CV

Education

• M.S. in Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2025 (expected)
  • Advisor: Mariana Silva
  • Research Interest: Computer Science Education
• B.S. in Mathematics & Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2023

Work experience

• Fall 2024: Software Developer
  • PrairieLearn, Inc.
  • Implement LLM-based grading interface in PrairieLearn core, including access control and billing
  • Implement LLM grading accuracy statistics in PrairieLearn core, including access control

Skills

• Programming
  • Python, Javascript/Typescript, PostgreSQL/mySQL, Docker, Github, C/C++

Publications

A Case for Bayesian Grading

Craig Zilles, Chenyan Zhao, Yuxuan Chen, Evan Michael Matthews, and Matthew West. 2024. A Case for Bayesian Grading. In Proceedings of the 2024 on ACM Virtual Global Computing Education Conference V. 1 (SIGCSE Virtual 2024). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 275–278. https://doi.org/10.1145/3649165.3703624

A User Experience Study of MeetingMayhem: A Web-Based Game to Teach Adversarial Thinking

Shan Huang, JiWoo Lee, Chenyan Zhao, Geoffrey Herman, Marc Olano, Linda Oliva, Alan Sherman, "A User Experience Study of MeetingMayhem: A Web-Based Game to Teach Adversarial Thinking." In the proceedings of Proceedings of the 2024 on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 1, 2024.

Autograding Mathematical Induction Proofs with Natural Language Processing

Zhao, C., Silva, M., & Poulsen, S. (2024). Autograding Mathematical Induction Proofs with Natural Language Processing (arXiv:2406.10268). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2406.10268

How Much Deadline Flexibility on Formative Assessments Should We Be Giving to Our Students?

Zhao, C., & West, M., & Silva, M. (2023, June), How Much Deadline Flexibility on Formative Assessments Should We Be Giving to Our Students? Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--43372

Teaching

Graduate Teaching Assistant - Numerical Methods

Lab Assistant

Undergraduate Course Assistant - Scientific Visualization

Undergraduate Course Assistant - Numerical Methods