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Dr. Tianyu Zhang is an AI Research Scientist at Autodesk Research. His research interests include machine learning, sensor networks, combinatorial optimization, and transfer learning.

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Autodesk (Canada): Montreal, Quebec, CA

2024-03-11 to present | AI Research Scientist (Autodesk Research)
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Tianyu Zhang

Education and qualifications (1)

University of Alberta: Edmonton, AB, CA

2019-09-01 to 2023-12-16 | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Computing Science)
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Works (16)

Comfort-aware Optimal Space Planning in Shared Workspaces

15th ACM International Conference on Future and Sustainable Energy Systems, E-Energy 2024
2024 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1145/3632775.3639588
EID:

2-s2.0-85187235042

Part of ISBN: 9798400704802
Contributors: Zhang, T.; Ardakanian, O.
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Investigating the Impact of Space Allocation Strategy on Energy-Comfort Trade-off in Office Buildings

e-Energy 2023 Companion - Proceedings of the 14th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems
2023 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1145/3599733.3600263
EID:

2-s2.0-85166218583

Part of ISBN: 9798400702273
Contributors: Zhang, T.; Ardakanian, O.
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Mitigating an adoption barrier of reinforcement learning-based control strategies in buildings

Energy and Buildings
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.112878
EID:

2-s2.0-85148002077

Part of ISSN: 03787788
Contributors: Krishna G.S., A.; Zhang, T.; Ardakanian, O.; Taylor, M.E.
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Addressing data inadequacy challenges in personal comfort models by combining pretrained comfort models

Energy and Buildings
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112068
EID:

2-s2.0-85127788447

Part of ISSN: 03787788
Contributors: Zhang, T.; Gu, J.; Ardakanian, O.; Kim, J.
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Deep Reinforcement Learning for Exact Combinatorial Optimization: Learning to Branch

arXiv
2022 | Other
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2206.06965
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2-s2.0-85132987759

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Zhang, T.; Banitalebi-Dehkordi, A.; Zhang, Y.
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Deep Reinforcement Learning for Exact Combinatorial Optimization: Learning to Branch

Proceedings - International Conference on Pattern Recognition
2022 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1109/ICPR56361.2022.9956256
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2-s2.0-85143618644

Part of ISBN: 9781665490627
Part of ISSN: 10514651
Contributors: Zhang, T.; Banitalebi-Dehkordi, A.; Zhang, Y.
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Diversity for transfer in learning-based control of buildings

e-Energy 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 13th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems
2022 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1145/3538637.3539615
EID:

2-s2.0-85133948136

Part of ISBN: 9781450393973
Contributors: Zhang, T.; Aakash Krishna, G.S.; Afshari, M.; Musilek, P.; Taylor, M.E.; Ardakanian, O.
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Mitigating an Adoption Barrier of Reinforcement Learning-Based Control Strategies in Buildings

SSRN
2022 | Other
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4293661
EID:

2-s2.0-85179578471

Part of ISSN: 15565068
Contributors: Sasikumar, A.K.G.; Zhang, T.; Ardakanian, O.; Taylor, M.E.
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Identifying grey-box thermal models with Bayesian neural networks

Energy and Buildings
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.110836
EID:

2-s2.0-85102060516

Part of ISSN: 03787788
Contributors: Hossain, M.M.; Zhang, T.; Ardakanian, O.
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On the Joint Control of Multiple Building Systems with Reinforcement Learning

e-Energy 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 12th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems
2021 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1145/3447555.3464855
EID:

2-s2.0-85109342037

Part of ISBN: 9781450383332
Contributors: Zhang, T.; Baasch, G.; Ardakanian, O.; Evins, R.
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COBS: COmprehensive Building Simulator

BuildSys 2020 - Proceedings of the 7th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation
2020 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1145/3408308.3431119
EID:

2-s2.0-85097164505

Part of ISBN: 9781450380614
Contributors: Zhang, T.; Ardakanian, O.
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Identifying grey-box thermal models with bayesian neural networks

arXiv
2020 | Other
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2009.05889
EID:

2-s2.0-85169988495

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Hossain, M.M.; Zhang, T.; Ardakanian, O.
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Identifying Grey-box Thermal Models with Bayesian Neural Networks

2020-09-13 | Preprint
ARXIV: arXiv:2009.05889v1
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Evaluating the Feasibility of Reusing Pre-trained Thermal Models in the Residential Sector

Proceedings of the 1st ACM International Workshop on Urban Building Energy Sensing, Controls, Big Data Analysis, and Visualization - UrbSys'19
2019-09-20 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1145/3363459.3363529
Part of ISBN: 9781450370141
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Tianyu Zhang
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ODToolkit

Proceedings of the Tenth ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems
2019-06-15 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1145/3307772.3328280
Part of ISBN: 9781450366717
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A domain adaptation technique for fine-grained occupancy estimation in commercial buildings

Proceedings of the International Conference on Internet of Things Design and Implementation
2019-04-15 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1145/3302505.3310077
Part of ISBN: 9781450362832
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Peer review (19 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Artificial intelligence review. (1)
Review activity for Energy and buildings. (18)
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