Academic Qualification

Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Illinois, USA                                

MS in Computer Science, Nanjing University, China                                    

Teaching Area

Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Operating System Principles,   

Knowledge-based Systems.    

Research Area

STEP perpetual  learning, knowledge-based systems,   

big data analytics, and software engineering.

Working Experience

- Department Chair, California State University, Sacramento, 2004 - 2010

- Visiting Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Sept. 2008 - Jan. 2009

- Visiting Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, Sept. - Dec. 2000; Jan. - May 1995

- Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Sept. - Dec. 1994

- Professor, Department of Computer Science, California State University, Sacramento, 1993-2015

- Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, California State University, Sacramento, 1987-1993

Selected Journal Papers

1. Jinxiang Zeng, Du Zhang, Zhiyi Li, and Xiaolin Li, "Semi-supervised Training of Transformer and Causal Dilated Convolution Network with Applications to Topic Classification,” Applied Sciences, Vol.11, 5712, 2021. doi: 10.3390/app11125712.

2. Zhiyi Li, Xiaomian Xu, Du Zhang and Peng Zhang, "Cross-Model Hashing Retrieval based on Deep Residual Network,” Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.36, No.2, 2021, pp.383-405. doi: 10.32604/csse.2021.014563

3. H. Qin and Du Zhang, "A Perpetual Learning Algorithm that Incrementally Improves Performance with Deliberation,” IEEE Access, Vol. 8, 2020, pp.131425-131438, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3009718.

4. H. Qin, Du Zhang, X. Sun, J.Tang and J. Peng,  "An Efficient Perpetual Learning Algorithm," International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, Vol. 28, No. 7, 2019, pp.1950022-1 – 1950022-23, doi: 10.1142/S0218213019500222.

5. É. Grégoire, Y. Izza, and Du Zhang, "On admissible consensuses," International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, Vol.27, No.1, 2018, pp.1-20.

6. É. Grégoire, J-M. Lagniez, and Du Zhang, "Consensus-finding that preserves mutually conflicting hypothetical information from a same agent," AI Communications, Vol.31, No.3, 2018, pp.303-317

7. Ning Xu, Yunzhou Zhang, Du Zhang, Shuying Zhao, and Wenyan Fu. "Moving Target Tracking in Three Dimensional Space with Wireless Sensor Network," Wireless Personal Communications, 94 (4), 2017, pp.3403-3413.

8. K.B. Zhang, M.A. Orgun, R. Shankaran, and Du Zhang, "Classifying High Dimensional Data by Interactive Visual Analysis," Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, Vol.33, April 2016, pp.24-36.

9. Du Zhang, "Granularities and Inconsistencies in Big Data Analysis," International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, Vol.23, No.6, 2013, pp.887-893.

10. Du Zhang and É. Grégoire, "The Landscape of Inconsistency: A Perspective," International Journal of Semantic Computing, Vol. 5, No. 3, September 2011, pp.235-256.

11. É. Grégoire and Du Zhang, "A Framework for Handling Logical Inconsistencies in the Fusion of Boolean Knowledge Bases," International Journal of Semantic Computing, Vol. 5, No. 3, September 2011, pp.323-334.

Selected Conference Papers

1. Jun Peng, Wu Yang, Shangzhu Jin, Shaoning Pang, Dedong Tang, Junjie Bai and Du Zhang, "Image Encryption based on Fractional-order Chen Hyperchaotic System," the Proceedings of the Fifteenth IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics & Applications, Kristiansand, Norway, November 2020, pp.213-217.                

2. Yingxu Wang, Kostas N. Plataniotis, Jane Z. Wang, Ming Hou, Mengchu Zhou, Newton Howard, Jun Peng, Runhe Hwang, Shushma Patel and Du Zhang, "The Cognitive and Mathematical Foundations of Analytic Epidemiology," the Proceedings of the Nineteenth IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics & Cognitive Computing, Beijing, China, Sept. 26-28, 2020, pp.6-14 (Best Paper Award).

3. Jun Peng, Shaoning Pang, Du Zhang, Shangzhu Jin, Lixiao Feng and Zuojin Li, "S-boxes Construction Based on Quantum Chaos and PWLCM Chaotic Mapping," the Proceedings of the Eighteenth IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics & Cognitive Computing, Milan, Italy, July 2019, pp.293-298.

4. Du Zhang, "From One-off Machine Learning to Perpetual Learning: A STEP Perspective," the Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Miyazaki, Japan, October 2018, pp. 17-23.

5. J.H. Tang and Du Zhang, "SmartCalendar: Improving Scheduling through Overcoming Temporal Inconsistencies," the Proceedings of the Seventeenth IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics & Cognitive Computing, Berkeley, CA, USA, July 2018, pp. 30-37.

6. X.B. Sun, Du Zhang, M. Liu, Z. He, H. Li and J. Li, "Detecting and Resolving Inconsistencies in Snort," the Proceedings of the Seventeenth IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics & Cognitive Computing, Berkeley, CA, USA, July 2018, pp. 552-560.

7. Du Zhang and É. Grégoire, "Learning through Overcoming Inconsistencies," the 1st International Workshop on Consistency and Inconsistency, the Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 2016), IEEE Computer Society CPS, Porto, Portugal, Sept., 2016, pp. 121-128.

8. É. Grégoire, Jean-Marie Lagniez and Du Zhang, "On Computing Non-Hypocritical Consensuses," the 1st International Workshop on Consistency and Inconsistency, the Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 2016), IEEE Computer Society CPS, Porto, Portugal, Sept., 2016, pp. 97-101.

