Innovation Demonstration Award Runner-up at IJCAI-2019
Champion of the 2017 Microsoft Malmo Collaborative AI Challenge
Finalist of the Reinforcement Learning Competition track at KDD-2019
Publications in premier AI/data science venues including AAAI, IJCAI, NeurIPS, ICLR, AAMAS, UAI, KDD, ICDM, and journals such as IEEE/ACM Transactions and Transportation Research
Co-chaired workshops on AI and social impact, including ICLR-2021, IJCAI-2021, AIGC-2023, and Harvard CRCS workshops
Regular reviewer for top AI conferences: AAAI, IJCAI, AAMAS, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML
Research covered by media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, AAAS, Leiphone, and Phoenix News
Background
Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director of the Data Science Department at William & Mary
Director of the W&M Data-Driven Decision Intelligence (D3i) Lab
Vice Chair of the AI Blue Ribbon Collaborative at Center for Telehealth and eHealth Law (CTeL)
Primary research interest in Use-Inspired AI
Focuses on reinforcement learning, generative AI, and optimization
Application domains include health, environment, and physical sciences
Collaborates with non-profits such as The Family Van, Mobile Health Map, Safe Place for Youth, and Wadhwani AI