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Yan Liu is a full professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). He joined USC in August 2010 after serving as a research staff member in the Data Analytics Group at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center since November 2006. Liu holds a Doctoral Degree and Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Peking University. His research interests encompass machine learning and artificial intelligence applications in healthcare and sustainability, covering specific topics such as novel machine learning models for time series analysis, explainable models, and efficient algorithms for sampling optimization. Liu has received numerous accolades for his contributions to the field, highlighting significant achievements during his career.
CS-centric Machine Learning Center, USC • Los Angeles, CA
Director of the Center focused on Machine Learning research and its applications.
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center • Yorktown Heights, NY
Performed research in Data Analytics and contributed to various projects.
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