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Yatish Turakhia

Yatish Turakhia

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Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Affiliate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Affiliate Professor, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology



We are an interdisciplinary group of researchers working on a broad range of problems at the cutting-edge intersection of computer engineering and bioinformatics. We like to work on problems that have enormous potential in biological and medical applications but where computational costs and speed impose a barrier. Specifically, our research mission is to develop parallel algorithms, software, and domain-specific hardware accelerators that enable faster and cheaper progress in biology and medicine. Applications include but are not limited to, pangenomics, phylogenetics, sequence alignment, comparative genomics, and outbreak analysis.

Please visit our webpage (https://turakhia.ucsd.edu/) for the latest research developments and information to apply to join our group.