Xinzhi Wang

Hi! I am Xinzhi Wang (王昕智), though my friends also call me Aurora. I am a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Purdue University, where I am fortunate to work with Professor Chunwei Liu. My research focuses on the intersection of large language models and database systems, particularly retrieval-augmented generation and AI for databases. Before joining Purdue, I received my bachelor’s degree from the University of Sydney, where I was supervised by Professor Clément Canonne.

🏫 Education

  • Purdue University
    Ph.D. in Computer Science, Aug 2023 – Present
    Advisor: Professor Chunwei Liu

  • University of Sydney
    Bachelor of Advanced Computing (Honours), Feb 2019 – Jul 2023
    Majors: Computational Data Science and Computer Science
    Supervisor: Professor Clément Canonne

🖋️ Teaching

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, CS348: Information Systems
    Fall 2025 – Present
    Responsible for grading assignments, reviewing lecture content with students, and answering questions related to course material.

  • Teaching Assistant, AI-Forge: Introductory AI Course
    Spring 2025
    Contributed to the development of course materials on transformers and large language models for an undergraduate introductory AI course.

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, CS 25100: Data Structures and Algorithms
    Fall 2023 – Fall 2024
    Responsible for grading assignments, reviewing lecture content with students, and answering questions related to course material.