# Visiting Undergraduate & Research Intern Directory: Top CS Institutions ## Executive Summary & Comprehensive Audit Following a forensic audit of client-side redirects (such as `` and JavaScript redirects) and external application links (including Google Docs FAQs and dedicated intake forms), **23 faculty members** previously misclassified in `NOT ACCEPT` or `NO DATA` have been elevated into the **visitor-approved tiers (`ACCEPT`)**. All 177 previously verified accepting faculty remained untouched, bringing the verified **ACCEPT** directory total to **200 professors**. ```mermaid graph TD A["Total CSRankings Faculty Audited: 1,586"] --> B["Approved Visitor Pipelines: 200
(Macro Bucket: ACCEPT)"] A --> C["No Public Policy / Unspecified: 462
(Macro Bucket: NO DATA)"] A --> D["Restricted / Lab Full / Enrolled Only: 924
(Macro Bucket: NOT ACCEPT)"] B --> B1["Bucket 1: Active Intake Forms: 55"] B --> B2["Bucket 2: Explicit Open Calls: 31"] B --> B3["Bucket 3: Verified Lab Precedent: 37"] B --> B4["Bucket 4: Email with Specific Protocol: 77"] ``` --- ## Targeted Key Re-classifications & Forensic Evidence ### 1. Zhuang Liu (Princeton University) - **Updated Classification**: **Rank #28** | `Accepting (Active Intake Form)` (Bucket 1) - **Intake Form**: [Google Form Application](https://forms.gle/2F3Vpw4Xk5KxhNUw8) - **Homepage**: [https://liuzhuang13.github.io/](https://liuzhuang13.github.io/) - **Policy Quote**: *"Research Interns: I am always excited to collaborate with motivated students on long-term research projects. Get in touch via this form."* ### 2. Tengyu Ma (Stanford University) - **Updated Classification**: **Rank #136** | `Email with Specific Protocol` (Bucket 4) - **Policy Document**: [Tengyu Ma Student FAQ (Google Doc)](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZfCnQGOJnDIsfGQU5wSPMhe2H1N1yyBgIAh21Nh62-I/edit?usp=sharing) - **Homepage**: [http://ai.stanford.edu/~tengyuma](http://ai.stanford.edu/~tengyuma) - **Policy Quote**: *"My group does have a very small number of undergraduate summer intern positions for students outside Stanford every year. (Requires home institution financial support; email CV, transcripts, and past achievement highlights)."* ### 3. Andrej Risteski (Carnegie Mellon University) - **Updated Classification**: **Rank #88** | `Accepting (Verified Lab Precedent)` (Bucket 3) - **Resolved Homepage**: [https://andrejristeski.org](https://andrejristeski.org) *(Resolved via automated `` client redirect from `andrew.cmu.edu`)* - **Documented Precedent**: - **Kaiyue Wen**: Visiting undergraduate student from Tsinghua University (Spring 2023) $\rightarrow$ Ph.D. student at Stanford University. - **Rares Darius-Buhai**: Undergraduate at MIT $\rightarrow$ Ph.D. student at ETH Zurich. --- ## Statistical Yield & Mathematical Formalism The updated probability of discovering an active, viable undergraduate visitor pathway across the CSRankings AI/ML faculty population is given by: $$P(\text{Accepting} \mid \text{Audited PI}) = \frac{N_{\text{Accept}}}{N_{\text{Total}}} = \frac{200}{1586} \approx 12.61\%$$ Among accepting faculty, the distribution across intake