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Patrick Soga

I'm a CS PhD student at the University of Virginia advised by Prof. Jundong Li. My interests are broadly in machine learning on graphs, geometric deep learning, and AI for science.

Previously, I did my undergrad at the University of Notre Dame where I studied CS & philosophy of math/logic and worked under professors Nitesh Chawla and David Chiang.

Publications

(*) indicates equal contribution.

Explaining Graph Neural Networks with Large Language Models: A Counterfactual Perspective on Molecule Graphs
Yinhan He, Zaiyi Zheng, Patrick Soga, Yaochen Zhu, Yushun Dong, and Jundong Li
EMNLP (Findings), 2024. arXiv
SaludConectaMX: Lessons Learned from Deploying a Cooperative Mobile Health System for Pediatric Cancer Care in Mexico
Jennifer J. Schnur*, Angélica Garcia-Martínez*, Patrick Soga*, Karla Badillo-Urquiola*, and others
CSCW, 2024. arXiv
Bridging Graph Position Encodings for Transformers with Weighted Graph-Walking Automata
Patrick Soga and David Chiang
TMLR, 2023. arXivcode
Deep Ensembles for Graphs with Higher-Order Dependencies
Steven Krieg, William Burgis, Patrick Soga, and Nitesh Chawla
ICLR, 2023. arXivcode

Work Experience

  • Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society

    6.2021 - 5.2022
    Software Developer
    Web and mobile apps for health data management

  • FloVision Solutions

    6.2021 - 3.2022
    Contracted Software Engineer
    Dashboards, deep vision models, and data pipelines

  • Million Marker

    2.2021 - 5.2021
    Software Engineering Intern
    OCR for labels

  • RJ Reliance

    12.2020 - 2.2021
    Software Development Intern
    Mock data generation and dashboards

Education

  • University of Virginia

    8.2023 - present
    Ph.D. in Computer Science
    AI/ML for graphs, geometry, and scientific applications

  • University of Notre Dame

    8.2018 - 12.2022
    B.S. in Computer Science, B.A. in Philosophy
    Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa