Biography

Katherine (Katie) Brown a first-year doctoral student at Tennessee Technological University (TTU) in Computer Science studying machine learning and its applications in healthcare. She graduated with her Bachelor’s in Computer Science, concentration in Data Science, in May 2018 from TTU. She is also studying upper-divison mathematics in the pursuit of beginning a Master’s degree in Mathematics, also from TTU.

She spends her spare time with her family and dogs, playing video and board games, and reading, and most importantly, being involved in on-and-off campus Christian ministries.

Computer Science

• CSC 3220: Fundamentals of Data Science
• CSC 4400: Analysis of Algorithms
• CSC 5220: Data Mining and Machine Learning
• CSC 6903: Computational Learning Theory

Mathematics

• MATH 4O10 & 4020: Modern Algebra I & II
• MATH 4220 & 4230: Numerical Analysis I & II
• MATH 4470: Probability and Statistics I
• MATH 5360: Graph Theory

Currently, I work in the Knowledge Discovery Lab at Tennessee Technological University. My primary research advisor is Dr. Doug Talbert. We investigate and develop advanced machine learning methods for use in genomic data to further development of computer-aided precision medicine.

My research interests are as follows:

• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• Deep Learning
• Feature Selection
• Multi-Task Learning
• Precision Medicine
• Genomic Data

Abstracts & Poster Presentations

1. Brown KE, Talbert DA. “Multi-Task Correlation-Based Feature Selection for Gene Expression Data.” Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium, 2018.

• kebrown46@students.tntech.edu