佛罗里达大学University of Florida CS PHD Positions [DM/ML/AI] Spring/Fall2022

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1. Position Details:

Multiple fully-funded CS Ph.D. positions are available in Dr. Jiang's jiangteam.org at the University of Florida. We also welcome visiting students and scholars and remote interns. We expect applicants with the following qualities:
  • Passionate in data mining, machine learning, and deep learning research, self-motivated
  • Strong Math/Statistics and/or C/C++/Python programming
  • Good communication skills (Oral, Written) and teamwork
  • Preferred: Research experience in machine learning/deep learning, e.g., spatiotemporal data mining, physics-informed deep learning, geosocial media and NLP, graph neural networks, causal inference, robustness, and security.


How to Apply? To help evaluate your background, please email the items listed below to ([email protected]) with the title of "PhD Applicant". Please also refer to the cise.ufl.edu for official requirements and deadlines.
  • CV
  • Copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts
  • Prior publications if available


Once we have made a mutual commitment, I will do my best to help you:
  • identify a Ph.D. thesis topic with mutual interests and passion
  • develop research skills and build a strong publication record
  • build collaborations with academic, industrial, and government research labs
  • prepare a future career


2. About University of Florida (UF)

  • Overall Ranking: #6 among public universities; #30 among all universities (USNews)
  • Computer Engineering Ranking: #12 among public universities (USNews)
  • Computer Science Ranking: #49 among all US universities (USNews)
  • UF has a ai.ufl.edu with a news.ufl.edu that established the world's fastest AI supercomputer in higher education: rc.ufl.edu with 140 NVIDIA DGX™ A100 systems (1,120 A100 GPU).
  • UF is among the most comprehensive research universities with 16 colleges, over 100 departments, over 5000 faculty, and near $1 Billion annual research expenditure.
  • Location: UF is located in Gainesville, a beautiful and liveable city less than 2 hours away from major theme parks (e.g., Disney World, Universal Studio) and beautiful Florida coasts (sunshine, beaches, seafood).


About Dr. Zhe Jiang: Dr. Jiang is an assistant professor in CISE at the University of Florida. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Minnesota and his B.E. from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). His lab's mission is to advance AI and machine learning foundations inspired by interdisciplinary applications (Earth sciences, smart cities, biomedicine, public health, precision agriculture, finance). His research results have been published in top AI and Data Science venues, including KDD, ICDM, SDM, AAAI, VLDB, ACMGIS, TKDE, TIST, TKDD, TBD, etc. Dr. Jiang received the NSF CRII award in 2019 and Microsoft AI for Earth award in 2021. He has received over $2.2 Million shares of external grants from multiple federal agencies (NSF, UCAR, USGS, NOAA, UCAR) and industry companies over the last three years. (More details are on his homepage: 1point3acres.com).

About CISE@UF: The Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering is consistently ranked among the top CS departments in the nation. CISE has 2,440 undergraduate students and 668 graduate students of which 148 are Ph.D. students. The department currently has 55 faculty. Collectively, the list of achievements and awards received by the faculty include one Fulbright Scholar; 19 NSF CAREER Award winners; eight IEEE Fellows; three ACM Fellows; three AAAS Fellows; one IEEE Computer Society Taylor L. Booth Education Award; one IEEE Computer Society W. Wallace-McDowell Award; and one ACM Karl Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award. The Department's external research expenditures were over $8.8 million last year, an increase of over 60% over the past five years.

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补充内容 (2021-09-29 21:22 +8:00):
Spring 2022的PHD不需要GRE成绩。Fall 2022 PHD没有固定截止日期,可以随时联系老师。

补充内容 (2021-10-31 07:14 +8:00):
秋季PHD官方截止日期是12月5日,更新下,这个日期是系里审申请材料的时间,包括考虑TA分配。如果直接申请的同学,请按时提交材料并在personal statement上提到姜教授的名字。过了这个日期,需要教授RA机会,按特例考虑,需要单独联系姜教授。

补充内容 (2022-01-06 22:36 +8:00):
1.6.2022: 现在实验室还有名额,希望感兴趣的赶快联系老师 (1point3acres.com)。

补充内容 (2022-03-02 14:04 +8:00):
Fall 2022 组里已经招了三个学生,还剩一个名额,关于AI/ML for Spatiotemporal Data,欢迎联系老师。

Spring/Fall 2023会继续招人,欢迎提前联系老师。

关于组里更新请关注 jiangteam.org
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