Machine Learning at the University of Arizona

We indicate the joint affiliation next to each name, which means the ability to advise students from the other department.

Kobus Barnard [Stat, ECE, AMath]: computer vision, machine learning, scientific applications, multimedia data.
Eduardo Blanco [AMath]: natural language processing, computational semantics, relation extraction and inference, negation and uncertainty
Lei Cao: Systems for AI and AI for System, data management and analytics tools with SAUL properties (Scalable, Automatic, Human-in-the-loop).
Kwang-Sung Jun [Stat, AMath]: interactive machine learning, learning theory, multi-armed bandits, online learning, confidence bounds
Mihai Surdeanu: natural language processing, applied machine learning, artificial intelligence.
Jason Pacheco [Stat, AMath]: statistical machine learning, probabilistic graphical models, approximate inference algorithms, and Bayesian methods
Ellen Riloff: natural language processing, bootstrapped learning, artificial intelligence
Chicheng Zhang [Stat, AMath]: interactive machine learning, learning theory, contextual bandits, active learning.

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Steven Bethard [CS, AMath, CogSci]: natural language processing, machine learning, information extraction methods.
Peter Jansen: natural language processing, explanation-centered inference, inference over knowledge graphs.
Xuan Lu: Human-centered Data Science; Human-AI Collaboration; Causal Inference; Future of Work; Emoji
Clayton Morrison [CS, Stat]: machine learning, artificial intelligence, causal inference, knowledge representation, and automated planning
Adarsh Pyarelal [CogSci]: artificial intelligence, machine learning, applied natural language processing and dialog understanding, and scientific applications.

ECE

Eung-Joo Lee: computer vision, medical image analysis, and deep learning.
Ming Li [CS]: wireless and cyber security, wireless network modeling and optimization, wireless and spectrum security, privacy-preserving data analytics, and cyber-physical system security.
Ravi Tandon: information and coding theory, wireless communications, distributed cloud storage systems, machine learning, cyber-physical systems, and wireless security (cybersecurity) and privacy

AMath

Michael (Misha) Chertkov [CS, Stat]: energy systems, graphical models, stat hydro, non-eq. stat mech, fiber optics, stochastic control.

MIS

Gondy Leroy: natural language processing and machine learning with a practical and positive impact
Sudha Ram: machine learning, AI interpretability and explainable AI, large scale network science and data mining, health care analytics, big data analytics

Stat

Helen Zhang [AMath]: nonparametrics, high dimensiaonal data analysis, feature selection, sparse methods, statisical machine learning, biomedical data analysis.

SIE

Roberto Furfaro: guidance and control of space systems, intelligent algorithms for space exploration, remote sensing of planetary bodies, model-based systems engineering applied to space missions

AME

Jekan Thangavelautham: Machine Learning applied to concurrent design and control of space systems, Artificial Neural Networks applied to multirobot systems and swarms for planetary reconnaissance, extreme environment exploration, site clearing, open-pit mining, excavation, and construction tasks.