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Shivaram Kalyanakrishnan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering , Indian Institute of Technology Bombay , specialising in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning . His research spans sequential decision making , multiagent learning , multi-armed bandits , and humanoid robotics , with applications in robot soccer , computer games , and online advertising . He teaches advanced courses like CS 747: Foundations of Intelligent and Learning Agents and CS 748: Advances in Intelligent and Learning Agents , focusing on end-to-end system design and theoretical analysis. His scientific awards include the Best Student Paper Award at RoboCup International Symposium 2006 and nomination for Best Student Paper Award at AAMAS 2007 . His work on reinforcement learning and policy iteration has been published in leading venues such as IJCAI , ICML , and COLT , with recent contributions to railway scheduling and bandit algorithms. While no explicit list of advisees is provided, his research projects and publications suggest mentorship of students in collaborative efforts. Contact : shivaram@cse.iitb.ac.in .

• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• Reinforcement Learning
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Manik Varma is a Distinguished Scientist and Vice President at Microsoft Research India, and an Adjunct Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He is a Fellow of the Indian Academies of Science (IASc, INSA, NASI), the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He has received prestigious awards such as the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize and Microsoft Gold Star Award. Education : BSc in Physics from St. Stephen's College (David Raja Ram Prize) BA in Theoretical Physics from the University of Oxford (Rhodes Scholar) DPhil in Computer Vision and Machine Learning from the University of Oxford (University Scholar) Post-doctoral Fellow at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), Berkeley Visiting Miller Professor at UC Berkeley His research focuses on Machine Learning (Extreme Classification, Resource-efficient ML, Supervised Learning), Information Retrieval (Computational Advertising, Dense Retrieval, Recommender Systems), and Computer Vision (Image Search, Object Recognition). Recent work includes graph-regularized encoders, label variance reduction, and multimodal classification frameworks. His publications span extreme classification algorithms like NGAME , SiameseXML , and DECAF , with applications in IoT, web search, and recommendation systems. He leads a research group at Microsoft Research India and advises PhD students at IIT Delhi. Scientific Awards : Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (Government of India) Microsoft Gold Star and Achievement Awards WSDM 2019 Best Paper Prize BuildSys 2019 Best Paper Runner-up Fellow of ACM, IASc, INSA, NASI, INAE He has supervised numerous PhD students, including Sonu Mehta and Suchith Prabhu, and collaborates with institutions like Microsoft Research India, IIT Delhi, and UC Berkeley. His research has led to scalable solutions for billion-label classification and resource-constrained IoT applications.

• Machine Learning
• Deep Learning
• Information Retrieval
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Adriana Kovashka is an Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh , affiliated with the School of Computing and Information and serving as Department Chair . Her academic journey began with BA degrees in Computer Science and Media Studies from Pomona College (2008) and a PhD in Computer Science from The University of Texas at Austin (2014). Joined Pitt’s faculty in January 2015 NSF CAREER awardee (2021) Google Faculty Research Award recipient Dr. Kovashka’s research spans Computer Vision , Machine Learning , and Natural Language Processing , focusing on visual rhetoric, weak multimodal supervision, and domain adaptation. She pioneered techniques for analyzing political imagery, developing robust object detection frameworks, and exploring the intersection of visual and textual persuasion through large-scale annotated datasets. Her recent work emphasizes geographic diversity in vision-language systems, audio-visual fusion for domain generalization, and shape-texture bias mitigation in CNNs. Key publications include groundbreaking studies on symbolic reasoning, multimodal dialogue systems, and ethical AI applications in education. Scientific honors include: NSF CRII Award (2016) NSF CAREER Award (2021) Pitt CRDF Award (2016, 2018) Best Paper at ECV Workshop (2021) Google Faculty Research Award (2016, 2018) Dr. Kovashka actively mentors students in multimodal learning projects and collaborates with interdisciplinary teams on NSF-funded initiatives. She co-organizes workshops like the first CVPR workshop on advertisement understanding and leads research groups exploring human-AI co-learning systems.

• Computer Vision
• Machine Learning
• Natural Language Processing
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Blase Ur is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Chicago, leading the UChicago SUPERgroup (Security, Usability, & Privacy Education & Research group). His research focuses on data-driven methods to improve online security, privacy, and usability of complex systems. He holds a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University and an AB from Harvard University. Education: PhD in Societal Computing, Carnegie Mellon University (2016) AB in Computer Science, Harvard University Research Interests: Blase's work spans computer security, privacy, HCI, and ethical AI. He develops tools like password meters, privacy transparency systems, and IoT security solutions. His SUPERgroup emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration, with projects addressing data-driven decision-making and usability challenges in AI and IoT. Articles Trends: Recent work includes studies on ad transparency systems, user perceptions of privacy in AI, and barriers to passwordless authentication. Research often combines empirical user studies with technical implementations to bridge gaps between security mechanisms and user needs. Awards: NSF CAREER Award (2021) Quantrell Award for Teaching (2021) SIGCHI Outstanding Dissertation Award (2018) Advising & Grants: Advisor to PhD students like Kevin Bryson. Secured grants from NSF, Mozilla, and Meta. Active in outreach to broaden CS participation, including K-12 programs. Labs & Teams: Co-director of the SUPERgroup and affiliated with the Systems Group and CERES Center for Unstoppable Computing at UChicago.

