Yan Liu

Yan Liu is a full professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science at the University of Southern California (USC), serving as Director of the USC Machine Learning Center within the Viterbi School of Engineering. He holds courtesy appointments in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering and the Quantitative and Computational Biology Department. Before joining USC in 2010, he was a research staff member at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University.

His research focuses on machine learning for time series, physics-informed AI, and interpretable models, with applications in healthcare, sustainability, and social media. Notable projects include developing AI for surgical training, analyzing misinformation on social platforms, and predicting cancer treatment outcomes. He has held leadership roles in top conferences like ICLR and ACM KDD, and serves as Associate Editor-in-Chief of TPAMI and Board Member of ICLR.

• Education: Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
• Affiliations: USC Machine Learning Center, Viterbi School of Engineering
• Service: General Chair (ICLR 2023, ACM KDD 2020), Program Chair roles across multiple conferences

His lab, the Melady Group, emphasizes foundational ML advancements and interdisciplinary applications. Recent work includes physics-aware neural networks and time-series foundation models.