Attendees at two major conferences this summer will be hearing about Haohui Wang’s research.  Wang, a Ph.D. student advised by Dawei Zhou, will be traveling to Europe to present her collaborative work, “EvoluNet: Advancing Dynamic Non-IID Transfer Learning on Graphs,” at the 2024 International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) in Vienna, Austria, in July; and ““Mastering Long-Tail Complexity on Graphs: Characterization, […]

Anuj Karpatne’s project “Lake-GPT: Building a Foundation Model for Aquatic Sciences” is one of the first 35 to be supported with computational time through the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot program, marking a significant milestone in connecting U.S. researchers and educators to computational, data, and training resources needed to advance artificial intelligence (AI).  The […]

Virginia researchers are working to ensure people feel safer and that their privacy is more protected on computer networks and other devices through a new inclusive cybersecurity program funded by the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI).  CCI awarded 11 projects as part of its 2024 Addressing Inclusion and Accessibility in Cybersecurity Program. Three faculty at the Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence […]

Sepideh Fatemi Khorasgani is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science. Her advisor is Anuj Karpatne. Khorasgani’s research focuses on Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning (KGML), which integrates scientific knowledge with data to design and train machine learning models to enhance interpretability, generalizability, and enabling new scientific discoveries.

The Department of Computer Science recently added its first two Presidential Postdoctoral Fellows, JinYi Yoon and Adithya Kulkarni.  They join the ranks of more than 200 postdoctoral scholars working across every Virginia Tech college and institute to advance the pursuit of knowledge and develop into the next generation of experts in their fields. In 2022, to support the […]

The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) has named Layne Watson, a professor in three departments at Virginia Tech – computer science, mathematics, and aerospace and ocean engineering – and core faculty at the Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics, part of the 26-member 2024 class of SIAM fellows.  SIAM is an international community of more than 1,400 […]

Adithya Kulkarni is a postdoctoral fellow at the Sanghani Center, working with core faculty Dawei Zhou and Lifu Huang, both assistant professors in the Department of Computer Science. Their work involves combining the power of graph learning and large language models (LLMs) to develop approaches that enable the explainability, interpretability, replicability, and, thus, the general […]

“Sticks and stones may break my bones,” the old adage goes. “But words will never hurt me.”  Tell that to Eugenia Rho, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, and she will show you extensive data that prove otherwise. Her Society + AI & Language Lab has shown that Police language is an accurate predictor of violent interactions […]

Virginia Tech’s week of commencement ceremonies is underway! The Graduate School Commencement ceremony was held Wednesday, May 8; the main ceremony is being held today, Friday, May 10; and the Washington, D.C. area ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 12.   “Graduation is always a bittersweet time for faculty as we applaud our students’ accomplishments,” […]

Layne Watson, professor of computer science in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title of professor emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors. Watson is also a core faculty member at the Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics. The emeritus title may be conferred on retired faculty members who are specially recommended […]