• Computer Security
• Privacy
• Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
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Andrew Stephen is the L’Oréal Professor of Marketing and Deputy Dean for Faculty and Research at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. He leads the Marketing faculty and directs the Oxford Future of Marketing Initiative, focusing on emerging technologies like AI and data-driven strategies in marketing, media, and advertising. His research explores digital marketing, consumer behavior, and the impact of new technologies, earning him recognition as a top global marketing scholar. His academic contributions span leading journals such as the Journal of Consumer Research and Harvard Business Review. He serves as editor of the Journal of Consumer Research, co-editor of the International Journal of Research in Marketing, and actively engages with industry through councils like the Mobile Marketing Association’s Brand Safety Council. Teaching responsibilities include marketing curriculum oversight and courses across MBA, Executive MBA, and DPhil programs, focusing on digital transformation, marketing analytics, and the future of marketing. His work bridges academic rigor with industry relevance, addressing challenges in tech-enabled marketing and global brand strategies. Awards: Top marketing academic in the UK (AMA), featured in Poets & Quants’ top 40 under 40, multiple research excellence awards. Labs/Initiatives: Oxford Future of Marketing Initiative, fostering collaborations with leading companies to tackle industry challenges. Grants/Advising: Extensive industry partnerships and academic grants not explicitly detailed in the text.

• Digital Marketing
• Social Media Strategy
• Consumer Behavior
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David Stillwell serves as Professor of Computational Social Science at Cambridge Judge Business School and Academic Director of The Psychometrics Centre, University of Cambridge. His research leverages big data to understand human psychology and behavior, with significant contributions in personality prediction from digital footprints and personalized advertising applications. His educational background includes: BSc in Psychology from the University of Nottingham (2007) MSc in Research Methods from the University of Nottingham (2008) PhD in Decision Making from the University of Nottingham (2012) Dr. Stillwell's research centers on computational social science and psychometrics, pioneering the myPersonality Facebook application that collected data from over 6 million users. His work demonstrates computers can predict personality as accurately as spouses, reveals psychological targeting's advertising effectiveness, and establishes links between personality-matched spending and life satisfaction. He also explores linguistic honesty markers through profanity analysis and personality-based dating patterns. His recent publications (2019-2025) reveal a strong trajectory toward AI evaluation using psychometric frameworks, particularly in medical and general-purpose AI assessment. Key themes include fairness metrics in language models, crisis emotional responses through social media, and computational personality recognition - demonstrating consistent innovation at the psychology-technology intersection. He has received significant recognition: Top 10 most influential papers of 2013 by Altmetric Nieman Journalism Lab highlight of 2013 Named in 'top 30 thinkers under 30' by Pacific Standard Magazine Dr. Stillwell maintains active industry engagement through consultancy with Barclays, Hilton, and Ubisoft on projects spanning computer-adaptive testing systems to interactive experiences like Predictive World for Watch Dogs 2. His policy impact is substantial, with citations by the European Data Protection Supervisor, World Bank, and multiple national governments, leading to speaking engagements at the European Parliament and Bank of England. As Academic Director of The Psychometrics Centre, he leads a global hub for advancing psychological assessment through innovative methods including Concerto open-source software, collaborating with organizations ranging from the European Commission to major corporations on psychometric applications in people analytics and digital behavior.

• Psychometrics
• Computational Social Science
• Big Data Analytics
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Dean Eckles is an Associate Professor of Marketing at MIT Sloan School of Management and serves as an Associate Director of the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS). He is also affiliated with the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing through the Institute for Data, Systems & Society and its Statistics and Data Science Center. Additionally, he leads the analytics research area at the Initiative on the Digital Economy and organizes the annual Conference on Digital Experimentation (CODE@MIT). His educational background includes a BA in philosophy, BS and MS in cognitive science, MS in statistics, and PhD in communication, all from Stanford University. Prior to joining MIT, Eckles worked as a scientist at Facebook, where he contributed to areas including News Feed, messaging, advertising, tools for randomized experiments, and survey methods. He previously held research positions at Nokia and Yahoo. Eckles's research primarily focuses on social influence mediated by interactive technologies, examining how communication technologies mediate, amplify, and direct social influence. His work spans multiple specific areas including social interactions, contagion, and interventions in networks; experimental design and inference in networks; and methods for causal inference. His research often combines social science with advanced statistical methods. His notable publications include research on long ties in social networks and their relationship to economic prosperity, how network structure affects social contagions, and algorithmic transparency in social media platforms. His work has appeared in prestigious journals including PNAS and Nature Human Behaviour, and he has provided expert testimony before the US Senate on algorithmic ranking. Long ties, disruptive life events and economic prosperity (PNAS) Long ties accelerate noisy threshold-based contagions (Nature Human Behaviour) Algorithmic transparency and assessing effects of algorithmic ranking (Senate testimony) Eckles actively shares his research through social media platforms including Bluesky, Twitter, and Mastodon, as well as through his blog and contributions to the Gelman et al. blog. His work bridges academic research with practical applications in technology and policy.

