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School of Aerospace Engineering

Associate Professor Dr. Zhou Ye
Associate Professor / Researcher

Associate Professor Dr. Zhou Ye

School of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Office: Room 1.17 | Phone: +6017-7398009 | Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Research Background

Dr. Zhou Ye obtained her B.Sc. degree and M.Sc. degree from the School of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, in 2010 and 2013, respectively. Her Bachelor and Master theses were both recognized with distinguished dissertation awards, given only to the top 3% of scholarly theses. In 2018, she received her Ph.D. degree in Control and Simulation, Aerospace Engineering, from Delft University of Technology. Her doctoral research specialized in "online reinforcement learning control for aerospace systems," bridging advanced adaptive dynamic programming structures with flight stabilization demands.

Current Research Focus Areas

  • Machine learning, neural networks, and online reinforcement learning applications
  • Nonlinear adaptive flight control and aerospace system autonomy
  • Intelligent control, guidance, and navigation (GNC) for aerial vehicles
  • Autonomous path planning and tracking algorithms for intelligent aerial robotics

Recent Publications

1.
N Zhang, HW Ho, Y Zhou (2026). MoCom: Motion-Based Inter-MAV Visual Communication Using Event Vision and Spiking Neural Networks. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 42, 1680-1694. Year: 2026
2.
HF Liu, Y Zhou, Q Huang, J Martin, A Bartesaghi (2026). In situ structure determination of conformationally flexible targets using nextPYP. Nature Protocols, 21 (2), 851-871. Year: 2026
3.
Y Feng, Y Zhou, HW Ho (2026). Performance-guaranteed quadrotor control with incremental adaptive dynamic programming and disturbance compensation. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 163, 113127. Cited by: 3 | Year: 2026
4.
HW Ho, Y Zhou (2025). Vertical Planetary Landing on Sloped Terrain Using Optical Flow Divergence Estimates. arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.04373. Year: 2025
5.
Y Zhou, HW Ho (2025). Data-Driven Incremental Approximate Dynamic Programming for Optical Flow Landing Control. 2025 IEEE International Conference on Recent Advances in Systems Science. Year: 2025
6.
Z Nengbo, HW Ho, Y Zhou (2025). MoCom: Motion-based Inter-MAV Visual Communication Using Event Vision and Spiking Neural Networks. arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.14770. Cited by: 1 | Year: 2025
7.
X Li, Y Zhou, H Zhang, L Zhao, S Li, Z Gao, M Xie, D Liu (2025). Advancements in cavitation and noise research of waterjet pumps. Physics of Fluids, 37 (10). Cited by: 2 | Year: 2025
8.
Y Feng, Y Zhou, HW Ho, NA Mat Isa (2025). Reinforcement learning control with function approximation via multivariate simplex splines. International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, 39 (10). Cited by: 3 | Year: 2025
9.
W Kuang, HW Ho, Y Zhou (2025). CPP-DIP: Multi-objective coverage path planning for MAVs in dispersed and irregular plantations. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 105193. Cited by: 2 | Year: 2025
10.
A Li, Y Zhou, W Kuang, HW Ho (2025). Acoustic-enhanced local bearing estimation using low-cost microphones for Micro Air Vehicle swarms. Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics, 100264. Cited by: 1 | Year: 2025

Education Background

Ph.D. in Control and Simulation
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
M.Sc. in Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
B.Sc. in Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Research Interests

Machine Learning Reinforcement Learning Artificial Neural Networks Adaptive Flight Control Guidance & Navigation (GNC) Path Planning

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