gedeon. Symmetry breaking clusters in soft clustering decoding of neural codes. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory: Special Issue on Molecular Biology and Neurosicence. 56(2): 901-927 February 2010: pdf
  • T. Gedeon, A. Parker, C. Campion, and Z. Aldworth. Annealing and the normalized N-cut. Pattern Recognition, 41(2):592-606. February 2008: pdf.
  • A Roorda, EA Rossi, Y Zhang, SB Stevenson, DW Arathorn, CR Vogel, A Parker, Q Yang.  Applications For Eye–Motion–Corrected Adaptive Optics Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope Videos.  Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Vol.47, 1808.  May 2006.
  • C. Vogel, D. Arathorn, A. Roorda, and A. Parker. Retinal motion estimation and image dewarping in adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy. Optics Express, vol 14, pp. 487-497. January, 2006: pdf
  • C. Vogel, D. Arathorn, A. Parker, and A. Roorda. Retinal motion tracking in adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy, Proceedings of OSA Conference on Signal Recovery and Synthesis. JTuC2, Charlotte NC, June 2005.
  • Albert Parker and Tomas Gedeon. Bifurcations of a class of Sn-invariant constrained optimization problems, Journal of Dynamics and Differential Equations, 16(3):629--678, July 2004: pdf
  • Albert Parker. A Bayesian Approach to Hierarchical Model Building. Masters project in statistics, MSU-Bozeman. May 3, 2004.
  • Albert E. Parker, Tomas Gedeon, and Alexander Dimitrov. Annealing and the rate distortion problem. In S. Thrun, S. Becker and K. Obermayer, editors, Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 15, 969-976. MIT Press, 2003: pdf
  • A. Dimitrov, T. Gedeon, B. Mumey, R. Snider, Z. Aldworth, A. E. Parker, and J. P. Miller. Derivation of natural stimulus feature set using a data-driven model. Chapter in P. M. A. Sloot, D. Abramson, A. V. Bogdanov, J. Dongarra, A. Y. Zomaya, and Y. E. Gorbachev, editors, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2660:337-345, Springer, August 2003.
  • Albert E. Parker. Symmetry Breaking Bifurcations of the Information Distortion. Ph.D. Thesis. Montana State University-Bozeman. May 2003. (double spaced for one sided printing): pdf (1.6MB); (singlespaced for two sided printing): pdf (1.6MB).
  • Tomas Gedeon, Albert E. Parker and Alexander G. Dimitrov. Information Distortion and Neural Coding. Canadian Applied Mathematics Quarterly, 10(1): 33-70. Spring, 2003: pdf or ps
  • A. G. Dimitrov, J.P. Miller, Z. Aldsworth, T. Gedeon and A. E. Parker. Analysis of neural coding through quantization with an information-based distortion measure. Network: Computation in Neural Systems, 14: 151-176, February 2003: pdf
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  • A. G. Dimitrov, J.P. Miller, Z. Aldsworth, and A. Parker. Spike pattern-based coding schemes in the cricket cercal sensory system. Neurocomputing, 44-46, 373-379, 2002: pdf, ps
  • S. Kubiak, H. Lehr, R. Levy, T. Moeller, A. Parker, and E. Swim. Modeling Control of HIV Infection through Structured Treatment Interruptions with Recommendations for Experimental Protocol. Report 5 in Pierre A. Gremaud, Zhilin Li, Ralph C. Smith, and Hien T. Tran, editors, Center for Research in Scientific Computing at North Carolina State University Technical Report, CRSC-TR01-27. November 2001: pdf or ps

Presentations

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  • After the biofilm: bacterial transfer, infections and hand hygiene. Asia Pacific Biofilms Meeting, Guangzhou, China, November 17, 2024.

  • Statistical best practices: case studies of ASTM’s MBEC, DFR & STM/CDC biofilm methods.   Montana Biofilm Meeting, Bozeman, MT July 9, 2024.

  • Statistical considerations when using presence/absence assays in microbiology.  Applied Math Seminar, MSU, Feb 8, 2024.

