Zhengran Ji

I am currently a Master's student in Computer Sceince at Duke University in Durham NC, United States. My advisor is Prof. Boyuan Chen. I recived my BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from University of California, Irvine (UCI), my advisor was Prof. Huolin Xin.

I am currently working on Human-guided Reinforcemnet Learning and Multi-Agent Reinforcemnet Learning.

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Research

I'm interested in Multi-Agent and multi-robot systems. Specifically, how collabration is formed between agents and how to effectively train collabrative agents or robots.

CREW: Facilitating Human-AI Teaming Research
Lingyu Zhang, Zhengran Ji, Boyuan Chen,
arXiv, 2024
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We introduce a platform for Human-AI teaming research. CREW offers extensible environment design, enables real-time human-AI communication, supports hybrid Human-AI teaming, parallel sessions, multimodal feedback, and physiological data collection, and features ML community-friendly algorithm design.

MnEdgeNet -- A regression deep learning network for decomposing Mn valence states from EELS and XAS L2,3 edges
Zhengran Ji, Mike Hu, Huolin Xin,
Scientific Report, 2023
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We developed a deep learning model to decompose mixed Mn oxidation states from Mn L2,3 edges in EELS and XAS, without the need for reference spectra or calibration. Trained on a large synthetic dataset, the model achieves high accuracy and robustness, successfully validating against experimental Mn oxide data for automated analysis.

Electron energy loss spectroscopy database synthesis and automation of core-loss edge recognition by deep-learning neural networks
Lingli Kong, Zhengran Ji, Huolin Xin,
Scientific Report, 2022
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We propose a CNN-BiLSTM neural network to automate the detection and identification of core-loss edges in EELS spectra, overcoming challenges like low signal-to-noise ratios and weak edges in raw data. Trained on a synthesized spectral database modeled after real experimental data, the network achieves 94.9% accuracy, enabling fast, accurate core-loss edge recognition without manual preprocessing.


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