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Publications (9)

physics.bio-ph2026

Combinatorial decision-making driven by multicomponent surface condensates

Aidan Zentner, Ethan V. Halingstad, Cameron Chalk +4

Living organisms rely on molecular networks, such as gene circuits and signaling pathways, for information processing and robust decision-making in crowded, noisy environments. Rec…

cs.CG2016

Optimal Staged Self-Assembly of General Shapes

Cameron Chalk, Eric Martinez, Robert Schweller +3

We analyze the number of tile types , bins , and stages necessary to assemble squares and scaled shapes in the staged tile assembly model. For squar…

cs.CG2016

Universal Shape Replicators via Self-Assembly with Attractive and Repulsive Forces

Cameron Chalk, Erik D. Demaine, Martin L. Demaine +4

We show how to design a universal shape replicator in a self-assembly system with both attractive and repulsive forces. More precisely, we show that there is a universal set of con…

cs.LG2021

Programming and Training Rate-Independent Chemical Reaction Networks

Marko Vasic, Cameron Chalk, Austin Luchsinger +2

Embedding computation in biochemical environments incompatible with traditional electronics is expected to have wide-ranging impact in synthetic biology, medicine, nanofabrication…

cs.FL2016

Concentration Independent Random Number Generation in Tile Self-Assembly

Cameron Chalk, Bin Fu, Eric Martinez +2

In this paper we introduce the \emph{robust random number generation} problem where the goal is to design an abstract tile assembly system (aTAM system) whose terminal assemblies c…

cs.ET2020

Programming Substrate-Independent Kinetic Barriers with Thermodynamic Binding Networks

Keenan Breik, Cameron Chalk, David Doty +2

Engineering molecular systems that exhibit complex behavior requires the design of kinetic barriers. For example, an effective catalytic pathway must have a large barrier when the…