Degui Zhi
Chair, Department Of Bioinformatics And Systems Medicine
Greater Houston United States
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Top SchoolDegui Zhi is a leader in biomedical AI and genomics, currently chairing the Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Medicine at UTHealth Houston while directing the Center for AI & Genome Informatics. With a PhD in bioinformatics and over a decade of academic leadership, he develops foundation-scale deep learning frameworks—such as Med-BERT and gene2vec—and novel PBWT-based algorithms that enable biobank-scale modeling and population genetics informatics. His lab bridges imaging, EHR, and genetic data to derive endophenotypes for discovery, and his methodological work has secured over $20M in PI/MPI funding. An elected ACMI fellow and long-time instructor of deep learning for biomedical informatics, he is now exploring LLMs and generative AI to accelerate scientific discovery.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoBachelor Computer Science, Bachelor Computer Science at Peking UniversityUniversity of California Santa CruzMaster Computer Science, Master Computer Science at National University of Singapore
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (4)
pytorch3
embedding2
bert1
nlp1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
zhizhid/fastai
Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
The fast.ai deep learning library, lessons, and tutorials
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 push in 1 day
pytorchpythondeep-learning-aideep-learningmachine-learning
ZhiGroup/ZhiGroup.github.io
Dec 2019 - May 2022
ZhiGroup's web site
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 30 pushes in 2 years 4 months
web-site
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