Yang Zhang, Ph.D.

Biography

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Miami University. Prior to this, I also worked at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and Argonne National Laboratory. I hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.

Prospective Students

Our lab currently has multiple fully funded Research Assistant (RA) openings for Ph.D. students in Computer Science. Interested applicants are encouraged to email me their CV and/or research statement at zhang981@miamioh.edu.

Research Interests

Human–Generative AI Alignment

• Human-AI collaborative reasoning · LLM alignment from imperfect feedback · uncertainty-aware AI

Trustworthy & Domain-Adaptive Generative AI

• Multimodal/agentic AI · limited-data learning · scientific and healthcare AI

AI Systems & Quantum Computing

• Quantum-AI for scientific data · quantum-classical computing · efficient AI systems

You can learn more about our lab and research at the ExploreXploit Lab.

Awards and Honors

• [2026] NSF CyberTraining Award, National Science Foundation
• [2026] Best Dataset Paper Award, AAAI ICWSM
• [2026] Rising Stars of Education, Dayton Business Journal
• [2025] NSF OAC Core Research Award, National Science Foundation
• [2023, 2024, 2025] 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 BigData
• [2015] Data Science Scholar Fellowship, Indiana Unviersity