2026 Fall
Shaoyi Huang
Stevens Institute of Technology
Research: Efficient AI, ML system, ML for EDA
Openings: 1 PhD (Fellowship+RA/TA), Multiple interns
Requirements: TOEFL/IELTS/Duolingo, GRE required
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.
How to email a supervisor
- Read their homepage and a recent paper first.
- Write a short, personal email: who you are, which of their work interests you, and what you would like to research.
- Attach your CV and transcript (and anything they ask for below).
- Do not send the same email to everyone. Follow up once after about a week.
379 supervisors
25 Fall
Zining Zhu
Stevens Institute of Technology
Research: NLP, Explainable AI
Openings: PhD, interns
26 Spring / 26 Fall
Chenyu You
Stony Brook University
Research: Machine Learning, Computer Vision, AI for Health, Multi-modal Learning
Openings: 2-3 PhDs with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
Tengfei Ma
Stony Brook University
Research: Machine Learning, Graph Learning, AI for Health, Natural Language Processing
No homepage listed
26 Spring/Fall
Haoyu Wang
SUNY Albany
Research: Data Ming, LLM, Efficient AI
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA/TA, interns
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
2026 Spring / Fall
Kaiyi Ji
Suny Buffalo
Research: Machine learning (multi-task learning, continual learning), optimization (bilevel opt, LLM opt), federated learning
Openings: 1 - 2 PhD with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
26 Spring/Fall
Vishnu Lokhande
Suny Buffalo
Research: Vision Language Models
Openings: 1 - 2 PhD with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
25f, 26s, 26f
Mindy Shi
Temple University
Research: AI for health, Trustworthy AI/ML
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA/TA, one postdoc
Send: (see homepage)
25 Fall / 26 Spring
Yu Wang
Temple University
Research: ML/AI for networking and distributed system, Optimization/algorithm for networking and computing, Quantum networking and computing, AI for science
Openings: 1-2 PhD with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL, GRE(optiional)
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
26 Fall
Kuan-Hao Huang
Texas A&M University
Research: Trustworthy NLP, Multilingual NLP, Multimodal LLMs, Knolwedge Extraction
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA, interns
25 Fall/26 Spring
Shuiwang Ji
Texas A&M University
Research: AI for science, machine learning, language models and agents for science
Openings: 2 PhDs with RA
Send: CV, transcript
25 Spring / 26 Fall
Yiwei Lyu
Texas A&M University
Research: Robotics, Safe Control and Verification, Multi-Agent Systems, Human-Robot Interaction
Openings: 2 PhDs with RA/TA, Interns
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS
Send: CV, transcript, research interests, papers if applicable
25 Spring / Fall
Yu Zhang
Texas A&M University
Research: NLP (LLMs, scientific/biomedical text mining), data mining, AI for science
Openings: 2 PhDs with RA
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
No homepage listed
2025 Spring / Fall
Zhengzhong Tu
Texas A&M University
Research: Multimodal LLM, 3D Vision, Generative AI, Autonomous Driving, Efficiency/MLSys
Openings: 2 PhD RAs/TAs, interns
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
25 Fall/26 Spring
Zhiwen Fan
Texas A&M University
Research: 3D Multimodal Models (3D VLM, 3D AIGC)
Openings: 1-2 PhD with RA, or remote interns
Requirements: TOEFL>90, 3D or VLM backgrounds
Send: CV, Brief Statement of Interest in Joining My Group
26 Spring / Fall
Zhiyuan Yu
Texas A&M University
Research: Trustworthy MLSys; Multimodal generative AI; Usable and human-centric security; Intelligent healthcare systems
Openings: 1-2 PhD with RA/TA
25 Spring
Zihao Zhan
Texas Tech University
Research: System Security, Microarchitecture Security, Side channel Security, Hardware Security
Openings: 1 PhD RA
Requirements: TOEFL/IETLS, GRE preferred
26 Spring/Fall, PhD/RAs
Jian Zhang
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Research: Computer System, Storage, Distributed Systems
No homepage listed
26 Spring / 26 Fall
Jionghao Lin
The University of Hong Kong
Research: AI in Education, Machine Learning for Education, GenAI System, HCI
Openings: 1-2 PhDs
Requirements: TOEFL/IETLS, no GRE requirement
Send: Form: Expression of Interest
26 Spring / 26 Fall
Xihui Liu
The University of Hong Kong
Research: Computer vision, generative models, multimodal AI, embodied AI, AI for Science
Openings: Multiple PhDs with full scholarship
Requirements: TOEFL/IETLS, no GRE requirement
Send: CV, transcript, Research Interest
25 Fall/26 Spring/26 Fall
Jiyuan Wang
Tulane University
Research: Software Engineering, Quantum, Testing, Debugging, Compiler
Openings: 2 PhDs with RA
Send: CV, transcript, Research Interest
2025 Spring/Fall
Chong Liu
University at Albany, SUNY
Research: Machine Learning (Bayesian optimization, bandit algorithms, active learning) and AI for Science (experimental design, drug discovery, and materials science)
Openings: 2 PhDs with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
2025 Fall
Jiayu Peng
University at Buffalo
Research: ML/AI for Materials and Chemistry: Combining data science and machine learning with materials physics and surface chemistry to design materials and interfaces for decarbonization and sustainability (please check https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/jiayu-peng-lab/join-us/)
Openings: Multiple graduate student openings; also open to interns
Requirements: TOEFL/IETLS, GRE optional
Send: CV, Transcript
26 Spring/26 Fall
Lin Zhang
University at Buffalo
Research: Wireless sensing, Robotics, Biomedical imaging, Medical devices
Openings: 1-2 PhD with RA, one Postdoc
Send: CV, Transcript
26 Fall
Yao Lu
University College London - UCL
Research: Natural Language Processing, LLMs, Multilingual NLP, Pretraining (Group website: https://nlp.cs.ucl.ac.uk/)
Openings: 1-2 PhDs, 1 postdoc, RAs
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
26 Fall
Runlong Yu
University of Alabama
Research: AI for Science, Data Mining, Physics-Guided Machine Learning, Foundation Models, Evolutionary Computation, Water Science, Environmental Science, GeoAI
Openings: 2 PhDs with RA
Requirements: TOEFL/IELTS and GRE (for non-US degree)
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest, paper if applicable
Spring 26
Dinh Nguyen
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Research: Quantum machine learning, security and privacy, and wireless network
Openings: 1-2 PhD with RA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, GRE is optional
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
26 Spring / Fall
Jialu Li
University of Arizona
Research: Speech and Audio Processing, AI for healthcare, AI for education, Children's speech analysis, Multimodal/Audio LLM
Openings: 1-2 PhD with RA / TA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, GRE optional
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
26 Spring / Fall
John Chen
University of Arizona
Research: Human-AI Interaction, Playful Learning, Generative AI for Games and Education
Openings: Multiple PhDs with RA / Remote Interns
Requirements: For PhD students: TOEFL/IELTS
25 Spring / Fall
Liangming Pan
University of Arizona
Research: Natural Language Processing, Trustworthy Large Language Models
Openings: Multiple RAs / Interns
No homepage listed
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