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Ling Zheng serves as Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Monmouth University, a position she has held since joining in August 2018. She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Zhejiang University, China.
Her educational background includes:
- Ph.D., Computer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology
- M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Zhejiang University
Dr. Zheng's research integrates Biomedical Informatics, Ontology Engineering, and Data Science with focus areas in biomedical ontology summarization, genotype-phenotype correlation analysis, drug-drug interaction discovery, and semantic data mining. Her work develops quality assurance methodologies to enhance biomedical knowledge representation and discovery.
Analysis of her 2018-2021 publications reveals consistent innovation in ontology auditing across major biomedical terminologies (UMLS, SNOMED CT, NCIt), pioneering structural anomaly detection and machine learning applications for ontology enrichment, notably using convolutional neural networks for SNOMED CT improvement.
Award highlights:
- 2016: Fellowship, International Conference on Biological Ontology and BioCreative
- 2012: Excellent Postgraduate Students Award, Zhejiang University
- 2009: Excellent Postgraduate Students Award, Southern Medical University
- 2008: National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China
As department chair and instructor of courses including Advanced Object-Oriented Programming and Applied Machine Learning, her leadership spans academic administration and curriculum development, though research grants and student advising details were not specified in the source material.
