%0 Journal Article %@ 1053-5888 %A Tsaftaris, Sotirios A. %A Katsaggelos, Aggelos K. %A Pappas, Thrasyvoulos N. %A Papoutsakis, Eleftherios T. %D 2004 %F eprints:789 %I IEEE %J IEEE signal processing Magazine %K DNA computing applications; code word design; digital signal processing; signal processing theory; DNA; biocomputing; signal processing; %N 5 %P 100 - 106 %T DNA computing from a signal processing viewpoint %U http://eprints.imtlucca.it/789/ %V 21 %X In this article, an analysis of Adleman's experiment and a review of DNA computing applications from a signal-processing point of view are provided. In addition, certain key parts of DNA computing are emphasized, such as the code word design, to which the application of signal processing theory and techniques can offer significant advantages. The goal of this article is to introduce to the signal processing community a new unexplored area of research.