Xuangui Huang is a second year PhD student studying computer science at Northeastern University, advised by Emanuele Viola. He received his master's degree and bachelor's degree in computer science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2017 and 2014, respectively. He is interested in theoretical computer science, especially in complexity theory. Previously, he worked with Yijia Chen and Joerg Flum on parameterized circuit and descriptive complexity. Now his focus is on approximate degrees.