About Me

Hello! I am Xuanran Li, currently an undergraduate student at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), majoring in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics.

My academic advisor is Prof. Ziming Nikolas Ma in the Department of Mathematics, but I am actually advised by Prof. Ming Tang in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and also collaborate with Prof. Chao Huang at Montclair State University.

I am also a remote research intern in PRADA Lab at KAUST, advised by Prof. Di Wang.

My research interests include Machine Learning Optimization, Machine Unlearning.

You can download my CV here (Update: April 2026).

I am looking for PhD opportunities or a full-time RA position in 27 Fall.

News

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Started remote research internship at PRADA Lab, KAUST!

May. 2026

Honored to be advised by Prof. Ming Tang!

Jun. 2025

Education

Southern University of Science and Technology

B.S. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics

Sept. 2023 - Jun. 2027 (Expected)

Experience

PRADA Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Remote Research Intern

Advisor: Assistant Professor Di Wang

Jul. 2026 - Present

Southern University of Science and Technology

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Advisor: Associate Professor Ming Tang

Jun. 2025 - Jul. 2026

Publications

  1. ZeroLock: Concurrent Memory-Efficient LLM Training via Modular Update Decoupling
    Wentao Dai*, Xuanran Li*, Yuxiang Zhang, Zixuan Wang, Ming Tang, Chao Huang
    INFOCOM 2027, under review
  2. SFL-DiMask: Split Federated Learning with Gradient-Saliency Masking for Domain Generalization
    Shuo Wang, Guanghao Li, Xuanran Li, Ming Tang, Chao Huang
    INFOCOM 2027, under review