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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.

ECE Alum Aamer Jaleel (Ph.D. ’06) Elevated to IEEE Fellow

Recognized for High-Performance Cache Design and Memory-Aware Scheduling

Twisted Light Gives Electrons a Spinning Kick

Hafezi contributing author on paper published in Nature Photonics

Looking A“Head” to the Future of Autonomous Robots

MATRIX Lab apprentice working toward fully functional autonomous robotic head

Autonomy Summit Explores Potential and Challenges of AI

University of Maryland MATRIX Lab Summit brings together academia, government, and industry

ECE Student Owen Mank Recognized as Philip Merrill Presidential Scholar

Award Recognizes Top Students and Their Mentors

The Clark School Celebrates Native and Indigenous Voices in Engineering

At Maryland Engineering, we celebrate the diversity of cultures and contributions among our community of innovators.

New Design Packs Two Qubits into One Superconducting Junction

Result of Collaboration Between Mohammad Hafezi and Alicia Kollár

 Dinesh Manocha Receives 2024 Jimmy Lin Award for Innovation and Invention

Recognized for his patent on multimodal emotion recognition.