Members

Current Members

Grace Hui Yang

Associate Professor

I’m an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Georgetown University. I lead the InfoSense group.

Email: grace.yang@georgetown.edu

Xubo Lin

Ph.D. Student

I am a Ph.D. student at the computer science department of Georgetown University and am currently working on information retrieval and reinforcement learning with Professor Grace Hui Yang. Before this, I worked as a Data Analyst at ByteDance, Shanghai, and I got my B.S. degree in applied mathematics at Zhejiang University.

Email: xl524@georgetown.edu

Victor De Lima

Ph.D. Student

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Victor De Lima

Ph.D. Student

I am pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science under the supervision of Professor Grace Yang. I am currently working on conversational agents and reinforcement learning.

Email: vad49@georgetown.edu

Henry Deng

B.S. Student

Website

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Henry Deng

B.S. Student

I am an undergraduate student studying Computer Science and Mathematics. I am working with Professor Grace Yang on Conversational Agents.

Email: zd127@georgetown.edu

Simeon Meerson

Software Engineer

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Simeon Meerson

Software Engineer

Database Analyst, Georgetown University

Simeon worked on Dynamic Information Retrieval

My name is Simeon Meerson. I am an undergraduate student at Georgetown University. I am studying computer science, and will be graduating with minors in Italian and Music. I am currently working with the Infosense research group under Grace Hui Yang. I was born in Washington Heights, New York City, however primarily grew up in the Washington D.C. area.

Email: sm2806@georgetown.edu

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Alumni

Shihao Wang

Master's Student

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Shihao Wang

Master's Student

M.S. student in Computer Science at Georgetown University. I’ve worked with Professor Grace Hui Yang on projects involving large language models, reinforcement learning, and meta-learning. It’s been a great experience working with her!

Email: sw1379@georgetown.edu

Sibo Dong

Ph.D. Student

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Sibo Dong

Ph.D. Student

Hi, I am a Ph.D. student at the Department of Computer Science, Georgetown University. I am working with Professor Grace Hui Yang.

My research interest is Information Retrieval and Deep Reinforcement Learning.

Before this, I got my B.E. in Computer Science from School of Computer Science and Engineering, Beihang University, China.

Email: sd1242@georgetown.edu

Limin Chen

Master's Student

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Limin Chen

Master's Student

Hi! I am Limin Chen, a master's student in Analytics (Data Science) at Georgetown University. I am a member of Infosense, led by Prof. Grace Hui Yang.

My research interest is deep reinforcement learning.

Before this, I got my bachelor of Statistics at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

Email: lc1117@georgetown.edu

Matthew Craven

Master's Student

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Matthew Craven

Master's Student

Matthew was a second-year Master's student in CS. Matthew worked on Deep Learning and High-performance Machine Learning.

Xuchu Dong

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

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Xuchu Dong

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Lecturer, Jilin University

Xuchu worked on Dynamic Search

I have been working as a lecturer at Jilin University in People's Republic of China, where I obtained my master's and Ph. D. degrees. With the support of Chinsese Scholarship Council and Jilin University, I came to Georgetown University as a postdoctoral research scholar on December 30th, 2013. My advisor is Grace Hui Yang.

Email: xd47@georgetown.edu

Dongyi Guan

Graduate Research Assistant

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Dongyi Guan

Graduate Research Assistant

System Engineer, Microsoft/Bing

Dongyi worked on Session Search and search result organization

I am working on session search and search result organization.

Advisor: Prof. Grace Hui Yang

Thesis: Structured query formulation and result organization for session search.

Email: dg372@georgetown.edu

Justin Goldstein

B.S. Student

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Justin Goldstein

B.S. Student

Justin was an undergraduate double majored in CS and Economics. Justin worked on Question Answering, Dialog Systems, and Machine Learning.

Joshua Kang

Undergraduate Research Assistant

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Joshua Kang

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Software Development Engineer, Amazon

Joshua worked on Dynamic Information Retrieval

At Georgetown University, I have been studying for a B.A.Sc in Computer Science. I have a particular interest in Artificial Intelligence and Information Retrieval and would like to work in these fields professionally. I am currently a member of the Infosense Research Group under Professor Grace Yang and my latest publication was to SIGIR 2016.

