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Osman Yağan is a Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), with affiliate faculty status in the School of Computer Science. He is also a core member of CyLab Security and Privacy Institute. Prior to joining CMU in 2013, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at CyLab. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland (2011) and a B.S. from Middle East Technical University (2007). His research focuses on modeling, analysis, and optimization of computing systems, leveraging applied probability, network science, data science, and machine learning. Key areas include multi-armed bandits, resilient machine learning, contagion processes in networks, and cybersecurity. Research Interests include Machine Learning, Data Science, Network Science, Cybersecurity, and Robustness in Cyber-Physical Systems. He has advised numerous students, including current PhD candidates Yurun Tian, Orkun İrsoy, and Ishank Juneja, as well as notable alumni such as Mansi Sood (now at MIT) and Jun Zhao (Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University). Key Awards include the CIT Dean's Early Career Fellowship, IBM Academic Award, and Best Paper Awards at ICC 2021, IPSN 2022, and ASONAM 2023. His work spans theoretical contributions (e.g., contagion models in multi-layer networks) and applied research (e.g., mitigating cascading failures in power systems). He leads or co-leads grants from ONR, NSF, and ARO, focusing on resilient machine learning, network robustness, and pandemic modeling.

• Machine Learning
• Data Science
• Network Science
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Virginia Smith is the Leonardo Associate Professor of Machine Learning at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She holds a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and undergraduate degrees from the University of Virginia. Her research focuses on developing efficient, privacy-preserving machine learning systems, particularly in federated learning, distributed optimization, and resource-constrained settings. Key areas include federated learning frameworks like CoCoA and Ditto, unlearning algorithms, and privacy amplification techniques. Smith's work bridges theory and practice, addressing challenges such as data heterogeneity, fairness, and robustness. She has led initiatives like the LEAF benchmark for federated learning and has contributed to open-source tools for scalable ML systems. Her awards include the Sloan Research Fellowship, Samsung AI Researcher of the Year (2023), and an NSF CAREER Award. She is actively involved in curriculum development, teaching courses on federated learning and large-scale ML at CMU. Her research group explores cutting-edge topics like federated optimization with sparse communication, unlearning in LLMs, and secure ML pipelines. Collaborations span academia and industry, with applications in healthcare, IoT systems, and AI safety. Smith serves as Program Chair for ICML 2025 and frequently contributes to workshops on federated learning and trustworthy AI.

• Machine Learning
• Optimization
• Distributed Systems
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Gauri Joshi is an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department at Carnegie Mellon University, with affiliate appointments in the Machine Learning Department and Robotics Institute. Her work focuses on system-aware algorithms for distributed machine learning, combining optimization, probability, and coding theory to address communication and computational constraints in edge networks. MIT Ph.D. in EECS (2016) IIT Bombay B.Tech/M.Tech in Electrical Engineering (2010) Research themes include federated learning with communication efficiency, erasure coding for non-linear computations, and reinforcement learning for heterogeneous queueing systems. She leads the Optimization, Probability and Learning (OPAL) lab , affiliated with the Parallel Data Lab (PDL), CyLab, and FLAME Center. Recent publications highlight advances in: federated fine-tuning with low-rank adaptation, robust PCA for model aggregation, privacy-preserving prediction mechanisms, and adaptive reinforcement learning for job dispatching systems. Her group has received 15+ paper awards across SIGMETRICS, MobiHoc, and NeurIPS workshops. Scientific recognition includes: IEEE Goldsmith Lecturer (2025), MIT Technology Review '35 Innovators Under 35' (2022), ONR Young Investigator Award (2023), NSF CAREER (2021), and ACM SIGMETRICS Best Paper (2020). She has advised 20+ graduate students, many now at tech giants like Google, Apple, and Meta. Service contributions span program co-chair roles (MLSys 2025), associate editorships (IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking), and workshop organization (ICML, NeurIPS). Her NSF AI-EDGE Institute leadership (2021-present) drives next-generation intelligent edge networks for robotics and aerospace applications.

