EXceL-Lab@UCF

Efficient, Scalable and Accelerated Learning Laboratory (EXceL-Lab) at University of Central Florida.

Welcome to our Efficient, Scalable and Accelerated Learning Laboratory (EXceL-Lab) at University of Central Florida, part of the Department of Computer Science and the Insititute of Artificial intelligence. Our mission is to build the next generation efficient and scalable machine intelligence to democritize and accelerate AI technology. We approach this through optimizing and co-designing AI algorithms and hardware systems. We also actively push efficient AI to accelerate scientific discovery.

[Hiring!] We are actively looking for postdocs, Ph.D. students, visiting scholars/students, and master/undergraduate researchers. If you are interested in working with me, feel free to contact me via yuzhang.hire@gmail.com (Please do not send to other emails). UCF@CSRankings: Computer Vision (9th), AI (39th), Overall (53rd). 

Principal Investigator

Ph.D. Students

  • Kunyang Li (Fall 2025-, co-advided with Dr. Mubarak Shah)
    B.S.: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China & M.S.: Nanyang Technological University

  • Wenrui Bao (Fall 2026-)
    B.S.: Chinese University of Hong Kong & M.S.: Nanyang Technological University

  • Xinxin Liu (Fall 2026-, co-advided with Dr. Chen Chen)
    B.S.: Beijing Normal University & M.S.: Johns Hopkins University

  • Chaoyang Wang (Fall 2026-)
    B.S.: Central South University

  • Hang Yu (Fall 2026-, co-advided with Dr. Mubarak Shah)
    B.S.: University of Macau & M.S.: Boston University

M.S. Students

  • Mahd Qureshi (Fall 2025-current)
    M.S.: University of Central Florida

  • Joshua Lowe (Spring 2026-current)
    M.S.: University of Central Florida

  • Hai Nguyen (Spring 2026-current)
    M.S.: University of Central Florida

Research Assistant

  • Zhiben Chen (Summer 2025-current)
    B.S.: University of Macau & M.S.: Carnegie Mellon University