Han Zhao

For More Information

• Han Zhao's Web Page

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

Documents

• research focus

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

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 )