Dr. Mengxiao Zhu is a Distinguished Research Fellow in School of Data Science, School of Management, and School of Humanities and Social Sciences, at University of Science and Technology of China. She earned her Ph.D. Degree from the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences at Northwestern University. She holds degrees in Communication (M.A.) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Computer Science (M.E. & B.E.) and Science and English (B.S.) from the University of Science and Technology of China. Before joining USTC, she worked as a Research Scientist in the Research and Development division at Educational Testing Service (ETS) for over seven years. Prior to that, she also worked as a Post-doctoral Research Associate in the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University, and a Graduate Research Assistant in the Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC) Research Group led by Professor Noshir Contractor. She has been involved in several NSF and NIH -funded projects focusing on computer-mediated communication in emergency response teams, and on the development of knowledge networks and the dynamics of collaborations both in real world, such as research institutions, and in virtual worlds, such as Second Life and online role-playing games. Her current research interests include computational methods in communication, social networks and social media, and the interactions of AI and human in communication and education.