Robert Xiangru Tang is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science. He got a master’s degree at Yale as well. His research focuses on the intersection of biology and machine learning. He is working on trustworthy machine learning methods development for computational biology and healthcare applications. Before coming to Yale, he worked in natural language processing at Microsoft Research Asia and Sinovation Ventures.
He is passionate about triathlon, cycling, tennis, and ping-pong. Beyond research, he would like to help to develop a tech community that is committed to increasing the representation, retention, and advancement of marginalized genders. He also loves being involved in Hopper student life!