Jiawen Stefanie Zhu
Little human inside Turing machine, playing with the tape.
Hello! I'm a PhD student at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington, working with Dr. Katharina Reinecke and Dr. Tanu Mitra. I obtained my bachelor's degree at the University of Waterloo, where I was advised by Dr. Jian Zhao.
I'm broadly interested in
Outside of scholarly pursuits, I train in martial arts. I also enjoy reading, hiking, and exploring languages.
I'm broadly interested in
augmenting human cognition
with AI by (1) designing and evaluating human-AI interactions
and (2) developing algorithms and models
that enable them. My recent work has focused on balancing efficiency with epistemic rigour during sensemaking and information seeking. My research is supported by an NSERC CGRS-D (Merci!). Outside of scholarly pursuits, I train in martial arts. I also enjoy reading, hiking, and exploring languages.
