Multiple fully-funded Ph.D. positions at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Multiple fully-funded Ph.D. positions (Spring/Fall 2023) are available in MoSIS Lab at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.


Dr. Jian Liu is an Assistant Professor in the Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He leads MoSIS (Mobile Sensing and Intelligent Systems) Lab at UTK. Dr. Liu’s research interests span Mobile Sensing and Computing, Cybersecurity and Privacy, Intelligent Systems, Smart Healthcare, and Machine Learning. He regularly publishes papers in premier venues (e.g., ACM MobiCom, ACM CCS, ACM MobiHoc, ACM MobiSys, IEEE INFOCOM and ACM UbiComp). He also holds 4 U.S. patents, two of which have been licensed to industrial companies. Dr. Liu is a recipient of two Best Paper Awards from IEEE SECON 2017 and IEEE CNS 2018, Best-in-session Presentation Award from IEEE INFOCOM 2017, Best Poster Award Runner-up from ACM MobiCom 2016 and 2018. He is also a recipient of ECE Research Excellence Award in 2018 and Best Teaching Assistant Award in 2019 from Rutgers University. Meanwhile, Dr. Liu’s research has been regularly featured in the media including BBC News, Yahoo News, MIT Technology Review, NBC New York, IEEE Spectrum, WCBS TV and Voice of America TV, etc.
More information about Dr. Liu can be found at: http://web.eecs.utk.edu/~jliu/
MoSIS lab: https://mosis.eecs.utk.edu/
Why join MoSIS Lab @ UTK?
UTK ranked 30th in Computer Engineering and 32nd in Electrical Engineering among public universities based on the latest U.S. News ranking.
Knoxville ranked 8th in the 2018 Best Affordable Places to Live in the US.
UTK co-manages Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Many job and internship opportunities there!
Our interdisciplinary research (e.g., Mobile Computing, Sensing, Security & Privacy, Machine Learning, HCI) has great real-world impacts (e.g., society, academic community, industry and media).
We regularly publish papers in premier conferences (e.g., MobiCom, MobiSys, CCS, MobiHoc, INFOCOM, UbiComp).
Fan of country music? There are so many great country songs about Tennessee!
MoSIS Lab was founded in 2019! We are a young and energetic team. Join us and let\'s grow up together!
If you are interested, please contact Dr. Liu at jliu@utk.edu with your resume or CV, transcripts, TOEFL and GRE scores, and anything that may help to evaluate your application. This opening opportunity is for Ph.D. applicants for Spring/Fall 2023.

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