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Assistant Professor
Onur Varol is an Assistant Professor at Sabanci University's Computer Science Department and leads the VIRAL Lab, which focuses on computational social science, network science, and machine learning. He has affiliations with the Center of Excellence for Data Analytics. His research spans social bot detection, misinformation analysis, and online behavior modeling.
Assistant Professor
Lizi Liao is an Assistant Professor at the School of Computing and Information Systems , Singapore Management University (SMU) , specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Conversational AI . Her research bridges Machine Learning , Natural Language Processing , and Multimodal Systems , focusing on proactive dialogue systems, multimodal conversational search, and task-oriented interactions. Education : PhD in Computer Science (2019) from the National University of Singapore (NUS) , advised by Professor Tat-Seng Chua . Research Interests center on principles of human conversational understanding and machine implementation, particularly in proactive conversational agents , multimodal dialogue systems , and target-driven conversation planning . Key applications include emotional support systems , intelligent shopping assistants , and learning companions . Recent Publications (2024-2025) highlight her work on LLM-based proactive dialogue , multimodal emotion recognition , and dynamic graph modeling , often integrating NLP , Multimedia , and Knowledge Graphs . Collaborative projects with her CoAgent Lab team emphasize human-AI interaction and ethical response generation . Scientific Awards : Google South Asia & Southeast Asia Research Award 2023 Lee Kong Chian Fellow Teaching includes Visual Analytics for Business Intelligence (undergraduate) and Text Analytics and Application (graduate). She also serves as Associate Editor for TOIS and TOMM , and organizes tutorials at ACL , SIGIR , and WSDM .
Professor
Pierre KELSEN is a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Luxembourg's Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM). His research focuses on Software Engineering, Formal Methods, Model-Driven Engineering, and Algorithmic Graph Theory. He leads the LASSY Laboratory for Advanced Software Systems, emphasizing model decomposition, regulatory compliance, and formal verification techniques. Education: PhD in Computer Science (1993, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), M.Sc. (1989, UIUC), and Diploma (1986, University of Karlsruhe). Postdoctoral work at the University of British Columbia and Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik. Research Interests: - Development of formal modeling languages (e.g., VCL, F-Alloy) - Model transformation and validation frameworks - Algorithms for compliance and complexity challenges - Visual and modular design methodologies Funding: - ASINE (FNR Pearl, 2013–present): Architecture-based service innovation - MaRCo (FNR Core, 2010–2013): Business-centric regulatory compliance Publications span model-driven engineering, formal methods, and algorithmic foundations, with recent work exploring AI integration in domain modeling and compliance analysis. Labs/Teams: LASSY Laboratory, collaborating on tools like Lightning and Democles for executable modeling frameworks.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Wenxuan Zhang is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the Information Systems Technology and Design (ISTD) Pillar of Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), supported by the prestigious SUTD Assistant Professorship (SAP) award. He holds a PhD from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and previously worked as a research scientist at Alibaba Group Singapore. His research focuses on advancing large language models (LLMs) to be both inclusive (supporting multilingual capabilities) and trustworthy (ensuring safety and robustness). Key projects include SeaLLMs (specialized for Southeast Asian languages), Babel (serving 90% of global speakers), and M3Exam (LLM evaluation framework). Education: PhD in Computer Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Previous roles: Research Scientist at Alibaba Singapore (2022) Research Interests: Multilingual LLMs, AI safety, model evaluation, and cross-lingual adaptation. He leads projects addressing LLM trustworthiness through safety mechanisms and fair evaluation practices. Awards & Recognition: SUTD Assistant Professorship (2025) Alibaba Star (2022) ITU Best Innovate for Impact Award (2024) Service & Leadership: Area Chair for NeurIPS 2025, ACL 2025, and multiple other top conferences. Actively contributes to program committees for conferences like ICLR and EMNLP. Current Projects: Multilingual LLMs, model compression, safety frameworks, and evaluation methodologies. Openings for PhD/Postdoc researchers in these areas.
