Weilin Zhu

Weilin Zhu is interested in the environments in which computation happens, including the industries of 1980s Shanghai, the living room, Bitcoin mining farms in western Sichuan, and the data center.

Pronouns: she/her

Research areas: media history, computing environment, and data infrastructure

Education: 

PhD, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2025-present

Publication: 

Zhu, Weilin. (2026). Review of The Chinese Computer: A Global History of the Information Age, by Thomas S. Mullaney. International Journal of Communication. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/26695