2004

 

Ross A. Overbeek

Fellowship for Interpretation of Genomes

Burr Ridge, IL 60527

Phone: 630-325-4178,

 

 

Education

 

1971 - Ph.D.   The Pennsylvania State University

 

1970 - M.S.     The Pennsylvania State University

 

1970 - B.Ph.    Grand Valley State College

 

 

Experience

 

2003 -              Founding Member, Bioinformatics

                        Fellowship for Interpretation of Genomes

 

1999 - 2003     Vice President Bioinformatics

                        Integrated Genomics, Inc.

 

1988 - 1999     Senior Computer Scientist

                        Mathematics and Computer Science Division

                        Argonne National Laboratory

 

1983 - 1988     Computer Scientist

                        Mathematics and Computer Science Division

                        Argonne National Laboratory

 

1980 - 1983     Professor

                        Northern Illinois University

 

1974 - 1980     Associate Professor

                        Northern Illinois University

 

1971 - 1974     Assistant Professor

                        Northern Illinois University

 


Books

 

1.      Singletary, W. E. and R. Overbeek, ANS COBOL: A Pragmatic Approach, McGraw-Hill Company , New York , 1975.

 

2.      Overbeek, R. and W. E. Singletary, An Introduction to IBM 360/370 Assembler Language Using ASSIST, SRA, 1976.

 

3.      Wos, Larry, Ross Overbeek, Ewing Lusk, and Jim Boyle, Automated Reasoning: Introduction and Applications, Prentice‑Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1984.

 

4.      Boyle, Jim, Ralph Butler, Terry Disz, B. Glickfeld, E. L. Lusk, R. A. Overbeek, J. Patterson, and R. Stevens, Portable Programs for Parallel Processors, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, New York, New York, 1987.

 

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

 

1.      Hughes, C. B., R. Overbeek, and W. E. Singletary, The many‑one equivalence of some general combinatorial decision problems, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., 77, pp. 467‑472, 1971.

 

2.      Overbeek, R., The representation of many‑one degrees by decision problems of Turing Machines, Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, 26, pp. 162‑183, 1973.

 

3.      Overbeek, R., The representation of many‑one degrees by the word problem for Thue Systems, Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, 26, pp. 184‑192, 1973.

 

4.      Overbeek, R., A new class of automated theorem‑proving algorithms, Journal of the ACM, 21, pp. 191‑200, 1974.

 

5.      Henschen, L., L. Wos, and R. Overbeek, A theorem proving language for experimentation, Communications of the ACM, 17, no. 6, pp. 308‑314, June 1974.

 

6.      Overbeek, R., An implementation of hyper‑resolution, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 1, pp. 201‑214, 1975.

 

7.      McCharen, J., R. Overbeek, and L. Wos, Complexity and related enhancements for automated theorem‑proving programs, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 2, pp. 1-16, 1976.

 

8.      McCharen, J., R. Overbeek, and L. Wos, Problems and experiments for and with automated theorem‑proving programs, IEEE Transactions on Computers, C‑25, no. 8, pp. 773‑782, 1976.

 

9.      Lusk, E. and R. Overbeek, A DML for entity relationship models, Entity-Relationship Approach to Systems Analysis and Design, ed. P. P. Chen, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1980.

 

10.    Lusk, E. and R. Overbeek, Experiments with resolution-based theorem-proving algorithms, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 8, no. 3, pp. 141-152, 1982.

 

11.    Lusk, E., R. Overbeek, and G. Petrie, Item tracking entity- relationship models, Entity-Relationship Approach to Information Modeling and Analysis, ed. Peter P. Chen, pp. 215-236, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1983.

 

12.    Margrave, G., E. Lusk, and R. Overbeek, Tools for the creation of IMS database designs from entity- relationship diagrams, Entity-Relationship Approach to Software Engineering, ed. Carl G. Davis, Sushil Jajodia, Peter A. Ng, and Raymond T. Yeh, pp. 501-515, North-Holland, New York, 1983.

 

13.    Lusk, E. L. and Ross A. Overbeek, Comment atteindre le milliard d'inferences par seconde, Intelligence Artificielle et Productique, pp. 5-7, Novembre 1984.

 

14.    Gabriel, J., T. Lindholm, E. L. Lusk, and R. A. Overbeek, Logic programming on the HEP, Parallel MIMD Computation: The HEP Supercomputer and its Applications, ed. J. S. Kowalik, The MIT Press, 1985.

 

15.    Lusk, E. L. and R. A. Overbeek, Use of monitors in FORTRAN: A tutorial on the barrier, self-scheduling DO-loop, and askfor monitors, Parallel MIMD Computation: The HEP Supercomputer and its Applications, ed. J. S. Kowalik, The MIT Press, 1985.

 

16.    Lusk, E. L. and R. A. Overbeek, Non-horn problems, Journal of Automated Reasoning, 1, no. 1, pp. 103-114, 1985.

 

17.    Lusk, E. L. and R. A. Overbeek, Reasoning about equality, Journal of Automated Reasoning, 1, no. 2, pp. 209-227, 1985.

 

18.    Lusk, E. L., R. A. Overbeek, and B. Parrello, General ledger systems and the design of entity-relationship models, Journal of Data and Knowledge Engineering, 1, pp. 155-180, North-Holland, 1985.

 

19.    Clausing, J., R. Hagstrom, E. Lusk, and R. A. Overbeek, A technique for achieving portability among multiprocessors: Implementation on the Lemur, Parallel Computing, 2, no. 2, pp. 137-162, June 1985.

