Wei Wang

Wei Wang is the Leonard Kleinrock Chair Professor in Computer Science and Computational Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and the founding Director of the Scalable Analytics Institute (ScAI). She is also a core faculty member of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biology, and Bioinformatics Interdepartmental Graduate Program.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, UCLA (1999)
• M.S. in Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, SUNY at Binghamton (1995)

Research Interests:

Dr. Wang’s research spans big data analytics, machine learning, data mining, natural language processing, bioinformatics, computational biology, and AI for science. Her work focuses on designing scalable algorithms for complex pattern discovery in large-scale, heterogeneous data, with applications in medicine, genomics, and scientific discovery.

Scientific Awards & Honors:

• ACM Fellow (2020)
• IEEE Fellow (2022)
• NSF CAREER Award (2005)
• Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellow (2005)
• Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prize (2007)
• Okawa Foundation Research Award (2013)
• ACM SIGKDD Service Award (2016)
• IEEE ICDM Outstanding Service Award (2012)
• IBM Invention Achievement Awards (2000, 2001)
• Multiple Best Paper Awards at SIGKDD, ICDE, and ACM BCB

Advising & Research Team:

Dr. Wang currently advises 15 PhD students and 1 postdoctoral fellow. Her lab focuses on AI-driven scientific discovery, scalable analytics, and interdisciplinary applications in biomedicine and materials science.

Labs & Institutes:

• Director, Scalable Analytics Institute (ScAI), UCLA
• Member, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Member, Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biology
• Member, Bioinformatics Interdepartmental Graduate Program