Talks
Invited academic talks and selected conference presentations.
Invited talks
2022 – 2025
Representation Learning for Genomic Data Analysis
Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg · 2025
Invited talk on sequence-based deep learning approaches for genomic data, including chaos-game representations, hashing-based embeddings, and protein language models.
MIK: Modified Isolation Kernel for Biological Sequence Visualization, Classification, and Clustering
UCSF · Weill Institute for Neurosciences · 2024 · slides
Representation Learning and Sequence Analysis Using AI
Yale School of Medicine · 2024 · slides
Molecular Sequence Analysis and the Role of AI
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York · 2024 · slides
Virus2Vec: Viral Sequence Classification Using Machine Learning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023 · slides
Efficient Sequence Embedding for SARS-CoV-2 Variants Classification
Boston College · Newton, MA · 2022 · slides
Representation Learning for Attributed Graphs
IBM T. J. Watson Research Center · Yorktown Heights, NY · 2022
Selected conference presentations
peer-reviewed
BioSequence2Vec: Efficient Embedding Generation for Biological Sequences
PAKDD · Grand Front, Osaka, Japan · 2024 · slides
PCD2Vec: A Poisson Correction Distance-Based Approach for Viral Host Classification
IJCNN · Gold Coast Convention Centre, Queensland, Australia · 2023 · slides
Empowering Pandemic Response with Federated Learning for Protein Sequence Data Analysis
IJCNN · Gold Coast Convention Centre, Queensland, Australia · 2023 · slides
Hilbert Curve Based Molecular Sequence Analysis
PAKDD · 2025 · slides · video
Spike2Vec: An Efficient and Scalable Embedding Approach for COVID-19 Spike Sequences
IEEE BigData · Osaka International Convention Center, Japan · 2021 · slides
Preserving Hidden Hierarchical Structure: Poincaré Distance for Enhanced Genomic Sequence Analysis
SimBig · 2024 · slides
A New Direction in Membranolytic Anticancer Peptides Classification: Combining Spaced k-Mers with Chaos Game Representation
IJCNN · 2023 · slides
Conference travel supported by 21 awards (NSF, ACM, SIAM, IEEE) including SIGIR, FAccT,
PerCom, BigData, SDM, SaTML, AACR-KCA, and others. See full CV for complete listings.