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<html> <head> <title>Tina Eliassi-Rad's Home Page</title> </head> <style> html, body { height: 100%; } img.scale { height: 23%;  The phonetic pronunciation of my lastname is: eh-LEE-ah-SEE RAH-d.   <img SRC="rainline.gif" height=4 width=700> <ul> <li><a href="http://eliassi.org/eliassi-rad.cv.pdf">Curriculum Vitae</a> (August 2024)</li> <li><a href="http://eliassi.org/bio.html">Short Bio</a> (September 2023)</li> <li><a href="http://eliassi.org/tina2023highres.jpg">High-resolution Photo</a> </ul>  <img SRC="rainline.gif" height=4 width=700> Current Employment <ul> Professor & <a href="https://news.northeastern.edu/2023/09/24/joseph-e-aoun-professor/">The Inaugural Joseph E. Aoun Chair</a>  <a href="https://www.khoury.northeastern.edu"> Khoury College of Computer Sciences</a> <a href="http://www.northeastern.edu/">Northeastern University</a>, <a href="http://www.cityofboston.gov/">Boston</a>, <a href="https://www.mass.gov">MA</a> </ul> Core Faculty at <ul> <li><a href="http://www.networkscienceinstitute.org/">Network Science Institute</a>, Northeastern University </li> </ul> External Faculty at <ul> <li><a href="https://www.santafe.edu">Santa Fe Institute</a> </li> <li><a href="https://vermontcomplexsystems.org">Vermont Complex Systems Center</a> </li> </ul> Affiliated Faculty at <ul> <li><a href="https://cssh.northeastern.edu/nulab/">NULab for Digital Humanities and Computational Social Science</a>, Northeastern University </li> <li><a href="https://globalresilience.northeastern.edu">Global Resilience Institute</a>, Northeastern University</li> <li><a href="https://cyber.khoury.northeastern.edu">Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute</a>, Northeastern University</li> <li><a href="https://www.northeastern.edu/experientialai/">Institute for Experiential AI</a>, Northeastern University </li> <li><a href="https://idi.provost.northeastern.edu/">Internet Democracy Initiative</a>, Northeastern University </li> </ul> <!-- Affiliated with <ul> <li><a href="http://www.cbim.rutgers.edu/">Rutgers Center for Computational Biomedicine, Imaging, and Modeling (CBIM)</a></li> <li><a href="http://cdda.rutgers.edu/">Rutgers Center for Dynamic Data Analytics (CDDA)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.business.rutgers.edu/">Rutgers Business School (RBS)</a>, <a href="http://www.business.rutgers.edu/msis/faculty">Dept. of Management Science & Information Systems (MSIS)</a></li> <li><a href="http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/">Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science (RuCCS)</a></li> <li><a href="http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/">Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS)</a></li> </ul> --!> <img SRC="rainline.gif" height=4 width=700> Research Interests <ul> <li>Data Mining</li> <li>Machine Learning</li> <li>Network Science</li> <li>Ethics of Artificial Intelligence</li> </ul> Current Research Programs <ul><li>Trustworthy Network Science: As the use of machine learning (ML) algorithms in network science grows, so do the issues of explainability, transparency, fairness, robustness, etc. We address issues of trustworthy ML in network science.</li> <li>Just Machine Learning: ML systems are not islands. They are part of broader complex systems. To understand and mitigate the risks and harms of using ML, we remove our optimization blinders and study the broader complex systems in which ML systems operate.</li></ul> <!--Computational Social Science. --!> <!-- Data mining and machine learning with an emphasis on analyzing big complex networks --!