Pengfei Li is an Assistant Professor in the School of Information at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Riverside, under the supervision of Prof. Shaolei Ren. Prior to that, I received an M.S.E. in Robotics from Johns Hopkins University and a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from Zhejiang University.
His overarching research goal is to develop trustworthy, sustainable and equitable machine learning systems that enhance the efficiency of real-world systems and address critical societal and environmental challenges.
- Trustworthy Online Algorithms: Addressing fundamental theoretical and algorithmic challenges in online algorithms, towards strict robustness, safety and fairness guarantees
- Sustainable AI: Modeling and measuring resource consumption and environmental footprint during the deployment of AI system, mitigating these negative impacts with principled approaches
- Environmental and Social Fairness: Developing algorithmic solutions to mitigate the environmental and social inequities