Experience
Professional experience
Postdoctoral Researcher — University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
July 2025–present
Working in the Department of Biomedical Informatics. Research focus: large biomedical knowledge graphs, clinical NLP, LLM reasoning, and orchestrator-centered multi-agent systems for clinical decision support.
Volunteer Research Assistant — Utah State University
January 2025–June 2025
Collaborated with Dr. Shuhan Yuan to finalize academic publications and extend experimental evaluations of deep anomaly detection models.
Graduate Research Assistant — Utah State University
August 2020–December 2024
Conducted research on anomaly detection, interpretable machine learning, and robustness against backdoor attacks. Published multiple papers in ECML PKDD, PAKDD, IJCNN, IEEE Big Data, etc.
Graduate Teaching Assistant — Utah State University
August 2021–December 2024
Assisted in teaching and grading for CS 5665 — Introduction to Data Science and CS 5080/CS 6665 — Data Mining.
Education
PhD in Computer Science — Utah State University
August 2020–December 2024
Dissertation on interpretable and robust anomaly detection, with emphasis on model transparency and security against backdoor attacks. Supervised by Dr. Shuhan Yuan.
MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering — Binghamton University, State University of New York
August 2018–May 2020
Specialized in anomaly detection and data mining.
BE in Mechanical Engineering — China University of Petroleum
September 2012–June 2016
Undergraduate research in engineering and applied computing.
Skills
Programming and systems
Python, SQL, C/C++, Bash, Linux, Git, and Docker.
Machine learning and LLM tooling
PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face Transformers, PEFT/LoRA, LangChain, LangGraph, FastMCP, and SGLang.
Cloud and databases
AWS, GCP, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQLite, and Neo4j.
Research methods
Large language models, knowledge graphs, multi-agent systems, reinforcement learning, retrieval-augmented generation, interpretable AI, robust machine learning, and anomaly detection.
Honors and activities
IEEE Big Data 2024 Volunteer Lead
December 2024 · IEEE Big Data
Served as Volunteer Lead for IEEE Big Data 2024, supporting conference organization and logistics.
Doctoral Forum Travel Award ($1,000)
April 2024 · SIAM SDM 2024
Received $1,000 travel award to attend and present at the SDM 2024 Doctoral Forum.
Graduate Student Travel Award
May 2023 · Utah State University
Awarded to support travel for academic conference participation.
Graduate Student Travel Award
May 2022 · Utah State University
Awarded to support travel for academic conference participation.
Languages and interests
- English: 90%
- Chinese (Mandarin): 100%
- Hiking and exploring nature
- Building projects and coding tools
- Board games and strategy games