How can DNA computing be applied to digital signal processing?

Author

Tsaftaris, Sotirios A. ; Katsaggelos, Aggelos K. ; Pappas, Thrasyvoulos N. ; Papoutsakis, Eleftherios T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA

Volume

21

Issue

6

fYear

2004

Firstpage

57

Lastpage

61

Abstract

Although digital signals have been used as inputs in some DNA computing applications, there has been a small research regarding the application of DNA computing principles in solving DSP problems. This article offers a first step towards filling this gap and thus strengthening the ties between biology and signal processing. By focusing the attention of the article to a specific domain, the author believes that many new exciting applications of DNA computation can be discovered. A short overview of molecular biology and tools commonly used in DNA computing is also provided for presentation purposes. This article offers the signal processing community some future directions regarding the unexplored area of research in biocomputing technology.

Keywords

biocomputing; signal processing; DNA annealing; DNA computing principles; biocomputing technology; digital signal processing; disparity estimation; large-scale DNA database management; matching-type problems; molecular biology; query strand; Additive noise; Annealing; Biology computing; Biomedical signal processing; Cameras; DNA computing; Digital signal processing; Pixel; Sequences; Signal processing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Signal Processing Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1053-5888

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MSP.2004.1359142

Filename

1359142