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Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, Aug 2025 – Present
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
B.S. in Computer Science and Data Science, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Sep 2021 – Dec 2024
- Departments of Computer Sciences and Statistics

A Cloud–Edge System for Multimodal Clinical Screening in Resource-Constrained Rural Settings. Chan, H.T., Wu, C., Liu, X., Zhao, Z., Zheng, B., Mao, Z., Nakayama, L.F., Morley, M.G., Shen, L., & Chen, J. (2026). Submitted to Machine Learning for Healthcare (MLHC) 2026. [First author; Under Review.]
Speculative Decoding for Multimodal Models: A Survey. Zhang, Y., Wang, Y., Hsieh, Y., Wang, X., Zhang, P., Yang, Z., Ma, J., Zhao, Z., Zheng, B., Chan, H.T., Li, J., Liu, X., Gao, K., Liu, R., Zhang, J., Li, J., Wan, Z., Zhang, Z., Xiong, J., Zhu, S., Cao, H., & Shen, H. (2026). Preprint; target venue: Transactions on Machine Learning Research (TMLR). [Under Review.]

Research Assistant, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor (May 2025 – Present)
- EECS, RobustNet Lab — Advisor: Prof. Z. Morley Mao
- Network and ML systems research, including projects on ML systems efficiency and Medical AI.
Undergraduate Researcher, University of Wisconsin – Madison (May 2024 – Aug 2025)
- DNS Research Group — Advisor: Prof. Paul Barford
- Designed and implemented a Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) model in PyTorch/Gym to generate structured second-level domain names.

Peer Mentor, Introduction to Software Security, University of Wisconsin – Madison (Sep 2024 – Dec 2024)
- Course Instructors: Prof. Barton Miller, Elisa Heymann
- Mentored students in secure coding practices, threat modeling, and vulnerability mitigation. Collaborated with instructors on curriculum improvement based on observed student gaps.

Student IT, University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center (Feb 2022 – Apr 2025)
- Designed, developed, and maintained 10+ building websites using WordPress/PHP.
- Delivered server and HPC support (storage, upgrades, troubleshooting).
- Led disk-utilization and storage-server projects.

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