Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Arun Konagurthu is a continuing academic at Monash University. Between 2016-1019 he served as the Director of the undergraduate Bachelor of Computer Science Degree offered by Monash. Between 2011-2013, he held a Larkins Fellowship at this faculty. His primary research area is Computational Biology and Bioinformatics.
His academic home page is maintained at: http://lcb.infotech.monash.edu.au/~karun
His research lab page is maintained at: http://lcb.infotech.monash.edu.au
Monash teaching commitment
Dr Arun Konagurthu has experience as the Chief Examiner for the following units in the Faculty of IT:
- FIT3155 Advanced data structures and algorithms (2018- to date)
- FIT2004 Algorithms and data structures (2014-2017)
- FIT3139 Computational science (2011-2017)
Arun has experience as the Lecturer for the following units in the Faculty of IT:
- FIT3155 Advanced data structures and algorithms (2018 - to date)
- FIT2004 Algorithms and data structures (2014-2017)
- FIT3139 Computational science (2011-2017)
- FIT4012 Advanced topics in computational science (2016)
Education/Academic qualification
Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
Award Date: 15 Jan 2007
Research area keywords
- Bioinformatics
- Computational Biology
- statistical learning theory
- Algorithms
- Information Theory
Projects
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Modelling, synthesis and testing of potential agents against COVID-19 main protease
Konagurthu, A., Lesk, A. M., Garcia De La Banda, M., Stuckey, P., Allison, L. & Abramson, D.
15/07/20 → 31/05/21
Project: Research
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Next-generation Protein Structural comparison using Information Theory
Konagurthu, A., Garcia De La Banda, M., Stuckey, P. J. & Lesk, A.
4/02/15 → 30/09/19
Project: Research
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Macromolecular Informatics
Konagurthu, A. & Garcia De La Banda, M.
1/02/12 → 31/01/16
Project: Research
Research output
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Computer modeling of a potential agent against SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) protease
Lesk, A. M., Konagurthu, A. S., Allison, L., Garcia de la Banda, M., Stuckey, P. J. & Abramson, D., Dec 2020, In : Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics. 88, 12, p. 1557-1558 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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Neighbourhoods in the yeast regulatory network in different physiological states
Lesk, A. M. & Konagurthu, A. S., 25 Sep 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Bioinformatics. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Information-theoretic inference of an optimal dictionary of protein supersecondary structures
Konagurthu, A. S., Subramanian, R., Allison, L., Abramson, D., de la Banda, M. G., Stuckey, P. J. & Lesk, A. M., 2019, Protein Supersecondary Structures: Methods and Protocols. E. Kister, A. (ed.). 2nd ed. New York NY USA: Springer, p. 123-131 9 p. (Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.); vol. 1958).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Statistical compression of protein sequences and inference of marginal probability landscapes over competing alignments using finite state models and Dirichlet priors
Sumanaweera, D., Allison, L. & Konagurthu, A., 5 Jul 2019, In : Bioinformatics. 35, 14, p. i360-i369 10 p., btz368.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile -
The bits between proteins
Sumanaweera, D., Allison, L. & Konagurthu, A. S., 27 Mar 2018, Proceedings: DCC 2018 - 2018 Data Compression Conference. Bilgin, A., Marcellin, M. W., Serra-Sagrista, J. & Storer, J. A. (eds.). Piscataway NJ USA: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, p. 177-186 10 p. (Data Compression Conference Proceedings; vol. 2018-March).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)
Prizes
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Larkins Fellow - Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University
Konagurthu, Arun (Recipient), 1 Jan 2011
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
Activities
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Member - Faculty Research Committee - Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University
Arun Konagurthu (Member)
1 Jan 2016Activity: External Academic Engagement › Professional association or peak discipline body
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Course Director - Bachelor of Computer Science - Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University
Arun Konagurthu (Chair/ Co-Chair)
1 Jan 2016Activity: External Academic Engagement › Professional association or peak discipline body
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Member - Undergraduate Programs Committee - Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University
Arun Konagurthu (Member)
1 Jan 2016Activity: External Academic Engagement › Committees and working groups
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Past Alternate HDR coordinator for Faculty of IT - Monash University
Arun Konagurthu (Executive Member)
28 Apr 2013Activity: External Academic Engagement › Professional association or peak discipline body
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Past FIT representative on Faculty of Science Board of Studies - Monash University
Arun Konagurthu (Executive Member)
22 Jun 2012Activity: External Academic Engagement › Professional association or peak discipline body