• Distributed Machine Learning
• Federated Learning
• Stochastic Modeling
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Kathryn Roeder is the UPMC University Professor of Statistics and Life Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), affiliated with the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Departments of Statistics & Data Science and Computational Biology. Her research focuses on developing statistical methods for genetic and genomic data, particularly in identifying autism risk genes and analyzing single-cell multi-omic data. She earned her Ph.D. in Statistics from Penn State University and has been at CMU since 1994, previously serving as Vice Provost for Faculty (2015–2019). Education: Ph.D. in Statistics, Penn State University (1988) B.S. in Wildlife Resources, University of Idaho (1982) Research Interests: Her work integrates modern statistical techniques (high-dimensional statistics, machine learning, networks) to study complex diseases like autism and schizophrenia. Recent efforts include tools for analyzing single-cell RNA-seq and proteomic data, such as UNICORN, DAWN, and SCEPTRE. Key Awards: COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award (2020) National Academy of Sciences Member (2019) COPSS Presidents’ Award (1997) AAAS Fellow (2020) Advising & Grants: She has advised over 20 Ph.D. students, many contributing to landmark studies in autism genetics. Her grants include NIH funding for projects like the Autism Sequencing Consortium. Current research teams focus on computational biology and statistical genetics. Labs & Collaborations: Her lab develops software tools (e.g., TADA, MIND) and collaborates with the Autism Sequencing Consortium and iPSYCH-BROAD Consortium on large-scale genomic studies.

• Statistical Genetics
• Genomics
• Biostatistics
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Rashmi Vinayak is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, with a courtesy appointment in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. She is a member of both the Systems group and Theory group at CMU and leads TheSys research group. She is also affiliated with the Parallel Data Lab (PDL). Her educational background includes a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in 2016, followed by postdoctoral studies at the same institution. Rashmi's research spans the intersection of computer/networked systems and information/coding theory. Her current focus is on robustness and resource efficiency in data systems across storage, communication, and computation. Key thrusts include storage systems, caching systems, and systems for machine learning. Her work on SIEVE, a cache eviction algorithm, has been widely adopted by industry including VMware, Google, Redpanda, and numerous open source libraries. Her recent publications demonstrate a strong trend toward practical systems research with theoretical foundations, particularly in caching algorithms, storage systems, and machine learning infrastructure. Many of her papers have received best paper awards and industry adoption. Notable awards include: Sloan Research Fellowship (2023) IEEE Information Theory Society Goldsmith Lecturer (2023) NSF CAREER Award (2020) Multiple USENIX NSDI Community (Best Paper) Awards VMware Systems Research Award (2021) Facebook and Google Research Awards Rashmi has supervised numerous PhD, Master's, and undergraduate students, many of whom have gone on to prestigious positions at Harvard, Google, Meta, and other leading institutions. Her research has been generously funded by NSF, Sloan Foundation, Open Compute Project, Google, Facebook/Meta, VMware, and Amazon Web Services. She actively collaborates with industry partners including Google, Microsoft, NetApp, Facebook, Cisco, Intel and Cloudera. She leads TheSys research group which focuses on designing next-generation data systems that are robust, efficient, and performant. The group takes a multi-disciplinary approach spanning computer systems, information theory, and machine learning.

• Computer Systems
• Networked Systems
• Information Theory
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Ann B. Lee is a Professor and Co-Director of the PhD Program in Statistics at Carnegie Mellon University , with a joint appointment in the Department of Statistics & Data Science and the Machine Learning Department. Prior to joining CMU, she held positions as a J.W. Gibbs Assistant Professor at Yale University and a visiting research associate at Brown University. PhD in Physics, Brown University MSc/BSc in Engineering Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Her research focuses on statistical methodology for complex data in the physical sciences , emphasizing trustworthy inference, uncertainty quantification, and integration of classical statistics with machine learning. Recent work includes likelihood-free inference, calibrated forecasting, and diagnostics for generative models. The STAMPS research group , which she co-founded in 2018, hosts weekly meetings and public webinars. In Fall 2024, STAMPS will transition into a CMU Research Center. Recent publications span likelihood-free inference , climate modeling , and astronomy . Notable collaborations include applications to hurricane intensity guidance , galaxy redshift estimation , and cosmological parameter biases . She mentors PhD students and has advised multiple award-winning researchers, including ASA Best Student Paper Award winners. Her teaching includes advanced courses on probability, regression, and AI for climate sciences.

