26 Spring/26 Fall
Yu Fu
University of Central Florida
Research: Data Visualization, HCI
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)
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.
- 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
26 Spring/ 26 Fall
Yu Tian
University of Central Florida
Research: Computer Vision, Medical AI (with Harvard and UPenn), Trustworthy AI, AI for Science
Openings: 1 PhD RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL, GRE Preferred
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
26 Fall
Yuzhang Shang
University of Central Florida
Research: Efficient AI, Model Compression, Efficient Large-scale (language and visual) models
Openings: 2 PhD, Interns, Students in China are now eligible to apply to UCF.
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, GRE needed (No min score requirement)
26 S[romg, 26 Fall
Zhenyi Wang
University of Central Florida
Research: Continual Learning, Trustworthy AI, Data-efficient Learning, adaptive LLM
Openings: 2 PhD with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL, GRE no score requirement
Send: CV, transcript, Research experience
26 Fall
Mark Zhao
University of Colorado Boulder
Research: Systems for Machine Learning (e.g., OS/DB/Arch/Security)
Openings: Multiple PhDs with RA/TA
Send: join us | Boulder AI and Systems Infrastructure Lab
No homepage listed
2025 Spring/Fall
Yide Zhang
University of Colorado Boulder
Research: Photoacoustic Imaging, Quantum Imaging, Ultrafast Imaging, Fluorescence Imaging, Machine Learning
Openings: Multiple PhDs, 1 postdoc, interns
Requirements: TOEFL/IELTS, no GRE requirements
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
26 Spring/Fall
Xiaojian Wang
University of Colorado Denver
Research: Satellite networks, edge computing, network security, blockchain
Openings: 1-2 PhD with RA/TA
2026 Spring/Fall
Zhengxiong Li
University of Colorado Denver
Research: AI Robotics, IoT, Cybersecurity
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA/TA
Send: CV, Transcript
25 Fall
Yuan Hong
University of Connecticut
Research: AI Security, LLM Security, Privacy, Applied Cryptography
Openings: 1-2 PhDs
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE
26 Spring/Fall
Yuyang Wang
University of Connecticut
Research: Integrated photonics, optical interconnects, photonic computing, heterogeneous integration and advanced packaging, electronic-photonic design automation
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA
25 Spring
Xi Peng
University of Delaware
Research: Spatiotemporal Data Mining, AI for Science, Foundation Models
Openings: 2 PhDs with RA or TA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE
No homepage listed
26 Fall
Fengxiang He
University of Edinburgh
Research: deep learning theory, decentralised learning, privacy and fairness in machine learning, symmetry in machine learning, algorithmic game theory, and their applications in economics and finance
Openings: 1 PhD with RA, multiple interns
Requirements: TOEFL/IELTS, no GRE requirements
Send: CV, transcripts
26 Spring/Fall
Yanjun Li
University of Florida
Research: AI-driven Drug Discovery, AI4Science, Molecule Design and Optimization
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA, Multiple interns, 1 Postdoc
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE
Send: CV, Transcript
2026 Fall
Yuanyuan Lei
University of Florida
Research: Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models, Multi-Modality Learning
Openings: Multiple PhDs with RA, Multiple interns
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
25 Spring/Fall
Zhe Jiang
University of Florida
Openings: 2-3 PhD with RA
Requirements: no GRE. Priorities to students in North America, Australia, Singapore, Europe
Send: CV, Transcript
No homepage listed
25 Spring / Fall
Guoyu Lu
University of Georgia
Research: Robotics, computer vision, AI, ML
Openings: 5-6 PhDs with RA
Requirements: TOEFL/IELTS/Duolingo, no GRE
No homepage listed
26 Spring/Fall
Haijian Sun
University of Georgia
Research: Generative models, AI for wireless, learning thoery
Openings: 1-2 PhD with RA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE
2025 Spring / Fall
Wei Niu
University of Georgia
Research: ML System, High Performance Computing, Compiler Optimization
Openings: 2 PhDs RAs
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
25 Fall, 26 Spring/Fall
Zhenlin An
University of Georgia
Research: wireless and mobile computing, AI for networks, AR/VR
Openings: 2-3 PhDs with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE
25 Spring / Fall
Haopeng Zhang
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Research: NLP, LLM, Large Multimodal models, summarization, NLP4science
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE
No homepage listed
2025 Fall
Yifan Wang
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Research: AI+Database, Vector database, LLM for data system, Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), Information retrieval
Openings: 1 PhD with RA
Requirements: TOEFL/IELTS/Duolingo, GRE not required
26 Fall
Shinan Liu
University of Hong Kong
Research: Machine Learning Systems, Network Security and Privacy, Cyber-physical Intelligence
Openings: 1 PhD with RA/TA, Interns, 1 PostDoc
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
2025 Spring / Fall
Chengming Zhang
University of Houston
Research: ML System, large scale LLM, multimodal, GPU optimization
Openings: 2-3 PhDs
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
25 Spring/Fall
Jianyi Yang
University of Houston
Research: Trustworthy AI, Reinforcement Learning, LLMs
Openings: 2-3 RAs / Interns
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE
26 Spring / Fall
Jingchao Ni
University of Houston
Research: Machine Learning, Data Mining, AI for Time Series (with LVMs/LLMs/LMMs/agents)
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE.
25 Spring / Fall
Jinyang Liu
University of Houston
Research: High-performance Computing, Data Compression, AI for Science
Openings: 2-3 PhDs with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE.
Self-motivated and qualified students are always welcome
Lu Cheng
University of Illinois Chicago
Research: Responsible and Reliable AI, Causal ML, LLMs, AI for Computational Biology
Openings: PhDs with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE
No homepage listed
2026 Fall
Dominic Kao
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Research: Virtual Reality, HCI, Games Research, AI/LLMs
Openings: 2-3 PhDs with RA/TA
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
25/26 Fall
Ge Liu
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Research: Generative models, protein design (from Nobel prize group), AI4Science
Openings: Multiple PhDs with RA/TA, research MS with TA, interns
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE requirement
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
2026 Fall
Ismini Lourentzou
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Research: Mulitmodal AI, Embodied AI, VLMs/LLMs (reasoning, segmentation, etc.), 3D (generation, reconstruction, reasoning). Not recruiting in AI4H
Openings: 1-2 PhDs (iSchool, CS, ECE, Informatics Phd programs)
Requirements: no GRE requirement, TOEFL or IELTS
Send: https://plan-lab.github.io/contact/
Homepage & contact ↗Email (https://isminoula.github.io/students.html)
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