I am Zhixu Duan (ๆฎตไน็ปญ), 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.
๐Education & Background
โ 2025.11โPresent, RA at EPICLab, SAI of SJTU
โ 2023.12โPresent, RA at ReliaLab, UESTC
โ 2023.9โ2027.9, B.S. at SMEE of UESTC.
โ 2020.9โ2023.9, In No.1 Middle School of Huairen, Shanxi Province.
๐Achievements
โ National Scholarship in 2025 Top 1.8% ย
โ National Scholarship in 2024 Top 1.8% ย
โ Ranked 1/83 in my major๐ฅ Top 1
โ Research/Papers๐
EAAI 
๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐๐จ-๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ก๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ
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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 
๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
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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 
๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐จ-๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐
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First Author and delivered an oral presentation to
IEEE PHM 2024TL;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 
๐ฅ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐
๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง-๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐
๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ง-๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง ๐
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ
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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 
๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ-๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐
๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ
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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 
๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง-๐๐๐ญ ๐
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐
๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐-๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐
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Second Author (first author of adviser) minor revision of
COMPUT IND (CAS Q1)TL;DR: A CLIP-based forwardโreverse reasoning model enable for fault diagnosis
Under Review 
๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง ๐
๐๐ฐ-๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ ๐
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐-๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ-๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
โญSecond 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 
๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐๐จ๐๐: ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
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
UESTC Interdisciplinary Association (IA) โ A university-level student organization guided by the Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, promoting AI-driven interdisciplinary innovation.
๐ Independently designed and maintained the association's
official website.
๐ฏ Co-hosted the
Uni-Lab Workshop with Deep Potential Tech, covering Yibin campus.
๐ฅ Built the academic advisory board with 5 renowned professors including Prof. Dezhong Yao and Prof. Pedro Valdes-Sosa.
โ Student Mentor for SMEE 2025 Freshmen
Mentored freshmen under the guidance of Counselor Keyu Chen
Talks & Reports
โ ใSMEE idolใZhixu Duan:โTake Each Step Steadily, and the Distance Will Unfoldโ โInterviewed by SMEE of UESTC
โ ใUESTC-IAรDP TechnologyใUni-Lab Developersโ Offline Workshop โInterviewed by DP Technology
Academic Positions
โ ๐A key reader of Nature and a potential contributor to Science.
โ ๐Attending major international conferences, and leading the field in tea break self-service acquisition and multimodal collection.