Haoran Chen↗
Postdoctoral associate · Computer Science
Research focusComputer vision · Continual learning · Transfer learning
IRB 4226 · Seat 12026–presentFurong Lab · University of Maryland
People building trustworthy AI.
A research community spanning foundation models, reasoning, robotics, safety, fairness, and learning theory.
Current group
Postdoctoral researcher.
Working across robotics, multimodal learning, world models, and trustworthy foundation models.
Current group
Doctoral advisees.
Students are grouped by starting cohort, with names ordered alphabetically within each cohort.
Started 20242 researchers
Minghui Liu↗
Ph.D. advisee · Computer Science
Research focusLLM reasoning · Reinforcement learning · Efficient AI
IRB 2108 · Seat 132024–present
Seungjae (Jay) Lee↗
Ph.D. advisee · Computer Science
Research focusRobot learning · World models · Data-efficient decision-making
IRB 3018 · Seat 12024–presentStarted 20257 researchers
Andrew Mendez↗
Ph.D. advisee · Computer Science
Research focusSelf-improving AI systems
IRB 2112 · Seat 272025–present
Jiawei Xu↗
Ph.D. advisee · AMSC
Research focusGenerative modeling · Scientific machine learning · ML theory
2025–present
Lingzhi Yuan↗
Ph.D. advisee · Computer Science
Research focusTrustworthy ML · LLM and agent safety · Harness optimization
IRB 3108 · Seat 162025–present
Shayan Shabihi↗
Ph.D. advisee · Computer Science
Research focusAI security · Privacy · Agentic systems
IRB 2108 · Seat 82025–present
Sy-Tuyen Ho↗
Ph.D. advisee · Computer Science
Research focusTrustworthy multimodal AI · Agentic systems · Data privacy
2025–present
Weize Liu↗
Ph.D. advisee · Computer Science
Research focusLLM reasoning · Agentic systems · Synthetic data generation
2025–present
Yoonkyo Jung↗
Ph.D. advisee · Electrical & Computer Engineering
Research focusRobot foundation models · Scalable robot learning · World models
IRB 3108 · Seat 132025–presentStarted 20263 researchers
Byeonghyun Pak↗
Ph.D. advisee · Computer Science
Research focusRobotics · Multimodal foundation models
2026–present
Drew Gjerstad↗
Ph.D. advisee · Computer Science
Research focusGenerative modeling · Bayesian optimization · Scientific machine learning
2026–present
Feijiang Han↗
Ph.D. advisee · Computer Science
Research focusMechanistic interpretability · World models
2026–presentLab spaces
Where embodied AI becomes physical.
Furong Lab has exclusive use of AVW 4462 and half of IRB 2223. Through Furong’s affiliation with the Maryland Robotics Center, the group also uses shared robotics space in the IRB lobby rooms 0116 and 0120. These facilities support robotics and embodied-AI experimentation within a broader research program; not every lab member works with robots.
AVW Room 4462· Exclusive Furong Lab useIRB Room 2223· Exclusive Furong Lab use (half of room)IRB lobby Rooms 0116 & 0120· Shared via Maryland Robotics Center
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Life in Furong Lab
Milestones, ideas, and time together.
From presenting new work to graduations and shared meals—the lab is a community as much as a research group.
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Alumni outcomes
Great researchers, building what comes next.
Graduates and former advisees carry Furong Lab’s work into leading research organizations, industry laboratories, and academia.
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On the market
Researchers ready for their next chapter.
Meet recent Furong Lab graduates currently exploring research and industry opportunities.
Aakriti Agrawal
Ph.D. · Computer Science
2026On the market
Class of 20266 alumni
Souradip Chakraborty↗
Ph.D. · Computer Science
2026MIT CSAIL · Postdoctoral Researcher with Omar Khattab
Xiyao Wang
Ph.D. · Computer Science
2026Tencent Hunyuan · North America
Class of 20258 alumni
Xiaoyu Liu
Ph.D. · Computer Science
2025Google
Class of 20241 alumnus
Tahseen Rabbani↗
Ph.D. · Computer Science
2024University of Chicago · Postdoctoral Researcher with Ce ZhangClass of 20231 alumnus
Class of 20221 alumnus
Jiahao Su
Ph.D. · Electrical & Computer Engineering
2022Amazon Rufus · Seattle