Pittsburgh, PA 15213
xieh@cs.cmu.edu
Hi! I’m a master’s student in Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University’s Kenneth C. Griffin School of Computer Science, where I’m deepening the technical side of a background that has always straddled the technical and the human-centered.
I completed my undergraduate degrees at CMU in BCSA—an interdisciplinary program blending Computer Science and Architecture—and in Cognitive Science through the Department of Psychology. BCSA gave me a foundation at the intersection of design, computation, and spatial thinking, while Cognitive Science let me dive into how people think, learn, and interact with technology, bridging insights from psychology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.
That mix still shapes how I work: I’m drawn to problems where the analytical, the creative, and the humanistic meet, and my graduate work is a chance to build the depth to pursue them.