> Publications <ul> <li><a href="http://eliassi.org/pubs.html">Selected Publications</a></li> <li><a href="http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/e/Eliassi=Rad:Tina">DBLP</a></li> <li><a href= "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TXb5Ym8AAAAJ&hl=en">Google Scholar</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Tina-Eliassi-Rad/1397398770">Semantic Scholar</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://eliassi.org/radlab.html">RADLAB</a> <!-- <h3> I am looking for a <a href="http://eliassi.org/postdoc_radlab.html">postdoc</a>. </h3> --!> <img SRC="rainline.gif" height=4 width=700> Recently Co-organized Events <ul> <li> <a href="https://humans-algs-society.github.io">Workshop on Humans, Algorithmic Decision-Making and Society: Modeling Interactions and Impact</a></li> <ul> <li> July 27, 2024</li> <li> Workshop at the <a href="https://icml.cc">International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)</a>, Vienna, Austria</li> </ul> </ul> <!-- <ul> <li><a href="https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php/Can_Algorithms_Bend_the_Arc_Toward_Justice">Can Algorithms Bend the Arc Toward Justice?</a></li> <ul> <li>March 30 - April 1, 2022</li> <li>A <a href="https://www.santafe.edu">Santa Fe Institute</a> Workshop</li> </ul> </ul> --!> <!-- <ul> <li> <a href="https://meetings.siam.org/sess/dsp_programsess.cfm?SESSIONCODE=70411">Latest Advances in Spectral Linear Algebra in Network Science</a></li> <ul> <li>May 19, 2021</li> <li> Symposium at the <a href="https://www.siam.org/conferences/cm/conference/la21">2021 SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra (LA21)</a></li> </ul> </ul> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/program/calendar/semhp/?semnr=21352">Higher-Order Graph Models: From Theoretical Foundations to Machine Learning<a></li> <ul> <li>August 29 - September 1, 2021</li> <li>Workshop at <a href="https://www.dagstuhl.de">Schloss Dagstuhl</a>, <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/LYTDc7HWtW6SbqEU9">Wadern, Germany</a></li> </ul> </ul> --!> <!-- <ul> <li> <a href="https://sinm.network">Statistical Inference for Network Models<a></li> <ul> <li>September 2020</li> <li>A <a href="https://netsci2020.netscisociety.net">NetSci'20</a> Satellite, Rome, Italy</li> </ul> </ul> --!> <!-- <ul> <li> <a href="http://integrity-workshop.org"> Workshop on Integrity in Social Networks and Media</a></li> <ul> <li> February 2020</li> <li> An <a href="http://www.wsdm-conference.org/2020/">ACM WSDM'20</a> Workshop, Houston, TX</li> </ul> </ul> --!> <!-- <ul> <li> <a href="http://danlarremore.com/sinm2019/">Statistical Inference for Network Models<a></li> <ul> <li>May 2019</li> <li>A <a href="http://vermontcomplexsystems.org/events/netsci/">NetSci'19</a> Satellite, Burlington, VT</li> </ul> </ul> --!> <!-- <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/event/new-england-machine-learning-day-2018/">New England Machine Learning Day<a></li> <ul> <li>May 7, 2018</li> <li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/lab/microsoft-research-new-england/">MSR New England</a>, Cambridge, MA</li> </ul> </ul> --!> <!-- <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/long-programs/culture-analytics/">Long Program in Culture Analytics<a></li> <ul> <li>March 7-June 10, 2016</li> <li><a href="http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/">UCLA IPAM</a>, Los Angeles, CA</li> </ul> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://eliassi.org/WIND16.html">Workshop on Incomplete Networked Data</a> (WIND'16)</li> <ul> <li>March 22 and 23, 2016</li> <li><a href="http://sandia.gov">Sandia National Labs</a>, Livermore, CA</li> </ul> </ul> --!