Ph.D. in Computer Science, Columbia University (2006)
M.S. in Computer Science, Temple University (2002)
B.S. in Computer Science, Nankai University (1999)
Rui Kuang joined the Department of Computer Science & Engineering in 2006. He was promoted to full professor in 2021. He also serves as an adjunct professor of bioinformatics and computational biology. Prior to the University of Minnesota, Kuang served as a graduate assistant at Columbia University (2002-06) and Temple University (2000-02). He was also a system analyst for Procter & Gamble (China). In 2012, he earned the NSF CAREER award.
Kuang's broad research interests are in computational biology, biomedical informatics and machine learning. His lab focuses on developing machine-learning algorithms for problems in cancer genomics, biological network analysis and protein function/structure analysis.
Research Division
Data Science and Machine Learning
Current Research
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Kuang Lab
Ph.D. Graduates
Nishitha Paidimukkala (2021; co-advised); Zhuliu Li (2021); David Roe (2021); Raphael Petegrosso (2019); Huanan Zhang (2017); Wei Zhang (2017); Ze Tian (2012); TaeHyun Hwang (2011).
2012: National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER Award)
Selected Grants
Acute Biomarkers for Traumatic Brain Injury Across the Severity Scale
Kuang, R.; CENTER FOR VETERANS RESEARCH & EDUCATION; 8/15/21 - 6/30/23
Predicting the consequences of chronic effects of neurotrauma in the VA population using machine learning and image processing
Kuang, R.; CENTER FOR VETERANS RESEARCH & EDUCATION; 4/1/21 - 6/30/23
IIBR Informatics: Mining Spatial and Single-cell Transcriptomes to Understand Cell Locality and Heterogeneity in Tissues
Kuang, R. & Greenham, K. M.; National Science Foundation; 4/1/21 - 3/31/24