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Current Focus
Adaptive Graph Learning

Trustworthy AI, scientific discovery, and graph foundation models.

Academic Profile

Jo March

PhD Student in Computer Science · Graph Learning · Trustworthy AI · Foundation Model

I work on robust and adaptive learning over structured data, with a particular interest in graph neural networks, probabilistic neighborhood selection, and reliable machine learning systems for scientific settings.

AffiliationMIT CSAIL
OfficeStata Center, Cambridge
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About

Research Vision

I am a researcher working at the intersection of graph machine learning, trustworthy artificial intelligence, and structured data modeling. My recent work focuses on adaptive neighborhood sampling, reinforcement learning driven graph structure optimization, robust representation learning, probabilistic neighbor selection, and graph purification under noisy and heterogeneous settings.

More broadly, I am interested in developing principled and scalable learning frameworks for graph structured data, with applications in scientific discovery, recommendation systems, knowledge enhanced reasoning, and reliable decision making. My long term goal is to build a unified theory and system for adaptive information acquisition in large scale graph learning.

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Education

Academic Journey

2026 - Present
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD in Computer Science

Advisor: Prof. Alex Thornton. Research on graph foundation models, robust graph representation learning, and adaptive information acquisition in structured domains.

2023 - 2026
Jilin University
M.S. in Computer Science

Thesis focused on reinforcement learning driven adaptive neighborhood sampling and dual similarity guided neighbor selection in graph neural networks.

2019 - 2023
Harbin University of Science and Technology
B.S. in Information and Computing Science

Built strong foundations in mathematics, optimization, machine learning, scientific computing, and algorithmic modeling.

Research

Research Areas

Graph Neural Networks Graph Foundation Models Adaptive Sampling Information Aggregation Reinforcement Learning Structure-aware Decision Making Graph Purification Pseudo Labeling Semi-supervised Learning Confidence Calibration Trustworthy AI Scientific Data
Publications

Selected Publications

GraphFM: Foundation Models for Universal Graph Reasoning
Jo March, Michael Thompson, Elena Rodriguez, Alex Thornton
NeurIPS 2029
Introduced a pretraining and adaptation framework for universal graph reasoning across node, edge, subgraph, and graph level tasks.
Reinforced Adaptive Neighborhood Sampling for Scalable Graph Learning
Jo March, Daniel Kim, Alex Thornton
ICML 2028
Proposed a reinforcement learning based policy for node level neighborhood budget allocation with strong gains on heterophilous and noisy graphs.
Dual Similarity Guided Probabilistic Neighbor Selection in Graph Neural Networks
Jo March, Sophia Chen, Alex Thornton
ICLR 2028
Developed a probabilistic neighbor selector that unifies attribute similarity and structural role proximity to improve robust message passing.
TrustGNN: Gradient Guided Graph Purification with Reliable Pseudo Labels
Jo March, Olivia Park, Kevin Li, Alex Thornton
KDD 2027
Presented a training time graph purification strategy based on gradient behavior analysis and confidence enhanced pseudo labeling.
Confidence Infused Graph Pseudo Labeling for Robust Semi-supervised Learning
Jo March, Rachel Green, Alex Thornton
AAAI 2027
Proposed a calibrated pseudo labeling mechanism for graph neural networks that improves accuracy under sparse supervision.
Adaptive Sampling and Aggregation Graph Networks for Heterogeneous Local Structures
Jo March, Xinyu Zhao, Wenhao Liu
IEEE TPAMI, 2028
Established a unified optimization framework for adaptive sampling, scalable aggregation, and robust representation learning.
Efficient Graph Representation Learning under Noisy and Heterophilous Settings
Jo March, Daniel Kim, Sophia Chen
JMLR, 2029
Offered a comprehensive view of graph representation learning in challenging environments with new theoretical analyses and benchmarks.
Projects

Selected Projects

GraphOS: A Unified Research Platform for Adaptive Graph Learning
Principal Designer · 2027 - Present

Built an end to end research infrastructure for training, evaluating, visualizing, and benchmarking adaptive graph learning algorithms across citation networks, recommendation data, biological interaction graphs, and large scale knowledge graphs.

AI for Scientific Discovery on Molecular Interaction Graphs
Lead Researcher · 2028

Developed graph foundation model based pipelines for molecular property prediction and interaction mechanism discovery, integrating domain priors, uncertainty estimation, and multi-view graph representations.

Robust Learning on Noisy Web Graphs and Misinformation Networks
Research Project · 2027

Designed graph purification and influence aware propagation techniques to improve reliable classification and anomaly detection in noisy graph environments.

Adaptive Retrieval and Graph Enhanced Reasoning for Large Models
Collaborative Project · 2029

Explored dynamic graph construction and adaptive neighborhood retrieval for improving reasoning quality in graph augmented large language models.

Recognition

Awards and Honors

Best Paper Award
ICML 2028 Workshop on Graph Representation Learning
Rising Star in AI
Global Young Researchers Forum, 2029
Outstanding Doctoral Research Award
MIT CSAIL, 2030
National Scholarship
Graduate Academic Excellence Award
Community

Academic Service

Reviewer for NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, KDD, AAAI, WWW
Program Committee Member for graph learning and trustworthy AI workshops
Organizer of the Workshop on Adaptive Learning over Structured Data
Mentor for junior researchers in graph machine learning and scientific AI
Teaching

Courses

6.867 Machine Learning

Teaching Assistant, MIT, Fall 2028

Advanced Topics in Graph Representation Learning

Guest Lecturer, Spring 2029

Open Source

Tooling

AdaptiveGraphLab

A modular toolkit for adaptive sampling, graph purification, and robust graph representation learning.

TrustGNN Benchmark

An open benchmark for noisy and heterophilous graph learning with reproducible evaluation protocols.

Skills

Professional Skills

Core Skills

Python, PyTorch, PyTorch Geometric, Deep Learning, Scientific Computing, Large Scale Experimentation, Web-based Research Visualization

Contact

Get in Touch

Email: jinyh23@163.com

GitHub: https://github.com/KaimingHe

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DhtAFkwAAAAJ&hl=en/

Office: Stata Center, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Research Collaboration: I am always open to collaboration on graph learning, trustworthy AI, scientific machine learning, and adaptive decision making systems.

Availability

Open for research conversations

Interested in collaborations on graph learning, robust AI systems, scientific discovery, and adaptive reasoning over structured knowledge.

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Personal Vision

Dreams & Beyond

A few quiet dreams I hope to carry into the years ahead.

Beyond research and equations, I carry a quiet yet persistent curiosity about the world itself. There are places I long to reach not for achievement, but for experience, to stand in the silent snow of Hemu in Xinjiang, to feel the rhythm of the road while cycling along the eastern and western coasts of Taiwan, to walk through the streets of New York where ideas and cultures converge, and to wander across the vast landscapes of Australia under an endless sky.

These are not merely destinations, but fragments of a larger dream, to witness the beauty of this world with my own eyes, to understand different lives, and to let each journey reshape how I think, feel, and create.

And perhaps, somewhere along this journey, it would mean even more to share these moments with someone who sees the world in a similar light, a companion not only in distance but also in thought, someone to walk beside me through unfamiliar cities, to ride across long horizons, to stand quietly in vast landscapes, and to turn fleeting moments into something lasting.

In the end, I believe that research defines how far we can think, while exploration defines how deeply we can live, and the most meaningful journeys are those that are shared.