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I completed my Ph.D. at University of Texas at Austin under the supervision of Sarfraz Khurshid. During my Ph.D., I also closely collaborated with Kenneth McMillan and Darko Marinov. Prior to my Ph.D., I earned an MPhil (a research master's degree) from University of Melbourne, where I was supervised by Harald Søndergaard and Peter J. Stuckey.
Chen-Yu Wei is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science department at the University of Virginia. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Research Fellow at the Simons Institute. His research focuses on fundamental problems in interactive decision making and reinforcement learning.
Research interests include: Applied and Theoretical Cryptography, Computer Security David Wu received his PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University in 2018 and in January 2019 joined the University of Virginia as an Assistant Professor.
Matheus is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Virginia. His research interests include AI, Algorithmic Economics, and Security. He applies artificial intelligence, optimization, and theoretical computer science tools to create secure, transparent, and auditable platforms.
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer EngineeringAssociate Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy)
Currently Recruiting
Dr. Yang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia, with a secondary appointment (by courtesy) in the Department of Computer Science. Previously, She was an Assistant and then tenured Associate Professor at the…
Assistant ProfessorAcademic General FacultyTeaching Track, Computer Science
Xinyao Yi is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science. Her research includes high-performance computing, with a particular interest in performance optimization and analysis. Her work also involves computer architecture and compilers.
Zhe Zeng is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science. Her research interests lie broadly in artificial intelligence and machine learning with a focus on neurosymbolic AI and probabilistic ML.
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer EngineeringAssistant Professor, Computer Science
Professor Zhang completed her PhD in computer science at the University of Utah. She was a postdoctoral associate in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Thomas M. Linville ProfessorComputer Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Data Science
Currently Recruiting
Aidong Zhang's research focuses on developing machine learning approaches to interpretable and fair learning, concept-based learning, federated learning, and generative AI and applications to medicine. She also works on large language models for hypothesis generations for scientific discovery.
Shangtong Zhang is an Alf Weaver Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia, directing the Sequential Intelligence Lab (SIL). His research focuses on both theoretical and empirical aspects of reinforcement learning, resulting in multiple…
