Fumin ZHANG

University of Maryland

Areas of Expertise：

Artificial Intelligence

Details：

Profile Introduction :

Prof. Fumin Zhang is a Chair Professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering and the Department Head of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at HKUST. Before joining HKUST, he was a Professor and Director of the Decision and Control Laboratory at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology.

Prof. Zhang completed his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Electrical Engineering at Tsinghua University. In 2004, he earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park, and obtained a postdoctoral degree from Princeton University in 2017. His research mainly focuses on mobile sensor networks, marine robotic control systems, and cyber-physical systems. He also serves as an editor for several international journals, including the IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering and the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.

Research Interests and Key Achievements:

His research focuses on mobile sensor networks, marine robotic control systems, and cyber-physical systems. He has received the National Science Foundation Career Award and the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award. He serves as an editor for international journals such as the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and the IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, and he is currently the Chair of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society's Marine Robotics Technical Committee.