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Duen Horng (Polo) Chau is a Professor at Georgia Tech’s School of Computational Science and Engineering, holding a Machine Learning (ML) Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University (Dissertation Award, Honorable Mention). He co-directs the MS Analytics program. He is the Director of Industry Relations at The Institute for Data Engineering and Science. His research bridges ML and visualization, creating scalable interpretable tools that enhance human understanding of large-scale data and complex ML models. He received 18 best paper type awards and published 200+ refereed articles across machine learning and visualization venues. He received prestigious faculty awards (Google, Meta, Intel), GT-wide Senior Faculty Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, and the Dean’s Award for establishing GT’s AI leadership for the College of Computing. His work has been deployed by Google, Microsoft, Meta, Nvidia, ADP, NortonLifeLock, and Atlanta Fire Rescue Department. His students won PhD fellowships (Google, Apple, IBM, JPMorgan, NASA, NSF). He teaches 1,000+ students each semester. His work has been covered by popular media: The Wall Street Journal, Wired, MIT Technology Review, Fortune, MSNBC, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Engadget, Gizmodo.
Website: https://faculty.cc.gatech.edu/~dchau/