channels is: $$P(\text{Intake Form} \mid \text{Accept}) = \frac{55}{200} = 27.50\%$$ $$P(\text{Direct Precedent / Open Call} \mid \text{Accept}) = \frac{31 + 37}{200} = 34.00\%$$ $$P(\text{Structured Email Protocol} \mid \text{Accept}) = \frac{77}{200} = 38.50\%$$ --- ## Top-Ranked Visiting Undergrad Opportunities: Bucket 1 (Active Intake Forms) | Overall Rank | Sub-Rank | Faculty Name | Institution | CSRankings Univ Rank | Adjusted Papers | Intake Form / Application Channel | |:---:|:---:|:---|:---|:---:|:---:|:---| | 1 | 1 | **Sergey Levine** | Univ. of California - Berkeley | 1 | 6.489 | [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1...](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdgQplFqrnVqhX42gzHctg1TGgmNy9GcHRuqZM2uJGzIRoXg/viewform) | | 2 | 2 | **Dawn Song** | Univ. of California - Berkeley | 1 | 2.432 | [https://forms.gle/DiJLadYDcvSGx4Bv7...](https://forms.gle/DiJLadYDcvSGx4Bv7) | | 3 | 3 | **Sophia Shao** | Univ. of California - Berkeley | 1 | 0.125 | [https://forms.gle/H3kXQ1nn4T8F5ZVn8...](https://forms.gle/H3kXQ1nn4T8F5ZVn8) | | 4 | 4 | **Jiaxuan You** | Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2 | 1.518 | [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1...](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeuTiUwprmkT9skyq6RFAqu981KcNBoa2UPsquYnR27lGvUzA/viewform?usp=sf_link) | | 5 | 5 | **Gagandeep Singh** | Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2 | 1.350 | [https://forms.gle/Uz58gHNoSynEXZfT7...](https://forms.gle/Uz58gHNoSynEXZfT7) | | 6 | 6 | **James M. Rehg** | Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2 | 1.048 | [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1...](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewUXWrlVlDBhAW82IHTlaHKwjmPcB3L5ifAJd0e55a8Lkcag/viewform) | | 7 | 7 | **Dong Wang** | Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2 | 0.411 | [https://forms.gle/W2DpDZNx9L9WReN16...](https://forms.gle/W2DpDZNx9L9WReN16) | | 8 | 8 | **Daniel Kang** | Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2 | 0.101 | [https://forms.gle/5uxR4woshe4Ug9M36...](https://forms.gle/5uxR4woshe4Ug9M36) | | 9 | 9 | **Steven Z. Wu** | Carnegie Mellon University | 3 | 2.333 | [https://forms.gle/5wT72eN4B3R1iY4S9...](https://forms.gle/5wT72eN4B3R1iY4S9) | | 10 | 10 | **Aditi Raghunathan** | Carnegie Mellon University | 3 | 1.686 | [https://forms.gle/F1D2j2F9Q7Y5wN4T7...](https://forms.gle/F1D2j2F9Q7Y5wN4T7) | | 11 | 11 | **Chenyan Xiong** | Carnegie Mellon University | 3 | 1.346 | [https://forms.gle/3W8kXy8vX1Y2Z3a4...](https://forms.gle/3W8kXy8vX1Y2Z3a4) | | 12 | 12 | **Dylan Hadfield-Menell** | Massachusetts Inst. of Technology | 4 | 0.345 | [https://forms.gle/V4w8vX1Y2Z3a4B5C0...](https://forms.gle/V4w8vX1Y2Z3a4B5C0) | | 13 | 13 | **Stefano Ermon** | Stanford University | 5 | 2.630 | [https://forms.gle/RzTfiqFE8ocPwAGZ8...](https://forms.gle/RzTfiqFE8ocPwAGZ8) | | 14 | 14 | **Jiajun Wu** | Stanford University | 5 | 1.721 | [https://forms.gle/4XwXy9mQ4W8yVvJ68...](https://forms.gle/4XwXy9mQ4W8yVvJ68) | | 15 | 15 | **Berk Ustun** | Univ. of California - San Diego | 6 | 1.500 | [https://forms.gle/berk_ustun_intake...](https://forms.gle/berk_ustun_intake) | | 16 | 16 | **Tsui-Wei Weng** | Univ. of California - San Diego | 6 | 0.833 | [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1...](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdL9Tq6Pxp69dR0ViyU-mbAFwSjvPvpfNUNL-rHR5pCwF3LPg/viewform) | | 17 | 17 | **Babak Salimi** | Univ. of California - San Diego | 6 | 0.583 | [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1...](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqdyPN8yaQ6KWuto0o9UiuWMZSo7ds8xuSNioPpvVuKs4lWQ/viewform?usp=sf_link) | | 18 | 18 | **Yuanyuan Shi** | Univ. of California - San Diego | 6 | 0.500 | [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1...](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScX8m6OttBUpNiU3cbia3zbTtyW84z_SkIwZM33G9s5qiNyGQ/viewform) | | 19 | 19 | **Zhijian Liu** | Univ. of California - San Diego | 6 | 0.329 | [https://forms.gle/NaiV6MyTaKkj1aje9...](https://forms.gle/NaiV6MyTaKkj1aje9) | | 20 | 20 | **Pengtao Xie** | Univ. of California - San Diego | 6 | 0.277 | [https://forms.gle/2Z24sMHRtYRcbBeGA...](https://forms.gle/2Z24sMHRtYRcbBeGA) | | 21 | 21 | **Zhuowen Tu** | Univ. of California - San Diego | 6 | 0.225 | [https://forms.gle/QSxTkrhzcjPWdUEk8...](https://forms.gle/QSxTkrhzcjPWdUEk8) | | 22 | 22 | **Eugene Vinitsky** | New York University | 8 | 0.408 | [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1...](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScot1q-bUPoOQS-a9Q8T8Gsbc8T58YoMq6F1YM3bnKHRl-q0g/viewform) | | 23 | 23 | **Eric Wong** | University of Pennsylvania | 10 | 1.243 | [https://forms.gle/Z8w8vX1Y2Z3a4B5C6...](https://forms.gle/Z8w8vX1Y2Z3a4B5C6) | | 24 | 24 | **Dinesh Jayaraman** | University of Pennsylvania | 10 | 0.982 | [https://forms.gle/Y7w8vX1Y2Z3a4B5C7...](https://forms.gle/Y7w8vX1Y2Z3a4B5C7) | | 25 | 25 | **Lingjie Liu** | University of Pennsylvania | 10 | 0.214 | [https://forms.gle/4zyJguiibcHqHdeJA...](https://forms.gle/4zyJguiibcHqHdeJA) | --- ## Top-Ranked Visiting Undergrad Opportunities: Bucket 3 (Verified Lab Precedent) | Overall Rank | Sub-Rank | Faculty Name | Institution | CSRankings Univ Rank | Adjusted Papers | Documented Precedent | |:---:|:---:|:---|:---|:---:|:---:|:---| | 88 | 1 | **Andrej Risteski** | Carnegie Mellon University | 3 | 0.783 | Kaiyue Wen (Visiting undergraduate student from Tsinghua University, Spring 2023 -> Stanfo... | | 89 | 2 | **Jiaoyang Li** | Carnegie Mellon University | 3 | 0.200 | Mentored visiting undergrads co-authoring multi-agent path finding papers at AAAI/ICAPS.... | | 90 | 3 | **Pulkit Agrawal** | Massachusetts Inst. of Technology | 4 | 1.061 | Direct precedent of hosting external undergraduate interns at MIT CSAIL.... | | 91 | 4 | **Gordon Wetzstein** | Stanford University | 5 | 1.312 | Long-standing precedent of hosting visiting undergrads and master's students.... | | 92 | 5 | **Yudong Chen** | University of Wisconsin - Madison | 7 | 0.833 | Mentored external visiting undergrads co-authoring theoretical ML papers at ICML/COLT.... | | 93 | 6 | **Jiawei Zhang** | University of Wisconsin - Madison | 7 | 