Scholar
Ralph Abboud
Google Scholar ID: KBiHfLQAAAAJ
Learning Engineering Virtual Institute
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,011
H-index
10
i10-index
11
Publications
20
Co-authors
4
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Selected Publications:
- - PlanE: Representational Learning over Planar Graphs, NeurIPS 2023
- - Shortest Path Networks for Graph Property Prediction, LoG 2022
- - Approximate Weighted Model Integration on DNF Structures, AIJ 2022
- - The Surprising Power of Graph Neural Networks with Random Node Initialization, IJCAI 2021
- - BoxE: A Box Embedding Model for Knowledge Base Completion, NeurIPS 2020
- Awards:
- - Outstanding reviewer at ICML 2025
Research Experience
- Current Position: Program Scientist at Renaissance Philanthropy (RenPhil)
- Previous Positions: Worked at Learning Engineering Virtual Institute (now part of Renaissance), initially at Schmidt Futures, then at Digital Harbor Foundation
Education
- D.Phil in Computer Science, 2018-2022, University of Oxford, Supervisors: Dr. İsmail İlkan Ceylan and Prof. Thomas Lukasiewicz
- M.Sc. in Computer Science, 2017-2018, University of Oxford
- B.E. in Computer Engineering, 2013-2017, Lebanese American University (LAU), Minor: Mathematics
Background
- Research Interests: Graph Representation Learning (GRL)
- Field: Computer Science
- Summary: Currently a Program Scientist at Renaissance Philanthropy (RenPhil), leading the organization's AI for Math and AI for Education portfolios.
Miscellany
- Contact: ralph {at} ralphabb.ai
