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Last published 2026
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Xintao Wu

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Federal Grant PI High Impact

Professor

Also affiliated: South China Agricultural University (2011); University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2002–2014); University of Vermont (2016); North Carolina State University (2005); Baylor University (2026); George Mason University (1999–2001); Hefei University of Technology (2015); University of Oregon (2019); University of Arkansas System (2017–2026); Beijing Chaoyang Emergency Medical Center (2024); East China Normal University (2025); Beijing University of Chemical Technology (2023–2024); Zhejiang University (2024–2025); Shanghai Maritime University (2024)

Faculty Researcher

41 h-index 354 pubs 6,219 cited

  • Humans
  • Computational Biology
  • Male
  • Electromyography
  • Movement
  • Infant
  • Bayes Theorem
  • Genomics
  • Genetic Privacy
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Algorithms
  • Genotype
  • Models, Genetic
  • Phenotype
  • Models, Statistical

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Xintao Wu's research focuses on developing and applying advanced computational methods, particularly in machine learning and artificial intelligence, to address complex challenges in areas such as fairness, privacy, and medical imaging. His work has explored the creation of pre-trained language models for specialized domains, including mathematics education and general natural language processing tasks.

Wu has received federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research aimed at achieving counterfactually fair machine learning through causal modeling and for investigating fair regression under sample selection bias. His publications include studies on log anomaly detection, insider threat detection, and the empirical analysis of large visual language models for medical imaging. He also co-authored work on statistical and causal fairness, providing frameworks for understanding and mitigating disparate impacts in machine learning models.

With a scholarly output reflected in an h-index of 41 and over 6,000 citations across more than 350 publications, Wu is recognized as a highly cited researcher. He maintains an active research group at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, collaborating with colleagues on various projects. His research network includes consistent collaborations with Minh-Hao Van, Alycia N. Carey, Aneesh Komanduri, and Prateek Verma.

Metrics

  • h-index: 41
  • Publications: 354
  • Citations: 6,219

Selected Publications

  • StraightDP: Geometry-Aware Differential Privacy for Rectified-Flow Transformers (2026)
    arXiv (Cornell University) OpenAlex
  • Leveraging Foundation Models for Causal Generative Modeling (2026)
  • How Does Differential Privacy Affect Social Bias in LLMs? A Systematic Evaluation (2026)
  • Vision language models for scientific image analysis: an evaluation highlighting opportunities and challenges (2026)
  • Class-Domain Incremental Learning on Graphs via Disentangled Knowledge Distillation (2026)
  • AdaptJobRec: Enhancing Conversational Career Recommendation Through an LLM-Powered Agentic System (2026)
  • Out-of-Distribution Detection with Positive and Negative Prompt Supervision Using Large Language Models (2026)
  • LLM-Enhanced Energy Contrastive Learning for Out-of-Distribution Detection in Text-Attributed Graphs (2026)
  • Achieving Distributive Justice in Federated Learning via Uncertainty Quantification (2026)
  • LLM-Enhanced Energy Contrastive Learning for Out-of-Distribution Detection in Text-Attributed Graphs (2026)
  • A Survey of AI for Materials Science: Foundation Models, LLM Agents, Datasets, and Tools (2026)
    ACM Computing Surveys 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A survey on computational pathology foundation models: datasets, adaptation strategies, and evaluation tasks (2026)
    Knowledge and Information Systems 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A Machine Learning Framework for Automated Computational Ethology Using Markerless Pose Estimation (2025)
  • Fine-Tuning Vision-Language Models for Multimodal Polymer Property Prediction (2025)
  • A Hybrid Large Vision Model Powered GUI Agent for Walmart Myassistant Application (2025)

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Federal Grants 2 $634,828 total

NSF Co-PI Oct 2021 - Sep 2026

III:Small: Counterfactually Fair Machine Learning through Causal Modeling

Info Integration & Informatics $484,828
NSF PI Sep 2021 - Aug 2023

EAGER: Towards Fair Regression under Sample Selection Bias

Info Integration & Informatics $150,000

Collaboration Network

111 Collaborators 28 Institutions 4 Countries

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