Scholar
Weiming (William) Zhi
Google Scholar ID: Y6MWNsQAAAAJ
Carnegie Mellon University
Citations & Impact
Citations
569
H-index
14
i10-index
18
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Contact
Resume
Academic Achievements
- Won the Best Paper Award at the Learning for Dynamics and Control Conference (L4DC) in 2022; selected as a Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) Pioneer in 2020; doctoral thesis won the School's Outstanding Thesis Award.
Research Experience
- Currently a postdoctoral fellow at the College of Connected Computing, Vanderbilt University; previously a postdoc at the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Conducted robotics research at NVIDIA's Seattle Robotics Lab during his PhD. Performed machine learning research at CSIRO during his undergraduate studies.
Education
- PhD: School of Computer Science, University of Sydney, supervised by Fabio Ramos and closely worked with Lionel Ott (now at ETH Zurich); BEng: University of Auckland (First Class Honours).
Background
- Robotics and Embodied AI researcher. Main research interests include robot perception and action in unstructured environments, as well as their coordination.
Miscellany
- Will be joining the School of Computer Science at the University of Sydney as a tenure-track faculty (US: Assistant Professor, UK/AUS: Lecturer) in early 2026.