جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Sheila McIlraithمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Artificial Intelligence
• AI Safety
• AI Alignment
• +۹ مورد دیگر

Sheila McIlraith is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto, holding the Canada CIFAR AI Chair at the Vector Institute and serving as Associate Director and Research Lead at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society. Her research spans AI safety, ethics, reinforcement learning, and knowledge representation, with a focus on human-compatible AI and long-term societal impacts. Her career includes six years as a Research Scientist at Stanford University and a year at Xerox PARC. McIlraith’s work has been recognized through ACM and AAAI fellowships, as well as prestigious awards like the SWSA 10-Year Award (2011) and the CAIAC Lifetime Achievement Award (2024). Research Interests: AI Safety and Alignment Human-Compatible AI Reinforcement Learning with Ethical Constraints Semantic Web Services Cognitive Robotics and Diagnostic Systems Probabilistic and Logical Reasoning Recent Contributions: Her work emphasizes ethical AI integration, such as the Embedded Ethics Education Initiative (E3I), and addresses challenges in long-term AI risks, multi-agent systems, and interpretable decision-making frameworks. Awards and Honors: ACM Fellow AAAI Fellow 2023 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize 2024 CAIAC Lifetime Achievement Award Labs and Teams: McIlraith leads initiatives at the Schwartz Reisman Institute and contributes to the Vector Institute, focusing on societal and ethical dimensions of AI technology.

Pieter Abbeelمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Robotics
• Machine Learning
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Pieter Abbeel is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at the University of California, Berkeley. He leads the Berkeley Robot Learning Lab and co-directs the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) Lab. His work focuses on advancing AI and robotics through deep reinforcement learning, imitation learning, and unsupervised learning, with applications in automation, healthcare, and education. Abbeel's research also explores the societal implications of AI and its potential to revolutionize other scientific and engineering fields. Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Stanford University (2008) M.S. in Electrical Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium (2000) Research Interests: Robotics, AI, Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Autonomous Systems, and Applications in Surgery, Manufacturing, and Education. Recent Article Trends: Focus on multimodal learning, robot manipulation, protein structure prediction, and scalable AI systems. Key areas include sim-to-real transfer, embodied AI, and foundation models for decision-making. Awards & Honors: IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award (2022) ACM Prize in Computing (2021) IEEE Fellow (2018) MIT Tech Review TR35 (2011) Advising & Grants: Advises startups and has received grants from NSF, DARPA, and industry partnerships. Notable students include those advancing robotics, reinforcement learning, and bioAI. Labs & Initiatives: Berkeley Robot Learning Lab, BAIR Lab, and collaborations with the Center for Human-Compatible AI (CHAI). Founded companies include Gradescope, Covariant, and Berkeley Open Arms.

Yannis Paschalidisمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Optimization
• Control Systems
• Stochastic Systems
• +۸ مورد دیگر

Yannis Paschalidis is a Distinguished Professor at Boston University with appointments in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Computing & Data Sciences. He serves as Director of the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering. He holds a PhD (1996) and MS (1993) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, and a Diploma (1991) from the National Technical University of Athens. His interdisciplinary research spans optimization, control systems, machine learning, and data science with applications in healthcare, autonomous systems, and networks. Key focus areas include developing algorithms for autonomous navigation, healthcare analytics for clinical decision support, energy demand optimization, and computational biology for protein interaction modeling. Recent publications demonstrate strong focus on AI robustness (adversarial defenses, distributional robustness), healthcare applications (cognitive impairment detection, epidemic control), and sustainable systems (power networks, ecological forecasting). Methodological innovations center on reinforcement learning, distributionally robust optimization, and geometric analysis of classical algorithms. CAREER Award (NSF) IEEE Fellow (2014) IFAC Fellow (2022) IBM/IEEE Smarter Planet Award IEEE Computer Society Crowd Sourcing Prize IMIA Best Paper Award Charles DeLisi Award (2020) Distinguished Professor of Engineering As primary advisor to 35 PhD graduates, he leads the Network Optimization & Control (NOC) Lab. His research is funded by NSF, NIH, DoD, ARPA-E, and industry partners, including major grants on Neuro-Autonomy (ONR MURI), pandemic preparedness (ARPA-E NewRAMP), and healthcare AI (NIH QuBBD). He directs the Network Optimization & Control Lab focusing on optimization, learning, and control for autonomous systems, healthcare, and networks. The lab develops fundamental methodologies with applications in robotics, computational medicine, and infrastructure systems.

