Dr. Javier Alfaro

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Javier Alfaro leads a bioinformatics biomedical AI group at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. His research integrates proteogenomics, immunopeptidomics, and machine learning to design RNA therapeutics and cancer vaccines. He has previously served as a Senior Research Fellow in Biomedical AI at the University of Edinburgh and participated in research fellowships at the International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science in Gdańsk. Dr. Alfaro has significantly contributed to the European Union Horizon KATY and UK MANIFEST projects focused on AI-guided immunotherapy. His research centers on cancer integrative omics and bioinformatics engineering, advancing biomedical artificial intelligence and developing immunity-based cancer vaccines and immunotherapies. With over 35 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Alfaro's work has appeared in prestigious journals such as Nature Methods, Nature Communications, and Cancer Cell, and he has an h-index of 17.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

2018-01-01 — Present

Cumming School of Medicine • Calgary, AB

Leading bioinformatics biomedical AI group focusing on cancer-related research.

Requirements for University of Calgary

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:97
GRE General
Verbal
Required:150
Quantitative
Required:159
Analytical Writing
Required:5.5
Overall
Required:5.5
Prerequisites
4-year Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent 3rd or 4th year course in Theory of Computation 3rd or 4th year course in Software Engineering 3rd or 4th year course in Systems (OS, Compilers, Networking) 3rd or 4th year course in Application (AI, Graphics, Databases)
Application Checklist
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  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Two Letters of Reference
Specialization Notes

Department of Computer Science Master's program. GRE scores are expected for international students.