Brief Bio


I am currently an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Iowa State University. I obtained my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Virginia, where I was supervised by Prof. Aidong Zhang. My research interests are in the general areas of machine learning and data mining, with a current focus on developing novel techniques to build trustworthy learning systems that are explainable, robust, private, and fair.


Contact


Office: 109 Atanasoff Hall, Ames, IA 50011

E-mail: mdhuai AT iastate DOT edu

For Prospective Students: I am looking for prospective Ph.D students and research interns. If you are interested in working with me, feel free to send me your CV. Graduate admission information can be found here.

Recent News


  • 05/2023: One paper is accepted by KDD 2023.
  • 04/2023: One paper is accepted by USENIX Security 2023.
  • 01/2023: One paper is accepted by The Web Conference 2023.
  • 12/2022: One paper is accepted by SDM 2023.
  • 12/2022: Invited to serve as a PC member for KDD 2023.
  • 12/2022: Invited to serve as a Senior PC member for IJCAI 2023.
  • 11/2022: Two papers are accepted by AAAI 2023.
  • 10/2022: Two papers are accepted by BIBM 2022.
  • 09/2022: Invited to serve as a PC member for The Web Conference 2023.
  • 09/2022: One paper is accepted by IEEE TKDE.
  • 09/2022: Invited to serve as a PC member for SDM 2023.
  • 07/2022: Invited to serve as a Senior PC member for AAAI 2023.
  • 07/2022: Invited to serve as a PC member for WSDM 2023.
  • 05/2022: One paper is accepted by KDD 2022.
  • 12/2021: One paper is accepted by AAAI 2022.
  • 11/2021: One paper is accepted by ACM TKDD.
  • 10/2021: Selected as one of the Rising Stars in Data Science at UChicago.
  • 09/2021: One paper is accepted by SenSys 2021.
  • 09/2021: Invited to serve as a PC member for The Web Conference 2022.
  • 08/2021: Selected as one of the Rising Stars in EECS at MIT.
  • 08/2021: Invited to serve as a PC member for AAAI 2022.
  • 08/2021: One paper is accepted by CIKM 2021.
  • 05/2021: Received John A. Stankovic Graduate Research Award.
  • 04/2021: One paper is accepted by IJCAI 2021.

Selected Awards


  • The Rising Star in EECS at MIT, 2021
  • The Rising Star in Data Science at UChicago, 2021
  • John A. Stankovic Research Award (UVA), 2021
  • Sture G. Olsson Fellowship in Engineering (UVA), 2020
  • Best Paper Runner-Up, KDD, 2020
  • Best Paper Award Nominee, MobiHoc, 2018