Ziyu Yao

A headshot of CS assistant professor Ziyu Yao, wearing glasses, a dark winter coat with a fur-trimmed hood, stands outdoors near a green-tiled wall and brick buildings.
Titles and Organizations

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

Contact Information

Office: Engineering 4415
Phone: 703-993-6649
Email: ziyuyao@gmu.edu
 

Personal Websites

Biography

Ziyu Yao works on natural language processing and artificial intelligence, particularly building and intelligent and trustworthy natural language interfaces that can assist humans in various tasks and applications. Specific topics include Large Language Models (LLMs), LLM for reasoning and planning, Interpretability of LLMs, human-AI/LLM interaction, and interdisciplinary AI/LLM applications.

Degrees:

  • PhD, Computer Science and Engineering, Ohio State University