Wei Zhang

I am a last-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison. My primary research lies in designing and developing novel machine learning models, in particular, deep neural networks, and applying them to various challenging programs in healthcare domain. My advisor is Professor David Page. Previously, I worked with Professor Jerry Zhu and Professor Vikas Singh on a medical project about Alzheimer disease.

I received my Bacheler's degree from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, under the supervison of Professor Wu-Jun Li and Professor Zhihua Zhang. My previous researches includes the design of supervised hashing methods and the application of hashing methods in recommending system.