We are a group of researchers in the Machine Intelligence Research Lab (MIRL), hosted in the Department of Statistics at UIUC. We address foundational and real-world challenges using machine learning and artificial intelligence. PhD Han Cui diffusion models, high-dimensional statistics Andrew Gracyk neural operators, optimal transport Peng Xu optimal transport, machine learning Rentian Yao interacting particle system, optimal transport Yubo Zhuang machine learning, clustering, optimization Alumni Kevin He Associate Director at Blueprint Medicines Yanglei Song Assistant Professor at Queen's University Mengjia Yu Senior Statistician at AbbVie Xin Ding