Zhuoran (Elara) Liu

Contact Information

• Email:
• Website:https://elaraliu.com
• Location: Evanston, Illinois, USA

Education

• Northwestern University

  M.S., Computer Science, Thesis Track, Sep 2024 – Present

  Advisor: Prof. Karan Ahuja

• University of California, Irvine

  Double B.S. (Hons), Computer Science & Informatics, Sep 2020 – Jun 2024

  Dean's Honor List, ICS Honors Program

Research Interests

• Human–AI Interaction
• Large Language Model
• Ubiquitous Computing
• Mobile Health
• UX & Accessibility
• Health Informatics

Teaching Experience

• AP Computer Science A —Instructor (Spring 2025)

  Independent, Remote

• IN4MATX 173 - Consumer Health Informatics —Reader (Spring 2024)

  Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine

• I&C SCI 32 - Programming with Software Libraries —Learning Assistant (Winter 2024)

  Department of Computer Science, University of California, Irvine

• I&C SCI 32 - Programming with Software Libraries —Tutor (Spring 2023)

  HD Education, Remote

• I&C SCI 6B - Boolean Algebra & Logic —Learning Assistant (Winter 2021)

  Department of Computer Science, University of California, Irvine

Skills

Programming Languages

PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptJavaSQLGoC++HTMLCSS

Frameworks & Servers

ReactExpoNext.jsNuxtFastAPIHonoVitestVueNginxLinux

Design & Media

FigmaPremiere ProPhotoshopInDesignFinal Cut Pro

DevOps

GitHub ActionsDockernpmAWS (Lambda, RDS, EC2)Cloudflare (Workers, D1, KV)Firebase

Languages

English (Proficient)Chinese (Native)