About Me
Hi! I’m Haotian (Nitro) Zhang — a Master’s student in Embedded and Cyber-Physical Systems at UC Irvine.
I’m passionate about Edge AI, robotics, and building intelligent systems that merge hardware and machine learning.
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Education
- Master of Engineering in Embedded and Cyber-Physical Systems — University of California, Irvine (2024 – Present)
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science — University of California, Irvine (2020 – 2024)
Professional Experience
Research Assistant — IAS Laboratory, University of California, Irvine
June 2025 – Present | Irvine, CA
- Developed a traffic hazard detection system in CARLA, producing and processing 50K+ multimodal samples (RGB + LiDAR) for Vision-Language Model training.
- Designed a 0–1 hazard scoring evaluation framework to compare model predictions against human annotations.
- Enhanced model robustness by fusing RGB and LiDAR data, and stress-testing against synthetic edge-case datasets.
System Testing Intern — Boeing Tianjin Composites Co., Ltd.
February 2023 – June 2023 | Tianjin, China
- Automated manual workflows using Python scripts, improving product delivery efficiency by 60% and saving 4+ hours weekly.
- Conducted system testing for a Manufacturing Execution System (MES), identifying and logging over 50 software bugs.
- Trained 20+ users on MES operations and authored user manuals and deployment documentation.