• Social Influence
• Network Analysis
• Causal Inference
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Patrick McDaniel is a Professor in the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a Fellow of IEEE, ACM, and AAAS, and leads the MadS&P (UW-Madison Security and Privacy) group. His research spans computer and network security, adversarial machine learning, and technical public policy. Academic Affiliation : Tsun-Ming Shih Professor of Computer Sciences Key Research Areas : Mobile/IoT security, election systems security, AI policy Research Trends : His recent publications and funded projects focus on adversarial machine learning, SDN security, and robustness of AI systems. Keywords include cybersecurity, machine learning, network security, and privacy. Grants and Leadership : He has secured over $5M in NSF funding for end-to-end trustworthiness of ML systems and leads collaborative projects with Army Research and UW-Madison. Awards : Multiple best/most influential paper awards (ICSE 2015, PLDI 2014, ACSAC 2024, EthiCS 2023) Advising : Mentored 13+ PhD students and postdocs now at top institutions like Google, Purdue, and University of Toronto

• Security of Machine Learning/AI Systems
• Adversarial Machine Learning
• Systems Security
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Ming-Syan Chen is a distinguished academic holding dual roles as a Distinguished Research Fellow and Director of the Research Center for Information Technology Innovation (CITI) at Academia Sinica, Taiwan, and a Distinguished Professor jointly appointed across multiple departments at National Taiwan University (NTU), including Electrical Engineering (EE), Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE), and the Graduate Institute of Communication Engineering (GICE). His career spans academia and industry, with prior roles as a research staff member at IBM Watson Research Center and leadership positions in Taiwan's technology sector. Education: He earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University, followed by M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer, Information, and Control Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Research Interests: Chen's work focuses on databases, data mining, machine learning, multimedia networking, and cloud computing. He has authored over 350 papers and holds numerous patents, contributing to foundational advancements in query processing, data management, and networked systems. Award Highlights: Recipient of ACM and IEEE Fellowships, National Chair Professorship (lifetime honor), Teco Award, Pan Wen Yuan Distinguished Research Award, and IBM's Outstanding Innovation Award. His contributions span research, teaching, and technology commercialization. Leadership & Service: Former Dean of NTU's College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, CEO of Taiwan's Networked Communication Program, and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Electrical Engineering. He has chaired international conferences and served on editorial boards of journals like IEEE TKDE and VLDB. Labs & Teams: Leads the Network Database Laboratory and collaborates on national initiatives in information and communication technologies. His research groups focus on data science, distributed systems, and social network analysis.

• Databases
• Data Mining
• Machine Learning
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Shipra Agrawal is an Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia University, with affiliations to the Data Science Institute and the Department of Computer Science. Her research bridges optimization and machine learning, focusing on decision-making in uncertain environments. PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University (2011) Researcher at Microsoft Research India (2011–2015) Her work addresses online optimization , reinforcement learning , and game theory , aiming to develop algorithms that balance exploration and exploitation for long-term goals. Applications include internet advertising , revenue management , and resource allocation . Recent publications examine dynamic pricing models, regret bounds in reinforcement learning, and convex knapsack optimization. Her research has been supported by NSF CAREER , Google Faculty Research , and Amazon Research Awards . NSF CAREER Award CMMI-1846792 (2019) Google Faculty Research Award (2017) Amazon Research Award (2017) She has advised PhD students who now hold positions at institutions like Google DeepMind, Amazon, and Facebook. Agrawal serves as an associate editor for Management Science , INFORMS Journal on Optimization , and Journal of Machine Learning Research , and co-chaired major conferences such as COLT 2024 and AISTATS 2025.

