David Zhang
Assistant Professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Zhang is an assistant professor and machine learning scientist with a decade of experience translating cutting‑edge research into clinical AI products across computational pathology, spatial omics, and medical imaging. He developed novel vision‑language and diffusion-based generative models for pathology, engineered a 128× resolution enhancement algorithm, and built rapid, cost‑effective tools for cancer detection—work published in top venues including Nature Biotechnology. Trained as a PhD in Scientific Computing, he blends theoretical rigor (earlier work in algebraic topology and uncertainty quantification) with practical system-building for health care settings. Based in Chapel Hill, he specializes in multi‑modal biomedical AI that moves from foundational models to deployable pipelines, with an uncommon track record of accelerating both image resolution and spatial molecular assays.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Scientific Computing, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Scientific Computing at University of MichiganBachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics (with honors), Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics (with honors) at Calvin University
Github Skills (17)
latex8
vim8
tex8
emacs8
vim-plugin8
algorithms8
scipy7
filetype7
neovim7
python7
scientific-computing7
spacemacs6
histopathology6
electrophysiology6
crowd6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
daviddaiweizhang/fraposa
Mar 2018 - Apr 2021
Contributions:138 commits, 58 pushes, 7 branches in 3 years 2 months
daviddaiweizhang/irrnn
Dec 2022 - Sep 2023
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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