About Me

I am Zhixu Duan (ๆฎตไน‹็ปญ), an undergraduate at SMEE of UESTC ย ย , major in mechanical engineering. Now as RA in ReliaLab, advised by Zuoyi Chen and Hong-Zhong Huang. Also RA in EPICLab, SAI of SJTU ย ย , advised by Linfeng Zhang.

Feel free to Ask me anything! Always keep a passion for exploring strange fields . Research interests focus on AI4Reliability including but are not limited to zero/few-shot learning, transfer learning, and llm.

๐ŸŽ“Education & Background

โ— 2025.11โ€“Present, RA at EPICLab, SAI of SJTU
โ— 2023.12โ€“Present, RA at ReliaLab, UESTC
โ— 2023.9โ€“2027.9, B.S. at SMEE of UESTC.
โ— 2020.9โ€“2023.9, In No.1 Middle School of Huairen, Shanxi Province.

๐Ÿ†Achievements

โ— National Scholarship in 2025 Top 1.8% ย 
โ— National Scholarship in 2024 Top 1.8% ย 
โ— Ranked 1/83 in my major๐Ÿฅ‡ Top 1
โ— Research/Papers๐Ÿ“ƒ

EAAI EAAI
๐Ÿ”ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐๐จ-๐Ÿ๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ญ๐š ๐ž๐ง๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ
โญFirst Author published in EAAI (CAS Q1)
TL;DR: A relation network using pseudo-fault data improves train transmission fault detection and localization performance.
SHM UHDRL
๐Ÿ”ฅ๐”๐ง๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
โญCo-first Author (first author of adviser) published in SHM (CAS Q2)
TL;DR: A unified health-domain relation learning approach enhances fault detection under complex operating conditions.
IEEE PHM 2024 PHM
๐Ÿ”ฅ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐…๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐™๐ž๐ซ๐จ-๐Ÿ๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž
โญFirst Author and delivered an oral presentation to IEEE PHM 2024
TL;DR: A PRN model combining RSN and KAN is proposed for train transmission fault detection with few samples, achieving over 98% accuracy and strong generalization.
Minor Revision MSSP
๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐…๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐•๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐š ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง-๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐…๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐”๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ง-๐ƒ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐…๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ
โญFirst Author submitted manuscript to AEI (CAS Q1)
TL;DR: A domain-attribute fusion model decouples intrinsic fault features, improving unseen-domain diagnosis robustness.
Under Review CTSL
๐Ÿ”ฅ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ-๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐’๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐ƒ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐…๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ
โญFirst Author submitted manuscript to IEEE TII (CAS Q1)
TL;DR: Proposed CTSL(Collaborative Teacher-Student Learning): Simulated Domain Attacks for Class-Intrinsic Feature Learning in Multi-Domain Generalized Fault Diagnosis.
Minor Revision CLIP
๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง-๐’๐ž๐ญ ๐…๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐”๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐‹๐ˆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐-๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ 
โญSecond Author (first author of adviser) minor revision of COMPUT IND (CAS Q1)
TL;DR: A CLIP-based forwardโ€“reverse reasoning model enable for fault diagnosis
Under Review bien
๐Ÿ”ฅ๐‘๐ž๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐ƒ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐…๐ž๐ฐ-๐’๐ก๐จ๐ญ ๐…๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐š ๐‘๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š-๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ-๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐•๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
โญSecond Author submitted manuscript to AEI (CAS Q1)
TL;DR: Proposed Reinforcing Cross-Domain Few-Shot Fault Diagnosis of Train Transmission Systems via Reducing Intra-Class and Maximizing Inter-Class Variations
ICML Submitted ICML
๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐‚๐จ๐๐ž: ๐€ ๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐๐ž ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
โญContributor submited to ICML2026
TL;DR: A Benchmark for LLM to carry Industry Code Generation

โ— Second author of 2 invention patent (first author of adviser), accepted for filing.
โ— Principal leader of a National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program (College Student Project)

Leadership

● Vice President & Founding Core Member GitHub  IA Page
UESTC Interdisciplinary Association (IA) โ€” A university-level student organization guided by the Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, promoting AI-driven interdisciplinary innovation.
๐ŸŒ Independently designed and maintained the association's official website.
๐ŸŽฏ Co-hosted the Uni-Lab Workshop with Deep Potential Tech, covering Yibin campus.
๐Ÿ‘ฅ Built the academic advisory board with 5 renowned professors including Prof. Dezhong Yao and Prof. Pedro Valdes-Sosa.
IA Flag
IA Research

โ— Student Mentor for SMEE 2025 Freshmen

Mentored freshmen under the guidance of Counselor Keyu Chen

Talks & Reports

โ— ใ€SMEE idolใ€‘Zhixu Duan:โ€Take Each Step Steadily, and the Distance Will Unfoldโ€ โ€“Interviewed by SMEE of UESTC

โ— ใ€UESTC-IAร—DP Technologyใ€‘Uni-Lab Developersโ€™ Offline Workshop โ€“Interviewed by DP Technology

Academic Positions

โ— ๐Ÿ˜A key reader of Nature and a potential contributor to Science.
โ— ๐Ÿ˜ŽAttending major international conferences, and leading the field in tea break self-service acquisition and multimodal collection.