Bio
Nitesh V. Chawla is the Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. He is the Founding Director of the Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society. He also holds concurrent faculty appointments in the Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics in the College of Science and the Department of Information, Technology, Analytics and Operations in the College of Business. He is a Fellow of Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Fellow of Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), and Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Chawla, who joined the Notre Dame faculty in 2007, is an expert in artificial intelligence, data science, and network science, and is motivated by the question of how technology can advance the common good through interdisciplinary research. As such, his research is not only at the frontier of fundamental methods and algorithms but is also making interdisciplinary and translational advances for societal impact.
Chawla is the recipient of multiple awards for research and teaching innovation including Outstanding Teacher Awards at Notre Dame, a National Academy of Engineers New Faculty Fellowship, and a number of best paper awards and nominations. He also is the recipient of the 2015 IEEE CIS Outstanding Early Career Award; the IBM Watson Faculty Award; the IBM Big Data and Analytics Faculty Award; and the 1st Source Bank Technology Commercialization Award.
In recognition of the societal and community driven impact of his research, Chawla was recognized with the Rodney F. Ganey Award and Michiana 40 under 40 honor.
At Notre Dame, Chawla is also a Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies; the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies; the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies; the Pulte Institute for Global Development; and the Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values. He serves on the steering committee for the Health and Wellbeing Initiative and Technology Ethics Center.
Chawla is the co-founder of Aunalytics, a data science software and cloud computing company.