PhD Students

Dr. Jianguo Wang, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Purdue University, is actively looking for highly motivated PhD students starting from Spring/Fall 2026 on the topic of "Database Systems for AI", particularly for Cloud AI.

Among different flavors of database research, the research style of our lab is systems-oriented database research. To succeed in our group, students are expected to be comfortable with, or at least have a strong interest in, exploring and working within a fairly large-scale codebase, such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, and RocksDB. If you are a systems-minded student looking to tackle the infrastructure side of AI, we encourage you to apply.

Over the last few years, we have trained successful students who have published in top venues, contributed to impactful, systems-oriented projects, and landed jobs in major tech companies such as Google and Databricks. You may check the students here and their work here.

If you're interested, please send your CV, TOEFL score (with each sub-score), and transcript to csjgwang@purdue.edu with the email subject of "PhD Application for Purdue Database Systems Group". More information can be found at cs.purdue.edu/homes/csjgwang.

Please also follow the instructions to officially apply for the PhD program of Purdue CS and mention my name as the first potential advisor: cs.purdue.edu/graduate/admission/steps.html.



Master / Undergraduate Students

If you are currently enrolled at Purdue and are interested in database systems research, please send me your CV and transcripts (both undergraduate and graduate if possible).


Summer Interns

We have a couple of summer intern openings in database systems for both Purdue and non-Purdue students (can be remote). Students are expected to read relevant papers and implement core database components. Please send me your CV and transcripts if you're interested.