DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS AND DATA SCIENCE

I'm an Assistant Professor in Statistics and Data Science at Northwestern University. Prior to joining Northwestern, I obtained my Ph.D. degree in Computer Science at Arizona State University in 2023 under the supervision of Prof. Huan Liu. Before that, I received my master's and bachelor's degrees from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT). I have also established close collaborations with Google Brain, Microsoft Research, and Amazon Alexa AI. 

Research Interests

Kaize's interests are generally in data mining, machine learning, and large foundation models, with a particular focus on developing reliable and efficient AI for autonomous decision-making. Meanwhile, he is passionate about developing knowledge-guided AI algorithms to advance high-impact applications in various domains, including cybersecurity, healthcare, and environmental science. His research has been published at top-tier conferences and journals (e.g., AAAI, EMNLP, IJCAI, KDD, NeurIPS, TheWebConf, and TNNLS), and has been recognized with several prestigious awards and honors, including Amazon Research Awards, AAAI New Faculty Highlights, SDM Best Posters Award, etc. More information about him can be found at https://kaize0409.github.io/