Dr. Siming Liu

Department

Computer Science

Role: Faculty
Campus: Springfield

Postal mail

Missouri State University
Computer Science
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield, MO 65897

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.

Details

Education

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

Teaching

  • CSC131 Computational Thinking
  • CSC360 Operating Systems
  • CSC540 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
  • CSC736 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

Awards and honors

CNAS Excellence in Research Award, Missouri State University, 2023

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