Richard (Rich) Williams

PhD Candidate, Biostatistics

University of California, Los Angeles
Research Advisor(s): Andrew Holbrook
Cohort: Fall 2020
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Education:

BA in Applied Mathematics, 2015
University of California, Berkeley — Berkeley, CA

Bio:

My research interests lie at the intersection of machine learning, scalability, and viral epidemic dynamics. I am currently pursuing my PhD under the guidance of Dr. Andrew Holbrook, where I have worked on scalable generative models over graphs and am now focused on phylogenetic applications of graph neural network models. Outside of research, I enjoy staying active, gardening, going to the movies, playing video games, taking long walks on the beach, drinking coffee, and being beholden to my three cats.