Dr. A. Narayan, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario (Western). Dr. Narayan is an early career researcher who has made significant contributions in the domains of machine learning, data science, software engineering, and explainable AI. Dr. Narayan leads the Intelligent Data Science Lab (IDSL) at Western, that spans trainees across the University of British Columbia and the University of Waterloo.

IDSL has experience in data science, machine learning, decision-making under uncertainty, and robust & explainable AI systems. Dr. Narayan’s research in AI and AI-enabled systems addresses the many multi-dimensional challenges to improving their safety and security, including novel methods and techniques in areas such as reachability analysis for neural-network controlled systems, neural network attacks (both Trojan and adversarial), defenses, and reinforcement learning.