Potential Candidates Guideline


I currently supervise undergraduate and graduate students. I am always looking for outstanding students in Information Science, Computer Science, Social Science, and Medical. I look for students who are interested in computational methods and interdisciplinary areas. If you are interested in joining my research team to work on current projects, it's helpful to know about your research experience, how your interests are compatible with our work, and your future plan.


For Potential USC Students: please send me an email with the following attached items in PDF format to make an apportionment:

  • A resume (Please indicate your schools, research and working experience, and your publications)

  • A copy of your graduate/undergraduate transcript

  • If you used or cited our project in your papers, please send me those papers.

For Potential Non-USC Students: please apply to the School of Information Science and mention my name specifically in your application and statement of purpose (SOP). After you submit an application, please send me an email with the following attached items in PDF format:

  • A resume (please indicate your schools, research and working experience, and your publications)

  • A copy of your graduate/undergraduate transcript

  • If you have used or cited our papers, please send me those ones

Reading Suggestions for Active PhD Students

Current Students:

Undergraduate Level

Serena Harn

Jacqueline Purtell

Dora Lee



Master Level

Mackenzie Anderson (MS,USC,SLIS)


PhD Level

Parisa Bozorgi (PhD,USC,SPH,Now[DHEC])

Victoria Money (PhD,USC,SOC)


Past Students:

George Shaw (PhD,USC,SLIS,Now[Tenure-Track Assistant Professor,UNC Charlotte])

Yao Zhang (PhD,USC,SLIS,Was[Postdoc, USC & Kente State University],Now[Assistant Professor at Nankai University])

Frank Webb (BS,USC, SCHC, Magellan Recepient, Exploration Grant Recipient, NOW[PhD Student at GMU])

Morgan Lundy (MS,USC,SLIS, NOW[PhD Student at UIUC])

Vishal Shah (MS,USC,CS,Was[IBM],Now[Amazon])

London Bennett (BA,USC,SCHC,Exploration Grant Recipient, Intern[DOD])

Amit Bansal (MS,USC,CS, Now[CGI])

Marcos Moraes (MS,USC,CS,Now[World Acceptance Corporation])

Siva Prasad Reddy Nooli (MS,USC,CS,Intern[Astellas Pharma],Now[Cerner])

Sruthi Puthan Valappil (MS,USC,CS, Now[Infosys])

Rachana Redd Kadari (MS,USC,CS,Intern[Express Scripts])

Harshini Bheemreddy (MS,USC,CS,Intern[ACI Worldwide], Now[Rockwell Collins])

Matthew Collins (MS,USC,SLIS,Now[Reference Librarian at Berry College])

Sree Pantai (MS,USC,CS,Now[Eaton])

Aida El Kouri (BS,USC,SCHC, SC-AMP Recipient ,SURF Receipient, Intern[Goldman Sachs])

Noelle M. Pendergraft (BS, USC, SCHC, SURF Receipient,Now[Agfirst])

Spring (Bailey) Clark (BS, USC, Now[Master Student with Scholorship at Fordham University])

Bailey GoldSchmidt

Maura N. Barilla

Michael Zhu

Jillian M. Ulloa

Hannah Boyajieff

Nathanael L. Lemmen