Li Zhang, PhD

Li Zhang

Assistant Professor Pronouns: he/him
Computer Science

Li Zhang

Assistant Professor Pronouns: he/him
Computer Science

Biography

Li "Harry" Zhang is an assistant professor at Drexel University, focusing on Natural Language Processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence (AI). He obtained his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, advised by Prof. Chris Callison-Burch. Prior, he obtained his Bachelor's degree at the University of Michigan, mentored by Prof. Rada Mihalcea and Prof. Dragomir Radev. He has published more than 20 peer-reviewed papers in NLP and AI conferences, such as ACL, EMNLP and AACL, that have been cited more than 1,000 times with an h-index over 10. He also consistently serves as Area Chair, Session Chair and reviewer in those venues. Being a musician, producer and content creator with over 50,000 subscribers, he is also passionate in the research of AI music and creativity.

Research Areas

  • AI, Machine Learning, and Robotics

Research Interests

Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models, Artificial Intelligence, AI and Games, AI and Creativity

Academic Distinctions

  • PhD, University of Pennsylvania
  • BSE, University of Michigan
  • CV