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Liting Zhang

Dr. Liting Zhang

  • Position: Assistant Professor
  • Department: Computer Science
  • Office Location: Building 4, Room 435
  • lzhang@uwf.edu
  • Campus: 850.474.3065

Biography

Dr. Liting Zhang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Florida State University. Her research focuses on computational genomics, where she develops AI- and machine learning–driven approaches to analyze genome structure, variation, and function. She has published in high-impact journals such as Genome Research and presented her work at leading conferences, including RECOMB. 

Degrees & Institutions

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, Florida State University Aug. 2020 - Aug. 2025
  • M.S. in Computer Science, Florida State University Aug. 2020 - Aug. 2024
  • B.S. in Computer Science and Statistics, Truman State University Aug. 2016 - Dec. 2019

Current Courses

  • COP3530 Data Structure & Algorithm I 
  • COP4027 Advanced Computer Programming 

Classes Taught

Florida State University
Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • COT5045 Advanced Algorithm (Fall 2024)
  • CGS3465/5935 Introduction to Programming using Python (Summer 2024)
  • CIS4630/5379 Computer Security Fundamentals (Spring 2024)
  • COP4530 Data Structures, Algorithms, and Generic Programming (Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2025)
  • COP3014 Programming I (Fall 2022)

Publications

Zhang, L., Zhou, X. M., & Mallory, X. (2024). SCCNAInfer: A robust and accurate tool to infer the absolute copy number on scDNA-seq data. Bioinformatics, btae454.

Xie, G., Zhang, L., Usman, O. H., Kumar, S., Modak, C., Patel, D., ... & Irianto, J. (2024). Phenotypic, genomic, and transcriptomic heterogeneity in a pancreatic cancer cell line. Pancreas, 10-1097.

Zhou, W., Yan, Z., & Zhang, L. (2024). A comparative study of 11 non-linear regression models highlighting autoencoder, DBN, and SVR, enhanced by SHAP importance analysis in soybean branching prediction. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 5905.

Zhang, L., Bass, H. W., Irianto, J., & Mallory, X. (2023). Integrating SNVs and CNAs on a phylogenetic tree from single-cell DNA sequencing data. Genome Research, 33(11), 2002-2017.

Usman, O. H., Zhang, L., Xie, G. et al. Genomic heterogeneity in pancreatic cancer organoids and its stability with culture. npj Genom. Med., 7, 71 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/ s41525-022-00342-9