students

Openings: I am actively hiring multiple Research Assistants (RA) and currently have PhD openings for Spring and Fall 2026. If you are interested in working with me, please feel free to send an email to my UMass email address with your cv, reference list, one-page summary of your research interest/experience and why my research is a good fit for you, transcript. I appreciate your interest and for reaching out, and will try to respond to the messages within a week conditional on the aforementioned material is provided. In the meantime, it would be great if you could glance at the research area I am working on to see whether it is genuinely attractive enough to you before reaching out. Thank you so much for your time and patience.

I have been privileged and fortunate to have worked with very talented and amazing students. It has been truly enjoyable to have our career paths cross.

PhD students

Bingnan Huo (at UMass Amherst), Starting Sep. 2025

Background: M.S. in Data Science, Brown University, 2025

Muyu Yang (at UMass Amherst), Sep. 2024 - Present

Background: M.S. in Operation Research, Columbia University, 2023

Master students

NA

Undergraduates John Wang (at UMass Amherst), Sept. 2025

Jose (at UMass Amherst), Jan. 2025 - July 2025

Next Position: Graduate student in Comouter Science at UMass Amherst

Jingshuai Zhang (at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities), Sep. 2024 - Present

Next Position: Graduate student in Computer Science at University of Pennsylvania

Jessica Lanin (at Northwestern), Spring 2023

Alejandra Bustamante (at Northwestern), Spring 2023

Tom Muma Ratemo (at Northwestern), Spring 2023

Tyler Shannon (at Northwestern), Spring 2023

Konyin Rilwan Okubadejo (at Northwestern), Spring 2023

Research Assistants

NA