Duen Horng "Polo" Chau is Associate Chair and Professor in the School of Computational Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech's College of Computing. He is an Associate Director of Georgia Tech's MS Analytics program. He served as the Director of Industry Relations of The Institute for Data Engineering and Science (IDEaS), and the Associate Director of Corporate Relations of The Center for Machine Learning. His research bridges machine learning (ML) and visualization, creating scalable interpretable tools that enhance human understanding of large-scale data and complex ML models, solving real-world problems in cybersecurity, human-centered AI, graph mining and visualization, and social good. 
He holds a ML Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon (Dissertation Award, Honorable Mention). He received 19 best paper/poster/demo type awards and published 200+ refereed articles. He received many faculty awards (Google, Meta, Intel), the GT-wide Senior Faculty Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, and the Dean’s Award for Faculty (group) for establishing GT’s AI leadership for the College of Computing. His work has been deployed by Google, Microsoft, Meta, Nvidia, NASA, ADP, NortonLifeLock, and Atlanta Fire Rescue Department. His students won PhD fellowships (Google, Apple, IBM, JPMorgan, NASA, NSF). He teaches 1,000+ students each semester. His work has been covered by popular media: The Wall Street Journal, Wired, MIT Technology Review, Fortune, MSNBC, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Engadget, Gizmodo.