Curriculum Vitae
Changxi Zhu — multi-agent reinforcement learning and agent communication
Work
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2026.07 - 2026.09
Algorithm Intern
Booster Robotics
Tested and improved the localization module. Deployed humanoid robots and tuned their parameters. Organized the mjlab motion-control repository and added online simulation-based evaluation and performance metrics for reinforcement learning.
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2021.05 - 2026.10
Researcher
Intelligent Systems, Utrecht University
Developed theories and algorithms for learning communication in multi-agent reinforcement learning in stochastic, continuous, and multi-task environments. Served as a teaching assistant and independently supervised students on thesis projects. Received funding support from Applied Data Science at Utrecht University.
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2020.10 - 2021.04
Research Associate
National University of Singapore
Developed an online multi-player collaborative decision-making platform based on oTree, enabling real-time interaction between humans and reinforcement learning agents.
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2018.07 - 2018.09
Research Assistant
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Developed knowledge-sharing algorithms for multi-agent reinforcement learning, and tested and evaluated them in the HFO soccer environment.
Education
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2021.05 - 2026.10
Utrecht, Netherlands
Ph.D. in Computer Science
Intelligent Systems, Utrecht University
Thesis: Learning with Communication in Multi-agent Deep Reinforcement Learning
Supervisors: Prof. dr. Mehdi Dastani; Dr. Shihan Wang
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2017.09 - 2020.06
Guangzhou, China
Master in Software Engineering
South China University of Technology
Thesis: A Teacher-Student Framework for Knowledge Sharing in Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning
Supervisors: Prof. Yi Cai; Prof. Ho-fung Leung
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2013.09 - 2017.06
Nanning, China
B.E. in Electronic Commerce
Guangxi University
Class rank: 1st
Thesis: Sentiment Analysis in Social Media Texts
Supervisor: Prof. Jinchuang Zhao
Certificates
| The Art of Presenting Science | ||
| Utrecht University | 2022-06-01 |
| Teacher Training | ||
| Utrecht University | 2024-06-20 |
| Academic Writing | ||
| Utrecht University | 2024-07-30 |
Languages
| Chinese | |
| Native speaker |
| English | |
| Fluent |
| Dutch | |
| Beginner |