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Journal Articles

 
 H. Tian, X. Jiang, F. Trozzi, S. Xiao, E. C. Larson, and P. Tao, “Explore Protein Conformational Space With Variational Autoencoder,” Journal on Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, section Biological Modeling and Simulation (Frontiers), (November 2021), doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2021.781635.
 
 Y. Wang, J. Dai, T. Morgan, M. Elsaid, A. Garbens, X. Qu, R. Steinberg, J. Gahan, and E. C. Larson, “,” Journal of Robotic Surgery (JORS), (2021), doi: 10.1007/s11701-021-01316-2.
 
 M. Makos, N. Verma, E. C. Larson, and E. Kraka, “Generative Adversarial Networks for Transition State Geometry Prediction,” The Journal of Chemical Physics, 155, 024116 (2021), doi.org/10.1063/5.0055094.
 
 R. Srinivas, N. Verma, E. Kraka, and E. C. Larson, “,” Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, Vol. 61, Issue 5, pp. 2159-2174, (May 2021), doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.0c01355.
 
 N. Verma, X. Qu, F. Trozzi, M. Elsaied, N. Karki, P. Tao, B. Zoltowski, E. C. Larson, and E. Kraka, “,” International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol. 22, Issue 3, Article 1392, (2021), doi: 10.3390/ijms22031392..
 
 J. Wilson, S. Nair, S. Scielzo, and E. C. Larson, “,” Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, Vol. 5, Issue 1, Article 40, 35 pages, (March 2021), doi: 10.1145/3448111.
 
 S. Alhelaly, J. Dworak, K. Nepal, T. Manikas, P. Gui and A. L. Crouch, "," in IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, Vol. 9, Vo. 2, pp. 774-786, (April-June 2021), doi: 10.1109/TETC.2020.2984162.
 
 X. Ding and E. C. Larson, “,” Journal of Neurocomputing, Vol. 409, pp. 74-82, (October 2020).
 
 J. Wilson, S. Nair, S. Scielzo, and E. C. Larson, “,” International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace, Vol. 7, Issue 3, Article 7, (2020).
  X. Ding, Z. Raziei, E. C. Larson, E. Olinick, P. Krueger, and M. Hahsler, “,” EURASIP Journal on Information Security, (May 2020), doi:10.1186/s13635-020-00109-8.
  X. Wang, T. Liu, S. Guo, M. A. Thornton, and P. Gui, “,” IEEE Transactions on VLSI, Vol. 28, Issue 1, pp. 12–22, (January 2020), (ieeexplore pre-print access, August 12, 2019), doi:10.1109/TVLSI.2019.2931478.
  Y. Sun, F. Zhang, H. Jiang, K. Nepal, J. Dworak, T. W. Manikas, and R. I. Bahar, “,” Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications (JETTA), (December 2019)..
  K. N. Smith and M. A. Thornton, “,” ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems, Vol. 16, No. 1, Article 3, 21 pages, (October 2019).
  J. M. Medellin and M. A. Thornton, “,” Annals of Emerging Technologies in Computing, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 15–27, (October 2019).
 

T. Giallanza, T. Siems, E. Sharp, E. Gabrielsen, I. Johnson, M. A. Thornton, and E. C. Larson, “,” Proc. of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 45-1 - 45-22, (June 2019).
  K. N. Smith, T. P. LaFave Jr., D. L. MacFarlane, and M. A. Thornton, “,” Journal of Applied Logics, Vol. 5, Issue 9, pp. 1781-1798, (December 2018). 
  X. Ding, D. Nassehi, and E. C. Larson, “,” IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Vol. 23, No. 6, pp. 2603-2610, (November 2018).
  C. Wang, X. Ding, and E. C. Larson. “,” Journal of Interactive, Wearable, and Ubiquitous Technology (IMWUT), (December 2017).
  S. D. Gupta and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, Vol. 6, Issue 1, pp. 34-43, (March 2016), (pre-published February 2016, IEEEXplore).
  P. Niemann, R. Wille, D. M. Miller, M. A. Thornton, and R. Drechsler, “,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 86-99, (January 2016), (pre-published July 21, 2015, IEEEXplore.ieee.org pre-publication version).
  M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 64, No. 12, pp. 3580-3590, (December 2015), (pre-published February 6, 2015, IEEEXplore.ieee.org pre-publication version).
  K. Nepal, S. Alhelaly, J. Dworak, R. I. Bahar, T. W. Manikas, and P. Gui, “,” IEEE Trans. Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits, Vol. 34, No. 5, pp. 849-861, (May 2015).
  D. Y. Feinstein and M. A. Thornton, “,” Journal of Multiple-Valued Logic and Soft Computing, Vol. 24, No. 1-4, pp. 93-108, (2015).
  T. W. Manikas, M. A. Thornton, and D. Y. Feinstein, “,” Journal of Multiple-Valued Logic and Soft Computing, Vol. 24, No. 1-4, pp. 135-149, (2015) (invited paper).
  S. Nagayama, T. Sasao, J. Butler, M. Thornton, and T. W. Manikas, “,” IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, Vol. E97-D, No. 9, pp. 2234-2242, (September 2014).
  R. P. Menon and M. A. Thornton, “,” Journal of Multiple-Valued Logic and Soft Computing, Vol. 22, No. 1-2, pp. 21-39, (2014).
 

P. Laplante, B. Kalinowski, and M. A. Thornton, “,” Software Quality Professional, Vol. 15, Issue 1, pp. 4-15, (December 2012).
 

