About

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I am currently working at Google. I got my PhD at Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Gabriela Hug and J. Zico Kolter. I got my BS from Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua with honors - Best Graduate of Beijing (Tsinghua).

How to pronounce "Xiao"? Its pronunciation is very similar to "Shaw", so just call me "Shaw". ( Pronunciation on Youtube: Xiao Zhang )

News

• July, 2017. Historical weather data provider WeFacts beta version launched! Suggestions and comments are welcomed!
• June 12, 2017. Presentation at 2017 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium on Perception in Autonomous Driving.
• Feb, 2017. PhD degree awarded.
• Jan, 2017. PhD defense went well. Many thanks to my committee memebers - Gabriela, Zico, Iiro Harjunkoski, Ignacio E. Grossmann, and Anthony Rowe.
• Jun, 2016. Best Paper Award at IEEE PES General Meeting in Boston.
• Dec, 2015. PhD proposal went well. Many thanks to my committee members - Gabriela, Zico, Ignacio E. Grossmann, and Anthony Rowe.
• Aug, 2015. Started serving as chief secretary for the Tsinghua Alumni Association of Greater Pittsburgh Area. Resigned, Aug, 2016.
• Dec, 2014. Qual exam passed. Many thanks to the examiners - Marija D. Ilić,, Xin Li, and Soummya Kar.

Publications

2017

• Efficient L-Shape Fitting for Vehicle Detection Using Laser Scanners
  [paper] [slides]
  Oral Presentation at Plenary Session.
  Xiao Zhang, Wenda Xu, Chiyu Dong and John M. Dolan.
  In IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, Redondo Beach, CA, 2017.
• Demand Response of Ancillary Service from Industrial Loads Coordinated with Energy Storage
  [paper]
  Based on our Best Paper of PESGM 2016.
  Xiao Zhang, Gabriela Hug, J. Zico Kolter, and Iiro Harjunkoski.
  In IEEE Transcations on Power Systems, 2017.
• Approaches to Enable Demand Response by Industrial Loads for Ancillary Services Provision
  [thesis]
  Xiao Zhang.
  PhD thesis in Carnegie Mellon University.

2016

• Model Predictive Control of Industrial Loads and Energy Storage for Demand Response
  [paper] [code1] [code2] [slides] [poster]
  Best Paper Award.
  Xiao Zhang, Gabriela Hug, J. Zico Kolter, and Iiro Harjunkoski.
  In IEEE PES General Meeting, Boston, 2016.
• Cost-effective Scheduling of Steel Plants with Flexible EAFs
  [paper] [code]
  Xiao Zhang, Gabriela Hug, and Iiro Harjunkoski.
  In IEEE Transcations on Smart Grid, 2016.
• Computational Approaches for Efficient Scheduling of Steel Plants as Demand Response Resource
  [paper] [code] [slides]
  Xiao Zhang, Gabriela Hug, J. Zico Kolter, and Iiro Harjunkoski.
  In IEEE Power System Computation Conference, Gonoa, Italy, 2016.
• Microgrid Losses: When the Whole is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts
  [paper] [code] [video]
  Maxim Buevich, Xiao Zhang, Dan Schnitzer, Tristan Escalada, Arthur Jacquiau-Chamski, Jon Thacker, Anthony Rowe.
  In IEEE/ACM ICCPS, 2016.

2015

• Industrial Demand Response by Steel Plants with Spinning Reserve Provision
  [paper] [code]
  Xiao Zhang, Gabriela Hug, J. Zico Kolter, and Iiro Harjunkoski.
  IEEE North American Power Symposium, 2015.
• Short Paper: Microgrid Losses: When the Whole is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts
  [paper] [code] [video]
  Maxim Buevich, Xiao Zhang, Dan Schnitzer, Tristan Escalada, Arthur Jacquiau-Chamski, Jon Thacker, Anthony Rowe.
  In ACM BuildSys, 2015.
• Bidding Strategy in Energy and Spinning Reserve Markets for Aluminum Smelters' Demand Response
  [paper] [code]
  Xiao Zhang, and Gabriela Hug.
  In IEEE PES ISGT, 2015.

2014

• Optimal Regulation Provision by Aluminum Smelters
  [paper]
  Xiao Zhang, and Gabriela Hug.
  In IEEE PES General Meeting, 2014.

2013 and prior

• Line Loss Reduction with Distributed Energy Storage Systems
  [paper]
  Xiao Zhang, Feng Gao, Xinjie Lv, Hairong Lv, Qiming Tian, Junhua Ma, Wenjun Yin, and Jin Dong.
  In IEEE PES ISGT, 2012.
• The Joint Economic Dispatch Based on Lower Semi-Absolute Deviation Risk
  [paper]
  Xiao Zhang, Guanyu He, Kaicheng Liu, Jia Li, Haiqing Zhai, Hairong Lv.
  In Automation of Electric Power Systems, Vol. 36, No. 19, pp 53-58, 2012.
• Economic Dispatch Considering Volatile Wind Power Generation with Lower-semi-deviation Risk Measure
  [paper]
  Xiao Zhang, Guangyu He, Shengyao Lin, and Wenxuan Yang.
  In IEEE DRPT Conference 2011.

Motos

"My heart is in the work." - by Andrew Carnegie, Motto of Carnegie Mellon University.
"Self-Discipline and Social Commitment" (自强不息、厚德载物) - from I Ching, Motto of Tsinghua University.