HKUST Big Data Institute Workshop on Big Data and Biomedical & Chemical Science

Jointly organized by the HKUST Big Data Institute and Division of Life Science, the workshop aims to discuss the most advanced progress in the area of adapting AI & Data techniques in Biomedicine and Biochemistry. HKUST faculty members and technology leaders in the industry will share and exchange insights for fostering collaboration.

• Keynote: How AI is transforming drug discoveries
Dr. Frank PUN, Head of HK Office, Associate Director, Insilico Medicine
• Talk: Deciphering cancer evolution under therapy for precision medicine
Prof. Jiguang WANG, Padma Harilela Associate Professor of Life Science, Division of Life Science and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, HKUST
• Talk: A unified approach for integrating spatial and single-cell transcriptomics data using deep generative models
Prof. Can YANG, Dr Tai-chin Lo Associate Professor of Science, Department of Mathematics, HKUST
• Keynote: Discovery of A Potent Type I1/2 ALK Inhibitor
Prof. Yong HUANG, Professor, Department of Chemistry, HKUST
• Talk: Hierarchical Graph Neural Networks for Protein-Protein Interaction
Prof. Jia LI, Assistant Professor, Data Science and Analytics Thrust, HKUST Guangzhou
• Talk: Data and Modeling in Drug Discovery: Lessons from ALPHAFOLD and MELLODDY
Dr. Kai ZHU, Senior Director of Computational Chemistry and AI, BeiGene
• Panel Discussion
Moderator: Prof. Lei Chen, Chair Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, HKUST

More information can be found on the event website at: https://bdi.hkust.edu.hk/BDI_workshop_2023/index.html

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