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PhD Program

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Computer Science

Master of Science

Georgia Institute of Technology

Computer Science

• Specialization: Machine Learning

Master of Arts

Yale University

Economics

Bachelor of Arts

New York University

Economics, and Mathematics

Tsinghua University

Economics and Finance

CS Department, UW-Madison

Research Assistant for People and Robots Lab, with Dr. Bilge Mutlu.

CS Department, UW-Madison

Teaching Assistant for CS354: Machine Organization and Programming.

Intern (remote)

Music X Lab, NYU Shanghai

Implemented hardware and software solutions for haptic music tutoring systems. Conducted pilot studies to gather feedbacks, based on which the team and I iterated on both the experiment design, and the device and system implementation.

Lead Software Architect (since Nov. 2020)

Van Robotics

Started as a Full Stack Engineer. Design and implement the high-level software architecture of the smart robot tutor ABii; Work with research team to perform data analysis, implement machine learning models, as well as deploying the models to edge devices in real-world settings.

IQVIA (former IMS Health and Quintiles)

Develop various Excel models; significant VBA codes used both to enhance user experience, and to compute model outputs (Epidemic/Monte Carlo models).

Economics Department, Yale University

Computer Sciences Summer Fellowship 2022

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Robots in Family Routines: Development of and Initial Insights from the Family-Robot Routines Inventory

Michael F. Xu, Bengisu Cagiltay, Joseph Michaelis, Sarah Sebo, and Bilge Mutlu. 2024 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN)

Finalist: Pioneering Research Award in Robot and Human Interactive Communication