Funded Ph.D. Positions

We look for candidates who

have aspirations and research experience in a.) computer vision and machine learning, or b.) inter-disciplinary research at the intersection of deep neural networks and emerging healthcare domains; and

have excellent coding and software skills.

Interested candidates may send a detailed CV and any inquiry to Dr. Catherine Zhao (qzhao at cs dot umn dot edu).

If you meet the eligibility criteria, please make an application via the department application page (https://cse.umn.edu/cs/phd-admissions) and indicate your faculty preference (Catherine Zhao).

Directed Research (for both Graduate and Undergraduate Students at UMN)

Due to enormous interest (thanks for that!), we are currently full and not able to accept new students for directed research. Please check back later.

a.) If you are interested in taking 1-3 semesters and doing research in my lab, please send a detailed CV and any queries to Dr. Catherine Zhao (qzhao at cs dot umn dot edu) with title [Directed research]. Priority will be given to those who have taken introductory computer vision (5561 or equivalent) and machine learning (5521 or equivalent) courses.

b.) If you are interested in inter-disciplinary research at the intersection of computer science and biomedical engineering/psychiatry/neuroscience, there are opportunities to work with faculty in both biomedical engineering/psychiatry/neuroscience and computer science. Please send a detailed CV and any queries to Dr. Catherine Zhao (qzhao at cs dot umn dot edu) with title [Directed inter-disciplinary research]. Priority will be given to those who have experience in data collection and analysis, and web and database development.