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Basics

Name Charlie Weijia Zhang
Label Student & Researcher
Email zhangwj.charlie@gmail.com
Phone 2172003915
Url https://charliedreemur.wordpress.com
Summary CS + Math @ UIUC. AI, LLM agents, and software engineering enthusiast.

Education

  • 2022.08 - 2026.05

    Urbana, Illinois, USA

    B.S.
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
    Computer Science and Mathematics
    • Algorithms
    • Systems Programming
    • Networks
    • Database Systems
    • Data Structures
    • Computer Architecture
    • Probability
    • Numerical Analysis
    • Programming Language & Compilers
    • ML
    • NLP

Work

  • 2025.07 - Present
    Research Intern in Data, Knowledge, and Intelligence Group
    Microsoft
    Research on multimodal agent in chart for Microsoft Copilot in Excel.
  • 2024.08 - 2024.09
    Software Engineer Intern in Wechat Group
    Tencent
    Developed a hardware performance tool and Unity Memory performance tool for Wechat Mini Program.
  • 2024.07 - 2024.08
    Software Engineer Intern
    NetEase
    Designed and developed a full-stack game art assets database with dependency graph using SQLite, Flask, and Vue.js.
  • 2023.05 - 2023.07
    AI Software Developer Intern
    Reborn Network
    • Developed multiplayer Role-playing agents framework enabling dynamic interactions (text, voice, action) with AI NPCs in VR environments, including IK and function calling support for physical and directive user engagements. • Designed and implemented seamless voice interactions (<1s latency) in VR, enhancing real-time AI agent responsiveness. • Managed long-term memory using vector database with dynamic ADD/UPDATE/DELETE operations. • Designed character card system for importing/exporting/sharing NPC personas.

Publications

Skills

Programming Languages
C/C++
C#
Java
Python
JavaScript/Typescript
HTML/CSS
SQL
Rust
Frameworks & Tools
React
Node.js
Flask
Git
Docker
AWS/Azure/GCP
LLM Technologies
Context Engineering
RAG
MCP
LangChain
Vector Database

Languages

English
Fluent
Chinese
Native speaker

Interests

AI Agents & NLP
Game Development
Hackathons

References

Professor Jiaxuan You
Research advisor at UIUC U Lab, specializing in LLM agents and NLP.
Professor Dan Cermak
Game programming instructor at UIUC Stu/Dio.