• Scientific Machine Learning
• Trust-Worthy UQ
• Likelihood-Free Inference
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Eli Ben-Michael is an Assistant Professor jointly appointed in the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy and the Department of Statistics & Data Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He is affiliated with the CMU-NIST AI Measurement Science & Engineering Cooperative Research Center (AIMSEC), contributing to cutting-edge research at the intersection of statistics, policy analysis, and artificial intelligence. His educational background includes a PhD in Statistics from U.C. Berkeley and undergraduate studies at Columbia University where he earned a dual degree in Computer Science and Statistics. Prior to his current position, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University's Institute for Quantitative Social Science and Department of Statistics. Ben-Michael's research focuses on developing innovative statistical and computational methods for causal inference and policy evaluation, with particular emphasis on integrating machine learning techniques to address complex problems in public policy and social science. His work bridges theoretical statistics with practical applications in healthcare, criminal justice, education, and social policy. Current research directions include safe policy learning, sensitivity analysis for clustered data, and methodological innovations for the synthetic control method. His publication record shows a strong trajectory in top-tier journals including Journal of the American Statistical Association, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, and Proceedings of ICML. Recent work demonstrates increasing focus on policy-relevant applications including abortion legislation impacts, pre-trial risk assessment, and healthcare disparities, while maintaining methodological rigor in causal inference frameworks. Ben-Michael has developed open-source software tools including augsynth and multical R packages, which implement his methodological contributions for synthetic controls and multilevel calibration weighting. These packages have been adopted by researchers in multiple disciplines for causal inference applications.

• Causal Inference
• Policy Analysis
• Machine Learning Applications
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Zeynep Temel is an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering, jointly appointed in the Biomedical Engineering and Robotics Institute. She leads the Zoom Lab, focusing on bio-inspired compliant mechanisms for robotic systems. Current research emphasizes adaptable robots for complex environments through mechanical intelligence and embedded control . Key application areas include surgical robotics , search-and-rescue , and micromanipulation . Her work spans bio-inspired design, compliant robotics, and human-centered applications. Recent publications highlight advancements in: Swarm robotics for collaborative exploration Soft actuators using bioplastics and gelatin Dexterous manipulation via delta robot frameworks The Zoom Lab trains students in robotic fabrication and biological modeling, with members transitioning to roles in academia and industry.

• Bio-Inspired Robotics
• Compliant Mechanisms
• Robotic Manipulation
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Andrew Li is an Associate Professor of Operations Research at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business since 2024, previously serving as Assistant Professor since 2018. His research bridges statistics, optimization, and machine learning with applications to healthcare operations and retail management. Current teaching: Optimization, Business Analytics Capstone, and Topics in Optimization and Statistics PhD from MIT's Operations Research Center (2018), BS in Operations Research/Applied Mathematics from Columbia University (2012) Research Focus: Dr. Li develops data-driven decision frameworks for complex systems. Key areas include: Experience-based learning models with fairness constraints (organ allocation) Anomaly detection in low-rank matrices (retail inventory accuracy) Nanoparticle-based diagnostic systems for CAD and Alzheimer's Nonstationary demand forecasting in supply chains Publication Trends: Recent work combines bandit algorithms with healthcare applications (split liver transplants, CAD detection) and retail operations (inventory accuracy). Theoretical contributions include regret-optimal policies and entrywise anomaly detection guarantees. Scientific Honors: INFORMS Nicholson Award (2018) INFORMS Pierskalla Award (2021) NSF CAREER Award (2023) Professional Leadership: Active in INFORMS and CMU committees including MBA Analytics Curriculum, Thompson Award, and ENAiBLE AI-driven retail collaborative co-founder since 2021.

