Jimeng Sun

Jimeng Sun is a Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), where he specializes in applying artificial intelligence (AI) to healthcare. Before joining UIUC, he served as an Associate Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology and was a researcher at IBM's TJ Watson Research Center. His research focuses on several critical areas, including deep learning for drug discovery, clinical trial optimization, computational phenotyping, clinical predictive modeling, treatment recommendations, and health monitoring.Dr. Sun has made significant contributions to the field, publishing over 120 papers and filing more than 20 patents, with five granted. He has been recognized as one of the Top 100 AI Leaders in Drug Discovery and Advanced Healthcare. His accolades include the SDM/IBM Early Career Research Award in 2017 and multiple best paper awards at prestigious conferences. Jimeng holds a B.S. and M.Phil. in Computer Science from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University. At UIUC, he teaches courses such as "Advanced Deep Learning Methods for Healthcare" and "Health Data Science Foundation," where he equips students with the skills necessary to leverage AI in improving healthcare outcomes.