About me


Hello! My name is Alaia, and I am a third-year Ph.D. student at the University of Pennsylvania. I am fortunate to be advised by Rajeev Alur. My current research interests include:

  • Scalable neurosymbolic learning algorithms
  • Neurosymbolic applications, including reducing hallucinations in LLM-generated code and ML predictions in clinical settings.

In the past, I have interned in the Automated Reasoning Group at AWS where I worked on using formal methods to improve the trustworthiness of LLM-generated code. My research has previously been supported by a gift from AWS.

Research

All publications

Teaching

University of Pennsylvania

  • Spring 2024 TA for CIS 7000: Special Topics: Trustworthy Machine Learning
  • Fall 2023 TA for CIS 5000: Software Foundations

Cornell University

  • Spring 2022 TA for CS 4160/5160: Formal Verification
  • Fall 2021 TA for CS 3110: Data Structures and Functional Programming
  • Spring 2021 TA for CS 4820: Introduction to Analysis of Algorithms
  • Fall 2020 TA for CS 4820: Introduction to Analysis of Algorithms
  • Spring 2020 TA for CS 3110: Data Structures and Functional Programming
  • Fall 2019 TA for CS 3110: Data Structures and Functional Programming

Service

  • Reviewer, NeurIPS 2025

Other

Outside of academic things, I like to run and read. I am also passionate about animal rights and veganism 🌱. In a past life, I was an avid Tetris player.