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Andreas Petrides
Position: PhD Student
E-mail: ap650 [@] cam.ac.uk
Office: BN4-85
Thesis Title: Control theory and Modelling in biological and biochemical systems
Supervisor: Dr Glenn Vinnicombe
Background
Andreas received his BA(Hons) and MEng degrees in 2014 from the University of Cambridge (Trinity College) in Electrical and Information Sciences (Engineering Tripos). As an undergraduate he received the G-Research and The Technology Partnership (TTP) Awards, as well as a Gold medal (2nd place in Europe) and the 'Best Experimental Measurement Approach Award', representing the university at the International Genetically Engineered Machines Competition (iGEM). He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Control Engineering, focusing in applying control theory in biological systems, particularly at the molecular level. Andreas is also an A.G. Leventis scholar.
Research Interests
Biological Networks, Non-linear control, Optimisation, Sports applications
Publications
Petrides A., Purell A.J. and Vinnicombe G.
A new algorithmic methodology for assessing, and potentially predicting, racing cyclists’ fitness from large training data sets: Proceedings of the fifth international conference on Mathematics in Sport, June 29 - July 1, 2015, Loughborough University, United Kingdom. pages 149-156
http://www.mathsportinternational2015.com/uploads/2/2/2/4/22242920/mathsport2015proceedings.pdf