Hi, I'm Jiamin (Karen) Zheng

/dʒiːa-mɪn (ˈkɛrən) ʒəŋ/

PhD student at The University of Edinburgh, interested in machine learning systems, privacy and security, and HCI.

📍 Edinburgh, UK  |  🎓 University of Edinburgh

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I am currently a PhD student at The University of Edinburgh in CDT Machine Learning Systems supervised by Dr. Jingjie Li and Dr. Luo Mai.

I received my Bachelor’s degree in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science with First-Class Honours from the University of Edinburgh.

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Publication

Best Paper Award

Characterizing Scam-Driven Human Trafficking Across Chinese Borders and Online Community Responses on RedNote

Jiamin Zheng, Yue Deng, Jessica Chen, Shujun Li, Yixin Zou, Jingjie Li

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)

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Work Experience

Goldman Sachs

Summer Analyst, Global Markets Engineering (Full Stack) | Jun 2025 - Aug 2025

Morgan Stanley

Summer Analyst, Technology Application Development | Jun 2024 - Aug 2024

University of Edinburgh

Information Security Awareness Intern | Jan 2024 - Jun 2024, Oct 2024 - Apr 2025

FoodCLUB

Android Developer / Founding Member | Aug 2023 - Feb 2024

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Other Experience

• Oct 2024 — Winner, J.P. Morgan Code for Good Hackathon, Glasgow
• 2022/23 — Edinburgh Award (Widening Participation Peer Mentoring)
• 2022 — Top Three Finalist, Huawei Digital Seeds for the Future Program

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Education

🎓 PhD in Machine Learning Systems

The University of Edinburgh · 2025 – Present

🎓 BSc Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science

The University of Edinburgh · 2021 – 2025

First-Class Honours

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Last updated: May 2026.