{"id":35,"date":"2017-02-18T22:44:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-19T03:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2026-02-23T16:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:45:09","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Principal Investigator<\/h4>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"border-color: #ffffff;\" cellspacing=\"30\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/depend\/files\/2019\/07\/wenchao_profile_pic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1578\" height=\"1688\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-698 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/files\/2019\/07\/wenchao_profile_pic.png 1578w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/files\/2019\/07\/wenchao_profile_pic-595x636.png 595w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/files\/2019\/07\/wenchao_profile_pic-768x822.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/files\/2019\/07\/wenchao_profile_pic-957x1024.png 957w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1578px) 100vw, 1578px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/people\/wenchao-li\">Wenchao Li<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nPh.D., UC Berkeley<br \/>\n[<a href=\"\/depend\/files\/2026\/02\/wenchao-cv-full.pdf\">Curriculum Vitae<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Associate Professor<br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/departments\/ece\/\"><span>Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering<br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/\"><span>Boston University<\/span><\/a><span><br \/>\n<\/span><span>Affiliated Faculty Member<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/\">Department of Computer Science<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/se\">Division of Systems Engineering<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/systems\/\">Center for Information &amp; Systems Engineering<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/\">Hariri Institute\u00a0for Computing<\/a>Email:\u00a0[firstname] (at) bu (dot) edu<br \/>\nPhone: (617) 353-0115<br \/>\n<span>Office: 336 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/maps\/?id=763\">Photonics Center<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nMailing: 8 Saint Mary&#8217;s St, Boston, MA 02215<span>Erd\u00f6s number: 3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>Current PhD Students<\/h4>\n<table cellspacing=\"30\" style=\"border-color: #ffffff;\" width=\"717\" height=\"1000\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/depend\/files\/2024\/01\/sabbir-profile-547x636.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"256\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/files\/2024\/01\/sabbir-profile-547x636.png 547w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/files\/2024\/01\/sabbir-profile-881x1024.png 881w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/files\/2024\/01\/sabbir-profile-768x893.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/files\/2024\/01\/sabbir-profile-1322x1536.png 1322w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/files\/2024\/01\/sabbir-profile.png 1338w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbirahmad26.github.io\/\">H M Sabbir Ahmad<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Email: sabbir92 (at) bu (dot) edu<\/p>\n<p>Ph.D. Student of SE (Summer 2022 &#8211; ); Co-advised with <a href=\"https:\/\/christosgcassandras.org\/\">Christos Cassandras<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Research interests: Safe Reinforcement Learning, Optimal Control, CPS security<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/depend\/files\/2024\/01\/Zijian-Guo-Profile-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"224\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1163\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/ja4822.github.io\/zijianguo.github.io\/\"><strong>Zijian Guo<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Email: zjguo (at) bu (dot) edu<\/p>\n<p>Ph.D. student of SE (Fall 2023 &#8211; )<\/p>\n<p><em>Research interests: Safe Reinforcement Learning, Formal Methods, Neural-Symbolic Reasoning<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/depend\/files\/2024\/01\/Chenyu-Wang-Profile.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"224\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1164\" \/><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saltcoffeeee.github.io\/\">Chenyu Wang<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Email: chyuwang (at) bu (dot) edu<\/p>\n<p>Ph.D student of ECE (Fall 2023 &#8211; ); Co-advised with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batman-lab.com\/\">Kayhan Batmanghelich<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Research interests: Explainable AI, Uncertainty Quantification, VLM<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/depend\/files\/2025\/09\/8028600.