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Li, Ang

Li, Ang

Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
2365 A.V. Williams Bldg.

Dr. Li joined the University of Maryland, College Park as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Aug. 2023. During the deferral time before joining, he was a research associate at Qualcomm AI Research.

Dr. Li received his Ph.D. in 2022 from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Duke University. Li has also earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Arkansas. He has an MS in Management of Innovation and Venture Capital from Peking University, and a BS in Computer Science from Henan University in China.

His research interests lie in the intersection of machine learning and edge computing, with a focus on building large-scale networked and trustworthy intelligent systems to solve practical problems in a collaborative, scalable, secure, and ubiquitous manner. Dr. Li has been recognized with a variety of awards, including the IEEE TCCPS Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award, ACM KDD Best Student Paper Award in 2020, and the 2022-2023 Duke ECE Department Outstanding Dissertation Award.

My research interests lie in the intersection of machine learning and edge computing, with a focus on building large-scale networked and trustworthy intelligent systems to solve practical problems in a collaborative, scalable, secure, and ubiquitous manner.

  • Federated Learning
  • Distributed Machine Learning
  • Machine Learning System
  • Edge Computing
  • AI for IoT
  • Trustworthy Machine Learning

A list of publications can be found on Google Scholar.

Two UMD PH.D. Students Awarded Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship

Shwai He and Guoheng Sun Receive Prestigious Award

Discovery Led by Professor Cheng Gong Featured in Nature Physics Journal

Paper focuses on controlling magnetic domain behaviors in two-dimensional quantum magnets

Discovery Led by Professor Cheng Gong Featured in Nature Physics Journal

Paper focuses on controlling magnetic domain behaviors in two-dimensional quantum magnets

How To (and Not To) AI Your Career Search

10 Dos and Don’ts for Job Hunt Success in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

ECE Postdoc Featured in PRX Quantum

Yu Shi (Ph.D. ’23) studies quantum entanglement

Innovation and Collaboration: Congressional Leaders Visit Southern Maryland

Academic institutions; nonprofit and government organizations highlight what makes the ecosystem strong

ECE Names 2024-2025 Distinguished Dissertation Fellows

Fellowship recognizes excellence in research.

ECE Student Mohammad Abd-Elmoniem to Graduate at 18

Holds Many Achievements After Transferring to ECE at the Age of 15

From the Chesapeake Bay to Deep Space: Innovating for the Public Good

More than 800 Clark School Seniors Present Projects to Tackle Real-World Problems at the 2025 Capstone Design Expo

2025 ECE Undergraduate Awards Announced

Students Recognized at 2025 Clark School Honors & Awards Ceremony