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Education

• Ph.D in Civil Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2024-present
• M.Eng. in Control Science and Engineering, Nankai University, 2020-2023
• B.S. in Intelligent Science and Technology, Nankai University, 2016-2020

Work Experience

• 2023-2024: Algorithm Engineer in Meituan
  • Duties include: Research on Causal Inference and Intelligent pricing on delivery fee.
• 2018.08-2018.09: Assistant researcher at the National Institute of Informatics, Japan
  • Under the supervised of Prof. Inamura, participating in the development of the SIGVerse platform for Human-robot interaction simulation.

Publications

Coordinating multiple UPS batteries in datacenter for load flexibility and cost reduction

Lunlong Li, Yang Pu, Yi Ju, Ziqi Hu, and Zhe Wang. (2026). "Coordinating multiple UPS batteries in datacenter for load flexibility and cost reduction." Energy and Buildings, 117282.

Enhancing LLM-based building data query with chain-of-thought, retrieval-augmented generation, and fine-tuning

Mingchen Li, Ziqi Hu, Parastoo Mohebi, Shuhao Li, and Zhe Wang. (2026). "Enhancing LLM-based building data query with chain-of-thought, retrieval-augmented generation, and fine-tuning." Automation in Construction, 182, 106738.

Optimal battery sizing using stochastic programming to consider building load variation and peak demand charge

Parastoo Mohebi, Ziqi Hu, Lunlong Li, Farzin Golzar, Zhe Wang. (2026) "Optimal battery sizing using stochastic programming to consider building load variation and peak demand charge." Energy Conversion and Management, 348:120794.

Applying semantic model for easy and fast deployment of chiller sequencing algorithm

Shuhao Li, Mingchen Li, Ziqi Hu, and Zhe Wang. (2025). "Applying semantic model for easy and fast deployment of chiller sequencing algorithm." Energy and Buildings, 116830.

AutoControl: An end-to-end fully automated workflow for control design of building energy systems

Ziqi Hu, Mingchen Li, Hao Tang, and Zheng Wang. (2025). "AutoControl: An end-to-end fully automated workflow for control design of building energy systems." Energy, 138329.

Optimizing building energy systems for grid-interactivity, comfort and resilience

Wanfu Zheng, Ziqi Hu, Dan Wang, and Zheng Wang. (2025). "Optimizing building energy systems for grid-interactivity, comfort and resilience." Energy Conversion and Management, 340:119927.

NALO-VOM: Navigation-oriented LiDAR-guided monocular visual odometry and mapping for unmanned ground vehicles

Ziqi Hu, Jing Yuan, Yuanxi Gao, Boran Wang, and Xuebo Zhang. (2023). "NALO-VOM: Navigation-oriented LiDAR-guided monocular visual odometry and mapping for unmanned ground vehicles." IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 9(1), 2612-2623.

Reconstruction of lead wires of power lines for live-line working robots in distribution networks

Ziqi Hu, Jing Yuan, Yansong Gong, Shizhuo Yu, and Xuebo Zhang. (2021). "Reconstruction of lead wires of power lines for live-line working robots in distribution networks." Control Engineering, 28(11), 2123-2130.

Geometrical patterns based cross-scale image registration for AFM and optical microscopy

Ziqi Hu, Zhi Fan, Cunhuan Liu, Yinan Wu, and Chao Wang. (2019). "Geometrical patterns based cross-scale image registration for AFM and optical microscopy." 2019 IEEE International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale (3M-NANO), 276-280.

Selected Awards

• Champion of RoboCup Asia­Pacific 2017 in RoboCup@Home Open Platform League and Education Challenge League
• Nomination for Best Application Paper Award of 2019 IEEE International Conference on 3M-­NANO
• Excellent Bachelor’s Degree Project, Nankai University
• HKUST RedBird Academic Excellence Award for PhD Students in 2025-26