Group
My research group develops principled methods for machine learning, including algorithms with theoretical guarantees, mathematical understanding of modern learning systems, and rigorous foundations for emerging applications in generative AI, agents, and robotics.
Current Students
Rui Yang , PhD
Foundation models for agents, trustworthy LLMs/VLMs, deep RL
Rui Pan , PhD
Optimization, acceleration, and efficient foundation-model training
Chenlu Ye , PhD
Reinforcement learning and LLM post-training
Yifan Hao , PhD
Efficient algorithms and theory for modern ML systems
Hao Bai , PhD
VLM agents and reinforcement learning for multi-step environments
Jiarui Yao , PhD
Reinforcement learning, LLMs, autonomous agents, and reasoning
Shivanshu Shekhar , PhD
Deep learning, NLP, and LLM optimization
Nishant Jain , PhD
Diffusion and generative-model theory
Yuxing Liu , PhD
Machine learning, optimization, and practical algorithms for LLMs
Ruida Wang , PhD
Formal reasoning and Lean for language models
Jerry Huang , MS
Reliable generative models, continual learning, and agents
Hanyang Chen , MS
ML algorithms for decision making, embodied AI, and robotics
Pengcheng Wang , MS
Generative models, LLM post-training, and multimodality
Former Group Members
Ziqi Wang
Research Scientist at Anthropic
Wei Xiong
Research Scientist at OpenAI
Xunpeng Huang
Postdoc at UCSD
Hanning Zhang
PhD student at UCSB
Xiaoyu Wang
Assistant Professor at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)
Renjie Pi
Research Scientist at NVIDIA
Jipeng Zhang
Research Scientist at Microsoft Research
Ying Su
Assistant Professor at South China University of Technology
Shuang Qiu
Assistance Professor at Hong Kong CityU
Yong Lin
Research Scientist at Thinking Machines
KaShun Shum
PhD at HKUST
Shizhe Diao
Research Scientist at Nvidia
Qing Lian
Research Scientist at DJI
Hanze Dong
Research Scientist at Microsoft Research
Xiao Zhou
Quant Trading
Paat Helbert
RA at PolyU HK
Jingwei Zhang
Algorithm Engineer at SharpSight Limited (HK)
Xinwei Shen
Assistant Professor at University of Washington
Weizhong Zhang
Assistant professor at Fudan University
Zhichao Huang
Research scientist at Byte Dance
Binnie Yiu
Engineer at CLP
Luo Luo
Assistant professor at Fudan University
Yuhui Ding
PhD student at ETH
Yaowei Huang
Engineer at Ants Financial
Haishan Ye
Assistant professor at Xi-An Jiaotong University
Cong Fang
Assistant professor at Peking University
Lei Han
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist at Noitom Robotics
Peilin Zhao
Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ting Yang
Data Sientist at Yelp
Kean Ming Tan
Assistant professor at University of Michigan
Qiang Sun
Associate professor at University of Toronto
Matus Telgarsky
Assistant professor at NYU
Dong Dai
Director of Global HEOR at Daiichi Sankyo, Inc
Daniel Vainsencher
Consultant at Nirinor, LLC
Junzhou Huang
Professor at University of Texas at Arlington
Daniel Hsu
Associate professor at Columbia University