I’m a third-year undergraduate student at the University of Michigan, majoring in Computer Science. I’m affiliated to the Honors Program at the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA).

I’m passionate about training unified foundation models that accept multimodal inputs, including touch, images, videos, language, and audio. I’m enthusiastic about building efficient multimodal models by efficiently fine-tuning pre-trained unimodal models using a limited amount of downstream data and improving unimodal accuracy by transferring representations learned from other modalities.

I’ve designed efficient algorithms that handle large amounts of data, including the MIA-Sort algorithm, and I was fortunate to be advised by Professor Minji Kim at the Minji Lab. I also implemented a study to find factors influencing Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) system’s performance on people with physical impairments, and I was honored to be advised by Dr. Jane Huggins at the Direct Brain Interface (UM-DBI) Laboratory.

I’m also excited about building next-generation AI applications to tackle real-world problems. I co-founded Collage, an EdTech startup. We aim to replace archaic college course registration systems with an AI-powered discovery engine that automates and personalizes college academic advising and scheduling, connecting students with their classes, advisors, and peers. Sign up for free at mycollage.us with Google Education account and start building your perfect college experience.

📢 Feel free to drop me an email at zhangzzc@umich.edu. I’m always open to chats and feedbacks.

🎨 View my Chinese calligraphy and photography works here!