Welcome to the FLAIR Lab (Frontier Language AI Research Lab). We develop language AI agents and teach them to understand human concepts, speak human languages, and perform logical reasoning. We are actively looking for self-motivated students!

Our recent research directions include:

• Robustness of Large Langauge Models (LLMs): Investigating various robustness challenges that cause unpredictable behavior in LLMs, such as vulnerability to adversarial inputs, inconsistency across domains, and sensitivity to semantically irrelevant changes.
• Multimodal Learning and Alignment: Exploring how models can effectively integrate and align information from multiple modalities—such as text, images, and videos—and enhance their capability to understand and reason across different modalities.
• Text Understanding across Languages: Studying how models extract and learn common knowledge across different languages, enhance cross-lingual understanding, and improve the knowledge transfer between languages.

For PhD Applicants: Please submit your application here and mention my name in it. Additionally, you can fill out this Google form to provide more information about yourself.

For MS students and undergrads at TAMU: Please take my course first. After that, feel free to reach out to my PhD students and fill out this Google form to provide more information about yourself.

For MS students and undergrads outside TAMU: We have openings for internships. Please fill out this Google form to provide more information about yourself.

For Postdoc Applicants: I currently do not have a plan for postdoc positions. However, if you come with your own funding, feel free to contact me via email.

Due to the large number of requests, I might not be able to respond to every email. However, I do read them and will follow up when there are open positions.