M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE Computing in Science and Engineering, IEEE Computer Society Press and American Institute of Physics, Vol. 14, Issue 5, pp. 86-87, (September-October 2012), (IEEEXplore.ieee.org).
 

D. Y. Feinstein and M. A. Thornton, “,” Journal of Multiple-Valued Logic and Soft Computing, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 325-339, (2012).
 

D. Easton and M. A. Thornton, “,” Journal of International Business Management & Research, Vol. 2, Issue 4, (May 2011).
 

T. W. Manikas, L. L. Spenner, P. D. Krier, M. A. Thornton, S. Nair, and S. A. Szygenda, “,” Journal of Systematics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 89-93, (2011).
 

S. Barrett and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE Computing in Science and Engineering, IEEE Computer Society Press and American Institute of Physics, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 62-65, (July/August 2010), (IEEEXplore.ieee.org).
 

D. Y. Feinstein, M. A. Thornton, and D.M. Miller, “,” Journal of Multiple-Valued Logic and Soft Computing, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 361-377, (2009).
 

W. Chen, M. A. Thornton, and P. Gui, “,” IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 45, Issue 16, pp. 824-826, (July 2009).
 

A. Fit-Florea, L. Li, M. A. Thornton, and D. W. Matula, “,” IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 163-174, (February 2009), (IEEEXplore.ieee.org version).
 

D. Easton, M. A. Thornton, V.S.S. Nair, and S. A. Szygenda, “,” IIIS Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Vol. 6, No. 4, (2008).
 

C. M. Lawler, M. A. Harper, S. A. Szygenda, and M. A. Thornton, “,” International Journal of Business Information Systems, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 317-331, (2008).
 

D. M. Miller, D. Y. Feinstein, and M. A. Thornton, “,” Journal of Multiple-Valued Logic and Soft Computing, Vol. 13, No. 4-6, pp. 537-552, (2007).
 

L. Li, M. A. Thornton, and S. Szygenda, “,” IIIS Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Vol. 4, No. 2, (2006).
 

R. B. Reese, M. A. Thornton, and C. Traver, “,” IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 54, No. 7, pp. 788-799, (July 2005).
 

R. B. Reese, M. A. Thornton, C. Traver, and D. Hemmendinger, “,” IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 532-550, (April 2005).
 

A. Fit-Florea, D.W. Matula, and M. A. Thornton “,” IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 41, Issue 2, pp. 57-59, (January 2005).
 

A. Fit-Florea, D.W. Matula, and M. A. Thornton “,” IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 41, Issue 2, pp. 56-57, (January 2005).
 

M. A. Thornton and D. M. Miller, “,” Journal of Multiple-Valued Logic and Soft Computing, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 189-202, (2004).
 

M. A. Thornton, “,” Automation and Remote Control, Vol. 65, Issue 6, pp. 1007-1017, (June 2004), (invited paper, in English and Russian).
 

R. B. Reese, M. A. Thornton, and C. Traver, “,” IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 40, Issue 6, pp. 365-366, (March 2004).
 

R. B. Reese, M. A. Thornton, and C. Traver, “,” IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 40, Issue 4, pp. 227-229, (February 2004).
 

M. A. Thornton, “,” Parallel Processing Letters, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 497-507, (September 2003).
 

M. A. Thornton, “,” Computers & Electrical Engineering, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 303-315 (March 2003).
 

R. Drechsler, M. Kerttu, P. Lindgren, and M. A. Thornton “,” Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 159-164, (October 2002), (invited paper).
 

M. A. Thornton, R. Drechsler, and W. Günther, “,” VLSI Design, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 53-64, (February 2002).
 

A. Žužek, R. Drechsler, and M. A. Thornton, “,” Integration, the VLSI Journal, Vol. 29, pp. 101-116, (September 2000).
 

M. A. Thornton and V. S. S. Nair, “,” ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 219-230, (April 1999).
 

M. A. Thornton and D. L. Andrews, “,” Journal of Computing and Information Technology, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 359-371 (December 1998).
 

M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 46, No. 7, pp. 811-816 (July 1997).
 

M. A. Thornton and V. S. S. Nair, “,” IEE Proceedings-Computers and Digital Techniques, Vol. 143, Issue 2, pp. 145-150, (March 1996).
 

M. A. Thornton and V. S. S. Nair, “,” IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design, Vol. 14, No. 11., pp. 1328-1341, (November 1995).
 

M. A. Thornton and V. S. S. Nair, “,” Digital Signal Processing: A Review Journal, pp. 245-254, (October 1994). 

Books, Book Chapters and Encyclopedia Articles

    

D. K. Houngninou, M. A. Thornton and D. M. Miller, “On Computing the Reed-Muller Spectrum/Algebraic Normal Form for Cryptography and Switching Theory,” Chapter 1 in Advances in the Boolean Domain (pp. 28). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Bernd Steinbach (Ed.), 2022.
    

M. A. Thornton, D. K. Houngninou and D. M. Miller, “Extracting the Reed-Muller Spectrum/Algebraic Normal Form from a Circuit Specification,” Chapter 2 in Advances in the Boolean Domain (pp. 28). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Bernd Steinbach (Ed.), 2022.
    

M. A. Thornton, “Keystroke Dynamics,” Article in the Encyclopedia of Cryptography, Security and Privacy, 3rd Edition, S. Jajodia, P. Samarati, and M. Yung, Editors, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, May 2021, (first online February 7, 2021), doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-27739-9_783-2.
 

