Zhi-Hong Mao

 


Education

 

  • Harvard University-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST), Cambridge, MA
    • Ph.D. in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics from HST, June 2006, or as
    • Ph.D. in Electrical and Medical Engineering from MIT, September 2005
    • Supervisors: Steve G. Massaquoi and Eric M. Feron
    • Dissertation: Modeling the Role of the Basal Ganglia in Motor Control and Motor Programming
    • GPA: 5.0/5.0. Courses

 

  • MIT, Cambridge, MA
    • S.M. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, September 2000
    • Supervisor: Eric M. Feron
    • Thesis: Stability and Performance of Intersecting Aircraft Flows Under Decentralized Conflict Resolution
    • GPA: 5.0/5.0. Courses

 

  • Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
    • M.Eng. in Intelligent Control and Pattern Recognition, July 1998
    • Supervisor: Yan-Da Li
    • Thesis: Function Approximation Capabilities of Fuzzy Systems and Random Neural Neworks
    • GPA: 92/100 (ranked 1st in a class of 76). Courses

 

  • Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
    • Dual Bachelor’s Degrees in Automatic Control and Mathematics, July 1995
    • Advisors: Liang-Jie Zhang and Xu-Guang Lu
    • GPA: 90/100 (ranked 1st in a class of 31). Courses


Publications

     

      Journal Papers

 

  • E. Gelenbe, Z.-H. Mao, and Y.-D. Li, Function approximation by random neural networks with a bounded number of layers, Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, vol. 12, no. 1 and 2, pp. 143-170, 2004.
  • Z.-H. Mao, E. Feron, and K. Bilimoria, Stability of intersecting aircraft flows under decentralized conflict avoidance rules, IEEE Trans. Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 101-109, 2001.
  • E. Frazzoli, Z.-H. Mao, J.-H. Oh, and E. Feron, Resolution of conflicts involving many aircraft via semidefinite programming, Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 79-86, 2001.
  • E. Gelenbe, Z.-H. Mao, and Y.-D. Li, Function approximation by spiked random networks, IEEE Trans. Neural Networks, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 3-9, 1999.
  • Z.-H. Mao, Y.-D. Li, and X.-F. Zhang, Approximation capability of fuzzy systems using translations and dilations of one fixed function as membership functions, IEEE Trans. Fuzzy Systems, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 468-473, 1997.
  • Z.-H. Mao, Y.-D. Li, and Z.-R. Sun, Comments on fuzzy systems approximation by frames - SISO case, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 100, pp. 373-375, 1998.
  • Z.-H. Mao, X.-F. Zhang, and Y.-D. Li, On universal approximation capability of fuzzy systems, Science in China (Series E), vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 6-12, 1998.
  • L.-J. Zhang, Z.-H. Mao, and Y.-D. Li, Mathematical analysis of mutation operator in genetic algorithms and its improved strategy, Journal of Electronics (China), vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 154-158, 1997.
  • Z.-H. Mao and Y.-L. Lin, Extended random neural network model and its probability structure features, Journal of Tsinghua University, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 100-103, 1998. (in Chinese)
  • T. Zhang, Z.-H. Mao, and S.-W. Xia, A new method to extract handwritten numerals overlapping position lines, Journal of Chinese Information, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 25-30, 1998. (in Chinese)

     

      Selected Conference Papers

 

  • Z.-H. Mao and E. Feron, Stability of intersecting aircraft flows under sequential conflict resolution, in Proc. of 2001 American Control Conference, Arlington, VA, USA, no. 2, pp. 722-729, 2001.
  • D. Dugail, Z.-H. Mao, and E. Feron, Stability of intersecting aircraft flows under centralized and decentralized conflict avoidance rules, in AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Montreal, Canada, Aug. 6-9, 2001.
  • K. Bilimoria, H. Q. Lee, Z.-H. Mao, and E. Feron, Comparison of centralized and decentralized conflict resolution strategies for multiple-aircraft problems, in AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Denver, USA, Aug. 14-17, 2000.
  • L.-J. Zhang, Z.-H. Mao, and Y.-D. Li, Mathematical analysis of crossover operator in genetic algorithm and its improved strategy, in IEEE Int. Conf. on Evolutionary Computing, Australia, pp. 412-417, Dec. 1995.
  • L.-J. Zhang, Z.-H. Mao, and Y.-D. Li, An improved genetic algorithm based on combinatorial theory and fuzzy reasoning and its applications, in Proc. of Int. Conf. on Neural Information Processing, Korea, pp. 180-185, Nov. 1994.


Honors and Awards

 

  • Medical Engineering and Medical Physics Fellowship, Harvard-MIT HST, 2003
  • Zakhartchenko Fellowship, MIT, 2002 and 2001
  • David and Beatrice Yamron Fellowship, Harvard-MIT HST, 2000
  • Outstanding Thesis Award, Tsinghua University, 1999
  • Outstanding M.Eng. Graduate, Tsinghua University, 1998
  • Tsinghua Top Grade Scholarship (highest honor for students of Tsinghua University, awarded to six students in 1997), 1997
  • Outstanding B.Eng. Graduate, Tsinghua University, 1995
  • IBM Scholarship, 1994
  • Second Prize, National Electronics Design Contest for College Students, China, 1994
  • First Prize, National Mathematical Contest in Modeling for College Students, China, 1993
  • First Prize (ranked 1st), Physics Competition for High School Students, Hebei Province, China, 1989
  • First Prize, Mathematical Competition for High School Students, Hebei Province, China, 1989