Education

Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz (2009)
B.S. in Computer Science, Zhejiang University (2004)

Professional Background

Catherine Qi Zhao joined the Department of Computer Science & Engineering as an assistant professor in 2016 and was promoted to an associate professor in 2021. Zhao also serves as an IEEE member. Prior to her time at the University, she served as a postdoctoral researcher at California Institute of Technology from 2009-11 and as an assistant professor at the National University of Singapore from 2011-16. Zhao received a Chancellor’s Fellowship in 2004 and a Mei Wang Graduate Fellowship in 2005 from the University of California, Santa Cruz. 

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Teaching Subjects

• Machine Learning
• Deep Learning for Vision
• Linear Algebra

Honors and Awards

Selected Grants
RI: Small: Visual How: Task Understanding and Description in the Real World
Zhao, C.; National Science Foundation; 6/15/22 - 5/31/25

EAGER: Interpretable and Generalizable AI for Smart Manufacturing
Zhao, C.; National Science Foundation; 8/15/22 - 7/31/24

RI: Small: Exploring Rationale behind Visual Understanding: Combining Attention and Reasoning
Zhao, C.; National Science Foundation; 8/1/19 - 7/31/23