 

20.    Boyer, R., E. Lusk, W. McCune, R. Overbeek, M. Stickel, and L. Wos, Set theory in first-order logic: clauses for Godel's axioms, Journal of Automated Reasoning, 2, no. 3, pp. 277-327, 1986.

 

21.    Gfickfeld, B. and R. Overbeek, A foray into combinatory logic, Journal of Automated Reasoning, 2, no. 4, pp. 419-431, December 1986.

 

22.    Lusk, E. L. and R. A. Overbeek, A minimalist approach to portable, parallel programming, The Characteristics of Parallel Algorithms, ed. Leah H. Jamieson, Dennis B. Gannon, and Robert J. Douglass, pp. 351-362, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1987.

 

23.    Lucier, B. J. and R. Overbeek, Parallel adaptive numerical schemes for hyperbolic systems of conservation laws, SIAM J. Sci. Stat. Comput., 8, no. 2, pp s203-s219, March 1987.

 

24.    Glickfeld, B. and R. Overbeek, Geometric representation of scheduling constraints: a simplied approach to multiprocessing, Parallel Computing, 6, pp. 325-337, 1988.

 

25.    Butler, R., T. Butler, I. Foster, N. Karonis, R. Olson, R. Overbeek, N. Pfluger, M. Price, and S. Tuecke, Aligning genetic sequences, Strand: New Concepts in Parallel Programming, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1989.

 

26.    Kazic, T., E. Lusk, R. Olson, R. Overbeek and S. Tuecke, Prototyping Databases in Prolog, The Practice of Prolog, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990.

 

27.    Singh, A. K. and R. Overbeek, Derivation of Efficient Parallel Programs: an Example from Genetic Sequence Analysis, International Journal of Parallel Programming, 18, no. 6, pp. 447-484, 1989.

 

28.    Lusk, E., R. Butler, T. Disz, G. Olson, R. Overbeek, Stevens, Warren, Calderwood, P. Szeredi, S. Hiridi, P. Brand, M. Carlsson, Ciepielewski, and Hausman, The Aurora Or-Parallel Prolog System, New Generation Computing, 7, pp. 243-271, 1990

 

29.    Jindal, A., R. Overbeek, and W. Kabat Exploitation of Parallel Processing for Implementing High-Performance Deduction Systems, Journal of Automated Reasoning (to appear)

 

30.    Winker, S., R. Overbeek, C. R. Woese, G. J. Olsen, and N. Pfluger, Structure Detection through Automated Covariance Search, CABIOS 4, no. 6 (1990) 365-371 (also MCS-P168-0890)

 

31.    Olsen, G. J., R. Overbeek, N. Larsen, and C.R. Woese, The Ribosomal Database Project: Updated Description Nucleic Acids Res. 19, (1991) 4817

 

32.    Overbeek, R. and I. Foster, Aligning Multiple RNA Sequences Automated Reason­ing: Essays in Honor of Woody Bledsoe, pp. 231‑248, ed. Robert S. Boyer, Kluwer Academic Pub., 1991

 

33.    Michaels, G. S., R. Taylor, P. Munson, R. Hagstrom, M. Price, and R. Overbeek, Searching for Genomic Organizational Motifs: Explorations of the Escherichia coli Chromosome, Computers in Chemistry (in press, 1992)

 

34.    Olsen, G. J., H. Matsuda, R. Hagstrom, and R. Overbeek fastDNAml: a tool for construction of phylogenetic trees of DNA sequences using maximum likelihood, CABIOS, 1993

 

35.    Larsen, N., G. J. Olsen, B. L. Maidak, M. J. McCaughey, R. Overbeek, T. J. Macke, T. L. Marsh, and C. R. Woese, The Ribosomal Database Project Nucleic Acids Res. 21, (1993) 3021‑3023

 

36.    Olsen, G. J., C. R. Woese, and R. Overbeek, The Winds of (Evolutionary) Change: Breathing New Life into Microbiology, Journal of Bacteriology, Jan 1994, pp.1‑6

 

37.    Hagstrom, J. N., R. Hagstrom, R. Overbeek, Morgan Price, and Linus Schrage, Maximum Likelihood Genetic Sequence Reconstruction from Oligo Networks, Volume 24, pp. 297‑302, August 1994.

 

38.    Smith, S. W., R. Overbeek, C. R. Woese, W. Gilbert, and P.M. Gillevet, The Genetic Data ERnvironment, an Expandable GUI for Multiple Sequence Analysis, CABIOS, 10, 671‑675, 1994

 

39.    Kagawa, H. K., J. Osipiuk, N. Maltsev, R. Overbeek, E. Quaite­Randall, A. Joachimiak, and J. D. Trent, The 60 kDa Heat Shock Proteins in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus shibatae, Journal of Molecular Biology, 253, 712‑725, 1995

 

40.    Selkov, E., S. Basmanova, I. Goryanin, Y. Gretchkin, T. Gaasterland, N. MaJtsev, V. Nenashev, R. Overbeek, E. Panyushkina, L. Pronevitch, E. Selkov Jr., and 1. Yunus, The Metabolic Pathway Collection from EMP: the Enzymes and Metabolic Pathways Database, Journal of Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 24, 1, 26‑28, January, 1996

 

