Yu Kong

Dr. Yu Kong is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University. He is now directing the ACTION Lab. He serves Pattern Recognition and IEEE Transactions on Multimedia as an Associate Editor. He also serves CVPR, ICCV, IJCAI, AAAI, Multimedia, FG, etc., as an Area Chair. He is an IEEE Senior Member.

Dr. Kong is interested in video understanding, video generation, vision-language modeling, world models, open world vision, and their applications in Embodied AI and Biometrics.

Openings: We have openings for Fall 2026 for Ph.D. students, Visiting Scholars, and Research Assistants. You can either 1) fill in the external contact form (preferred) or 2) send your application package to actionlab@msu.edu. I will review applications periodically. Due to large volume of applications, I am not able to track and respond to every applicant. How to apply?