Zhou Yi
Lecturer
Research Areas:
Human-Machine Interfaces, Robotics, Automation and Control
Human-Machine Interfaces, Robotics, Automation and Control

Education
- PhD, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, 2008
- B. Eng (First Class Hons.), Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, 2004
Awards
- Excellent Teaching Journal Award, Singapore Polytechnic, 2011
- 3rd Place of RoboCup World Champion Competition: Festo Logistics Competition, 2010.
- R&D Publication Award, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Singapore Polytechnic, 2008.
- Gold prize for the most popular research award in College of Engineering Exhibition (COE), NTU, 2006.
- Bronze EEE Color Award, for excellent achievements in academe and activities NTU, 2004.
- Certificate of merit for publication award (student category, Institution of Engineers), Singapore, 2004.
- 1st Class Freshman Award, Zhejiang University, China, 1999.
Research
Research Interests
- Machine learning
- Fuzzy neural networks
- Optimization
- Autonomous and unmanned system
- Robotics
- Multi-agent system
Research Projects
- Collaborator/Co-PI for the RFID-based Autonomous Navigation of AGVs for Port Automation, MOE-TIF 2011-2013;
- PI for Tele-robotics system for education and assistive applications, Toteboard R&D model project, 2009-2011;
- Co-PI for Development of emotional expression system for social robots, Toteboard R&D model project, 2009-2011;
- Co-PI for Underwater robot swarm, Toteboard R&D model project, 2007-2010;
Publications
- Meng Joo Er and Yi Zhou, Theory and novel applications of machine learning, book editors, published by Intechweb publisher, 2009.
- Yi Zhou and Meng Joo Er: An evolutionary approach toward dynamic self-generated fuzzy inference systems, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 963-969, August, 2008.
- Meng Joo Er and Yi Zhou: Automatic generation of fuzzy inference systems via unsupervised learning, Neural Networks, Vol. 21, No. 10, pp. 1556-1566, December 2008.
- Meng Joo Er and Yi Zhou: A novel framework for automatic generation of fuzzy neural networks, Neurocomputing, Vol. 71, pp. 584-591, 2008.