James Zou is an associate professor of Biomedical Data Science and, by courtesy, of CS and EE at Stanford University. He works on advancing the foundations of ML and cutting-edge scientific and clinical applications. Many of his innovations are widely used in tech and biotech industries. He has received a Sloan Fellowship, the Overton Prize, an NSF CAREER Award, two Chan-Zuckerberg Investigator Awards, a Top Ten Clinical Achievement Award, several best paper awards, and faculty awards from Google, Amazon, Adobe and Apple. His research has also been profiled in popular press including the NY Times, WSJ, and WIRED.