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Hi, I'm Ziyang Xu.

ECE PhD UIUC

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Hello, I'm Ziyang Xu (徐子洋), a new MS/PhD student from Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC. I love solving practical problems & meeting new people.

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair."
---Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

Curriculum Vitae Contact

Education

2021 — present
MS/PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2016 — 2020
B.E. in Electrical Engineering and Automation

Zhejiang University

2016 — 2020
B.S. in Electrical Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Research Experience

2020.7 — 2021.3
Student Research Training Program
ZJU-UIUC Institute • Hongwei Wang
Training Manipulator: EMG Signal Recognition and Its ML-Based Application
  • Implemented a module to gain EMG signals from testers' arms;
  • Assembled a wearable device to provide specified external forces to hands;
  • Completed a system that can extract information from EMG signal and transfer it to the device.
2019.5 — 2019.8
Student Intern
Department of ECE, UIUC • Aiguo Han
  • Used ultrasound wave to measure the attenuation coefficient of the human organs and tissues;
  • Implemented an algorithm model named SLD (Spectral Logarithm Difference) based on the SD (Spectral Difference) method;
  • Published an abstract as the first author to a conference, Acoustical Society of America, in San Diego.
2018.6 — 2019.5
Student Research Training Program
ZJU-UIUC Institute • Jiahuan Cui
  • Using Deep Learning to Build Turbulence Modeling;
  • Compared several network models and applied them respectively onto the turbulence model dataset.
2018.6 — 2018.8
Summer Academic Training
Zhejiang University • Erping Li
  • Exploring the signal integrety from port to port within a PCB;
  • Using CST (a 3D EM simulation and analysis software) to simulate and explore EMI and EMC problems.

Engineering Projects

2020.1 — 2020.5
AI Dance Teacher: Skeleton Detection on Jetson Nano
ZJU-UIUC Institute
ECE 445 Senior Design:
  • Applied and Modified an OpenPose model to detect testers' skeleton;
  • Designed and Developed a wearable device with self-making PCB;
  • Realized wireless communication between Jetson Nano and the wearable device through Bluetooth.
2019.1 — 2019.5
Linux Operating System Kernel
Department of ECE, UIUC
ECE 391 Final Project:
  • Designed and developed a self-defined Operating System (simplified version of Linux), including input-output semantics, synchronization, interrupts, multitasking, virtualization of resources, 3 terminals, and file systems, etc.
2019.1 — 2019.5
FPGA Programming in SystemVerilog
Department of ECE, UIUC
ECE 385 Final Project:
  • Used FPGA to develop a game, named 2-player Bomberman in SystemVerilog;
  • Realized multiplayer mode and the support of the mouse protocal and sound effect;
  • Mastered the use of SystemVerilog, Quartus Prime and digital systems.

Teaching and Advising

2022.1 — present
ECE310: Digital Signal Processing
UIUC (in-person)
2021.1 — 2021.5
ECE365: Data Science and Analysis
ZJU-UIUC (graduate)
2020.9 — 2021.1
ECE448: Artificial Intelligence
ZJU-UIUC
2020.8 — 2020.12
ECE411: Computer Organization and Design
UIUC (online)
2020.1 — 2020.5
ECE385: Digital Systems Laboratory
ZJU-UIUC
Fall 2018 — Fall 2019
CS101: Intro to Computing
ZJU-UIUC

Selected Honors & Awards

Honors
  • Excellent Graduate of Zhejiang University (only two in my major);
  • Graduate of UIUC with High Honors;
  • Excellent Volunteer of Zhejiang University (only one in my institute);
  • Title of Outstanding Academic Pacesetter, Academic Progress Pacesetter, Public Service Pacesetter, Outstanding Student.
Awards
  • Academic Excellence Scholarship Award, ZJU-UIUC Institute in 2017-2019;
  • Excellent Undergraduate Scholarship, Zhejiang University in 2018-2019;
  • Outstanding Student Leader, Zhejiang University in 2018.

Publication and Preprint

2019.12
  • Ziyang Xu, Aiguo Han, Douglas G. Simpson, W. D. O'Brien, Jr. ,Barbara L. McFarlin, "Comparison of two spectral-based techniques for estimating the attenuation coefficient from human cervix", Accepted to oral presentation in ASA Conference, San Diego, 2019