Instruction about positions in ASU

I am always recieving many emails inquiring about potential opportunities of different positions. While I really appreciate your interests in working with me, I am not able to reply to each one individually due to the large number of inquiries. To help you better understand your potential opportunities and save your time, I would like to explain my policies about each position here.

Note: This instruction only applies to current ASU students.

Research Positions

Unless specifically illustrated in the job postings, the Research Assistant (RA) positions with financial support will only be provided to PhD students officially supervised or co-supervised by me.

Currently (Spring 2026 semester) I don't have bandwidth to mentor volunteer research interns. For master and undergraduate students, if you are interested in doing a thesis work with me, here is the general instruction: In this process, you are expected to enroll the CSE 493 Honors Thesis (undergrad) or CSE 599 Thesis (master) with the required number of credits in the program handbooks under my name. To ensure the success of your thesis, you should make commitment of 10-15 hours per week for 15 weeks on the thesis work. For students who are not from the computer science and engineering (CSE) program, please double check with your program director/academic advisor about whether you can have me as your thesis supervisor before reaching out. If you are good with above terms, please email me with your CV and acknowledge that you have read above instructions. In this case, I will reply within 24 hours (weekdays).

Teaching Positions

In addition to the relevant technical background, the priority of the Teaching Assistant (TA) positions of my courses will be considered in the descending order of priority as follows:

• PhD students officially supervised or co-supervised by me.
• PhD students who had research collaborations or are collaborating with me.
• PhD students whose offical advisor is collaborating with me.
• Other PhD students from the Computer Science program.

Considering the current availability of TAs, there would be very little chance for other students to be considered.

The Instructional Assistant (IA) and grader positions of my course will be considered in the descending order of priority as follows:

• Students who have worked for the same position with me before and the performance is satisfied.
• Students who are working towards the master thesis (enrolled in CSE 599) under my supervision and with essential background of the course.
• Students who have worked for the same position with other instructors before and the performance is satisfied.
• Students who are working towards the master thesis (enrolled in CSE 599) under the supervision of other faculties who are collaborating with me and with essential background of the course.
• Students who have enrolled the same or relevant course taught by me and got a grade of A+ or A.

For above students, you are encoraged to reach out to me around FOUR WEEKS before the beginning of the targeted semester (For example, you should start reaching out in November 2025 for positions in Spring 2026). Besides, the IA positions will be available only when I am the instructor of an online course in that semester.