Welcome!
My name is Zois Boukouvalas and I am an Assistant Professor at the Mathematics and Statistics Department at American University.
I received my PhD in Applied Mathematics from University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) in 2017 under
the supervision of Dr. Tülay Adali.
My research focuses on the development of interpretable machine learning models and algorithms for the analysis of multi-modal data, by combining aspects from information geometry, mathematical statistics, and numerical optimization. My work involves different types of data, including biomedical images for studying psychiatric illnesses, social and linguistics data for understanding political and social trends, and chemical data for drug discovery and materials design. I am communicating my research findings through peer-review publications, invited talks, and podcast interviews, and I have been the lead principal investigator of several research grants. Through my research and teaching activities, my goal is to create effective environments that encourage and support the success of underrepresented students for entry into machine learning careers.