Associate Professor (with Tenure)
Penn State University
College of Information Sciences and Technology
Amulya Yadav
Penn State University
Biography
Academic Positions
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Present 2024
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2024 2020
PNC Career Development Assistant Professor
Penn State University
College of Information Sciences and Technology -
2020 2018
Assistant Professor
Penn State University
College of Information Sciences and Technology
Administrative Positions
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Present 2021
Associate Director (Programs)
Center for Socially Responsible AI
Penn State University -
Present 2018
Affiliate Faculty
Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society
University of Southern California
Education & Training
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Ph.D. 2018-2013
Ph.D. in Computer Science
University of Southern California
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B. Tech.2012-2008
Bachelors in Technology
IIT Patna
Honors & Awards
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2023W.K. Kellogg Foundation Awards for Community Engagement 2023 (Exemplary Designation)
I was chosen to represent Penn State at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Awards for Community Engagement 2023, and I won an Exemplary Designation (Runner Up) out of all public universities in North East America. -
2023Penn State Community Engagement & Scholarship Award 2023 (Winner)
Out of all faculty at Penn State, I was the sole winner of the highly prestigious Penn State Community Engagement & Scholarship Award 2023. -
2022Penn State Community Engagement & Scholarship Award 2022 (Exemplary Designation)
Out of all faculty at Penn State, I won the Exemplary Designation (Runner Up) at the Penn State Community Engagement & Scholarship Award 2022 (Exemplary Designation).
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2021ICML 2021 Workshop Best Paper Runner-Up Award
My ICML 2021 Workshop paper "CounterNet:End-to-End Training of Counterfactual Aware Prediction.” was adjudged Runner up in the Best Paper Award at the ICML 2021 Workshop on Algorithmic Recourse (out of 21 papers). -
2020PNC Technologies Career Development Professorship
I was honored with and appointed to the PNC Technologies Career Development Professorship at the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State.
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2020MD4SG 2020 Best Student Paper Award
My MD4SG 2020 paper “Large-scale clinical trial of an AI-augmented intervention for HIV prevention in youth experiencing homelessness.” won the Best Student Paper Award (out of 118 papers). -
2017AAMAS 2017 Best Paper Nomination
My paper "Influence Maximization in the Field: The Arduous Journey from Emerging to Deployed Application” won the Best Paper Nomination at AAMAS 2017.
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2017AAAI 2017 Best Video Award
My AAAI 2017 video submission "HEALER: Using AI to Raise HIV Awareness among Homeless Youth" was awarded the Best Video Award at AAAI 2017.
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2017AAAI 2017 Best Student Video Award
My AAAI 2017 video submission "HEALER: Using AI to Raise HIV Awareness among Homeless Youth" was awarded the Best Student Video Award at AAAI 2017.
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2017USC Best Research Assistant Award
I won the Best Research Assistant Award in the Computer Science Department, University of Southern California for the academic year 2016-2017. -
2016AAMAS 2016 Best Student Paper Award
My paper “Using Social Networks to Aid Homeless Shelters: Dynamic Influence Maximization under Uncertainty” was awarded the Best Student Paper Award at AAMAS 2016 in Singapore.
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2016IDEAS 2016 Visionary Paper Award
My paper “POMDPs for Assisting Homeless Shelters: Computational and Deployment Challenges” was awarded the Most Visionary Paper Award at IDEAS 2016 in Singapore.
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2015Incredible Innovations for Social Good 2015
My IAAI 2015 work on influence maximization and POMDPs was highlighted by Mashable.com as one of 26 incredible innovations that improved the world in 2015.
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2015AAAI 2015 Press Conference
My paper "Preventing HIV Spread in Homeless Populations Using PSINET" was one of four papers that was highlighted in the AAAI 2015 press conference.
Link to paper: pdf