I am a Ph.D. student in Industrial & Operations Engineering (IOE) at the University of Michigan, advised by Prof. Raed Al Kontar.

My research interest lies broadly in statistical learning, generative models such as diffusion models, reinforcement learning, and their applications.

Papers in Progress

• Zhu, R., Manopanjasiri, P., Shi, N., Sun, Q., Al Kontar, R.(2025) “Collaborative & Federated Conditional-Based Maintenance”

• Zhu, R., Al Kontar, R. (2025) “Iterative Reinforcement Learning for Inference Time Adaptation of Diffusion Models”

News

• October 2025: I’ll present at 2025 Informs Annual Meeting on the topic of iterative reinforcement learning for inference time adaptation of diffusion models.