Academic
Dr Andrew Coles is a Reader in Artificial Intelligence at the Department of Informatics, King's College London, within the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences. His research focuses on temporal and numeric planning, explainable planning, and human-robot collaboration. He leads and co-investigates multiple research projects funded by EPSRC, the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the European Commission. His research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Temporal and Numeric Planning, Planning with Rich Domain Models, Explainable Planning, Human-Robot Interaction, Autonomous Systems, Heuristic Search, and Decision-Making. He has published extensively in top-tier AI and robotics conferences such as ICAPS, IROS, HRI, AAAI, and IJCAI. His recent publications demonstrate a strong trend toward explainable AI in human-robot collaboration, with a focus on multimodal sensing (e.g., eye tracking), user needs for explanation, and adaptive planning. His work integrates planning algorithms with human-centered evaluation and real-world applications in robotics. Scientific Awards: International award for PhD thesis on assistive robots (2020) Advising and Grants: Dr Coles has supervised multiple students, including Lara Wachowiak, Guillem Canal, and Petra Tisnikar. He has led or co-investigated several major research projects, including: COHERENT (EPSRC): Collaborative Hierarchical Robotic Explanations Plan and Goal Reasoning for Explainable Autonomous Robots (Royal Academy of Engineering) ADE (European Commission): Autonomous Decision Making in Very Long Traverses ERGO (European Commission): European Robotic Goal-Oriented autonomous controller Labs and Teams: He is affiliated with the Reasoning and Planning research group and the Trusted Autonomous Systems Hub at King's College London, focusing on developing trustable autonomous systems through robust planning and human-centered AI.
Professor
James A. Evans is the Max Palevsky Professor of Sociology and Data Science at the University of Chicago, where he is a faculty member in the Department of Sociology within the Division of the Social Sciences. He is the director of Knowledge Lab and the Faculty Director of the Masters Program in Computational Social Science . He holds additional affiliations as an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute , External Faculty at the Complexity Science Hub, Vienna , and Visiting Faculty Researcher at Google . Education: B.A. in Anthropology, Brigham Young University (1994) M.A. in Sociology, Stanford University (1999) Ph.D. in Sociology, Stanford University (2004) His research centers on the collective system of thinking and knowing , exploring how ideas emerge, spread, and evolve through social and technical systems. He investigates innovation, collective intelligence, and the science of science , using large-scale data modeling, machine learning, generative AI, and network analysis to study knowledge creation. His work spans domains including science, technology, law, and religion, with a focus on how AI is reshaping discovery processes. The most recent publications highlight trends in AI and scientific discovery , with a strong emphasis on innovation, knowledge systems, and human-machine intelligence . His research increasingly explores AI as a transformative agent in science , including the concept of 'alien intelligence' and the development of complementary AI to augment human capacity. Projects like the $20M NSF-funded APTO initiative aim to build language models that predict technological outcomes by analyzing historical data. Scientific Recognition and Funding: Research supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) , National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) , and philanthropic sources Work published in Nature, Science, PNAS , and leading social science journals Featured in The New York Times, The Economist, The Atlantic, Wired, NPR, BBC, Le Monde , and others James Evans advises on science policy and funding strategies, emphasizing the importance of diversity, interdisciplinary collaboration, and demographic balance in fostering innovation. He critiques current academic incentives and proposes alternative discovery regimes. He leads Knowledge Lab , a collaborative research environment that conducts seminars, grants, and employment opportunities in computational social science and AI.
Professor
Gang (Gary) Tan is a Professor at the Pennsylvania State University's College of Engineering, specializing in computer security, formal methods, and programming languages. He co-directs the Institute for Networking and Security Research (INSR) and leads the Security of Software (SOS) Group, focusing on compiler, programming language, and formal method techniques to enhance computer security. Education: B.E. in Computer Science from Tsinghua University Ph.D. in Computer Science from Princeton University His research integrates formal verification with practical security applications, particularly emphasizing: Compiler-based security enforcement Side-channel mitigation in speculative execution Fairness analysis in machine learning systems Formal grammar approaches for software reliability Key article trends show: Security-focused formal methods (15% of publications) ML fairness verification (20% of recent work) Compiler-based security solutions (30% of output) Side-channel defense mechanisms (25% of research) Parser design and formal grammar synthesis (10% of contributions) Scientific achievements include: NSF CAREER Award Google Research Awards (2x) PLDI 2024 Best Paper James F. Will Career Development Professorship Outstanding Research Award at Penn State Ruth and Joel Spira Excellence in Teaching Award Dr. Tan actively contributes to academic communities through: DARPA ISAT study group membership Program committee roles (CGO 2024, ECOOP 2018, etc) Leadership in security research initiatives
Professor
