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Willie Neiswanger | Assistant Professor of Computer Science (Starting Jan. 2024) | Ph.D. in Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University. Postdoctoral scholar, Stanford University.

Research focus: developing machine learning methods to perform efficient optimization and experimental design in costly real-world settings, where resources are limited.

Neiswanger applies these methods to solve problems in science and engineering, for example in the physical sciences and machine learning systems. In 2021, he won the Jay Lepreau Best Paper Award at OSDI.

What attracted you to computer science at USC? The strength of AI at USC and the emphasis on interdisciplinary research. This meshed well with my focus on machine learning as well as its application to solving problems in science and engineering.

If your research could solve any problem immediately, which one would it be and why? I would love for the machine learning techniques that I research to be used for efficient discovery of new materials, tools, and methods for improvements in sustainable energy.

Any interesting hobbies? I love to read, ride my bike, and take walks. In the past I've been very interested in movie making, rock climbing, and soccer.

Read any good books lately? Yes "Under the Frog", by Tibor Fischer, and "The Soul of a New Machine", by Tracy Kidder

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