My name is Danchen Zhang, a Chinese. I am a new PhD student in IST, with Dr. Daqing He being my advisor. My master (Computer Engineering, Beihang University, BUAA) and bachelor degree (Computer Software, Nanchang University) are obtained in China. My research interests lie in information retrieval. In past two years, I focused on hash indexing for massive image database. In PhD, I will start my research in exploratory search, and recently concentrate much on expert search problem. Beside, I am skilled at C#, Java and matlab.
I have many hobbies and interests, and look forward to spending time with friends on them: a) I love delicious food. I can manage Chinese home cooking and welcome new friends to share theie specialities. b) I have a passion in traveling with both new and old friends. I am good at route planning. c) I love reading, and my interests lay in novel, psychology, finance, health, and the ones that benefits me. d) I love swimming and Yoga. I wish I can escape from freshmen 15. e) I once learned Classical Guitar for a month, and I totally fall in love with it. I hope I can further learn to play it in the future.