Welcome!
Hi there, I’m Enze 👋
I’m a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), advised by Professor Philip S. Yu in the Big Data and Social Computing (BDSC) Lab. Previously, I earned my B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science at UC San Diego, where I worked closely with Zhiting Hu.
Research Interests
I’m broadly interested in artificial intelligence — how we build systems that can understand the world, reason about it, and interact with it in meaningful ways. I’m interested in large language models, AI agents, and multimodal learning as different angles on a bigger question: what does it take for machines to genuinely understand and engage with their environment?
Recently, I’ve been going deeper into memory — I’m especially interested in how AI can remember its users and the world: building up a lasting picture of who someone is, what they care about, and how the world around them works, so that interactions become more personal, coherent, and useful over time.
Education & Experience
- Ph.D. in Computer Science — University of Illinois Chicago 2024 – presentAdvised by Prof. Philip S. Yu, BDSC Lab
- Research Intern — UC San Diego 2024 – 2025Advised by Prof. Zhiting Hu
- M.S. in Computer Science — UC San Diego 2022 – 2024
- B.S. in Computer Science — UC San Diego 2018 – 2022
Selected Publications
A full list is available on the Publications page and on Google Scholar. Below are a few selected recent works:
- Pan: A World Model for General, Interactable, and Long-Horizon World Simulation. arXiv 2025. [arXiv]
- scPilot: Large Language Model Reasoning Toward Automated Single-Cell Analysis and Discovery. NeurIPS 2025. [PDF]
- CReLeRI: Explainable, Concept-centric, Representation, Learning, Reasoning, and Interaction Video Analysis System. ACM MM 2025 (Demo). [PDF]
- CellMaster: Collaborative Cell Type Annotation in Single-Cell Analysis. arXiv 2026. [arXiv]
Get in Touch
Feel free to reach out via email — I’m always happy to chat about research, collaborations, or interesting ideas.