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📬 Contact Note

Note: I kindly ask that you use an .edu email address when reaching out. Emails that do not follow this guideline may not receive a response. Please also note that mass-distributed or templated inquiry emails will not be answered.

Ph.D. Students

There are currently NO fully funded Ph.D. openings in our group.

I am always looking for driven students who have a genuine passion for research in areas such as computer architecture, FPGA acceleration, hardware/cyber security, machine learning, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Please note that I currently have no fully funded Ph.D. positions available, so I am especially interested in students who are able to support their own studies. I also value students who bring original questions, independent judgment, and creativity that go beyond what today’s AI tools can already do, since that is where a Ph.D. adds the most value. If you’re excited about advancing any of these subjects alongside me, please:

  1. Please apply for Binghamton University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) PhD program.

  2. Must have completed an MS/MEng degree in electrical engineering (EE), computer engineering (CE), or a related field with a minimum GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.

  3. Please mention my name as your preferred advisor in your application materials, so your application materials can be easily found.

  4. You are very welcome to reach out via email; please attach the following information:

    • Use ‘‘Apply-PhD-YourName-Semester-Year’’ as your email subject.
    • Please attach your CV, all transcripts, GRE score (Quantitative > 165) and IELTS or TOEFL score.
    • Please share your thoughts after reading at least one of my recent paper(s). I’m keen to know if any particularly interest you and why. I would like to hear your own perspective.
    • Please tell me about your previous work and whether it is related to any of my recent paper(s). Again, your own words are what matter most.

Prefer students already familiar with GPU，FPGA, SmartNIC，CUDA, Verilog, VHDL, and HLS.

Note: Please feel free to use AI tools to help you, but the ideas should be your own. I read every application myself, and I will reply to those that show genuine, thoughtful engagement with my work. Applications that rely solely on AI, unfortunately, will not receive a reply.

Master Students at Binghamton University

If you are a master’s student at Binghamton University and interested in working with me, please email me the following materials:

  1. Your transcript or a list of your grades in Computer Architecture or Security-related courses.

  2. Choose one paper published between 2023 and 2026 in one of the four major security conferences (USENIX Security, NDSS, CCS, or IEEE S&P) that interests you.

  3. Carefully read the paper and identify at least five technical or experimental limitations in the work. These could relate to the methodology, assumptions, scalability, practicality, etc.

  4. Summarize your thoughts and critique in a one-page report (no formatting requirement). Using AI tools to assist you is fine, but I am looking for your own thinking. If a submission is purely AI-generated, I am afraid I will not be able to reply.

  5. Send the report along with your research interests in the email.

I’m happy to read thoughtful submissions aligned with my research areas. Please make sure to follow the above instructions carefully.

Undergraduate Students at Binghamton University

If you are interested in conducting research or pursuing a capston project with me, email me your thoughts after reading one of my recent paper.