  • Statistical considerations when using presence/absence assays in microbiology.   CBE Regulatory Meeting, Feb 1, 2024.
  • "After the biofilm: bacterial transfer, infections and hand hygiene." Montana American Statistical Association Meeting, Bozeman, MT   Sept 29, 2023.
  • "Bacterial ingress through valves used for venous access"  Garth James, Marcia Ryder, Elinor deLancey-Pulcini, Albert E Parker.   Montana Biofilm Meeting, Bozeman, MT July 11, 2023.
  • "Log Density of Biofilm Growth in the CDC Reactor Relative to Coupon Position and Orientation: P. aeruginosa and S. aureus"  Elizabeth Buckner, Kelli Buckingham-Meyer, Lindsey Miller, Al Parker, Chris Jones, Darla Goeres.  Montana Biofilm Meeting, Bozeman, MT July 11, 2023.
  • "Data-Driven Sanitation Chemistry Selection: Does It Work Against Biofilms?"  Josie Greve-Peterson, Al Parker.  Poster at Montana Biofilm Meeting, Bozeman, MT July 11, 2023.
  • “Cumulative Health Risk Assessment of Home Well Water Consumption, Crow Reservation, Montana.” Doyle, J.T. (Presenter), Eggers, M.J., Martin, C., Young, S.L., Lefthand, M.J., LaFrance, J., Bradley, P., Smalling, K., Killian, E., Peterson, R., Parker, A.E.  National Water Quality Monitoring Conference, Virginia Beach, April 26, 2023.
  • "The Quantitative Method Seminar" Arxada, April 17, 2023.
  • "Greenhouse Gas Emissions from a Cold-Climate Wastewater Treatment Wetland."  Ayotte, S., Lauchnor, E., Allen, C., Hartshorn, A. Brookshire, E., Parker, A.,; Stein, O.   Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Conference, Boston, June 20-23, 2023
  • "Multiple multi-lab evaluations of the Quantitative Method for determining the efficacy of antimicrobial substances against bacteria dried onto hard non-porous surfaces."  CBE Regulatory Meeting, Washington DC, Feb, 2023.
  • Biofilm Workshop: Control strategies for bacterial biofilms – the need for standard methods?  Asia Pacific Biofilms 2022, Oct 18, 2022.
  • The Effect of a Prospective Intervention Program with Automated Monitoring on Hand Hygiene Performance in Long-term and Acute Care Units at a Veteran Affairs Medical Center."   Arbogast, Wagner, Mahrer, Christian, Lane, Cheek, Robbins, Starrett, Parker, Boyce, Polenakovik.  Infectious Disease Week, Washington DC, Oct 19-23, 2022.
  • "Limits of Detection in Microbiology" 3M Technical Forum, Sept 22, 2022.
  • "Statistics for Image Analysis" 3M Technical Forum, August 31, 2022.
  • "Tools in the Toolbox for Assessing Effectiveness of Sanitation Chemistries Against Biofilms" Data‐Driven Sanitation Chemistry Selection, IAFP, Pittsburgh, Aug 2, 2022.
  • "Statistical considerations in image analysis."  Montana Biofilm Meeting, Bozeman, MT, July 12, 2022.
  • Biofilm Methods Workshop, Montana Biofilm Meeting, Bozeman, MT, July 11, 2022.

  • "Statistical techniques for analyzing presence/absence data from microbes: MPN and TCID50".  Global Virus Network Public Health and Hygiene Meeting, June 23, 2022.

  • "Are there really no bugs in there?"   CBE Regulatory Meeting, Washington DC, Feb 2, 2022.
  • Analyzing zeros in microbiology, Baxter’s Sterility Assurance Community of Practice - Learning About Sterility Assurance seminar series, Oct 6, 2021.
  • Investigation of Raman spectroscopic signatures with multivariate statistics: an approach for cataloguing microbial biosignatures.  Mitch W. Messmer, Markus Dieser, Heidi J. Smith, Albert E. Parker, Christine M. Foreman.  Poster sesssion at the Montana Biofilm Meeting, July 2021.

  • Automated Hand Hygiene Monitoring Systems Reveal 
    Insights into Behaviors of Food Handlers in Two Restaurant Types.  Chip Manuel, Greg Robbins, Jason Slater, Diane K. Walker, Albert Parker, and James W. Arbogast.  IAFP.  July 2021.

  • Improved statistical analysis of microbial data from dilution series.  Andres Christen and Al Parker.  International Society for Bayesian Analysis world meeting, June 28 - July 2, 2021 (virtual)
  • Down the rabbit hole: The journey to reproducible biofilm experiments. Jontana Allkja, Albert E. Parker, Nuno F. Azevedo, Darla M. Goeres.  Scandinavian Society for Biomaterials annual conference ScSB 2021 poster, June 14, 2021
  • Investigation of Raman and other spectroscopic signatures with advanced statistics: an approach for cataloguing Polar biosignatures.  Foreman, Messmer, Dieser, Smith, Parker.  Bulletin of the American Astronmical Society 53(3) Habitable Worlds Conference, Feb 22-26, 2021

  • Statistical techniques for analyzing presence/absence data from microbes: MPN and TCID50.  CBE 2021 Regulatory Biofilm Meeting, Feb 3, 2021.

  • A statistical assessment of standard methods: case studies of ASTM’s CDC, STM, MBEC & DFR biofilm methods.  CBE 2021 Regulatory Biofilm Meeting, Workshop, Feb 1, 2021.

