About me

Human-AI Collaboration Human-Robot Interaction Video Understanding LLM-Powered Reasoning Visual Place Recognition

I am a first-year Ph.D. student in Information Science and Technology at George Mason University, advised by Sungsoo Ray Hong. My research relates to human–AI collaboration with a focus on:

I am passionate about practical, end-to-end approaches to assist well-beings in virtual, physical, and dynamic environments.

Other research topics I have participated in:

Education

George Mason University
Ph.D. in Information Science & Technology
Fairfax, VA · 2025 – present
University of California, Berkeley
Master of Landscape Architecture
Berkeley, CA · 2018 – 2020
Colorado State University
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
Fort Collins, CO · 2014 – 2018

Research Projects

Video Understanding Investigation System for Law Enforcement
George Mason University · 2025 – present

Key Publications

Zhiyao Shu, Xiangguo Sun, and Hong Cheng
Proceedings of the 33rd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM 2024), pp. 2087–2096
Jie Gao, Zhiyao Shu, Shun Yi Yeo, Alok Prakash, Chien-Ming Huang, Mark Dredze, and Ziang Xiao
Under Review (arXiv:2501.00775)