Email: jk1591@georgetown.edu

Geoff Lucas

Master's Student

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Geoff Lucas

Master's Student

Hi, I am a master's student in the Department of Computer Science, Georgetown University. I am working with Professor Grace Hui Yang.

My research interest is machine and reinforcement learning.

Before this, I got my BS in Political Science and Foreign Area Studies, a Master's in Public Policy, and an MS in Statistics.

Email: gml57@georgetown.edu

Jiyun Luo

Graduate Research Assistant

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Jiyun Luo

Graduate Research Assistant

Software Engineer, Pinterest

Jiyun works on professional search and search result organization.

Hi, I'm a graduate student at Georgetown University Computer Science Department. My advisor is Professor Grace Hui Yang. My study direction is Information Retrieval.

I gained my Bachelor degree of Computer Science at China Tongji University. Before I came to US, I was an ERP Application Developer at IBM.

Email: jl1749@georgetown.edu

Shiqi Liu

Software Engineer, Google Map

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Shiqi Liu

Software Engineer, Google Map

Shiqi worked on Dynamic Information Retrieval and TREC Dynamic Domain Track

I'm a master's student at the Department of Computer Science, Georgetown University. Now I'm working on evaluating TREC Dynamic Domain Track - dyamic information retrieval in specific domamins. My advisor is Grace Hui Yang

I have great interest in information retrieval and its related fields. I always hold burning desire to make best use of technology to bring amazing changes.

Email: sl1236@georgetown.edu

Wei Liu

Software Engineer, Google

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Wei Liu

Software Engineer, Google

Hi, I am a master's student at the Department of Computer Science, Georgetown University. I am working with Professor Grace Hui Yang.

Before this, I worked as Staff Software Engineer at Qilinsoft, Beijing, China. I obtained my B.E. in Automation from Department of Automation, Tsinghua University.

Email: wl521@georgetown.edu

Amy McNeill

Undergraduate Research Assistant

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Amy McNeill

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Amy works on reinforcement learning in dynamic search

Amy works on reinforcement learning in dynamic search. She is working with Professor Grace Hui Yang

Email: am3203@georgetown.edu

Razieh (Negin) Rahimi

Postdoctoral Researcher

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Razieh (Negin) Rahimi

Postdoctoral Researcher

Razieh works on online learning for IR and dynamic search

Razieh works on online learning for IR and dynamic search. She is working with Professor Grace Hui Yang

Email: rr1042@georgetown.edu

Lingqiong Tan

Graduate Research Assistant

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Lingqiong Tan

Graduate Research Assistant

Software Engineer, Wepay

Lingqiong worked on Question Answering and Search Interface

I’m master's student in Computer Science department in Georgetown University. And I did my undergraduate in Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in major Ecommerce Engineering with Law. My recent research area is Question Answering.

Email: lt483@georgetown.edu

Zhiwen Tang

Ph.D. Student

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Zhiwen Tang

Ph.D. Student

Hi, I was a Ph.D. student at the Department of Computer Science, Georgetown University. My research interests include deep reinforcement learning, dialogue system, information seeking and search evaluation.

Before this, I got my B.E. in Computer Science from School of Computer Science and Engineering, Beihang University, China.

Email: zt79@georgetown.edu

Angela Yang

Undergraduate Research Assistant

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Angela Yang

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Software Engineer, Amazon

Angela worked on Dynamic Search

I am an undergraduate at Georgetown University majoring in Computer Science and Linguistics. I am interested in fields such as machine learning, information retrieval and computational linguistics.

Email: asy24@georgetown.edu

Chris Wing

Undergraduate Research Assistant

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Chris Wing

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Engineer, Palantir Technologies; Manager, Sinovation Ventures

Chris worked on Information Retrieval System and Dynamic Evaluation

I'm an undergraduate student at Georgetown University pursing a BS in Computer Science with possible minors in Chinese and Chemistry. My research interests lie in Information Retrieval, specifically on search engine evaluation and contextual suggestion. My advisor is: Grace Hui Yang. I am also very involved and invested in Chinese culture and am currently serving as co-vice president of the Chinese Students Alliance at Georgetown.

