Dr. Tingting Zhang’s Lab

Pioneering AI for resilience, health, and wellbeing

Dr. Tingting Zhang’s research interests are emerging technology adoptions for business resilience and community wellbeing.

Highlights of Research Achievements

PI: AI-driven human trafficking interventions for safeguarding women and girls. Funded by HHS Office of Women’s Office (2024)

PD: Center for Biological and Food Innovations in AI and Robotics for Children’s Nutrition and Health (2025)

PI: AI-driven solutions for protecting teenagers’ online safety Funded by CyberFlorida PhaseZERO (2025)

PI: Infectious Diseases and Travel Health Initiative (2024)

Co-PI: Journey through the Human Body: an educational entertainment theme park (2024)

Recent publications

FG-SMOTE: Building Fairer AI for a Fairer World
Our breakthrough framework, FG-SMOTE, empowers graph neural networks to make smarter and more equitable decisions. By generating diverse, bias-free synthetic data, it prevents unfair outcomes in areas like finance, healthcare, and social platforms—ensuring AI systems serve everyone with integrity, not inequality.

Read more: https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3715073.3715082

Technology transfer practices

Guardiané: unites AI-powered risk detection, tailored parental tools, and integrated counselor networks to close the gap in digital safety and mental health for children.

Empowering Healthy Futures with AI and Robotics
We integrate AI, robotics, and USDA-validated recipes to create a smart nutrition companion for children. The AI model—embedded in the Misty robot—personalizes recipe recommendations based on age, cultural preferences, cooking safety, and nutritional needs, making healthy eating engaging, educational, and accessible for every child.