Zhijun (Zachary) Zhao - Personal Website

01About Me

Hey there, I study database!

2024
GA2Graph: A Data-Driven Approach to Visualizing and Analyzing Collaborative Learning
Alawini, A., Hajara-Yasmin, I., Xu, J., Zhang, Y., Zhao, Z.
2024 IEEE Frontiers in Education (FIE), 2024. [Publisher Link]
Authors contributed equally to this work.

Expected May 2030
PhD Student
Department of Computer Science
Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering
Indiana University Bloomington
June 2025
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering
Zhejiang University-University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Joint Institute
Zhejiang University
May 2025
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Grainger College of Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Feb 2025 – Jun 2025
Teaching Assistant
ECE 391: Computer Systems Engineering
Zhejiang University-University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Joint Institute
Zhejiang University
Sep 2024 – Jan 2025
Teaching Assistant
CS 101: Introduction to Programming for Scientists and Engineers
Zhejiang University-University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Joint Institute
Zhejiang University
May 2024 – Aug 2024
Course Assistant
CS 411: Database Systems
Siebel School of Computing and Data Science
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Aug 9–13, 2026
Webmaster
25th International Workshop on Data Mining in Bioinformatics (BIOKDD 2026)
Jeju, South Korea