  • Evaluation of the reproducibility of microtiter plate-based biofilm quantification methods.  Allkja, Azevedo, Parker and Goeres, Print-aid ring trial team.  CBE 2021 Regulatory Biofilm Meeting poster Feb 1, 2021.
  • Evaluation of the reproducibility of microtiter plate-based biofilm quantification methods.   Jontana Allkja, Nuno F. Azevedo, Albert E. Parker, Darla M. Goeres. Print-aid outreach conference, Dec 1, 2020

  • Fundamentals of experimental design when studying antimicrobial test methods: case studies of UDM and OECD dried surface test methods.   STERIS Scientific Engagement Presentation.  September 16, 2020.

  • Comparative Antimicrobial Efficacy of Current Alcohol-Based Hand Rubs: Formulation, Dose and Test Methods All Matter.   Arbogast, Parker, Jarvis, Macinga.   SHEA and CDC 6th International conference on healthcare associated infections, Atlanta, March 27, 2020
  • The Effect of Automated Hand Hygiene Monitoring Systems and Other Complementary Behavior Change Strategies on Performance. Arbogast, Moore, DiGiorgio, Boyce, Parker. SHEA and CDC 6th International conference on healthcare associated infections, Atlanta, March 27, 2020
  • Hand Hygiene in the Era of Big Data: We Can Now See What We Have Been Missing. DiGiorgio, Moore, Robbins, Parker, Arbogast, Landon.  SHEA and CDC 6th International conference on healthcare associated infections, Atlanta, March 27, 2020.
  • Experimental designs to quantify early aggregation and colonization of biofilms with statistical confidence from confocal images.  Pettygrove, Parker, Smith, Voyich, Stewart.   Biofilm Science and Technology Meeting, Bozeman, MT, Feb 2020.
  • Quantification of biofilm characteristics from confocal images with error bars and without a user-selected threshold, 2nd International Conference on Biofilms.  Guangzhou, China, October 13, 2019.  I was on the program to present After the biofilm: bacterial transfer, infections and hand hygiene in a healthcare environment.  It's Paul Stoodley's fault that I decided to deviate from the program, because he did.  Raising a glass of cider to you Paul!   I will present an updated version of this talk at Asia Pacific Biofilms in 2024! 
  • Biofilm reactor systems, analytical tools and reproducibility workshop at 2nd International Conference on Biofilms.  Guangzhou, China, October 10, 2019.
  • Bayesian Analysis And Design Of Experiments Of Biofilms Over Space And Time.  5th Internation Symposium on Inverse Problems, Design and Optimization.   Tianjin, China, Sept 24-26, 2019.
  • Interlaboratory study for the evaluation of three microplate methods. Jontana Allkja, Albert E. Parker, Juliana Aizawa, Frits Van Charante, Ines Reigada, Clara Guarch-Perez, Jesus A. Vasquez-Rodrigue7, Paul Cos, Tom Coenye, Adyary Fallarero, Sebastian A.J. Zaat, Antonio Felici, Livia Ferrari,  Nuno F. Azevedo, Darla M. Goeres.  NBIC Eurobiofilms, Glasgow, Scotland, Sept 3-6, 2019.
  • Imaging Demonstrates Biofilm Volume Reductions After Treatment With OralRinses.  Rieidi, Rusin, Yang, James, Parker.   97th General Session of the International Associaiton of Dental Research, Vancouver, June 19, 2019.
  • Monitoring hand hygiene and its effects on
    healthcare-associated infections.  Montana Biofilm Meeting, Bozeman, MT, July 16, 2019.
  • Biofilm Methods Workshop, Montana Biofilm Meeting, Bozeman, MT, July 15, 2019.
  • Interlaboratory study design for antimicrobial test methods, ASTM International Meeting, Denver, April 2, 2019.
  • Biofilm methods workshop at American Society of Microbiology workshop, Washington DC, October 7, 2018.
  • Bayesian Analysis And Design Of Experiments Of Biofilms Over Space And Time. Applied Math Seminar, MSU, September 27, 2018.

  • Quantification of biofilm characteristics from images with error bar.   Montana Biofilm Meeting, Bozeman, MT, July 19, 2018.