9. É. Grégoire, Jean-Marie Lagniez and Du Zhang, "Logical Consensuses for Case-based Reasoning and for Mathematical Engineering of AI," the Proceedings of the Fifteenth IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics & Cognitive Computing, Stanford, USA, August 2016, pp. 29-33.

10. Du Zhang, "Learning through Overcoming Temporal Inconsistencies," the Proceedings of the Fourteenth IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics & Cognitive Computing, Beijing, China, July 2015, pp. 141-148.

11. Jose Andres Bolaños Perera, Du Zhang and Meiliu Lu, "Smart Maps through Semantic Web, Social Media and Sentiment Analysis," the Proceedings of the Sixteenth IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, San Francisco Bay, CA, August 2015, pp. 49-56.

12. T. Le and Du Zhang, "DBLPMiner: A Tool for Exploring Bibliographic Data," the Proceedings of the Sixteenth IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, San Francisco Bay, CA, August 2015, pp. 435-442.

13. Kathy Applebaum and Du Zhang, "Classifying Galaxy Images through Support Vector Machines," the Proceedings of the Sixteenth IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, San Francisco Bay, CA, August 2015, pp. 357-363.

14. Du Zhang, "Learning through Explaining Observed Inconsistencies," the Proceedings of the Thirteenth IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics & Cognitive Computing, London, UK, August,  2014, pp.133-139.

15. Y. Zhang and Du Zhang, "Automatically Predicting the Helpfulness of Online Reviews," the Proceedings of the Fifteenth IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, San Francisco Bay, CA, August 2014, pp.662-668.

16. Du Zhang, L. Jujjavarapu, and M. Lu "Detecting and Resolving Inconsistencies in Firewalls," the Proceedings of the Fifteenth IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, San Francisco Bay, CA, August 2014, pp.1-7.

17. Du Zhang, "Perpetual Learning through Overcoming Inconsistencies," the Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth IEEE International Conference on Tools with AI, Washington DC, November, 2013, pp.872-879.

18. Du Zhang, "Learning through Overcoming Incompatible and Anti-subsumption Inconsistencies," the Proceedings of the Twelveth IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics & Cognitive Computing, New York City, NY, July,  2013, pp.137-142.

19. Du Zhang, "Inconsistencies in Big Data," the Proceedings of the Twelveth IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics & Cognitive Computing, New York City, NY, July, 2013, pp.61-67.

20. R. Carreras and Du Zhang, "A Machine Learning Based File Archival Tool," Proceedings of 25th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, June 2013, pp.73-76.

21. S. R. Pedditi, Du Zhang and C. Wang, "FIEP: An Initial Design of Firewall Information Exchange Protocol," the Proceedings of the Fourteenth IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, San Francisco Bay, CA, August 2013, pp.1-5.

22. K.B. Zhang, M. Orgun, R. Shankaran, and Du Zhang, "Interactive Visual Classification of Multivariate Data," the Proceedings of the Eleventh IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, December 2012, pp.246-251.

23. K.B. Zhang, M. Orgun, R. Shankaran, and Du Zhang, "A Visual Approach for Classification Based on Data Projection," the Proceedings of the Twelfth Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI), Kuching, Malaysia, September, 2012, pp.850-856.

24. Du Zhang and M. Lu, "Learning through Overcoming Inheritance Inconsistencies," the Proceedings of the Thirteenth IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, Las Vegas, NV, August 2012, pp.201-206.

25. Du Zhang, "i2Learning: Perpetual Learning through Bias Shifting," the Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, July 2012, pp. 249-255 (First Place Award as the outstanding paper).

26. Du Zhang, "From Bounded Rationality to Bounded Social Rationality," the Proceedings of the Eleventh IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics, Kyoto, Japan, August 2012.

27. Du Zhang and M. Orgun, "BRINK: A Theory on Bounded Rationality and Inconsistent Knowledge," the Proceedings of the Eleventh IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics & Cognitive Computing, Kyoto, Japan, August 2012, pp. 18-26.

28. B. Bell, B. Wallace, and Du Zhang, "Forecasting River Runoff through Support Vector Machines," the Proceedings of the Eleventh IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics, Kyoto, Japan, August 2012, pp. 58-64.

29. Du Zhang, "Inconsistency in Multi-Agent Systems," in Foundations of Intelligent Systems, Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing Vol. 122 (AISC 122), Y. Wang and T. Li (eds.) Springer-Verlag (the Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Knowledge Engineering, Shanghai, China, December 15-17, 2011), pp.401-412.

30. Du Zhang, "Inconsistency-Induced Heuristics for Problem Solving," the Proceedings of the Twenty Third International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, Miami FL, July 2011, pp.137-142.

31. Du Zhang and M. Lu, "Inconsistency-Induced Learning: A Step Toward Perpetual Learners," the Proceedings of the Tenth IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics, Banff, Canada, August 2011, pp.59-66.

32. Du Zhang, "Bounded Rationality and Inconsistency," the Proceedings of the Tenth IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics, Banff, Canada, August 2011, pp.17-22.

33. J. Peng, Du Zhang, and X. Liao, "A Method for Designing Dynamical S-boxes Based on Hyperchaotic Lorenz System," the Proceedings of the Tenth IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics, Banff, Canada, August 2011, pp.304-309.

34. R. Malpani, M. Lu, Du Zhang, and W. K. Sung, "Mining Transcriptional Association Rules from Breast Cancer Profile Data," the Proceedings of the Twelveth IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, Las Vegas, NV, August 2011, pp.154-159.

Professional Society Membership

Senior member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Senior Member, IEEE.