Bo Li
Overview
Her research examines machine-learning security, privacy and robustness, their interactions, and defenses against training-data poisoning and adversarial inputs.[1]
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Key facts
2018Joining Illinois
She joined the University of Illinois computer science faculty in 2018.[4]
July 11, 2019LiDAR Security Paper
She coauthored LiDAR-Adv, which optimizes objects to test evasion of LiDAR detection. The paper reports experiments on Baidu Apollo and with 3D-printed physical objects.[5]
June 17, 2020Innovator Profile
MIT Technology Review named her to its Innovators Under 35, highlighting research that uses physical adversarial attacks to identify and address weaknesses in AI systems.[6]
February 15, 2022Sloan Fellowship Announcement
Illinois announced her 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship, providing $75,000 over two years.[4]
2022IJCAI Award
That year, she received the IJCAI Computers and Thought Award, which recognizes outstanding young AI scientists.[7]
June 20, 2023DecodingTrust
She coauthored DecodingTrust, which evaluates GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 across eight perspectives, including toxicity, bias, robustness, privacy, ethics and fairness.[8]
2023NeurIPS Paper Award
The work received a NeurIPS 2023 Outstanding Paper Award in the Datasets and Benchmarks track.[8]
December 10, 2024Cybersecurity Award Announcement
The NSA selected DecodingTrust from 42 nominated papers for its twelfth annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper award, naming Bo Li among its authors.[9]
October 2, 2025RedCodeAgent
She coauthored RedCodeAgent, which uses a memory module to select and combine red-teaming tools against code agents. Simulated sandboxes assess execution results, supplementing evaluations based only on static code.[10]
June 25, 2026Meta Hiring Report
On June 25, AxiosAxiosAxios is a US digital news media company founded in 2016 by former Politico executives Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz and launched in January 2017. It is known for short news items and industry newsletters in the “Smart Brevity” style, especially for its Washington political coverage, and publishes local news newsletters in cities across the United States through Axios Local. Since 2022 it has been owned by Cox Enterprises.Open the full entry reported that she, Dawn Song, Sanmi Koyejo and other Virtue AI staff were joining Meta Superintelligence Labs. Li and Song would report to Nat Friedman.[11]
October 2, 2026Departure from Meta
On October 2, Semafor reported that Meta was letting go of its Virtue AI hires. Spokesperson Andy Stone attributed the decision to differing work styles and said the arrangement had not worked out as planned. The departing team did not immediately respond.[12]
As of October 18, 2026: Official Profiles
Virtue AI identifies her as a cofounder; its business covers enterprise AI security, governance and compliance.[3]
Illinois’s current faculty page lists her as an Abbasi Associate Professor.[2]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
Bo Li Personal Website: Official website: https://aisecure.github.io/ (opens in a new window)[1]
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Official website: https://siebelschool.illinois.edu/about/people/all-faculty/lbo (opens in a new window)[2]
Virtue AI: Official website: https://www.virtueai.com/ (opens in a new window)[3]
Bo Li LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry Public Account: Official account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lxbosky/ (opens in a new window)[3]
DecodingTrust: Official website: https://decodingtrust.github.io/ (opens in a new window)[8]
Baidu Apollo Autonomous Driving Platform: Official website: https://www.apollo.auto/ (opens in a new window)[13]
Sources
- Bo Li (opens in a new window)
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- Bo Li (opens in a new window)
- Bo Li named 2022 Sloan Research Fellow (opens in a new window)
- Adversarial Objects Against LiDAR-Based Autonomous Driving Systems (opens in a new window)
- Bo Li (opens in a new window)
- Awards (opens in a new window)
- DecodingTrust: A Comprehensive Assessment of Trustworthiness in GPT Models (opens in a new window)
- NSA Awards Authors of Assessment of Trustworthiness in GPT Models (opens in a new window)
- RedCodeAgent: Automatic Red-teaming Agent against Diverse Code Agents (opens in a new window)
- Meta hires Virtue AI founders (opens in a new window)
- Meta parts ways with Virtue AI (opens in a new window)
- 百度Apollo-自动驾驶、智能汽车解决方案 (opens in a new window)