David Haussler - Bryant McGill

# David Haussler **Entity class:** Concept or analytic term **Domain:** Computational Biology / Machine Learning / Genomics **Doc Type:** Thinker Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **David Haussler** is a computer scientist and computational biologist associated with UC Santa Cruz whose work spans machine learning, genome analysis and comparative genomics. ## Nexus Context Haussler joined the public Human Genome Project's computational work and recruited Jim Kent during the 2000 assembly effort. The resulting UCSC infrastructure helped make the public draft accessible and later supported comparative genomics. [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] uses Haussler to show that genome assembly was simultaneously biological and computational. The assembly problem required algorithms capable of imposing coordinates on fragments without confusing the reference with any single person's complete genome. ## Sources / Provenance - UCSC Genome Browser project history: https://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/history.html - UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute: https://genomics.ucsc.edu/about-us/leadership/ ## See Also [[wiki/Jim Kent|Jim Kent]], [[wiki/UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute|UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute]], [[wiki/Machine Learning|Machine Learning]], [[wiki/Comparative Genomics|Comparative Genomics]] ## Relationships  This entry is routed through [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]], [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], and [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] and [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section.  ## Read First in the Wiki  - [[wiki/Comparative Genomics|Comparative Genomics]] — supplies the related concept or analytic term context needed to place **David Haussler** within the wider system. - [[wiki/UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute|UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute]] — supplies the related organization or institution context needed to place **David Haussler** within the wider system.  ## Research Edges  #### Host–residual infrastructure patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] **Related acquisition source:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] #### Outgoing typed edges - **HR-0568 — `wiki_links_to` → [[wiki/Comparative Genomics|Comparative Genomics]]** — **EXISTING WIKI EDGE**; evidence `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Direct internal link currently present in `David Haussler.md`. - **HR-0569 — `wiki_links_to` → [[wiki/UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute|UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute]]** — **EXISTING WIKI EDGE**; evidence `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Direct internal link currently present in `David Haussler.md`. #### Incoming typed edges - **HR-1154 — [[wiki/UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute|UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute]] `wiki_links_to` → this entry** — **EXISTING WIKI EDGE**; evidence `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Direct internal link currently present in `UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute.md`.