Lizhe Zhang

Lizhe Zhang

M.S. in Computer Science at UC San Diego

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About Me

I am Lizhe Zhang, a second-year master's student in Computer Science at UC San Diego, advised by Prof. Jingbo Shang. I am also fortunate to work with Prof. Thomas Ploetz and Prof. Xia Hu. My primary research focuses on building reliable and self-evolving AI systems, specifically on LLM generalization, uncertainty-aware multi-model collaboration, and diversity-driven synthetic data generation.

Education

UC San Diego
M.S. in Computer Science (GPA: 4.0/4.0)
2024.09-2026.03
Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S. in Computer Engineering (GPA: 3.96/4.0)
2022.05-2023.12
Emory University
B.S. in Physics, Minor in Applied Mathematics (GPA: 3.90/4.0)
2019.08-2023.12

Selected Publications

Lizhe Zhang - LLM Code Generation Workflow Diagram
Memorize or Generalize? Evaluating LLM Code Generation with Code Rewriting Lizhe Zhang*, Wentao Chen*, Li Zhong, Letian Peng, Zilong Wang, Jingbo Shang
ICLR 2026 (Under Review)
ArXiv Paper
Uncertainty-Based Small LM Routing - Lizhe Zhang
Confident or Seek Stronger: Exploring Uncertainty-Based Small LM Routing From Benchmarking to Generalization Yu-Neng Chuang*, Leisheng Yu*, Guanchu Wang, Lizhe Zhang, Hongyi Liu, Zirui Liu, Xuanting Cai, Yang Sui, Vladimir Braverman, Xia Hu
NeurIPS 2025 LLM Evaluation Workshop
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IMUGPT 2.0 Methodology
IMUGPT 2.0: Language-Based Cross Modality Transfer for Sensor-Based Human Activity Recognition Zikang Leng, Amitrajit Bhattacharjee, Hrudhai Rajasekhar, Lizhe Zhang, Elizabeth Bruda, Hyeokhyen Kwon, Thomas Plötz
IMWUT 2024
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emotion_recognition
Emotion Recognition on the Go: Utilizing Wearable IMUs for Personalized Emotion Recognition Zikang Leng*, Myeongul Jung*, Sungjin Hwang, Seungwoo Oh, Lizhe Zhang, Thomas Plötz, Kwanguk Kim
UbiComp/ISWC 2024
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Honors & Awards

US Patent Filed Language-based Cross-modality Transfer System for Generating Virtual IMU Data
Sigma Pi Sigma National Physics Honor Society • Emory University (2023)
Faculty Honors Georgia Institute of Technology (2022-2023)

Selected Projects

Virtual Reality Gesture Gloves

Arduino-based multi-sensor glove for 3D gesture mapping and obstacle alerts.

  • Designed and built an Arduino-based, multi-sensor glove that captures finger motions using rotary potentiometers.
  • Implemented firmware to map continuous resistance changes to 3D hand gestures in virtual space.
  • Integrated an ultrasonic distance sensor to provide real-world obstacle alerts for user safety.
Video Demo GitHub
Lizhe Zhang - VR Gesture Gloves Project

Find Your Spot: A Bluetooth Low Energy-based Parking Navigation System

An intelligent parking deck navigation system using ultra-low-power sensors and cloud computation to improve parking-space utilization.

  • Engineered an end-to-end parking navigation system utilizing Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons.
  • Leveraged RSSI values and path loss models to enable precise location detection and vehicle routing.
  • Optimized parking space allocation with a custom server-side routing algorithm.
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