Yongkai Wu
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University. I earned my Ph.D. in Computer Science, supervised by Dr. Xintao Wu at the University of Arkansas in 2020. Before that, I completed my B.Eng. in Electronic Engineering at Tsinghua University, China in 2014.
My research focuses on advancing AI with particular emphasis on responsible and trustworthy AI. I strive to create AI systems that are not only powerful and efficient, but also transparent, fair, and aligned with human values. By bridging theory and real-world applications, I aim to advance the state of the art in trustworthy AI and foster broad societal benefits from AI advancements.
🔥🔥🔥 I am actively seeking highly motivated students to join my group. For detailed information about available opportunities and application guidelines, click here.
News
| Aug 18, 2025 | Thrilled to announce a new NSF award (Award ID 2520496, \$211,976) for collaborative research on Responsible AI in data-intensive educational research with Temple University and University of Utah! |
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| Jul 14, 2025 | Honored to receive the Best Paper Award for “Causally Fair Node Classification on Non-IID Graph Data” at the 4th Workshop on Ethical Artificial Intelligence: Methods and Applications (co-located with ACM SIGKDD’25). |
| Jan 07, 2025 | Awarded two NSF National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot awards to support research and education in trustworthy AI. See the complete NAIRR Pilot Award list. |
| Jan 05, 2025 | Secured a research grant (federal \$176k; cost-share \$177k) from the DOT TraCR Center to advance research in AI Fairness and Security for transportation systems. |
| Sep 01, 2024 | Received a research grant (\$758k) from the VIPR-GS Research Center to develop Hyperspectral AI technologies for next-generation autonomous off-road vehicles! |