41.    Maidak, B. L., G. J. Olsen, N. Larsen, R. Overbeek, M. J. McCaughey, and C. R. Woese, The Ribosomal Database Project (RDP), Journal of Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 24, 1, 82‑85, January, 1996

 

42.    Bult, C. J., et al., Complete genome sequence of the methanogenic archeon Methanococcus jannaschii. Science 273: 1058‑1073, 1996

 

43.    Selkov, E., M. Galimova, I. Goryanin, Y. Gretchkin, N. Ivanova, Y. Komarov, N. Maltsev, N. Mikhailova, V. Nenashev, R. Overbeek, E. Panyushkina, L. Pronevitch, and E. Selkov Jr., The Metabolic Pathway Collection: an Update, Journal of Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 25, 1, 39‑42, January, 1997

 

44.    Maidak, B. L., G. J. Olsen, N. Larsen, R. Overbeek, M. J. McCaughey, and C. R. Woese, The RDP(Ribosomal Database Project), Journal of Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 25, 1, 109‑110, January, 1997

 

45.    Overbeek, R., N. Larsen, W. Smith, N. Maltsev, and E. Selkov, Representation of function: the next step, Published on‑line: 31 January 1997; Gene 191(l): GC1‑9

 

46.      Selkov, E., N. Maltsev, G. Olsen, R. Overbeek, C. Woese, and W. B. Whitman,. A Reconstruction of the Metabolism of Methanococcus jannaschii from Sequence Data. GENE‑COMBIS 197, no. 1‑2,1997, GC10‑25

 

47.      Selkov, E, N. Maltsev, G. J. Olsen, R. Overbeek, and W. B. Whitman, A reconstruction of the metabolism of Methanococcus jannaschii from sequence data, Gene 197, pp GC11-G26, 1997

 

48.      Dsouza, M., N. Larsen, and R. Overbeek, Searching for patterns in genomic data, Trends Genet. 13, pages 497-498, 1997

 

49.      Deckert, G., P. V. Warren, T. Gaasterland, W. G. Young, A. L. Lenox, D. E. Graham, R. Overbeek, M. A. Snead, M. Keller, M. Aujay, R. Huber, R. A. Feldman, J. M. Short, G. J. Olsen, and R. V. Swanson, The complete genome of the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus, Nature 392, pages 353-358, 1998

 

50.      Maidak, B. L., J. R. Cole, C. T. Parker Jr, G. M. Garrity, N. Larsen, B. Li, T. G. Lilburn, M. J. McCaughey, G. J. Olsen, R. Overbeek, S. Pramanik, T. M. Schmidt, J. M. Tiedje, and C. R. Woese, A new version of the RDP (Ribosomal Database Project), Nucleic Acids Res. Jan 1;27(1), pages 171-173., 1999

 

51.      Overbeek, R., M. Fonstein, M. D'Souza, G. D. Pusch, and N. Maltsev, Use of contiguity on the chromosome to predict functional coupling. In Silico Biol. 1998;1(2):93-108.

 

52.      Overbeek, R., M. Fonstein, M. D'Souza, G. D. Pusch, and N. Maltsev, The use of gene clusters to infer functional coupling, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96 (6),pages 2896-2901, 1999

 

53.      Kyrpides, N., R. Overbeek, and C. Ouzounis, Universal protein families and the functional content of the last universal common ancestor, Mol Evol. 1999 Oct;49(4):413-23

 

54.      Overbeek, R., N. Larsen, G. D. Pusch, M. D'Souza, E. Selkov, N. Kyrpides, M. Fonstein, N. Maltsev, and E. Selkov, WIT: integrated system for high-throughput genome sequence analysis and metabolic reconstruction, Nucleic Acids Res. 2000 Jan 1;28(1):123-5

 

55.      Selkov, E., R. Overbeek, Y. Kogan, L. Chu, V. Vonstein, D. Holmes, S. Silver, R. Haselkorn, and M. Fonstein, Functional analysis of gapped microbial genomes: Amino acid metabolism of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2000 Mar 28;97(7):3509-3514.

 

56.      Graham, D. E., R. Overbeek, G. J. Olsen, and C. R. Woese, An archaeal genomic signature, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2000 Mar 28;97(7):3304-3308.

 

57.      Overbeek, R., Genomics: what is realistically achievable? Genome Biol. 2000;1(2):COMMENT 2002.

 

58.      Kyrpides, N. C., C. A. Ouzounis, I. Iliopoulos, V. Vonstein, and R. Overbeek, Analysis of the Thermotoga maritima genome combining a variety of sequence similarity and genome context tools. Nucleic Acids Res. 2000 Nov 15;28(22):4573-6.

 

59.      Daugherty, M., V. Vonstein, R. Overbeek, and A. Osterman, Archaeal shikimate kinase, a new member of the GHMP-kinase family. J Bacteriol. 2001 Jan;183(1):292-300.

 

60.      Graham, D. E., N. Kyrpides, I. J. Anderson, R. Overbeek, and W. B. Whitman, Genome of Methanocaldococcus (Methanococcus) jannaschii. Methods Enzymol. 2001;330:40-123.

 

61.      DelVecchio, V. G., V. Kapatral, R. J. Redkar, G. Patra, C. Mujer, T. Los, N. Ivanova, I. Anderson, A. Bhattacharyya, A. Lykidis, G. Reznik, L. Jablonski, N. Larsen, M. D'Souza, A. Bernal, M. Mazur, E. Goltsman, E. Selkov, P. H. Elzer, S. Hagius, D. O'Callaghan, J. J. Letesson, R. Haselkorn, N. Kyrpides, and R. Overbeek, The genome sequence of the facultative intracellular pathogen Brucella melitensis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Jan 8;99(1):443-8. 

