Zhang Qiong

Qiong Zhang is an Assistant Professor jointly appointed in the Psychology Department and Computer Science Department at Rutgers University. Her research bridges human learning and machine learning, focusing on comparing human memory systems with AI solutions and informing intelligent machine design through cognitive insights. She holds a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University's Machine Learning Department under the School of Computer Science and completed postdoctoral training at Princeton University.

• Education:
• Ph.D., Machine Learning, Carnegie Mellon University (School of Computer Science)
• Postdoctoral Training, Princeton University

Her research investigates cognitive constraints in memory systems and their neural bases. She employs computational modeling, behavioral experiments, and neural imaging to explore how memory optimizes performance under constraints. Recent work includes an NSF-funded project on external cue benefits/detriments in memory search. Her lab's findings aim to enhance memory interventions and inform AI design.

Grants and funding include support from the National Science Foundation and Rutgers Brain Health Institute. She explores interdisciplinary topics like episodic memory in storytelling (comparing humans and LLMs), and cognitive resource modeling during memory encoding.