2026 Spring/Fall
Luyang Zhao
Clemson University
Research: Robotics, robot design, perception, learning
Openings: 1-2 PhD with RA, multiple remote interns
Requirements: TOEFL (80) or IELTS (6.5), no GRE.
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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379 supervisors
25/26 Fall/Spring
Nianyi Li
Clemson University
Research: Multimodal machine learning, Robotics, 3D Reconstruction
Openings: 2 Ph.D with RA, Interns, 1-2 Postdoc
25 Fall
Siyu Huang
Clemson University
Research: Computer Vision, 2D and 3D Generation
Openings: 1 PhD with RA, interns
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE
Send: CV, Transcript
25/26 Fall/Spring
Yongkai Wu
Clemson University
Research: Responsible AI, causal inference, LLM for sciences
Openings: 2 Ph.D students with RA
2026 Fall
Huajie Shao
College of William & Mary
Research: Physics-informed ML, Reinforcement Learning, and Generative AI
Openings: 1 PhD TA/RA LLM for embodied AI/robotics
Requirements: TOEFL 90 no GRE
2026 Fall
Xuhai “Orson” Xu
Columbia University
Research: HCI for Health, AI/ML for Health, Human-AI Interaction
Openings: 1-2 PhDs w/ RA. 1-2 Postdoc, Interns
Requirements: TOEFL/IETLS, GRE preferred
2026 Fall
Lirong Xiang
Cornell University
Research: AI, Computer vision, Robotics in Agriculture
2026 Fall, Postdoc and Applied Math PhD
Nianqiao Phyllis Ju
Dartmouth College
Research: Statistical learning, data privacy, computational statistics, Monte Carlo methods
No homepage listed
PhD (26 fall), Postdoc (anytime)
Yaoqing Yang
Dartmouth College
Research: Theory of Large Language Models
Openings: 1 PhD with RA and/or 1 postdoc
Requirements: comfortable with math
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
26 spring/fall
Feng Liu
Drexel University
Research: Computer Vision, 3D Vision
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA/TA, Interns
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE.
25 Spring / Fall
Harry Zhang
Drexel University
Research: NLP, LLM, reasoning, planning
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE.
2025 spring /fall
Kaidi Xu
Drexel University
Research: Trustworthy AI
Openings: 2 PhD with RA/TA
25 Spring/Fall
Jiacheng Shen
Duke Kunshan
Research: MLSys, Distributed System
Openings: 1 PhD, Multiple Mphil
Send: CV, Transcript
26 Spring/Fall
Yi Zhang
Duke University
Research: ML/AI for genomics/biomedical data science, digital pathology, large-scale genomics, computational biology/bioinformatics
Openings: postdoc, intern, RA, PhD (Duke CBB committee admission)
Send: CV, Transcript, related research experience
2025 Fall
Kai Shu
Emory University
Research: Data Mining, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Social Computing
Openings: Multiple PhDs, interns
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS
Send: CV, Transcript
26 Spring/Fall
Wei Jin
Emory University
Research: LLMs, Time Series, Graph, Healthcare, Machine Learning and Data Mining in general
Openings: Multiple PhD, Interns
Requirements: TOEFL/IELTS
2026 Fall
Yun Wang
Emory University
Research: VLM+Medical Imaging, AI+healthcare, Agentic AI, Multimodal AI.
Openings: 1-2 PhD RA
Send: CV, Transcript
26 Spring/Fall
Zebo Yang
Florida Atlantic University
Research: Quantum Computing, Quantum Networks, AI
Openings: 1-2 PhD with RA/TA
Send: CV, Transcript
25 Fall/26 Spring
Chen Chen
Florida International University
Research: Human-Computer Interactions, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Creativity Support Tools
Openings: 1-2 PhD with RA/TA
26 Spring, 26 Fall
Weidong Zhu
Florida International University
Research: System security, AI-assisted Software Security, Ransomware Defense, Security and Privacy in the Storage system, Cyber-physical Security
Openings: 1-2 PhD with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE.
Send: CV, transcript, research interests and experience, recmmendation letter (if you have)
2025 Fall
Xuyu Wang
Florida International University
Research: Wireless Sensing, Smart Health, IoT Security, Generative AI, Trustworthy ML, LLMs
Openings: Multiple PhD
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE.
Send: CV, Transcript
2025 Spring / Fall
Guang Wang
Florida State University
Research: Trustworthy ML, Data Mining, AI for Sustainability
Openings: 2 PhD RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
26 spring/Fall
Mulong Luo
Florida State University
Research: AI for security, system security, hardware security, side channels, AI security
Openings: 2-3 PhD with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
26 Spring/Fall
Shibo Li
Florida State University
Research: AI for Physical Simulations, LLMs enabled Scientific Discovery, Probabilistic Machine Learning, Interactive Machine Learning
Openings: 2-3 PhD with RA/TA, Interns
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
26 Spring, 26 Fall
Yifang Wang
Florida State University
Research: Human-AI Collaboration, Data Visualization, HCI, LLM, AI Agent, AI for Science, AI for Decision-making
25 Spring / Fall
Yushun Dong
Florida State University
Research: Trustworthy AI, Data Mining, Graph Learning, AI/ML + x(applications), LLMs
Openings: 2 PhD with TA/RA
Requirements: TOEFL/IETLS, GRE
No homepage listed
2025 Sping / Fall
Lei Yang
George Mason University
Research: AI for Science including healthcare and geophysics
Openings: 2 PhD RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
26 Spring, 26 Fall
Mingrui Liu
George Mason University
Research: Machine Learning Theory, Optimization, Deep Learning, Foundation Models
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE.
Send: CV, Transcript
26 Spring, 26 Fall
Yicheng Zhang
George Mason University
Research: AR/VR Security, System Security, GPU Security
Openings: 2-3 PhDs with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL >= 80 or IELTS >= 6.5, no GRE.
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
26 Fall
Ziyu Yao
George Mason University
Research: LLM Reasoning, Interpretability, LLM Agent
Openings: 2-3 PhDs with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE.
Send: CV, transcript, research statement, paper reviews
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