  • Biofilm Methods Workshop, International Association of Food Protection Conference, Salt Lake City, July 7, 2018.
  • How to accelerate Bayesian experimental design assessments for LARGE problems, Uncertainty Quantification Conference hosted by Center of Mathematical Investigations and University of Bath, (BUC13-GUQ2018), Guanjuato Mexico, May 29, 2018.
  • Greece, emigrating to Ellis Island, and dancing the Hasapiko, International Days at Irving School, Bozeman, MT, May 11, 2018.
  • Fast Experimental Designs for LARGE Linear Processes, Conference on Uncertainty Quantification, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathemtics (SIAM) and American Statistical Association (ASA), Garden Grove, CA, April 19, 2018
  • Using statistical thinking to make decisions:a long term collaboration between GOJO and CBE, Akron, Feb 8, 2018.
  • Seasonal analysis of hand hygiene impact on preventable illnesses in the workplace.  Arbogast, Parker, Aurora, Jarvis.   APHA Annual Meeting and Expo — "Creating the Healthiest Nation: Climate Changes Health, Atlanta, November 7, 2017
  • Stat Workshop at Sharklet, Denver, October 16, 2017.

  • A statistical assessment of standard methods: case studies of the ASTM’s CDC, STM & MBEC biofilm methods, Montana Biofilm Meeting Workshop. Bozeman, MT, July 12, 2017

  • Image analysis via maximum likelihood and posterior estimation: case study of a photochemical generated chlorine dioxide anti-biofilm agent.  Parker, Lorenz, Adams, Pettigrew, Buckingham-Meyer, Summers, Christen, Goeres.  Poster at Montana Biofilm Meeting. Bozeman, MT, July, 2017.

  • Who goes in and out of the hospital patient room? Arbogast J, Quinn J, Clark T, Moore L, Thompson M, Wagner P, Young B, Parker A,  American Journal of Infection Control, 45(6): S29. 2017-036, June, 2017.
  • Nursing Preference for Alcohol-Based Hand Rub Volume.  R. Martinello, J.  Arbogast, A. Parker, J.  Boyce. Poster at SHEA Spring 2017 Conference, St Louis, MO, March 29-31, 2017. 

  • Biomimicry: My work with Sharklet Technologies.  ENTO594 seminar, MSU Bozeman, MT, March 30, 2017

  • Evaluation of the effectiveness of 2% tetra sodium EDTA
    against six antibiotic resistant organisms in an in vitro vascular catheter model. Ryder, Pulcini, Parker, James.  Poster at SHEA Spring 2017 Conference, St Louis, MO, March 29-31, 2017. 

  •  Changes in a method's variability when used for low level claims.  Goeres and Parker, Biofilm Science and Technology Meeting, Washington DC, Feb 1, 2017.

  • Using statistical confidence and power to assess performance standards for biofilm claims using the Single Tube Method.   Biofilm Meeting, Bozeman, MT, July 20, 2016.

  • Stat Workshop at  Lonza, Alpharetta, GA, May 24, 2016.

  • Stat Workshop at  Proctor & Gamble, Mason, OH, March 7, 2016.

  • Accelerated Linear and (and slow non-linear) Bayesian solutions of 3-D Confocal Microscope Movies of Biofilms.  CIMAT, Guanajuato, Feb 24, 2016.

  • Using statistical confidence and power to assess performance standards for antimicrobial test methods.  Biofilm Science and Technology Meeting, Washington DC, Feb 10, 2016.

