The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

The Center for Education and Research in
Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

Tianyi Zhang

 Tianyi Zhang

Title

Assistant Professor 

Department

Education

Ph.D. (2019) in Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Science (2013), Computer Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China 

Research Areas

Human-Computer Interaction, Human-AI Interaction, Software Engineering, Mining Software Repositories, Program Synthesis, Software Evolution 

Notable Awards

ESEC/FSE 2022 Distinguished Reviewer Award Ross-Lynn Research Scholar Fund, Purdue University, 2022
Societal Impact Fellowship, Purdue University, 2022
Agricultural Science and Extension for Economic Development Grant (co-PI), Purdue University, 2022
CHI 2021 Best Paper Honorable Mention Award VAHC 2021 Best Paper Honorable Mention Award
2020 Distinguished Reviewer for ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles, 2017
Google Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award, University of California, Los Angeles, 2017
Teaching Award in Recognition of Excellence in Teaching, The University of Texas at Austin, 2014 

Biography

Tianyi Zhang is a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Societal Impact Fellow at Purdue University. At Purdue, he leads the Human-Centered Software Systems Lab, where he and his students develop intelligent systems that synergize human expertise with machine intelligence, with a particular focus on improving programming productivity and software robustness.