Lydia Liu
Research
Interests: Theoretical foundations for algorithmic decision making, societal impacts of algorithms and AI
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Short Bio
Liu joined Princeton as an assistant professor in 2024. Her current research examines the theoretical foundations of machine learning and algorithmic decision-making, with a focus on societal impact and welfare.
Prior to joining Princeton she was a postdoctoral associate at Cornell University Computer Science in the Artificial Intelligence, Policy, and Practice (AIPP) initiative. Her work has be recognized with a Microsoft Ada Lovelace Fellowship, an Open Philanthropy AI Fellowship, an NUS Development Grant, and an ICML Best Paper Award.
She obtained a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from University of California, Berkeley and a B.S.E. in Operations Research and Financial Engineering at Princeton University.
