Currently, the AIEA lab is at capacity and not seeking new students to join at this time. We will update this page as openings become available.
Interested students are welcome to complete the lab interest form. We examine new applicants at the start of each academic quarter (excluding summer).
For the 2025-2026 academic year, due to the group size and uncertainty of research funds, we are not recruiting PhD students.
Current UCSC Master’s students interested in gaining research experience or looking for a supervisor for a research project should examine the active projects and identify a potential research fit. You will need to take an independent study and define a syllabus and expectations for the project.
MS students in the AIEA group can either do a capstone project (which will take approximately 2-3 quarters), or a thesis (which will take at least 1 year). MS students in the AIEA group are expected to to advise and mentor 1-2 undergraduate students.
In your introductory email, please include a CV/resume, and indicate a few topics or application domains of interest. You will propose your own project for an independent study based on this template. We’ve listed a couple ongoing projects on the UCSC CSE master’s board.
We have a structured initiative to onboard new prospective members to the lab: the AIEA Lab Auditor program. You can read more about it here. Through this program, you will need to enroll in CMPM 118.
The expected commitment is ~10 hours per week where you will learn about:
You can read more about the projects.