Biography

Hi Hi

I am Zonggen, currently pursuing MSc in Informatics at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). I'm fully funded by the Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Reliable AI (relAI) Scholarship, for this, you can find my profile here. This year, I just graduated at the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) of Munich in BSc in Computer Science, with a minor in Computational Linguistics. I completed my undergraduate thesis on Deep Learning and Domain Adaptation under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Thomas Seidl. I am currently working as a Student Assistant in the Munich AI & NLP (MaiNLP) Lab for Prof. Dr. Barbara Plank.

In the last application season, I was fortunate to receive admissions to the Advanced Computing program at Imperial College and Oxford. Although I decided to stay in Germany for scholarship, I made many lifelong friends based on this experience. We established the Global CS project together, hoping to provide advice for students applying for CS programs through this website. Welcome to join us!

„Übers endlose Sternenzelt musst du reisen.“ Personally, I find immense fulfillment in engaging with captivating ventures. When dusk settles, even if I don't reach the stars, I can rest assured knowing that I have elevated myself from the earthly plane and made a meaningful contribution to something truly significant.

Whether you'd like to work with me, collaborate on a cool project or something else, feel free to get in touch!

🥨 Btw, perhaps you are interested in the German grading system, which I know can be quite complex. Here, you can try using the tool provided by the TU Munich to convert your grades into the German grading system :)

It should also be noted that both "Computer Science" and "Informatics" correspond to the German word "Informatik", which stands for pure computer science in Germany, but the two Universities use different English translation.

I'm also trying to update my undergraduate course notes in blogs about my major and minor. Hopefully I'll have time to perfect it 😊 (I can't make them public for copyright reasons, LMUers can contact me directly if you need).

Interests
  • RAG & Vector DB
  • Sentiment Classification
  • Low-Resource NLP
  • LLMs with Low Computational Resources
  • Active Domain Adaptation
  • ...
Education
  • MSc in Informatics

    Technical University of Munich TUM

    Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Reliable AI RelAI

  • BSc in Computer Science

    GPA: 1.3/1.0 with Highest Honours

    Minor in Computational Linguistics

    GPA: 1.1/1.0

    University of Munich LMU

Assistant Responsibilities

Timeline

 
 
 
 
 
Germany Scholarship
Oct. 2024 – Present

Awarded by Technical University of Munich (to 1.5% of students).

€3,600, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany and Amazon Deutschland.

 
 
 
 
 
Fellowship with the Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Reliable AI (relAI)

€23,808 (monthly €992 in 2 years) Scholarship and waiver of tuition fees at TUM, supported by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (every year to only 15 MSc students in AI-related disciplines with an excellent bachelor’s degree).

The relAI is one of three Zuse Schools in DAAD, aiming to cultivate future generations of AI experts who combine technical talent with an understanding of the importance of AI reliability.

 
 
 
 
 
Internship: LLMs RAG & AI Agent Application
Jun. 2024 - Dec. 2024

Internship as a part of TUM IDP, focusing on the development and application of LLMs and AI agents.

 
 
 
 
 
Germany Scholarship
Oct. 2023 – Sept. 2024

Awarded by University of Munich (to 1.5% of students).

€3,600, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany and Amazon Deutschland.

 
 
 
 
 
ByteDance
Student Assistant (Teaching & Research)
Sept. 2023 - Present
 
 
 
 
 
University of Munich
Undergraduate Dissertation: Exploring the Gap between Unsupervised, Semi-Supervised and Active Domain Adaptation
Jul. 2023 – Jan. 2024
 
 
 
 
 
PingCAP
Amazon Future Engineer Program
Oct. 2022 – Sept. 2024
Career planning and training.
 
 
 
 
 
Microsoft
Germany Scholarship
Oct. 2022 – Sept. 2023

Awarded by University of Munich (to 1.5% students).

€3,600, funded by The Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany and Amazon Deutschland.

 
 
 
 
 
ByteDance
Peer Reviewer for Journal
since 2023