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Dr. Vasant Honavar is a Professor of Computer Science and Informatics at Pennsylvania State University, holding the Edward Frymoyer Endowed Chair. He serves as Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence Foundations and Scientific Applications and Associate Director of the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences. His expertise spans artificial intelligence, machine learning, causal inference, and bioinformatics. Honavar has led over $60M in research grants and mentored 36 PhD students, 30 MS students, and numerous undergraduates. He is a Fellow of the AAAS and recipient of NSF Director’s Awards.
Education:
- Ph.D., Computer Science and Cognitive Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison (1990)
- M.S., Computer Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison (1989)
- M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Drexel University (1984)
- B.E., Electronics Engineering, Bangalore University (1982)
Research Interests: His work focuses on machine learning, causal inference, knowledge representation, health informatics, and algorithmic fairness. Notable contributions include scalable algorithms for big data analytics and predictive modeling, as well as computational infrastructure for interdisciplinary science.
Awards:
- Fellow, AAAS (2018)
- ACM Distinguished Member
- NSF Director’s Award for Superior Accomplishment (2013)
- Edward Frymoyer Endowed Chair (2013)
Leadership: Honavar co-founded the Penn State Center for Artificial Intelligence and led the NIH-funded Biomedical Data Sciences Ph.D. program. He is a Co-PI of the North East Big Data Innovation Hub and serves on editorial boards of journals like IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics.
Lab & Teams: Directs the Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratory and the Center for Big Data Analytics and Discovery Informatics, fostering collaborations across computer science, life sciences, and health sciences.