 

62.      Kapatral, V., I. Anderson, N. Ivanova, G. Reznik, T. Los, A. Lykidis. A. Bhattacharyya, A. Bartman, W. Gardner, G. Grechkin, L. Zhu, O. Vasieva, L. Chu, Y. Kogan, O. Chaga, E. Goltsman, A. Bernal, N. Larsen, M. D'Souza, T. Walunas, G. Pusch, R. Haselkorn, M. Fonstein, N. Kyrpides and R. Overbeek, Genome sequence and analysis of the oral bacterium Fusobacterium nucleatum strain ATCC 25586. J Bacteriol. 2002 Apr;184(7):2005-18.

 

63.      Deppenmeier U, Johann A, Hartsch T, Merkl R, Schmitz RA, Martinez-Arias R, Henne A, Wiezer A, Baumer S, Jacobi C, Bruggemann H, Lienard T, Christmann A, Bomeke M, Steckel S, Bhattacharyya A, Lykidis A, Overbeek R, Klenk HP, Gunsalus RP, Fritz HJ, Gottschalk G.  The genome of Methanosarcina mazei: evidence for lateral gene transfer between bacteria and archaea.  J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol. 2002 Jul;4(4):453-61.

 

64.      Bhattacharyya A, Stilwagen S, Ivanova N, D'Souza M, Bernal A, Lykidis A, Kapatral V, Anderson I, Larsen N, Los T, Reznik G, Selkov E Jr, Walunas TL, Feil H, Feil WS, Purcell A, Lassez JL, Hawkins TL, Haselkorn R, Overbeek R, Predki PF, Kyrpides NC.  Whole-genome comparative analysis of three phytopathogenic Xylella fastidiosa strains.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Sep 17;99(19):12403-8. Epub 2002 Aug 30.

 

65.      Bhattacharyya A, Stilwagen S, Reznik G, Feil H, Feil WS, Anderson I, Bernal A, D'Souza M, Ivanova N, Kapatral V, Larsen N, Los T, Lykidis A, Selkov E Jr, Walunas TL, Purcell A, Edwards RA, Hawkins T, Haselkorn R, Overbeek R, Kyrpides NC, Predki PF.  Draft sequencing and comparative genomics of Xylella fastidiosa strains reveal novel biological insights.  Genome Res. 2002 Oct;12(10):1556-63.

 

66.   Klaenhammer T, Altermann E, Arigoni F, Bolotin A, Breidt F, Broadbent J, Cano R, Chaillou S, Deutscher J, Gasson M, van de Guchte M, Guzzo J, Hartke A, Hawkins T, Hols P, Hutkins R, Kleerebezem M, Kok J, Kuipers O, Lubbers M, Maguin E, McKay L, Mills D, Nauta A, Overbeek R, Pel H, Pridmore D, Saier M, van Sinderen D, Sorokin A, Steele J, O'Sullivan D, de Vos W, Weimer B, Zagorec M, Siezen R.  Discovering lactic acid bacteria by genomics.  Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2002 Aug;82(1-4):29-58. Review.

 

67.      Jenkins C, Samudrala R, Anderson I, Hedlund BP, Petroni G, Michailova N, Pinel N, Overbeek R, Rosati G, Staley JT.  Genes for the cytoskeletal protein tubulin in the bacterial genus Prosthecobacter.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Dec 24;99(26):17049-54. Epub 2002 Dec 16.

 

 

68.   Overbeek R, Larsen N, Walunas T, D'Souza M, Pusch G, Selkov E Jr, Liolios K, Joukov V, Kaznadzey D, Anderson I, Bhattacharyya A, Burd H, Gardner W, Hanke P, Kapatral V, Mikhailova N, Vasieva O, Osterman A, Vonstein V, Fonstein M, Ivanova N, Kyrpides N.  The ERGO genome analysis and discovery system.  Nucleic Acids Res. 2003 Jan 1;31(1):164-71.

 

 

69.   Osterman A, Overbeek R.  Missing genes in metabolic pathways: a comparative genomics approach.  Curr Opin Chem Biol. 2003 Apr;7(2):238-51. Review.

 

 

70.   Ivanova N, Sorokin A, Anderson I, Galleron N, Candelon B, Kapatral V, Bhattacharyya A, Reznik G, Mikhailova N, Lapidus A, Chu L, Mazur M, Goltsman E, Larsen N, D'Souza M, Walunas T, Grechkin Y, Pusch G, Haselkorn R, Fonstein M, Ehrlich SD, Overbeek R, Kyrpides N.  Genome sequence of Bacillus cereus and comparative analysis with Bacillus anthracis.  Nature. 2003 May 1;423(6935):87-91.

 

71.   Kazakov AE, Vassieva O, Gelfand MS, Osterman A, Overbeek R.  Bioinformatics classification and functional analysis of PhoH homologs.  In Silico Biol. 2003;3(1-2):3-15. Epub 2002 Dec 30.

 

72.      Kapatral V, Ivanova N, Anderson I, Reznik G, Bhattacharyya A, Gardner WL, Mikhailova N, Lapidus A, Larsen N, D'Souza M, Walunas T, Haselkorn R, Overbeek R, Kyrpides N.  Genome analysis of F. nucleatum sub spp vincentii and its comparison with the genome of F. nucleatum ATCC 25586. Genome Res. 2003 Jun;13(6A):1180-9.