• Statistics
• Optimization
• Machine Learning
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Alan Montgomery is a Professor of Marketing at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business, where he has held a tenured position since 2018 (previously as Associate Professor from 2005-2017). He also maintains an affiliation with the Machine Learning Department at CMU's School of Computer Science, demonstrating his interdisciplinary research approach at the intersection of marketing, economics, and computational methods. Dr. Montgomery earned his educational credentials from prestigious institutions: Ph.D. in Marketing/Economics, University of Chicago (1994) MBA, University of Chicago (1994) BS in Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago (1989) His research focuses on applying advanced quantitative methods to marketing problems, with particular expertise in consumer behavior modeling, clickstream data analysis, pricing strategies, and micro-marketing. Dr. Montgomery's work bridges traditional marketing theory with computational approaches, making significant contributions to both academic literature and practical business applications. His research often involves large-scale data analysis to uncover patterns in consumer decision-making processes, with recent work exploring mental accounting, bandit algorithms, and the impact of digital phenomena like movie piracy on traditional markets. Dr. Montgomery has received notable recognition including the 1999 Mitchell Prize from the American Statistical Association for his paper "Estimating Price Elasticities with Theory-based Priors." His work has been published in top-tier journals across marketing, economics, and computer science disciplines, demonstrating the interdisciplinary impact of his research. As an educator and mentor, Dr. Montgomery has advised numerous PhD students and collaborated extensively with researchers across multiple institutions. His interdisciplinary approach has led to collaborations with computer scientists studying web browsing behavior and economists examining consumer decision frameworks. His research has been supported by various grants throughout his career, enabling extensive data collection and analysis projects. Dr. Montgomery's work spans multiple research environments, including collaborations with the Machine Learning Department at CMU's School of Computer Science. His research group likely focuses on applying computational methods to marketing problems, particularly in the areas of consumer behavior modeling, clickstream analysis, and data-driven marketing strategies. His recent work shows increasing integration of machine learning techniques with traditional marketing research methodologies.

• Marketing
• Applied Economics
• Econometrics
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Sivaraman Balakrishnan is a Professor at Carnegie Mellon University with joint appointments in the Department of Statistics and Data Science and the Machine Learning Department. His research bridges statistical machine learning, algorithmic statistics, and robust inference. Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University (Language Technologies Institute, advised by Jaime Carbonell); postdoctoral work at UC Berkeley (Department of Statistics, advised by Martin Wainwright and Bin Yu). Research Interests: Spanning robust statistics, domain adaptation, minimax hypothesis testing, assumption-light inference, causal inference, statistical optimal transport, non-parametric statistics, ranking, crowdsourcing, optimization, and topological data analysis. Key Research Trends: Recent work focuses on domain adaptation under label/misingness shifts, robust gradient estimation, smooth optimal transport maps, and conditional independence testing. He explores minimax optimal methods, univariate mean estimation, and high-dimensional regression with missing data. Scientific Awards: IMS Lawrence D. Brown Student Award (2021, 2020) NVIDIA Pioneer Award (2018) Franklin V. Taylor Memorial Best Paper Award (2018) Grants and Editorial Roles: NSF grants (CCF-1763734, DMS-1713003, DMS-2113684, DMS-2310632), Amazon Research Award (2021), Google Research Scholar Award (2021). Associate Editor for JASA and JRSSB ; Editorial Board member for Foundations and Trends in Statistics . Collaborative Groups: Co-organizes the Statistics and Machine Learning Reading Group and participates in the Causal Inference Working Group at CMU.

• Statistical Machine Learning
• Algorithmic Statistics
• Robust Statistics
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Joseph Ramsey is a Researcher in the Department of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University , affiliated with the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences . He serves as Director of Research Computing and has been instrumental in developing computational infrastructure and algorithms for causal inference. Core projects: Tetrad (causal search algorithms), AProS (proof generator for logic), Causality Lab , and Laboratory for Symbolic and Educational Computing . His research spans causal modeling, algorithm design, and applications in neuroscience, bioinformatics, and education. He has contributed to software tools like Causal-learn and Py-Tetrad , enabling scalable causal discovery in high-dimensional datasets. He has received funding from NASA, NSF, and the University of Pittsburgh for projects ranging from Martian rover software to glaucoma detection models. His work integrates philosophy, computer science, and applied statistics.

