Tsui-Wei Weng

Tsui-Wei Weng is an Assistant Professor at the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute, affiliated with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Her research focuses on enhancing the robustness, reliability, and safety of AI systems and deep learning models.

• Education: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2020; M.S. in Communication Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2013; B.S. in Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2011.

Her research interests span neural network robustness, AI safety, adversarial robustness certification, control policy verification, and theoretical machine learning. She has contributed foundational work on probabilistic and deterministic robustness certification frameworks like PROVEN and CNN-Cert, with a focus on improving the scalability and efficiency of verification methods.

Her publications from 2018–2021 reveal a trajectory in adversarial robustness, randomized smoothing, deep reinforcement learning, and interpretable AI. Collaborative efforts with institutions like MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, Google DeepMind, and IBM Research further underscore her interdisciplinary approach.

Scientific awards include the Best Paper Award at IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology (2016).

She actively collaborates with students and postdocs, emphasizing mathematical and machine learning rigor in their research contributions.