Cass Zhixue Zhao
Information School
PhD researcher

zhixue.zhao@sheffield.ac.uk
Regent Court (IS)
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Cass Zhixue Zhao
Information School
Regent Court (IS)
211 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
Information School
Regent Court (IS)
211 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
- Profile
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Alongside my PhD, currently, I am also a part-time research assistant in the Department of Computer Science, the University of Sheffield (expected to end by the end of this year).
RA project: Automatically mapping and assessing inequalities in public health research
PhD project
Title: Transfer learning and model bias on toxic comment classification tasks
My Ph.D. study is about applying transfer learning on toxic comment classification tasks. Additionally, my research looks into the bias of pre-trained language models when handling those tasks, particularly the bias towards identity terms.
Supervisors
Funding and awards
Departmental Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Scholarship
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Utilizing subjectivity level to mitigate identity term bias in toxic comments classification. Online Social Networks and Media, 29, 100205-100205.
Conference proceedings papers
- A Comparative Study of Using Pre-trained Language Models for Toxic Comment Classification. Companion Proceedings of the Web Conference 2021 View this article in WRRO
- Utilizing subjectivity level to mitigate identity term bias in toxic comments classification. Online Social Networks and Media, 29, 100205-100205.