Ziru Chen
Ron | 陈子如 | チン シジョThe Ohio State University
C.V. chen.8336@osu.edu
ronch99 @RonZiruChen
I am a Ph.D. student at OSU SunLab advised by Prof. Huan Sun. My research interests are Natural Language Processing and Conversational AI, which also closely relate to Machine Learning and Human-Computer Interaction. Currently, I am working on Semantic Parsing and Task-oriented Dialogue System.
I research under the (strong) assumption "a Universal Turing Machine can simulate all cognitive activities" so that I may study human thoughts as algorithms and build computational models. I also value interdisciplinary insights from Linguistics, Psychology, Cognitive Science, etc. Besides, I am interested in natural languages themselves and philosophy. So far, I can speak Chinese, English, Japanese (JLPT N2), and some elementary Korean. In the future, I would love to have a taste of more European languages, such as Latin, since my favorite quote is in this language:
“Cogito, ergo sum.” – René Descartes (Or, in
English, “I think. Therefore, I am.”)
News
- 06/2022: Won the 3rd place in Alexa Prize TaskBot Challege as a student co-lead! Check out our report.
- 04/2022: Excited to receive the Undergraduate Research Award from OSU CSE Department!
- 02/2022: Thrilled to receive the University Fellowship as an incoming Ph.D. student!
- 05/2021 - 07/2021: Had some fun time at Deep Learning Lab, Westlake University as a Research Intern.
- 04/2021: Excited to receive the CIS Undrgrad Scholarship from OSU CSE Department!
Honors and Awards
- University Fellowship, The Ohio State University, 2022 - 2024
- 3rd Place, 1st Alexa Prize Taskbot Challenge, Amazon, 2022
- Undergraduate Research Award, The Ohio State University, 2022
- CIS Undergrad Scholarship, The Ohio State University, 2021 - 2022
Teaching
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CSE 5525 Speech and Language Processing, Undergrad & Grad level
Teaching Assistant (Autumn 21, Spring 22) -
CSE 2321 Foundations I: Discrete Structures, Undergrad level
Teaching Assistant (Autumn 19, Spring 20, Autumn 20)
Publications
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Bootstrapping a User-Centered Task-Oriented Dialogue
System
Shijie Chen*, Ziru Chen*, Xiang Deng, Ashley Lewis, Lingbo Mo, Samuel Stevens, Zhen Wang, Xiang Yue, Tianshu Zhang, Yu Su, Huan Sun (* equal contribution)
Alexa Prize 1st Taskbot Challenge
Interesting TMI
* TMI is a Korean short-hand of "Too Much Information," which roughly refers to fun facts that could have not been shared ;)I was born on Thanksgiving that year.
My first name in Japanese sounds like "to wash feet" in Chinese.
My MBTI is INTJ.