Published extensively in top conferences and journals on topics such as neuro-symbolic AI, uncertainty quantification, adversarial machine learning, etc. Featured publications include 'Uncertainty-Quantified Neurosymbolic AI for Open Set Recognition in Network Intrusion Detection' and 'Mitigating Large Vision-Language Model Hallucination at Post-hoc via Multi-agent System'.
Research Experience
Led federally funded research initiatives; developed AI systems for mission-critical use cases; mentors students and collaborators in building next-generation AI that bridges theoretical innovation with applied impact through the Jalaian AI Lab.
Education
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech
MS in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
MS in Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech
Background
Dr. Brian Jalaian is an Associate Professor in both the Computer Science Department and the Intelligent Systems and Robotics Department at the University of West Florida, where he also directs the Jalaian AI Lab. His research centers on advancing safe, robust, and trustworthy AI systems for high-stakes, real-world applications, with a focus on large language models (LLMs), AI model compression for edge deployment, uncertainty quantification, agentic AI, and reasoning under uncertainty.
Miscellany
Interests include Large Foundational Models, Neuro-Symbolic AI, Uncertainty Quantification, Adversarial Machine Learning, Agentic AI, AI Optimization.