CS Bekey Lecture feat. Dr. Huan Liu

Speaker: Dr. Huan Liu , Regents Professor and Ira A. Fulton Professor of Computer Science and Engineering - Arizona State University

Talk Title: Ceaseless Inquiries: From AI to AI - What I Learned During My Years at USC under Dr. Bekey and What Came After

Abstract: My time at USC as a graduate student, with Dr. George Bekey as my advisor, had an indelible impact on my career. In this talk, I will illustrate how my research career was shaped by Dr. Bekey’s supervision and the ambience at USC at the time.  My research journey in AI began in Robotics, and evolved into Knowledge-based Systems, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Social Computing, and Social Media Mining with posts in Australia, Singapore, and finally in the US, where I now teach at ASU. On the shoulders of giants, I learned valuable lessons on how to be an effective advisor and what the essence of research is. With the swift development of AI, we will have many more research opportunities to make novel contributions at accelerating speeds.  
 
Please RSVP by: Monday, April 21, 2025 (5:00 p.m., PST)
 
This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Research Colloquium.
 
This will be a hybrid lecture, Zoom details coming soon. 

Biography: Dr. Huan Liu is a Regents Professor and Ira A. Fulton Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Arizona State University. He is the recipient of the ACM SIGKDD 2022 Innovation Award for his outstanding contributions to the foundation, principles, and applications of social media mining and feature selection for data Mining. He co-authored the textbook, Social Media Mining: An Introduction, by Cambridge University Press. He is a Fellow of AAAI, AAAS, ACM, and IEEE.

Host: Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

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Webcast: TBD

Location: Ginsburg Hall (GCS) - Auditorium (LL1)

WebCast Link: TBD

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

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This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.

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