Join our team!
I am actively looking for motivated, ambitious, excited, and
passionate graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and
undergraduate researchers to join my lab at Cornell!
I am looking for students eager to pursue ground-breaking
research to push the frontier of computing by designing
efficient, scalable, and responsible computing systems. The
central theme to my research is co-designing solutions across
the computing stack to design and implement systems in new
ways to improve the performance, efficiency, and environmental
sustainability of computing. Given the inherently
interdiscpilinary nature of our research, there is no specific
technical prerequisite to joining the group and noone is
expected to be an expert in all areas. Instead, we are looking
for researchers ambitious and motivated students to build an
interdisciplinary, collaborative research team. Some areas of
expertise that may be particularly relevant include circuits
and VLSI, computer architecture, run-time systems, embedded
systems, cloud-scale systems, AI/ML and
robotics, AR/VR, and environmental sustainability. However, if you feel
strongly about our mission and believe you are good fit, please
reach out!
If you are interested in working with me, please send me an email with the following:
- Summary of research areas that excite you.
- Description of your background and skills (especially ones related to our research in computer architecture, systems, AI and machine learning, and sustainability
- CV
- Transcript (if possible)
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Cornell Tech?
Cornell Tech is Cornell’s new New York City campus on Roosevelt Island that overlooks the city that never sleeps. It provides students strong opportunities to collaborate with and impact industry as well as gives students a “startup” feeling where research and creative entrepreneurship constantly mix.
- Do I apply separately to Cornell and Cornell Tech?
No. The application process and overall program for PhD students in Ithaca and NYC are the same.
- Can you advise PhD students in CS?
Yes! I can advise and co-advise students in Cornell's CS program.
Team
PhD students
Leo Han
Zhanqiu (Summer) Hu
co-advised with Zhiru Zhang
Michael Shen
Yueying Li
co-advised with Ed Suh
Tanmaey Gupta
co-advised with Chris-De Sa
Xuesi Chen
Master's students
- Ishan Parag Patwardhan ( expected to graduate May 2027)
- Cyrstal Zhou ( expected to graduate May 2026)
- Gangming Zhang ( expected to graduate May 2026)
- Yuanfan Chen ( expected to graduate May 2026)
- Ethan Chen ( expected to graduate May 2026)
- Zirui Han ( expected to graduate May 2026)
- Ariel Goldner ( expected to graduate May 2026)
- Tadiwos Abay ( expected to graduate May 2026)
- Akiho Kawada ( expected to graduate May 2026)
MS/MEng/Undergraduate Alumni
- Jacob Ioffe ( Graduated May 2025, now at NVIDIA)
- Hongbang Wu ( Graduated May 2025, now PhD student at HKUST)
- Anvita Bhagvatula ( Graduated May 2024, now PhD student at MIT)
- Rachna Umesh ( Graduated May 2024, now at Stealth Startup)
- Shoudong Zhu ( Graduated May 2023, now at Google)
- Omer Graif ( now at Apple)
- Aneesh Pandoh ( Graduated May 2025, now at Capital One)
- Jash Kakadia ( Graduated May 2024, now at AWS)