Dr. Xiaojin Zhu

Professor

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Biography

Xiaojin (Jerry) Zhu is a Professor at the McPherson Eye Research Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and multiple Master's degrees from Carnegie Mellon University, covering fields such as Language Information Technologies and Knowledge Discovery Data Mining. He completed his PhD in Language Technologies also at Carnegie Mellon University in 2005. His research primarily focuses on statistical machine learning and natural language processing, with applications in computational cognitive psychology. Dr. Zhu is involved in data modeling and data mining problems, including classification, clustering, and anomaly detection, with relevant research in medical fields, neuroscience, and cognitive science. Additionally, he works on projects such as 'Text-to-Picture' synthesis, which involves generating images from natural language sentences that convey the main meaning of the text.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Wisconsin–Madison

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:92
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:125
Overall
Required:125
Prerequisites
Programming experience (Data Structures, Machine Organization) One year college-level calculus
Application Checklist
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  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Unofficial transcripts
Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Computer Sciences