Meiyu Zhong started the Ph.D. program in ECE at the University of Arizona in 2021. She obtained her B.S. degree from Shanghai University in 2019 and M.S. degree from the University of Southern California in 2021. Her research interests include trustworthy machine learning, with a focus on robustness and fairness in machine learning. She interned at Micron Technology in 2024.
Fengwei Tian started the Ph.D. program in ECE at the University of Arizona in 2022. He obtained his B.S. degree from the University of Calgary in 2020 and M.S. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2022. His research interests include trustworthy machine learning, with a focus on data privacy and privacy-preserving learning and inference.
Payel Bhattacharjee started the Ph.D. program in ECE at the University of Arizona in 2022. She obtained her B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India in 2021. She worked as an Associate Software Engineer at Bosch Global Software Technologies from 2021 to 2022. Her current research focuses on trustworthy machine learning, differential privacy, causal inference, and causal graph discovery.
Vimal William started the Ph.D. program in ECE at the University of Arizona in 2025, co-advised with Dr. Jyotikrishna Dass. He earned his B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Anna University, India in 2023. From 2023 to 2025, he worked as a System Software Engineer in Edge AI at SandLogic Technologies, India, focusing on ML systems and AI accelerators. His research interests lie at the intersection of machine learning, hardware/software co-design, and computer architecture.
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2025.Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2025, co-advised with Prof. T. Bose.Applied IntuitionOutstanding Graduate Student Award, College of Engineering, 2025.
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2024.Marvell Technology
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2023, co-advised with Prof. M. Li.TikTok → AppleOutstanding Graduate Student Award, College of Engineering, 2023.
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2022.NXP Semiconductors
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2022, co-advised with Prof. M. Li.Princeton University
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2021, co-advised with Prof. T. Bose.Keysight Technologies → Apple
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2021.Ford
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2020.Samsung
Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 2016, co-advised with Prof. T. Clancy.Intel → Meta → Google
Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 2016, co-advised with Prof. T. Clancy.VT iDirect → Qualcomm → Google
M.S., University of Arizona, 2018. Currently at Arrow Electronics, Phoenix, AZ.
M.S., University of Arizona, 2019. Later a Ph.D. student at the University of Arizona.
M.S., University of Arizona, 2020. Later a Ph.D. student at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.