Chen Chen
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Assistant Professor |
Short Bio
I am an Assistant Professor at University of Virginia, Department of Computer Science. Before that, I was a Research Assistant Professor at Biocomplexity Institute, and a software engineer at Google. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science at Arizona State University under the supervision of Professor Hanghang Tong in 2019, my M.Sc degree from New York University in 2013 and B.Eng degree from Beihang University in 2011, both majored in Computer Science.
My research aims to develop next-generation AI systems that integrate learning, reasoning, and domain knowledge to address challenging real-world problems. Our work focuses on foundation models, graph machine learning, and AI for science, with an emphasis on trustworthy, efficient, and mechanistically grounded AI for scientific discovery and decision making in healthcare, epidemiology, cyber-physical systems, and other data-rich domains.
Our research is generously supported through federal, state, industry and university, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI), 4-VA, NVIDIA and 3Cavaliers program.
Research Interests
Foundation Models and AI Reasoning
Graph Machine Learning and Network Intelligence
Trustworthy and Efficient AI
AI for Scientific Discovery
Honors and Awards
2026: NSF CAREER Award
2024: University of Virginia Outstanding Researcher
2021: WSDM Outstanding Reviewer
2019: EECS Rising Star