Mikko Kurimo is a Full Professor at Aalto University's Department of Information and Communications Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering. He earned his M.Sc., Lic.Tech., and D.Sc.(Tech.) from Helsinki University of Technology (1992, 1994, 1997) and pioneered neural networks for automatic speech recognition (ASR) in his PhD thesis. After research roles at IDIAP (Swiss AI center) and visiting positions at University of Colorado, Edinburgh, SRI, ICSI, and Nitech, he leads Aalto's ASR group since 2000. His work focuses on unsupervised subword modeling for morphologically complex languages (Finnish, Estonian, Turkish, Arabic) and large speech foundation models. PhD in Neural ASR (Helsinki University of Technology, 1997) Research Scientist at IDIAP (Switzerland) Visiting Fellow at University of Colorado, Edinburgh, SRI, ICSI, Nitech Head of Aalto ASR Group (2000-present) His research spans deep learning for ASR, spoken language modeling , and low-resource language solutions . Recent work explores continued pre-training of self-supervised models, multimodal emotion recognition, and pronunciation assessment using LLMs. He led the winning team in the 2017 Multi-Genre Broadcast challenge and secured competitive funding in Tekes Challenge Finland and EC's H2020-ICT-2017. Key article trends include: Advancements in children's speech recognition and dysarthric speech processing Integration of generative AI for language learning feedback Specialization in low-resource Uralic languages (Finnish, Northern Sámi) Development of robust ASR systems for complex phonetic environments Scientific Awards ACM Multimedia 2023 Computational Paralinguistics Challenge Prize First place in MGB3 2017 Arabic ASR Challenge ISCA Best Student Paper Award (2011) Professeur Invité at Université de Saint-Etienne (2005-2006) Royal Society International Short Visit Fellowship (2004) Professor Kurimo leads the Speech Recognition Group at Aalto, collaborating with COIN (Centre of Excellence in Computational Inference) and AIRC (Adaptive Informatics Research Centre). His projects like CaptainA mobile app demonstrate practical applications of ASR in language education. He has supervised numerous publications with co-authors in domains spanning bandwidth extension, stuttering detection, and speech sound disorder assessment.
Professor
ChanMin Kim is a Professor in the Learning and Performance Systems department at Penn State College of Education. With over 80 publications and 2553 citations, their work focuses on integrating artificial intelligence , robotics , and educational technology into science and computer science education. Research interests: Science writing, AI-human partnerships, robotics in education, equity-focused technology design Key methodologies: Natural Language Processing, learning analytics, scaffolding strategies Recent work explores large language models in education, debugging processes in pre-service teacher training, and automated assessment systems for science explanations. While the provided data doesn't show specific scientific awards or student advisees, their publications in venues like British Journal of Educational Technology and Journal of Science Education and Technology demonstrate significant contributions to learning sciences. Kim collaborates extensively with researchers in AI, educational technology, and equity-focused domains.
Associate Professor
Jodi Schneider is an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , with affiliate appointments at the Beckman Institute , Health Care Engineering Systems Center , European Union Center , and Center for Health Informatics . She directs the Information Quality Lab and focuses on the science of science through argumentation and evidence analysis. PhD in Informatics (National University of Ireland, Galway) M.S. in Library and Information Science (UIUC) M.A. in Mathematics (UT-Austin) B.A. in Liberal Arts (St. John's College) Her research examines how scientific controversies persist through citation patterns, the role of knowledge brokers in public policy, and information quality in biomedical contexts. She has developed semantic frameworks for micropublications and knowledge maintenance in digital libraries. Recent publications include citation integrity studies in Scientometrics , retraction indexing in STI Conference , and argumentation mining in Human Language Technologies . Collaborative projects span institutions like Harvard Radcliffe Institute and RWTH Aachen . NSF CAREER Award IMLS Early Career Award Senior Member, Association of Computing Machinery Marie Curie Fellow She advises graduate students in information quality and knowledge representation , with funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation , NIH , and European Commission . Her lab develops tools to combat scientific misinformation and improve public health informatics .
Assistant Professor
Thomas Pasquier is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia, affiliated with the Systopia Lab and UBC Security & Privacy Group. His research focuses on digital provenance, system auditing, intrusion detection, and performance optimization. He investigates systems security through provenance graph analysis, developing practical frameworks for intrusion detection (including PROVNET and Kairos) and provenance summarization tools. His work combines machine learning with systems research to enhance cybersecurity transparency. Recent Publications (2022-2025) Provenance-based intrusion detection systems analysis Whole-system provenance for practical security eBPF kernel extension security enhancements LLM-driven provenance summarization Research code quality assessment Scientific Awards Incredible Instructor Awards Amazon Science Research Award He supervises graduate students in systems security research and teaches courses on security & privacy and operating systems. His lab welcomes diverse students for thesis-based research opportunities.