 

73.      Overbeek, R., Devine, D., and Vonstein, V. Curation Is Forever: Comparative Genomics Approaches to Functional Annotation. TARGETS 2003 2:138-146

 

74.      Gerdes SY, Scholle MD, Campbell JW, Balazsi G, Ravasz E, Daugherty MD, Somera AL, Kyrpides NC, Anderson I, Gelfand MS, Bhattacharya A, Kapatral V, D'Souza M, Baev MV, Grechkin Y, Mseeh F, Fonstein MY, Overbeek R, Barabasi AL, Oltvai ZN, Osterman AL. Experimental determination and system level analysis of essential genes in Escherichia coli MG1655.  J Bacteriol. 2003 Oct;185(19):5673-84.

 

75.      Farahi K, Pusch GD, Overbeek R, Whitman WB.

Detection of lateral gene transfer events in the prokaryotic tRNA synthetases by the ratios of evolutionary distances method.  J Mol Evol. 2004 May;58(5):615-31.

 

 

Articles in Published Proceedings

 

1.      Lusk, E. and R. Overbeek, Data structures and control architecture for the implementation of theorem‑proving programs, Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on Autornated Deduction, Springer‑Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 87, ed. Robert Kowalski and Wolfgang Bibel, pp. 232‑249, Springer‑Verlag, New York, 1980.

 

2.      Henschen, L., R. Overbeek, and L. Wos, Hyperparamodulation: A refinement of paramodulation, Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on Automated Deduction, Springer‑Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 87, ed. Robert Kowalski and Wolfgang Bibel, pp. 208‑219, Springer‑Verlag, New York, July 1980.

 

3.      Lusk, E., W. McCune, and R. Overbeek, Logic machine architecture: inference mechanisms, Proceedings of the Sixth Conference on Automated Deduction, Springer Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 138, ed. D. W. Loveland, pp. 85‑108, Springer‑Verlag, New York, 1982.

 

4.      Lusk, E., W. McCune, and R. Overbeek, Logic machine architecture: kernel functions, Proceedings of the Sixth Conference on Automated Deduction, Springer Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 138, ed. D. W. Loveland, pp. 70‑84, Springer‑Verlag, New York, 1982.

 

5.      Lusk, E. L. and R. A. Overbeek, A portable environment for research in automated reasoning, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Automated Deduction, Springer‑Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 170, ed. R. E. Shostak, pp. 43‑52, Springer‑Verlag, New York, 1984.

 

6.      Lusk, E. L. and R. A. Overbeek, Multiprocessing using macro packages that implement monitors, Proceedings for the Argonne Workshop on Programming the Next Generation of Supercomputers, pp. 91‑108, Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, October 1984.

 

7.      Colley, R., S. Seeman, D. Smith, J. Gabriel, E. L. Lusk, and R. A. Overbeek, An entity‑relationship model for nuclear power plants, Proceedings of the 1985 International Topical Meeting on Computer Applications for Nuclear Power Plant Operation and Control, pp. 765‑770, Tri‑Cities, Washington, 1985.

 

8.      Lusk, E. L. and R. A. Overbeek, The role of multiprocessors in the nuclear power industry: Comments on Determining Factors, Proceedings of the 1985 International Topical Meeting on Computer Applications for Nuclear Power Plant Operation and Control, pp. 771‑775, Tri‑Cities, Washington, 1985.

 

9.      Lusk, E. L. and R. A. Overbeek, Databases and automated reasoning, Proceedings of the 1985 International Topical Meeting on Computer Applications for Nuclear Power Plant Operation and Control, pp. 604,610, Tri‑Cities, Washington, 1985.

 

10.    Lusk, E. L. and R. A. Overbeek, The tradeoffs among portability, complexity, and efficiency in multiprocessing environments, Proceedings of the Workshop on Parallel Processing Using the Heterogeneous Element Processor, pp. 245‑260, Norman, Oklahoma, March 1985.

 

11.    Butler, R., E. Lusk, W. McCune, and R. Overbeek, Parallel logic programming for numeric applications, Proceedings of the Third Conference on Logic Programming, Springer‑ Veriag Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 225, ed. Ehud Shapiro, pp. 375‑388, Springer‑Verlag, New York, 1986.

 

12.    Lusk, E., W. McCune, R. Overbeek, and R. Butler, Paths to high‑performance automated theorem proving, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Automated Deduction, Springer‑Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 230, ed. J. H. Sickmann, pp. 588‑597, Springer‑Verlag, New York, 1986.

 

13.    Disz, T., E. Lusk, and R. Overbeek, Experiments with OR‑parallel logic programs, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Logic Programming, pp. 576‑600, Melbourne, 1987.

 

14.    Lusk, E. L. and R. A. Overbeek, Automated reasoning and knowledge base design in the scientific programming environment, Problem Solving Environments for Scientific Computing, ed. B. Ford and F. Chatelin, pp. 83‑96, New York, 1987.

 

15.    Carlsson, M., K. Danhof and R. Overbeek A Simplified approach to the implementation of AND‑parallelism in an OR‑parallel environment, Logic Programming: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference and Symposium, ed. Robert A. Kowalski and Kenneth A. Bowen pp. 1565‑1577, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1988.

