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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

2026 Spring/Fall

Xiaolong Guo

Kansas State University

Research: Large Language Model, Generative AI, Hardware Security

Openings: 2 Ph.D. RA/TA

Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE

Send: CV, Transcript

2025 Spring/Fall

Honghui Xu

Kennesaw State University

Research: Data Privacy and Security in AI, Internet of Things

Openings: 1 PhD with RA

Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE.

25 Fall

Ying Chen

Kennesaw State University

Research: Virtual and augmented reality, machine learning

Openings: 1 PhD with RA

Requirements: TOEFL/IETLS, no GRE requirement

26 SpringFall

Qiang Guan

Kent State University/Miami University

Research: Quantum Computing, Quantum Sensing, Quantum HPC

Openings: Multiple PhDs (RA)

Requirements: TOEFL/IETLS (optional: GRE)

Send: CV

26 Fall

Tao Ni

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Research: Cybersecurity, Cyber-physical Security, Embodied AI Security, Low-power Mobile Computing

Openings: 2-3 PhD with RA (i.e. KAUST fellowship)

Requirements: TOEFL/IETLS (optional: GRE)

Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest

25 Spring / Fall

Xiaohang Li

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Research: Advanced semiconductor materials, devices, and integrated circuits (ECE, Physics, Materials Science)

Openings: 4 PhD with RA (i.e. KAUST fellowship)

Requirements: TOEFL/IETLS (optional: GRE)

26 Spring/Fall

Yali Du

King's College London, UK

Research: Reinforcement learning, multi-agent cooperation, embodied intelligence

Openings: 1-2 PhDs

Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE

Send: CV, transcript, research interest

2026 Spring / Fall

Lichao sun

Lehigh university

Research: Trustworthy AI, Medical AI, Embodied AI

Openings: 1-2 PhDs RA

Requirements: TOEFL

26 Spring/Fall

Yuntao Liu

Lehigh University

Research: Hardware security, VLSI design, computer engineering

Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA

Send: CV, Transcript

26 Spring/Fall

Ruyi Ding

Louisiana State University

Research: Hardware security, AI security, side-channel analysis, LLM, GNN

Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA

26 Spring/Fall

Xugui Zhou

Louisiana State University

Research: Dependability & Security, Cyber-Physical Systems, ML, Autonomous Driving, Smart Health

Openings: 2-3 PhD with RA/TA

Requirements: TOEFL/IETLS, GRE preferred

25 Spring/Fall

Paul Liang

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research: multimodal machine learning, multimodal LLMs, human-AI interaction, applications in health, education, arts and sciences

Openings: Multiple PhDs/interns

26 Fall

Dongxia Wu

MBZUAI

Research: Probabilistic Machine Learning, LLM trustworthiness, Spatiotemporal Modeling, AI for Healthcare/Science, Multimodal Foundation Models

Openings: Multiple PhDs, masters, RAs, 1 posdoc

Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE

Send: CV, transcript, Research Interest, paper if applicable,

26 Spring/26 Fall

Junpei Komiyama

MBZUAI

Research: Bandits, EconML, LLM Reasoning, Algorithmic Fairness

Openings: Fully-Funded Ph.D., Post-docs, RA

25 Fall/26 Fall

Xingxing Zuo

MBZUAI

Research: Robotics, Embodied AI, 3D Computer Vision, Generative Model, Control, Planning

Openings: 3 Fully-Funded PhD, RA

Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE

Send: CV, transcript, Research Interest, paper if applicable,

26 Spring / Fall

Xiuying Chen

MBZUAI

Research: Trustworthy text generation, LLM-based agents, High-stakes NLP applications

Openings: PhDs, masters, interns

26 Sping/Fall

Ruofeng Liu

Michigan State University

Research: Mobile computing, Wireless sensing, Applied Machine Learning

Openings: 1-2 PhD with RA, interns

Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement

Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest, paper if applicable

26 Spring and 26 Fall

Zijun Cui

Michigan State University

Research: Physics-informed Machine Learning; Probabilistic Modeling

Openings: 1-3 PhD with RA/TA

Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE

25 Fall/26 Spring

Jie Wu

Michigan Technological University

Research: AI for Software Engineering, Trustworthy AI/AIware, AI Engineering (Machine Learning in Production), Human-Centered AI

Openings: 2 PhD with TA/RA

Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE

2025 Spring/Fall

Kaichen Yang

Michigan Technological University

Research: CPS security, hardware security, AI security

Openings: 1 PhD with RA

Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE

Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest

26 Spring, 26 Fall

Ce Zhou

Missouri S&T

Research: AI Security, Cyber-Physical System security, Autonomous Driving Security, LLM security

Openings: 2 PhD with RA

Requirements: TOEFL, GRE (No minimum requirement)

2026 Sping/Fall

Aditya Nair

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Research: NeuroAI, Interpretable AI, Neural Imaging, Computer Vision, Dynamical Systems

No homepage listed
2026 Spring/Fall

Sean Du

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Research: Reliable machine learning and foundation models

Openings: 1-2 PhD, 1-2 Visiting Student

Requirements: TOEFL/IELTS, GRE is preferred and can be waived if the student has a top-tier first-author paper

Send: CV, Research statement

2026 Spring / Fall

Dianbo Liu

National University of Singapore

Research: AI scientist, creativity of LLM

Openings: 4 PhD , 1 postdoc, 4 RAs/interns

Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE

No homepage listed
25 Spring / 25 Fall / 26 Spring

Jiaheng Zhang

National University of Singapore

Research: Blockchain and crypto, LLM security and privacy, applied cryptography, ZKP.

Openings: Fellowship/RA

Requirements: TOEFL/IELTS

No homepage listed
26 Fall

Junyuan Hong

National University of Singapore

Research: LLM, AI for Health (ADRD), Responsible AI, AI + Cognitive Science

Openings: 1-2 PhD with scholarship/RA, multiple interns

Requirements: TOEFL (85+) or IELTS (6+), GRE

Send: Google form: https://forms.gle/knkYe7naeeWYKf4v6

2026 Fall/Spring

Peichen Zhong

National University of Singapore

Research: AI for Science in Materials & Chemistry (geometric DL, diffusion/flow models, agentic AI in science)

Openings: 1-2 PhD with RA; 1 postdoc; NUS offers prestigious fellowships to offer holders from top universities.

Requirements: TOEFL/IELTS, GRE is optional but preferred;

Send: CV, Research Interest

26 Fall

Wenqi Jiang

National University of Singapore

Research: Systems for ML, Database, Computer Architecture, RAG, vector search

Openings: multiple PhD positions

2026 Spring / Fall

Chau-Wai Wong

NC State University

Research: Federated learning, Large language models, Diffusion models

Openings: Multiple PhDs with RA

Requirements: Have worked on FL or LLM with strong math/stat background

Send: Resume, Transcript, Papers or unpublished manuscripts

26 Fall

Huining Li

NC State University

Research: Mobile Computing, AI/ML for Health, Internet of Things, Cybersecurity

Openings: 2 PhDs with RA/TA, interns

Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE requirement

Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest

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