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Basics

Name Hanqing Zhao
Headline Incoming Assistant Professor at Université Laval
Email hanqing.zhao@polymtl.ca
Address M4212, Pavillon Lassonde, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, QC, H3T 1J4, Canada

Work

  • 2025.09 - Present

    Québec, Canada

    Professeur adjoint (Assistant Professor)
    Université Laval
    • Département de génie électrique et de génie informatique
    • Laboratoire de Vision et Systèmes Numériques (LVSN)
  • 2024.10 - 2025.08

    Montéal, Canada

    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Polytechnique Montréal
    • MIST Lab
    • Supervisor: Giovanni Beltrame
  • 2018.07 - 2018.11

    Antwerp, Belgium

    Research Intern
    Nokia Bell Labs (Nokia Bell N.V.)
    • Computational Perception Group
    • Supervisors: Jean-François Macq and Christoph Stevens
    • Topic: Virtual Reality - Driven Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) robotics.

Education

  • 2020.01 - 2024.07

    Montréal, Canada

    Ph.D. in Computer Science (Robotics)
    School of Computer Science, McGill University
    Exogenous analysis of robot behaviours; Robust consensus and control within robot collectives.
    • Supervisors: Gregory Dudek and Xue Liu;
    • Dissertation: Towards Secure Robot Intelligence through Rewards-based Fault Management.
  • 2017.09 - 2019.08

    Brussels, Belgium

    Ingénieur Civil en informatique
    École Polytechnique de Bruxelles, Université libre de Bruxelles
    Avec la plus grande distinction (with Summa Cum Laude)
    • Supervisor: Marco Dorigo;
    • Topic: Design and control of an omnidirectional swam robot platform for collaborative construction.
  • 2013.09 - 2017.07

    Beijing, China

    Formation d'ingénieur w/ B.S. in Mathematics and Applied Mathmatics
    École Centrale de Pékin, Université Beihang
    • Research supervisor: Zengchang Qin;
    • Topic: Machine Learning, Music Information Retrieval, Uncertainty Modelling.

Awards

  • 2019.12.01
    Prix d’Excellence Philippe Smets
    Association Royale des Ingénieurs Sortis de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles (A.Ir.Br.)
    Award for the top of class in Ingénieur Civil en informatique program at École Polytechnique de Bruxelles.
  • 2021.04.30
    Bourse de doctorat en recherche (B2X)
    Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies
    Four-year Ph.D. funding support.

Languages

Mandarin
Native speaker
English
Fluent
French
Fluent