Research Interests

My main interest is bioinformatics in the broad sense, the interface between computing and biology, with emphasis on classification and pattern recognition, especially with regard to botanical taxonomy and systematics. This is a natural consequence of my BSc (Botany), MSc (Plant Taxonomy) and PhD (Cybernetics) studies. I am particularly interested in biological identification and classification techniques, especially those involving the use of artificial neural networks. My current teaching areas are Bioinformatics, Systems Analysis & Design and Information Systems Development.

Research Collaborations

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

University of York

Kingston University

Cardiff University

University of Reading

Publications

2007

Athanasiou, M. & Clark, J.Y. (2007). A Bayesian Network Model for the Diagnosis of the Caring Procedure for Wheelchair Users with Spinal Injury. 20th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), Slovenia, IEEE Conference Publication Services, pp. 433-438.

Clark, J. Y. (2007). Plant Idendification from Characters and Measurements using Artificial Neural Networks. In MacLeod, N. (Ed.) Automated Taxon Identification in Systematics (Systematics Association Special Volume), CRC Press, pp. 207-224.

2004

Athanasiou, M. & Clark, J.Y. (2004). DIMITRA- an online expert system for carers of paraplegics and quadriplegics. International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

Clark, J.Y. (2004). Identification of botanical specimens using artificial neural networks. IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology,

Clark, J.Y. (2004). Self-organising Maps and Cluster Analysis for Practical Botanical Systematics. Applied Soft Computing

2003

Clark, J.Y. (2003). Computer-aided Taxonomy of Lithops. MSG Bulletin, vol. 18((1)), pp. 10-12.

Clark, J.Y. (2003). Artificial Neural Networks for Species Identification by Taxonomists. BioSystems, Special Issue on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics (Elsevier Press), vol. 72(1-2), pp. 131-147.

2000

Clark, J.Y. (2000). Botanical Identification and Classification using Artificial Neural Networks, . Unpublished doctoral thesis.

1999

Clark, J.Y. (1999). A key to Lithops N.E.Br. Lithops – Treasures of the Veld (Observations on the Genus Lithops N.E.Br.), BCSSHammer, S.A., pp. 135-141.

1998

Clark, J.Y. & Warwick, K. (1998). Artificial Keys for Botanical Identification using a Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network (MLP). Artificial Intelligence Review - Special Issue on Applications in Biology and Agriculture, vol. 12(1-3), pp. 105-115.

1997

Clark, J.Y. & Warwick, K. (1997). Machine fault diagnosis using an artificial neural network with data preprocessing. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Systems Engineering, ICSE'97, pp. 133-136.

1996

Clark, J.Y. & Warwick, K. (1996). Fault detection and diagnosis in high speed packaging machinery using a modular multi-layer perceptron approach. Proceedings of the International ICSC Symposium on Intelligent Industrial Automation (IAA'96), pp. A96-A101.

Teaching

Bioinformatics (MSc) 

Information Systems Development (MSc)

Systems Analysis & Design (Undergraduate Level 1)

Departmental Duties

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