Debswapna Bhattacharya is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech. His research focuses on computational biology, bioinformatics, machine learning, and data science. His research group has been developing novel computational and data-driven approaches for protein and RNA 3D modeling and their interactions by combining cutting-edge deep learning and optimization algorithms. He is a recipient of an NSF CAREER Award and an NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA).