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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.

Mohamed Elnoor: Advancing Robotics and Building Community

Ph.D. student active in ECE and International Student Organizations

How the Brain Builds Meaning from Sound

A new study from UMD’s Institute for Systems Research offers hope for improving hearing technology and supporting individuals with speech and language challenges.

Yu Joins Recipients of Best Paper Award at ASPLOS

Selected Best Paper Award at 2025 ACM International Conference

Maryland Engineering: Top 10 Among Public Graduate Programs, 7 Years Running

For the seventh consecutive year, the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland ranks among the country’s top 10 public universities in graduate engineering programs, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2025–26 rankings.

Celebrating APIDA and SWANA Maryland Engineers

Join us this April, as we celebrate Asian, Pacific Islander, Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month and Southwest Asian and North African Heritage Month.

ECE Student Ben Westgard Named RSAC 2025 Security Scholar

Selected to attend upcoming conference in San Francisco

Trio of ECE Graduate Students Honored by University of Maryland

Receive Outstanding Graduate Assistant Awards

Developing Efficient Systems for Deep Sea Exploration

MATRIX Lab PhD’s research published in Applied Ocean Research journal

UMD Researchers Win Top Honor for Advancing Hardware Security

Professor Gang Qu and Co-authors win Best Paper Award at 2024 AsianHOST

The Clark School Celebrates Women and Multiracial Engineers and Engineering Professionals

Join us this March as we celebrate Women’s History Month and Multiracial Heritage Month.