Zixin (Nicole) Zhao

My name is Zixin (read as zee-shin) and I am also occasionally Nicole. I'm currently a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Toronto under the joint supervision of Fanny Chevalier and Gerald Penn. I previously completed a MSc at Ontario Tech University under the supervision of Christopher Collins developing a gaze based reading aid for language learners. I completed a BSc majoring in Electrical Engineering and minoring in Computing Science.

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Research

I'm interested in human computer interaction, visualization, and natural language processing. Most of my prior works focus on language learning and my recent work is on analyzing fiction text.

Visualization to suport advisors with exploring student outcome predictions during academic advising sessions.

Mapping out levels of happiness using non-linear FACS to control AUs and create realistic smiling faces.

Language learning application for reading in your second language where definitions and translations of words that the system thinks you don't know shows up automatically.

Using a reflective chatbot to connect community members together during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dataset annotated with negative transfer related errors made by Chinese learners of English.

Miscellanea

This website is based on Jon Barron's code