PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Fei Fang

As of October 2026, Fei Fang is an associate professor in the Software and Societal Systems Department at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research combines machine learning with game theory to tackle societal challenges. She earned a bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University in July 2011 and a computer science PhD from the University of Southern California in June 2016. In 2016 she and Milind Tambe presented Deploying PAWS to Combat Poaching, a demonstration of game-theoretic patrolling. IJCAI gave her its 2021 Computers and Thought Award, and she received a 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship.

Works
254
Citations
5,434
h-index
38

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. July 2011

    A Tsinghua engineering degree

    She receives a bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University's Department of Electronic Engineering in July 2011.

  2. 2016

    Deploying PAWS against poaching

    In 2016 she and Milind Tambe present Deploying PAWS to Combat Poaching, a demonstration of game-theoretic patrolling.

  3. June 2016

    A USC doctorate under Tambe

    She completes a computer science PhD at the University of Southern California in June 2016, advised by Milind Tambe.

  4. By 2018

    An assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon

    In January 2018 she is an assistant professor in the Institute for Software Research at Carnegie Mellon, after a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard's Center for Research on Computation and Society.

  5. 2021

    A Computers and Thought Award

    IJCAI gives her the 2021 Computers and Thought Award for integrating machine learning with game theory to tackle societal challenges. She also receives an NSF CAREER Award in 2021.

  6. 2022–2023

    Sloan and Newell honors

    She wins a 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship and the Allen Newell Award for Research Excellence in 2023.

  7. As of October 2026

    Associate professor at Carnegie Mellon

    She is an associate professor at the Software and Societal Systems Department in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.

Sources and credits

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  1. Fei Feng - CyLab Security and Privacy Institute cylab.cmu.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. Deploying PAWS to Combat Poaching: Game-Theoretic Patrolling in Areas with Complex Terrain (Demonstration) | Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence ojs.aaai.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. ISR AI Research Featured by IEEE Spectrum and Discover - Software and Societal Systems Department - School of Computer Science - Carnegie Mellon University s3d.cmu.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. Fang, Sandholm Honored for Significant Contributions to AI - News - Carnegie Mellon University cmu.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. IJCAI Awards | IJCAI ijcai.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. Fei Fang - Software and Societal Systems Department - School of Computer Science - Carnegie Mellon University s3d.cmu.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  7. Fei Fang - Societal Computing PhD Program - Software and Societal Systems Department - Carnegie Mellon University cos.cs.cmu.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  8. Fei Fang - Aspen Digital aspendigital.org. Checked 14 October 2026.