Professor | ||
Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering | ||
Purdue University | ||
EE 334A, 465 Northwestern Ave., West Lafayette, IN 47907 | ||
Phone: (765)494-7223 | ||
Email: jinggao@purdue.edu |
Brief Bio
I am a Professor in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Purdue University. Before joining Purdue in January 2021, I was an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. I got my PhD from Computer Science Department at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in 2011 under the supervision of Prof. Jiawei Han. I received NSF Career Award, IBM faculty award, ICDM Tao Li Award, SDM/IBM Early Career Award and UIUC CS Early Career Academic Achievement Alumni Award. I am a University Faculty Scholar at Purdue University. I am a Fellow of IEEE.
For Prospective Students
I am looking for motivated Ph.D. students who are interested in data mining, NLP, trustworthy AI, and related areas. Please send me an email with the title "Prospective PhD Student Fall 2027" and attach your CV if you are interested. You can also directly apply to the Computer Engineering PhD Program at Purdue ECE.
Graduate admission information can be found here.
Research Interests
I am broadly interested in data and information analysis with a focus on big data analytics. My recent research
focus is on natural language processing, AI trustworthiness, knowledge graphs, data and model efficiency, federated learning, fairness and interpretation. I am also interested in the applications of data mining in various domains including biology,
healthcare, transportation, education and social science.