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Supervisors taking students

Professors who have said they are taking PhD, masters or intern students. Search by research area or university, then contact them through their homepage.

How to email a supervisor
  1. Read their homepage and a recent paper first.
  2. Write a short, personal email: who you are, which of their work interests you, and what you would like to research.
  3. Attach your CV and transcript (and anything they ask for below).
  4. Do not send the same email to everyone. Follow up once after about a week.

379 supervisors

25/26 Fall

Jiaxuan You

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Research: LLM agents, graph deep learning, AI4Science

Openings: Multiple PhDs with RA/TA, research MS with TA, interns

Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement

Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest

25 Spring / Fall

Yaoyao Liu

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Research: Continual learning, few-shot learning, semi-supervised learning, generative models, 3D geometry models, and medical imaging.

Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA/TA

Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest

2026 Fall

Muchao Ye

University of Iowa

Research: Large Language Models, Multi-modal AI (Video Understanding)

Openings: 2 PhD with RA/TA

Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE.

2026 Fall

Tianyu Zhang

University of Iowa

Research: CPS, 5G, TSN, real-time computing

Openings: 1 PhD with RA/TA

26 Spring/Fall

Hao Zheng

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Research: Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Multi-modal Analysis, Healthcare, NLP/LLM

Openings: 2 PhDs with RA/TA, 1 Postdoc, 3 interns

Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS or Duolinguo, no GRE

Send: CV, transcripts, TOEFL etc.

25 Spring/Fall

Songyang Zhang

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Research: Wireless communications, IoT Intelligence, Remote Sensing, Learning Theory

Openings: 3 PhD with RA, 2 PhD with TA

Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE

Send: CV, Transcript

26 Spring/Fall

Jianbing Shen

University of Macau

Research: Computer Vision, Vision and Language, Self-Driving Cars, AI in Healthcare

Openings: 1-2 PhDs, Postdocs, interns

25 Fall

Zhedong Zheng

University of Macau

Research: Computer Vision, Uncertainty, 3D Vision, Person re-ID

Openings: 1 PhD

Requirements: CET6 or TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE. Priorities to CS/SE background.

Send: CV, Transcript

26 Spring/26 Fall

Zhangyu Wang

University of Maine

Research: GeoAI, Spatial Computing, AI4Science

Openings: 1-2 PhD with RA

No homepage listed
26 Fall

Zihan Wu

University of Maine

Research: HCI, Educational Technology, AI for Education

26 Spring / 26 Fall

Dong Li

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Research: Mobile Computing, Mobile Health, Wireless Sensing, Wearable Sensing, Multi-model Sensing

Openings: 1-2 PhDs

Requirements: TOEFL/IETLS, GRE preferred

26 Spring/Fall

Tejas Gokhale

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Research: Computer Vision, Multimodal Learning, Generative Models, Robustness, Open-World Learning, Active Perception

Openings: 1 PhD, remote interns

Requirements: strong math background and communication skills

Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interests

25 Fall

Fumeng Yang

University of Maryland, College Park

Research: HCI & Visualization: model explanation, uncertainty communication, decision-making, data and AI literacy, trust

Openings: 1-2 PhDs, visiting students, interns

Requirements: TOEFL/IELTS, GRE optional

Send: CV, a paragraph about research interests

No homepage listed
26 Spring/Fall

Kaiqing Zhang

University of Maryland, College Park

Research: Reinforcement Learning, Game Theory, Generative AI, Agents, Robotics

Openings: 2-3 PhDs, visiting students, interns

Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest

26 Fall

Runzhou Tao

University of Maryland, College Park

Research: Quantum Computing, Programming Languages, Operating Systems, Formal Verification

25 Spring/Fall

Mengfan Xu

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Research: Multi-armed Bandit, Online Learning, Multi-agent Systems, Causal Inference, Operation Research

Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA/TA

Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE

No homepage listed
25 Spring/Fall

Ting Dang

University of Melbourne

Research: Mobile Health, Artificial Intelligence, and Speech/Audio Processing

Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA

No homepage listed
25 Spring/Fall

Haomiao Ni

University of Memphis

Research: Computer Vision, Generative AI (image&video), Video Analysis, Medical Image Analysis, Foundation Models

Openings: Multiple PhDs

Requirements: TOEFL/IETLS/PTE/Duolingo, GRE

No homepage listed
2025 Spring/Fall

Mingzhe Chen

University of Miami

Research: Federated Learning, Edge Learning, Wireless Networks, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Extended Reality

Openings: 2 PhDs with RA

Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS

Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest

26 Fall

Alexander Rodríguez

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Research: Time series, AI for science, LLMs

Openings: 1 PhD

25 Fall

Ke Sun

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Research: Mobile Computing, Internet of things, Wearable Computing, Multi-modal and LLM for Mobile, Wearable and IoT, Mobile Health, Mobile and IoT Security and Privacy, Wireless Systems, Embedded Systems

Openings: 2-3 PhDs with RA

Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE

Send: CV, Transcript

26 Fall

Zirui Liu

University of Minnesota

Research: LLM, Agent memory system, AI for science, multi-modal, efficiency

Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA/TA. Interns

2026 Spring/Fall

Zhu-Tian Chen

University of Minnesota, Twin-Cities

Research: Data Visualization, Human-Computer Interaction, Intelligent AR systems

Openings: 1-2 PhDs

Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement

No homepage listed
26 Fall

Caiwen Ding

University of Minnesuta, Twin-Cities

Research: LLM for Chip Deisgn, FPGA/ASIC Design, GPU Kernel Design

Openings: 1 Ph.D. with RA/TA

Send: CV, transcript, Research interest and experience

2025 Fall

Yang Zhao

University of Minnesuta, Twin-Cities

Research: Hardware acceleration for emerging applications, ASIC, FPGA

Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA. Interns

26 Spring/Fall

Zhenman Fang

University of Minnesuta, Twin-Cities

Research: Hardware acceleration, FPGA, GPU, LLM for chip design

Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA/TA. Interns

Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement

Send: CV, transcript, Research interest and experience

Homepage & contact ↗Email ((see homepage))
25 Fall

Chudi Zhong

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Research: Trustworthy AI

Openings: 1-3 PhDs

Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE

2026 Fall

Huaxiu Yao

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Research: Foundation Models (LLM/VLM), Reasoning, Alignment, AI Agent, Medical AI, Robot Learning (VLA)

Openings: 3 PhDs + Interns

Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement

26 Fall

Mingyu Ding

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Research: Robotics, Robot Learning, Embodied AI, 3D Vision, Graphics, (Multimodal) Language Models

Openings: 2 PhDs, interns

Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE.

26 Spring, Fall

Sishuai Gong

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Research: Operating System; System Reliability & Security; Program Analysis; Machine Learning for Systems; Verification; Testing

Openings: 1-3 PhD with RA/TA

Send: CV, transcript, Research interest and experience

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