Zijun Wu 吴子隽

PhD Candidate · Natural Language Processing & Machine Learning · University of Alberta

About Me

I am a PhD candidate at the University of Alberta, supervised by Prof. Lili Mou. My research lies at the intersection of Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning, with a focus on:

  • Interpretable representations that bridge machine learning models and human understanding
  • Embedding learning for efficient context in large language models
  • Multi-agent communication and interaction among large language models

Education

PhD in Computing Science 2022 – Present
University of Alberta
MSc in Computing Science 2020 – 2022
University of Alberta
BSc in Computing Science 2016 – 2020
University of Alberta

Experience

Machine Learning Researcher Intern 2026
RBC Borealis AI, Vancouver
Applied Scientist Intern 2024
Amazon Web Services, Vancouver
Teaching Assistant
University of Alberta
  • CMPUT 175 — Foundations of Computation
  • CMPUT 301 — Software Engineering
  • CMPUT 466 — Machine Learning

Beyond Research

Outside research, I enjoy snowboarding in winter, mountain biking and hiking in summer, and traveling year-round. I also have a British Shorthair cat named UA.