Dr Shanfeng Hu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. He earned his PhD from the same department in 2020 and joined the faculty as a Lecturer soon after. During his PhD from 2018 to 2020, Dr Hu gained practical industry experience as a Senior Data Scientist in the financial sector. His research interests include machine learning, causal reasoning, and mechanism design, with funded projects in advanced manufacturing (Innovate UK KTP), supply chain (Digital Catapult, Innovate UK ISCF), and digital health (EU Erasmus+, EU MSCA).
Adewumi Ojuolape Proposed project title: Causal Discovery Using Large Language Models and Data-Driven Graph Search Start Date: 01/10/2023
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