Zilei Zoe Shao

I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Under the mentorship of Prof. Guy Van den Broeck in the StarAI Lab, I explore to unravel the complexities of large models. I am keenly investigating the tractability and reasoning capabilities of these substantial models, dedicated to enhancing their tractability and reliability.

Before my doctoral studies, I earned my Bachelor of Science degree in a joint major of Computer Science and Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College, where I was deeply involved in bounding-box inference within the context of model-based Reinforcement Learning under the supervision of Prof. Erin Talvitie.