Leadership
Ilias Tagkopoulos
Professor of Computer Science and the Genome Center, UC Davis
Director and Principal Investigator
Ilias is a Computer Science Professor at UC Davis, leading the Integrative Biology and Predictive Analytics lab. He also serves as the Director AIFS, the USDA-NIFA/NSF Artificial Intelligence Institute for Next Generation Food Systems.
With experience in advising and founding companies, particularly in AI for Life Sciences, his focus lies in data integration, modeling, experimental design, and decision-making under uncertainty, with practical applications in clinical and nutrition data.
Recognized for his contributions, he received the NSF CAREER award in 2013. Ilias holds a Master of Science degree from Columbia University (2003) and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University (2008).
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AIFS Publications
Journal Article ⏐ Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 2022Journal Article ⏐ Comput. Electron. Agric. 2022Special Report: AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems (AIFS)
Tagkopoulos, Ilias,Steve Brown,Xin Liu,Qing Zhao,Tarek I Zohdi,Mason Earles,Nitin Nitin,Daniel Runcie,Danielle G Lemay,Aaron Smith,Pamela Ronald,Hao Feng,and Gabriel YoutseyDOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2022.106819
Journal Article ⏐ Nature Communications 2022Journal Article ⏐ Nat. Commun. 2022Knowledge Integration and Decision Support for Accelerated Discovery of Antibiotic Resistance Genes
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29993-z
Workshop Article ⏐ AI + Food Systems Data to Enhance Human and Planetary Health Workshop 2024Workshop Article ⏐ AI for Food and Health Workshop 2024White Paper: Artificial Intelligence for Food and Health
Journal Article ⏐ Clinical Nutrition 2021Journal Article ⏐ Clin. Nutr. 2021Methane and Fatty Acid Metabolism Pathways Are Predictive of Low-FODMAP Diet Efficacy for Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Eetemadi, Ameen,and Ilias TagkopoulosDOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2020.12.041
Journal Article ⏐ Scientific Reports 2022Journal Article ⏐ Sci. Rep. 2022An Early Prediction Model for Canine Chronic Kidney Disease Based on Routine Clinical Laboratory Tests
Kokkinos, Yiannis,JoAnn Morrison,Richard Bradley,Theodoros Panagiotakos,Jennifer Ogeer,Dennis Chew,Ciaran O'Flynn,Geert D Meyer,Philip Watson,and Ilias TagkopoulosDOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-18793-6
Journal Article ⏐ Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 2022Journal Article ⏐ Comput. Struct. Biotechnol. J. 2022A Computational Algorithm to Assess the Physiochemical Determinants of T Cell Receptor Dissociation Kinetics
DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2022.06.048
Journal Article ⏐ Foods 2020Journal Article ⏐ Foods 2020Preliminary Techno-Economic Assessment of Animal Cell-Based Meat
Risner, Derrick,Fangzhou Li,Jason S Fell,Sara A Pace,Justin Siegel,Ilias Tagkopoulos,and Edward S SpangDOI: 10.3390/foods10010003
Journal Article ⏐ Computers in Biology and Medicine 2024Journal Article ⏐ Comput. Biol. Med. 2024FoodAtlas: Automated Knowledge Extraction of Food and Chemicals From Literature
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2024.109072
Journal Article ⏐ Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2022Journal Article ⏐ JAMIA 2022Algorithmic Lifestyle Optimization
Eetemadi, Ameen,and Ilias TagkopoulosDOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocac186
Journal Article ⏐ International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2022Journal Article ⏐ Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022Understanding the Formation and Mechanism of Anticipatory Responses in Escherichia Coli
DOI: 10.3390/ijms23115985
Journal Article ⏐ Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence 2020Journal Article ⏐ Front. Artif. Intell. 2020Using Word Embeddings to Learn a Better Food Ontology
DOI: 10.3389/frai.2020.584784
Journal Article ⏐ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2022Journal Article ⏐ J. Agric. Food Chem. 2022Chardonnay Marc As a New Model for Upcycled Co-products in the Food Industry: Concentration of Diverse Natural Products Chemistry for Consumer Health and Sensory Benefits
Holt, Roberta R,Daniela Barile,Selina C Wang,John P Munafo,Torey Arvik,Xueqi Li,Fanny Lee,Carl L Keen,Ilias Tagkopoulos,and Harold H SchmitzDOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c04519