Group

My research group on a group outing by the water at USC

The group on a recent outing.

I work with a wonderful group of students. If what we do sounds interesting, I'd love to hear from you.

Recruiting · PhD students for Fall 2026

I'm looking for PhD students excited about:

(a) data-centric ML — data valuation, agentic markets, synthetic data;   (b) privacy and memorization in ML;   (c) foundations of robust and secure ML.

You can apply through PhD programs in either CS or ECE at USC — mention my name in your application. Interested in a summer internship? See the IUSSTF–Viterbi program (for students in India), the USC–Tsinghua program, and USC JumpStart for undergrads.

If any of this is you, reach out — especially if your background is different from mine. :)

I'm lucky to work with a lot of wonderful students, including those below.

PhD Students

Michael Duan (co-advised with Xiang Ren)
Skyler Hallinan (co-advised with Xiang Ren)
Duygu Nur Yaldiz (co-advised with Salman Avestimehr)
Yavuz Faruk Bakman (co-advised with Salman Avestimehr)

Masters & Undergraduate Students

Dhruv Tarsadiya (co-advised with Swabha Swayamdipta)
Sungmin Kang (co-advised with Salman Avestimehr)
Danny Dong (co-advised with Swabha Swayamdipta)