> <img SRC="rainline.gif" height=4 width=700> Teaching <ul> <li> [Fall 2024] <a href="http://eliassi.org/fa24nets.html">Machine Learning with Graphs (NETS 7332 cross-listed with CS 7332)</a> </li> <li> [Fall 2023] <a href="http://eliassi.org/fa23nets.html">Machine Learning with Graphs (NETS 7332)</a> </li> <li> [Spring 2022] <a href="http://eliassi.org/sp22dm.html">Unsupervised Machine Learning and Data Mining (DS 5230)</a> </li> <li> [Fall 2021] <a href="http://eliassi.org/fa21-cs3950.html">Introduction to Computer Science Research (CS 3950)</a> </li> <li> [Fall 2021] <a href="http://eliassi.org/fa21-cs4950.html">Computer Science Research Seminar (CS 4950)</a> </li> <!-- http://www.eliassi.org/eliassi-rad_sp2021_phys7332.pdf --!> <li> [Spring 2021] <a href="http://www.eliassi.org/sp21nets.html">Network Science Data 2 (PHYS 7332)</a> </li> <li> [Fall 2020] <a href="http://eliassi.org/fa20-honr.html">Algorithms that Affect Lives (HONR 1310)</a> </li> <li> [Spring 2020] <a href="http://eliassi.org/sp20-honr.html">Algorithms that Affect Lives (HONR 1310)</a> </li> <li> [Fall 2019] <a href="http://eliassi.org/fa19dm.html">Data Mining Techniques (CS 6220)</a> cross-listed with <a href="http://eliassi.org/fa19dm.html"> Unsupervised Machine Learning and Data Mining (DS 5230)</a> </li> <li> [Spring 2019] <a href="http://eliassi.org/sp19dm.html">Data Mining Techniques (CS 6220)</a> cross-listed with <a href="http://eliassi.org/sp19dm.html"> Unsupervised Machine Learning and Data Mining (DS 5230)</a> </li> <li> [Fall 2018] <a href="http://eliassi.org/fa18cs6220sec1.html">Data Mining Techniques (CS 6220)</a> </li> <li> [Spring 2017] <a href="http://eliassi.org/sp17cs6220sec1.html">Data Mining Techniques (CS 6220)</a> </li> <li> [Spring 2016] <a href="http://eliassi.org/nets16.htm">Network Science Research (NETS 8984)</a> </li> <li> [Fall 2015] <a href="http://eliassi.org/prml15.html">Pattern Recognition: Theory & Applications (16:198:535)</a> </li> <li> [Spring 2015] <a href="http://eliassi.org/datasci15.html"> Introduction to Data Science (01:198:443)</a> </li> <li> [Fall 2014] <a href="http://eliassi.org/bigml14.html">Topics in Artificial Intelligence (16:198:598) -- Machine Learning with Large-scale Data</a> </li> <li>[Spring 2014] <a href="http://eliassi.org/ml14.html"> Machine Learning (16:198:536)</a> </li> <li>[Fall 2013] <a href="http://eliassi.org/datasci13.html"> Introduction to Data Science (01:198:444)</a> </li> <li>[Spring 2013] <a href="http://eliassi.org/networks13.html"> Information in Networks: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications (16:198:672)</a></li> <li>[Spring 2012] <a href="http://eliassi.org/ml12.html">Machine Learning (16:198:536)</a></li> <li>[Fall 2011] <a href="http://eliassi.org/netsci11.html">Introduction to Network Science: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications (01:198:442)</a></li> <li> [Spring 2011] <a href="http://eliassi.org/gmna11.html">Graduate Seminar on Graph Mining and Network Analysis (16:198:672)</a> </li> <li> [Spring 2011] <a href="http://www.research.rutgers.edu/~eliassi/lightseminar11.html"> Light Seminar on Machine Learning (16:198:500:01)</a></li> </ul> <img SRC="rainline.gif" height=4 width=700> Tutorials <ul> <li>Incompleteness in Networks: Biases, Skewed Results, and Some Solutions (with <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rajmonda_Caceres">Rajmonda Caceres</a> and <a href="https://www.networkscienceinstitute.org/people/timothy-larock">Timothy LaRock</a>)</li> <ul> <li> [<a href="https://www.kdd.org/kdd2019/">ACM KDD 2019</a>] <a href="https://eliassi.org/kdd19tut.html">Abstract, Slides, and Resources</a></li> </ul> </ul> <ul> <li>Graph Metric Spaces (with <a href="http://www.jbento.info">Jose Bento</a>, <a href="http://www.ece.neu.edu/fac-ece/ioannidis/">Stratis Ioannidis</a>, and <a href="http://leotrs.com">Leo Torres</a>)</li> <ul> <li> [<a href="https://www.siam.org/Conferences/CM/Main/sdm19">SIAM SDM 