University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
ScaleML Lab
We're a research lab advancing the frontiers of both theoretical and empirical machine learning. Our work spans LLM reasoning, reinforcement learning, AI agents, ML theory, optimization, generative models, and embodied AI — with a focus on reliable, real-world impact.
LLM ReasoningReinforcement LearningAI AgentsML TheoryOptimizationGenerative ModelsEmbodied AI
Faculty
Ph.D. Students
M.S. Students
Alumni
Former students and postdocs, grouped by current position.
Daniel Hsu
Associate Professor · Columbia University
Haishan Ye
Associate Professor · Xi'an Jiaotong University
Junzhou Huang
Professor · University of Texas at Arlington
Kean Ming Tan
Associate Professor · University of Michigan
Matus Telgarsky
Assistant Professor · New York University
Peilin Zhao
Professor · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Qiang Sun
Associate Professor · University of Toronto
Shuang Qiu
Assistant Professor · City University of Hong Kong
Weizhong Zhang
Assistant Professor · Fudan University
Ying Su
Assistant Professor · South China University of Technology
Qing Lian
Research Scientist · DJI
Zhichao Huang
Research Scientist · ByteDance
Ziqi Wang
Research Scientist · Anthropic
Lei Han
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist · Noitom Robotics
Ting Yang
Data Scientist · Yelp
Binnie Yiu
Engineer · CLP Group
Dong Dai
Director of Global HEOR · Daiichi Sankyo
Jingwei Zhang
Algorithm Engineer · SharpSight Limited
Yaowei Huang
Engineer · Ant Group
KaShun Shum
Ph.D. Student · HKUST
Yuhui Ding
Ph.D. Student · ETH Zürich
Daniel Vainsencher
Consultant · Nirinor
Paat Helbert
Research Assistant · Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Xiao Zhou
Quantitative Trader