Mustafa Bilgic

Professor & Department Chair
Director of the Masters in Artificial Intelligence Program
Director of the Machine Learning Laboratory
Computer Science Department, Illinois Institute of Technology

PhD in Computer Science, University of Maryland at College Park, 2010
M.S. in Computer Science, University of Maryland at College Park, 2006
B.S. in Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin, 2004

Research Interests

Research Interests

I am interested in machine learning, learning with rationales, interactive machine learning, and explainable AI. My TEDx talk (~8 minutes) gives a pretty good idea on what I am interested in: YouTube Link for Transparent and Interactive Artificial Intelligence. Note: I gave this talk in 2016 :)

I am the founder and director of the machine learning laboratory @ Illinois Tech. More information about my research group and recent projects can be found at our laboratory website.

My research is funded by:

NSF: "Socio-linguistic modeling to understand the long-term dynamics of news engagement in online media" https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2333538
NIH: "Integrating AI and System Engineering for Glucose Regulation in Diabetes" https://reporter.nih.gov/search/IZkkbTl_qESXrq4aUJMUxw/project-details/10600491
NSF: "Understanding the Relationship between Algorithmic Transparency and Filter Bubbles in Online Media" https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1927407
Samsung: "Interactive Patent and Scientific Article Classification"
NSF CAREER: "Active Learning through Rich and Transparent Interactions" http://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1350337
NSF: "Optimization of Engineered Tissue Growth by Active Learning" http://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1125412

Publications

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bOM9qN8AAAAJ&hl=en

Awards

Computer Science Department Teaching Excellence Award, May 2022
College of Computing Teaching Excellence Award, December 2021
College of Science Junior Researcher Excellence, December 2014
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, April 2014
ACM SIGKDD Best Student Paper Award, August 2008
University of Maryland College Park Graduate Fellowship, 2004-2006.
University of Texas at Austin, Bachelors of Science with High Honors and Special Honors, May 2004.

Teaching

CS480 - Artificial Intelligence
CS522 - Advanced Data Mining
CS578 - Interactive and Transparent Machine Learning
CS581 - Advanced Artificial Intelligence
CS583 - Probabilistic Graphical Models
CS584 - Machine Learning
CS695 - Doctoral Seminar

Contact

Email: mbilgicATiit.edu
Stuart Building, 237
Computer Science Department
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL 60616

Last updated in November 2024.