Darin Tsui

Hi there! My name is Darin. I’m a Ph.D. candidate and NSF GRFP fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology studying Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering. I previously received my BS degree at the University of California San Diego in Bioengineering.

I currently work with Dr. Amirali Aghazadeh in the AI ML & Information Group, where I develop scalable, interpretable tools for generative models in the biosciences. I am currently supported by the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. My research focuses on:

• Explaining black-box models at scale by designing algorithms at the intersection of signal processing, coding theory, and interpretabiity.

• Leveraging mechanistic interpretability to extract higher-order interactions and discover actionable biological knowledge.

• Developing principled generative models that leverage domain priors.

My background is highlighly interdisciplinary. I previously validated deep learning models at Surgalign (acquired by Xtant Medical), developed an optical surgical platform in the Talke Biomedical Device Lab, and designed a bioelectronic COVID-19 test in the Integrated Systems Neuroengineering Laboratory.

Outside of research, I co-chair Bioengineering Day at Georgia Tech, which aims to highlight interdisciplinary research. Previously, I served as President of the IEEE student branch and helped found the IEEE EMBS chapter at UC San Diego.