Openings

Thanks for your interest in joining our research group. We are actively seeking postdocs, PhD students, independent study students, and visiting students. Candidates with a strong background in computer vision, machine learning, or artificial intelligence are highly encouraged to apply.

Research Areas

We’re mainly working in the following research areas. We’re also open to exploring other topics in computer vision and machine learning.

• Continual Learning and Few-shot Learning: learning deep neural networks efficiently on limited labeled data and continual data streams. Related papers: [Sun et al., 2019], [Liu et al., 2020], [Liu et al., 2021], [Liu et al., 2023], [Fischer et al., 2024], etc.
• 3D Generative Models: developing 3D-aware generative models to better understand the underlying 3D structures in 2D images. Related papers: [Ma et al., 2023], [Fischer et al., 2024], [Ma et al., 2024], etc.
• Medical Image Analysis: enhancing AI models’ reliability and generalizability when applied to medical images such as CT scans. Related paper: [Zhang et al., 2023].

Postdocs

We are actively seeking a postdoc through the iSchool Postdoctoral Research Associate Program. The applicant must have completed requirements for their Ph.D. prior to July 1, 2025. The deadline for full consideration is April 1, 2025. Applications are submitted through this online form.

PhD Students

We have multiple PhD student openings in Information Sciences, Computer Science, and Informatics for 2026 Fall. If you are interested, please send an email to lyy+apply@g.illinois.edu with your CV and transcripts. You may also submit your information via this Google form. Please remember to submit your formal application through the official system as well.

Independent Studies (IS389/589, CS397/597)

We always welcome undergraduate and master’s students in information sciences and computer science to apply for independent studies under my supervision. If you are interested, please send an email to lyy+apply@g.illinois.edu with your CV or submit your information via this Google form.

Visiting Students

We are able to host visiting students who are currently based in the United States. If you’re interested in collaborating with me, please feel free to reach out!