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/files\/2025\/09\/8028600.jpeg 460w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/files\/2025\/09\/8028600-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md\"><a href=\"https:\/\/necrashter.github.io\/\"><strong>\u0130lker I\u015f\u0131k<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Email: iilker (at) bu (dot) edu<\/p>\n<p>Ph.D. Student of ECE (Fall 2025 &#8211; )<\/p>\n<p><em>Research interests: Machine Learning, Formal Methods, Neuro-Symbolic AI<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong><br \/>\nAlumni<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Graduated PhD Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jiamengf.com\/\">Jiameng Fan<\/a> (Fall 2017 &#8211; Summer 2022)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dissertation: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.bu.edu\/handle\/2144\/45052\">Towards Provable Safe and Robust Learning-Enabled Systems<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Post-graduation: Software Engineer at Google<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kwardega.com\/\">Kacper Wardega<\/a> (Fall 2017 &#8211; Summer 2023)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dissertation: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.bu.edu\/handle\/2144\/46256\">Securing Multi-Robot Systems with Inter-Robot Observations and Accusations<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Post-graduation: Security Machine Learning Researcher at Stellar Cyber<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fufeisi.github.io\/\">Feisi Fu<\/a> (Fall 2019 &#8211; Spring 2024)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dissertation: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.bu.edu\/handle\/2144\/48849\">Neural Network Editing: Algorithms and Applications<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Post-graduation: Machine Learning Engineer at TikTok<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/zwc662\/\">Weichao Zhou<\/a> (Fall 2018 &#8211; Summer 2024)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dissertation: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.bu.edu\/handle\/2144\/49257\">Specification-Guided Imitation Learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Post-graduation: Postdoc at MIT \u2192 Applied Scientist at Amazon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pkiourti.github.io\/\">Panagiota Kiourti<\/a> (Fall 2018 &#8211; Summer 2024)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dissertation: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.bu.edu\/handle\/2144\/49247\">Enhancing Deep Learning Security through Explainability and Robustness<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Post-graduation: Senior Software Engineer at Carbon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Graduated Master Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yuhao Zhou (M.S. ECE, 2020) &#8211;&gt; Ph.D. Student at <span>Khoury College of Computer Sciences, <\/span>Northeastern University<br \/>\nXiaoyue Wang (M.S. ECE, 2016 &#8211; 2018) &#8211;&gt; First job: Software Engineer at ChaveTech<br \/>\nZuhayr Raghib (M.S. ECE, 2017 &#8211; 2018) &#8211;&gt; First job: AI Engineer Intern at DeepBrain Chain<br \/>\nAkash Mehta (M.S. ECE, 2017 &#8211; 2018) &#8211;&gt; First job: Software Engineer at Cerner Corporation<br \/>\nHongchen Guo (M.S. ECE, 2016 &#8211; 2017) &#8211;&gt; First job: Software Development Engineer at Amazon<br \/>\nYaqin Huang (M.S. ECE, 2016 &#8211; 2017) &#8211;&gt; First job: eDrawings R&amp;D Development Engineer at Solidworks<br \/>\nQifan He (M.S. ECE, 2017) &#8211;&gt; First job: Software Engineer at Bloomberg LP<\/p>\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zean Wan (ECE), Jilin Zheng (ECE), Sienna Chien (ECE), Samuel Keamy (ECE), Pree Simphilphan (ECE), William Fang (CS), Merna Alghannam (CS), Michael Aliberti (ECE), Zhiyuan Liu (ECE), Madiul Chowdhury (ECE), Quinn Meurer (ECE)<\/p>\n<p><strong>High School Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tarang Gaddam (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/summer\/high-school-programs\/research\/\">RISE Program<\/a>, Summer 2023) &#8211;&gt; Mechanical Engineering at UCLA<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Andy Cheng (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/summer\/high-school-programs\/research\/\">BU RISE Program<\/a>, Summer 2022) &#8211;&gt; Computer Engineering at Yale University<br \/>\nNashita Rahman (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/summer\/high-school-programs\/research\/\">BU RISE Program<\/a>, Summer 2019) &#8211;&gt; Computer Science at Columbia University<br \/>\nEdward Yang (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/summer\/high-school-programs\/research\/\">BU RISE Program<\/a>, Summer 2018) &#8211;&gt; Computer Science at University of California, San Diego<br \/>\nEddie Hew\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/summer\/high-school-programs\/research\/\">BU RISE Program<\/a>, Summer 2017) &#8211;&gt; Computer Science at Cornell University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Principal Investigator Wenchao Li Ph.D., UC Berkeley [Curriculum Vitae] Associate Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Boston University Affiliated Faculty Member Department of Computer Science Division of Systems Engineering Center for Information &amp; Systems Engineering Hariri Institute\u00a0for ComputingEmail:\u00a0[firstname] (at) bu (dot) edu Phone: (617) 353-0115 Office: 336 Photonics Center Mailing: 8 Saint Mary&#8217;s St, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12381,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1316,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/1316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/depend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}