Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Aug 2017 ~ Sep 2023
  • Ph.D. Department of Linguistics, Indiana University
    • Major in Computational Linguistics
    • Minor in Informatics
    • Advisor: Professor Sandra Kübler
• Sep 2010 ~ Jun 2013
  • M.A. Institute of Chinese Information Processing, Beijing Normal University
    • major in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics with a concentration in Chinese Information Processing
    • Advisor: Professor Xiaojian Zhu
• Sep 2006 ~ Jun 2010
  • B.A. School of Chinese Language and Literature, Ludong University
    • major in Chinese Linguistics
    • Advisor: Professor Yanhua Xu

Work Experiences

• Nov 2023 ~ Now
  • Postdoctoral Research fellow, Department of Language Science and Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Jun 2021 ~ Jul 2021
  • Research Assistant, IDAH Summer Incubator
• Jul 2013 ~ Jun 2016
  • Program Officer at Division of Teachers, Confucius Institute Headquarters/Hanban (now Center for Language Education and Cooperation)
    • Chinese Language Teacher Management
    • Overseas Chinese Language Teacher Training Program
• Sep 2011 ~ Jan 2013
  • Chinese Teacher, International Chinese Training Center, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
    • Teaching intermediate Chinese and Advanced Chinese

Grant and Awards

• Outstanding Achievement Award
  • @The 10th National Symposium on Natural Language Processing of Minority Languages in China * July, 2024. Professional Committee of Minority Language Information of Chinese Information Society
• Dissertation Complete Fellowship
  • Mar 2022, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University <!–
• Chinese Government Scholarship
  • Aug 2018 ~ Aug 2021, China Scholarship Council –>
• Householder Research Funds
  • Feb 2021, Department of Linguistics, Indiana University
• Householder Best Paper Award
  • Apr 2020, Department of Linguistics, Indiana University
• Annual Excellence Staff, 2015
  • Confucius Institute Headquarters/HANBAN

Languages

• Mandarin Chinese (native)
• English (Fluent)
• Korean (TOPIK-5, Advanced)
• Arabic (ACTFL, Advanced-low)
• Xibe (Advanced Reading and Writing Proficiency, Spoken Xibe beginner)
• Manchu (Advanced Reading Proficiency)
• Traditional and Cyrillic Mongolian (Beginner)
• French (A2), German (A2)

Computer Skills

• Python, Java, R, Unix, Latex, HTML
• Language Modeling and Large Language Models (prompting, fine-tuning)
• Deep Neural Network-based Dependency Parsing

Academic Service

• Conference Reviewer
  • Computational Linguistics: COLING, EMNLP, PACLIC, LREC, *SEM, RANLP, TLT, SyntaxFest, FieldMatters, LAW, SIGMORPHON
  • Chinese Linguistics: NACCL34