M. A. Thornton, , , pp. xix - xxii, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge, UK, Bernd Steinbach, Editor, 2018, ISBN 13-978-1-5275-0371-7, 10-1-5275-0371-2, November 15, 2017. 
  M. A. Thornton, “A Vector Space Method for Boolean Networks,” in , Chapter 1, Section 1.1, pp. 3-50, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge, UK, Bernd Steinbach, editor, 2015, ISBN 13-978-1-4438-8947-6; 10-1-4438-8947-4, April 28, 2016.
  M. A. Thornton and Micah A. Thornton, “,” in Problems and New Solutions in the Boolean Domain, Chapter 4, Section 4.1, pp. 269-286, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge, UK, Bernd Steinbach, editor, 2015, ISBN 13-978-1-4438-8947-6; 10-1-4438-8947-4, April 28, 2016.
  M. A. Thornton, , Morgan & Claypool Publishers, San Rafael, California, ISBN 9781627052337 (hardcopy), ISBN 9781627052344 (eBook), (April 2014).
 

R. Kotamarti, M. A. Thornton, and M.H. Dunham, “,” in , Chapter 17, pp. 279-300, IGI-Global Press, S. Ali, N. Abbadeni and M. Batouche, editors, ISBN 978-1-4666-1830-5 (hardcopy), ISBN 978-1-4666-1831-2 (eBook), May 2012.
       

M. A. Thornton, “Keystroke Dynamics,” Article in the , 2nd edition, pp. 688-691, Springer Publishers, H. C. A. van Tilborg and S. Jajodia, editors, ISBN 978-1-4419-5905-8, November 2011..

L. Li and M. A. Thornton, , Morgan & Claypool Publishers, San Rafael, California, ISBN 9781608451784 (hardcopy), ISBN 9781608451791 (eBook), (February 2010).

D. M. Miller and M. A. Thornton, , Morgan & Claypool Publishers, San Rafael, California, ISBN 10-1598291904 (hardcopy), 10-1598291912 (eBook), (January 2008).

R. B. Reese and M. A. Thornton, , Morgan & Claypool Publishers, San Rafael, California, ISBN 10-1598291068 (hardcopy), ISBN 10-1598291076 (eBook), (November 2006.)

M. A. Thornton, R. Drechsler, and D.M. Miller, , Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Massachusetts, ISBN 0-7923-7433-9, (July 2001).

Patents

U.S. Patent Application 17/230,251, “Systems and Methods for Controlled Quantum Information Processing Operation with Trans-radix Basis Components,” November 25, 2021, April 15, 2021 (filing date), M. A. Thornton (inventor).
U.S. Patent Application 17/350,824, “,” (continuation of U.S. Patent 11,042,638) October 7, 2021, June 17, 2021 (filing date), M. A. Thornton, M. A. Taylor, K. N. Smith (inventors).
U.S. Patent Application 17/468,358, “Systems and Methods for Efficient Photonic Heralded Quantum Computing Systems,” September 7, 2021 (filing date), D. L. MacFarlane, M. A. Thornton, W. V. Oxford (inventors).
U.S. Patent 11,080,614, “,” August 3, 2021, December 5, 2017 (filing date), W. V. Oxford, M. A Thornton, D. L. MacFarlane, T. P. LaFave, Jr. (inventors).
U.S. Provisional Patent 63/211,281, “Computing System Network Anomaly Detection Using Packet Prediction and External Sensors,” June 16, 2021 (filing date), M.A. Thornton, E. C. Larson, T. W. Manikas, M. A. Taylor, A. Sinha, N. Srirama.
  U.S. Provisional Patent 63/180,877, “Systems and Methods for Hybrid Quantum PUF Construction,” April 28, 2021 (filing date), D. L. MacFarlane, M. A. Thornton, W. V. Oxford inventors).
  U.S. Patent Application , “Systems and Methods for Preservation of Qubits,” (continuation of 10,878,333), November 24, 2020 (filing date), claiming priority from: Quantum State Oscillators and Methods for Operation and Construction of Same, U.S. Provisional Patent No. 62/491,815, filed April 28, 2017, M. A. Thornton, D. L. MacFarlane, T. P. LaFave, Jr., W. V. Oxford (inventors).
 

U.S. Patent Application 16/825,449, “,” September 24, 2020, March 20, 2020 (filing date), M. A. Thornton, D. L. MacFarlane, W. V. Oxford, Micah A. Thornton (inventors).
 

U.S. Patent 10,579,936 B2, “,” March 3, 2020, April 27, 2018 (filing date), M. A. Thornton, D. L. MacFarlane, T. P. LaFave, Jr., W. V. Oxford (inventors).
  U.S. Patent Application 67/776,238, “Generating Upsampled Signal from Gyroscope Data,” December 6, 2019 (filing date), M. A. Thornton, E. C. Larson, I. Johnson, T. Siems, E. Gabrielsen (inventors).
  U.S. Patent 9,684,489, “,” June 20, 2017, August 31, 2012 (filing date), M. A. Thornton, S. Gupta (inventors).
  U.S. Patent 9,329,699, “,” May 3, 2016, October 22, 2011 (filing date), J. D. Allen, J. J. Howard, M. A. Thornton (inventors).
 

U.S. Patent 8,847,625, “,” September 30, 2014, February 16, 2013, (filing date), M. A. Thornton, R. Menon (inventors).
 

