Siming Liu

Dr. Siming Liu

Associate Professor

  • Cheek Hall 307
  • (417) 836-3068
  • SimingLiu@MissouriState.edu
  • Computer Science Department 
  • Missouri State University
  • Springfield, Missouri 65897, U.S.A.                                           

Biography

Dr. Liu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and the Director of the Security and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL) at Missouri State University (MSU). He earned his PhD in Artificial Intelligence for Real-Time Strategy (RTS) Games in 2015, under the supervision of Professor Sushil Louis in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). Dr. Liu’s research focuses on search, optimization, machine learning, and computational intelligence, with a particular emphasis on applications in computer games and simulations. He is a Co-Principal Investigator on the NSF-funded RET: ROSE project and has contributed to research projects funded by federal agencies, including the DOT, NSF, and ONR, as well as by local industry partners such as BioClarity and NDOT. Prior to his current role, Dr. Liu served as a Research Assistant Professor at the Evolutionary Computing Systems Lab (ECSL) at UNR, under the direction of Professor Sushil Louis.

 
 

Education

    PhD, Computer Science, 2015, University of Nevada, Reno – Nevada
    MS, Software Engineering, 2005, Hunan University – China
    BS, Communication Engineering, 2002, Hunan University – China

 

Teaching

    CSC 131 Computational Thinking
    CSC 360 Operating Systems
    CSC 736 Machine Learning

Professional experience

    Missouri State University, Associate Professor, 2024-Present
    Missouri State University, Assistant Professor, 2019-2024
    University of Nevada, Research Assistant Professor and Lecturer, 2015-2018
    Nokia Siemens Networks, Software Engineer, 2008-2009
    Huawei Technologies, Software Engineer, 2005-2007

Professional affiliations

    Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
    Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Research and professional interests

    Search and Optimization
    Machine learning
    Evolutionary computation
    Artificial intelligence
    Parallel and distributed computing
    Games and Simulations
    Computer Science Education

Grants

  • Co-PI: NSF-RET Site: Computer Science Research Opportunity for Smart Environments (ROSE), $600,000, 2023 - 2025
  • Co-PI: O’Reilly Auto Parts, Corp. Equipment Award, $100,000, 2020
  • PI: NVidia Academic Hardware Grant, $3,000, 2019

Awards and honors

    CNAS Excellence in Research Award, Missouri State University, 2023

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Missouri State University