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Trent A. Rogers

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Assistant Professor

University of Arkansas primary University of Central Arkansas UA Little Rock

Also affiliated: California Institute of Technology (2013); University of Wisconsin–River Falls (2016); National University of Ireland, Maynooth (2022); Department of Mathematical Sciences (2013)

12 h-index 49 pubs 400 cited

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Trent A. Rogers' research focuses on theoretical computer science, specifically the study of self-assembly and computation using tile-based systems. His work investigates the capabilities of different tile assembly models, including their potential for universal computation and signal transmission. Rogers has published research on the two-handed tile assembly model, exploring its intrinsic universality, and on the use of arbitrary polyomino tiles in non-cooperative self-assembly for computational purposes. He has also examined how 3D static tiles can simulate active self-assembly in 2D signal-passing tile systems and explored computation in continuous space with polygonal tiles. Rogers has collaborated with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Matthew J. Patitz, Andrew Alseth, and Phillip Drake. He has an h-index of 11, with 64 total publications and 371 citations.

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  • h-index: 12
  • Publications: 49
  • Citations: 400

Positions

  • Assistant Professor 2024–present
    University of Arkansas at Fayetteville EECS ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Synchronous Versus Asynchronous Tile-Based Self-Assembly (2025)
    DROPS (Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics) DOI OpenAlex
  • Self-Attraction Removal from Oritatami Systems (2019)
    International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Know When to Fold ’Em: Self-assembly of Shapes by Folding in Oritatami (2018)
    Lecture notes in computer science 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The Simulation Powers and Limitations of Higher Temperature Hierarchical Self-Assembly Systems* (2017)
    Fundamenta Informaticae 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Hierarchical self-assembly of fractals with signal-passing tiles (2017)
    Natural Computing 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Thermodynamic Binding Networks (2017)
    Maynooth University ePrints and eTheses Archive (Maynooth University) DOI OpenAlex
  • Resiliency to multiple nucleation in temperature-1 self-assembly (2017)
    Natural Computing 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Thermodynamic Binding Networks (2017)
    Lecture notes in computer science 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Oritatami System; a Survey and the Impossibility of Simple Simulation at Small Delays (2017)
    Fundamenta Informaticae 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Self-attraction Removal from Oritatami Systems (2017)
    Lecture notes in computer science 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Reflections on tiles (in self-assembly) (2017)
    Natural Computing 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Resiliency to Multiple Nucleation in Temperature-1 Self-Assembly (2016)
    Lecture notes in computer science 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Fractals with Signal-Passing Tiles (2016)
    Lecture notes in computer science 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Universal Simulation of Directed Systems in the Abstract Tile Assembly Model Requires Undirectedness (2016)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Computing in continuous space with self-assembling polygonal tiles (extended abstract) (2016)
    Symposium on Discrete Algorithms 3 citations DOI OpenAlex

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