Prof. Dennis Shasha — Research Profile
New York University · Department of Computer Science (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences)
Graduate application deadlines
Department of Computer Science (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences)
PhD in Computer Science
Fall 2027Application deadline
Dec 12, 2026
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Prof. Dennis Shasha at New York University Department of Computer Science (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences) lists Network inference and protein design for biology, software for searching databases of trees and graphs, outsourcing data while preserving privacy, finding patterns in time series, DNA computing, puzzles as their registered research area.
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Recent papers
- OncoCITE: Multimodal Multi-Agent Reconstruction of Clinical Oncology Knowledge Bases from Scientific LiteraturePreprintResearch Square · Mar 31
- Hi-C for genome-wide detection of enhancer-hijacking rearrangements in routine lymphoid cancer biopsiesCell Genomics · Feb 20
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