معرفی
Wei Zhang is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Central Florida, serving as Graduate Program Coordinator. His research focuses on computational biology, bioinformatics, and machine learning, with emphasis on cancer transcriptome analysis, biomarker identification, and drug sensitivity prediction.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Computer Science – University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
His research integrates network-based and semi-supervised learning techniques to study post-transcriptional regulation in cancer, leveraging machine learning for precision oncology and therapeutic target discovery.
The 15 most recent publications (4 shown) demonstrate his work in applying machine learning to cancer genomics, with a focus on network-based methods for biomarker discovery, alternative polyadenylation, and survival analysis in ovarian cancer.
Scientific Awards:
- NSF CRII (2018)
- Best Poster Award, Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology Research Symposium (2014)
Wei Zhang has held previous academic and industry research positions and actively contributes to interdisciplinary research at the intersection of computer science and cancer biology.