  • Quantifying biofilm characteristics over time from 3-D confocal microscope movies.  Baxter Healthcare, Chicago, October 27, 2015.
  • Quantifying biofilm characteristics over time from 3-D confocal microscope movies.  Workshop at American Society for Microbiology Biofilm Conference, Chicago, October 24, 2015.
  • Keepin' it RRRRRRReal: The R's of biofilm methods. Workshop at American Society for Microbiology Biofilm Conference, Chicago, October 24, 2015.
  • Sonication ruggedness of efficacy tests in the single tube method (ASTM E2871).   J. Summers, D. Goeres, A. Parker, D. Walker.  Poster at Montana Biofilm Meeting, Bozeman, MT, July 16, 2015.
  • Quantifying biofilm characteristics over time from 3-D confocal microscope movies. Montana Biofilm Meeting, Bozeman, MT, July 16, 2015.
  • Quantitation via Image Analysis. Montana Biofilm Meeting Workshop. Bozeman, MT, July 13, 2015.
  • Keepin' it Real: The R's of biofilm methods. Montana Biofilm Meeting Workshop. Bozeman, MT, July 13, 2015.
  • Linear and non-linear Bayesian models of 3-D Confocal Microscope Movies of Biofilms. Montana Uncertainty Quantification Conference, University of Montana, June 26, 2015.
  • MEASURING ALCOHOL-BASED HAND RUB VOLUME USED BY HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN PRACTICE. Leslie, Donskey, Zabarsky, Parker, Macinga, Assadian. Poster at 3rd International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control. Geneva, June 16-19, 2015.
  • Bacterial transfer, biofilm formation and effect of device design in four peripheral IV blood-control catheters. Ryder, Pulcini, Parker, James. Poster at Infusion Nurses Society (INS) Annual Convention and Industrial Exhibition, Louisville, KY, May 16-21, 2015.
  • Method validation: a case study of the single tube biofilm method, S31.Conference on Recent Advances in Microbial Control, Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, San Francisco, November 12, 2014.
  • Fast solutions to LARGE Bayesian linear models of 3-D Confocal Microscope Images of Biofilms. Physics Department Seminar at Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand, October 20, 2014.
  • Investigating culture effects of light irradiance and initial biomass concentration in Nannochloropsis Oceana species using response surface methodology. Todd Pedersen, Rob Gardner, Brent Peyton, and Al Parker. Poster session at the CBE Montana Biofilm Meeting, Bozeman, MT, July 2014.
  • "Comparison of Bacterial Transfer and Biofilm Formation on Intraluminal Catheter Surfaces Among Fourteen Connectors in a Clinically Simulated in vitro Model." Ryder M, deLancey Pulcini E, Parker A, James G. Poster session at the CBE Montana Biofilm Meeting, Bozeman, MT, July 2014.
  • "Biofilm Parameter Estimation Using Inverse Methods" Benjamin Jackson, James Connolly, Al Parker, Isaac Klapper, Robin Gerlach. Poster session at the CBE Montana Biofilm Meeting, Bozeman, MT, July 2014.
  • "A ruggedness analysis of sonication in the Single Tube Method (ASTM E2871-12)" Blaine Fritz, Al Parker, Diane Walker. Poster session at the CBE Montana Biofilm Meeting, Bozeman, MT, July 2014.
  • "Treatment-Associated Bias Assessment of the Single Tube Method (ASTM E2871-12)" D. Goveia, B. Fritz, L. Lorenz, A. Parker, D. Walker, D. Goeres. Poster session at the CBE Montana Biofilm Meeting, Bozeman, MT, July 2014.
  • "The Sharklet micro-pattern limits bacterial adherence and biofilm: a potential technological improvement for endotracheal tube design" Ethan E. Mann, Rhea M. May, M. Ryan Mettetal, Matthew G. Hoffman, Melinda J. Sogo, Albert E. Parker, George A. O'Toole, Anthony B. Brennan, and Shravanthi T. Reddy. Poster session at the CBE Montana Biofilm Meeting, Bozeman, MT, July 2014.
  • "Using Polynomials to Sample from Large Gaussians Used to Model 3-D Confocal Microscope Images of Biofilms" Annual Meeting of the Pacific Northwest Section of the Mathematical Association of America, University of Montana, June 27, 2014.
  • "Using Inverse Methods to Estimate Biomineralization Parameters in a Biofilm" Benjamin Jackson, James Connolly, Al Parker, Isaac Klapper, Robin Gerlach. Annual Meeting of the Pacific Northwest Section of the Mathematical Association of America, University of Montana, June 27, 2014.
  • "A Comparative Evaluation of a Polyurethane Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) versus a Titanium Bonded PICC in a Chronic Sheep Model." Ryder, M, Gunther, R., Whitehair, K., Parker, A., Taylor. Poster at World Congress of Vascular Access, Berlin Germany, June 18-20, 2014.
  • "Comparison of Bacterial Transfer and Biofilm Formation on Intraluminal Catheter Surfaces Among Fourteen Connectors in a Clinically Simulated in vitro Model." Ryder M, deLancey Pulcini E, Parker A, James G. Poster at World Congress of Vascular Access, Berlin Germany, June 18-20, 2014.
