Zhichao (Chris) Hou Academic webpage of Zhichao Hou, PhD student at NCSU https://chris-hzc.github.io/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:27:58 +0000 Our paper on <a href="https://trustworthyshopping.aboutamazon.com/">Robustness in Directed Graphs</a> is accepted by ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data (TKDD). Our paper on <a href="https://trustworthyshopping.aboutamazon.com/">Robustness in Directed Graphs</a> is accepted by ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data (TKDD). Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://chris-hzc.github.io/allnews.html The Neurosymbolic LLM Reasoning proposal I led was honored with an <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7465507781932982272/">Amazon Research Award</a>. The Neurosymbolic LLM Reasoning proposal I led was honored with an <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7465507781932982272/">Amazon Research Award</a>. Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://chris-hzc.github.io/allnews.html I join <a href="https://trustworthyshopping.aboutamazon.com/">Trustworthy Shopping AI Team at Amazon</a> as an Applied Scientist intern at Seattle. I join <a href="https://trustworthyshopping.aboutamazon.com/">Trustworthy Shopping AI Team at Amazon</a> as an Applied Scientist intern at Seattle. Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://chris-hzc.github.io/allnews.html Our papers on <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.26981">Scalable Attack</a> and <a href="">Molecular Generation</a> are accepted by ICLR 2026. See you in Rio de Janeiro! Our papers on <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.26981">Scalable Attack</a> and <a href="">Molecular Generation</a> are accepted by ICLR 2026. See you in Rio de Janeiro! Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://chris-hzc.github.io/allnews.html I join <a href="https://www.amazon.science/research-areas/automated-reasoning">Automated Reasoning Group at AWS AI</a> as an Applied Scientist intern at New York. I join <a href="https://www.amazon.science/research-areas/automated-reasoning">Automated Reasoning Group at AWS AI</a> as an Applied Scientist intern at New York. Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://chris-hzc.github.io/allnews.html Our paper <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22463">"Modulated Diffusion"</a> is accepted by ICML 2025. See you in Vancouver! Our paper <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22463">"Modulated Diffusion"</a> is accepted by ICML 2025. See you in Vancouver! Fri, 02 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://chris-hzc.github.io/allnews.html Our paper on <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.16252">"Scientific Discovery in Bioinformatics"</a> is accepted by ICLR 2025 Workshop XAI4Science. Our paper on <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.16252">"Scientific Discovery in Bioinformatics"</a> is accepted by ICLR 2025 Workshop XAI4Science. Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://chris-hzc.github.io/allnews.html Our paper on <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.04577">Robustness Reprogramming</a> is selected as a Spotlight paper (1.4% &asymp; 162/11670) by ICLR 2025. Our paper on <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.04577">Robustness Reprogramming</a> is selected as a Spotlight paper (1.4% &asymp; 162/11670) by ICLR 2025. Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://chris-hzc.github.io/allnews.html Our paper on <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.04577">Robustness Reprogramming</a> is accepted by ICLR 2025. See you in Singapore! Our paper on <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.04577">Robustness Reprogramming</a> is accepted by ICLR 2025. See you in Singapore! Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://chris-hzc.github.io/allnews.html I give a tutorial at <a href="https://dsaa2024.dsaa.co/program-at-a-glance.html">DSAA</a> about <a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10722771">"Adversarial Robustness in Graph Neural Networks"</a>. I give a tutorial at <a href="https://dsaa2024.dsaa.co/program-at-a-glance.html">DSAA</a> about <a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10722771">"Adversarial Robustness in Graph Neural Networks"</a>. Wed, 02 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://chris-hzc.github.io/allnews.html Our papers on <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.23182">Robust Transformers</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.14934v2">Robust GNNs</a>, and <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.00899">Efficient Certifiable Robustness</a> are accepted by NeurIPS 2024. See you in Vancouver! Our papers on <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.23182">Robust Transformers</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.14934v2">Robust GNNs</a>, and <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.00899">Efficient Certifiable Robustness</a> are accepted by NeurIPS 2024. See you in Vancouver! Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://chris-hzc.github.io/allnews.html I receive the National AI Research Resource Pilot Award for our research on exploring and enhancing the robustness of LLMs and foundation models. I receive the National AI Research Resource Pilot Award for our research on exploring and enhancing the robustness of LLMs and foundation models. Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://chris-hzc.github.io/allnews.html I join <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/guardduty/">Amazon AWS GuardDuty</a> as an Applied Scientist intern at New York. I join <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/guardduty/">Amazon AWS GuardDuty</a> as an Applied Scientist intern at New York. Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://chris-hzc.github.io/allnews.html Our tutorial on "Adversarial Robustness in Graph Neural Networks" is accepted by DSAA 2024. See you in San Diego! Our tutorial on "Adversarial Robustness in Graph Neural Networks" is accepted by DSAA 2024. See you in San Diego! Thu, 02 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://chris-hzc.github.io/allnews.html I receive the Summer Graduate Merit Awards. I receive the Summer Graduate Merit Awards. Fri, 03 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://chris-hzc.github.io/allnews.html Our paper on <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.23182">Robust Transformers</a> is accepted by ICLR 2024 Workshop on Reliable and Responsible Foundation Models. Our paper on <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.23182">Robust Transformers</a> is accepted by ICLR 2024 Workshop on Reliable and Responsible Foundation Models. Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://chris-hzc.github.io/allnews.html Our paper on <a href="https://academic.oup.com/bib/article/25/2/bbae093/7630481">Single-Cell ATAC-seq Analysis</a> is accepted by Briefings in Bioinformatics. Our paper on <a href="https://academic.oup.com/bib/article/25/2/bbae093/7630481">Single-Cell ATAC-seq Analysis</a> is accepted by Briefings in Bioinformatics. Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://chris-hzc.github.io/allnews.html Our paper on <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.12868">Physical Dynamics</a> is accepted by NeurIPS 2023. See you in New Orleans! Our paper on <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.12868">Physical Dynamics</a> is accepted by NeurIPS 2023. See you in New Orleans! Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://chris-hzc.github.io/allnews.html One paper on <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37968615/">Explainable Survival Analysis</a> is accepted by BMC Bioinformatics. One paper on <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37968615/">Explainable Survival Analysis</a> is accepted by BMC Bioinformatics. Sat, 02 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://chris-hzc.github.io/allnews.html I join Big Search team in <a href="https://ir.baidu.com/">Baidu, Inc.</a> as a research intern at Beijing. I join Big Search team in <a href="https://ir.baidu.com/">Baidu, Inc.</a> as a research intern at Beijing. Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://chris-hzc.github.io/allnews.html