Yu Tian

Yu Tian is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at University of Central Florida (UCF), with joint appointments in the UCF College of Medicine. He is also affiliated with the Artificial Intelligence Initiative (Aii). From 2022 to 2025, He was a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania. He completed both his Ph.D. (in just three years) and his B.Sc. with First Class Honours in Computer Science at the Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML), Adelaide University.

🔥🔥 I will be joining the Department of Computer Science at UCF as an Assistant Professor starting Summer 2025. I am actively seeking highly motivated PhD students, master’s/undergraduate students, and interns/visiting students to join my research group beginning Spring 2026. For perspective PhD students, please consider applying to UCF’s Computer Science PhD program and mention my name in your application. Please read this Ph.D. opening document for detailed research topics and requirements.