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Zixin Zhao

Graduate Student – MSC

I completed my MSc. in Computer Science at Ontario Tech University.  My bachelor’s degree was completed in 2021 at the University of Alberta where I majored in Electrical Engineering and minored in Computer Science.  My main research interests are natural language processing, specifically in language development and language learning contexts, and human-computer interaction.  My previous projects involved apparent age approximation, web development for a language learning application, and negative language transfer.

During my spare time, I enjoy pottery, painting, sewing, and all sorts of crafty indoor activities.  Also, I previously went by the name Nicole but have now opted to go by my birth name Zixin.

Contact

If you wish to contact me, you can email me at zixin.zhao@ontariotechu.net.

Publications

  • C. Collins, S. Arbour, N. Beals, S. Yama, J. Laffier, and Z. Zhao, “Covid Connect: Chat-Driven Anonymous Story-Sharing for Peer Support,” in ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, 2022.

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    @InProceedings{col2022a,

    title={Covid Connect: Chat-Driven Anonymous Story-Sharing for Peer Support},

    author={Collins, Christopher and Arbour, Simone and Beals, Nathan and Yama, Shawn and Laffier, Jennifer and Zhao, Zixin},

    booktitle = {ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference},

    month = jun,

    year = 2022,

    doi = {10.1145/3532106.3533545}

    }

  • Z. Zhao, “Gloss Positioning for a Gaze Aware L2 Reading Aid,” Master Thesis, 2023.

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    @MastersThesis{zha2023a, 
author={Zixin Zhao}, 
title={Gloss Positioning for a Gaze Aware L2 Reading Aid}, 
school={University of Ontario Institute of Technology}, 
year=2023
}

  • Weagant, R., Zhao, Z., Bradley, A., & Collins, C. (2024). AdVizor: Using Visual Explanations to Guide Data-Driven Student Advising. In 2024 IEEE VIS Workshop on Visualization Education, Literacy, and Activities (EduVIS) (pp. 21-29).

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    @INPROCEEDINGS{10747665,
    author={Weagant, Riley and Zhao, Zixin and Bradley, Adam and Collins, Christopher},
    booktitle={2024 IEEE VIS Workshop on Visualization Education, Literacy, and Activities (EduVIS)},
    title={AdVizor: Using Visual Explanations to Guide Data-Driven Student Advising},
    year={2024},
    volume={},
    number={},
    pages={21-29},
    keywords={Training;Visualization;Navigation;Conferences;Data visualization;Predictive models;Human in the loop;Random forests;Information Visualization;Academic Risk Prediction;Academic Advising;Learning Analytics},
    doi={10.1109/EduVIS63909.2024.00008}}

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