Bistra Dilkina
Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Early Career Chair in Computer Science and Associate Professor of Computer Science
Combines machine learning and combinatorial optimization for computational sustainability problems such as conservation planning.
Bistra Dilkina's lab at USC works on learning theory & optimization. 30 papers since 2023, 8 at top venues, mostly ICML and AAAI. 21 PhD students and 1 master's student. 31 alumni, most often to Microsoft and Amazon. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 8/ year
- at T1 venues
- 27%
- PhD students
- 21
- MS students
- 1
- alumni listed
- 31
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 0 papers2026 · T1 0 · collecting
- 7 papers2025 · T1 1
- 1 papers2024 · T1 0
- 22 papers2023 · T1 7
T1 venuesOtherVenues: ICML, AAAI, AAMAS, ICAPS, Nature
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Learning theory & optimization9 papers
- conservation1 paper
- combinatorial optimization0 papers
- combines machine0 papers
- sustainability0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
20257 papers
- Prevention ScienceAI‑Augmented Prevention Science Needs Community‑Engaged Prevention Science: a Framework for Greater Accountability (opens in a new tab)
- Drug and Alcohol DependenceDaily associations between sleep quality, stress, and cannabis or alcohol use among veterans (opens in a new tab)
- Nature (T1)Encoding and decoding illegal wildlife trade networks reveals key airport characteristics and undetected hotspots (opens in a new tab)
- Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)Evaluating Evaluation Metrics — The Mirage of Hallucination Detection (opens in a new tab)
- PLOS ONEForecasting acute childhood malnutrition in Kenya using machine learning and diverse sets of indicators (opens in a new tab)
- Natural Resource ModelingMultilevel Decision-Making and Protected Area Prioritization (opens in a new tab)
- AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and SocietyToward AI Matching Policies in Homeless Services: A Qualitative Study with Policymakers (opens in a new tab)
20241 paper
- Journal of Substance Use and Addiction TreatmentExploring predictors of substance use disorder treatment engagement with machine learning: The impact of social determinants of health in the therapeutic landscape (opens in a new tab)
202322 papers
- Big Earth DataA data directory to facilitate investigations on worldwide wildlife trafficking (opens in a new tab)
- AAMAS (T1)A Learning Approach to Complex Contagion Influence Maximization (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of PreventionA Longitudinal Exploration of How Connections to Staff Facilitate Efficacy and Service Use in Drop-in Centers Serving Youth Experiencing Homelessness (opens in a new tab)
- PNAS (T1)Advancing interdisciplinary science for disrupting wildlife trafficking networks (opens in a new tab)
- INFORMS, CCC, ACM SIGAIArtificial Intelligence/Operations Research Workshop 2 Report Out (opens in a new tab)
- ICAPSDeadline-aware multi-agent tour planning (opens in a new tab)
- Current HIV/AIDS ReportsDigital Epidemiological Approaches in HIV Research: a Scoping Methodological Review (opens in a new tab)
- AAAI (T1)Fairness in Contextual Resource Allocation Systems: Metrics and Incompatibility Results (opens in a new tab)
- IISE TransactionsInterdiction of wildlife trafficking supply chains: An analytical approach (opens in a new tab)
- NeurIPS (T1)Landscape Surrogate: Learning Decision Losses for Mathematical Optimization Under Partial Information (opens in a new tab)
- AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society. August 8-10Learning Optimal Fair Decision Trees: Trade-offs between Interpretability, Fairness, Accuracy (opens in a new tab)
- AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and SocietyLearning Optimal Fair Decision Trees: Trade-offs Between Interpretability, Fairness, and Accuracy (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went31 listed, 46% to industry
Industry 13Academia 15
Most often to
- Microsoft
- Amazon
- Aptima Inc.
Also to
- Harvard University
- Arizona State University
- Cornell University
Apply to USCFall 2027
Computer Science PhD (Viterbi)
- Round
- Single round (Dec 15)
- Opens
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