💠Education
| Doctorate | ||
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Tulane University Ph.D Student in Computer Science Research Field: Immunoinformatics & XAI Advised by: Prof. Mettu |
Louisiana, US Sept. 2023 - Present |
| Bachelor | ||
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University of Nottingham Ningbo China BSc Hons Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence (First Class with Honors) |
Zhejiang, China Sept. 2019 - Jun. 2023 |
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University of Birmingham UG Aff Computer Science with Software Engineering (Exchange Program) |
Birmingham, UK Sept. 2020 - Jun. 2021 |
💠Publications
Check my full publication list.
Latest Work
- Li, J., Yin, Z., Zhang, Y., Wang, J., Landry, S. J., Ding, Z., & Mettu, R. R. (2026). Structure-Regularized Interpretable TCR-Epitope Prediction. preprint. [ Paper]
- Li, J., Yin, Z., Landry, S. J., Ding, Z., & Mettu, R. R. (2026). Why Does It Look There? Structured Explanations for Image Classification. preprint. [ Paper]
Selected Papers
- Li, J., Yin, Z., Smith, H., Ding, Z., Landry, S. J., & Mettu, R. R. (2026). Quantifying Cross-Attention Interaction in Transformers for Interpreting TCR-pMHC Binding. In Proceedings of The Fourteenth International Conference on Learning Representations. [ Paper, Web Page, Code]
- Yin, Z., Li, J., & Ding, Z. (2025). iMIND: Insightful Multi-subject Invariant Neural Decoding. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems. [ Paper, Web Page]
- Li, J., Yin, Z., Ding, Z., Landry, S. J., & Mettu, R. R. (2025). Rational Multi-Modal Transformers for TCR-pMHC Prediction. In Proceedings of the 16th ACM International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Health Informatics. [ Paper, Web Page, Code]
- Li, J., Landry, S., & Mettu, R. (2024, December). GPU Acceleration of Conformational Stability Computation for CD4+ T-cell Epitope Prediction. In 2024 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM). IEEE. [ Paper, Web Page, Code]
Conference Orals
- 📰 Li, J., Yin, Z., Ding, Z., Landry, S. J., & Mettu, R. R. (2025). Rational Multi-Modal Transformers for TCR-pMHC Prediction. In Proceedings of the 16th ACM International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Health Informatics.
- 📰 Li, J., Landry, S., & Mettu, R. (2024, October). GPU Acceleration for Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on AI-ML Systems. ACM.
- 📰 Li, J., Landry, S., & Mettu, R. (2024, June). GPU Acceleration of Conformational Stability Computation for CD4+ T Cell Epitope Prediction. In Next Gen. Conversations: Albany at Tech 2024: The 21st Conversation. Albany.
💠Services
Conferences
| Year | Conference | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 📒MLSCB@ISMB 2026 | Reviewer |
| 2026 | 📒ICML 2026 | Reviewer |
| 2026 | 📒LMRL@ICLR 2026 | Reviewer |
| 2026 | 📒CVPR 2026 | Reviewer |
| 2025 | 📒ICLR 2026 | Reviewer |
Journals
| Journal | Role | Review Date(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 📒PLoS Computational Biology | Reviewer | 2026/05 |
💠Grant & Funding
| Year | Grant | Authority | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 🏅Harold L. and Heather E. Jurist Center of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence (Explainable Machine Learning for Immunotherapy) | Tulane University | - |
| 2025 | 🏅Google Cloud Research Credits Program | Google GCP | $1,000.00 |
| 2024 | 🏅Harold L. and Heather E. Jurist Center of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence (Computational Epitope Prediction) | Tulane University | - |
| 2024 | 🏅AWS Public Sector Cloud Credit for Research | Amazon AWS | $4,984.00 |
| 2023 | 🏅Tulane Ph.D. Funding | Tulane University | - |
💠Awards
| Year | Award | Authority | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 🏆CS TA Award | Department of Computer Science, Tulane University | LA, US |
| 2026 | 🏆Best Research Poster | Department of Computer Science, Tulane University | LA, US |
| 2023 | 🏆Zhejiang Excellent Graduates | Zhejiang Provincial Government | Zhejiang, China |
| 2022 | 🏆Best Performer | University of Nottingham Ningbo China | Zhejiang, China |
| 2022 | 🏆President’s Scholarship | University of Nottingham Ningbo China | Zhejiang, China |
| 2022 | 🏆Zhejiang Provincial Scholarship | Zhejiang Provincial Government | Zhejiang, China |
| 2021 | 🏆Provost’s Scholarship | University of Nottingham Ningbo China | Zhejiang, China |
| 2021 | 🏆Government Scholarship for Mobility Out | Ningbo Municipal Government | Zhejiang, China |
💠Experiences
Work Experiences
| Position | Institution | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🗃️Teaching Assistant | Department of Computer Science, Tulane University | LA, US | Aug 2024 - Present |
| 🗃️Research Assistant | Department of Computer Science, Tulane University | LA, US | Aug 2023 - Aug 2024 |
| 🗃️Research Internship | Shanghai Institution of Materia Medica, China Academy of Science | Shanghai, China | June 2023 ‑ July 2023 |
Teaching Experiences
| Semester | Course | Institution | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Spring | CMPS 2200 Introduction to Algorithm | Tulane University | Teaching Assistant |
| 2025 Fall | CMPS 2200 Introduction to Algorithm | Tulane University | Teaching Assistant |
| 2025 Spring | CMPS 2200 Introduction to Algorithm | Tulane University | Teaching Assistant |
| 2024 Fall | CMPS 2200 Introduction to Algorithm | Tulane University | Teaching Assistant |
💠Skills
Techniques
- 🗜️ Vibe Coding: Cline, Codex
- 🗜️ Programming: C/C++, Java, C#, Python, PHP, JavaScript, Assembly(MIPS), Haskell, VB.net, CUDA
- 🗜️ Database: MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
- 🗜️ Web
- Front-end: HTML, CSS, Bulma, Tailwind, JavaScript, JQuery
- Back-end: Django, Flask, IIS, Apache HTTP, Docker, Nginx
- 🗜️ Algorithm
- Machine Learning: PyTorch, PyG, TensorFlow, Pandas, Numpy, scikit‑learn, scipy, Numba
- Big Data: Hadoop, Spark
- Visualization: Matplotlib, Plotly, Streamlit, 3DMol.js
- 🗜️ Documentation: LaTeX, Markdown, Swagger, Overleaf
- 🗜️ Hardward: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, STM32
- 🗜️ Environment: Git, Anaconda
- 🗜️ Cheminformatics & Bioinformatics: RDKit, Vina Docking, ChemDraw, DeepChem, BioPDB, Biotite
- 🎵 Musical Instrument: Guqin (Traditional Chinese String Instrument)
Languages
- 📓 Chinese: Native proficiency
- 📓 Mandarin
- 📓 Chongqing Dialect: I am a Chongqing citizen definetely.
- 📓 English: Professional proficiency