Jian Kang
Principal Investigator
KANG Lab
Welcome to the KANG lab (Knowledge ExplorAtion and MaNaGement)! Our lab's mission is to empower AI for personalization and social good with relational information.
People
Principal Investigator
Research Staff
Haonan Wang
Visiting Ph.D. Student, MBZUAI
Ph.D. student, National University of Singapore
2026.02 - 2026.07
Next: Principal Research Scientist, Tencent Hunyuan
Fengwei Teng
Research Engineer, MBZUAI
2026.03 - 2026.09
Next: Ph.D. student, UC Davis
Ph.D. Students
Huanxin Sheng
Ph.D. Student, MBZUAI
Statistics and Data Science
Since 2026.08
Huajun Xi
Ph.D. Student, MBZUAI
Statistics and Data Science
Since 2026.08
Roman Makarov
Ph.D. Student, MBZUAI
Computer Science
Since 2026.08
M.S. Students
Symbat Moldakhan
M.S. Student, MBZUAI
Statistics and Data Science
Since 2026.07
Xinyue Bi
M.S. Student, MBZUAI
Machine Learning
Co-advised with Zhiqiang Shen
Since 2026.07
Since 2026.07
Leo Raphael Rodrigues
M.S. Student, MBZUAI
Computer Science
Since 2025.08
Mohammed Rashed Ali Yahmoor Alshehhi
M.S. Student, MBZUAI
Computer Science
Since 2025.08
Syed Arsalaan Nadim
M.S. Student, MBZUAI
Statistics and Data Science
Co-advised with Raul Astudillo
Since 2025.08
Since 2025.08
Marina Ananyan
M.S. Student, MBZUAI
Statistics and Data Science
Co-advised with Souhaib Ben Taieb
Since 2025.08
Since 2025.08
Alumni
Huanxin Sheng
M.S., University of Rochester
2024.08 - 2025.12
Next: Ph.D. student at MBZUAI
Rebecca Salganik
Ph.D. Student, University of Rochester
2024.08 - 2025.01 (Advised by Anson Kahng till 2026.07 due to my leave)
Next: Ph.D. student, Mila (since 2026.08)