Email: cpw26@georgetown.edu

Hongkai Wu

Graduate Research Assistant

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Hongkai Wu

Graduate Research Assistant

Software Engineer, Pure Storage

Hongkai worked on Dynamic Search

I'm a graduate student and research assistant in department of computer science at Georgetown university. Now I'm working with Professor Grace Hui Yang. Before this, I obtained may B.E. in Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University.

My research interests include information retrieval and machine learning. My advisor is Professor Grace Hui Yang.

Recently, I have been doing research on dynamic information retrieval.

Email: hw271@georgetown.edu

Jianxian Wu

Graduate Research Assistant

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Jianxian Wu

Graduate Research Assistant

Software Engineer, Google

Jianxian worked on Question Answering

Hi, I am Jianxian Wu, a master's student at the Department of Computer Science in Georgetown University. I graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University where I majored in Electric and Computer Engineering for my bachelor’s degree. I'm currently focusing on Question Answering.

Email: jw1498@georgetown.edu

Yue Yu

Graduate Research Assistant

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Yue Yu

Graduate Research Assistant

Hi, I am a Ph.D. student at the Department of Computer Science, Georgetown University. I am working with Professor Grace Hui Yang.

Email: yy476@georgetown.edu

Chong Zhang

Graduate Research Assistant

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Chong Zhang

Graduate Research Assistant

Chong works on Question Answering and Dynamic Search

I am a master's student in the Department of Computer Science at Georgetown University. I have a bachelor degree in Public Services Administration and a master's degree in Health Policy and Management. I am currently focusing on Question Answering and Dynamic Search.

Email: cz211@georgetown.edu

Jun Zheng

Research Scholar

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Jun Zheng

Research Scholar

Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology

Jun worked on Information Retrieval

Jun is a professor in the School of Computer Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT).

Email: zhengjun@bit.edu.cn

Jie Zhou

Programmer

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Jie Zhou

Programmer

Software Engineer, You World

Jie worked on Dynamic Search and website development

Hi, I am Andrew Jie Zhou. I am programmer in Professor Grace Hui Yang's research team. My interest is building websites and mobile applications. I worked as an developer for Google, Microsoft, Georgetown UIS before. I am now focus on Project Memex of DARPA.

Email: jz398@georgetown.edu

Shuchen Zhu

Graduate Research Assistant

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Shuchen Zhu

Graduate Research Assistant

Shuchen works on Information Retrieval

I am a computer science master's student at Georgetown University. I did math and physics as an undergrad at Arizona State University, and I obtained my master's degree in physics at Rutgers University.

Email: sz424@georgetown.edu

Sicong Zhang

Graduate Research Assistant

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Sicong Zhang

Graduate Research Assistant

Research Scientist, Facebook Sicong works on Privacy-Preserving IR and Session Search I'm a Ph.D Student and Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Computer Science at Georgetown University. Before this, I obtained my B.E. in Computer Science from Department of Computer Science and Technology(CS&T), Tsinghua University. My research interests lie in Information Retrieval, Privacy-Preserving IR, Natural Language Processing, and Computational Linguistics. My advisor is : Grace Hui Yang

Email: sz303@georgetown.edu

Ziyang Zhang

Master's Student

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Ziyang Zhang

Master's Student

Hi! I am Ziyang Zhang, I was a master’s student in Data Science and Analytics at Georgetown University. I worked with professor Grace Hui Yang. My current research interest is human-in-the-loop reinforcement learning. Before this, I got my B.S. in Mathematics from University of Liverpool, UK.

Email: zz249@georgetown.edu

Mingze Wang

Ph.D. Student

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Mingze Wang

Ph.D. Student

Hi! I am Mingze Wang, a Ph.D. student at the Department of Computer Science, Georgetown University. I am working with Professor Grace Hui Yang. My research interest is computer vision and deep reinforcement learning. Before this, I got my B.E. in Computer Science from School of Computer Science and Engineering, Beihang University, China.

Email: mw1222@georgetown.edu

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