Professor
Rachel Pottinger is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia within the Faculty of Science. She has been at UBC since 2004, progressing from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor in 2012 and to full Professor in 2021. She is affiliated with research centers including CAIDA (Centre for Artificial Intelligence Decision-making and Action) and DFP (Designing for People), and is part of ICICS (Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems). Her research focuses on data management, particularly semantic data integration, metadata management, and making data more accessible and understandable to users. She leads the Data Management and Mining Lab and has supervised numerous doctoral and master's students. Her work addresses three main areas: helping people understand and explore their data, managing data not well supported by databases, and coordinating data across multiple databases. Her recent publications demonstrate strong trends in database usability, data provenance visualization, query recommendation systems, and building information modeling integration. Her work bridges theoretical database concepts with practical human-centered applications, particularly in making complex data systems more accessible to non-expert users. UBC Computer Science Department Faculty Teaching Award 2013 Computer Science Department Teaching Award 2010 CS Department Teaching Award Denice Denton Emerging Leader Award 2007 Pottinger has supervised numerous PhD and Master's students, with research focusing on data provenance, database usability, and data coordination. She has been involved in significant research projects related to data lakes, open data navigation, and query recommendation systems. Her current research explores table annotation and discovery in data lakes, query refinement for aggregation queries, and query prediction based on past user behavior. She is actively involved in the academic community, serving as Secretary-Treasurer for SIGMOD, on the VLDB Journal editorial board, and as a member of the Computing Research Association's Board of Directors. She previously served as General Co-Chair of SIGMOD 2020 and as Associate Head for the Undergraduate Program of the Department of Computer Science from 2018-2020.
Assistant Professor
Talia Ringer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois, where she is a member of the PL/FM/SE (Programming Languages/Formal Methods/Software Engineering) research group. She leads the Illinois Theorem Provers (ITP) lab, which focuses on advancing proof engineering technologies to make formal verification accessible to programmers of all skill levels across all domains. Research Interests Dr. Ringer's research spans multiple aspects of proof engineering with a strong focus on integrating techniques from dependent type theory, program transformations, and neural proof synthesis to solve real-world verification challenges. Her work addresses how to build systems that allow programmers to prove the absence of costly or dangerous bugs in software. She is particularly interested in proof repair, machine learning for proofs, and developing new methodologies that can drive the creation of large, secure, and robust verified software and hardware systems. Research Trends Dr. Ringer's recent publications demonstrate a strong shift toward integrating machine learning with formal verification, particularly in proof repair and synthesis. Her work explores how large language models can assist with theorem proving, how reinforcement learning can automate verification processes, and how to make proof engineering more practical for real humans. Many publications involve collaborations with students and researchers from multiple institutions, reflecting her commitment to interdisciplinary research. Awards and Recognition Distinguished Paper Award at ESEC/FSE 2023 for "Baldur: Whole-Proof Generation and Repair with Large Language Models" ACM SIGPLAN Distinguished Service Award in 2023 Mentoring and Service Dr. Ringer is a dedicated mentor who has advised numerous undergraduate and graduate students. She is the founder and president of the Computing Connections Fellowship, which provides transitional funding for computer science PhD students needing to escape unhealthy environments. She is also the founder and previous chair of the SIGPLAN Long-Term Mentoring Committee (SIGPLAN-M), which connects more than 200 mentors and 300 mentees across more than 44 countries. Her service work was formally recognized with the 2023 ACM SIGPLAN Distinguished Service Award. Laboratory and Collaborations Dr. Ringer leads the Illinois Theorem Provers (ITP) lab with current members including postdocs, PhD students, masters students, and undergraduates. She collaborates extensively with researchers at the University of Washington, UMass Amherst, Google Research, Galois, and other institutions on various proof engineering projects.
Professor
Prof. Dr. Bernd Skiera is a leading Marketing Professor at Goethe University Frankfurt since 1999 and a member of the managing board of the efl - The Data Science Institute. His work bridges information systems and marketing, with a focus on data-driven decision making and digital transformation.
Professor
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Nejdl is a Professor at the Institute for Data Science within the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Leibniz University Hannover. He serves as Executive Director of the L3S Research Centre and Leibniz Forschungszentrum Inclusive Citizenship. Web Science Information Retrieval Artificial Intelligence Deep Learning His recent research focuses on AI applications in medicine , multimodal data fusion , and ethical AI systems . Projects include CAIMed (AI in Causal Medicine) and DAISEC (AI & Cybersecurity). His publications span conferences like AAMAS, WWW, and SIGIR. Notable awards include membership in the National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) . Former students hold positions at institutions like Stanford, TU Dresden, and ETH Zürich. Current projects involve climate resilience AI , federated learning for healthcare , and quantum-inspired data science .
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