Yizhi Zhou is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at George Mason University (GMU). He began his visit to the Spatial AI and Robotics (SAIR) Lab in April 2025. His research interests include SLAM, state estimation, multi-robot systems, and control systems.

Education

Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Mason University, USA, Aug. 2022 - Present
Master, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Riverside, USA, Sep. 2020 - Jun. 2022
B.E., Electrical Engineering and Automation, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China, Sep. 2016 - Jul. 2020

Experience

Visiting Student, Spatial AI and Robotics (SAIR) Lab, University at Buffalo (UB), USA, Apr. 2025 - Present

Other Information

Work Email: yzhou26@gmu.edu

Publications

[1]

Collaborative Robotics, Mobile Platforms, and Total Laboratory Automation in Clinical Diagnostics.
Shuvam Mukherjee, Charlie Lambert, Yizhi Zhou, Steven Kan, Jianfei Yang, Guochun Liao, Steven Flygare, Robert S Ohgami.
Diagnostics, vol. 16, no. 4, p. 518, 2026.
```
@article{mukherjee2026collaborative,
  title = {Collaborative Robotics, Mobile Platforms, and Total Laboratory Automation in Clinical Diagnostics},
  author = {Mukherjee, Shuvam and Lambert, Charlie and Zhou, Yizhi and Kan, Steven and Yang, Jianfei and Liao, Guochun and Flygare, Steven and Ohgami, Robert S},
  journal = {Diagnostics},
  volume = {16},
  number = {4},
  pages = {518},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {MDPI}
}
```
```
Mukherjee, Shuvam and Lambert, Charlie and Zhou, Yizhi and Kan, Steven and Yang, Jianfei and Liao, Guochun and Flygare, Steven and Ohgami, Robert S, "Collaborative Robotics, Mobile Platforms, and Total Laboratory Automation in Clinical Diagnostics," Diagnostics, 2026.
```
[2]

Distributed 3-D Multi-Robot Cooperative Localization: An Efficient and Consistent Approach.
Yizhi Zhou, Yufan Liu, Xuan Wang.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 2306–2313, 2026.
```
@article{zhou2026distributed,
  title = {Distributed 3-D Multi-Robot Cooperative Localization: An Efficient and Consistent Approach},
  author = {Zhou, Yizhi and Liu, Yufan and Wang, Xuan},
  journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)},
  volume = {11},
  number = {2},
  pages = {2306--2313},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}
```
```
Zhou, Yizhi and Liu, Yufan and Wang, Xuan, "Distributed 3-D Multi-Robot Cooperative Localization: An Efficient and Consistent Approach," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2026.
```
[3]

Consistent Cooperative Visual-Inertial Navigation based on Matrix Lie Group.
Yizhi Zhou, Xuan Wang.
2025 American Control Conference (ACC), pp. 1204–1209, 2025.
```
@inproceedings{zhou2025consistent,
  title = {Consistent Cooperative Visual-Inertial Navigation based on Matrix Lie Group},
  author = {Zhou, Yizhi and Wang, Xuan},
  booktitle = {2025 American Control Conference (ACC)},
  pages = {1204--1209},
  year = {2025},
  organization = {IEEE}
}
```
```
Zhou, Yizhi and Wang, Xuan, "Consistent Cooperative Visual-Inertial Navigation based on Matrix Lie Group," 2025 American Control Conference (ACC), 2025.
```
[4]

CVIRO: A Consistent and Tightly-Coupled Visual-Inertial-Ranging Odometry on Lie Groups.
Yizhi Zhou, Ziwei Kang, Jiawei Xia, Xuan Wang.
2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 12908–12915, 2025.
```
@inproceedings{zhou2025cviro,
  title = {CVIRO: A Consistent and Tightly-Coupled Visual-Inertial-Ranging Odometry on Lie Groups},
  author = {Zhou, Yizhi and Kang, Ziwei and Xia, Jiawei and Wang, Xuan},
  booktitle = {2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
  pages = {12908--12915},
  year = {2025},
  organization = {IEEE}
}
```
```
Zhou, Yizhi and Kang, Ziwei and Xia, Jiawei and Wang, Xuan, "CVIRO: A Consistent and Tightly-Coupled Visual-Inertial-Ranging Odometry on Lie Groups," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025.
```
[5]

Distributed Estimation for a 3-D Moving Target in Quaternion Space with Unknown Correlation.
Yizhi Zhou, Yufan Liu, Xuan Wang.
2024 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), pp. 394–399, 2024.
```
@inproceedings{10666607,
  author = {Zhou, Yizhi and Liu, Yufan and Wang, Xuan},
  booktitle = {2024 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)},
  title = {Distributed Estimation for a 3-D Moving Target in Quaternion Space with Unknown Correlation},
  year = {2024},
  pages = {394-399},
  keywords = {Target tracking;Monte Carlo methods;Correlation;Network topology;Quaternions;Two-dimensional displays;Estimation},
  doi = {10.1109/CCTA60707.2024.10666607}
}
```
```
Zhou, Yizhi and Liu, Yufan and Wang, Xuan, "Distributed Estimation for a 3-D Moving Target in Quaternion Space with Unknown Correlation," 2024 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), 2024.
```
[6]

