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David Koes, Associate Professor
David R. Koes, PhD
Associate Professor

PhD in Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

412-383-5745
dkoes@pitt.edu
Office: 748 MURD
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Research Summary

I develop computational approaches and build usable systems for more effective drug discovery while simultaneously applying these methods to develop therapeutics. I am an open source software advocate. 

Teaching

MSCBIO2025 Introduction to Bioinformatics Programming in Python (Fall Semester)  This course is a graduate level introduction to programming in Python in the context of computational biology applications.

MSCBIO2065 Scalable Machine Learning for Big Data Biology (Spring Semester)  This course is a rigorous introduction to the effective application of machine learning to large and complex biomedical data.

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