U.S. Patent 7,962,537, “,” June 14, 2011, June 26, 2007 (filing date), D. W. Matula, M. A. Thornton, A. Fit-Florea, L. Li (inventors).
  U.S. Patent 7,043,710 B2, “,” May 9, 2006, February 10, 2004 (filing date), R. B. Reese, M. A. Thornton (inventors).

Conference Proceedings

  

X. Wen, T. Fu, J. Liu, R. Hua, M. A. Thornton and P. Gui, “Controller Area Network (CAN) Bus Transceiver with Authentication Support,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 4 pp., May 28, 2022, (to appear).
  

G. Sammit, Z. Wu, Y. Wang, Z. Wu, A. Kamata, J. Nese, and E. C. Larson, “Automated Prosody Classification for Oral Reading Fluency with Quadratic Kappa Loss and Attentive X-vectors,” International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2022), May 22-27, 2022, (to appear).
  

A. Sinha and M.A. Thornton, “Quantum Multiple Valued Kernel Circuits,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple Valued Logic (ISMVL), 8 pp., May 18, 2022, (to appear).
  

N. Crothers, Y. Sinha, S. Scielzo, and E. C. Larson, “Real-Time Situation Awareness Assessment for Pilots via Machine Learning: Constructing an Automated Classification System,” Modeling & Simulation (MODSIM) World 2022, May 9-11, 2022, (to appear).
  

M. A. Taylor, E. C. Larson, and M. Thornton, “General Process Detection Through Physical Side Channel Characterization,” IEEE International Conference on Systems (SysCon 2022), April 25-28, 2022, (to appear).
  

M. Lee, J. Sylvester, S. Aggarwal, A. Sinha, M. Taylor, N. Srirama, E.C. Larson and M.A. Thornton, “Side Channel Identification using Granger Time Series Clustering with Applications to Control Systems,” International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy (ICISSP), 11 pp., February 9, 2022.
  

J. Sylvester, M. Lee, M.A. Thornton, E.C. Larson, S. Aggarwal, M.J. Hornbach, M. Manga, and B. Miller, “Time Series Clustering using Granger Causality to Identify Time Series Applicable to Forecasting Internal Waves in Lake and Marine Environments,” American Geophysical Union (AGU), December 13-17, 2021, (abstract only).
  

C. A. Harper, A. Sinha, M. A. Thornton, and E. C. Larson, “,” Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers (ASILOMAR), pp. 372-375, October 31-November 3, 2021, doi: 10.1109/IEEECONF53345.2021.9723370.
  

Y. Sun, H. Jiang, L. Ramakrishnan, J. Dworak, K. Nepal, T. Manikas, and R. I. Bahar, “,” 2021 IEEE International Test Conference, October 10-15, 2021, doi: 10.1109/ITC50571.2021.00045.
  

A. Sinha, M. Taylor, N. Srirama, T. Manikas, E. C. Larson, and M. A. Thornton, “,” 2021 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), August 8-11, 2021, doi: 10.1109/CCTA48906.2021.9659110.
  

M. Taylor, E. C. Larson, and M. A. Thornton, “,” 2021 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR), pp. 47-54, July 26-28, 2021, doi: 10.1109/CSR51186.2021.9527943.
  

E. Tsang, P. Foster, E. Adams, L. Ketterlin-Geller, E.C. Larson, and C. Clark (2021). “,” International Conference of Computational Thinking and STEM Education 2021 (CTE-STEM 2021), pp. 47-50, June 2-4, 2021.
  

D. Pompa and M. A. Thornton, “,” 18th International Conference on Quantum Physics and Logic, pp. 7, June 7-11, 2021, (poster presentation).
  

L. Wood and E. C. Larson, “,” 2021 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pp. 2800-2804, June 6-11, 2021.
  

R. Oshana, M. A. Thornton, E. C. Larson, and X. Roumegue, “,” 2021 IEEE International Systems Conference (SYSCON), pp. 1-8, April 15-May 15, 2021.
  

S. Scielzo, J. Wilson, and E. C. Larson, “,” Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation & Education Conference (I/ITSEC), November 29-December 3, 2020, Overall Best Paper Winner, Platinum Paper (winner among all papers at conference).
  

K. N. Smith, M. A. Thornton, and D. M. Miller, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 259-264, November 11, 2020.
   K. N. Smith, D. L. MacFarlane and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 164-169, November 10, 2020.
  M. A. Thornton, “Introduction to Quantum Computation Reliability,” IEEE International Test Conference (ITC), online proceedings, November 3-5, 2020 (invited, online, video).
  C. A. Harper, L. Lyons, M. A. Thornton, and E. C. Larson, “,” 2020 54th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, pp. 162-165, November 1-4, 2020.
 

K. N. Smith and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers, and Signal Processing (PacRim), August 21 - 23, 2019.
  K. N. Smith and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), pp. 73 – 76, August 4-7, 2019.
  X. Ding and E. C. Larson, “,” 7th ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale, pp. 285-288, August 12-14, 2020, doi: 10.1145/3386527.3406729.
 

J. Medellin and M. A. Thornton, “,” International Conference on Emerging Topics in Computing (iCETiC), August 19-20, 2019, Springer Nature, LNICST Vol. 285, pp. 19-28, pub. date: July 14, 2019 (best paper award).
 

K. N. Smith and M. A. Thornton, “,” ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA), pp. 579 – 588, June 22-26, 2019.
 

