Welcome, my name is Zexi Huang. I am a PhD student at the Department of Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), starting from Fall 2018. Before joining UCSB, I received my Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Technology with the highest honor at Yingcai Honors College (elite school of top 5% undergraduates), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC). During my undergraduate years, I spent half a year as a visiting research assistant at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and enjoyed a nice semester as an exchange student at the College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Chiao Tung University. My research interests span the analysis of social, informational, and biological networks with machine learning and data mining techniques. At UCSB, I work in Dynamic Networks: Analysis and Modeling (Dynamo) Lab, with Prof. Ambuj Singh as my advisor. My current research topic is network embedding and dynamics. Previously, I have interned at Books Tech, Amazon, as an Applied Scientist working on graph-based fraud detection in Kindle Direct Publishing. I have also interned at Computational Intelligence Lab, NTU on transfer learning framework for community detection in multiplex networks. As an undergraduate, I was a research assistant at Data Mining Lab, Big Data Research Center, UESTC, with Prof. Junming Shao as my advisor. I worked on dynamics-based algorithms for detecting overlapping communities at that time. Oct. 2020 Sep. 2020 Sep. 2020 Sep. 2018 - Exp. Jun. 2023 Sep. 2014 - Jun. 2018 Feb. 2016 - Jun. 2016 Jun. 2020 - Sep. 2020 Sep. 2017 - Feb. 2018 Sep. 2018 - Oct. 2020 Jan. 2020 - Aug. 2020 Jul. 2016 - Aug. 2017 2020 - 2021 Fall 2019 Spring 2019 Winter 2019 Fall 2018 Sep. 2018 Sep. 2018 Jun. 2018 Jun. 2018 Dec. 2017 Dec. 2017 Dec. 2017 Oct. 2017 May. 2017 Dec. 2016 Dec. 2015 Dec. 2015 Dec. 2015
Zexi Huang (黄泽熙)
PhD Student
News
First paper on graph embedding submitted to WWW'21, fingers crossed!
I have finished a nice internship as an Applied Scientist at Amazon Books Tech team!
I am selected as the Computer Science Department Lead TA at UCSB for the year 2020-2021!
Education
College of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science
Yingcai Honors College, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Technology (Honors)
College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Chiao Tung University
Exchange Student
Work Experience
Applied Scientist Intern, Books Tech, Amazon
Graph-based Fraud Detection in Kindle Direct Publishing
Research Intern, Computational Intelligence Lab, Nanyang Technological University
Transfer Learning for Community Detection in Multiplex Networks
Research Experience
Graph Representation Learning Based on Random Walks
Advised by Prof. Ambuj Singh, at Dynamic Networks: Analysis and Modeling Lab, UCSB
Prospect Theory for Group Decision Making Dynamics
Advised by Prof. Ambuj Singh, at Dynamic Networks: Analysis and Modeling Lab, UCSB
Overlapping Community Detection Based on Game Theory-incorporated Label Propagation Dynamics
Advised by Prof. Junming Shao, at Data Mining Lab, Big Data Research Center, UESTC
Teaching Experience
Lead Teaching Assistant
Department of Computer Science, UCSB
Teaching Assistant, CS 130A: Data Structures and Algorithms
Department of Computer Science, UCSB
Co-designer and Instructor, Machine Learning Workshops
LMU/UCSB Junior Nanotech Network PhD Student Exchange and Symposium
Teaching Assistant, CS 8: Introduction to Computer Science
Department of Computer Science, UCSB
Teaching Assistant, CS 174A/174N: Fundamentals of Database Systems
Department of Computer Science, UCSB
Relevant Skills
Programming
Languages
Honors & Awards
Computer Science Outstanding Scholar Fellowship at UCSB
6%, top four out of 63 admitted PhD students, $10,000
Computer Science Academic Excellence Fellowship at UCSB
$2,000
Outstanding Bachelor Thesis Award of UESTC
10%
Tang Lixin Scholarship for Studying Abroad
$1,453
The Most Outstanding Students Award of UESTC
0.2%, top 10 out of 5,000 seniors, $2,180
Honorary Graduate of Sichuan Province
1%, top one in Yingcai Honors College
Honorary Graduate of UESTC
10%, top twelve in Yingcai Honors College
National Scholarship of China
0.2%, top two in Yingcai Honors College, $1,162
National English Competition for College Students of China 2017
0.1%, Special Prize in National Final (Level C, for Non-English professionals)
People's Scholarship of UESTC
4%, Special Class, top four in Yingcai Honors College, $436
Tang Lixin Scholarship of Yingcai Honors College
1%, First Prize, top one in Yingcai Honors College, $4,359
Tang Lixin Scholarship of UESTC
0.2%, $1,453 per year until graduation
The 7th Chinese Mathematics Competitions
0.05%, 1st out of 1819 selected candidates in Sichuan Province
Extracurricular Activities