Raymond Mooney

Raymond Mooney is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin and Director of the UT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He has been at UT Austin for over three decades, leading the Machine Learning Research Group focused on natural language processing, computational linguistics, and related fields. He holds BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (1983–1988).

Education:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (BS CE), UIUC, 1983
• Master of Science in Computer Science (MS CS), UIUC, 1985
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD CS), UIUC, 1988 (advised by Gerald DeJong)

Research Interests: His expertise spans machine learning, natural language processing, bioinformatics, computational biology, and data mining. He emphasizes interdisciplinary applications of AI, including linguistic analysis and biological data modeling.

Service & Leadership:

• President of the International Machine Learning Society (2008–2011)
• Program co-chair for AAAI 2006; General chair for HLT-EMNLP 2005; Co-chair for ICML 1990

Awards:

• AAAIFellow (2008), ACM Fellow (2001), ACL Fellow (2014)
• Recipient of AAAI Classic Paper Award (2019) and multiple best-paper awards

Labs & Teams: Directs the UT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and oversees the Machine Learning Research Group, fostering innovation in AI and NLP.