Rajeev Alurمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Formal Methods
• Artificial Intelligence
• Cyber-Physical Systems
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Rajeev Alur is the Zisman Family Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania, leading the School of Engineering and Applied Science. He is the Founding Director of the ASSET Center for Trustworthy AI and a member of the PRECISE Center. His research focuses on formal methods for system design, integrating AI, cyber-physical systems, and machine learning with logical reasoning to ensure safety in autonomous systems. Alur has held leadership roles in major NSF projects like ExCAPE and has directed the Embedded and Multi-Scale Systems (EMBS) program. His research interests span formal verification, temporal logics, programming abstractions, and synthesis techniques. Notable contributions include the development of Nested Words (visibly pushdown languages), streaming string transducers, and tools like AutomataTutor for education. He has advised over 60 PhD students and postdocs, many of whom now hold academic and industry leadership positions. Alur’s awards include the 2024 Knuth Prize and the 2016 Alonzo Church Award. His work on Verisig and compositional verification of neural networks has advanced safety-critical AI applications. He teaches foundational courses like CIS 2620 and develops educational tools, emphasizing both theoretical rigor and practical impact. Key projects include the ASSET Center’s focus on trustworthy AI, integration of logical specifications in reinforcement learning, and formal verification of closed-loop systems with neural components. His publications span over 350 papers, with recent work addressing neurosymbolic learning, security in large language models, and efficient neural network verification.

• Distributed Computing
• Wireless Networks
• Distributed Systems
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Prof. Roger Wattenhofer is a Full Professor at the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and Deputy head of the Computer Engineering and Networks Lab. He holds a doctorate in Computer Science from ETH Zurich (1998) and has held positions at Brown University and Microsoft Research before returning to ETH. His research focuses on distributed computing, wireless networks, and algorithmic systems design, with contributions to Byzantine agreement protocols, blockchain technologies, and neural network architectures. He teaches courses such as Distributed Systems and Computational Thinking. Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science (ETH Zurich, 1998). Research interests include distributed systems, network algorithms, and the intersection of machine learning with distributed computing. His work spans both theoretical foundations and practical implementations, addressing challenges in fault tolerance, consensus mechanisms, and algorithmic efficiency. Recent publications explore topics like adversarial robustness in voting systems, privacy in reinforcement learning, and generative music models. He actively contributes to open-source frameworks and benchmarks for neural algorithmic reasoning.

• Human-Computer Interaction
• Data Visualization
• Software Adaptability
• +۴ مورد دیگر

James R. Eagan is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science and Networks Department (Infres) at Télécom Paris , part of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder for the 2024–25 academic year. His research focuses on making computers more expressive tools for human interaction, emphasizing malleable software, collaborative dynamic media, and multi-surface environments. His work spans Human-Computer Interaction , Data Visualization , and User Interface Programming . A key theme involves adapting software for user-driven customization, exemplified by projects like Webstrates (shareable dynamic media) and SchemeLens (semantic zoom for technical diagrams). He also explores uncertainty in data analytics and gesture-based interfaces for experts. Recent publications from 2020–2024 address Explainable AI (XAI) , Financial Crime Detection , and Interactive Data Analysis . His tools Tarantula and SchemeLens have received acclaim, including the 2015 ACM SIGSOFT Impact Award and Best Paper at UIST 2015. Scientific accolades include: Prix de l’Impact 2015 d’ACM SIGSOFT Best Paper Award at UIST 2015 Honorable Mention at CHI 2017 He teaches courses in Mobile Application Development , Human-Computer Interaction , and Data Visualization . His lab, DIVA (Design, Interaction, Visualization & Applications), operates within the Information Processing and Communication Laboratory (LTCI). He actively recruits PhD candidates and postdocs for research in these domains.

