Prospective Students
For current students and group activities, please see the Group page.
PhD Applicants
PhD admissions for the current cycle are closed.
This page will be updated if future openings become available.
IIT Master’s Students
I work with IIT master’s students primarily through for-credit research courses (e.g., ITMT 597). These opportunities provide hands-on research experience with close faculty mentorship and are intended for sustained research rather than short-term exploration.
They are not paid research assistant roles. Priority is generally given to students who have taken one of my courses and demonstrated strong performance, initiative, and reliability.
If you are interested, please email me your CV and a brief introduction describing your background, interests, what you hope to work on, and how much time you can realistically commit each week.
Summer Research Openings
I have selective summer research openings for strong Illinois Tech master’s students and select visiting or remote students. Current priority areas include reliable language technologies, multi-agent social behavior, and computational social-science measurement.
These opportunities are intended for sustained, publication-oriented research. They are not casual reading projects. Students should be able to make consistent weekly progress, communicate clearly, and contribute to implementation, analysis, and writing.
For summer research, a minimum commitment of 10-15 hours per week is expected, and 15-20 hours per week is preferred for students who want to take a major role in a project. This opportunity is not suitable for students who can only contribute occasional or irregular hours.
Interested students should first read one recent manuscript from my group, such as the papers listed on the Publications page. In your email, please include a short paragraph explaining the main finding of the manuscript you read, one limitation or future direction you find interesting, and one concrete experiment you would like to help implement. Generic emails that do not discuss a specific paper or project are unlikely to receive a response.
Shortlisted students may be asked to complete a small one-week research task before joining a project.
If you are interested, please email me your CV, transcript or GPA, GitHub or writing sample if available, your paragraph about the paper, and your expected weekly availability.
Contact: yhu89 [at] illinoistech [dot] edu
For general information about my research, publications, and teaching, please return to my main page.