Applied Mathematics · AI for Science · Agent Development

Zitao Xing

Incoming M.S. student in Applied Mathematics (Operations Research) at Xiamen University, working across AI for Science, agent development, numerical methods, machine learning, GraphRAG, and graph algorithms.

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Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China, 361005(+86) 18121271166

Current focus

AI for Science reproduction, agent development, and GraphRAG

Next step

Incoming M.S. in Operations Research at XMU · Sep. 2026

Research toolkit

Python, Neo4j, Qdrant, embeddings, reranking, CUDA

Education

Mathematics training in Xiamen and San Diego, with graduate study ahead.

Xiamen University

Incoming M.S. in Applied Mathematics (Operations Research)

Starting Sep. 2026

Xiamen, China

Admitted through recommendation-based selection.

Xiamen University

B.S. in Mathematics

Sep. 2022 - Jun. 2026

Xiamen, China

University of California San Diego

University and Professional Studies (UPS) Program

Sep. 2024 - Dec. 2024

San Diego, California, USA

Completed a full-time university-credit study program at UC San Diego.

Project Spotlight

Exploring GraphRAG support for functional analysis learning.

Functional Analysis Course GraphRAG: Construction and Feasibility Verification

Project Leader · May 2025 - May 2026

Led a national-level project to build a knowledge-graph-enhanced retrieval system for a Functional Analysis course, coordinating planning, technical integration, validation, and presentation.
Structured course resources into chapters, concepts, theorems, worked examples, and questions, with explicit relationships among object types.
Built a course knowledge graph containing 95 objects and 216 relationships.
Developed a local GraphRAG demo with Neo4j, Qdrant, BAAI/bge-m3, BAAI/bge-reranker-v2-m3, and Flask.
Validated an end-to-end pipeline spanning semantic retrieval, vector recall, reranking, graph-context expansion, and evidence-chain display.

Course graph

95 course objects connected by 216 knowledge-graph relationships.

Retrieval pipeline

Vector recall, reranking, graph expansion, and evidence-chain display.

Technical stack

Neo4j, Qdrant, BGE embeddings and reranker, Flask.

Internships

Applied AI work across research reproduction, knowledge systems, and industry practice.

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Aug. 2026 - Present

AI for Science Research Reproduction

Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Research Institute · Shanghai, China

Conduct research reproduction in AI for Science by reviewing problem formulations, methods, experimental settings, and evaluation protocols.

Jul. 2026 - Aug. 2026

Evo Wiki Development and Legal Knowledge Retrieval Exploration

Shanghai Big Data Co., Ltd. · Shanghai, China

Contributed to the development and improvement of Evo Wiki, an AI-native platform for maintainable Wiki and LightRAG workflows.

Jan. 2025 - Mar. 2025

Internship, Shanghai Regional Office

Harvest Fund Management Co., Ltd. · Shanghai, China

Supported regional operations by organizing fund-product, market, client-service, and institutional-workflow materials.

Projects & Research

Research projects, engineering prototypes, and academic programs.

Aug. 2026

Shanghai Library Open Data Competition — Spatiotemporal Exploration Notebook

Shanghai Library Open Data Competition · Shanghai, China

Co-developed a touch-first PWA that lets users handwrite people, places, experiences, and works directly on a digital paper interface.

Jul. 2025 - Aug. 2025

AISE Summer Camp on Artificial Intelligence + Science and Engineering

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen · Shenzhen, China

Completed intensive training in deep learning and AI for Science, including neural-network architectures, backpropagation, optimization, loss design, model training, and evaluation.

Apr. 2025 - Apr. 2026

Novel Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations

Provincial College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program · Xiamen, China

Investigated numerical solutions of the Poisson equation on sector domains, focusing on corner singularities and nonsmooth structures.

Skills & Interests

Tools for mathematical research, machine learning, and rigorous problem solving.

Honors & Awards

2023 “FLTRP ETIC Cup” Understanding Contemporary China National Foreign Language Contest, Provincial Second Prize
2023 Contemporary Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling, Provincial Third Prize
AiXIA Innovation: Xiamen Hackathon, AI for Science / Agent Track, Third Prize