Renzhi Cao received the B.Sc. degree in computer science from Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China, 2008, the M.S. degree in computer science from the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, 2011, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, USA, 2016. He is currently an Associate Professor with Computer Science Department, Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, USA. His research interests include developing and applying machine learning and data mining techniques to solve complex problems in different fields, such as protein structure/function predictions, and complex network analysis.