Tyler Derr

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Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science, College of Connected Computing
Vanderbilt University

Network and Data Science (NDS) Lab

Email: (first).(last)@vanderbilt.edu
Office: 4030 Sony Building
Mail: 400 24th Ave S Rm 254, Nashville, TN 37212

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Short Bio

Dr. Tyler Derr is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Vanderbilt University and Director of the Network and Data Science Lab. His research advances graph machine learning and data-centric AI, with applications such as social networks, recommender systems, and drug discovery. He has published 60+ papers in top AI/DM/ML venues, received the NSF CAREER Award and numerous other research accolades, and is active in the research community through major conference leadership, tutorials, and mentoring award-winning students. (Extended versions can be found here.)

Selected Highlights

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Awards & Recognition

  • NSF CAREER Award (2023)
  • NVIDIA Academic Grant Program Award (2024)
  • Young Investigator Best Paper Award - KDD'25 Health Day
  • Best Paper Award - GLFrontiers Workshop at NeurIPS'23
  • Teaching Innovation Award - VU Engineering Fall'20
  • Vanderbilt Career Catalyst Impact Award (2025)

Leadership & Service

  • Associate Editor: ACM TKDD, IEEE TBD, Tsinghua Science and Technology
  • Organizing Committees: KDD, CIKM, SDM, DSAA, WSDM
  • Tutorials at AAAI, KDD, CIKM, SDM
  • Invited Talks at ACM WebConf, Tsinghua University, NTU, UIUC, Max Planck Institute, etc.

Research Interests

Data Mining, Machine Learning, Data-centric AI, Social network analysis, Recommender systems, Deep learning on graphs, Responsible and trustworthy AI, AI for social good (e.g., drug discovery, education, political science)

[Open positions]
I am recruiting PhD students to work with us in the NDS Lab on topics in our general interests (see NDS Lab research interests to the right).
Master's and undergraduate students within Vanderbilt University and visiting scholars are also welcome. Please feel free to email me.
Please see here for position details.

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