2019</a>] <a href="https://neu-spiral.github.io/GraphMetricSpaces/">Abstract, Slides, and Resources</a> </li> <li> [<a href="https://www.kdd.org/kdd2018/">ACM KDD 2018</a>] <a href="https://neu-spiral.github.io/GraphMetricSpaces/KDD2018.html">Abstract, Slides, and Resources</a></li> </ul> </ul> <ul> <li>Problems with Partially Observed (Incomplete) Networks: Biases, Skewed Results, and Solutions (with <a href="http://www.soundarajan.org/">Sucheta Soundarajan</a> and <a href="https://sites.google.com/iitpkd.ac.in/sahelybhadra/home">Sahely Bhadra</a>) </li> <ul> <li>[<a href="http://www.siam.org/meetings/sdm18/tutorials.php">SIAM SDM 2018</a>] <a href="http://eliassi.org/sdm18tut.html">Abstract, Slides, and Resources</a></li> </ul> </ul> <ul> <li> Mining Smartphone and Mobility Data (with <a href="http://business.rutgers.edu/faculty-research/directory/spiros-papadimitriou">Spiros Papadimitriou</a>, <a href="http://www-ai.cs.uni-dortmund.de:8080/PERSONAL/morik.html">Katharina Morik</a>, and <a href="http://kddlab.di.uoa.gr/dg.html">Dimitrios Gunopulos</a>)</li> <ul> <li>[<a href="http://icdm2016.eurecat.org/tutorials/">IEEE ICDM 2016</a>] <a href="http://mobilemining.clusterhack.net/">Abstract, Slides, and Resources</a></li> </ul> </ul> <ul> <li>Mining Smartphone Mobility Data (with <a href="http://business.rutgers.edu/faculty-research/directory/spiros-papadimitriou">Spiros Papadimitriou</a>) </li> <ul> <li>[<a href="http://www.icwsm.org/2016/program/tutorial/">ICWSM 2016</a>] <a href="http://mobilemining.clusterhack.net/">Abstract, Slides, and Resources</a></li> </ul> </ul> <ul> <li>Problems with Incomplete Networks: Biases, Skewed Results, and Solutions (with <a href="http://eng-cs.syr.edu/about-the-college/faculty-and-staff/soundarajan">Sucheta Soundarajan</a>, <a href="http://www.sandia.gov/~apinar/">Ali Pinar</a>, and <a href="http://people.llnl.gov/gallagher23">Brian Gallagher</a>) </li> <ul> <li>[<a href="http://www.siam.org/meetings/sdm16/tutorials.php">SIAM SDM 2016</a>] <a href="http://eliassi.org/sdm16tut.html">Abstract, Slides, and Resources</a></li> </ul> </ul> <ul> <li>Understanding Offline Political Systems by Mining Online Political Data (with <a href="http://www.davidlazer.com/">David Lazer</a> and <a href="http://people.seas.harvard.edu/~orentsur/">Oren Tsur</a>) </li> <ul> <li>[<a href="http://www.wsdm-conference.org/2016/tutorials.html">WSDM 2016</a>] <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/orentsur/wsdm_2016_tutorial_political_mining">Abstract</a>, <a href="http://eliassi.org/wsdm2016_poli_tut.pdf">Slides</a></li> </ul> </ul> <ul> <li>Mining Mobility Data (with <a href="http://business.rutgers.edu/faculty-research/directory/spiros-papadimitriou">Spiros Papadimitriou</a>) </li> <ul> <li>[<a href="http://www.www2015.it/tutorials-18/">WWW 2015</a>] <a href="http://mobilemining.clusterhack.net/">Abstract</a>, <a href="http://mobilemining.clusterhack.net/dl">Slides</a>, <a href="http://mobilemining.clusterhack.net/info">Resources</a> </li> </ul> </ul> <ul> <li> Node and Graph Similarity: Theory and Applications (with <a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dkoutra/">Danai Koutra</a> and <a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~christos/">Christos Faloutsos</a>) </li> <ul> <li>[IEEE ICDM 2014] <a href="http://web.eecs.umich.edu/~dkoutra/tut/icdm14.html">Abstract and Slides</a></li> </ul> </ul> <ul> <li>Node Similarity, Graph Similarity and Matching: Theory and Applications (with <a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dkoutra/">Danai Koutra</a> and <a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~christos/">Christos Faloutsos</a>) </li> <ul> <li>[SIAM SDM 2014] <a href="http://web.eecs.umich.edu/~dkoutra/tut/sdm14.html">Abstract and