Gang Liu, a doctoral student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received an IBM PhD Fellowship Award for the 2024-2025 academic year.
The award will support Liu’s research, which uses graph machine learning to discover new materials.
“My research models polymeric materials as graphs in order to learn the relationship between structures and properties,” said fourth-year graduate student Liu.
“AI can process vast amounts of scientific knowledge, and graphs may help apply this powerful tool more effectively to molecular structures.”
Liu’s advisor, Meng Jiang, is associate professor of computer science and a Lucy Family Institute fellow. His research focuses on data mining, machine learning, and natural language processing.
“Liu’s work is uniting material scientists and computer scientists into an integrated force, tackling complex challenges in AI for science,” said Jiang.
Liu has over ten publications in top data mining and machine learning venues. His methods have contributed to the discovery of new polymers, with findings published in Cell Reports Physical Science.
The IBM award provides a $40,000 stipend for the fellowship year.
— Karla Cruise, Notre Dame Engineering; Photo by Wes Evard, Notre Dame Engineering