• Causal Inference
• Machine Learning
• Computational Epistemology
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Jingrui He is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Stevens Institute of Technology, with primary research focuses on statistical machine learning and large-scale data mining. Her work spans theoretical algorithm development and practical applications in diverse domains. University: Stevens Institute of Technology Department: Computer Science Department Academic Rank: Assistant Professor Research interests include: Heterogeneous machine learning techniques Rare category analysis and detection Social network analysis Public safety applications Traffic analytics Multimedia processing Virtual metrology in semiconductor manufacturing Publishing trends show consistent contributions to machine learning, data mining, and graph-based methods across multiple domains including semiconductor manufacturing, social networks, and multimedia. She has collaborated with researchers from Stevens Institute of Technology, IBM, and Carnegie Mellon University on both theoretical and applied problems.

• Statistical Machine Learning
• Large Scale Data Mining
• Heterogeneous Machine Learning
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Bradley Schmerl serves as a Principal Systems Scientist in the Software and Societal Systems Department (S3D) within Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science. His research advances software engineering practices for modern challenges in distributed heterogeneous systems, self-adaptation, and cyber-physical integration. He leads the ABLE research group and actively mentors students in the Masters in Software Engineering program while teaching core courses like Software Architecture and Software Engineering Practicum. Dr. Schmerl's work addresses critical challenges in composing continuously evolving software systems, including components from untrusted third parties and on-the-fly recomposition for environmental changes. His research develops reusable, analyzable tools for software composition with emphasis on model-based adaptation, uncertainty management, and cross-language integration. Key projects include Rainbow for runtime architecture reflection, Acme for formal architectural foundations, and Cyber-physical Systems research linking software models with physical dynamics. Analysis of his 2023-2025 publications reveals intensifying focus on robotics software architecture (particularly ROS-based systems), explainable AI for architectural tradeoff analysis, and configuration management in adaptive systems. Trends show growing integration of machine learning for auto-tuning, empirical studies of misconfigurations, and dimensionality reduction techniques for visualizing design spaces—consistently bridging theoretical rigor with practical tool development for real-world applications. Scientific Awards: No specific awards were documented in the source materials. Dr. Schmerl serves as Practice Area Lead and mentor in CMU's Masters in Software Engineering program, guiding client projects including Rainbow UI for self-adaptive framework interfaces, CoBot UI for telepresence robots, and Educational Telepresence Tasking Language development. His research receives support through ABLE group projects funded by grants targeting software architecture foundations, adaptation mechanisms, and cyber-physical system validation. As a core member of the ABLE research group, he directs investigations into architecture-based self-adaptation with active projects spanning Rainbow (runtime architecture models for dynamic adaptation), Acme (formal architectural styles and tools), and Cyber-physical Systems (software-physical model integration). The group also maintains legacy work in End-User Architecting, Architecture Evolution, and service-oriented platforms for intelligence analysis through SORASCS.

• Software Engineering
• Software Architecture
• Self-Adaptive Systems
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Keenan Crane is the Michael B. Donohue Associate Professor of Computer Science and Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University , with membership in the Center for Nonlinear Analysis and mentorship in the Geometry Collective . His research bridges differential geometry and computer science to develop fundamental algorithms for geometric data processing. Education : BS from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, PhD from Caltech Fellowships : Google PhD Fellow, NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow Research focuses on Discrete Differential Geometry , addressing PDE solutions, mesh processing, and geometric modeling through methods like: Walk on Spheres for PDEs Intrinsic Triangulations for robust geometry Repulsive Energy formulations for collision avoidance Recent publications span 2025–2021 , emphasizing grid-free algorithms , anisotropic mesh generation , and differentiable systems . Scientific accolades include Packard Fellowship and NSF CAREER Award . Students include Nicole Feng , Olga Gutan , and Zoë Marschner . During his 2024 sabbatical at Roblox , he does not accept new researchers. Key software contributions include Penrose (math diagram generation) and I♥Mesh (domain-specific language for mesh algorithms).

• Computer Science
• Mathematics
• Scientific Computing
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