Research

  • For an up-to-date list, check my Google Scholar.

    • National Science Foundation

      • Graph Imbalanced Regression (2026). PI, $600k (submitted)

    • Notre Dame-IBM Tech Ethics Lab

      • Governance and Risk Assessment of Large Language Models (2024-2026) with Michael Hind and Elizabeth Daly (IBM Research}. PI, $76k

      • Explainability and Interpretability in Large Language Models (2024-2026) with  Keerthiram Murugesan (IBM Research). Co-PI, $76k

      • Energy-Efficient Large Language Models (2024-2026) with Payel Das and Youssef Mroueh (IBM Research). PI, $76k

      • Mitigating Ethical Risks in Large Language Models through Localized Unlearning (2024-2025) with Josep Domingo-Ferrer (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Catalonia). ND PI, $60k

      • How LLMs Modulate our Collective Memory and its Ethical Implications (2024-2025) with Jasna Curkovic Nimac (Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia). ND PI, $60k

      • Ethical LLM-based Approach to Improve Early Childhood Development in Children with Cancer in LMICs (2024-2025) with Horacio Márquez-González (Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez). ND Co-PI, $60k

    • University of Notre Dame

      • 20W Experiment: Machine Ability vs Human Intelligence (2023) with Don Brower (University of Notre Dame). PI, $10k

      • AI for Humanity: Overcoming the Evaluation and Monitoring Gap (2023) with Nitesh Chawla (University of Notre Dame). Co-PI, $15k

      • TALE: Trustworthy AI Lab for Education (2023) with Alison Cheng (University of Notre Dame). Co-I, $15k

    • European Space Agency

      • PORT XXI: Space Enabled Sustainable Port Services (2020-2021). WP Leader, €200k

    • European Structural and Investment Funds

      • CONTINENTAL: Factory of the Future (2022-2024). Co-I, €10.25M

      • AIDA: Adaptive, Intelligent, and Distributed Assurance Platform (2020-2022). Co-I, €1.2M

    • Industry R&D Services and Consulting

      • RUTE: Randtech Update and Test Environment (2018-2020). Co-PI, €50k

      • UbiRider: Underground Railways Activities Recognition Using Smartphone Data (2018-2019). Co-PI, €50k

    • Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology

      • LUCCA: AI-based Models for Lung Cancer Characterization (2023) with Tânia Pereira (Universidade de Coimbra). WP Leader, €50k