Nov 2025: Three papers accepted to AAAI 2026 (two orals, one poster). Oct 2025: Zeru Shi selected as a Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute (RCEI) Fellowship. Oct 2025: One paper accepted by AACL 2025. Aug 2025: Three papers accepted by EMNLP 2025. Jul 2025: One paper accepted by Bioinformatics Advances. Jul 2025: One paper accepted by COLM 2025. Jun 2025: Two papers accepted by ICCV 2025. May 2025: Invited to serve as an Associate Editor for Smart Health. May 2025: Leroy Souz named a Paul Robeson Centennial Scholar and reached the semifinals of the Rice Business P.
Research Experience
Focus on Trustworthy Machine Learning, particularly in robustness and explainability. Collaborates closely with biologists and health informaticians to apply machine learning in addressing critical challenges in biology and medicine.
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rice University, advised by Dr. Xia Hu; B.S. in Automation from Tsinghua University, supervised by Dr. Jiwen Lu; Undergraduate research in Biology at Tsinghua University, guided by Dr. Xu Tan.
Background
Research Interests: Trustworthy Machine Learning, robustness, and explainability. Professional Field: Computer Science. Brief Introduction: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Rutgers University–New Brunswick.
Miscellany
Looking for outstanding PhD students and research interns.