We are delighted to announce that Professor ZHANG Weixiong has joined the Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) as Chair Professor of Systems Biology and Artificial Intelligence, under a joint appointment with the Department of Health Technology and Informatics, effective June 23, 2025. Professor Zhang also serves as the Associate Director of the PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research (PAIR).
Professor ZHANG is a Global STEM Scholar under the Global STEM Professorship of the HKSAR government. He is an expert in artificial intelligence and genomics, with research interests spanning data analytics, artificial intelligence, genetics and genomics, non-coding RNA, medical imaging, and complex disease studies. Professor ZHANG received his BS in Computer Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China and PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Prior to joining PolyU, he was a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Genetics at Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
Please join us in welcoming Professor ZHANG to DSAI. We look forward to his valuable contributions in further strengthening our department’s research and academic excellence.
