Zhi Wei, a bioinformaticist, was elected to the 2024 Fellows class of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science. Wei, who joined NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing in 2008 and now holds the role of distinguished professor, also became an IEEE Fellow in 2024. “Being elected as an AAAS Fellow is a deeply meaningful recognition for me. While the IEEE Fellowship primarily acknowledges technical and engineering contributions, the AAAS Fellowship reflects broader impact in advancing science and its applications to benefit society,” Wei said.
Wei’s major career accomplishments relate to artificial intelligence and machine learning, with a focus on applications in biomedical fields. He cited three papers that best represent his work: Clustering single-cell RNA-sequencing data with a model-based deep learning approach, which introduced a deep learning framework for clustering single-cell RNA-sequencing data; From disease association to risk assessment: an optimistic view from genome-wide association studies on type 1 diabetes, focusing on disease risk prediction based on individual genetic profiles and machine learning methods; and Dependency. To read the full story.