2026 Spring/ 2026 Fall
Fnu Suya
University of Tennessee
Research: Trustworthy Machine Learning, AI for Cybersecurity
Openings: 2-3 PhDs with RA, Interns
Requirements: TOEFL/IELTS, no GRE requirements
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
PhD, masters and internships
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.
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- Read their homepage and a recent paper first.
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379 supervisors
2026 Spring/ 2026 Fall
Xiongye Xiao
University of Tennessee
Research: AI for Science, Neural Operators, Complex Networks
Openings: 2-4 PhDs with RA/TA, Interns
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
2025 Spring / Fall
Binbin Xie
University of Texas at Arlington
Openings: multiple Phd
2026 Spring/Fall
Dianqi Han
University of Texas at Arlington
Research: AI security, security of networked systems
Openings: 2 PhD with RA/TA
2026 Spring/Fall
Harry Shomer
University of Texas at Arlington
Research: Data Mining, Graph Machine Learning
Openings: 2 PhD with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
2026 Fall
Sihong He
University of Texas at Arlington
Research: Reinforcement Learning, Decision Making, Robust Optimization, Cyber-Physical Systems, Multiagent LLM, Robotics
Openings: 1 PhD, Research Interns
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
2026 Fall
Chenfeng Xu
University of Texas at Austin
Research: Efficient Machine Learning, Gen AI, Embodied AI,
Openings: Multiple PhDs with RA, Interns
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
2026 Fall
Hairong Wang
University of Texas at Austin
Research: ML/AI for healthcare
Openings: 1 PhD, Research Interns
2026 Fall
Jiaxin Pei
University of Texas at Austin
Research: Large Language Model (LLM), Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Computational Social Science, AI Agent
Openings: 1-2 PhD, Research Interns
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
2026 Spring / Fall
Congyi Zhang
University of Texas at Dallas
Research: Computer Graphics (CG), 3D generation, Neural shape representation, 3D vision
2026 Spring / Fall
Jie Zhou
University of Texas at Dallas
Research: semiconductor devices, ultrawide bandgap semiconductors, NIR/MIR optics
Openings: 2 PhD with RA/TA
Send: CV, Transcript
2026 Spring/Fall
Wenqi Shi
University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center
Research: LLM for health, AI for health, AI for science
Openings: 1-2 PhD with RA/TA, Research Interns
Send: CV
2026 Spring
Haoteng Tang, Pengfei Gu
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Research: Medical Image Analysis, Large Foundation Model, AI/ML
Openings: 1 PhD
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE if GPA>3.2
Send: CV, Transcript
26 Fall
Fuheng Zhao
University of Utah
Research: LLM for Data Management, Data Stream, Approximate Query
Openings: 2 PhDs with RA/TA
2025 Spring / Fall
Guanhong Tao
University of Utah
Research: ML security/privacy, ML for cybersecurity
Openings: 1 PhD RA
Requirements: TOEFL/IELTS/Duolingo, no GRE requirement
No homepage listed
2026 Fall
Weiyu Liu
University of Utah
Research: Robotics, Robot Learning, Manipulation, Planning, Embodied AI, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision
Openings: 2 PhD with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL/IELTS, no GRE requirement
2026 Spring / Fall
Yue Jiang
University of Utah
Research: Human Computer Interaction (UI understanding and generation, eye tracking), Computer Vision, Multimodal Model, Vision Language Model
Openings: 1 PhD with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL/IELTS/Duolingo, no GRE requirement
25 Spring/Fall
Hongru Du
University of Virgina
Research: AI for Public Health, Data-driven Decision Making, Human Behavior
Openings: Multiple PhDs, Interns
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE.
2025 fall
Qizhe Cai
University of Virgina
Research: Operating System, Networking
Openings: 2 PhD with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE.
No homepage listed
25 Fall
Chen Chen
University of Virginia
Research: Data Mining, Graph Machine Learning, Computational Epidemiology, Smart Health
Openings: Multiple PhDs
Requirements: TOEFL/IETLS, no GRE
25 Spring/Fall
Jundong Li
University of Virginia
Research: Data Mining, Trustworthy/Safe AI, LLM, AI/ML+X
Openings: 1-2 PhDs
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE
2025 Fall
Zhe Zeng
University of Virginia
Research: Neurosymbolic AI, Probabilistic ML, Trustworthy AI, AI for Science
Openings: Multiple PhD, Interns
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE
25 Fall
Banghua Zhu
University of Washington
Research: LLM training & evaluation, Reinforcement Learning, Game Theory, ML Theory, Information Theory
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA
No homepage listed
25 Fall
Zhi-Qi Cheng
University of Washington
Research: Multimodal Generative AI, Vision-Language Models, Embodied Intelligence, Intelligent Transportation
Openings: 2 PhDs with RA
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
25Winter (1/1/26 start)
Jialu Zhang
University of Waterloo
Research: Generative AI, LLM for Code, LLM Agent, AI for Education, Automated Debugging
Openings: 2 PhDs with RA, 2 Masters with RA!!
Requirements: Nothing. Just need research passion.
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
26 Fall
Yang Lu
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Research: AI for science, Computational Biology
Openings: 2 PhDs with RA, interns
25 Spring / Fall
Shuhan Yuan
Utah State University
Research: Data Mining, Anomaly Detection
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE
No homepage listed
25 Fall/26 Spring/26 Fall
Soukaina FIlali Boubrahimi
Utah State University
Research: Machine Learning, Explainable AI, Space Weather Prediction
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE
No homepage listed
25 Spring/Fall(preferred)
Yang Shi
Utah State University
Research: AI in Education, Educational Technology, Computing Education, HCI, AI for Social Good
Openings: Multiple PhD
Requirements: TOEFL/IELTS required, GRE not required but with percentile requirements if submitted.
26 Spring/ Fall
Chuangchuang Sun
Villanova University
Research: reinforcement learning (RL), safe/ multiagent/ neurosymbolic RL, RL from human feedback, human-robot interaction, robot planning
Openings: ~4 PhD, 1 Postdoc
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE
Send: CV, transcripts
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