John Perram Visiting Professor of Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. [Personal homepage]

Contact Information

Research Interests

Classical and statistical mechanics, robotics, multi-agent systems, and mathematical modeling.

Curriculum Vitae

Personal Information

Born 1945 in Sydney, Australian citizen.

Education

1966: Bachelor of Science with first class honours in Applied Mathematics from University of Sydney, Australia.
1969: Ph.D. in Mathematic, University of Manchester, UK.

Professional Record

1971-1975: Research Fellow in Applied Mathematics, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
1973: Gastdozent, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria.
1975-present: Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Southern Denmark, Main Campus: Odense University.

Administrative Activities

1986-1987: Chairman of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Odense.
1990-1999: Chairman of the Board of Study for the Degree Programme in Computer Systems Engineering.
1990-1992: Member of the Steering Committee for the ESPRIT Parallel Computing Action.

Memberships

1984-present: Member of the Danish Academy of Natural Sciences.

Publications (1995-2000)

• A general algorithm for dynamics control of robots. L. Overgaard, H. G. Petersen and J. W. Perram. Int. J. Robotics Res., 14, 281-294, 1995. 
• Error estimates for the fast multipole method: I The two dimensional case. H.G. Petersen, D. Soelvason, J.W. Perram and E.R. Smith. Proc. Roy. Soc, 448A, 389-400, 1995. 
• Process independent robot tool center control. R. Larsen, Henrik G. Petersen and J.W. Perram. Int. Robotics Res., (submitted for publication). 
• Task Curve Planning for Painting Robots: I Process Modeling and Calibration. P. Hertling, L. Hoeg, R. Larsen, J.W. Perram and H.G. Petersen. IEEE Trans. Robotics and Automation 12:2, 324-330, (1996). 
• A rigourous comparison of the Ewald method and the Greengard Rokhlin method. D. Soelvason, J. Kolafa, H.G. Petersen and J.W. Perram. Comp. Phys. Comm., 87, 307-318, (1995). 
• AMROSE. L.F. Hansen, T. Heinicke, N. Jacobsen and J.W. Perram. Danish Ind. Robot Assoc. Inf., 14:3, 10-12, (1995). 
• Efficient algorithms for simulating complex mechanical systems using constraint dynamics. P.T. Ruhoff, E. Praestgaard and J.W. Perram. Proc. Roy. Soc., A452, 1139-1165, (1996). 
• Symbolic derivation and numerical integration of the equations of motion of constrained dynamical systems using Mathematica. P. Hertling, L. Hoeg, R. Larsen, J.W. Perram and H.G. Petersen. Proc. 1st Int Mathematica Symp., 317-324, (Comp. Mech. Pub., 1995). 
• The Runge-Kutta method: a study in efficient programming. P.T. Ruhoff, E. Praestgaard and J.W. Perram. Mathematica J., 1-8, (accepted). 
• Comparison of the minimum degree Cholesky method and the conjugate gradient method for molecular dynamics applications. J.H. Ovesen, H.G. Petersen and J.W. Perram. Comp. Phys. Comm., 94, 1-18 (1996). 
• Simulations at conducting interfaces: boundary conditions for electrodes and electrolytes. J.W. Perram and M. Ratner. Journal of Chemical Physics, 104, 5124, 1996. 
• Motion Planning for an Articulated Robot: A Multi-Agent Approach. L. Overgaard, H.G. Petersen and J.W. Perram. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1069, 206-219, 1996. 
• The Object-Oriented Development of a Parallel Application in Protein Dynamics: Why we need software tools for HPCN applications. L. Baekdal, W. Joosen, T. Larsen, J. Kolafa, J.H. Ovesen, J.W. Perram, H.G. Petersen, R. Bywater and M. Ratner. Comp. Phys. Comm., 97, 124-135, (1996) 
• Agents Breaking Away. W. Van der Velde and J.W. Perram, editors. Proceedings of the 7'th European Workshop on Modeling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World, 1038, 1996. Springer-Verlag. 
• Distributed Software Agents and Applications. J.W. Perram and J.-P. Muller, editors. Proceedings of the 6'th European Workshop on Modeling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World, 1069, 1996. 
• Commercial Exploitation of the AMROSE Robotics Project. J.W. Perram. Proceedings tti'96, 3, 85-96, (1996). 
• Applications of HPCN in Manufacturing Industry. J.W. Perram. Proc. Para96, Lecture Notes in Computer
  Science, 1184, 586-59, (1996). 
• The Ellipsoid Contact Potential: Theory and Relation to Overlap Potentials. J.W. Perram, J. Rasmussen, E. Praestgaard and J. Lebowitz. Phys. Rev., 54, 6565-6572, (1996). 
• Comparison of two methods for solving linear equations occurring in molecular dynamics applications. Jens H. Oversen, H.G. Petersen and J.W. Perram. Comp. Phys. Comm., 94, 1-18, (1996). 
• Reactive motion planning, a multi-agent approach. L. Overgaard, H.G. Petersen and J.W. Perram. Applied A.I., 10, 35-51 (1996). Springer-Verlag. 
• A multi-agent architecture for distributed constrained optimization and control. J.W. Perram and Y. Demazeau. Proceedings of SCAI'97, Frontiers in AI, 40, 162-175, IOS, 1997. 
• (Invited talk at PARA’98) Ship Design Optimization. C. Risager and J.W. Perram. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1541, 476-482, (1998). 
• Lindø Center for Anvendt Matematik, 1992-1999, J.W. Perram. Year Book, University of Southern Denmark, 53-56, 1998. 
• Lattice model for ordering in two-dimensional liquid crystals. J.W. Perram, E.L. Præstgaard and E.R. Smith. J. Stat. Phys., (accepted for publication) . 
• Essential Motions and Energetic Contributions of Individual Residues in aPeptide Bound to an SH3 Domain. J. Kolafa, R.W. Bywater and J.W. Perram. Biophysical J., (accepted for publication). 
• Multiple robots and multiple agents. J.W. Perram. Proceedings, 1st International workshop of Central and Eastern Europe on Multi-agent Systems, St. Petersborg, 49-52.

Ph.D. Students

• Jian Li

M.Sc. Students

• Chao Cheng
• Shanshan Wang
• Zhiyoung Fang
• Yinan Liang
• Youjie Zhang
• Yifei Jiang

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