Zhibing Zhao
zhaozb08@gmail.com
· (860)576-2307 · http://homepages.rpi.edu/~zhaoz6/
Education
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, Troy, NY, US
PhD student in Computer Science.
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Storrs, CT, US
Master of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, Beijing, China
Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering
June 2015–present
August 2012–May 2014
August 2008–July 2012
Experience
Dept. of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
June 2015–Present
Research Assistant
Generalized method of moments for ranking models
Strict and generic identifiability of Plackett-Luce mixture models.
Dept. of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
April 2016–Present
Computer Science Colloquium Webmaster
Responsible for updating colloquium and seminar information on department website.
Power and Energy Systems Lab, University of Connecticut
August 2012–May 2014
Research Assistant
Life-oriented control strategy design for a tidal current energy conversion system with about 40 times lifespan
extension: modeling and small signal analysis; simulations with Simulink and OPAL-RT real-time simulator;
Hardware-in-the-loop simulations; developing matlab code for regression and neural networks.
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Connecticut August 2013–December 2013
Teaching Assistant
Homework grading for two courses: “introduction to modern power systems” and “signals and systems”.
Lab of Power Electronics and Motor Control, Tsinghua University
September 2011–July 2012
Research Assistant
Cascade DC/DC converter in microgrid applications, including modeling and controller design. Simulations
performed with MATLAB/Simulink. Experiments completed with DSP TMS320F2812.
Publications
Z. Zhao, Peter Piech, and Lirong Xia, “Learning mixtures of Plackett-Luce models”, accepted by International Conference on Machine Learning, 2016.
T. Orekan, Z. Zhao, P. Zhang, J. Zhang, S. Zhou, and J. Cui, “Maximum lifecycle tracking for tidal energy
generation system”, Electric Power Components and Systems, 2015.
Z. Zhao, “Life-oriented controller design in ocean tidal power applications”. Master’s Thesis, 2014.
G. Li, P. Zhang, P. B. Luh, W. Li, Z, Bie, C. Serna, Z. Zhao, “Risk analysis for distribution systems in the
Northeast U. S. under wind storms”, IEEE Trans. Power Systems, March 2014.
Z. Zhao, P. Zhang, J. Cui and S. Zhou, “Life-oriented control of tidal power generation”, OCEANS, 2013.
Z. Zhao, Y. Li and B. Dong, “Modeling and control strategy for cascade bi-directional DC/DC converter
in Microgrid”, IPEMC, 2012.
M. Li, J. Yuan and Z. Zhao, “Low-voltage SPD coordination analysis”, APL, 2011.
Skills
Programming Languages: Python, MATLAB, C, C++, Java
Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows, Mac, Ubuntu
Languages: Mandarin Chinese (native); English.
Conferences
Poster Presentation for 31st Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence
July
Workshop Presentation for 16th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation
June
Volunteer for International Conference on Advanced Power System Automation and Protection Oct.
Volunteer for International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems
August
2015
2015
2011
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