Professor Yaoliang Yu has received the 2026 Faculty of Mathematics Golden Jubilee Research Excellence Award. Established in 2017 to commemorate the 50thanniversary of the Faculty of Mathematics, the $2,500 award recognizes early- and mid-career faculty members for outstanding research contributions. Professor Yu won the award in the mid-career category.
“Congratulations to Yaoliang on this much-deserved award,” said Raouf Boutaba, University Professor and Director of the Cheriton School of Computer Science. “He has made significant contributions to the design and analysis of secure, private and interpretable AI systems. In particular, his recent work on trustworthiness of AI is a major advancement that reflects a rare combination of creativity, technical ability and visionary thinking in research.”
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