David Gifford
Professor of CS and Engineering (Post-Tenure)
Develops machine learning and genomic methods, including combinatorial ML for peptide vaccine design and analysis of gene-regulatory networks.
David Gifford's lab at MIT works on genomics & computational biology. 5 papers since 2023, 2 at top venues, mostly AAAI and ICLR. 37 alumni, most often to Amazon and Citadel. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 1/ year
- at T1 venues
- 40%
- PhD students
- —
- MS students
- —
- alumni listed
- 37
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 0 papers2026 · T1 0 · collecting
- 1 papers2025 · T1 0
- 0 papers2024 · T1 0
- 4 papers2023 · T1 2
T1 venuesOtherVenues: AAAI, ICLR
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Genomics & computational biology0 papers
- peptide0 papers
- combinatorial0 papers
- genomic0 papers
- develops machine0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
20251 paper
- Frontiers in ImmunologyT-cell receptors that are k-binding have defined sequence features (opens in a new tab)
20234 papers
- Frontiers in ImmunologyA pan-variant mRNA-LNP T cell vaccine protects HLA transgenic mice from mortality after infection with SARS-CoV-2 Beta (opens in a new tab)
- AAAI (T1)Constrained Submodular Optimization for Vaccine Design (opens in a new tab)
- ICLR (T1)Fundamental Limits on the Robustness of Image Classifiers
- Cell GenomicsSystematic elucidation of genetic mechanisms underlying cholesterol uptake (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went37 listed, 55% to industry
Industry 6Academia 5
Most often to
- Amazon
- Citadel
- NVIDIA
Also to
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Cornell University
- Genome Institute of Singapore
Apply to MITFall 2027
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