Duen Horng Chau

Duen Horng Chau is a Professor at Georgia Tech's School of Computational Science & Engineering and Associate Director of the MS in Analytics program. He holds an adjunct role in the School of Interactive Computing and leads industry relations for Georgia Tech's Institute for Data Engineering and Science and Center for Machine Learning.

• Director of Industry Relations (2019-2025)
• Associate Director of Corporate Relations for Machine Learning (2019-2025)
• Associate Professor (2018-2024)
• Machine Learning Area Leader (2018-2021)
• Assistant Professor (2012-2018)

His research at the Polo Club of Data Science focuses on human-centered AI through visualization and graph mining, with applications in cybersecurity, social good, and scientific discovery. Key projects include:

• AI Education: CNN Explainer, Diffusion Explainer, GAN Lab
• Visual Interpretability: ActiVis (deployed at Meta), NeuroCartography, Summit
• Cybersecurity: ShapeShifter, SHIELD, Polonium
• Social Impact: Firebird (fire risk prediction), Chronodes (mobile health)

His work has received 15+ best paper awards including CVPR'25 Workshop Best Paper, IEEE VIS Best Poster, and SIGGRAPH invitations. He has secured NSF, DARPA, and NIH grants, with industry partnerships including Google, Intel, and Microsoft.

He has advised 30+ PhD/MSc students and developed open-source tools like Argo Lite and PEGASUS (used by Nvidia). His research has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Wired, and other major media outlets.