Chen (Benjamin) Hsieh — bioinformatics PhD candidate at the University of Georgia, working on gene duplication in Populus and the robustness of genomic foundation models. Available Fall 2026.https://chenhsieh.xyz/https://chenhsieh.xyz/projects/10-games/https://chenhsieh.xyz/projects/10-games/Small browser games — some that make a bioinformatics concept playable, some just to survive grad school. Alignment as a rhythm game, translation as 2048, a research greenhouse as Snake, and a PhD as a card game.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://chenhsieh.xyz/projects/05-genomic-fm-robustness/https://chenhsieh.xyz/projects/05-genomic-fm-robustness/A model-agnostic robustness pipeline across seven classification tasks and six DNA/RNA foundation models, with LoRA-based defenses that roughly halve attack success. Submitted August 2026, not yet peer-reviewed.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://chenhsieh.xyz/projects/06-open-source-research-tooling/https://chenhsieh.xyz/projects/06-open-source-research-tooling/PyPI packages and templates for making HPC and agentic research workflows reproducible: SLURM cost reporting, GPU job templates, and portable research skills.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://chenhsieh.xyz/projects/07-creative-coding/https://chenhsieh.xyz/projects/07-creative-coding/Side projects where bioinformatics meets internet culture — playful games, sequence tools that don't take themselves too seriously, and language experiments.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://chenhsieh.xyz/projects/03-hatch-projects/https://chenhsieh.xyz/projects/03-hatch-projects/Prototypes built under 8- to 28-hour constraints at HudsonAlpha HATCH and the UGA-Bayer Hackathon: a maize yield predictor, an astronaut diet planner, and a bird migration tracker.Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://chenhsieh.xyz/projects/02-tyra-mentor/https://chenhsieh.xyz/projects/02-tyra-mentor/A researcher matching platform that scaled to 700+ annual participants and 1,876 connections across 4 cohorts for the Taiwanese Young Researchers Association.Fri, 01 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://chenhsieh.xyz/projects/04-plant-disease-chatbot/https://chenhsieh.xyz/projects/04-plant-disease-chatbot/The first Mandarin-language chatbot for plant disease diagnosis, built on open government data in 2017 — years before the LLM wave. Secured NTD$410,000 at Taiwan's Open Data Innovative Application Contest.Fri, 01 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT