Zhi-Hong Mao

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Dr. Mao is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. His research interests include networked control systems, neuronal dynamics, human-machine systems, and machine learning. He received his dual Bachelor's degrees in automatic control and applied mathematics from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1995, M.Eng. degree in pattern recognition and intelligent control from Tsinghua University in 1998, S.M. degree in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, in 2000, and Ph.D. degree in medical engineering and medical physics from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA, in 2006. He joined the University of Pittsburgh as Assistant Professor in 2005 and became Professor in 2018. He was a recipient of the Outstanding Educator Award of the Swanson School of Engineering in 2009, NSF CAREER Award in 2010, Andrew P. Sage Best Transactions Paper Award of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society in 2010, Outstanding Service Award as Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems in 2013, and Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award of the University of Pittsburgh in 2016.

Contact Information

- Office: 1204 Benedum Hall

- Mailing Address: 1238 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261

- Phone: (412)624-9674

- Email: maozh@engr.pitt.edu

Research Interests

- Networked and large-scale control systems: intelligent transportation systems, spacecraft control systems, and electric power systems

- Neuronal dynamics

- Human-machine systems

- Machine learning

- Wearable electronics (in collaboration with Prof. Jijun Yin)

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