Curriculum Vitae
Zhengzhu Feng
Department of Computer Science
University of Massachusetts,Amherst,MA01003
Email:fengzz@https://www.doczj.com/doc/014385748.html,
Web:https://www.doczj.com/doc/014385748.html,/～fengzz/
Phone:508-376-8962
December16,2004
Research Interests
My main research interests are in Arti?cial Intelligence and related?elds,including deci-sion making under uncertainty,reinforcement learning,machine learning,planning and learning in networks,and information retrieval.
Education
https://www.doczj.com/doc/014385748.html,puter Science,Expected September2005.
University of Massachusetts,Amherst,MA.GPA4/4
Advisor:Prof.Shlomo Zilberstein
Dissertation Title:Abstraction and generalization in planning under uncertainty. https://www.doczj.com/doc/014385748.html,puter Science,August2000.
Mississippi State University,Mississippi State,MS.GPA4/4
Advisor:Prof.Eric A.Hansen
Thesis Title:Dynamic programming for partially observable Markov decision processes using a factored representation.
BS.Applied Mathematics,July1996.
South China University of Technology,Guang Zhou,China.
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Honors and Awards
2004First place,non-blocks/box domains
2004International Planning Competition,Probabilistic Track.
2003NASA Ames/RIACS Summer Student Research Program.I was one of 10students selected to participate,out of110applicants from around the
world.
2002-2003University of Massachusetts Graduate School Fellowship.
2000-2004Conference sponsored Student Scholarship:AAAI,AIPS,ICAPS,SARA, UAI.
1994IBM Computer Science Scholarship(South China University of Technol-ogy).
1993-1995University Scholarship(South China University of Technology). Publications
Journal Papers
1.Zhengzhu Feng and Shlomo Zilberstein.Region-based Incremental Pruning for Par-
tially Observable Markov Decision Processes.Submitted to JAIR.
Conferences
2.Zhengzhu Feng and Shlomo Zilberstein.Region-based Incremental Pruning for
POMDPs.The Proceedings of the20th Conference on Uncertainty in Arti?cial Intelligence(UAI-04),Ban?,Canada,July8-11,2004.p146–153
3.Zhengzhu Feng,Richard Dearden,Nicolas Meuleau,and Richard Washington.Dy-
namic Programming for Structured Continuous Markov Decision Problems.The Proceedings of the20th Conference on Uncertainty in Arti?cial Intelligence(UAI-
04),Ban?,Canada,July8-11,2004.p154–161
4.Zhengzhu Feng,Eric Hansen,and Shlomo Zilberstein.Symbolic Generalization
for On-line Planning.The Proceedings of the19th Conference on Uncertainty in Arti?cial Intelligence(UAI-03),Acapulco,Mexico,August2003.p209–216.
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5.Zhengzhu Feng and Eric Hansen.Symbolic Heuristic Search for Factored Markov
Decision Processes.Proceedings of the Eighteenth National Conference on Arti?cial Intelligence(AAAI-02),Edmonton,Alberta,Canada,July2002.p455-460.
6.Zhengzhu Feng and Eric Hansen.Approximate Planning for Factored POMDPs.
Proceedings of the6th European Conference on Planning(ECP-01),Toledo,Spain, September2001.
7.Eric Hansen and Zhengzhu Feng.Dynamic programming for POMDPs using a
factored state representation.Proceedings of the5th International Conference on Arti?cial Intelligence Planning and Scheduling(AIPS-00),Breckenridge,Colorado, April2000.p130-139.
Workshops and Symposia
8.Zhengzhu Feng and Eric Hansen,Symbolic Heuristic Search for Probabilistic Plan-
ning.Online Proceedings for The Probabilistic Planning Track of the2004Interna-tional Planning Competition,Whistler,British Columbia,Canada,June6,2004.
9.Zhengzhu Feng and Eric Hansen.An Approach to State Aggregation for POMDPs.
AAAI2004Workshop on Learning and Planning in Markov Processes-Advances and Challenges.San Jose,California,July25-29,2004.
10.Zhengzhu Feng.Towards Better Scalability in Solving MDPs and POMDPs(Ex-
tended Abstract).ICAPS2004Doctoral Consortium,Whistler,British Columbia, Canada,June4-5,2004.
11.Zhengzhu Feng,Shlomo Zilberstein,and Eric A.Hansen.Symbolic Real-Time Dy-
namic Programming.The Proceedings of the IJCAI-03Workshop on Model Check-ing and Arti?cial Intelligence(MoChArt-03),Acapulco,Mexico,August2003.p45-
49.
12.Daniel S.Bernstein,Zhengzhu Feng,Brian N.Levine,and Shlomo Zilberstein.
Adaptive Peer Selection.The Proceedings of the2nd International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Systems(IPTPS),Berkeley,California,2003.
13.Eric Hansen,Rong Zhou and Zhengzhu Feng.Symbolic Heuristic Search Using
Decision Diagram.Symposium on Abstraction,Reformulation and Approximation (SARA-02),Kananaskis,Alberta,Canada,August2002.p83-98.
