Students Supervised
- Research culture: weekly reading groups, milestone‑based project plans, reproducible code & data release.
- Career development: mock talks/interviews, statement reviews, and targeted introductions to collaborators.
- Responsible mentoring: authorship transparency, inclusive feedback, and clear expectations.
Doctoral Students
Topics: multimodal foundation model, vision‑language agents and privacy‑preserving perception.
University of Washington
- Yifei Dong (GSFEI Top Scholar '25; Columbia M.S.)
- Fengyi Wu (RA @ UW; incoming Ph.D. '26)
Carnegie Mellon University
- Tingyao Hu (Ph.D., CMU; now @ Apple Research)
- Yuxuan Zhou (RA @ CMU; Ph.D., MPI)
- Changdae Oh (RA @ CMU; Ph.D., UW–Madison)
- Hyesu Lim (RA @ CMU; Ph.D., KAIST‑AI)
- Mingze Sun (RA @ CMU; Ph.D., Tsinghua)
- Xudong Yan (RA @ CMU; Ph.D., CityU Macau)
Master's Students
Focus: research‑for‑practice—fast prototyping, ablations, and robust baselines for open‑world scenarios.
University of Washington
- Sanjian Zhang
- Guanyu Chen
- Charlie LeWarne
Carnegie Mellon University
- Siyao Li (now @ Amazon)
- Heng Li · Xiwen Chen · Sean Chang · Joong Ho Choi · Yuran Wang
Other Institutions
- Hanbing Liu (Tsinghua)
- Yuzhi Hu (Boston U)
- Bukun Ren (UC Berkeley)
- Yuxiang Lin · Fan Zhang (Georgia Tech)
- Shuyuan Tu (Fudan)
- Minghan Li (SWJTU)
- Zebang Cheng · Xiang Li · Jue Wang · Xiaolong Wang (SZTU)
Undergraduate Students
On‑ramp: reading seminars, small‑scope replications, and mentored first‑authorship opportunities when ready.
University of Washington
- Masumi Yano
- Johnny Garnica
Other Institutions
- Yusen Hu (Imperial → MSR@CMU)
- Aike Shi (Georgia Tech)
- Wei Liu (U-Michigan)
- Zekai Li (NUS)
High-School Mentoring
- Jasmine Liu · Aimee Zhang · Susan Wang (MIT)
- Zejia Shao (UIUC)
- Yulun Wu (Harvey Mudd)
- Chiyu Zhou (Imperial)
- Qiyuan Gu (UChicago)
Emphasis on scientific thinking, data ethics, and clear communication through short, mentored projects.
Advisees won ISEF & Yau Science Awards; now at top universities.