About AlphaLab
AlphaLab is an AI research group at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), led by Prof. An Zhang at the School of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (SAIDS). The lab was officially established in September 2025.
We work at the frontier of Foundation Models — large language models and diffusion models — with a focus on understanding their capabilities, reasoning, and alignment. Our research bridges theoretical insights with real-world applications in Personalization, Agentic AI, and Trustworthy AI.
We collaborate closely with leading research groups worldwide and actively publish at top-tier venues including NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, KDD, ACL, SIGIR, WWW, and CVPR. We warmly welcome passionate researchers to join our team.
Research Directions
Four core themes shaping our research agenda
Intelligent Recommendation
LLM and diffusion model-powered personalization and next-generation recommender systems.
Agentic AI
Autonomous AI agents with planning, memory, tool-use, and long-horizon decision-making.
LLM Reasoning
Scaling and improving complex reasoning, chain-of-thought, and self-verification in LLMs.
Trustworthy AI
LLM safety, alignment, and robustness for reliable real-world AI deployment.
Selected Publications
Representative recent work — view all →
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Our Team
Meet the people behind AlphaLab — full profiles →
🚀 Join AlphaLab
We are actively looking for PhD students, Master's students, and research interns who are passionate about AI research. We offer a vibrant research environment, close mentorship, and access to top-tier computing resources.
Interested? Please send your CV and a brief research statement to anzhang314@ustc.edu.cn with the subject line "[Application] [Your Name]".