[2025] NSF OAC Core Award, National Science Foundation; [2023, 2024, 2025] Teachers Ranked as Excellent, University of Illinois; [2022] Best Paper Award, ACM/IEEE ASONAM; [2022] Best Paper Honorable Mention, IEEE SMARTCOMP; [2021] Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award, University of Notre Dame; [2021] Video Presentation Award, ACM/IEEE IWQoS; [2020] W. J. Cody Associate Award, Argonne National Laboratory; [2018, 2019] Conference Travel Award, IEEE; [2015] Data Science Scholar Fellowship, Indiana University.
Research Experience
Currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Miami University; Previously a Teaching Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC); Also worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at UIUC and a W. J. Cody Research Associate at Argonne National Laboratory.
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.
Background
Research Interests: Human-Generative AI/LLM Alignment, Designing interactive neural and hyperparameter search frameworks, Enabling bidirectional learning between humans and AI systems, Generative AI/LLM Modeling, Enhancing model learning under sparse and limited data, Integrating multimodal inputs for unified generative understanding, Ensuring robustness, fairness, and trust across domains, Quantum-GPU Hybrid Design, Integrating quantum processors with GPU-based deep learning, Developing scalable quantum-classical hybrid architectures, Mitigating noise, decoherence, and interoperability issues.
Miscellany
We currently have openings for Ph.D. students in Computer Science and also welcome undergraduate and master’s students interested in participating in our ongoing research through independent study or guided research projects.