 

16.    Butler, R., T. Disz, E. L. Lusk, R. Olson, R. Overbeek and R. Stevens, Sceduling OR‑parallelism: an Argonne Perspective Logic Programming: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference and Symposium, ed. Robert A. Kowalski and Kenneth A. Bowen pp. 1590‑1608, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1988.

 

17.    Lusk E. L., R. Butler, T. Disz, R. Overbeek, R. Stevens, D. H. D. Warren, A. Calderwood, P. Szeredi, S. Haridi, P. Brand and M. Carlsson, The Aurora OR‑Parallel Prolog System Proceedings of the International Conference on Fifth Generation Computer Systems, pp. 819‑830, Institute for New Generation Computer Technology, Tokyo,1988

 

18.    Wos, L., S. Winker, W. McCune, R. Overbeek, E. Lusk, R. Stevens, and R. Butler, Automated Reasoning Contributes to Mathematics and Logic Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Automated Deduction, Springer‑ Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 449, ed. Mark Stickel, pp. 485‑499, Springer‑Verlag, New York, 1990.

 

19.    Foster and R. Overbeek, Experiences with bilingual parallel programming Proc. 5th Distributed Memory Computer Conference, IEEE Press, pp. 1137‑1146, 1990.

 

20.    Foster and R. Overbeek, Bilingual parallel programming, Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Parallel Languages and Compilers, MIT Press, 1990.

 

21.    R. Butler, Foster, A. Jindal, and R. Overbeek, A high‑ performance parallel theorem prover Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Automated Deduction, Springer‑Verlag, New York, 1990.

 

22.    Michaels, G. S., R. Taylor, R. Hagstrom, M. Price, and R. Overbeek, Comparative Analysis of Genomic Data: a global look at structural and regulatory features Proceedings of the Second International Conference of Bioinformnaties and Complex Genome Analysis, ed. Hua A. Lim, World Scientific Publishing Co., River Edge, NJ, 1992 (in press)

 

23.    Kaoru, Y., C. Smith, T. Kazic, G. Michaels, R. Taylor, D. Zawada, R. Hagstrom, and Ross Overbeek, Towards a Human Genome Encyclopedia Proceedings of the International Conference on Fifth Generation Computer Systems 1992, pages 307‑320, Tokyo, Japan, June 1‑5, 1992

 

24.    Gaasterland, Terry and Ross Overbeek, Genetic Sequence Analysis: the Grand Challenge Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Practical Applications of Prolog, pages 245‑258, Paris, France, April, 1995

 

25.    Bult CJ; White 0; Olsen GJ; Zhou L; Fleischmann RD; Sutton GG; Blake JA; FitzGerald LM; Clayton RA; Gocayne JD; Kerlavage AR; Dougherty BA; Tomb JF; Adams MD; Reich CI; Overbeek R; Kirkness EF; Weinstock KG; Merrick JM; Glodek A; Scott JL; Geoghagen NSM; Venter JC, Complete genome sequence of the methanogenic archaeon, Methanococcus. Science 273, pages 1058‑1073, 1996

 

26.    Selkov E; Galimova M; Goryanin 1; Gretchkin Y; lvanova N; Komarov Y; Maltsev N; Mikhailova N; Nenashev V; Overbeek R; Panyushkina E; Pronevitch L; Selkov E Jr, The metabolic pathway collection: an update, Nucleic Acids Res. 25, pages 37‑38. 1997

 

27.    Maidak BL; Olsen GJ; Larsen N; Overbeek R; McCaughey MJ; Woese CR, The RDP (Ribosomal Database Project). Nucleic Acids Res. 25, pages 109‑111, 1997

 

28.    Overbeek R; Laxsen N; Smith W; Maltsev N; Selkov E, Representation of function: the next step, Gene 191, pages GC1‑GC9,1997

 

29.    Selkov E; Maltsev N; Olsen GJ; Overbeek R; Whitman WB, A reconstruction of the metabolism of Methanococcus jannaschii from sequence data, Gene 197, pages GC11‑G26,1997

 

30.    Dsouza M; Laxsen N; Overbeek R, Searching for patterns in genomic data Trends Genet. 13, pages 497‑498, 1997

 

31.    Deckert G; Warren PV; Gaasterland T; Young WG; Lenox AL; Graham DE; Overbeek R; Snead MA; Keller M; Aujay M; Huber R; Feldman RA; Short JM; Olsen GJ; Swanson RV, The complete genome of the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex a,eolicus, Nature 392, pages 353‑358, 1998

 

32.    Maidak BL; Cole JR; Parker CT Jr; Garrity GM; Larsen N; Li B; Lilburn TG; McCaughey MJ; Olsen GJ; Overbeek R; Pramanik S; Schmidt TM; Tiedje JM; Woese CR, A new version of the RDP (Ribosomal Database Project), Nucleic Acids Res. Jan 1;27(l), pages 171‑173., 1999

 

33.    Overbeek R; Fonstein M; D'Souza M; Pusch GD; Maltsev N, The use of gene clusters to infer functional coupling, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96, pages 2896‑2901, 1999

 

Technical Reports

 

1.      Lusk, Ewing L. and Ross A. Overbeek, An LMA‑Based Theorem Prover, Technical Report ANL‑82‑75, Argonne National Laboratory, December 1982.

 

2.         Lusk, Ewing L. and Ross A. Overbeek, An Approach to Programming Multiprocessing Algorithms on the Denelcor HEP, Technical Report ANL‑83‑96, Argonne National Laboratory, December 1983.

