Hua Zhou

Hua Zhou is a Professor at the Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research focuses on developing scalable optimization algorithms for high-dimensional statistical problems, with applications to genomics and computational biology. Key contributions include deterministic annealing methods, quasi-Newton acceleration techniques, and GPU-based parallel computing frameworks.

Dr. Zhou specializes in:

• Numerical optimization for maximum likelihood estimation
• Penalization methods in genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
• RNA-seq data analysis and microbiome statistics
• Development of the genetics analysis software Mendel
• Current work on QTL mapping in family designs and genotype imputation