Welcome!
I am currently pursuing my Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
My research interests lie in deep learning, natural language processing and multi-modal machine learning, the vibrant multi-disciplinary research field that focuses on integrating and modeling multiple communicative modalities, including linguistic, acoustic and visual messages. My enthusiasm is to build more human-like interactive agents to better understand, interpret and reason about the world around us.
I began my Ph.D. studies in Computer Science at Virginia Tech, advised by Prof. Lifu Huang and Prof. Ismini Lourentzou, and later transferred to UIUC to further expand my research capabilities. I obtained my Master of Science degree in Intelligent Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon University and my Bachelor’s degree from School of Software Engineering, Fudan University. Previously, I worked with Prof. Louis-Philippe Morency and Prof. Graham Neubig at CMU.
I am honored to have been awarded the Amazon-VT Fellowship for the 2023-2024 academic year.
- Deep Learning
- Multimodal Machine Learning
- Natural Language Processing
- Computer Vision
- Deep Generative Models
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PhD in Computer Science, Present
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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PhD in Computer Science, 2024
Virginia Tech
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MSc in Intelligent Information Systems, 2018
Carnegie Mellon University
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BEng in Software Engineering, 2017
Fudan University
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Experience
A little more about me
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I love painting. To me, painting is like another medium (besides verbal and nonverbal behaviors) for expressing feelings and thoughts.
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I enjoy traveling, exploring new restaurants, watching Japanese animations, and swimming.
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I can speak Shanghainese (native), Chinese Mandarin (native), English (fluent), and Japanese (conversational).
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I hope to use technology to help minority groups and improve people’s quality of life.
“There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is, and to love it.”
– Romain Rolland