Dr. Qingrun Zhang

Associate Professor

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Biography

Qingrun Zhang is an Associate Professor at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. His research focuses on representation learning and the discovery of associations and causal factors in multi-scale omics data. He is affiliated with the Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute and is a member of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research. Qingrun's work aims to advance the understanding of complex biological data through innovative statistical methodologies.

Research Interests

Representation Learning Causal Factors Discovery Multi-Scale Omics Data

Experience

Associate Professor

2016-07-01 — Present

Cumming School of Medicine • Calgary, AB, Canada

Teaching and conducting research in biochemistry and molecular biology.

Courses

DATA 602 Statistical Data Analysis DATA 607 Statistical Machine Learning STAT 213 Introduction to Statistics

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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  • Two Letters of Reference
Specialization Notes

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