Duoduo (Lindi) Liao, Ph.D.


Associate Professor

School of Computing
George Mason University




Dr. Liao has 20+ years of in-depth R&D experience across academia, industry, and government. She has developed numerous research projects and industrial products, authorized over 60 peer-reviewed research publications, including two books on 3D graphics & GPUs and one book chapter on Big Data computing, and been invited to give talks at prestigious industrial enterprises and universities, such as AMD, Siemens Research, Capital One, ESRI, and Carnegie Mellon University. She has also initiated and established bridges between the government, industry, and universities to formulate cutting-edge technology directions. Prior to the faculty rank at George Mason University, she served as CTO/Head of Research in several industries, including a Fortune Global 30 company, where she led R&D of emerging technologies in multimodal AI, Big Data computing, self-driving cars, and 3D/VR/AR/XR. During her tenure, she also served as PhD Co-Advisor on the dissertation committees in the Department of Computer Science at George Washington University. Previously, she worked at the U.S. Department Of Transportation (US DOT) FAA/FHWA research center and national laboratories.


Research Interests

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI), Multimodal AI, Generative AI, Agentic Reasoning
  • Machine Learning (ML), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Computer Vision (CV)
  • AI for Music & Arts, Brain Computing, Big Data Computing, Cybersecurity
  • Self-Driving Cars, Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
  • Real-time 3D/VR/XR, Multicore Architectures, Geospatial Computing

Degrees

Research & Publications

Passion for AI, Beyond your imagination

Publications

Teaching

Open a new world to AI and Big Data

AIT 726 - Natural Language Processing with Deep Learning

Course syllabus

AIT 526 - Introduction to Natural Language Processing

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AIT 736 - Applied Machine Learning

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AIT 614 - Big Data Essentials

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AIT 580 - Analytics: Big Data to Info

Course syllabus

AIT 524 - Database Management Systems
IT 415 - Information Visualization
New Courses:
Multimodal AI, Generative AI, AI Essentials: Key Teches & Applications, Computer Vision, AI for Robotics & Self-Driving Cars, AI for Arts & Music.



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