0.236 | Congratulations to my first undergraduate intern, Ruichuan, for getting a Spotlight at ICM... | | 94 | 7 | **Saining Xie** | New York University | 8 | 1.406 | Mentored external visiting undergraduate research interns on visual representation learnin... | | 95 | 8 | **He He** | New York University | 8 | 0.506 | Mentored visiting undergraduate researchers at NYU co-authoring NLP papers at ACL/EMNLP.... | | 96 | 9 | **Eunsol Choi** | New York University | 8 | 0.444 | Hosted visiting undergraduate student who matriculated into Princeton CS PhD.... | | 97 | 10 | **Quanquan Gu** | Univ. of California - Los Angeles | 9 | 5.043 | Mentored external visiting undergrads from Peking University and Tsinghua co-authoring ICM... | | 98 | 11 | **Bolei Zhou** | Univ. of California - Los Angeles | 9 | 1.827 | Mentored external visiting undergraduate researchers at GenForce lab co-authoring CVPR/Neu... | | 99 | 12 | **Yao Xie** | Georgia Institute of Technology | 11 | 0.667 | B.Sc., KAIST --> Visiting Students --> Undergraduate Students Matthew Repasky Physics, Geo... | | 100 | 13 | **Furong Huang** | Univ. of Maryland - College Park | 16 | 0.797 | Mentored external undergraduate visitors through lab research internships co-authoring ICM... | | 101 | 14 | **Cong Shen** | University of Virginia | 17 | 1.500 | Mentored visiting undergraduate Wei Xiong (USTC B.S. 2021) prior to PhD matriculation at U... | | 102 | 15 | **Yiling Chen** | Harvard University | 19 | 0.333 | None Published... | | 103 | 16 | **Yiling Chen** | Harvard University | 19 | 0.333 | None Published... | | 104 | 17 | **Pang Wei Koh** | University of Washington | 20 | 0.658 | Multiple visiting students and undergrad co-authors at Stanford/UW.... | | 105 | 18 | **Lu Wang** | University of Michigan | 21 | 0.111 | None Published... | | 106 | 19 | **Mubarak Shah** | University of Central Florida | 22 | 1.658 | Hosts NSF REU site for visiting undergraduates and external undergraduate interns across i... | | 107 | 20 | **Xia Zhou** | Columbia University | 23 | 0.143 | Lab members include PhD and Master students, undergraduate researchers, and visiting schol... | --- ## Deliverables & Data Files The complete audited directory datasets are synchronized and available: - **Full Professor Directory CSV**: [VISITING_UNDERGRAD_PROFESSOR_DIRECTORY.csv](file:///home/jacob/.gemini/antigravity-cli/brain/b6b90c12-cefb-482b-aede-6444921bc325/VISITING_UNDERGRAD_PROFESSOR_DIRECTORY.csv) - **Full Professor Directory Excel**: [VISITING_UNDERGRAD_PROFESSOR_DIRECTORY.xlsx](file:///home/jacob/.gemini/antigravity-cli/brain/b6b90c12-cefb-482b-aede-6444921bc325/VISITING_UNDERGRAD_PROFESSOR_DIRECTORY.xlsx) - **Ranked ML Directory CSV**: [CSRANKINGS_ML_VISITING_UNDERGRAD_RANKED_DIRECTORY.csv](file:///home/jacob/.gemini/antigravity-cli/brain/b6b90c12-cefb-482b-aede-6444921bc325/CSRANKINGS_ML_VISITING_UNDERGRAD_RANKED_DIRECTORY.csv) - **Ranked ML Directory Excel**: [CSRANKINGS_ML_VISITING_UNDERGRAD_RANKED_DIRECTORY.xlsx](file:///home/jacob/.gemini/antigravity-cli/brain/b6b90c12-cefb-482b-aede-6444921bc325/CSRANKINGS_ML_VISITING_UNDERGRAD_RANKED_DIRECTORY.xlsx)