Winston Chen
Mary Gates Research Scholar
Winter 2021
Major: Electrical Engineering
Mentor: William Noble, Genome Sciences
Project
Error-controlled Network Propagation
I developed a fast and novel error-control method for predictions generated by network propagation. This is achieved by applying knockoff filter into the context of network data. This method has great application in solving biomedical problems such as protein homology detection.
What I learned
I had the opportunity to learn a wide array of technical skills including processing and analyzing biological data, building ML models, and applying knockoff filters in the context of network propagation. Most importantly this project showed me a complete road map of developing research project from ideation, implementation, to making discoveries.
Advice for future applicants
You should really understand your research project from a broader perspective and the impact that your project is creating. Talk frequently with your mentor to understand your research from their perspective.
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