• Optimization
• Machine Learning
• Multi-Armed Bandits
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Jakob Merane is a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich's Professorship of Law, Economics and Business, and a visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute and Harvard Law School. He holds a Ph.D. from ETH Zurich and law degrees from the University of Basel, with additional studies in applied statistics. His research focuses on AI-driven legal enforcement, legal technology, and compliance-by-design approaches, leveraging computational and empirical methods. Merane's work includes developing tools like SwiLTra-Bench for multilingual legal translation and LEXam for benchmarking AI legal reasoning. He has contributed to GDPR compliance studies, automation of legal enforcement processes, and quantitative analyses of Swiss legal datasets. Awards include the 2024 Young Scholar Prize from the German Law and Economics Association. Teaching responsibilities include ETH's Law & Tech course since 2020, emphasizing AI regulation and interdisciplinary collaboration between law and computer science. Merane's research also addresses AI liability in medical contexts, digital advertising regulations, and ethical AI integration in legal systems. His work bridges legal theory with practical applications, aiming to enhance justice accessibility through technology.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Legal Technology
• Compliance and Regulation
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Stacey Lantagne is a Professor of Law at Western New England University School of Law , joining in 2022. Her research explores the intersection of digital creativity and intellectual property law, focusing on fanfiction and internet memes. She actively engages with pop culture and fan studies communities as a presenter and guest speaker. Education : B.A. summa cum laude, Boston College (English major, Computer Science minor) J.D. cum laude, Harvard Law School Her work addresses evolving legal challenges in digital communication, trademark expansion, and fair use doctrine. Articles like “Building a Better Mousetrap” and “Mutating Internet Memes” highlight her expertise in copyright law’s adaptation to internet culture. She serves on the Legal Committee of the Organization for Transformative Works , advocating for fan creators. Prior roles include teaching at the University of Mississippi and Loyola University New Orleans, along with intellectual property litigation experience at Goodwin Procter and Drinker Biddle & Reath.

• Copyright Law
• Trademark Law
• Digital Creativity
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Lorraine (Xiang) Li is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Computing and Information (SCI). Her research focuses on the intersection of natural language processing, commonsense reasoning, knowledge representation, and machine learning, particularly in designing probabilistic models and evaluation methods for implicit commonsense knowledge in language. Li holds a PhD from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and previously worked as a young investigator with the Mosaic team at AI2. She has an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Chicago, where she conducted research at TTIC. Her work emphasizes advancing AI’s ability to reason contextually and generate robust, human-like understanding through probabilistic frameworks. Key research themes include bias detection in reasoning models, iterative model editing, domain adaptation with LLMs, and evaluating commonsense through probabilistic measures. Her recent publications explore challenges like confirmation bias in chain-of-thought reasoning and geographical robustness in object recognition. Li actively contributes to the NLP community, serving on program committees for ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, and ARR. Though no formal awards are listed, her prolific publication record reflects her impact in AI research. She currently leads research in procedural knowledge models (e.g., Plasma) and long-tail knowledge generation, advancing foundational AI methodologies.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• Natural Language Processing
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David Martens is a Professor of Data Science at the University of Antwerp , where he directs the Applied Data Mining Research Group within the Faculty of Business and Economics . He also serves as Chair of the Department of Engineering Management and Director of the Antwerp Center on Responsible AI . His academic work spans data mining , interpretable machine learning , and the societal impact of AI . PhD in Applied Economic Sciences (KU Leuven, 2008) Director, Antwerp Center on Responsible AI Chair, Department of Engineering Management Martens' research focuses on responsible AI and data ethics , with applications in finance, public policy, and behavioral analysis. His recent publications emphasize counterfactual explanations , LLM interpretability , and privacy implications in AI systems. His articles reveal trends in Explainable AI (XAI) , including narrative-driven explanations , graph neural networks , and ethical challenges like monetization risks and algorithmic bias. Keywords span Computer Science , Artificial Intelligence , and Behavioral Data . Martens is a leading voice in data science ethics , authoring the book Data Science Ethics: Concepts, Techniques, and Cautionary Tales (Oxford University Press, 2022). He combines academic rigor with industry experience, having consulted for banks, telecom firms, and startups in fraud detection and digital advertising .

• AI for Business
• Data Science
• Responsible AI
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Bram Duivenvoorde is an Associate Professor at the Molengraaff Institute for Private Law , Utrecht University , specializing in advertising law , consumer law , and e-commerce . He holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam (2014) and combines academic research with practical legal experience, including roles as an attorney-at-law at Hoogenraad & Haak (2014-2020) and interim legal counsel at Heineken International (2018). His work focuses on digital society , personalized marketing , and AI regulation in consumer contexts. Education : PhD (UvA, 2014), LLM (Utrecht, 2009), LLB (Utrecht, 2007) Key Research Areas : Advertising Law, Consumer Law, Digital Regulation, EU Law, Personalized Marketing Recent publications analyze generative AI , deepfakes , and DSA compliance , emphasizing consumer protection in evolving digital landscapes. He supervises PhD candidates Thijs Kelder and Jorn Torenbosch and leads the LLM Honours Programme . Duivenvoorde contributes to European consumer law through RENFORCE initiatives and serves as Editor for journals like Intellectuele Eigendom en Reclamerecht .

• Advertising Law
• Consumer Law
• E-Commerce
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