Students
To Interested Students
Prospective PhD Students
Current NCSU Graduate and Undergraduate Students
Prospective Non-PhD Students
PhD Students
Zhouyu Li
Ph.D., Fall 2021 - Present
M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S., Central South University
Sihao Liu
Ph.D., Fall 2025 - Present
M.S. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Guangdong University of Technology
B.S. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Guangdong University of Technology
Zhiying Wang
Ph.D., Fall 2025 - Present
M.S. in Electronic Information Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
B.E. in Electronic Information Engineering, Hebei University of Technology
Master's Students
Current NCSU Graduate and Undergraduate Students
Prospective Non-PhD Students
PhD Students
Zhouyu Li
Ph.D., Fall 2021 - Present
M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S., Central South University
Sihao Liu
Ph.D., Fall 2025 - Present
M.S. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Guangdong University of Technology
B.S. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Guangdong University of Technology
Zhiying Wang
Ph.D., Fall 2025 - Present
M.S. in Electronic Information Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
B.E. in Electronic Information Engineering, Hebei University of Technology
Master's Students
PhD Students
Zhouyu Li
Ph.D., Fall 2021 - Present
M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S., Central South University
Sihao Liu
Ph.D., Fall 2025 - Present
M.S. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Guangdong University of Technology
B.S. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Guangdong University of Technology
Zhiying Wang
Ph.D., Fall 2025 - Present
M.S. in Electronic Information Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
B.E. in Electronic Information Engineering, Hebei University of Technology
Master's Students
Dhaval Vaidya (MSCS, Spring 2025--present)
PhD Alumni

Fangtong Zhou
Ph.D., Fall 2020 - Spring 2025
Dissertation: Generalized and Robust Learning for Efficient Network Optimization
M.S., Texas A&M University
B.S., Harbin Institute of Technology

Xiaojian Wang
Ph.D., Fall 2021 - Summer 2025
Dissertation: Towards an Efficient and Trustworthy Ecosystem for Emerging Pervasive Computing and Communication Paradigms
Initial job: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado Denver
M.S., Taiyuan University of Technology & University of West Florida
B.S., Taiyuan University of Technology

Huayue Gu
Ph.D., Fall 2021 - Fall 2025
Dissertation: Network Design and Optimization for Global-Scale Entanglement Distribution
Initial job: Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology, Kennesaw State University
M.S., University of California, Riverside
B.S., Nanjing University of Posts And Telecommunications
Former Master's Students
Ayushi Rajendra Kumar (MSCS, Fall 2020) | Initial job: Nimble Storage - HPE
Vibhav Nandavaram Abbai Srivaths (MCS, Fall 2020; co-advised with Dr. Mihai Diaconeasa@NE) | Initial job: Charles Schwab
Prithvi Vijaybhai Patel (MCS, Spring 2021) | Initial job: Amazon AWS
Pawandeep Mendiratta (MCS, Spring 2021) | Initial job: Amazon AWS
Ramya Sai Mullapudi (MCS, Summer 2021 - Summer 2022) | Initial job: Meta
Laxmi Aishwarya Thela (MCS, Summer 2021 - Spring 2022) | Initial job: Microsoft
Ritwik Vaidya (MCS, Fall 2022; co-advised with Dr. Wenye Wang@ECE)
Obblivignes KanchanadeviVenkataraman (MS @ CSC, Spring 2023--Fall 2023)
Yuheng Zhu (MCS, Fall 2023)
Zijun Lu (MS @ CSC, Spring 2023--Spring 2024)
Pinxiang Wang (MCS, Fall 2023--Spring 2025)
Former Undergraduate Students
Szu-Yu (Sabrina) Lo (BS, NCSU COE REU, Fall 2019 - Summer 2021) | Initial job: Twillo
Neal Patel (BS, Mentor @ NCSSM Mentorship Program, Fall 2020)
Simon Griggs (BS, Mentor @ NCSSM Mentorship Program, Spring 2021)
Jin Choi (UG @ MAE, Mentor @ NCSSM Mentorship Program, Fall 2021 - Spring 2022) | Graduate program: NYU MS in Data Science
Mari Kilgus (UG @ CSC, Mentor @ NCSSM Mentorship Program, Fall 2021 - Spring 2022)
Xiaochun Liang (UG @ CSC, Fall 2022)
Saseesh Reddy Alla (UG @ CSC, Fall 2022)
Varshith Bandaru (UG @ CSC, Fall 2022 - Fall 2024)
Kagwe Muchane (UG @ CSC and Math, Fall 2023 - Fall 2024)
Jordan Robertson (UG @ STS, Fall 2023)
Osama Albahrani (UG @ CSC, Fall 2023)
Rye Fry (UG @ CSC, Fall 2023)
Harrison Blough (UG @ CSC, Fall 2023)
Ailene Tan (UG @ CSC, Fall 2023)
Conner Tawes (UG @ CSC, Fall 2023)
Abel Lu (UG @ CSC, Spring 2024)
Former High School Students
Jonathan Jacob (NCSSM, Mentorship Program, Fall 2020 - Spring 2021)
Kiki Wang (NCSSM, Mentorship Program, Fall 2020 - Spring 2021)
Amina Abdulsalam (NCSSM, Mentorship Program, Fall 2021 - Spring 2022)
Patel Avi (NCSSM, Mentorship Program, Fall 2023 - Spring 2024)
Achyuta Anandakrishnan (NCSSM, Mentorship Program, Fall 2023 - Spring 2024)
Samuel Jiang (NCSSM, Mentorship Program, Fall 2024 - Spring 2025)