Scholar
Andrew Zhu
Google Scholar ID: Ok2WS6YAAAAJ
PhD Student, University of Pennsylvania
Citations & Impact
Citations
314
H-index
8
i10-index
7
Publications
20
Co-authors
4
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Developed multiple projects such as Kani (a lightweight, flexible, and model-agnostic framework for developing language model applications), Paissa Stack (a distributed data collection agent for Final Fantasy XIV housing crisis), Avrae (the world's largest Discord bot for D&D), zhu.codes website (built with FastAPI backend and Vue 3 frontend), Draconic Language (a safe server-side user scripting language), d20 (a powerful dice engine), AWS Kinesis Tools (fast iteration on data heuristics).
Research Experience
- 2019 - 2023: Worked at D&D Beyond, Wizards of the Coast.
Education
- 2018 - 2021: B.S. at University of California, Santa Cruz; 2022 - present: M.S., Ph.D. at University of Pennsylvania, advised by Prof. Chris Callison-Burch.
Background
- Research interests include natural language processing, programming languages, distributed systems, and more. Also a full-stack software engineer, proficient in backend, DevOps, database, and frontend engineering.
Miscellany
- In free time, makes various applications to help people play Dungeons and Dragons online or find a house in Final Fantasy XIV. Can be found lurking in various D&D Discord servers and leading the «kupo?» Free Company.
