MINGZHOU DING

Mingzhou Ding
Professor

B.S.:	Peking University, Astrophysics, 1982
Ph.D.:	University of Maryland, Physics, 1990

Research Interests:

My long term research objective is to understand neural mechanisms of perception and motor behavior using both experimental and modeling approaches. My recent works deal with (1) neuronal oscillations and attentional control, (2) information processing in the brain, (3) development of advanced signal processing methods for the analysis of nonstationary, multivariate neurobiological data, (4) mathematical analysis of oscillatory neural networks, (5) behavior and brain analysis of sensorimotor coordination, (6) first passage time problems in stochastic processes, and (7) theory of nonlinear dynamical systems.

Selected Recent Publications: (CV)

BOOKS:

Rangarajan, G. and Ding, M. (editors), Processes with Long Range Correlations: Theory and Applications, Springer Lecture Notes in Physics 621, Springer Verlag, New York, 2003 (PDF Cover)

PAPERS:

Ding, M., Bressler, S.L., Yang, W., and Liang, H., Short-Window Spectral Analysis of Cortical Event-Related Potentials by Adaptive MultiVariate AutoRegressive (AMVAR) Modeling: Data Preprocessing, Model Validation, and Variability Assessment, Biological Cybernetics 83(2000)35-45 (PDF)

Liang, H., Ding, M., Bressler, S.L., and Nakamura, R., Causal Influences in Primate Cerebral Cortex During Visual Pattern Discrimination, NeuroReport 11(2000)2875-2880 (PDF)

Rangarajan, G. and Ding, M., Integrated Approach to the Assessment of Long Range Correlation in Time Series Data, Phys. Rev. E61(2000)4991-5001 (PDF)

Rangarajan, G. and Ding, M., Anomalous Diffusion and the First Passage Time Problem, Phys. Rev. E62(2000)120-133 (PDF)

Rangarajan, G. and Ding, M., First Passage Time Problem for Continuous-Time Random Walks, Fractals 8(2000)139-146 (PDF)

Rangarajan, G. and Ding, M., First Passage Time Distribution for Anomalous Diffusion, Phys. Lett. A 273(2000)322-330 (PDF)

Kaminski, M., Ding, M., Truccolo, W., and Bressler, S.L., Evaluating Causal Relations in Neural Systems: Granger Causality, Directed Transfer Function (DTF) and Statistical Assessment of Significance, Biological Cybernetics 85(2001)147-157 (PDF)

Chen, Y., Ding, M., and Kelso, J. A. S., Origins of Timing Errors in Human Sensorimotor Coordination, Journal of Motor Behavior 33(2001)3-8 (PDF)

Mayville, J.M., Fuchs, A., Ding, M., Cheyne D., Deecke, L., and Kelso, J.A.S., Event-related Changes in Neuromagnetic Activity Associated with Syncopation and Synchronization Timing Tasks, Human Brain Mapping 14(2001)65-80 (PDF)

Ding, M., Chen, Y., and Kelso, J.A.S., Statistical Analysis of Timing Errors, Brain and Cognition 48(2002)98-106 (PDF)

Truccolo, W, Ding, M, Knuth, K.H., Nakamura, R., and Bressler, S.L., Trial-to-Trial Variability of Cortical Evoked Responses: Implications for the Analysis of Functional Connectivity, Clinical Neurophysiology 113(2002)206-226 (PDF)

Rangarajan, G. and Ding, M., Stability of Synchronized Chaos in Coupled Dynamical Systems, Phys. Lett. A296(2002)204-209 (PDF)

Liang, H., Bressler, S.L., Ding, M., Truccolo, W., and Nakamura, R., Synchronized Activity in Prefrontal Cortex During Anticipation of Visuomotor Processing, NeuroReport 13(2002)2011-2015 (PDF)

Chen, Y., Ding, M., and Kelso, J. A. S., Task-Related Power and Coherence Changes in Neuromagnetic Activity During Visuomotor Rhythmic Coordination, Experimental Brain Research 148(2003)105-116 (PDF)

Chen, Y., Rangarajan, G., and Ding, M., General Stability Analysis of Synchronized Dynamics in Coupled Systems, Phys. Rev. E 67(2003)026209 (PDF)

Rangarajan, G., Chen, Y., and Ding, M., Generalized Turing Patterns and Their Selective Realization in Spatiotemporal Systems, Phys. Lett. A 310(2003)415-422 (PDF)

Liang, H., Bressler, S.L., Ding, M., Desimone, R., and Fries, P., Temporal Dynamics of Attention-Modulated Neuronal Synchronization in Macaque V4, Neurocomputing 52-54(2003)481-487 (PDF)

Truccolo, W., Rangarajan, G., Chen, Y., and Ding, M., Analyzing Stability of Equilibrium Points in Neural Networks: A General Approach, Neural Networks 16(2003)1453-1460 (PDF)

Truccolo, W, Knuth, K.H., Shah, A.S., Bressler, S.L., Schroeder, C.E., and Ding, M., Estimation of Single-Trial Multi-Component ERPs: Differentially Variable Component Analysis (dVCA), Biological Cybernetics 89(2003)426-438 (PDF)

Dhamala, M., Jirsa, V.K., and Ding, M., Transitions to Synchrony in Coupled Bursting Neurons, Physical Review Letters 92(2004)028101 (PDF)

Dhamala, M., Jirsa, V.K., and Ding, M., Enhancement of Neural Synchrony via Delay, Physical Review Letters 92(2004)074104 (PDF)

Deng, Y., Ding, M., and Feng, J., Synchronization in Stochastic Coupled Systems, Journal of Physics A: Math. Gen. 37(2004)2163-2173 (PDF)

Chen, Y., Rangarajan, G., Feng, J., and Ding, M., Analyzing Multiple Nonlinear Time Series with Extended Granger Causality, Phys. Lett. A 324(2004)26-35 (PDF)

Shah, A.S., Bressler, S.L., Knuth, K.H., Ding, M., Mehta, A.D., and Schroeder, C.E., Neural Dynamics and the Fundamental Mechanisms of Event-Related Brain Potentials, Cerebral Cortex 14(2004)476-483 (PDF)

Feng, J. and Ding, M., Decoding Spikes in a Spiking Neuronal Network, Journal of Physics A: Math. Gen. 37(2004)5713-5727 (PDF)

Brovelli, A., Ding, M., Ledberg, A., Chen, Y., Nakamura, R., and Bressler, S.L., Beta Oscillations in a Large-Scale Sensorimotor Cortical Network: Directional Influences Revealed by Granger Causality, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101(2004)9849-9854 (PDF)

Albo, Z., Viana Di Prisco, G., Chen, Y., Rangarajan, G., Truccolo, W., Feng, J., Vertes, R.P., and Ding, M., Is Partial Coherence a Viable Technique for Identifying Generators of Neural Oscillations? Biological Cybernetics 90(2004)318-326 (PDF)

Jirsa, V.K. and Ding, M., Will a Large Complex System with Time Delay Be Stable? Physical Review Letters 93(2004)070602 (PDF)

Ding, M., Intermittency, in Encyclopedia of Nonlinear Science, Edited by Alwyn Scott, Taylor and Francis Publishing, in press (PDF)

(According to ISI my papers received over 1,100 citations during the period 1993 to 2001. Currently, they are cited at a rate of 200 to 300 times per year.)

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Conferences Co-Organized in 2002 and 2003:

International Conference on Long Range Dependent Stochastic Processes and Their Applications