Zijun Cui

Zijun Cui is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University (MSU), located in the College of Engineering. She joined MSU in August 2024 after completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Southern California. Her education includes a Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2022), an M.S. in Engineering from Brown University, and a B.S. in Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China.

• Education:
• Ph.D., ECSE, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2022)
• M.S. in Engineering, Brown University
• B.S. in Physics, University of Science and Technology of China

Her research focuses on advancing deep learning through domain knowledge integration, including physics-informed models and neural-symbolic systems. Applications span computer vision and healthcare. Her work has been published in top conferences (CVPR, NeurIPS, AAAI, IJCAI, UAI, AISTATS) and journals like IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems.

Awards:

• Rensselaer-IBM Artificial Intelligence Research Collaboration Scholarship (2019–2022)

Advising & Grants: No specific grants or advising details listed in the text, but her research aligns with interdisciplinary collaborations in AI and healthcare. She may be affiliated with labs focused on AI-driven healthcare solutions or computer vision applications.