Ninghao Liu

Dr. Ninghao Liu is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the School of Computing at the University of Georgia, part of the Franklin College of Arts & Sciences - Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Texas A&M University (2021) and an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology (2015). His research focuses on Explainable AI (XAI), Graph Mining, Model Fairness, Recommender Systems, and Outlier Detection, with notable contributions to foundational AI techniques and their applications in education, healthcare, and environmental sciences.

Dr. Liu has secured significant funding, including a three-year NSF grant (2022–2025) for 'Graph-Oriented Usable Interpretation' and a five-year $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education (2024–2029) for the GenAI Empowered National Initiative for STEM+C Education. He has also been honored with the Outstanding Paper Award at ICML 2022, Best Paper Award Shortlist at WWW 2019, and other distinctions.

His work emphasizes interpretable machine learning, graph neural networks, and addressing algorithmic bias. He collaborates across disciplines, contributing to radiology AI, climate-smart forestry, and pandemic prediction through knowledge-enhanced deep learning. His lab is based at the Boyd Research and Education Center, where he advances research in trustworthy AI systems and data-centric solutions.