Speaking the Language of the Genome: Gordon Bell Winner Applies Large Language Models to Predict New COVID Variants

Editor’s note: This post was updated on November 17 after the announcement of the Gordon Bell prize winners. The winner of the Gordon Bell special prize for high performance computing-based COVID-19 research has taught large language models (LLMs) a new lingo — gene sequences — that can unlock insights in genomics, epidemiology and protein engineering. […]