Joseph G. Wakim's News
September 2025
- Proposal on cross-modal, cross-species biomolecular benchmark accepted to AI4Science workshop at NeurIPS 2025.
- Paper on benchmarking biomolecular foundation models accepted to FM4LS workshop at NeurIPS 2025.
- Paper on use of AI to validate predicted protein-drug interactions accepted to FM4LS workshop at NeurIPS 2025.
- Paper on modeling epigenetic cross-talk accepted for publication by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
- Presented as finalist at LLNL Lab-wide Research Slam.
August 2025
- Presented poster at the Gordon Research Conference on Epigenetics in Barcelona, Spain.
- Delivered invited seminar on transfer learning to LLNL's Bioinformatics Working Group (~60 participants).
July 2025
- Presented Research Slam talk at LLNL's Center for Applied Scientific Computing division meeting.
- Delivered second offering of short-course on machine learning as part of LLNL's DSSI program (~60 participants).
- Received Noteworthy Achievement Award from LLNL Computing Directorate for teaching and mentoring through LLNL's DSSI program.
- Received Noteworthy Achievement Award from LLNL Computing Directorate for performance at Research Slam.
June 2025
- Developed and delivered four-hour short-course on machine learning as part of LLNL's Data Science Summer Internship (DSSI) program (~80 participants).
- Awarded first-place at LLNL Computing Research Slam.
April 2025
- Received Noteworthy Achievement Award from LLNL Computing Directorate for contributions to research proposals.
December 2024
- Attended NeurIPS 2024 in Vancouver, Canada.
- Hired three interns to work under my mentorship during Summer 2025.
September 2024
- Joined Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) as a Postdoctoral Researcher.
- Graduated from Stanford University with a PhD in Chemical Engineering.
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