Researcher

Pierre F. Baldi

Pierre F. Baldi earned a doctorate in mathematics from Caltech. His research program seeks to understand natural and artificial intelligence through AI and machine learning. His core methods include deep learning, neural networks and reinforcement learning. Application areas include molecular properties and chemical reactions, protein structure, genomics and high-energy physics. Baldi is a distinguished professor of computer science at UC Irvine, director of the AI in Science Institute and director of the Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics. He also received the 2023 INNS Dennis Gabor Award.

Works
727
Citations
56,680
h-index
119

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.

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Timeline

  1. Education

    Mathematical foundation

    Pierre F. Baldi earned a doctorate in mathematics from Caltech. His research program seeks to understand natural and artificial intelligence through AI and machine learning.

  2. Research program

    Learning for science

    His core methods include deep learning, neural networks and reinforcement learning. Application areas include molecular properties and chemical reactions, protein structure, genomics and high-energy physics.

  3. As of October 2026

    Research institutes

    Baldi is a distinguished professor of computer science at UC Irvine, director of the AI in Science Institute and director of the Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics. He received the 2023 INNS Dennis Gabor Award.

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