Betty H.C. Cheng

Betty H.C. Cheng is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University's College of Engineering. She also served as the Industrial Relations Manager and senior researcher for BEACON, an NSF Science and Technology Center focused on evolutionary computation.

• Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) - Northwestern University
• MS and PhD (Computer Science) - University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

Research Focus: Her work centers on high-assurance self-adaptive systems that maintain acceptable behavior under uncertainty, with applications in intelligent transportation and vehicle systems. Key areas include:

• Model-driven approaches to autonomous systems
• Trustworthy AI in safety-critical environments
• Evolutionary computation for software engineering
• Cybersecurity in automotive systems

Collaborations: Partners include Ford, General Motors, ZF, Motorola, and Siemens. Her research spans assured autonomy, digital twins, and feature interaction mitigation.

• Funded by NSF, AFRL, ONR, DARPA, NASA, and ARO
• Editorial roles at ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems, Software and Systems Modeling, and IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Contact: 3115 Engineering Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824