Dairui Liu

Dairui Liu is a Postdoctoral Researcher at University College Dublin (UCD), affiliated with the Optimisation & Decision Analytics research group and collaborating with Huawei Ireland Research Centre on privacy-by-design recommendation frameworks.

Education:

• PhD in Computer Science, University College Dublin, 2025

His research centers on natural language processing and recommender systems with specialization in explainable news recommendations. He develops privacy-preserving frameworks that integrate governance requirements while maintaining recommendation quality, focusing on user transparency and data protection in algorithmic systems.

Scientific recognition:

• Best Student Paper Award at RecSys 2023

He actively serves the academic community through peer review for top-tier conferences including ACL and RecSys, and journals such as TOIS and TORS. His professional engagement extends to the Optimisation & Decision Analytics research group where he advances cutting-edge methodologies in recommendation technologies.