3.         Lusk, Ewing L. and Ross A. Overbeek, Implementation of Monitors with Macros: A Programming Aid for the HEP and Other Parallel Processors, Technical Report ANL‑83‑97, Argonne National Laboratory, December 1983.

 

4.      Lusk, Ewing L. and Ross A. Overbeek, Logic Machine Architecture Inference Mechanisms ‑ Layer 2 User Reference Manual ‑ Release 2.0, Technical Report ANL‑82‑84, Argonne National Laboratory, April 1984.

 

5.      Lusk, Ewing L. and Ross A. Overbeek, The Automated Reasoning System ITP, Technical Report ANL‑84‑27, Argonne National Laboratory, April 1984.

 

6.      Lusk, Ewing L. and Ross A. Overbeek, Implementing Multiprocessing Algorithms Now, New Directions in Software for Advanced Computer Architectures, Technical Report ANLIMCS‑TM‑32, pp. 5‑10, MCS, Argonne National Laboratory, August 1984.

 

7.      Lusk, Ewing L. and Ross A. Overbeek, Parallelism in Automated Reasoning Systems, New Directions in Software for Advanced Computer Architectures, Technical Report ANLIMCS‑TM‑32, pp. 25‑34, MCS, Argonne National Laboratory, August 1984.

 

8.      Lusk, Ewing L. and Ross A. Overbeek, Stalking the Gigalip, New Directions in Software for Advanced Computer Architectures, Technical Report ANLIMCS‑TM‑32, pp. 15‑24, MCS, Argonne National Laboratory, August 1984.

 

9.      Clausing, J., R. Hagstrom, E. Lusk, and R. A. Overbeek, Use of Monitors in Pascal on the Lemur: A Tutorial on the Barrier, Self‑Scheduling DO‑Loop, and Askfor Monitors, Technical Report ANL‑84‑53, Argonne National Laboratory, July 1984.

 

10.    Lusk, Ewing L. and Ross A. Overbeek, Research Topics: Multiprocessing Algorithms for Computational Logic, Technical Report ANLIMCS‑TM‑31, MCS, Argonne National Laboratory, July 1984.

 

11.    Gabriel, J., T. Lindholm, E. Lusk, and R. A. Overbeek, A Tutorial on the Warren Abstract Machine, Technical Report ANL‑84‑84, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, October 1984.

 

12.    Gabriel, J., T. Lindholm, E. Lusk, and R. A. Overbeek, A Short Note on Achievable LIP rates Using the Warren Abstract Prolog Machine, Technical Report ANLIMCSTM‑36, MCS, Argonne National Laboratory, September 1984.

 

13.    Lusk, E. L., R. L. Stevens, and R. A. Overbeek, A Tutorial on the Use of Monitors in C. Writing Portable Code for Multiprocessors, Technical Report ANL‑85‑2, Argonne National Laboratory, January 1985.

 

14.    Lusk, E. L., R. A. Overbeek, and B. Parrello, Designing IMS Data Bases from Entity‑Relationship Models, Auerbach Publishers, Inc., 1985.

 

15.    Butler, M., E. Lusk, W. McCune, and R. Overbeek, Parallel Logic Programming for Numeric Applications, Technical Report ANLIMCS‑ TM‑ 72, MCS, Argonne National Laboratory, November 1985.

 

16.    Glickfeld, B. and R. Overbeek, Quasi‑Automatic Parallelization: A Simplied Approach to Multiprocessing, Technical Report ANL‑855‑70, Argonne National Laboratory, October 1985.

 

17.    Glickfeld, B. and R. Overbeek, An Approach to Implementing State Space Searches on Heterogeneous Systems of Multiprocessors, Technical Report ANL‑87‑36, Argonne National Laboratory, September 1987.

 

18.    Carlsson, M., K. Danhof, and R. Overbeek, Practical Issues Relating to the Internal Database Predicates in an OR‑Parallel Prolog: Extensions and Useful Hacks, Technical Report ANL‑88‑11, Argonne National Laboratory, February 1988.

 

19.    Butler, R., T. Butler, I. Foster, N. Karonis, R. Olson, R. Overbeek, N. Pfluger, M. Price, and S. Tuecke, Generating Alignments of Genetic Sequences, Technical Report ANLIMCS‑TM‑132,, Argonne National Laboratory, June 1989.

 

20.    Jindal, A., R. Overbeek, and W. McCune, A Parallel Processing Approach for Implementing High‑Performance First‑Order Logic Dedeuction Systems, Technical Report ANLIMCS‑TM‑131,, Argonne National Laboratory, April 1989.

 

21.    Singh, A. K. and R. Overbeek Derivation of Efficient Parallel Programs: an Example from Genetic Sequence Analysis, Technical Report ANLIMCS‑P104‑0989, Argonne National Laboratory, 1989.

 

22.    Winker, S., R. Overbeek, C. R. Woese, G. J. Olsen, and N. Pfluger An Automated Procedure for Covariation‑based Detection of RNA Structure, Technical Report ANL89142, Argonne National Laboratory, 1989

 

23.    Foster, I. and R. Overbeek Bilingual Parallel Programming, Technical Report ANLIMCS‑P163‑0790, , Argonne National Laboratory, 1990

 

24.    Baehr, A., R. Hagstrom, D. Joerg, and R. Overbeek, Querying Genomic Databases, Technical Report ANLIMCS‑TM‑155,, Argonne National Laboratory, September 1991.

