Zhouxing Shi

Assistant Professor at University of California, Riverside

I am an Assistant Professor at Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside. I completed Ph.D. at UCLA Computer Science Department in 2025, advised by Prof. Cho-Jui Hsieh. I received my B.Eng. degree from the CST department at Tsinghua University in 2020.

My research focus is on machine learning (ML), especially developing more trustworthy and reliable AI models. Recently, I have been working on formal methods for AI, trustworthy AI, and LLM post-training.

Group

PhD students

Prospective Students: I am looking for motivated students to join my group. See this page for details.

Awards

  • NVIDIA Academic Grant Program Award, 2025
  • UCLA Dissertation Year Award (fellowship), 2024-2025
  • Amazon Fellowship (Amazon & UCLA Science Hub fellowship), 2022-2023
  • 4X first-place winner at the International Verification of Neural Networks Competition (VNN-COMP), 2021-2024