K. N. Smith, M. Soeken, B. Schmitt, G. De Micheli, and M. A. Thornton, “,” Quantum Physics and Logic Conference (QPL), pp. 1 – 11, June 10-14, 2019, arXiv:1901.02406.
 

T. W. Manikas and M. A. Thornton, “Model Checking for Security Analysis of Cyber-Physical Systems,” International Conference on Data Intelligence and Security (ICDIS), South Padre Island, TX, June 2019. 
  K. N. Smith and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE Symposium on Multiple Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 114-119, May 21-23, 2019, arXiv:1906.00491.
  T. Giallanza, E. Gabrielsen, M. A. Taylor, E. C. Larson, and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 126-131, May 21-23, 2019.
  S. Douglas and E. C. Larson, “,” ICASSP 2019 – 2019 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pp. 7755-7759, May 2019 (invited paper)..
  M. A. Thornton and D. L. MacFarlane, “,” International Conference on Networked Systems/Workshop on Quantum Technology and Optimization Problems (NetSys/QTOP), Springer-Verlag LNCS 11413, pp. 171-182, March 18-21, 2019, presentation video.
  J. Medellin and M. A. Thornton, “,” in proc. International Conference on Grid, Cloud, and Cluster Computing (GCC), July 30, 2018.
 

J. Medellin and M. A. Thornton, “,” in proc. International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV), July 30, 2018.
 

X. Wang, T. Liu, S. Guo, M. A. Thornton, and P. Gui, “,” IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), pp. 360-363, June 10-12, 2018.
 

Micah A. Thornton and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 162-167, May 16-18, 2018.
  K. N. Smith, T. P. LaFave Jr., D. L. MacFarlane, and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 260-265, May 16-18, 2018.
  M. A. Taylor, K. N. Smith, and M. A. Thornton, “,” Future Technologies Conference (FTC), pp. 794-801, November 29-30, 2017.
  D. K. Houngninou and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), pp. 511-514, August 6-9, 2017.
  S. Alhelaly, J. Dworak, T. W. Manikas, P. Gui, K. Nepal, and A. L. Crouch, “,” 2017 IEEE North Atlantic Test Workshop (NATW), Providence, RI, USA, pp. 1-6, May 2017.
  K. N. Smith, M. A. Taylor, A. A. Carroll, T. W. Manikas, and M. A. Thornton, “,” Annual IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon), Montreal, QC, Canada, pp. 306-313, April 24-27, 2017.
 

A. Alharbi and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), pp. 100-107, December 18-20, 2016.
 

D. K. Houngninou and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 2167-2170, May 22-25, 2016.
  P. C. Davis, M. A. Thornton, and T. W. Manikas, “,” IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon), pp. 927-932, April 18-21, 2016.
  A. Alharbi and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), pp. 481-486, December 9-11, 2015.
   T. W. Manikas, M. A. Thornton, and S. Nagayama, “,” Society for Design and Process Science Conference (SDPS), November 1-5, 2015. 
 

K. N. Smith and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE Dallas Circuits and Systems Conference (DCAS), pp. 1-4, paper 38-2.3, October 12-13, 2015.
  S. Nagayama, T. Sasao, J. Butler, M. Thornton, and T. W. Manikas, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 170-175, May 18-20, 2015.
 

M. Thornton, T. W. Manikas, S. Szygenda, and S. Nagayama, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 196-201, May 19-21, 2014.
  S. Nagayama, T. Sasao, J. Butler, M. Thornton, and T. W. Manikas, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 190-195, May 19-21, 2014.
  K. Nepal, X. Shen, J. Dworak, T. W. Manikas, and R. I. Bahar, “,” IEEE Symposium Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI and Nanotechnology Systems, pp. 243-248, October 2013.
  J. Moore, M. A. Thornton, and D. W. Matula, “,” IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), pp. 1395-1398, August 4, 2013.
  M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 103-108, May 24-25, 2013.
 

M. A. Thornton and J. Dworak, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 310-315, May 24-25, 2013.
  M. A. Thornton and T. W. Manikas, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), Toyama, Japan, pp. 109-116, May 22-24, 2013.
 

D. Y. Feinstein and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 305-310, May 14-16, 2012.
  R. P. Menon and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 19-24, May 14-16, 2012.
  T. W. Manikas, D. Y. Feinstein, and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, pp. 244-249, May 14-16, 2012.
  R. B. Reese, S. A. Smith, and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems (ASYNC), pp. 65-72, May 7-9, 2012.
 

S. Pham, J. L. Dworak, and T. W. Manikas, “,” IEEE North Atlantic Test Workshop, May 2012.
 

D. Y. Feinstein and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 164-168, May 23-25, 2011.
 

T. W. Manikas, M. A. Thornton, and D. Y. Feinstein, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 263-267, May 23-25, 2011.
 

D. M. Easton and M. A. Thornton, “,” Intellectbase International Consortium Academic Conference, March 25-26, 2011.
  M. A. Thornton, “Spectral Analysis of Digital Logic Circuit Netlists,” International Conference on Computer Aided Systems Theory (EUROCAST), pp. 414-415, February 6-11, 2011.
  T. W. Manikas, “Modeling of Large-Scale Disaster-Tolerant Systems,” Society for Design and Process Science Conference (SDPS), Dallas, Texas, June 6-11, 2010.
  S. Datla and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Mulitple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 128-133, May 26-28, 2010.
 

