Directory
Alex Winters
- Systems Design Specialist
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center
Email: ajw5296@psu.edu
Research Interests: child welfare, policy cost-benefit analysis, and entrepreneurial communities
Christopher Witko
- Professor of Public Policy and Political Science
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: College of the Liberal Arts
Email: cxw877@psu.edu
Research Interests: I am broadly interested in how public policy both shapes and responds to economic change such as growing inequality, financialization and technological innovation. I used experimental and traditional observational approaches as well as big data in my research.
Dinghao Wu
- Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Information Sciences and Technology
Email: duw12@psu.edu
Research Interests: Cybersecurity, machine learning, software engineering.
Qingyun Wu
- Assistant Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: College of Information Sciences and Technology
Email: qxw5138@psu.edu
Research Interests: Large Language Model Agent Systems, Multi-Agent AI Systems, Reinforcement Learning
Aiping Xiong
- Assistant Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: College of Information Sciences and Technology
Email: axx29@psu.edu
Research Interests: human factors of security and privacy; decision making; human perception and action
Huijuan Xu
- Assistant Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Computer Science and Engineering Department / College of Engineering
Email: hkx5063@psu.edu
Research Interests: Deep learning, computer vision and natural language processing
Amulya Yadav
- Associate Professor
- CSRAI Associate Director (Programs)
Department/Unit: College of Information Sciences and Technology
Email: auy212@psu.edu
Research Interests: Amulya Yadav is an Assistant Professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State University. He also has an affiliate faculty appointment with the USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society. His research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Multi-Agent Systems, Computational Game-Theory and Applied Machine Learning. His work in the field of Artificial Intelligence for Social Good focuses on developing theoretically grounded approaches to real-world problems that can have an impact in the field. His algorithms have been deployed in the real-world, particularly in the field of public health and wildlife protection. Amulya is a recipient of the AAMAS 2016 Best Student Paper Award, the AAAI 2017 Best Video and Best Student Video Award, the IDEAS 2016 Most Visionary Paper Award, and the AAMAS 2017 Best Paper Award nomination. His work has also been highlighted by Mashable.com as one of 26 incredible innovations that improved the world in 2015.Amulya holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Southern California, and a B. Tech. in Computer Science & Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Patna.
Jing Yang
- Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: College of Engineering
Email: yangjing@psu.edu
Research Interests: Reinforcement Learning; Federated learning and distributed/decentralized learning; Privacy-preserving machine learning.
Luna Yang
- Assistant Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Penn State Brandywine
Email: sfy5287@psu.edu
Research Interests: I am working with a team to develop large language models (LLMs) and multi-agent architectures to support policymakers and local stakeholders with state-of-the-art tornado prediction algorithms and crisis management planning. Additionally, I am exploring the broader applications of LLMs and multi-agent systems in talent management and regional development contexts.
John Yen
- Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Information Sciences and Technology
Email: juy1@psu.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in using AI to enhance cyber security in a socially responsible way. I am also interested in understanding issues related to human trust on AI and in helping people to better calibrate and use AI (e.g., through explainable AI, reproducible AI, etc).
Wenpeng Yin
- Assistant Professor
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Email: wenpeng@psu.edu
Research Interests: (i) AI-Powered Autonomous Research: Creating AI systems to automate and inspire research in various disciplines.(ii) Human-Centered AI: Enhancing trustworthiness through interpretability, robustness, and addressing biases.(iii) Generalizable Machine Learning: Developing versatile strategies applicable to a wide range of learning problems.
Yidan Yin
- Assistant Professor, Management
- CSRAI Affiliate
Department/Unit: Smeal College of Business
Email: daniyin@psu.edu
Research Interests: Empathy, communication, disclosure of AI use