I am a PhD student of Computer Science at Virginia Tech. I am very fortunate to be advised by Prof. Lifu Huang and Prof. Ismini Lourentzou.
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 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.
PhD in Computer Science, Present
Virginia Tech
MSc in Intelligent Information Systems, 2018
Carnegie Mellon University
BEng in Software Engineering, 2017
Fudan University
An efficient method to integrate multiple unimodal representations (e.g. verbal, visual and audio) into one compact multimodal representation.
A reinforcement learning agent to perform non-greedy decoding with transition-based dependency parser by considering the future rewards.
Dynamically Adjusting Word Representations Using Nonverbal Behaviours.
An efficient method to integrate multiple unimodal representations (e.g. verbal, visual and audio) into one compact multimodal representation.
SARA is a socially-aware robot assistant that can interact with people through personalizing the interaction.
I love painting. To me, painting is like another medium (besides verbal and nonverbal behaviors) for expressing feelings and thoughts.
I enjoy traveling, exploring new restaurants, watching Japanese animations, and swimming.
I can speak Shanghainese (native), Chinese Mandarin (native), English (fluent), and Japanese (conversational).
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