 

25.    Baehr, A., G. Dunham, A. Ginsburg, R. Hagstrom, D. Joerg, T. Kazic, H. Matsuda, G. Michaels, R. Overbeek, K. E. Rudd, C. Smith, R. Taylor, K. Yoshida, and D. Zawada, An Integrated Database to Support Research on Escherichia coli Report ANL‑92/1 Argonne National Laboratory, January 1992.

 

26.    Hagstrom, R., G. S. Michaels, R. Overbeek, M. Price, R. Taylor, K. Yoshida, and D. Zawada, GenoGraphics for Open Windows, Technical Report ANL‑92111,, Argonne National Laboratory, April 1992.

 

27.    Hagstrom, J. N., R. Hagstrom, R. Overbeek, M. Price, and L. Schrage, Maximum Likelihood Genetic Sequence Reconstruction from Oligo Content, Technical Report ANLIMCS‑P309‑0592,, Argonne National Laboratory, September 1992.

 

28.    Hagstrom, R., G. S. Michaels, R. Overbeek, M. Price, and R. Taylor, Overview of the Integrated Genomic Data System (IGD), Techical Report ANLIMCSP325‑0992,, Argonne National Laboratory, October 1992.

 

29.    Overbeek, R. and M. Price, Accessing Integrated Genomic Data Using GenoBase: A Tutorial (Part 1), Report ANLIMCS‑TM‑173,, Argon ne National Laboratory, January, 1993

 

30.    Lusk, E. L., S. Mudambi, R. Overbeek, and P. Szeredi Applications of the Aurora Parallel Prolog System to Computational Molecular Biology Report ANLIMCS‑P372‑0793, Argonne National Laboratory, July 1993

 

Other Publications

 

1.      Overbeek, R., A new class of automated theorem‑proving algorithms, Ph.D. thesis, Penn. State Univ., 1971.

 

2.      Overbeek, R., The representation of many‑one degrees by decision problems of Turing machines, The Journal of Symbolic Logic, 36, p. 706, 1971. (abstract)

 

3.      Overbeek, R., The representation of many‑one degrees by the word problem for Thue Systems, The Journal of Symbolic Logic, 36, p. 584, 1971. (abstract)

 

4.      Lusk, E., R. Overbeek, and B. Parrello, A practical design methodology for the implementation of IMS databases, using the entity‑ relationship model, Proceedings of the ACM‑SIGMOD, May 1980.

 

5.      Henschen, L., E. Lusk, R. Overbeek, B. Smith, R. Veroff, S. Winker, and L. Wos, Challenge Problem 1, SIGART Newsletter, no. 72, pp. 30‑31, July 1980.

 

31.    Olsen, G. J., R. overbeek, N. Larsen, and C. R. Woese, The Ribosomal Database Project: Updated Description Nucleic Acids Res. 19, (1991) 4817

 

32.    Overbeek, R. and I. Foster, Aligning Multiple RNA Sequences Automated Reasoning: Essays in Honor of Woody Bledsoe, pp. 231‑248, ed. Robert S. Boyer, Kluwer Academic Pub., 1991

 

33.    Michaels, G. S., R. Taylor, P. Munson, R. Hagstrom, M. Price, and R. Overbeek Searching for Genomic Organizational Motifs: Explorations of the E.coli Chromosome Computers in Chemistry (in press, 1992)

 

34.    Olsen, G. J., H. Matsuda, R. Hagstrom, and R. Overbeek, fastDNAml: a tool for construction of phylogenetic trees of DNA sequences using maximum likelihood CABIOS, 1993

 

35.    Larsen, N., G. J. Olsen, B. L. Maidak, M. J. McCaughey, R. Overbeek, T. J. Macke, T. L. Marsh, and C. R. Woese, The Ribosomal Database Project Nucleic Acids Res. 21, (1993) 3021‑3023

 

36.    Olsen, G. J., C. R. Woese, and R. Overbeek, The Winds of (Evolutionary) Change: Breathing New Life into Microbiology Journal of Bacteriology, Jan 1994, pp.1‑6

 

37.    Hagstrom, J. N., R. Hagstrom, R. Overbeek, M. Price, and L. Schrage, Maximum Likelihood Genetic Sequence Reconstruction from Oligo Networks, Volume 24, pp. 297‑302,, August 1994.

 

38.    Smith, S.W., R. Overbeek, C. R. Woese, W. Gilbert, and P. M. Gillevet, The Genetic Data ERnvironment, an Expandable GUIJor Multiple Sequence Analysis, CABIOS, 10, 671‑675, 1994

 

39.    Kagawa, H. K., J. Osipiuk, N. Maltsev, R. Overbeek, E. Qualte-Randall, A. Joachimiak, and J. D. Trent The 60 kDa Heat Shock Proteins in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus shibatae, Journal of Molecular Biology, 253, 712‑725, 1995

 

40.    Selkov, E., S. Basmanova, I. Goryanin, Y. Gretchkin, T. Gaasterland, N. Maltsev, V. Nenashev, R. Overbeek, E. Panyushkina, L. Pronevitch, E. Selkov Jr., and I. Yunus, The Metabolic Pathway Collection from EMP: the Enzymes and Metabolic Pathways Database, Journal of Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 24, 1, 26‑28, January, 1996

 

41.    B.L. Maidak, G.J. Olsen, N. Larsen, R. Overbeek, M.J. McCaughey, and C.R. Woese The Ribosomal Database Project (RDP), Journal of Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 24, 1, 82‑85, January, 1996