BEI WANG PHILLIPS

Associate Professor

School of Computing

  • Associate Professor
    School of Computing
  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    Mathematics
  • University of Utah, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, 72 South Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, United States

BIO

Dr. Bei Wang Phillips, who publishes under the name Bei Wang, is an Associate Professor in the School of Computing and a faculty member of the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute at the University of Utah. She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Duke University. Her research spans topological data analysis, data visualization, and computational topology, integrating techniques from topology, geometry, statistics, data mining, machine learning, and visualization to analyze large, complex datasets for information exploration and scientific discovery. Her current research includes the analysis and visualization of high-dimensional point clouds, scalar, vector, and tensor fields, networks, and multivariate ensembles. Her work has been supported by multiple awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Dr. Phillips received a DOE Early Career Research Program Award in 2020 and an NSF CAREER Award in 2022. Dr. Phillips received the 2024 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Award by President Biden, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on early-career scientists and engineers.  

INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Associate Professor
    School of Computing1 Jul 2022 - present
  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    Mathematics1 Jul 2022 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Faculty Member
    University of Utah, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, Salt Lake City, United StatesJun 2016 - present
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor
    University of Utah, Department of Mathematics, Salt Lake City, United States1 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2022
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Utah, School of Computing, Salt Lake City, United States1 Jun 2016 - 30 Jun 2022
  • Research Computer Scientist
    University of Utah, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, Salt Lake City, United StatesDec 2011 - May 2016
  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    University of Utah, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, Salt Lake City, United StatesSep 2010 - Nov 2011

DEGREES

  • PhD, Computer Science
    Duke University, Durham, United States2004 - 2010

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Certificate in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
    Duke University, Durham, United States2004 - 2010

LANGUAGES

  • Chinese (Mandarin)
  • English

FIELDS OF RESEARCH