People

Benjamin C. Lee

Professor of Computer and Information Science and Electrical and Systems Engineering

Ben Lee's research focuses on computer architecture, energy efficiency, and system security. He builds interdisciplinary links to machine learning and algorithmic economics to better design and manage computer systems.

• Computer and Information Science
• Electrical and Systems Engineering

Annie Liang

Former Faculty Affiliate

Annie Liang is an Associate Professor of economics and (by courtesy) of computer science at Northwestern University. Her work is at the intersection of economic theory, machine learning, and behavioral/experimental economics.

• Economics

Kristian Lum

Former Faculty Affiliate

Kristian Lum is currently an Associate Research Professor at University of Chicago’s Data Science Institute. She is a founding member of the Executive Committee of ACM conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, the premier venue for work on the societal impacts of algorithmic systems.

• Computer and Information Science

George Mailath

Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics

George J. Mailath’s research interests include pricing, noncooperative game theory, evolutionary game theory, repeated games, social norms, and the foundations of reputations.

• Economics

Jieming Mao

Former Warren Center Postdoctoral Fellow

Jieming Mao is currently a research scientist at Google Research New York. He is generally interested in theoretical computer science. More specifically, he is interested in multi-armed bandit, algorithmic game theory, communication complexity and information theory.

• Computer and Information Science

Nikolai Matni

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering

Nik Matni's research interests broadly encompass the use of learning, optimization, and control in the design and analysis of safety-critical and data-driven cyber-physical systems.

• Electrical and Systems Engineering

Sandy Mayson

Professor of Law

Sandy Mayson researches and writes in the fields of criminal law, constitutional law, and legal theory, with a focus on the role of preventive restraint in the criminal legal system.

• Law

Chai Molina

Former Warren Center Postdoctoral Fellow

Chai Molina is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University. His research focuses on mitigating the detrimental effects of scientific uncertainty on cooperation in international environmental agreements to prevent catastrophic climate change.

• Biology