Renhao (Norman) Zhang

Renhao (Norman) Zhang

ScM in Brown

Hi, I’m Renhao Zhang! I’m an incoming Computer Science PhD student in Autonomous Learning Laboratory at University of Massachusetts Amherst. I’m currently a master’s student majored in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Brown University (expected to graduate in May 2024). Previously, I was cross-registered for Computer Science at Harvard University during 2023 fall. Before that, I got my Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Information Engineering in Dalian University of Technology.

My research mainly sits at reinforcement learning, generative model, computer vision, computer graphics and robotics. In my master’s study, I’ve been working with Prof. George Konidaris in Intelligent Robot Lab and Prof. Daniel Ritchie in Brown Visual Computing Group at Brown University, and with Prof. Finale Doshi-Velez during my visit at Harvard University. Before that, I was advised by Prof. Shenglan Liu and Prof. Xuanheng Li at Dalian University of Technology.

Education

University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA - Amherst, MA, USA

  • Degree: Ph.D. in Computer Science
  • Duration: 09/2024-04/2029 (Expected)
  • Research: Supervised by Prof. Bruno Castro da Silva in Autonomous Learning Laboratory

Harvard University - Cambridge, MA, USA

  • Cross-Registered in Computer Science (GPA: 4.0)
  • Duration: 09/2023-12/2023
  • Research: Supervised by Prof. Finale Doshi-Velez

Brown University - Providence, RI, USA

  • Degree: M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (GPA: 3.8)
  • Duration: 08/2022-05/2024 (Expected)
  • Teaching Assistant: Scientific Programming in C++, Introduction in Robotics
  • Research: Supervised by Prof. George Konidaris in Intelligent Robot Lab, and Prof. Daniel Ritchie in Brown Visual Computing Group

Dalian University of Technology - Dalian, Liaoning, China

  • Degree: B.S. in Electrical Information Engineering (GPA: 3.8)
  • Duration: 09/2018-06/2022
  • Teaching Assistant: Object Detection
  • Research: Supervised by Prof. Xuanheng Li and Prof. Shenglan Liu

Work

Dalian Hi-think Computer Technology Corp - Dalian, Liaoning, China

  • Position: Research intern, AI Lab
  • Duration: 04/2022-06/2022
  • Project: Japanese Script Recognition; Defect Detection; Deep Learning Framework Migration

Panasonic Software Development - Dalian, Liaoning, China

  • Position: Algorithm Engineer
  • Duration: 06/2021 - 07/2021
  • Project: Time and Attendance System based on face recognition

Honor

  • Outstanding Graduates, 06/2022
  • Second Prize, China Computer Design Competition, 05/2020
  • Scholarship for Academic Excellence, 09/2019