Openings

We welcome enquiries from self-motivated researchers interested in robust machine learning, AI safety, computer vision, and learning from imperfect information.

Before You Email: PhD Enquiries

I receive quite some PhD enquiries recently. I would suggest you keep your email concise and include three key details:

  1. Academic background in context. If your university is outside the UK or China, it is highly possible that I am less familiar with the institution. Please give its national ranking (with a source), or your university entrance examination rank or percentile.
  2. Publications. Your publications in leading CORE A/A* conferences or JCR-Q1 journals, with paper links.
  3. Funding and scholarships. Any funding you have secured (or self-funded), and the specific scholarships you intend to apply for. Full scholarships are highly competitive and require an exceptionally strong application.

Providing these details in the email will help me assess your prospects and offer relevant advice without taking up your time unnecessarily.

Please email me using the subject line:
[Prospective Student/Visitor] Your Name – Your Current Institution
Without this standard subject format, I may overlook your message, as I rely on these keywords to sort incoming emails.

Prospective PhD Students

Students with strong programming skills and a solid mathematical or statistical foundation are encouraged to get in touch, especially if their interests overlap with:

  • learning with noisy, coarse, or incomplete supervision;
  • AI safety, certification, and robust evaluation;
  • foundation models for visual and multimodal data.

Visitors and Postdocs

Researchers with overlapping interests and their own fellowship, scholarship, or visiting support are welcome to discuss collaboration opportunities.

  • short-term visits and research exchanges;
  • joint papers on robust learning and AI safety;
  • collaborative projects across machine learning and computer vision.

Please contact me with emails if you think you are eligible for the Commonwealth PhD Scholarship.

How to Apply

Use the subject line given above. For PhD enquiries, start with a brief summary addressing the three points above, keep your research interests and fit with the lab concise, and include the following supporting materials:

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