Associate Researcher
Yi Zhang is an Associate Professor at Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the leader of the Beamline Software Team in the Beamline Testing and Control Division of High Energy Photon Source (HEPS).
In 2016, Zhang received his PhD in Biomaterials from Queen Mary University of London. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the P06 Hard X-ray Micro/Nano-Probe Beamline of Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) from March 2016 to March 2018.
His main research interest includes scientific software systems, experimental control and data acquisition, artificial intelligence, X-ray diffraction and imaging. He is also dedicated to algorithm research and optimization of experimental methods such as X-ray diffraction and scattering, nano-imaging, coherent diffraction imaging, etc. He has published the work on globally renowned journals such as Nature Reviews Physics, npj Computational Materials, IUCrJ, and Journal of Synchrotron Radiation.
Under his leadership, the Beamline Software Team of HEPS successfully developed the experimental control and data acquisition software framework (Mamba) for next-generation synchrotrons. Mamba is designed to fully leverage the capabilities of HEPS when conducting high-throughput, multimodal, and time-resolved experiments with dynamic loading processes. The team also developed the big data orchestration and management system Mamba Data Worker (MDW) to address the imminent challenges on Exascale data processing and management. Currently, he is dedicated to adopting powerful AI algorithms into beamlines to achieve beamline intelligence.
Engineer
B.S. Peking University
M.S.&Ph.D. Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Engineer, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1. Software architecture and reconfiguration, computer system management.
2. Automatic management of software and hardware, device IOCs, integration of experimental methods.
3. The overall architectural design of Mamba, the customized implementation of Bluesky at HEPS.
4. The flyscan mechanism combining the two systems, the unified integration of software and detectors.
Engineer
Ph.D. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Engineer, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1. Big data acquisition and processing.
Engineer
Ph.D. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Engineer, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1. Development of experimental control and data acquisition software for High Energy Photon Source.
2. Development of data acquisition software client.
Engineer
M.S. Beijing University of Technology
Ph.D. University of Science and Technology of China
Engineer, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1. Development of detector DAQ.
2. Complex devices control and software interface development.
3. Development of experimental control and data acquisition software for synchrotrons.
Engineer
Ph.D. WuHan University
Engineer, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1. Scientific software and physics methodologies for the experimental control and data acquisition software of High Energy Photon Source.
2. Big data technologies and AI applications.
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Postdoc, the Fifth Research Institute of China Aerospace Science and Technology Group
Assistant Professor, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1. Development of experimental control and data acquisition software for High Energy Photon Source.
2. User software development for more automatic and intelligent beamline experiments.
Assistant Professor
B.S. Beihang University(BUAA)
M.S.&Ph.D. University of Wyoming(UW)
Postdoc, Institute of High Energy Physics/Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, CAS
Assistant Professor, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1. Development of experimental control and data acquisition software for High Energy Photon Source.
2.Image processing (AI) algorithms.
3.AI infrastructure and AI for Science applications.
Assistant Engineer
M.S. Shandong University
Assistant Engineer, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1. Development of experimental control and data acquisition software for High Energy Photon Source.
2. Complex device integration and development.
Assistant Engineer
B.S. Beijing Jiaotong University
1. Experimental software and control algorithm development for HEPS
Postdoc
Ph.D. Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Postdoc, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1. Multidimensional diffraction imaging methodology.
2. Structural and mechanical properties of hierarchical biomaterials.
Postdoc
Ph.D. Northeastern University
Postdoc, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1. Intelligent & automatic adjustment of MLL optics.
2. Image segmentation algorithms for diffraction imaging data.
3. Digital twins for HEPS.
Doctoral student
2019
Doctoral Candidate, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1. Condensed matter physics.
Doctoral student
2020
Doctoral Candidate, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1. Self-supervised deep learning methods based on priors extracted from physical and experimental theories.
2. End-to-end physical information denoising and retrieval.
Doctoral student
2021
Doctoral Candidate, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1. AI in coherent diffraction imaging at synchrotrons.
Master's student (joint training)
2022
Master's student, Joint program with China University of Geosciences (Beijing).
1. Applied Statistics.
Master's student
2023
Master's student, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1. Synchrotron radiation methods and applications.
Master's student
2023
Master's student, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1. Condensed Matter Physics (Research on Protein Structure and Function).
Institute of Biophysics, CAS
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Postdoc