T. W. Manikas, L. L. Spenner, P. D. Krier, M. A. Thornton, S. Nair, and S. A. Szygenda, “,” International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics, and Cybernetics (IMIC10), International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control Technologies (CCCT) Int. Institute of Informatics and Systemics (IIIS), Orlando, Florida, pp. 66-70, April 6-9, 2010 (best paper award).
 

P. Ongsakorn, K. Turney, M. A. Thornton, S. Nair, S. Szygenda, and T. W. Manikas, “,” IEEE Systems Conference (SYSCON), San Diego, California, pp. 610-615, April 5-6, 2010.
  L. Spenner, P. Krier, M. Thornton, S. Nair, S. Szygenda, and T. W. Manikas, “,” IEEE International Systems Conference, (SYSCON), San Diego, California, pp. 223-227, April 5-6, 2010.
 

T. W. Manikas and M. A. Thornton, “,” Symposium on Information Systems and Computing Technology Network (ISaCTN), April 2010.
 

W. Chen, M. A. Thornton, and P. Gui, “,” IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), pp. 495-498, August 2-5, 2009.
 

S. Datla, M. A. Thornton, and D. W. Matula, “,” IEEE International Conference on Application-specific Systems, Architectures, and Processors (ASAP), pp. 91-97, July 7-9, 2009.
 

D. Feinstein and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 132-138, May 21-23, 2009.
 

S. Datla, M. A. Thornton, L. Hendrix, and D. Henderson, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 256-261, May 21-23, 2009.
 

M. A. Thornton, D. W. Matula, L. Spenner, and D. M. Miller, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 202-207, May 22-23, 2008.
 

D. Y. Feinstein, M. A. Thornton, and D. M. Miller, “,” Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), pp. 1378-1381, March 10-14, 2008.
 

L. Li, F. Coyle, and M. A. Thornton, “,” Proceedings of the ECSI Forum on Design Languages, Paper 10 on CD-ROM, September 18-20, 2007.
 

K. Fazel, J. E. Rice, and M. A. Thornton, “,” Proceedings of the IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, pp. 206-209, August 22-24, 2007.
 

D. Easton, M. A. Thornton, V. S. S. Nair, and J. Stracener, “,” Proceedings of the 11th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI), July 8-11, 2007.
 

D. Easton, M. A. Thornton, and V. S. S. Nair, “,” Proceedings of the 11th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI), July 8-11, 2007.
 

D. M. Miller, D. Y. Feinstein, and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple Valued Logic (ISMVL), electronic proceedings, Session 2B, paper 1, May 14-16, 2007.
 

M. Amoui, D. Grosse, M. A. Thornton, and R. Drechsler, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple Valued Logic (ISMVL), electronic proceedings, Session 8B, paper 2, May 14-16, 2007.
 

C. M. Lawler, M. A. Thornton, and S. A. Szygenda, “,” IEEE Systems Conference, pp. 333-338, April 9-12, 2007.
 

M. A. Harper, M. A. Thornton, and S. A. Szygenda, “,” IEEE Systems Conference, pp. 2-8, April 9-12, 2007.
 

L. Li, A. Fit-Florea, M. A. Thornton, and D. W. Matula, “,” IEEE International Conference on Application-specific Systems, Architectures, and Processors (ASAP), pp. 99-104, September 11-13, 2006.
 

D. M. Miller, M. A. Thornton, and D. Goodman, “,” IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI), pp. 8597-8604 on Proceedings CD-ROM, July 16-21, 2006 (best paper of session).
 

D. M. Miller and M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 30-30 on Proceedings CD-ROM, May 17-20, 2006.
 

L. Li, M. A. Thornton, and M. A. Perkowski, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 33-33 on Proceedings CD-ROM, May 17-20, 2006.
 

S. A. Szygenda and M. A. Thornton, “,” International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications (CITSA 2005), and International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis (ISAS), pp. 171-173, July 14-17, 2005 (invited paper).
 

M. A. Harper, C. Lawler, and M. A. Thornton, “,” International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications (CITSA 2005), and International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis (ISAS), pp. 165-170, July 14-17, 2005 (invited paper).
 

M. A. Thornton, “,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 194-199, May 18-21, 2005.

Workshops


 D. K. Houngninou, D. M. Miller, and M. A. Thornton, “,” Reed-Muller Workshop (RM 2021), Proceedings of the Workshop on Applications of the Reed-Muller Expansion in Circuit Design (RMW), pp. 1-11, May 10, 2021 (unpublished workshop proceedings, abstract provided only).

K. N. Smith, J. Henderson, and M. A. Thornton, “,” International Workshop on Quantum Compilation (IWQC, in conjunction with IEEE/ACM ICCAD), November 7, 2019 (refereed abstract with presentation).
  M. A. Thornton and K. N. Smith, “,” Reed-Muller Workshop (RM 2019), Proceedings of the Workshop on Applications of the Reed-Muller Expansion in Circuit Design (RMW), pp. 34-45, May 24, 2019 (unpublished workshop proceedings, abstract provided only).
  Y. Sun, H. Jiang, L. Ramakrishnan, M. Segal, J. Dworak, K. Nepal, T. W. Manikas, and R. I. Bahar, “Scan Segment Disable for Capture Power Reduction for Low-Power Decompressed Patterns,” 2019 IEEE North Atlantic Test Workshop (NATW), Essex, VT, USA, May 2019. 
  K. N. Smith and M. A. Thornton, “,” International Workshop on Post-Binary ULSI Systems (ULSI-WS), pp. 12-17, May 15, 2018.
 

