[2026/09]
Started serving as a Peer Mentor for COMP_SCI 150: Fundamentals of Computer Programming at Northwestern University.
TEACHING
Shenming (Simon) Ji— 季申茗
Hi, I'm Shenming (Simon), a master's student in Computer Science at Northwestern University. I received my bachelor's degree from Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and the University of Liverpool, where I was fortunate to be advised by Prof. Jun Qi and Prof. Teng Ma. I also spent a wonderful summer at Texas A&M University as a visiting research intern with Prof. Meng Xia. Those experiences shaped how I think about research, collaboration, and building systems that support people more thoughtfully.
My research interests include Human-AI Interaction, AI in Education, and Computational Social Science. Feel free to contact me by email if you are interested in discussing or collaborating with me!
Outside of academics, I enjoy soccer, music, and photography. Feel free to check out my Plog for a glimpse of my photography journey~Thank you for visiting my page!
✨ I am currently applying to PhD programs for Fall 2027 and am also open to research assistant and collaboration opportunities. Please feel free to reach out if you see a potential research fit!
Human–AI Interaction · AI in Education ·
NEWS
News + Updates🔥
[2026/07]
Participated in LearnLab Summer School at Carnegie Mellon University, conducting research on student–AI interactions in the Computer Science Education Research track.
RESEARCH[2026/07]
Joined the Prytaneum team under Prof. Kevin Esterling, working on AI-assisted moderation and LLM-based user simulation for online deliberation.
RESEARCH[2026/04]
Began working with Prof. Yulin Yu on research in computational social science and human–AI innovation, with a focus on scientific dataset reuse and novelty.
RESEARCH[2026/03]
Began working on the LearnAnything project with Prof. David Zaretsky, exploring Computer Science Education and Multi-agent systems.
RESEARCH[2025/09]
Started my M.S. in Computer Science at Northwestern University, with research interests in Human–AI Interaction and Computer Science Education.
MILESTONE[2025/05]
My first-author paper EEG-TBSANet on EEG-based epilepsy diagnosis was accepted to IEEE INDIN 2025!
PAPER[2025/01]
Our paper CPVis on multimodal learning analytics for collaborative programming was accepted to CHI 2025! See you in Yokohama 🇯🇵!
PAPER[2024/05]
Joined Dream Lab at Texas A&M University as a visiting research intern, working on multimodal learning analytics for collaborative programming.
RESEARCHPUBLICATIONS
RESEARCH
Carnegie Mellon University
July, 2026 - PresentResearch on student–AI interactions in the Computer Science Education Research track.
University of California, Riverside
July, 2026 - PresentAI-assisted moderation and LLM-based user simulation for online deliberation.
University of Arizona
April, 2026 - PresentComputational social science and human–AI innovation, focusing on scientific dataset reuse and novelty.
Northwestern University
March, 2026 - August, 2026Exploring Computer Science Education and Multi-agent systems.
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
September, 2024 - June, 2025Developed a deep learning framework integrating TCN, BiLSTM, and self-attention for robust EEG-based epilepsy diagnosis.
Texas A&M University
May, 2024 - September, 2024Developed multimodal learning analytics for collaborative programming using speech, LLM-based behavioral analysis, and interactive visualization.
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
June, 2023 - September, 2023Analyzed creator collaboration networks and their relationship with video performance and creator growth on Bilibili.
EDUCATION
Northwestern University
M.S. in Computer Science
Sep. 2025 - Jul. 2027 (expected)
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (University of Liverpool)
B.S. in Information and Computing Science
Sep. 2021 - Jul. 2025