D3G: Learning Multi-robot Coordination from Demonstrations.
Yizhi Zhou, Wanxin Jin, Xuan Wang.
2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 8898–8904, 2024.
```
@inproceedings{10801743,
  author = {Zhou, Yizhi and Jin, Wanxin and Wang, Xuan},
  booktitle = {2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
  title = {D3G: Learning Multi-robot Coordination from Demonstrations},
  year = {2024},
  pages = {8898-8904},
  keywords = {Inverse problems;Robot kinematics;Scalability;Heuristic algorithms;Games;Nash equilibrium;Linear programming;Robots;Tuning;Intelligent robots},
  doi = {10.1109/IROS58592.2024.10801743}
}
```
```
Zhou, Yizhi and Jin, Wanxin and Wang, Xuan, "D3G: Learning Multi-robot Coordination from Demonstrations," 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2024.
```
[7]

Distributed Invariant Extended Kalman Filter Using Lie Groups: Algorithm and Experiments.
Jie Xu, Pengxiang Zhu, Yizhi Zhou, Wei Ren.
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (TCST), vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 2777–2789, 2023.
```
@article{10232373,
  author = {Xu, Jie and Zhu, Pengxiang and Zhou, Yizhi and Ren, Wei},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (TCST)},
  title = {Distributed Invariant Extended Kalman Filter Using Lie Groups: Algorithm and Experiments},
  year = {2023},
  volume = {31},
  number = {6},
  pages = {2777-2789},
  keywords = {Target tracking;Cameras;Kalman filters;Wireless sensor networks;Data integration;Distributed estimation;information fusion;invariant extended Kalman filtering;wireless sensor network},
  doi = {10.1109/TCST.2023.3290299}
}
```
```
Xu, Jie and Zhu, Pengxiang and Zhou, Yizhi and Ren, Wei, "Distributed Invariant Extended Kalman Filter Using Lie Groups: Algorithm and Experiments," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (TCST), 2023.
```
[8]

Distributed Multi-Robot Flocking Based on Acoustic Doppler Effect.
Yizhi Zhou, Cameron Nowzari, Xuan Wang.
2023 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 6406–6411, 2023.
```
@inproceedings{10383675,
  author = {Zhou, Yizhi and Nowzari, Cameron and Wang, Xuan},
  booktitle = {2023 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
  title = {Distributed Multi-Robot Flocking Based on Acoustic Doppler Effect},
  year = {2023},
  pages = {6406-6411},
  keywords = {Robot kinematics;Scalability;Interference;Frequency measurement;Nonlinear dynamical systems;Large-scale systems;Doppler effect},
  doi = {10.1109/CDC49753.2023.10383675}
}
```
```
Zhou, Yizhi and Nowzari, Cameron and Wang, Xuan, "Distributed Multi-Robot Flocking Based on Acoustic Doppler Effect," 2023 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2023.
```
[9]

Tensor-based dynamic brain functional network for motor imagery classification.
Qizhong Zhang, Bin Guo, Wanzeng Kong, Xugang Xi, Yizhi Zhou, Farong Gao.
Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, vol. 69, p. 102940, 2021.
```
@article{ZHANG2021102940,
  title = {Tensor-based dynamic brain functional network for motor imagery classification},
  journal = {Biomedical Signal Processing and Control},
  volume = {69},
  pages = {102940},
  year = {2021},
  issn = {1746-8094},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2021.102940},
  url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1746809421005371},
  author = {Zhang, Qizhong and Guo, Bin and Kong, Wanzeng and Xi, Xugang and Zhou, Yizhi and Gao, Farong},
  keywords = {Brain-computer interface, Dynamic brain functional network, Motor imagery, Tensor decomposition}
}
```
```
Zhang, Qizhong and Guo, Bin and Kong, Wanzeng and Xi, Xugang and Zhou, Yizhi and Gao, Farong, "Tensor-based dynamic brain functional network for motor imagery classification," Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 2021.
```
[10]

Toward a Telescopic Steerable Robotic Needle for Minimally Invasive Tissue Biopsy.
Boshen Qi, Ziqing Yu, Zahra K. Varnamkhasti, Yizhi Zhou, Jun Sheng.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 1989–1996, 2021.
```
@article{9361208,
  author = {Qi, Boshen and Yu, Ziqing and Varnamkhasti, Zahra K. and Zhou, Yizhi and Sheng, Jun},
  journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)},
  title = {Toward a Telescopic Steerable Robotic Needle for Minimally Invasive Tissue Biopsy},
  year = {2021},
  volume = {6},
  number = {2},
  pages = {1989-1996},
  keywords = {Electron tubes;Robots;Needles;Tendons;Wires;Connectors;Force;Surgical robotics;steerable catheters/needles;medical robots and systems;tendon/wire mechanism},
  doi = {10.1109/LRA.2021.3061400}
}
```
```
Qi, Boshen and Yu, Ziqing and Varnamkhasti, Zahra K. and Zhou, Yizhi and Sheng, Jun, "Toward a Telescopic Steerable Robotic Needle for Minimally Invasive Tissue Biopsy," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2021.
```