Lili Su
Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Contact
- l.su@northeastern.edu
- 409 DA
360 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Research Focus
Distributed machine learning, security and fault-tolerance, neural computation, bio-inspired distributed algorithms, blockchains, autonomous cars, algorithm design
Education
- PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017
- MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014
Honors & Awards
- Best Student Paper Award Finalist, DISC 2016
- Best Student Paper Award, SSS 2015
- Rising Stars EECS 2018
Research Overview
Distributed machine learning, security and fault-tolerance, neural computation, bio-inspired distributed algorithms, blockchains, autonomous cars, algorithm design
Selected Research Projects
- Distributed Machine Learning Security
Principle Investigator, Center for Science of Information, National Science Foundation
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- L. Su, N.H. Vaidya, Non-Bayesian Learning in the Presence of Byzantine Adversaries, Distributed Computing, Springer, 32(4), 2019, 277-289
- L. Su, P. Yang, On Learning Over-parameterized Neural Networks: A Functional Approximation Perspective, Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), 2019, 2641-2650
- L. Su, J. Xu, Securing Distributed Gradient Descent in High Dimensional Statistical Learning, ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems, 3(1), 2019, 12
- L. Su, C.-J. Chang, N. Lynch, Spike-Based Winner-Take-All Computation: Fundamental Limits and Order-Optimal Circuits, Neural Computation, The MIT Press, 31(12), 2019, 2523-2561
- Y. Chen, L. Su, J. Xu, Distributed Statistical Machine Learning in Adversarial Settings: Byzantine Gradient Descent,
ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems, 1(2), 2017, 44
Sep 02, 2020
New Faculty Spotlight: Lili Su
Lili Su joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in August 2020 as an Assistant Professor.