  • "An in vitro Comparison of Intraluminal Biofilm Bacteria Transfer of Three Peripheral Intravenous Valved Blood Control Catheters" Ryder M, deLancey Pulcini E, Parker A, and James G. Poster at World Congress of Vascular Access, Berlin Germany, June 18-20, 2014.
  • "Validation of Standard Methods for Growing & Efficacy Testing Biofilms." Darla Goeres, Kelli Buckingham-Meyer, Marty Hamilton, Lindsey Lorenz, Al Parker, Paul Sturman, Diane Walker. Poster at Biofilms 6, University of Vienna, May 11-13, 2014.
  • "Using Polynomials to Sample from Large Gaussians Used to Model 3-D Confocal Microscope Images of Biofilms." Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Conference on Uncertainty Quantification, Savannah, GA, April 2, 2014: abstract
  • "EPA's Technical Laboratory Workshop: Antimicrobial Efficacy Test Methods and Activities February 18-19, 2014" CBE seminar, MSU, March 6, 2014.
  • "Using polynomials and matrix splittings to sample from LARGE Gaussians." An invited talk at SCMIP workshop, CIMAT, Guanajuato, Mexico, August 2, 2013.
  • "Differences in peripheral IV blood control catheter design and biofilm formation" Marcia Ryder, Elinor deLancey Pulcini, Albert Parker, and Garth James. Poster at CBEs Montana Biofilm Meeting, July, 2013.
  • "Using polynomials and matrix splittings to sample from LARGE Gaussians." An invited talk at Aerospace Computational Design Laboratory Seminar, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 4, 2013.
  • "Assessing the statistical properties of laboratory methods." An invited talk at Sherwin Williams in Cleveland, OH, April 10, 2013:
  • "Novel Micro-Patterned Surfaces Reduce Biofilm Formation of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa" Rhea M. May, Matthew G. Hoffman, Melinda J. Sogo, George O'Toole, Albert Parker, and Shravanthi T. Reddy. American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, Denver, May 18-21, 2013.
  • "An in vitro comparison of intraluminal biofilm bacteria transfer of three peripheral intravenous valved blood control catheters" M. Ryder, G. James, E. Pulcini and A. Parker. 40th annual APIC conference, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Ft Lauderdale, June, 2013.
  • "Peripheral IV Blood Control Catheter Design and Biofilm Formation." Ryder M, deLancey Pulcini E, Parker A, James G. Poster at Infusion Nurses Society (INS) Annual Convention and Industrial Exhibition, Charlotte, NC, May 18-23, 2013.
  • "Comparison of Bacterial Transfer and Biofilm Formation on Intraluminal Catheter Catheter Surfaces Among Eight Connectors in a Clinically Simulated in vitro Model" Ryder M, deLancey Pulcini E, Parker A, James G. American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN), Clinical Nutrition Week 2013. Phoenix, Feb 9-12, 2013.
  • "Some implementation issues with Gaussian iterative samplers in finite precision." Southern Uncertainty Quantification conference. Dunedin, New Zealand, Jan 7, 2013.
  • "The effect of a titanium bonded PICC on the reduction of extraluminal catheter surface fibrin deposition and venous thrombosis in an in vivo clinically simulated ovine model (pilot study)." Ryder M, Gunther R, Griffey S, Breznock G, Parker A. Association for Vascular Access, San Antonio, October 2012.
  • "Statistical methods for analyzing research data." American Society for Microbiology Biofilm Conference Workshop, Miami, September 29, 2012.
  • "Evaluation of Fluid Path Colonization in NeedleFree Connectors and Biofilm Formation in Central Venous Catheters." Elinor deLancey Pulcini, Al Parker, Marcia Ryder, Alison Burcar, Garth James. ASM Biofilm Meeting, Miami, September, 2012.
  • "Experimental design and statistical analysis of in vitro models of oral biofilms" at the Biofilm Science & Technology Meeting Workshop, MSU-Bozeman, July, 2012 (example DFR reactor data).
  • "Statistics and Biofilms." An invited talk at 3M in Minneapolis, MN. June 29, 2012.
  • "In vitro comparison of biofilm formation in blood control (BC) and non BC-PIV catheters." Marcia Ryder, Elinor deLancey Pulcini, Albert Parker, Steve Fisher, Laura Bickle, and Garth James. Infusion Nurses Society (INS) Annual Convention and Industrial Exhibition. Las Vegas, NV. April 30-May 3, 2012.
  • "Building Soft Clusters of Data via the Information Bottleneck Method." Russell J. Ricker, Albert E. Parker, Tomas Gedeon, Alexander G. Dimitrov. Undergraduate Scholars poster session, Bozeman, MSU, April 19, 2012.
  • "Evaluation of 3M. Petrifilm. AC plates as an equivalent alternative to drop plating on R2A agar plates in a biofilm system." Blaine Fritz, Darla Goeres, Diane Walker, Al Parker, Danielle Orr. Undergraduate Scholars poster session, Bozeman, MSU, April 19, 2012.
  • "Statistical Assessment and Standardization of the MBEC Assay for Testing Disinfectant Efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm." Innovotech's EVALUATION OF ADHESION AND BIOFILM FORMATION ON MEDICAL DEVICES WORKSHOP to attendants from FDA, NIST and industry. Silver Spring, Maryland. April 12, 2012.
