Current Appointment

Professor  

College of Computer Science, Sichuan University

P. R. China

  Biography

09/2008-08/2009      Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Department of Computer Science and Engineering,

                                    The Chinese University of Hong Kong

                06/2008      Ph.D. degree in Computer Software and Theory from School of Computer Science and

                                    Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC).

                                    Supervisor: Prof. Zhang Yi.

                04/2005      M.S. degree in Applied Mathematics from UESTC. Supervisor: Prof. Shou Ming Zhong.

                07/2002      B.S. degree in Applied Mathematics from UESTC.

  Research Interests

Theories and Applications of Machine Intelligence

•  Method of Continuous Attractors in Machine Intelligence

•  Application of Continuous Attractors to Manifold Learning and Computer Vision

•  Multistability of Recurrent Neural Networks

•  Dynamical Properties of Neural Networks

•  Application of Multistable Neural Networks to Data Mining and Image Processing

Control Theories and Applications

•  Adaptive Control by Neural Computing Approach

•  Dynamics of Nonlinear Control System

  Publication Papers

IEEE Transactions

1. Lei Zhang and Z. Yi, “Selectable and Unselectable Sets of Neurons in Recurrent Neural Networks with Saturated Piecewise Linear Transfer Function”, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 1021-1031, July 2011.

2. Lei Zhang, Z. Yi, S. L. Zhang and P. A. Heng, "Activity Invariant Sets and Exponentially Stable Attractors of Linear Threshold Discrete-time Recurrent Neural Networks", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 1341-1347, June 2009.

3. Lei Zhang, Z. Yi and J. Yu, "Multiperiodicity and Attractivity of Delayed Recurrent Neural Networks with  Unsaturating Piecewise Linear Transfer Functions", IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 158-167, Jan. 2008. 

4. Z. Yi, Lei Zhang, J. Yu and K. K. Tan, "Permitted and Forbidden Sets in Discrete-Time Linear Threshold Recurrent Neural Networks", IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 952-963, June 2009.

5. J. Yu, Z. Yi and Lei Zhang, "Representations of Continuous Attractors of Recurrent Neural Networks", IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 368-372, Feb. 2009.

6. Z. Yi, J. C. Lv and Lei Zhang, "Output Convergence Analysis for a class of Delayed Recurrent Neural Networks With Time-varying Inputs", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics-Part B, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 87-95, Jan. 2006.

Other Journal and Conference Papers

7. Lei Zhang, Z. Yi, J. Yu and P. A. Heng, "Some Multistability Properties of Bidirectional Associative Memory Recurrent Neural Networks with Unsaturating Piecewise Linear Transfer Functions", Neurocomputing, 72 (2009) 3809-3817.

8. Lei Zhang and Z. Yi, "Dynamical Properties of Background Neural Networks with Uniform Firing Rate and Background Input", Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 33 (2007) 979-985.

9. Lei Zhang, P. A. Heng and Z. Yi, "Solving the CLM problem by Discrete-time Linear Threshold Recurrent Neural Networks", Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 5768, pp. 995-1004, 2009.

10. Lei Zhang, Z. Yi and B. Zheng, "Activity Invariant Sets and Stable Attractors of Lotka-Volterra Recurrent Neural Networks", 2008 IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems, pp. 1379-1384.

11. Lei Zhang and Z. Yi, "Global Exponential Convergence of Time-Varying Delayed Neural Networks with High Gain", Lecture Notes In Computer Science, vol. 4491, pp. 1005-1011, 2007.

12. F. Xu, Lei Zhang and H. Qu, "Convergence Analysis of Background Neural Networks with Two Subnetworks", 2008 IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems, pp. 440-444.

13. H. Zhang, Z. Yi and Lei Zhang, "Continuous Attractors of a class of Recurrent Neural Networks", Computers & Mathematics with Applications, vol. 56, 3130-3137, 2008.

14. J. Yu, Z. Yi and Lei Zhang, "Periodicity of a class of Nonlinear Fuzzy Systems with Delays", Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 40 (2009) 1343-1351.

15. P. Li, Z. Yi and Lei Zhang, "Global Synchronization of a class of Delayed Complex Systems", Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 30 (2006) 903-908.

16. J. Yu, Z. Yi and Lei Zhang, "Representations of Continuous Attractors of Discrete-Time Cellular Neural Networks", 2008 IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems, pp. 700-704.

  Revised Papers

17. Lei Zhang, P. A. Heng and Z. Yi, "Positively Periodized Sets in Linear Threshold Recurrent Neural Networks", Submitted to Physical Review E.

18. Lei Zhang, P. A. Heng and Z. Yi, "Properties of Permitted and Forbidden Sets in Linear Threshold Recurrent Neural Networks", Submitted to Neurocomputing.

19. S. L. Zhang, Z. Yi and Lei Zhang, "Group Selection by Linear Threshold Discrete-Time Recurrent Neural Networks with Lateral Inhibition", Submitted to Neural Networks.

  Professional Activities

	Professional Organization Memberships 　 Memerbers, IEEE and IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (M'10 - Present) EXCom Member, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Chengdu Chapter
	Editorial Board Member

International Journal of Engineering and Industries (IJEI).

International Journal of Information and Engineering (IJIE).

International Conference Session Chair

2008 IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems

2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics, Automation & Mechatronics

（2008 IEEE CIS-RAM）Chengdu, China, September 22-24, 2008

Program Committee Member

The Seventh International Symposium on Neural Networks (ISNN 2010), Shanghai, China, June 8-9, 2010

Reviewer

IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I