Curriculum Vitae

Changxi Zhu — multi-agent reinforcement learning and agent communication

Work

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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
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English
Fluent
Dutch
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