  • "The Effect of Chlorhexidine Catheter Coating Compared to an Uncoated and Biomimetic Catheter on the Reduction of Fibrin Sheath Formation in an in vivo Clinically Simulated Ovine Model." Ryder M., Gunther RA., Sylvia CJ., Breznock EM., Griffey S., Parker A. SHEA, Jacksonville, FL. April, 2012.
  • "The Effect of Chlorhexidine Catheter Coating Compared to a Biomimetic Catheter on the Reduction of Fibrin Sheath Formation in the presence of Staphylococcus aureus colonization in an in vivo Clinically Simulated Ovine Model" Ryder M., Gunther RA., Sylvia CJ., Breznock EM., Griffey S., James G., Pulcini E., Parker A.. SHEA, Jacksonville, FL. April, 2012.
  • "Polynomial Accelerated Iterative Sampling of Normal Distributions" SIAM's 7th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Computations, and Inverse Problems Symposium. Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 19, 2011.
  • "Using equivalence testing in microbiology" at the Biofilm Science & Technology Meeting, MSU-Bozeman, July, 2011.
  • "Differences in Bacterial Transfer and Fluid Path Colonization through Needle-free Connector-Catheter Systems In Vitro." Ryder, M., James, G., Pulcini, E. Bickle, L., Pesch, M., Parker, A. Infusion Nurses Society (INS) Annual Convention and Industrial Exhibition. Louisville, Kentucky at the Kentucky International Convention Center. May 23-26, 2011.
  • "Importance of Statistical Design and Analysis" at the Biofilm Science & Technology Meeting Workshop, MSU-Bozeman, Feb, 2011 (example MBEC data).
  • "Differences in Bacterial Transfer and Fluid Path Colonization through Needle-free Connector-Catheter Systems In Vitro." Ryder, M., James, G., Pulcini, E. Bickle, L., Pesch, M., Parker, A. The Society for Healthcare and Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Poster Session at the Annual Scientific Meeting. Dallas. April 1-4, 2011.
  • "Drawing samples from high dimensional Gaussians using polynomials" at the American Statistical Association Montana Chapter meeting, Bozeman, MT. September 14, 2010.
  • "A Modified CDC Biofilm Reactor to Produce Mature Biofilms on the Surface of PEEK Membranes for an In Vivo Animal Model Application." Williams, D.L., Woodbury, K.L., Parker, A.E., and Bloebaum, R.D. Poster Session at the Montana Biofilm Meeting, MSU-Bozeman, July 2010.
  • "Statistically assessing limits of detection and performance standards" at the Biofilm Science & Technology Meeting, MSU-Bozeman, July, 2010.
  • "Importance of Statistical Design and Analysis" at the Biofilm Science & Technology Meeting Workshop, MSU-Bozeman, July, 2010 (example CDC reactor data).
  • "A Modified CDC Biofilm Reactor to Produce Mature Biofilms on the Surface of PEEK Membranes for an In Vivo Animal Model Application. Williams, D.L., Woodbury, K.L., Parker, A.E., and Bloebaum, R.D. Poster Session at the 110th Am. Soc. Microbiol. Gen. Meet. 2820. May, San Diego, 2010.
  • "Accelerating Gibbs sampling using matrix decompositions." Workshop on Statistical Inference and Partial Differential Equations (SIPE). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. January 18, 2010.
  • "Ruggedness assessment and experimental design in the biofilm laboratory." Biological and Economic Analysis Division (BEAD) and Antimicrobials Division (AD) of the EPA, Fort Meade, Maryland, December 2-3, 2009.
  • "Ruggedness Assessment and Experimental Design in the Biofilm Laboratory." 5th American Society for Microbiology Conference on Biofilms. Standardized Biofilm Methods Workshop. Cancun, Mexico. November 15, 2009.
  • "Using linear solvers to sample large Gaussians" at the Applied Math Seminar, MSU-Bozeman, October 29, 2009.
  • "Accelerated Gibbs sampling from multivariate normal distributions" at the Department of Mathematical Sciences Colloquim at the University of Montana, Missoula. October 19, 2009.
  • Symmetry breaking in soft clustering decoding of neural codes A. G. Dimitrov, A. Parker and T. Gedeon. Poster presentation in BMC Neuroscience, 10(Suppl 1):P120, July 13, 2009.
  • "Some Statistical considerations in molecular methods" at the Biofilm Science & Technology Meeting, MSU-Bozeman, July 9, 2009.
  • "Ruggedness Assessment and Experimental Design in the Biofilm Laboratory" at the Biofilm Science & Technology Meeting Workshop, MSU-Bozeman, July 6, 2009 (example CDC reactor data).
  • "Statistical thinking in antibiofilm research" with Cord and Marty at the Medical Biofilm Lab and then the Standardized Biofilm Methods Lab, Montana State University. October 22, 2008.
  • "CG optimizers, Lanczos Eigensolvers, and sampling" Electronics Lab Meeting. University of Otago, Dunedin. March 13, 2008.
