Dr. Liang Cao is a Postdoctoral Fellow jointly appointed at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Cornell University, working with Prof. Bhushan Gopaluni (Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering) and Prof. Fengqi You (AAAS/AIChE/FRSC Fellow). From 2024 to 2025 he was a Postdoctoral Associate at MIT with Prof. Richard D. Braatz (Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering). He received his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from UBC in 2024. His research focuses on machine learning, causal discovery, process monitoring, and industrial AI. He has published more than 60 papers. He serves as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics and a Youth Editor of Control Engineering Practice and The Innovation Informatics. His honors include Best Paper Awards at WWW 2026 (TML Workshop) and ICAIS&ISAS 2026, Second Prize at the 2024 IEEE/CAA JAS Conference on Automation for Industry 5.0, Outstanding Reviewer Awards from IEEE TIM and Control Engineering Practice, the UBC President's Academic Excellence Ph.D. Award (twice), and the Mitacs Accelerate Award.