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Data Science

Graduate Students

Bai , Haoyue
Advisor: Jindong Wang
Email: [[hbai]]
Research Interests: Unified Multimodal Models, Foundation Models, and Machine Learning

Chester, Kristofer
Advisor: Trenton Ford
Email: [[kjchester]]
Research Interests: My research examines how analytic tradecraft and technological capability co-evolve — designing the methods, semantics, and systems that turn data into decision advantage across scientific, defense, and intelligence domains.

Gao, Anne
Advisor: Cristiano Fanelli
Email: [[hgao08]]
Research Interests: My research focuses on the intersection of machine learning and physics. Past work involved developing anomaly detection methods for gravitational-wave data from LIGO. My current research explores machine learning approaches for extracting physical information from simulated datasets, with applications to the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) and related nuclear and particle physics experiments.

Hall, Jacob
Advisor: Dan Runfola
Email: [[jwhall]]
Research Interests: Volunteered Geographic Information, Computational Geography
Education: BS in Geology, William & Mary
Website: {{https://jacobhall.net/,Personal Website}}

Hewa Babarandage, Gangani
Advisor: Alex Nwala
Email: [[gchewababarand]]
Research Interests: Local News Analysis, Web Science, and NLP
Education: BSc in Computer Science and Engineering

Hewa Babarandage, Isuru
Advisor: Alex Nwala
Email: [[iahewababarand]]
Research Interests: Social Media and Network Analysis
Education: BS in Engineering, Computer Science, University of Moratuwa

Jayasinghe Appuhamilage, Sahan
Advisor: Alex Nwala
Email: [[spjayasingheap]]
Research Interests: Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing Based Data Analytics in News and Web Media, and Natural Language Processing in Legal Court Proceedings Data

Li, Yang
Advisor: Haipeng Chen
Email: [[yli102]]
Research Interests: Reinforcement Learning and Generative AI
Education: BS in Data Science, University of California San Diego| BS in Probability & Statistics, University of California San Diego| MS in Computer Science, Columbia University
Webpage: {{https://littlestone111.github.io/,Personal Website}}

Li, Yuheng
Advisor: Yanhai Xiong
Email: [[yli95]]

Lian, Heng
Advisor: Yi He
Email: [[hlian01]]
Research Interests: Data Mining, Streaming Algorithms, and AI for Conservation Study

Meng, Han
Advisor: Haipeng Chen
Email: [[hmeng]]
Research Interests: LLM, Generative Model, Reinforming Learning and their Application in Physics

Morse, Steven
Advisor: Dan Runfola
Email: [[stmorse]]
Research Interests: Generative AI and Network Modeling
Education: BS in Mathematics, United States Military Academy| MS in Operations Research, MIT
Website: {{https://stmorse.github.io/,Personal Website}}

Nayak, Hemalata
Advisor: Cristiano Fanelli
Email: [[hnayak]]
Research Interests: Developing data analysis techniques in the field of experimental medium and high energy nuclear physics using machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Thapa, Swostika
Advisor: Jennifer Swenson
Email: [[sthapa]]
Research Interests: Computational Ecology, Geospatial Analysis, and Remote Sensing

Walsh, Tyson
Advisor: Dan Runfola
Email: [[thwalsh]]
Research Interests: Applied Math and Data Science (semantic analysis)
Education: BS in Engineering, USMMA Kings Point | MS in Applied Math, RPI

Wang, Chenan
Advisor: Haipeng Chen
Email: [[cwang33]]
Research Interests: Reinforcement Learning and Diffusion Models

Wang, Zhili
Advisor: Yi He
Email: [[zwang68]]
Research Interests: Online Learning, High-dimensional Data Streams, and AI for Science

Xiao, Peiyan
Advisor: Yanhai Xiong
Email: [[pxiao]]
Research Interests: Reinforcement Learning, Electric Vehicle Charging Systems

Yang, Di
Advisor: Yanhai Xiong
Email: [[dyang06]]

Yang, Xiaocheng
Advisor: Qingyun Wang
Email: [[xyang21]]
Research Interests: Natural Language Processing, AI for Scientist

Yang, Zhi
Advisor: Jindong Wang
Email: [[zyang23]]
Research Interests: Trustworthy AI, Multimodal Learning, Interactive AI Systems