carolzhangzz.github.io | qiz065@ucsd.edu

Research Interests

AI for Social Good, Human-AI Interaction, Natural Language Processing

Education

University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

Master of Science in Computer Science and Engineering

Curriculum: Programmers are humans too, Statistical Natural Language Processing, Fairness Machine Learning, Interactive Design, Human-Centered AI

San Diego, CA Sept. 2024 — Dec. 2025 (Expected)

University of California, Irvine (UCI)

GSTAR in Computer Science, GPA: 3.84/4.00

Irvine, CA Sept. 2023 — Jun. 2024

China Jiliang University (CJLU) & Auckland University of Technology (AUT)

Bachelor of Computer and Information Sciences & B.Eng in Computer Science and Technology, GPA: 7.13/9.00

Thesis: Gstreamer-based Video Analysis Framework Design. Advisor: Dr. Haijun Tao & Dr. Lin Xiang

Hangzhou, CN / Auckland, NZ Sept. 2019 — Jun. 2023

Publications

Conference

Eternagram: Probing Player Attitudes in Alternate Climate Scenarios Through a ChatGPT-Driven Text Adventure

Suifang Zhou*, Latisha Besariani Hendra*, Qinshi Zhang*, Jussi Holopainen, Ray LC†

CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2024

Can AI Prompt Humans? Multimodal Agents Prompt Players' Game Actions and Show Consequences to Raise Sustainability Awareness

Qinshi Zhang, Ruoyu Wen, Zijian Ding, Latisha Besariani Hendra, Ray LC†

CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2025

Frontend Diffusion: Empowering Self-Representation of Researchers and Designers with Multi-agent System

Zijian Ding, Qinshi Zhang, Mohan Chi, Ziyi Wang

IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VLHCC) 2025

Academic Research Experience

(*Detailed descriptions available in the PDF CV)

University of California, San Diego

Design for San Diego (D4SD) & ProtoLab Research Assistant, UCSD Design Lab

Mentor: Prof. Steven Dow

Research on AI-supported design collaboration and dimensional scaffolding for team creativity.

San Diego, CA Nov. 2024 — Present

University of California, Irvine

Summer Research Intern, UCI INsite

Mentor: Prof. Stacy Branham

Studied ADA Title II compliance and digital accessibility issues in university systems.

Irvine, CA June. 2024 — Sept. 2024

City University of Hong Kong

Research Assistant, Studio for Narrative Space

Mentor: Dr. Ray LC

Led research on a multimodal AI-driven sustainability game (CHI 2025).

Hong Kong, CN June. 2024 — Sept. 2024

City University of Hong Kong

HCIX Summer Research Program, Studio For Narrative Space

Mentor: Dr. Ray LC

Designed and evaluated an AI chatbot game for studying climate attitude change (CHI 2024).

Hong Kong, CN June. 2023 — Sept. 2023

China Jiliang University

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Institute of Computer Technology and Applications

Mentor: Dr. Haijun Tao & Dr. Lin Xiang

Built a real-time object detection system using Gstreamer and YOLOv5.

Hangzhou, CN Sept. 2022 — May. 2023

Auckland University of Technology

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Data Science Research Centre

Mentor: Dr. Mahsa Mohaghegh

Developed a Raspberry Pi–based robotic system for automatic ping-pong ball collection.

Auckland, NZ Sept. 2022 — Dec. 2022

Industry Experience

China Mobile

AI Software Engineer Intern (NLP)

Designed a cold-start recommendation pipeline with LightGCN and content-based baselines; built feature extraction modules on Amazon Reviews’23 dataset.

ShenZhen, CN June 2025 — Sept. 2025

Neoboard

Front-end Develop Intern

Built a user-friendly interface for a classroom workflow automation system using React, Redux, and React Router.

Riverside, CA April 2024 — June 2024

Functor Z

Software Develop Intern

Developed a basketball mini-app game using Uni-app and MongoDB on a cloud-based platform.

Hangzhou, CN June 2022 — Sept. 2022

Awards and Honors

Academic Scholarship, CJLU

2020

Merit Scholarships * 4, CJLU & AUT

2019-2023

Service

Teaching Assistant

Human-Centered AI (CSE 291A), UCSD Prof. Nadir Weibel, Fall 2025

Volunteer

Volunteer, CHI 2024

Volunteer, Chinese CHI 2023

Conference Reviewer

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2024, 2026

Skills

Programming Languages: Python, JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, Java, C++, R, SQL, LaTeX, MATLAB, HTML/CSS

Machine Learning & NLP: PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain, Hugging Face, Scikit-learn, Pandas, NLTK, spaCy, LLaMA, BERT, GPT

Web & Game Development: React.js, Node.js, Express, Redux, Flask, JWT Auth, FastAPI, Django, Phaser, Unity (2D), TailwindCSS

Data & Design: Pandas, NumPy, Tableau, PowerBI, Kafka, Spark, Redis, MongoDB, Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite

Tools: Git, VS Code, Notion, Cursor, Linux (Shell), AWS EC2, Azure, Firebase, Miro, Docker

Languages: Mandarin (native), English (fluent)