Weimiao Wu

About Me

I am a Machine Learning Research Scientist at Meta,  on the Instagram Feed Ranking Team. I received my PhD in Biostatistics from Yale University, with a M.S. in Computer Science alongside doctoral studies. My dissertation research focused on statistical genetics and the application of machine learning techniques to genomics data, to facilitate a better understanding of human complex diseases.  Prior to my time at Yale, I pursued studies in Computational Biology and Biostatistics at Harvard University.

Education

• • 2016 -- 2021 Ph.D.    Biostatistics Yale University

  • 2017-- 2019 M.S. en route Computer Science Yale University

  • 2014-- 2016 M.S. Biostatistics Harvard University

  • 2010 -- 2014 B.S.       Liang Xi Talented Class (Biology) Beijing Forestry University

Research Interests

• • Statistical association tests for longitudinal data in genome-wide association (GWA) studies

  • Machine learning method for single cell RNA-seq imputation

  • Integritive analysis of Omics data

Selected Honors and Awards

• • 2020  Virtual Conference Award, Yale School of Public Health

  • 2019  Conference Travel Fellowship, Yale School of Public Health

  • 2019  Summer Institutes Scholarship, University of Washington

  • 2014  Outstanding Academic Award, Beijing Forestry University (Top 1%)

  • 2012-2013 Liangxi Scholarship for Excellence in Academic Performance (Top 1%)

  • 2011 Freshman Scholarship, First Class, Beijing Forestry University (Top 1%)

Contact

Email: weimiao DOT wu AT aya DOT yale DOT edu