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General Information

Full Name Christopher Haohua Zhu
Year of Birth 2000

Education

  • 2023 - Present
    Ph.D. in Computer Science
    University of Chicago
    • GPA: 4.00/4.00
    • Advisor: Raul Castro Fernandez
    • Teaching Assistant Appointments: Databases for Public Policy, Intro to Complexity Theory
    • Research Area: Privacy and Data Sharing
  • 2018 - 2022
    B.S. in Computer Science, Minor in Physics
    University of Chicago
    • GPA: 3.83/4.00
    • Relevant Coursework: Intro to Database Systems, Data Science for Computer Scientists, Data Visualization, Intro to Complexity Theory, Computer Networks, Math Foundations of ML, Parallel Computing, Computer Architecture for Scientists, Intro to Graphics, Scientific Visualization"

Experience

  • 09/2023 - Present
    PhD Researcher
    University of Chicago
    • Developed a model called the Dataflow to address problems in data sharing: how to help data-driven organizations combine their data with others to unleash its value.
    • Conducted a comparison of Privacy Enhancing Technologies for data sharing, applying the Dataflow model to evaluate them over the dimensions of trust, scope, and performance.
  • 09/2022 - present
    Full-Time Research Assistant
    University of Chicago
    • Created an abstraction to tackle joining disparate schemas and access control for data sharing.
  • 08/2021 - 06/2022
    Undergraduate Research Assistant
    University of Chicago
    • Investigated and chose a secure enclave. Ran TPC-H and stress-ng experiments on them and created graphs and wrote the corresponding section in our research paper.
    • Compared our system with Sieve, a secure file transfer protocol.
  • 06/2021 - 08/2021
    Software Engineering Intern
    KeepTruckin (now Motive Inc)
    • Revamped backend logging with verbose logs for debugging and concise logs for user-facing code.
    • Introduced Sorbet, a static typechecker for Ruby into the codebase. Demonstrated a successful proof of concept for adding it into the codebase.

Honors and Awards

  • 2025
    National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
  • 2023
    Liew Family Fellowship
  • 2022
    Dean's List 2021-2022
  • 2019
    Dean's List 2018-2019

Volunteering / Leadership

  • Founder & Organizer | Chicago Data Night | Chicago, IL | 2023 - Present
  • Databases for Public Policy Tutor | University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | 2024

Technical Skills

  • Programming Languages: Python (Proficient), C (Prior Experience), Java (Prior Experience), Ruby (Prior Experience), Javascript (Basic Knowledge)

Hobbies

  • Hobbies: Cooking, badminton, lifting, and backpacking