Angelica M. Walker

Angelica M. Walker

Angelica M. Walker

Assistant Professor of Data Science


Contact:

2036 H St NW, Room 307 Washington, DC 20052

Angelica Walker is an Assistant Professor in the Data Science Program at George Washington University. She earned her PhD in Data Science and Engineering with a focus in Health and Biological Systems from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory's joint program the Bredesen Center. Her research is focused on developing and applying explainable artificial intelligence tools to very large biological datasets. This includes topics such as: improving tree based methods, producing efficient high performance computing implementations, creating and analyzing predictive gene expression networks, performing multi-omic network analyses, and improving traditional Genome Wide Association Studies. 


PhD in Data Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
BS in Computer Science and Molecular and Cellular Biology, Johns Hopkins University