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14.Zhengzhu Feng and Eric Hansen.Symbolic LAO*Search for Factored Markov
Decision Processes.AIPS-02Workshop on Planning via Model Checking,Toulouse, France,April23,2002.
15.Eric Hansen and Zhengzhu Feng.Dynamic Programming for Factored POMDPs.
AIPS-00Workshop on Decision-Theoretic Planning,Breckenridge,Colorado,April 14,2000.
In Preparation
16.Zhengzhu Feng and Eric A.Hansen,Symbolic Heuristic Search for Probabilistic
Planning(JAIR special track on the2004International Planning Competition) 17.Zhengzhu Feng and Eric A.Hansen,Symbolic Heuristic Search in Decision Theoretic
Planning(Journal submission)
Non-refereed
18.Zhengzhu Feng.Exploiting Problem Structures in Solving Partially Observable
Markov Decision Processes.Ph.D dissertation proposal,University of Massachusetts, Amherst,2004.
19.Zhengzhu Feng.Dynamic Programming For Partially Observable Markov Decision
Processes Using A Factored Representation.Master’s thesis,Mississippi State Uni-versity,2000.
Talks and Presentations
1.An Approach to State Aggregation for POMDPs.AAAI-04Workshop on Learning
and Planning in Markov Processes-Advances and Challenges.July2004.
2.Region-based Incremental Pruning for POMDPs.The20th Conference on Uncer-
tainty in Arti?cial Intelligence,July2004.
3.Dynamic Programming for Structured Continuous Markov Decision Problems.The
20th Conference on Uncertainty in Arti?cial Intelligence,July2004.
4.Towards Better Scalability in Solving MDPs and POMDPs.ICAPS2004Doctoral
Consortium,Whistler,British Columbia,Canada,June4-5,2004.
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5.Symbolic Real-Time Dynamic Programming.IJCAI-03Workshop on Model Check-
ing and Arti?cial Intelligence(MoChArt-03),Acapulco,Mexico,August2003.
6.Symbolic Generalization for On-line Planning.The19th Conference on Uncertainty
in Arti?cial Intelligence,August2003.
7.Symbolic Generalization for On-line Planning.Machine Learning and https://www.doczj.com/doc/014385748.html,-
puter Science Department,University of Massachusetts,Amherst.May2003.
8.Symbolic Heuristic Search Using Decision Diagrams.Symposium on Abstraction,
Reformulation and Approximation(SARA-02),Kananaskis,Alberta,Canada,Au-gust2002.(Together with Rong Zhou)
Tutorials
1.Planning using Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes.ICAPS2004Tu-
torial Program,Whistler,British Columbia,Canada,June3,2004.(Together with Eric A.Hansen,Daniel Bernstein and Rong Zhou.)
Teaching Experience
Nov.2004Guest lecturer,Symbolic Heuristic Search for Probabilistic Planning.CMP-SCI686Reasoning and Acting under Uncertainty,University of Massachusetts,
Amherst.
Dec.2002Guest lecturer,Planning Under Uncertainty as Symbolic Model Checking.
CMPSCI686Reasoning and Acting under Uncertainty,University of Mas-
sachusetts,Amherst.
Fall2000Teaching Assistant,CMPSCI105Computer Literacy,University of Mas-sachusetts,Amherst.
Spring1999Teaching Assistant,CS6153Data Communications and Computer Net-works,Mississippi State University.
Professional Experience
Since2001Research Assistant.Resource-Bounded Reasoning Lab.University of Mas-sachusetts,Amherst.Advisor:Prof.Shlomo Zilberstein.
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2003NASA/Ames Summer Student Research Program(SSRP-03).Advisor:Dr.
Richard Washington.
1999-2000Research Assistant.Intelligent Systems Lab.Mississippi State University.
Advisor:Prof.Eric A.Hansen.
Professional Service
Program Committee Member
The Twentieth National Conference on Arti?cial Intelligence(AAAI-05)
Journal Reviewer
Journal of Arti?cial Intelligence Research
Journal of Heuristic
Conference Reviewer
The Nineteenth International Joint Conference on Arti?cial Intelligence(IJCAI-05) The Fifteenth International Conference on Automated Planning&Scheduling(ICAPS-05)
The Second International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems (AAMAS-03).
The Eighteenth National Conference on Arti?cial(AAAI-02)
Hobby
When I have time,I write code for MediaWiki(https://www.doczj.com/doc/014385748.html,/),the software behind Wikipedia(https://www.doczj.com/doc/014385748.html,),a free encyclopedia in over100 languages.I am working on new features aimed at better supporting the Chinese Wikipedia(https://www.doczj.com/doc/014385748.html,),such as conversion between the Traditional and Simpli?ed variants,the search engine,and the user interface.
Personal
Date of Birth:04-18-1975
Citizenship:China
Visa Status:F-1
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References
Available upon request.
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