  • "Exact versus Lanczos Eigensolvers" Electronics Lab Meeting. University of Otago, Dunedin. February 28, 2008.
  • "Gaussian Processes" Electronics Lab Meeting. University of Otago, Dunedin. October 5, 2007.
  • "Eye Motion Estimation and Image Dewarping using a Map Seeking Circuit" Center for Adaptive Optics Spring Retreat, Image Processing Workshop. UC Santa Cruz. March 30, 2006.
  • "Symmetry Breaking when deciphering the neural code," Department of Mathematical Sciences Colloquim at the University of Montana, Missoula. September 12, 2005.
  • "Retinal Motion Tracking in Adaptive Optics Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy" Optical Society of America Conference 2005: Signal Recovering in Adaptive Optics. Charlotte, NC, June, 2005.
  • "Dewarping Images from a Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope" Center for Adaptive Optics, SLO image processing meeting. UC Berkeley, April 19, 2005.
  • "Tracking Eye Motion from Retinal Scan Data with a Map Seeking Circuit" Center for Adaptive Optics Fall Retreat, Controlling Eye Movements Session. UCLA Conference Center, Lake Arrowhead, CA. November 13, 2004.
  • "Your Brain, Crickets, and Math" Longfellow Elementary School. Bozeman, MT. May, 2004.
  • "Phase Transitions in the Information Distortion" Neural Information Processing Systems 2003 workshop on Information Theory and Learning: The Bottleneck and Distortion Approach. Whistler, BC, Canada. December 13, 2003.
  • "Modelling and Control Issues Arising in the Quest for a Neural Decoder" Computation, Control, and Biological Systems Conference VIII. MSU-Bozeman. July 30, 2003.
  • "A Bifurcation Theoretical Approach to Solving the Neural Coding Problem" IGERT Symposium. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. June 28, 2003.
  • "Symmetry Breaking Bifurcations of the Information Distortion" Dissertation Defense, Bozeman, MT. April 8, 2003.
  • "Annealing and the Rate Distortion Problem" NIPS, Poster Session. Vancouver, Canada. December 11, 2002.
  • "Symmetry Breaking Bifurcation of the Distortion Problem" American Mathematical Society Sectional Meeting. University of Wisonsin, Madison, WI. October 13, 2002.
  • "Coninuation and Bifurcation of the Distortion Problem" American Mathematical Society Sectional Meeting, Poster Session. University of Wisonsin, Madison, WI. October 13, 2002.
  • "Continuation and Symmetry Breaking Bifurcation of the Information Distortion Function" Applied Mathematics Seminar, MSU-Bozeman. September 19, 2002.
  • "Gottfried Leibniz, Carl Gauss and Neural Coding" Bozeman High School. Bozeman, MT. May 9, 2002.
  • "Information Distortion and Neural Coding" First SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences, Poster Session. Boston, MA. March 7, 2002.
  • "Recognition" Journal Club, Center for Computational Biology, MSU-Bozeman. February 26, 2002.
  • "Functional Magnetic Resonance". Journal Club, Center for Computational Biology, MSU-Bozeman. February 20, 2002.
  • "Neural Coding Through the Ages". Complex Biological Systems Seminar, MSU-Bozeman. February 1, 2002.
  • "Approaches to Discovering Neural Coding Schemes" Applied Mathematics Seminar, MSU-Bozeman. January 31, 2002.
  • "PhD Oral Examination: Information Theory and Neural Coding" Applied Mathematics Seminar, MSU-Bozeman. November 29, 2001.
  • "A Probability Model for Neural Coding" Meeting of the Montana Chapter of the American Statistical Association. Montana Tech, Butte, MT. October 23, 2001.
  • "Devising an Experimental Protocol for Controlling HIV Infection through Structured Treatment Interruptions." S. Kubiak, H. Lehr, R. Levy, T. Moeller, A. Parker, and E. Swim. Applied Mathematics Seminar, MSU-Bozeman. October 11,2001.
    The Vertex Search: finding extrema of the information distortion function
  • "My Research: Neural Coding and Decoding" Complex Biological Systems Retreat. Bridger Ski Resort. September, 2001.
  • "Modeling Control of HIV Infection through Structured Treatment Interruptions" Industrial Mathematical Modeling Workshop. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. August, 2001: three seperate files, all in ps: slides, more slidesand more slides.
  • "Computational Issues when Modelling Neural Coding Schemes" Meeting of Montana NSF EPSCoR Project Participants. Northern Rockies Center for Applied Computational Science. MSU-Bozeman. July 9, 2001.
  • "Probability Theory and Neural Coding" Final Project for Probability Theory: MATH586. MSU-Bozeman. May 4, 2001.
  • "Functionalism" Journal Club, Center for Computational Biology, MSU-Bozeman. May 3, 2001.
  • "The Fundamentals of Neural Coding and Decoding" Montana Academy of the Sciences. MSU-Bozeman. April, 2001.
  • "Large Scale Optimization Techniques for Alex's Neural Coding and Decoding Model" Center for Computational Biology. MSU-Bozeman. February 27, 2001.

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