☕️About Me
Yiqi (Nick) Zhao is a PhD Candidate in Computer Science at the University of Southern California (USC). He is advised by Professor Jyo Deshmukh and Professor Yue Wang. He is honored to be a member of the CPS-VIDA lab and the PSI Lab at USC. He also works closely with Professor Lars Lindemann. His research works toward intelligent and safe multi-robot systems.
"One day, I just wanted to keep swimming, until the sea turned blue." — Yu Hua
「有一天我就想一直游，我想一直游到海水变蓝」——余华
- Robotics
- Cyber-Physical Systems
- Formal Methods
- Systems and Control Theory
PhD, Computer Science
University of Southern California
MS, Computer Science
University of Southern California
BSc, magna cum laude, Honors in Computer Science
Vanderbilt University
Under submission at Annual Reviews in Control
Aug 30, 2026
🏆 Best Poster Award, IROS 2026 LAFR Workshop
Aug 20, 2026
🏆 Best Paper Finalist, IROS 2026 PhysCollaBot Workshop
🏆 Best Contribution, IROS 2026 RWCMRC Workshop
Jun 14, 2026
ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems
ACM SIGBED International Conference on Embedded Software (EMSOFT)
Jul 20, 2025
ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems
May 27, 2025
ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems
Apr 3, 2025
Under submission at Automatica
Feb 12, 2024
Automatica (Regular Paper)
Dec 7, 2023
🏆 Best Paper Award Finalist, ICCPS 2024
The 15th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS)
Nov 16, 2023
The 8th ACM/IEEE Conference on Internet of Things Design and Implementation (IoTDI)
Feb 22, 2023
Experience
Research and Development Intern
Toyota Research Institute of North AmericaWorked on cyber-physical systems research at the Future Research Department; Conducted research on Model Predictive Path Integral (paper). Supervisors: Georgios Fainekos, Bardh Hoxha.
Application Development Intern
ADPFull stack API development for the Autopay Group within the Global Product & Tech group. Supervisor: Jim Farber.