Vasant Honavar, professor and Edward Frymoyer Chair of Information Sciences and Technology, professor of Bioinformatics and Genomics, and professor of Neuroscience at Penn State is interested in researching artificial intelligence (especially machine learning, causal inference, knowledge representation), computer science, data sciences, cognitive and brain sciences, and applied informatics (especially bioinformatics, health informatics). His research is driven by fundamental scientific questions or important practical problems in areas of societal or national priority (e.g., health). Honavar's research has resulted in foundational contributions in these areas.