Research

Paper Under Review to International Journal of Speech Technology

Preprint (Not Exact) Under Review: Personality Prediction from Life Stories using Language Models submitted to International Journal of Speech Technology, August 2025 (2nd Author)

Aug 31, 2025

Idea Density prediction with LLaMA
Idea Density prediction with LLaMA

training LLaMA3.2 to predict idea density scores of text

Aug 21, 2025

PyTAO

functions that assist ONIOM calculation in AMBER and Gaussian, translated from the original TAO package written in Perl to Python

Jul 31, 2025

Paper Published to APA Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science

Language-Based AI Modeling of Personality Traits and Pathology from Life Narrative Interviews: published to Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, July 2025 (2nd Author)

Jul 1, 2025

Paper Published to NLP4DH, organized with NAACL 2025

AI Assistant for Socioeconomic Empowerment Using Federated Learning: published to NLP4DH, organized with NAACL 2025, May 2025

May 1, 2025

Abstract Published to NCUR

Abstract of A Recommender System Architecture for University Curriculum Advising: published to NCUR, April 2025 (1st Author)

Apr 1, 2025

Paper Published to AAAI Spring Symposium

A Recommender System Architecture for University Curriculum Advising: published to AAAI Spring Symposium, March 2025 (1st Author) I presented my publication, “A Recommender System Architecture for University Curriculum Advising,” at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) 2025 Spring Symposium. I gained valuable knowledge and insights in cutting-edge human-compatible AI with like-minded fellow researchers to think beyond the norm for better AI that benefits all humanity.

Mar 29, 2025

Zerui Ma receives Robert Mayer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

awarded by Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute (DCII) of SMU for 2024-25

Jun 1, 2024

Course Recommender System
Course Recommender System

A LLM-powered course recommender system tailored to university curriculum requirements, prerequisites, and student preferences, optimizing course selection and streamlining degree path exploration.

May 1, 2024

Personality Detection
Personality Detection

A research to detect big-5 personality traits from patient life-narrative interview transcripts

Oct 26, 2023