Large Language Models in Computational Biology – A Primer

SPEAKER: Shaoheng Liang is a computer scientist/bioinformatician and a Lane Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University in the Department of Computational Biology, working with Dr. Jian Ma. Before that, he worked at NuProbe USA, Inc., a company innovating cutting-edge sequencing solutions for disease detection. Liang earned his Ph.D. degree from Rice University, Department of Computer Science. Co-advised by Dr. Ken Chen (research advisor) and Dr. Luay Nakhleh (academic advisor), his PhD work was done in Dr. Ken Chen’s Computational Genomics Lab at MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he established wide collaboration with biomedical researchers. Before that, Liang received a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Information Science and Technology from Tsinghua University, Department of Electronic Engineering.