PhD Students

Aolin Feng

Aolin Feng received the B.S. degree in electronic information engineering and M.S. degree in information and communication engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, in 2019 and 2022, respectively. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the University of Southern California, advised by Prof. C.-C. Jay Kuo. His research interests include image/video coding and quality assessment.

Haiyi Li

Haiyi Li is currently a Ph.D student in Electrical Engineering at USC. She received her bachelor’s degree in Automation Engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 2022. Her research interests include image processing and machine learning.

Vasileios Magoulianitis

Vasileios Magoulianitis received his B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Thessaly, Greece, in 2015. He is currently pursuing a M.S. degree of the Electrical and Engineering department at USC. He joined the Media Communications Lab under guidance of Professor Kuo in Spring 2020. His research interests lie in the areas of image and video processing, computer vision and machine learning.

Zhanxuan Mei

Zhanxuan Mei received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology, China, in June 2018. He is currently a master student in Electrical Engineering at USC. He joined the Media Communication Lab in summer 2020 and is currently working on video compression. His research interests include image processing and video processing.

Mahtab Movahhedrad

Mahtab Movahhedrad received her B.S. and M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tabriz and Tehran polytechnics, Iran, respectively. She is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, advised by Professor Kuo. She joined Media Communications Lab in Fall 2021. Her research interests include image processing, computer vision, and Machine learning.

Wei Wang

Wei Wang received her bachelors in Applied Physics from Northeastern University (CN), and her MS degree in Materials Engineering from the University of Southern California in 2014 and 2016, respectively. She is currently a PhD student in Electrical Engineering in Multimedia Communication Lab, advised by Prof. C.-C. Jay Kuo. Her research interests include deep learning and image processing.
Email: wang890 AT usc.edu

Xinyu Wang

Xinyu Wang is currently a first year PhD student in Electrical Engineering. She received the B.S. degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in June 2019. She joined the Media Communications Lab in summer 2021. Her research interests lie in image forensics and machine learning.

Chengwei Wei

Chengwei Wei is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, advised by Professor Kuo. Chengwei Wei received his bachelor’s degree Central South University, China in Jun 2018. He is currently a master student in Electrical Engineering in USC. He joined Media Communications Lab in summer 2019. His research interests include signal processing, natural language processing and machine learning.

Jintang Xue

Jintang Xue is currently a Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering at USC. He received his bachelor’s degree in communication engineering from Shanghai University, China, in June 2021. He joined Media Communications Lab in summer 2022. His research interests include machine learning and image processing.

Jiaxin Yang

Jiaxin Yang is currently a Ph.D. student in USC and major in Electrical Engineering. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Automation from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China in June 2020. He joined the MCL lab in summer 2022 and his research interests include image processing and machine learning.

Tsung-Shan (Kevin) Yang

Tsung-Shan (Kevin) Yang is currently a Ph.D. student, advised by Professor C.-C. Jay Kuo, in Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry and Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University (NTU) in 2019 and his Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from NTU in 2021. His research interests include image understanding and machine learning.
Email: tsungsha AT usc.edu

Ganning Zhao

Ganning Zhao received her bachelor’s degree in Automation from Guangdong University of Technology, China, in June 2019, and is currently a master student in Electrical Engineering M.S. program. She joined Media Communications Lab in summer 2020 and is currently working on texture synthesis and multimodal sensing data. Her research interests include machine learning and computer vision.

Qingyang Zhou

Qingyang Zhou received the B.E. degree in Communication Engineering from Shanghai University, China in 2018, and the M.S. degree in Control Science and Engineering from Tongji University, China in 2021. He is now pursuing his Ph.D. in Media Communication Lab at USC, supervised by Prof. C.-C. Jay Kuo. His research interests include video compression and 3D point cloud compression.
Email: qzhou776 AT usc.edu

Master Students

Zijing Chen

Zijing Chen received her Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Imperial College London and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at USC. Her research interests include machine learning and computer vision.

Catherine Aurelia Christie Alexander

Catherine Aurelia Christie Alexander received her Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India in 2022. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering at USC. Her research interests include Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and AI for healthcare.

Yuhuai Liu

Yuhuai is a graduate student in USC and major in Electrical Engineering. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Beijing Jiaotong University, China in June 2020. He joined the MCL lab in summer 2022 and his research interests include green learning and image processing.

Runqi Pang

Runqi Pang received his Bachelor’s degree in Artificial Intelligence from Shandong University. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Computer Science at USC. His research interests include machine learning, generative AI, and computer vision.

Gagan Punathil Ellath

Gagan Punathil Ellath received his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India, in 2019. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering at USC. His research interests include Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Generative AI.

Yixing Wu

Yixing Wu received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Xidian University. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at USC. His research interests include image processing and AI for healthcare.

Jiawei Yu

Jiawei Yu received his BEng. degree in Software Engineering from McMaster University, Canada, in 2022. He is currently pursuing his Master’s degree in Computer Science at USC. His research interests include surface reconstruction, computer vision, and machine learning.