• Adaptation and learning theories
• Data and network sciences
• Statistical inference
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Ali H. Sayed is the Dean of the School of Engineering (Faculté des sciences et techniques de l'ingénieur - STI) at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, where he also directs the Adaptive Systems Laboratory (Laboratoire de systèmes adaptatifs). Previously, he served as an emeritus professor and chair of the Electrical Engineering Department at UCLA. He is a highly cited researcher and a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and the World Academy of Sciences. Sayed served as president of the IEEE Signal Processing Society in 2018 and 2019. Professor Sayed's research focuses on adaptation and learning theories, data and network sciences, statistical inference, multi-agent systems, adaptive networks, and optimization. His work bridges theoretical foundations with practical applications in signal processing, machine learning, and network science. He has made significant contributions to distributed learning algorithms, social learning over networks, and adaptive signal processing techniques that have influenced both academic research and practical implementations. His recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on multi-agent systems, distributed learning, privacy-preserving techniques, and social learning over networks. The research trends show increasing emphasis on federated learning with privacy guarantees, graph-based learning approaches, and the intersection of social dynamics with information processing. His work consistently addresses fundamental theoretical questions while maintaining relevance to practical applications in communication networks, social media analysis, and distributed artificial intelligence systems. Professor Sayed has received numerous prestigious awards throughout his career, including: IEEE Fourier Award (2022) Norbert Wiener Society Award (2020) IEEE Signal Processing Society Education Award (2015) Papoulis Award from the European Association for Signal Processing (2014) Technical Achievement Award from IEEE Signal Processing Society (2012) Terman Award from the American Society for Engineering Education (2005) IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize (1996) Multiple Best Paper Awards from IEEE and EURASIP Sayed has authored or co-authored over 570 publications and six monographs. He has mentored numerous PhD students and researchers in the fields of signal processing and adaptive systems. His editorial leadership includes serving as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (2003-2005) and EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing (2006-2007), as well as Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Open Access Book Series on Information and Learning Sciences. At EPFL, Professor Sayed leads the Adaptive Systems Laboratory, which focuses on developing theoretical frameworks and practical algorithms for adaptive systems, networked learning, and distributed signal processing. The lab's research encompasses both fundamental theoretical investigations and applications to real-world problems in communications, social networks, and computational biology.

• Machine Learning
• Deep Learning
• AI Safety
• +۱۲ مورد دیگر

Tim G. J. Rudner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistical Sciences at the University of Toronto, a Faculty Member at the Vector Institute, and a Title A Fellow at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. He was previously an Assistant Professor and Faculty Fellow at New York University. University: University of Toronto School: Faculty of Arts and Science Department: Department of Statistical Sciences Affiliation: Vector Institute, Trinity College (Cambridge) He holds a PhD in Computer Science and an MSc in Statistics from the University of Oxford, where he was advised by Yee Whye Teh and Yarin Gal, and a BS in Applied Mathematics and Economics from Yale University. PhD: Computer Science, University of Oxford MSc: Statistics, University of Oxford BS: Applied Mathematics and Economics, Yale University His research focuses on building robust, transparent, and trustworthy machine learning systems, particularly for high-stakes applications. He develops probabilistic models that improve generalization under distribution shifts, provide reliable uncertainty estimates, and enable fair and interpretable predictions. His work spans generative models, large language models, healthcare, and biomedical discovery. The recent publications highlight a strong trend toward function-space modeling, Bayesian regularization, and AI safety. Tim's work emphasizes principled uncertainty quantification, robustness to subpopulation and semantic shifts, and the development of frameworks for AI governance and specification. His research bridges theoretical advances with real-world applications, especially in safety-critical domains like medicine and defense. Tim has received numerous accolades including being named a Rhodes Scholar, Qualcomm Innovation Fellow, and 2024 Rising Star in Generative AI. He was awarded a $700,000 Foundational Research Grant and a $30,000 Apple Seed Grant for improving LLM trustworthiness. Rhodes Scholar Qualcomm Innovation Fellow AISTATS Notable Paper Award (2024) Outstanding Paper Award, ICLR GenAI4DM Workshop (2024) Apple Seed Grant ($30,000) Foundational Research Grant ($700,000) NeurIPS Spotlight Talk 2024 Rising Star in Generative AI He actively mentors students, particularly first-generation and low-income scholars, and has contributed to major policy frameworks including the OECD AI Classification Framework and a series of CSET issue briefs on AI safety. His work demonstrates a strong commitment to responsible AI development, combining technical rigor with societal impact. Tim leads research efforts at the intersection of machine learning theory and practical deployment, with ongoing projects in generative modeling, reliable LLMs, and AI governance. His lab produces high-impact work regularly published at top-tier conferences such as NeurIPS, ICML, and AISTATS.

