I am an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at University of Connecticut. My research interests center around machine learning and data science. Recently, I have focused on developing foundational, resource-efficient, and safe machine learning algorithms and models, particularly on graph and language data. Besides, I apply them to applications in various domains including public health, healthcare, social media, and others. My works are majorly published in top conferences of machine learning and data science (e.g., ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR, and KDD). I direct the
Machine Intelligence and Data Science (MINDS) Lab.
I have received some awards and honors such as the NSF CAREER Award (2024), the Frontiers of Science Award (2024), and the AAAI New Faculty Highlight (2023). Besides, my work won several Best Paper Awards or nominations in major conferences.
Before joining UConn, I was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Brandeis University (2020-2024). I completed my PhD in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame (2017-2020), advised by Professor Nitesh Chawla.
My family lives in the Greater New York area.