We always welcome bright and highly self-motivated students and PDFs to join our group. Please check our Graduate Program for detailed admission information. Note that there is a minimum GPA requirement of 3.3/4.0.

 Current Members (2023/24):

• Curtis Kennedy (MSc, incoming)

• Ellis McDougald (NSERC USRA)
• Abbinash Ranjitkar (NSERC USRA)
• Sumayya Taher (NSERC USRA)
• Yue Sun (Visiting doctoral student)
• Mingyang Gong (Doctoral student)
• Shashank Pathak (MSc student)
• Sichen Lv (Research Assistant)

 Group photos: 2023 | 2016 | 2015

 Former Visiting Scholars, PDFs and PhD Graduates:

• Xianyu Yu (Visiting Scholar April 2023)
      Now Professor in the College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics;
• Yanjun Jiang (Visiting Scholar December 2022)
      Now Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Ludong University;
• Jing Fan (Visiting Scholar September 2022)
      Now Associate Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, Shanghai Polytechnic University;
• Liguo Wang (Visiting Scholar November 2020)
      Now Associate Professor in the Department of Digital Media, Beihua University;
• Qiaojun Shu (Visiting Scholar September 2020)
      Now Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Hangzhou Dianzi University;
• Shuguang Han (Visiting Scholar August 2020)
      Now Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University;
• An Zhang (Visiting Scholar August 2020)
      Now Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Hangzhou Dianzi University;
• Longcheng Liu (Visiting Scholar August 2018)
      Now Associate Professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences, Xiamen University;
• Taibo Luo (PDF May 2017; co-supervised w/Liang Li, Chemistry)
      Now Associate Professor of Management Science and Engineering in the School of Economics and Management at the Xidian University;
• Yong Chen (Visiting Scholar February 2017)
      Now Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Hangzhou Dianzi University;
• Wenchang Luo (Visiting Scholar August 2016)
      Now Professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics, Ningbo University;
• Huili Zhang (PDF March 2015)
      Now Associte Professor in the School of Management, Xi'an Jiaotong University;
• Timothy Wylie (PDF July 2014)
      Now Associate Professor of Computer Science at University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley;
• Zhendong Shao (PDF March 2013)
• Yongxi Cheng (PDF July 2009; co-supervised w/R. Goebel)
      Now Professor in the School of Management, Xi'an Jiaotong University;

• Yao Xu (January 2019)
      Now Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Georgia Southern University;
• Yining Wang (May 2017; co-supervised w/Paul Stothard, Agriculture)
      Now Associate Professor in the College of Animal Science and Technology at Henan Agricultural University;
• Weitian Tong (July 2015)
      Now Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgia Southern University;
• Yi Shi (August 2012; co-supervised w/Dale Schuurmans)
      Now Associate Professor in Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine at the Shanghai Jiaotong University;
• Hadi Sabaa (April 2011)
      Now Assistant Professor in Abu Dhabi;
• Jianjun Zhou (December 2008; co-supervised w/J. Sander)
      Now Research Scientist in Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data;
• Gang Wu (November 2008; co-supervised w/J. You)
      Now at Shareworks by Morgan Stanley;
• Zhipeng Cai (August 2008; co-supervised w/M. Salavatipour)
      Now Professor of Computer Science at Georgia State University (IEEE Fellow 2023);
• Xiang Wan (August 2006)
      Now Research Scientist in Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data.

 Former MSc Graduates:

• Nazmus Sakeef (March 2023; co-supervised w/R. Glen Uhrig, Biology)
      Now at NorQuest College;
• Sangita Mitra (September 2021)
      Now at Smartcell Technologies;
• Chenqu Tang (June 2015; co-supervised w/Liang Li, Chemistry)
      Now at Google;
• Ronghong Li (May 2013; co-supervised w/Liang Li, Chemistry)
      Now at Microsoft;
• Zhong Li (March 2011)
      Now at Google;
• Jiaofen Xu (August 2009; co-supervised w/Paul Stothard, Agriculture)
      Now with Electronic Arts;
• Junfeng Wu (December 2006; co-supervised w/R. Goebel)
• William Kennedy (August 2005; co-supervised w/R. Hayward)
      Now PDF at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs;
• Xin Tu (March 2005)
      Now at Ernst & Young LLP.