Karthik R. Narasimhanمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Language Agents
• Reinforcement Learning
• Natural Language Processing
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Karthik R. Narasimhan is a Professor at Princeton University's School of Engineering and Applied Science in the Department of Computer Science. Previously, he earned his PhD from MIT under Regina Barzilay and served as a visiting research scientist at OpenAI during 2017-18. His research focuses on the intersection of language and decision-making, building autonomous agents that learn from both experience and human knowledge. His research spans multiple high-impact areas including language agents (Text-DQN, CALM, ReAct, Tree of Thoughts), reinforcement learning (h-DQN, Multi-Objective RL), and AI safety (Toxicity in ChatGPT, DataMUX). He has developed critical datasets and benchmarks such as WebShop, InterCode, SWE-bench, and SILG that have become standard evaluation tools in the field. Current work emphasizes agent capabilities, software engineering automation, and multimodal interaction. His publication trends show strong focus on practical agent deployment (SWE-agent, Tree of Thoughts), safety evaluation (Probing AI Safety), and efficiency improvements (DataMUX). Recent work increasingly addresses real-world challenges in software engineering, security, and human-AI collaboration through rigorous benchmarking. Co-author of foundational GPT (2018) paper Key developer of Text-DQN (2015), CALM (2020), ReAct (2022), Tree of Thoughts (2023) Creator of influential benchmarks: WebShop (2022), SWE-bench (2023), InterCode (2023) He actively advises students through Princeton's computer science program, with research supported by multiple grants focused on autonomous agent development and language-based decision systems. His GitHub repositories (nlp-datasets, text-world-player) demonstrate strong community engagement in open-source research tools. Current projects include advancing language agent capabilities through Reflexion (2023) and Tree of Thoughts (2023) frameworks while addressing critical safety and efficiency challenges.

Jean C. Oiمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Chinese Politics
• Comparative Politics
• Political Economy
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Jean C. Oi serves as the William Haas Professor of Chinese Politics in Stanford University's Department of Political Science and holds multiple leadership positions including Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Director of the China Program, and Lee Shau Kee Director of the Stanford Center at Peking University. Professor Oi earned her PhD from the University of Michigan and previously taught at Lehigh University and Harvard University before joining Stanford in 1997. Her research centers on comparative politics with specialized expertise in Chinese political economy and reform processes in transitional systems. She has made seminal contributions to understanding rural politics in China, introducing the influential concept of 'local state corporatism' to describe China's development model in her award-winning book Rural China Takes Off (1999). Her current research examines China's Belt and Road Initiative, fiscal politics and central-local relations, and structural change in China. Professor Oi maintains an active publication record with works spanning four decades, including her most recent 2025 article 'A Perfect Storm: Fiscal Discipline, COVID, and Local Government Debt in China' which analyzes how pandemic-era policies exposed China's fiscal vulnerabilities. Choice Outstanding Academic Title (1999) for Rural China Takes Off Professor Oi leads significant collaborative research initiatives, including directing the Stanford China Program at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. Her fieldwork with Chinese scholars has examined rural community organization, public goods provision, and fiscal pressures from rapid urbanization, culminating in works like Challenges in the Process of China's Urbanization (2017).

Kevin Manaughمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Sustainable Transportation
• Spatial Justice
• Decision Making Processes
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Kevin Manaugh is an Associate Professor at McGill University, specializing in Urban Planning with a focus on sustainable transportation and spatial justice. His research examines how decision-making processes in urban development balance environmental, economic, and social equity goals, particularly through transport systems. He holds a PhD in Urban Planning from McGill University (2013). His key research interests include integrating social equity into land use policies, analyzing accessibility impacts on socioeconomically diverse populations, and studying behavior change related to sustainable transportation. Current projects explore equitable transit accessibility, responses to local mobility policies, and health/well-being effects of sustainable transport choices. Manaugh has published extensively on transportation equity, urban form analysis, and GIS applications. His work bridges theoretical frameworks with practical policy implementation, emphasizing participatory approaches to urban planning. Notable contributions include studies on pandemic street reallocation equity and cycling infrastructure prioritization strategies. His research has been supported by interdisciplinary collaborations and applied to Canadian urban contexts. Despite prolific output, Manaugh maintains an active engagement with public discourse on urban mobility challenges and equitable urban futures.

• Operations Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Sharing Economy
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Ming Hu is a Professor and University of Toronto Distinguished Professor of Business Operations and Analytics at Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. He serves as Area Coordinator for the Operations Management & Statistics Area and holds editorial leadership roles including Editor-in-Chief of Naval Research Logistics and Associate Editor for multiple top journals. MS in Applied Mathematics, Brown University (2003) PhD in Operations Research, Columbia University (2009) His research focuses on sharing economy , social operations , and platform economics , examining how operational decisions can maximize societal benefit. Key areas include crowdfunding , two-sided markets , crowdsourcing , and group buying , with applications to DEI , sustainability , and AI-empowered operations . Recent work analyzes spatial operations in delivery systems, algorithmic fairness , and climate change adaptation in agricultural supply chains. His publications span top journals like Management Science and Operations Research , covering topics from blockchain traceability to quantum-inspired optimization . Scientific recognitions include: Wickham Skinner Early-Career Research Award (2016) Best Operations Management Paper in Management Science (2017) 2018 Poets & Quants Best 40 Under 40 MBA Professors As an Amazon Scholar (2022–) and Chair of Chain Analytics Institute (2023–), he bridges academic research with industry applications in AI-driven logistics and sustainable operations.

