Founding Researcher
Qiwen (Fiona) Xiong is a research apprentice at Northeastern University, focusing on AI applications in healthcare. She is currently involved in research on AI-driven nurse training simulations, contributing to Nurse Town: An LLM-powered Simulation Game for Nursing Education.
Prior to her research endeavors, Fiona gained industry experience as a software engineer intern at Amazon Web Services (AWS) on the Redshift Concurrency Scaling team, where she worked on infrastructure as code (IaC) to enhance distributed systems. She also has a background in finance and data analytics, with four years of experience at Ernst & Young (EY) as a senior auditor specializing in the technology sector.
Fiona’s research interests include machine learning, deep learning, AI agents, multimodal AI, and AI applications in healthcare. She is particularly passionate about leveraging AI to build intelligent systems that enhance real-world decision-making and education in critical fields.
Research Interests: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, AI Agents, Multimodal AI, AI in Healthcare