Slides</a></li> </ul> </ul> <ul> <li>Mining Data from Mobile Devices: A Survey of Smart Sensing and Analytics (with <a href="http://business.rutgers.edu/faculty-research/directory/spiros-papadimitriou">Spiros Papadimitriou</a>) </li> <ul> <li>[ACM KDD 2013] <a href="http://mobilemining.clusterhack.net/">Abstract</a>, <a href="http://mobilemining.clusterhack.net/dl">Slides</a>, <a href="http://mobilemining.clusterhack.net/info">Resources</a> </li> </ul> </ul> <ul> <li> Discovering Roles and Anomalies in Graphs: Theory and Applications (with <a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~christos">Christos Faloutsos</a>)</li> <ul> <li> [ECML PKDD 2013] Slides <a href="http://eliassi.org/ecmlpkdd13tut/ecmlpkdd13tut_roles_part1_final.pdf"> Part 1</a> and <a href="http://eliassi.org/ecmlpkdd13tut/ecmlpkdd13tut_roles_part2_final.pdf"> Part 2</a> (includes guided role discovery and role discovery over time ) </li> <li> [SIAM SDM 2012] Slides <a href="http://eliassi.org/sdm12tut/sdm12tut_roles_part1_final.pdf"> Part 1</a> and <a href="http://eliassi.org/sdm12tut/sdm12tut_roles_part2_final.pdf"> Part 2</a> </li> </ul> </ul> <!-- <img SRC="rainline.gif" height=4 width=700> The Just Machine Learning Project <li> Colloquium, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, June 2020 [<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gcfR69TT8g">Video</a>, <a href="http://eliassi.org/tina_justML_sfi2020.pdf">Slides</a>] </li> <li> The Boston Chapter of the American Statistical Association, Bentley University, Waltham, MA, December 2019 [<a href="http://eliassi.org/tina_justML_dec2019.pdf">Slides</a>]</li> <li> The 2019 Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) Symposium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, November 2019 [<a href="https://youtu.be/06VacrndWBQ?t=18242">Video</a>, <a href="http://eliassi.org/tina_justML_umich2019.pdf">Slides</a>]</li> <li> Dean's Seminar Series, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, August 2019 [<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsfdK42l2Vc">Video</a>, <a href="http://eliassi.org/tina_justML_monash2019.pdf">Slides</a>]</li> --!> <img SRC="rainline.gif" height=4 width=700> Other Information <!-- <ul> <li><a href="http://www.eliassi.org/resources.html">Some Resources: Software, Tools, Data</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.KDnuggets.com"> KDnuggets: Analytics and Data Mining Resources</a></li> <li>Article in the annual <a href="http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/newsletters/IPAMNewsletter_For_Web_2012.pdf">UCLA IPAM Newsletter</a> (9/2012)</li> <li><a href="http://www.eliassi.org/mlseminar.html">Rutgers-Yahoo! Machine Learning Seminar Series</a></li> <li>Profile on <a href="http://sciencewomen.rutgers.edu/profiles/index.php?q=myStory&id=443">Rutgers SciWomen</a></li> <li><a href="http://tedxrutgers.com/index/Home/Entries/2011/3/18_Tina_Eliassi-Ra.html">TEDx Rutgers talk</a> (2011)</li> <li>Article in <a href="http://www.dailytargum.com/university/assistant-professor-gains-praise-for-antivirus-research-1.2424205">Daily Targum</a> (12/07/2010)</li> <li>Article in <a href="http://news.rutgers.edu/focus/issue.2010-11-30.1271829901/article.2010-12-01.0637091613">Rutgers Today</a> (11/30/2010)</li> <li>Entry in <a href="http://bulletin.rutgers.edu/newsletter/101027.html">Rutgers Faculty & Staff Bulletin</a> (10/27/2010)</li> <li>Mathcamp 2010: <a href="http://www.eliassi.org/mathcamp10-networks.pdf">Lecture 1</a>, <a href="http://www.eliassi.org/mathcamp10-learning.pdf">Lecture 2</a>. </li> --!> <li>My Husband: <a href="http://fitelson.org">Branden Fitelson</a></li> <li>Email: <tt>tina</tt> at <tt>eliassi</tt> dot <tt>org</tt></li> </ul> <img SRC="rainline.gif" height=4 width=700> </body> </html>