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Lu Cheng

Responsible And Reliable AI Causal Machine Learning Foundation Models AI For Science And Engineering AI For Good
University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Computer Science

About

I am a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). I lead the Responsible and Reliable AI Lab (R2 Lab). I received my PhD degree in Computer Science at Arizona State University (ASU) in 2022 advised by Dr. Huan Liu, M.Eng. degree in Industrial Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), and B.Eng. degree in Industrial Engineering at Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST). My research interests are broadly in AI, with a particular focus on responsible and reliable AI, causal machine learning, foundation models, and their applications in science and engineering, and in AI for good.

Research Performance Summary

115
Total Papers
4186
Total Citations
30
H-Index
2015-2026
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

A multi-objective immune genetic algorithm for project scheduling on multi-skill resources

Year: 2015

Citations: 2

Venue: Applied Mechanics and Materials 719

Latest Recorded Paper

EpiQAL: Benchmarking Large Language Models in Epidemiological Question Answering for Enhanced Alignment and Reasoning

Year: 2026

Citations: 0

Venue: arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.03471

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2026
10
2025
30
2024
22
2023
11
2022
17
2021
13
2020
5
2019
5
2018
1
2015
1

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 27
Journal 7
Book 1

Top Coauthors

Cheng Liu Wang

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 40
Citations 677
Avg. Citations / Paper 16.9
H-Index 9

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 68
Citations 3106
Avg. Citations / Paper 45.7
H-Index 25

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 7
Citations 403
Avg. Citations / Paper 57.6
H-Index 5

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

lucheng@uic.edu

Detected Research Keywords

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