26 Spring / Fall
Yulin Yu
University of Arizona
Research: Computational Social Science, Network Science, Impact of AI on Society, Innovation, Human-AI Interaction
Openings: Multiple Remote RAs / Interns
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.
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 Spring / Fall
Dongyi Wang
University of Arkansas
Research: Robotics, 3D vision, hyperspectral imaging in agriculture
Openings: Multiple PhD and MS with RA
Requirements: TOEFL, GRE preferred
No homepage listed
2025 Spring/Fall
Qian Liu
University of Auckland
Research: NLP, Large Language Model
Openings: 2-3 PhD, visiting studeng
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS
Send: CV, Transcript
26 Fall
Xiaoxiao LI
University of British Columbia
Research: AI Efficiency and Trustworthiness, Agentic AI, AI for Health
25 Fall
Weiqiang Zhu
University of California, Berkeley
Research: AI for Science
Openings: PhD, PostDoc, Interns
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
Send: CV, Transcript
26 Fall
Muhao Chen
University of California, Davis
Research: NLP, ML, AI Safety, Agentic AI
Openings: 1-2 PhD Students
Requirements: https://cs.ucdavis.edu/graduate/our-programs/phd-degree
Send: https://luka-group.github.io/openings.html
25 Fall
Yunpeng Shi
University of California, Davis
Research: 3D vision, 3D imaging for proteins (cryo-EM), signal/image processing, robust estimation, optimal transport
Openings: 1-2 PhDs in math/applied math with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL/IELTS/Duolingo, GRE(not required for math)
No homepage listed
25 Fall
Fei Xia
University of California, Irvine
Research: joint design of hardware and software for optical microscopy, sensing, and information processing, computational optics, optical instrumentation, machine learning, biomedical application
Openings: multiple PhD positions + multiple Postdocs, interns
Requirements: TOEFL/IETLS, no GRE required
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
26 Fall
Chen Tang
University of California, Los Angeles
Research: Autonomous Driving, Robotics, AI/ML for Control
Openings: 1-2 PhD with RA/TA; interns
Send: Please fill out the form here
2025 Fall / 2026 Spring
Hanrui Wang
University of California, Los Angeles
Research: Efficient AI Computing, Quantum Computing, AI+Quantum, Domain-Specific Architecture
Openings: Multiple PhDs, interns
No homepage listed
2026 Fall
Yangruibo Robin Ding
University of California, Los Angeles
Research: LLM for Code and Reasoning, Agentic AI, Software Engineering, Program Analysis, Security
Openings: 1-2 PhDs, interns
25 Fall
Yuzhe Yang
University of California, Los Angeles
Research: ML, AI for Healthcare, AI for Medicine, AI for Science, Trustworthy ML
Openings: Multiple PhDs, interns
25 Spring/Fall
Qian Wang
University of California, Merced
Research: cyber security, hardware security, sidechannel attacks, quantum computing
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA
Send: CV, Transcript
No homepage listed
26 Fall
Xiaofan Yu
University of California, Merced
Research: Embedded System, Edge AI, CPS/IoT, Neuromorphic Computing
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA/TA, interns
Send: CV, Transcript
26 Spring/Fall
Bingyao Li
University of California, Riverside
Research: Computer architecture, System, LLM
Openings: 2 PhDs (Fellowship + RA/TA)
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
2026 Fall
Jiachen Li
University of California, Riverside
Research: Robotics, Embodied AI, Human-Robot Interaction, Multi-Robot Systems, Autonomous Driving, Multi-Agent Learning, Trustworthy AI
Openings: Multiple PhDs (Fellowship+RA), interns
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
25 Spring / Fall
Yinglun Zhu
University of California, Riverside
Research: Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, LLMs, Efficient Learning/Training, MLSys
Openings: 3-4 PhDs with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
26 Fall
Zhouxing Shi
University of California, Riverside
Research: Machine Learning, LLM, Trustworthy AI, formal verification
Openings: 1-2 PhDs (Fellowship + RA/TA); interns
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
2025 Fall
Zhijian Liu
University of California, San Diego
Research: Efficient machine learning, systems and applications (such as LLMs, generative AI)
Openings: 2+ PhDs, interns
No homepage listed
26 Fall
Wenbo Guo
University of California, Santa Barbara
Research: RL-based LLM reasoning; Agentic AI for SE and security
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA/TA, interns
Send: CV, Transcript
26 Fall
Xin Eric Wang
University of California, Santa Barbara
Research: AI, ML, NLP, Computer Vision
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA/TA, interns
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
26 Fall
Yuheng Bu
University of California, Santa Barbara
Research: Trustworthy AI, learning theory, information theory
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA/TA, interns
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
26 Fall
Zhen Dong
University of California, Santa Barbara
Research: LLM/VLM Post-training, Efficient AI, AI Agents, AI4Science, Robotics, VideoGen
Openings: Multiple PhD, MS, Interns
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
25 Fall
Yuanchao Xu
University of California, Santa Cruz
Research: Computer architecture, security, and ML systems
Openings: 2 PhDs with Fellowship/RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL/IETLS, no GRE requirement
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
26 Spring, 26 Fall
Aashish Yadavally
University of Central Florida
Research: AI for Software Engineering, LLM Reasoning about Source Code, AI For Software Security
Openings: 2 PhD with TA/RA
Requirements: TOEFL, GRE no score requirement
Send: CV, transcript, Research interest and experience
26 Spring/Fall
Chen Chen
University of Central Florida
Research: Computer Vision (VLMs, image and video generation, motion generation)
Fan Yao
University of Central Florida
Research: Computer Architecture, AI Hardware Security, Privacy-preserving and Trusted AI Systems, Microarchitecture Security, Hardware Security
No homepage listed
Hao Zheng
University of Central Florida
Research: Computer Architecture, Hardware Accelerator, AI/ML Systems, and Efficient AI
No homepage listed
26 Fall
Mengxin Zheng
University of Central Florida
Research: LLM, Security
Openings: 2 PhD with RA, Chinese students can apply now
26 Fall
Qian Lou
University of Central Florida
Research: Secure and Safe Machine Learning, System, LLM
Openings: 2 PhD with RA, Students in China are now eligible to apply to UCF.
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, GRE needed (No min score requirement)
This list comes from a community-maintained sheet of openings. Openings change, so check each supervisor’s homepage before you write. Email addresses are not shown here; use the contact details on their homepage.