Funded PhD Studentship
The following faculty are looking for new students with full financial support, starting Spring 2025.
| Faculty Names | Research Areas | Specific Research |
| Yangming Lee | AI | Causal Deep Learning for Visual Reconstruction |
| Dukka KC | AI/Data Science | LLMs for Protein Bioinformatics |
| Leon Reznik | AI/Security and Privacy | Machine Learning, Federated Learning, Security |
The following faculty are looking for new students with full financial support, starting Fall 2025.
| Faculty Names | Research Areas | Specific Research |
| Yiming Tang | AI/Software Engineering | Machine Learning, Software Engineering |
| Zhe Yu | Data Science / Software Engineering | Machine Learning, Software Engineering |
| Nidhi Rastogi | AI/Software Engineering/Security | Cyberthreat Intelligence, Explainable AI |
| Daqing Hou | Software Engineering/Security | Software Engineering, Cybersecurity Education |
| Travis Desell | Data Science/AI | Natural Language Processing |
| Linwei Wang | AI | Hybrid-AI: Physical Models + Neural Networks |
| Yidan Hu | Security | Cybersecurity, Data Privacy |
| Bo Yuan Rajendra Raj Andy Meneely |
AI/Security | Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Education |
| Matt Wright | HCI/Security/Systems | AI / ML for Cybersecurity |
| Ersin Uzun | HCI/Security/Systems | Usable Security / Privacy, Applied Cryptography, Network Security |
| Billy Brumley | Security/Systems | Cybersecurity |
| Yinxin Liu | Software Engineering/Security | Program Analysis, Software / Web Security, Algorithmic Complexity |
| Hanif Rahbari | Security/Systems | Cybersecurity: AI, Gaming, Education |
| Eva Navarro | AI | Computational Models for Neuroplasticity, Hybrid-System Models for Complex Systems |
| Ji Hwan Park | HCI/Data Science | Data Visualization, VR / AR, Human-centered AI |
| Chao Peng | HCI/Systems | VR Games for Non-Entertainment Applications, High-Performance Graphics |
| Matt Huenerfauth | AI/HCI | HCI, Accessibility |
| Roshan Peiris | HCI | Softskill Training Platform: LLM, VR |
| Qi Yu | AI | AI, Machine Learning |
| Arthur Azevedo de Amorim | Security/Theory | Programming Languages, Formal Methods (for security) |
| Carlos Rivero | Software Engineering/Theory | Interpretability of AI, Knowledge Graphs |
| M. Mustafa Rafique | Data Science/Systems | I/O path of supercomputers / HPC data centers for AI and data-intensive workloads |
| Weijie Zhao | AI | Machine Learning System, Security in LLM |
| Edith Hemaspaandra Ivona Bezakova |
AI/Theory | CS Education, Algorithms |
| Leon Reznik | AI/Data Science/Security | Machine Learning, Federated Learning, Security |
| Dukka KC | AI/Data Science | Machine Learning, Bioinformatics |
| Varsha Dani | Theory | Distributed Algorithms, Theory of Computation |
| Matthew Fluet | Theory | Programming Languages |
| Chris Homan | AI | Machine Learning, NLP |
| Hwan Shim | HCI | LLM Algorithms and Applications |
| Cissi Alm | HCI/AI | NLP, AI-Driven ASL Technology and Modeling |
| Yangming Lee | AI | Causal Deep Learning for Visual / Haptic Perception and Reconstruction |