Thu Bui
Currently, I am working at Purdue University advised by Professor Bruno Ribeiro, I work on GNN models incorporating randomness to boost efficiency and performance, as well as addressing out-of-distribution challenges.
I completed my bachelor's degree with Honors in Computer Science and Mathematics at Trinity College in 2021
under the supervision of Professor Ryan Pellico (Mathematics) and Professor Ewa Syta (Computer Science).
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News
- 10/2024: One paper accepted at Unifying Representations in Neural Models Workshop (UniReps) 2024.
- 10/2024: One paper published at Manufacturing Letters (MFGLET) 41.
- 05/2024: One paper accepted at Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI) 2024.
- 03/2024: One paper accepted at North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC) 52.
- 08/2021: I started my journey with Purdue University
- 05/2021: I graduated Magna Cum Laude from Trinity College.
Research
My research focuses on graph learning and out-of-distribution problems.
I work on improving efficiency and performance for GNN models by incorporating randomness as an alternative to end-to-end training.
I’m also interested in enhancing the out-of-distribution robustness of deep neural networks using transformation invariances.
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Random Propagations in Graph Neural Networks
Thu Bui,
Anugunj Naman,
Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb,
Bruno Ribeiro,
Beatrice Bevilacqua,
Moshe Eliasof,
UniReps Workshop, 2024 | Under review, 2024
Extended Abstract
Developed RAP-GNN, an efficient and performant alternative to the end-to-end training in GNNs,
reducing runtime by up to 6 times and memory usage by up to 3 times
while maintaining or even surpassing performanceby using random weights for message-passing.
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Anonymous
Under review, 2024
Developed a test-time adaptation method for pretrained models accessed via any API,
specifically targeting transformation-based out-of-distribution challenges,
with a particular focus on color changes, achieving up to a 10% improvement over baseline models.
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Online real-time machining chatter sound detection using convolutional neural network by adopting expert knowledge
Eunseob Kim,
Thu Bui,
Junyi Yuan,
S Chandra Mouli,
Bruno Ribeiro,
Raymond A. Yeh,
Michael P. Fassnacht,
Martin B.G. Jun,
NAMRC, 52 and Manufacturing Letters, 42
paper
Introduced a novel approach to detect machining chatter by blending expert knowledge with CNNs.
The framework digitizes machine tool and sound data, enhancing chatter event labeling accuracy.
With an attention block, the model surpasses baselines in both in-distribution and out-of-distribution testing,
achieving impressive accuracies of 96% on known and 94.51% on unknown machine tools.
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Reviewer
UniReps 2024, ICLR 2025
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Teaching assistant (2021-2022 and 2023 - Now)
Purdue University
Teaching assistant in several fundamental computer science classes.
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Invited Speaker
SMART Films Consortium 2023
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Invited Speaker
Mathematical Association of America Northeastern Section Fall 2019 Conference
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