Background
Zhang is an associate professor at Binghamton University's School of Computing. From 2016 to 2018, he was an assistant professor with Cleveland State University. From 2014 to 2016, he was a postdoctoral fellow working on a team of mobile service robots in a Building Wide Intelligence project at the University of Texas at Austin.
He received his PhD in Computer Science (2013) from Texas Tech University. Before that, he received his Master's (2008) and BS (2006) from Harbin Institute of Technology in China. He was a visiting student at Tsinghua University in 2007 and 2008, and interned at Microsoft Research Asia in 2012.
Zhang's research lies in the intersection of artificial intelligence and robotics. He is particularly interested in developing algorithms that integrate computational modalities of planning, reasoning, and learning for service robots that work in human-inhabited, collaborative everyday environments.
Education
- PhD, Texas Tech University
- MS, BS, Harbin Institute of Technology
Research Interests
- Artificial intelligence
- Robotics
- Human-robot interaction
- Machine learning
