Yijun Lin

Assistant Professor Yijun Lin at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale is looking for motivated Ph.D. students to join research in AI , Machine Learning , and Spatial Science . The research theme is Spatial Intelligence , with a focus on developing AI methods to understand complex human-environment interactions from sparse, heterogeneous, multimodal spatial and spatiotemporal data. The work is especially relevant for students interested in GeoAI , spatiotemporal AI , and computational approaches to real-world spatial problems. This is a Ph.D. opening rather than a scholarship announcement. The post does not mention funding, stipend, tuition coverage, or a deadline. It also does not list formal eligibility requirements beyond being motivated and interested in interdisciplinary AI/ML research. Interested applicants should review Yijun Lin’s profile and research page, then contact the professor directly to express interest in the Ph.D. position.