E. Gabrielsen and M. A. Thornton, “,” Southwest Quantum Information and Technology Annual SQuInT Workshop (SQuInT), February 22-24, 2018.
  K. N. Smith, M. A. Thornton, D. L. MacFarlane, T. P. LaFave, Jr., and W. V. Oxford, “,” Southwest Quantum Information and Technology Annual SQuInT Workshop (SQuInT), February 22-24, 2018 (refereed abstract).
  K. N. Smith and M. A. Thornton, “,” Design Automation for Quantum Computers Workshop, IEEE International Conference on Computer Aided Design (ICCAD-QCEDA), November 13-16, 2017 (refereed abstract and poster presentation).
  M. A. Thornton, D. L. MacFarlane, T. P. LaFave, Jr., W. V. Oxford, “,” NIST Single Photon Workshop, July 31, 2017-August 4, 2017, (unpublished workshop proceedings).
  M. A. Thornton and D. M. Miller, “,” Proceedings of the Workshop on Applications of the Reed-Muller Expansion in Circuit Design (RMW), May 24-25, 2017 (unpublished workshop proceedings, link to abstract only).
  F. Zhang, Y. Sun, X. Shen, K. Nepal, J. Dworak, T. W. Manikas, P. Gui, R.I. Bahar, A. Crouch, and J. Potter, “,” IEEE North Atlantic Test Workshop, May 2016 (IEEE Excellence in Design and Test Engineering Award).
  M. A. Thornton, “,” Proceedings of the International Workshop on Boolean Problems (IWSBP), pp. 1-21, September 17-19, 2014 (keynote talk, unpublished workshop proceedings).
  Micah A. Thornton and M. A. Thornton, “,” Proceedings of the International Workshop on Boolean Problems (IWSBP), pp. 33-39, September 17-19, 2014 (unpublished workshop proceedings, link to abstract only).
  T. W. Manikas, M. A. Thornton, and F. R. Chang, “,’ (abstract only), Proceedings of the Workshop on Applications of the Reed-Muller Expansion in Circuit Design (RMW), pp. 61-65, May 24-25, 2013 (unpublished workshop proceedings, link to abstract only).
  K. Nepal, X. Shen, J. Dworak, T. W. Manikas, and R. I. Bahar, “Harnessing an FPGA for Built-in Self-Repair in a 3D Die Stack,” IEEE North Atlantic Test Workshop, May 2013.
  M. A. Thornton and J. Dworak, “,” Proceedings of the Workshop on Applications of the Reed-Muller Expansion in Circuit Design and Representations and Methodology of Future Computing Technology (RMW), pp. 11-20, May 25-26, 2011.
  J. Rice, K. Fazel, M. A. Thornton, and K. Kent, “,” Proceedings of the Applications of the Reed-Muller Expansion in Circuit Design and Representations and Methodology of Future Computing Technology (RMW), pp. 63-72, May 23-24, 2009.
  D. M. Miller and M. A. Thornton, “,” 8th International Workshop on Boolean Problems (IWBP), pp. 137-144, September 18-19, 2008.
  D. Goodman, M. A. Thornton, D. Y. Feinstein, and D. M. Miller, “,” Proceedings of the Workshop on Applications of the Reed-Muller Expansion in Circuit Design and Representations and Methodology of Future Computing Technology (RMW), pp. 99-105, May 16, 2007.
  D. Y. Feinstein and M. A. Thornton, “,” Proceedings of the Workshop on Applications of the Reed-Muller Expansion in Circuit Design and Representations and Methodology of Future Computing Technology (RMW), pp. 43-50, May 16, 2007.
  C. M. Lawler, M. A. Harper, and M. A. Thornton, “,” International Workshop on Information Assurance, in conjunction with the IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference, pp. 380-386, April 11-13, 2007.

Articles, Interviews, Opinion Pieces and Media


 Raytheon Technologies, Inc. Press Release, Raytheon Intelligence and Space Partners with Virginia Tech and Southern Methodist University on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Research, February 23, 2021, also ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵpress release, numerous web-based venues including: executivbiz.com, newsbreak.com, The Southwest Virginia Sun, The Dallas Express.

CBS DFW channel 11 (web edition), , December 8, 2020, from ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵpress release. Also, numerous other online articles resulted including those posted at enterpriseai.news, insidequantumtechnology.com, newsbreak.com, sciencex.com, quantumzeitgeist.com, techtransfercentral.com, dallasinnovates.com, insidehpc.com, newlocker.com, December 2020 ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵLyle Insider magazine, and others.
 

Houston Chronicle (print edition), , Opinion Editor, October 30, 2020, interviewed and quoted regarding quantum computing research in the U.S. and at SMU, hpcwire.com and others.
 

, Communications of the ACM (online edition), May 15, 2020.
  Communications of the ACM (CACM), Tech News (online edition), , online version of the CACM magazine by ACM, May 15, 2020.
 

