We are a group of USC researchers in the Machine Intelligence Research Lab (MIRL). We address foundational and real-world challenges using machine learning and artificial intelligence. PhD Inga Girshfeld machine learning, statistical optimal transport Pengtao Li statistical optimal transport Peng Xu optimal transport, quantum machine learning, optimization Zixiang Zhou machine learning for PDEs Yubo Zhuang machine learning, clustering, optimization Master Junfeng Nie AI agents, data simulator, synthetic data Alumni Andrew Gracyk Applied Math Ph.D. student at Purdue University Kevin He Director of Biostatistics at Blueprint Medicines Yanglei Song Assistant Professor at Queen's University Rentian Yao Assistant Professor at University of South Carolina Mengjia Yu Senior Manager at AbbVie Xin Ding Associate Professor at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology