Yang Cao

Yang Cao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech, affiliated with the College of Engineering. His research focuses on computational biology, bioinformatics, and high-performance computing, particularly in modeling cell cycle dynamics and stochastic processes in biochemical systems. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and degrees from Tsinghua University.

Education:

• Ph.D., Computer Science, University of California at Santa Barbara (2003)
• M.S., Computational Math, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (1998)
• B.S., Applied Math, Tsinghua University (1993)

Research Interests:

• Computational modeling of biological systems, including Caulobacter crescentus and budding yeast cell cycles
• Stochastic simulation algorithms for biochemical reactions
• HPC applications in systems biology and computational science

Recent Work Trends: Recent articles highlight advancements in cell cycle regulation, parameter estimation for stochastic models, and algorithmic improvements for hybrid simulation methods, emphasizing computational efficiency and biological accuracy.