{"id":962,"date":"2024-03-15T12:26:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T19:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/yezhouyang\/?page_id=962"},"modified":"2025-07-28T15:36:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T22:36:18","slug":"research-network","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/yezhouyang\/research-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/yezhouyang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2016\/08\/illusion_faces3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-135\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ASU Active Perception Group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-asu-gold-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a3c578a3d185e8347aa2b8fd8e8994b0\"><strong>\u2013 A New American Computing Research Group<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Faculty Members:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/androidyang.com\/\">\u2018YZ\u2019 Yezhou Yang<\/a>&nbsp;(Group Lead, Founding Principle Investigator)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfarhadi.ir\/\">Mohammad Farhadi (Adjunct Professor, SCAI ASU and Visiting Researcher from ARGOS Vision)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chakravarthi589.github.io\/\">Bharatesh Chakravarthi (Assistant Teaching Professor))<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Doctoral Students:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/varunjammula\">Varun Chandra Jammula<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>XiangRui Liu (Fulton PhD Fellow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agneet Chatterjee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/blake-harrison-6bab3379\/\">Blake Harrison<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ethan Wisdom (Fulton Schools Dean\u2019s Fellow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maitreyapatel.com\/\">Maitreya Patel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nilay-yilmaz\/\">Nilay Yilmaz<\/a> (Turkish Presidential PhD Fellow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forouzan Fallah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chi-Yao Huang (Fulton PhD Fellow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Master Students:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Huiliang Shao<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shibin Zheng<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aadhavan Sadasivam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fengyu Yan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shivakshit Patri<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Students:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group is open to undergraduate students who want to do projects with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Visiting Scholars:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emin Guney (visiting PhD student from Turkey (T\u00dcB\u0130TAK), 2024-25)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zhe Wang (visiting PhD student from&nbsp;Beijing University of Aeronautics &amp; Astronautics(BUAA), 2018-2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/lujiaying\">Jiaying Lu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Ming Wu, visiting from Beijing University of Posts and Communications (2017-2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group is open to scholars who want to do a long-term (half year +) project with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arizona High School Interns (STEM outreach):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maverick Chung, from BASIS Peoria in Peoria, Arizona<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerry Sun, from Hamilton High School, Arizona<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alumni:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sheng-cheng-661826118\/\">Sheng Cheng (<\/a>PhD 2025, Current: Amazon AGI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joshua-feinglass-b1ba23a2\/\">Joshua Feinglass<\/a> (PhD 2025, Current: Green Squirrel Research) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/changhoon-kim-5392a0127\/\">Changhoon Kim<\/a> (PhD 2024. 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Current: PostDoctoral Researcher at SCAI ASU)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=zgAa--0AAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Mo Izady<\/a>&nbsp;(PhD 2019 in Neuroscience, co-advising with Dr. Mark Preul, MD from the Barrow Neurological Institute, Current: Data Systems Program Manager, Stanford Children\u2019s Health)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/adityasomak.github.io\/\">Somak Aditya (PhD 2018, co-advising with Dr. Chitta Baral; Current: Tenure Track faculty, IIT Kharagpur)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anshul-rai\/\">Anshul Rai<\/a>&nbsp;(Master with Thesis 2019; Current; Enthought)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kausicg\/\">Kausic&nbsp;Gunasekar<\/a>&nbsp;(Master with Thesis 2019; Current; Bright Machines)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/saharudra\/\">Rudra Saha<\/a>&nbsp;(Master with Thesis 2018; Current: Verisk AI lab)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shashank&nbsp;Tadepalli Ravishankar (Master 2018; Current: Mathworks)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Srikrishna&nbsp;Yasaswi&nbsp;Tallavajhala (Master 2018;&nbsp;Current: Datalogic)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Divyanshu Bandil (Master 2018; Current: Logitech)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aman Verma (Master 2018; Current: Nvidia)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bachelor:&nbsp;Brandon&nbsp;Dubbs, Destiny Vidaure (Berret Honor Thesis),&nbsp;Roman&nbsp;Paolo Pascua (Berret Honor Thesis)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephen McAleer (Bidstrup Undergraduate Fellow for Spring 2017) (Graduation Year: 2017; Current: PhD student at UC Irvine)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Collaborators<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Close Collaborators:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/adityasomak.github.io\/\">Somak Aditya (PhD student in CS, co-advising with Dr. Chitta Baral)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mo Izady (PhD student in Neuroscience, co-advising with Dr. Mark Preul, MD from&nbsp;the Barrow Neurological Institute)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/yechengxi\/\">Chengxi Ye<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=JOvBjKMAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Yi Li<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Long-term Collaborators:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=7oLbhAwAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Mingli Song<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfar.umd.edu\/~fer\/\">Cornelia Fermuller<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfar.umd.edu\/~yiannis\/\">Yiannis Aloimonos<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.public.asu.edu\/~cbaral\/\">Chitta Baral<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-2\">ASU Active Perception Group \u2013 A New American Computing Research Group Faculty Members: \u2018YZ\u2019 Yezhou Yang&nbsp;(Group Lead, Founding Principle Investigator) Mohammad Farhadi (Adjunct Professor, SCAI ASU and Visiting Researcher from ARGOS Vision) Bharatesh Chakravarthi (Assistant Teaching Professor)) Doctoral Students: Varun Chandra Jammula XiangRui Liu (Fulton PhD Fellow) Agneet Chatterjee Blake Harrison Ethan Wisdom (Fulton Schools&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":338,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-962","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/yezhouyang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/yezhouyang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/yezhouyang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/yezhouyang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/338"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/yezhouyang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/yezhouyang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/yezhouyang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}