Han Zhao
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Education
- Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science, Tsinghua University, 2013
- Master of Mathematics, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, 2015
- PhD, Machine Learning Department, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, 2020
Academic Positions
- Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 2021 - Present
- Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 2021 - Present
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Other Professional Employment
- Long-Term Visitor, Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, University of California Berkeley, August 2024 - December 2024
Research Interests
- AI for Science: cosmology and geospatial science
- Machine Learning
- Artificial Intelligence
Research Areas
Honors
- Google Research Scholar Award (2024)
- AAAI New Faculty Highlights (2024 )
- Kavli Fellow, National Academy of Sciences (2023)
- Facebook Research Award (Statistics for Improving Insights, Models, and Decisions) (2021 )
- Alumni Gold Medal Award, University of Waterloo. (2015)
- Liu Jimin Scholarship, Tsinghua University. (2012)
- Google Excellence Scholarship. (2012)
Teaching Honors
- Teacher Ranked as Excellent, University of Illinois (2021-2023 )
Recent Courses Taught
- CS 442 - Trustworthy Machine Learning
- CS 446 (ECE 449) - Machine Learning
- CS 498 ML3 (CS 498 MLG, CS 498 MLU) - Trustworthy ML
- CS 591 MLR - Machine Learning Reading Grp
- CS 591 MLR - ML Reading Group
- CS 598 HAZ (CS 598 HOF) - Transfer Learning