Supversion & Teaching
For Prospective PhD Students
I am recruiting new PhD candidates with interests in some of the following areas:
Trustworthy and Explainable AI
Software Reliability Engineering
Probabilistic Verification
Safety Assurance for Robotics and Autonomous Systems
If you are highly motivated and have a strong mathematical background, algorithm design and software development skills, please contact me to discuss potential topics and funding opportunities.
Graduated PhD Students
Dr. Wei Huang (2019-2023, 2nd supervisor): Verification and Validation of Machine Learning Safety in Learning-Enabled Autonomous Systems
Teaching
2023-2024 (tutor): ES193 Engineering Mathematics, School of Engineering, University of Warwick
2022-2023 (coordinator and lecturer): COMP313 Formal Methods, Computer Science Department, University of Liverpool
2021-2022 (coordinator and lecturer): COMP313 Formal Methods, Computer Science Department, University of Liverpool
Successful Stories
Our 2nd-year PhD student, Sihao Wu, has had a paper accepted by AAAI24, marking his first publication since joining us—an excellent start and a milestone!
Our 1st year PhD student Yi Qi published his first academic paper with us "A Hierarchical HAZOP-Like Safety Analysis for Learning-Enabled Systems" at AISafety'22 (co-located with IJCAI'22)---A milestone in his career as an AI researcher.
Our PhD student Wei Huang is on the University webpage: Becoming an Expert: Safety Problems in Learning-enabled Autonomous Systems.
Our PhD student Wei Huang won the ‘most original approach’ award at Siemens Mobility Artificial Intelligence Dependability Assessment – Student Challenge.