Fall 23/24 openings
ODU positions are not available anymore!
Hi! I am an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Old Dominion University (ODU). My research interests lie broadly in AI, ML, and DM and specifically in data streams, online learning, real-time decision-making, and explainable/equitable AI. Dr. He's lab has consistent publications at top-tier DM and AI venues, including AAAI, IJCAI, WWW, ICDM, TKDE, TNNLS, TII, ACMMM, to name a few. Please find the specifics on my personal page.
I am looking for self-motivated PhD and Master students to join my lab, starting from Fall 2023. PhD students will be fully supported as graduate teaching assistant (TA) or research assistant (RA), with tuition waiver ($29,127) + stipend $2000/month; MS students will be supported as RA with tuition waiver.
P.S.: Norfolk is a city with cheap life expenses, where you can expect an enjoyable life with such stipend.
Expectations & Requirements
Meet the minimum admission requirements of ODU (for international students, TOEFL IBT >79 or IELTS>6.5, GRE V150+Q150, please find more details in the application checklist). Note, GRE is NOT a must if prior research experience could be demonstrated;
Having one of the following three preliminaries is preferred: 1) being familiar with one programming language (python/JAVA/C/Matlab); 2) with solid math background; 3) having prior research experience;
Background in all science and engineering fields is welcomed, including but not limited to, computer science/engineering, math, statistics, finance, physics, chemistry, biology, to name a few. As long as you are eager to research DM & ML and are excited to conduct good science, we can talk.
About CS@ODU
ODU is classified as "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" by the Carnegie Classification as of the 2021 update. Only 146 institutions across the US in total hold the R1 classification. The computer science department of ODU holds a rank of 106 (tying with CUNY) by the CS rankings in the AI&IR area.
Old Dominion University is founded in 1930 by the College of William and Mary, known as a "public Ivy", the second oldest university in the United States. Since 1962, ODU was granted independence. In teaching, ODU has been recognized as the No. 1 online bachelor's program by the US news in 2021, with 35 faculty members received the SCHEV award since 1987. In doing research, the computer science department of ODU holds a rank of 94 (AI area, 2016--2021) recorded by the "CSRankings".
ODU locates in the city of Norfolk, which let students enjoy convenient transportation through the so-called DMV district (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia) -- to wit, 4 hours driving to Washington DC and 6 hours to New York City. ODU arranges a peaceful research life, which has spurred a very strong computer science program with numerous IEEE Fellows, National Science Foundation CAREER Award winners, ONR Young Investigator Awardees, top conference chairs, most highly cited researchers in the world of science, and many others. Students who graduated from our program joined Cisco, Epic, IBM Research, Google Research, AT&T Labs, Amazon, etc., and joined research schools such as Drexel University and Temple University.
How to contact
Email me at yihe@cs.odu.edu with a title "23Fall PhD application" and your resume/CV, (unofficial) transcripts, TOEFL, and GRE (if available).