Michael Jong Kimمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Dynamic Programming
• Statistical Learning
• Robust Optimization
• +۱ مورد دیگر

Michael Jong Kim is an Associate Professor at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, specializing in the Division of Operations and Logistics. His research focuses on dynamic programming, statistical learning, robust optimization, and the exploration vs exploitation trade-offs in sequential decision-making processes. BASc, M.Math, and PhD from the University of Toronto His work spans topics in stochastic optimization, supply chain dynamics, and information dissemination in uncertain environments. Publications highlight contributions to Bayesian inventory control, semi-Markovian system control, and variance regularization in optimization models. Dr. Kim teaches advanced business analytics courses, including Descriptive and Predictive Business Analytics and Advanced Predictive Business Analytics (MBAN) during the 2024-2025 academic year. He can be reached at mike.kim@sauder.ubc.ca or by phone at +1 604.822.8682.

Andrew Childsمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Quantum Algorithms
• Quantum Information Processing
• Quantum Simulation
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Andrew Childs is a Professor at the University of Maryland, affiliated with the Department of Computer Science and the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS). He serves as Director of the NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation (RQS) and is a Fellow at the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS). His research focuses on quantum algorithms for simulating physical systems, algebraic problems, and quantum walk protocols, with applications in quantum computing and computational complexity. University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS) NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation Childs' research spans quantum simulation, quantum Fourier transform, phase estimation, and Hamiltonian dynamics. He has developed techniques to reduce quantum computational resources for simulating quantum systems and explored limitations of quantum computers through hidden subgroup problems and non-unitary dynamics. His publications cover diverse areas including quantum walk optimization, Hamiltonian simulation methods, and applications to cryptography and condensed matter physics. Recent works address spatial search algorithms, product formulas for commutators, and quantum routing protocols. As an educator, Childs has taught courses on quantum algorithms and information processing at both the University of Maryland and University of Waterloo, with lecture notes and materials spanning multiple years. Contact: amchilds@umd.edu | Office: ATL 3359 | Affiliated with University of Maryland's quantum research institutes.

Mark Crowleyمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Reinforcement Learning
• Deep Learning
• Manifold Learning
• +۱۲ مورد دیگر

Mark Crowley is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, with a cross-appointment in the Cheriton School of Computer Science. He is a member of the Waterloo Artificial Intelligence Institute (WAII) and the Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI), and serves as National Secretary of the Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association (CAIAC). His educational background includes a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of British Columbia, where he worked in the Laboratory for Computational Intelligence, and a B.A. in Computer Science from York University. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Oregon State University working with Tom Dietterich's machine learning group. Crowley's research focuses on developing dependable and transparent algorithms to augment human decision-making in complex domains with multiple agents, spatial structure, or uncertainty. His work spans Reinforcement Learning , Deep Learning , Ensemble Methods , and Manifold Learning . He frequently collaborates with researchers in applied fields including Computational Sustainability, Sustainable Forest Management, Autonomous Driving, Medical Imaging, and Material Design. His research is motivated by both theoretical opportunities and real-world challenges such as forest fire management, automotive applications, and medical imaging. His recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on addressing challenges in reinforcement learning, particularly around observation costs, multi-agent systems, and causal representation learning. His work on ChemGymRL provides a significant contribution to digital chemistry and material design through reinforcement learning frameworks. The textbook Elements of Dimensionality Reduction and Manifold Learning represents a major contribution to the theoretical foundations of machine learning. Crowley actively supervises graduate students, with recent thesis completions including Shayan Shirahmadi Gale Bagi (PhD, Feb 2025) and Oleksandra Nahorna (MASc, Dec 2024). His lab, UWECEML (Waterloo ECE Machine Learning Lab), focuses on developing new algorithms at the intersection of Machine Learning, Optimization, and Probabilistic Modeling. He teaches courses including ECE 457C (Reinforcement Learning), ECE 657A (Data & Knowledge Modelling & Analysis), and ECE 457B (Fundamentals of Computational Intelligence). His blog Computationally Thinking explores AI, machine learning, and the societal impact of these technologies.