KRLD interview of M. A. Thornton, Deason Institute’s sensor-based ransomware detection research, aired at 6:52AM, , May 14, 2020.
  The Daily Sentinel (Nacodoches, TX daily newspaper), , authored by AP, staff writer Josh Edwards, and ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵoffice of public relations, quotes from M. A. Taylor and M. A. Thornton, May 13, 2020.
  Numerous on-line magazines ran articles about the Deason Institute research results in ransomware detection. Including EurekaAlert! Science New-AAAS, newsbreak.com, Cyber Daily Report, CywareSocial, helpnetsecurity, DigitPol, phys.org-Security News, redes-zone (in Spanish), sciencebusiness.tech, sciencebusinesstechnews, scienmag.com-Technology, TechXplore, and others, May 13-18, 2020.
  KRLD radio, live segment interview with M. A. Thornton, Cybersecurity concerns related to COVID19 pandemic, April 2, 2020
 

Dallas Morning News (print edition), , Jordan Wilkerson, describes research about keyboard/smartphone snooping privacy, September 23, 2019, features E.C. Larson and M. A. Thornton.
 

BBC radio, and two local UK BBC radio stations, interviewed by Oliver Conway and included in a radio piece about keyboard/smartphone snooping privacy, (audio recording at 11:33), additional similar stories on Dallas KRLD and KLIF radio stations, interview of M. A. Thornton.
 

, Forbes, August 20, 2019, (authored by Jeb Su, Forbes correspondent with interview of M. A. Thornton).
 

Communications of the ACM (CACM), Tech News (online edition), , features E.C. Larson and M. A. Thornton, August 19, 2019.
  , Dallas Morning News (online edition), August 13, 2019, (authored by Jordan Wilkerson, science reporter, also picked up by the Chicago Tribune, similar articles were written based on an ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵpress release and appeared in several other newspapers, TV news, magazines, and online publications such as Yahoo! News), features E.C. Larson and M. A. Thornton.
  ABC 10 TV News story, Sacramento, CA, , (several other TV news channels ran this story including Phoenix, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Greensboro, NC; Tyler, TX; , Charlotte, NC; , Dallas, TX; , Sydney, Australia; many others, features E.C. Larson and M. A. Thornton.
  “,” Dallas Morning News, Editorial, August 7, 2018, (authored by editorial board member Michael Lindenberger, including M. A. Thornton's research efforts in quantum computing at SMU).
  “,” Dallas-Fort Worth KXAS, Channel 5, NBC affiliate, local news interview aired on August 25, 2011, (reported by Kimberly King with interview of M. A. Thornton), video.
  “,” Dallas-Fort Worth KTVT, Channel 11, CBS affiliate, local news interview aired on August 23, 2011, (reported by Jack Fink with interview of M. A. Thornton), video.
  “,” Dallas-Fort Worth KXAS, Channel 5, NBC affiliate, local news interview aired on September 20 and 21, 2009, (anchored by Ken Kalthoff with interviews of M. A. Thornton and V.S. Nair), video.

Abstracts

M. A. Thornton, “Embedded Systems Cyber Security at the Physical Layer,” Information Systems and Computing Technology Networks (ISaCTN), (internal-only) Raytheon Technologies Conference, May 10, 2021.
Y. Sun, H. Jiang, L. Ramakrishnan, M. Segal, J. Dworak, T. W. Manikas, K. Nepal, and R. I. Bahar, “Test Architecture for Fine Grained Capture Power Reduction”, 2019 26th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), Genova, Italy, November 2019
 

T. W. Manikas and M. A. Thornton, “Model Checking for Security Analysis of Cyber-Physical Systems,” International Conference on Data Intelligence and Security (ICDIS), June 28-30, 2019.
  K. N. Smith and M. A. Thornton, “,” Free and Open Source Developers European Meeting (FOSDEM), February 3.
  M. A. Thornton, W. V. Oxford, D. L. MacFarlane, and T. P. LaFave, Jr., “,” Quantum Simulation & Computation Conference (QSC), February 12-16, 2018.
 

W. V. Oxford, J. S. Gable, M. A. Thornton, D. L. MacFarlane, and T. P. LaFave, Jr., “,” IBM Think Q Conference, December 6-8, 2017.
  M. A. Thornton, D. L. MacFarlane, T. P. LaFave, Jr., and W. V. Oxford, “,” NIST Single Photon Workshop (SPW), p. 140, July 31 - August 4, 2017.
 

Micah A. Thornton, J. Rendon, G. Pham, and M. A. Thornton, “,” ASA Conference on Statistical Practice (CSP), p. 27, February 20, 2016.
  J. Rendon, M. A. Thornton, Micah A. Thornton, and G. Pham, “,” ASA Conference on Statistical Practice (CSP), p. 27, February 20, 2016.
  T. W. Manikas and M. A. Thornton, “,” Raytheon Information Systems and Computing Technology Network Symposium (ISaCTN), April 21, 2010.

Technical Reports

C. N. Frisbee, “An Overview of Placement and Routing Algorithms for PCB, VLSI, and MCM Designs with a Proposal for a New MCM Routing Algorithm,” Technical Report, Dept. of Computer Systems Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1996 (directed by M. A. Thornton).
  M. A. Thornton and V. S. S. Nair, “Boolean Function Spectrum Computation Using a Structural Representation,” Technical Report, Southern Methodist University, CSE-9440, 1994.
  M. A. Thornton and V. S. S. Nair, “Applications and Efficient Computation of Spectral Coefficients for Digital Logic,” Technical Report, Southern Methodist University, CSE-9413, 1994.
  M. A. Thornton and V. S. S. Nair, “Reed-Muller Circuit Synthesis Using Numerical Methods,” Technical Report, Southern Methodist University, CSE-9319, 1993.
 

M. A. Thornton and V. S. S. Nair, “Iterative Combinational Logic Synthesis Techniques Using Spectral Data,” Technical Report, Southern Methodist University, CSE-9208, 1992.