Greetings! I am Zihan (Lotty) Zhang, a Ph.D. student advised by Dr. Jianjun Shi and Dr. Kamran Paynabar at H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. My Ph.D. research topic is tensor-based modeling, analysis, and control for high-dimensional streaming data.
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Zihan is on the academic job market for the 2025-2026 cycle!
2025-12 Zihan received the Angela P. and Reed J. Baker Ph.D. Student Fellowship for research excellence in the area of advanced manufacturing and SIAC. Thanks for the support!
2025-11 Zihan has been selected as the new Chair of the INFORMS Education Outreach Committee – Graduate Committee. Thanks for the trust and the opportunity! If you are interested in being part of the new initiatives to support graduate students, please do not hesitate to reach out to her!
2025-10 Zihan’s work “Nonlinear Spatio-Temporal Run-to-Run Control: Leveraging Diffusion Models for Disturbance Management” received the INFORMS Poster Competition Award (Runner-Up).
2025-10 Zihan has been selected as a STARS AI Scholar for the second year in a row, continuing her work developing AI curriculum for K-12 students based on her research. Thanks for the opportunity!