张仲楠 Zhong Nan "Julian" Zhang Ph.D. Candidate, LAMDA Group School of Artificial Intelligence National Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China Advisor: Professor Yang Yu

Biography

I am a second year Ph.D. candidate enrolled in Department of Computer Science and Technology and a member of LAMDA Group, led by Professor Zhi-Hua Zhou. Before my Ph.D. journey, I had already been working in the high-tech industry as a moble/fullstack engineer for approximately four years, following my early education. I completed my bachelor degree in applied science (APSC) at University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada, and then continued to attain a master degree in electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) at University of California, Berkeley (UCB), where my thesis focused on robotics. During the years in industry, I discovered my interest in finance, so I acquired a certificate in financial modelling from Whaton School of Business at University of Pennsylvia. To further deepen my understanding and improve my tehcnical sckills, I decided to pick the current research direction - reinforcement learning powered quantitative trading - which combines the world-leading cutting-edge tehcnologies with finance.

Education

• 2021.9~Present
  Ph.D.: Computer Science and Technology, School of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing University, China

• 2017.12~2018.02
  Certificate: Financial Modelling, Wharton School of Businss, University of Pennsylvia, United States.

• 2013.08~2014.08
  M.Eng.: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, United States.

• 2009.09~2013.07
  B.A.Sc.: Major in Electrical Engineering, Minor in Chemical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada.

Work Experience

• 2018.12~2019.04
  Turing Sense, fullstack engineer, developed WeChat mini-Apps to deploy GAN algorithms to classify legimate leather products from the unlegimate ones.

• 2015.07~2018.10
  lashou.com, mobile lead/data engineer, developed mobile Apps of different online to offline (O2O) products and services, and did big data analysis on the data collected from these O2O platforms.

Teaching Assistantships

• 2022.09~2023.02
  Mathematical Analysis I

• 2023.02~Present
  Mathematical Analysis II

• 2023.02~Present
  Adcanced Algebra II

Coursework at NJU

• Artificial Intelligence Frontiers

• Reinforcemen Learning

• Reinforcemen Learning Frontiers

• Reinforcement Learning Practice

• Neural Networks and their Applications

• Game Theory and its Applications

• Advanced Matrix Computation

Research Publications

• Zhong Nan "Julian" Zhang, Zhenghao "Peter" Jiang, Xiaoyue "Violet" Wang. Dynamic Equations Analysis and Proof. In: The International Conference on Engineering Mathematics and Physics (ICEMP2021), the International Journal of Physics: Conference Series.
• Zhong Nan "Julian" Zhang. Fuzzy Logic Control on Robotic Arm. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science(EECS), UC Berkeley.

Correspondence

Email:
zhangzn@lamda.nju.edu.cn (recommended for academic contact)
julianz@berkeley.edu (recommended for contents in English)

Laboratory:
Shaoyifu Building A201, Nanjing University Xianlin Campus

Address:
Zhang, Zhong Nan "Julian", National Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology,
Nanjing University Xianlin Campus, Mailbox 603, 163 Xianlin Avenue,
Qixia District, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
(南京市栖霞区仙林大道163号, 南京大学仙林校区603信箱, 软件新技术国家重点实验室, 210023.)