Yang Zhang, Ph.D.

Biography

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Miami University, beginning in Fall 2025. Prior to this, I served as a Teaching Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). I was also a Postdoctoral Research Associate at UIUC and a W. J. Cody Research Associate at Argonne National Laboratory. I hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, an M.S. in Data Science from Indiana University Bloomington, and a B.E. in Software Engineering from Wuhan University.

Prospective Students

We have fully funded positions available for Ph.D./M.S. students in Computer Science, and we also welcome students interested in contributing to our ongoing research projects through independent study or guided research experiences. If you are interested, please feel free to email me your CV/resume and research interests/statement at zhang981@miamioh.edu.

Research Interests

Human-AI/LLM Collaboration

• Human-AI alignment and collaboration in generative models
• Collaborative neural architecture and hyperparameter searh with human-AI interaction
• Development of Co-Learning Frameworks for Integrating Human Intelligence with AI/LLM

AI/LLM Modeling Challenges

• Addressing data sparsity in AI/LLM models and enhancing learning from limited data
• Tackling information multimodality for more comprehensive AI/LLM understanding
• Ensuring the trustworthiness and universality of AI/LLM models across diverse applications

Awards and Honors

• [2023, 2024] Teachers Ranked as Excellent, University of Illinois
• [2022] Best Paper Award, ACM/IEEE ASONAM
• [2022] Best Paper Honorable Mention, IEEE SMARTCOMP
• [2021] Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award, University of Notre Dame
• [2021] Video Presentation Award, ACM/IEEE IWQoS
• [2020] W. J. Cody Associate Award, Argonne National Laboratory
• [2018, 2019] Conference Travel Award, IEEE
• [2015] Data Science Scholar Fellowship, Indiana Unviersity
• [2010, 2011] First Class Scholarship, Wuhan Unviersity