Lechen Zhang

Hi, I am Lechen! I am a first-year Ph.D. Student in Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, advised by Professor Tal August in the Language Interaction Lab. I have broad interests in Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning. I am particularly interested in the generalization and continual learning of LLMs, especially how they can continuously update their memory, adapt to changing environments, and evolve through interactions. My recent research focuses on LLM personalization and memory, with the goal of enabling models to better adapt to downstream tasks and user needs over long-term interactions.

Previously, I earned my master’s degree from University of Michigan and my bachelor’s degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. During my time at Michigan, I was a member of Blablablab advised by Professor David Jurgens, and also worked with Professor Lu Wang as part of the Launch Lab.

You can find my CV here.