Healthcare, Biomedical, and Scientific Computing

Faculty working in this area

Faculty Email website
Kenneth Chiu kchiu@binghamton.edu
Weiying Dai wdai@binghamton.edu
Yincheng Jin yjin5@binghamton.edu
Zhen Xie zxie@binghamton.edu
Lijun Yin lyin@binghamton.edu
Nancy Guo nguo1@binghamton.edu  
Zhaohan Xi zxi1@binghamton.edu

Highlights in this area

researches medical imaging, healthcare bioinformatics, biomedical image processing, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), machine learning and pattern recognition. She co-directs the Center for Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sciences (CAMRIS). She is working on the aging-related brain patterns, imaging biomarkers for schizophrenia and diabetes, formation of brain folding patterns, automatic sleep stage learning, and LLM and deep learning on fMRI image registration and image reconstruction.  

researches HCI, accessibility and healthcare to make people be healthier and live in more intelligent environment. Toward this vision, he develops novel machine learning models and apply them to enable human-centered AI, such as understanding human actions and people鈥檚 daily activities; and advance health monitoring and develop new accessibility for deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) community.  

researches high-performance computing (HPC) with a focus on the interaction between machine learning algorithms and system-level performance optimization.
  • System for Machine Learning: building modern ML/DL algorithms and systems on heterogeneous and parallel HPC architectures (e.g., GPUs and AI accelerators).
  • High-Performance Computing: automatic performance optimization on HPC applications with the aid of machine learning.
  • Scientific Machine Learning: accelerating HPC applications using machine learning-based approximation.  

researches affective computing, human emotion analysis, biometrics and human computer interaction. He leads the Graphics and Image Computing (GAIC) Laboratory. He is working on the automatic detection of emotion and behavior status using multimodal approaches for health-care in collaborating with a medical practitioner.  
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Dr. Guo develops AI/ML algorithms that utilize big data for prediction and decision-making. Her research includes software reliability and precision medicine. Her recent research focuses on developing and applying foundation AI models for biomarker and drug discovery for cancer treatment. Examples of her algorithms include Dempster-Shafer belief networks and non-negative matrix factorization/Monte Carlo Simulation for modeling multi-omics pathways and networks.
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At CRAFT Lab, our research is dedicated to developing AI agents for cross-disciplinary scenarios, such as healthcare decision support, with a strong emphasis on responsibility, reliability, trustworthiness, and transparency. We strive to stay at the forefront of technological innovation while bridging the gap between advancements and real-world implementation. Our approach integrates humans throughout the entire lifecycle of these AI systems to ensure ethical and effective deployment. CRAFT Lab is actively seeking new members passionate about cross-disciplinary research and responsible AI development. Our current focus includes LLM-as-Agent frameworks, multimodality, multi-agent systems, and LLM security. For research opportunities and potential collaborations, please simply contact the lab director, Dr. (email: zxi1@binghamton.edu).