Current
Humanly
Core Developer
Developing a configurable and traceable environment for human–AI collaborative writing, with a focus on backend systems, AI agent workflows, and developer tooling.
GitHubHaoqian (Frank) Zhang
Building dependable systems and human-centered AI tools.
Core Developer at Humanly Computer Science at the University of Toronto
I’m a Computer Science student at the University of Toronto and a Core Developer at Humanly, previously a Software Engineer at Scholars Portal. I’m interested in backend engineering, distributed systems, databases, and AI agents.
Professional Background
Experience
September 2026–April 2027
Apache Superset
Open Source Contributor
Contributing production fixes to Apache Superset, with work spanning data export behavior and frontend state consistency.
GitHubPreviously
Scholars Portal
Software Engineer
Contributed to production systems and practical web applications in an academic library environment.
Selected Work
Recent Projects
Networking
Local Area Network Speeding Test Tool
A lightweight tool for measuring and comparing throughput across devices on a local network.
Web Application
UniLocker
A campus rental platform that helps students reserve and borrow items from shared lockers.
Human–AI Collaboration
Humanly
A configurable and traceable environment for collaborative writing with in-platform AI assistance.
Research
Publications
Work on trustworthy, traceable, and practical human–AI collaboration.
Humanly: A Configurable and Traceable Environment for Human-AI Collaborative Writing
Humanly is a configurable writing environment that records human and AI activity, enabling traceable collaboration and sealed writing certificates.
View on arXivEngineering
Open Source Contributions
Apache Superset
Production fixes for a large-scale data visualization platform
University of Toronto
Teaching Experience
CSCB58
Computer Organization
Winter 2026
CSC343
Introduction to Databases
Winter 2026
Contact
Get in Touch
Let’s connect.
Have a question about my work, research, or projects? Send me a note and I’ll get back to you.
haoqian[dot]zhang[at]mail.utoronto.ca