Scholar
Yang Zhang
Google Scholar ID: egeD-DMAAAAJ
Assistant Professor, Miami University
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,792
H-index
24
i10-index
57
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Publications
Resume
Academic Achievements
- [2025] NSF OAC Core 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; [2015] Data Science Scholar Fellowship, Indiana University.
Research Experience
- Currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Miami University; Previously a Teaching Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC); Also worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at UIUC and a W. J. Cody Research Associate at Argonne National Laboratory.
Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.
Background
- Research Interests: Human-Generative AI/LLM Alignment, Designing interactive neural and hyperparameter search frameworks, Enabling bidirectional learning between humans and AI systems, Generative AI/LLM Modeling, Enhancing model learning under sparse and limited data, Integrating multimodal inputs for unified generative understanding, Ensuring robustness, fairness, and trust across domains, Quantum-GPU Hybrid Design, Integrating quantum processors with GPU-based deep learning, Developing scalable quantum-classical hybrid architectures, Mitigating noise, decoherence, and interoperability issues.
Miscellany
- We currently have openings for Ph.D. students in Computer Science and also welcome undergraduate and master’s students interested in participating in our ongoing research through independent study or guided research projects.