Yingzhu Liu
Ph.D. Candidate at PKU
Beijing, China, 2023
About Me
I’m a fourth-year Ph.D. Candidate in Dynamical Systems and Control with the Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science at the College of Engineering, Peking University. I am fortunate to be advised by Prof. Zhongkui Li. I also work closely with Prof. Pengcheng You, who leads DESIRES Lab at the College of Engineering, Peking University. Prior to that, I acquired my Bachelor’s degree majoring in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, at the College of Engineering, Peking University.
Currently, I am a visiting scholar at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, working with Prof. Ashish Cherukuri.
You can find my CV here.
Research Interests
My current research interests include saddle flow dynamics, optimization, control theory, and reinforcement learning. In particular, my work focuses on developing unified frameworks and deeper insights for the design and analysis of nonlinear dynamical systems and discrete-time algorithms.
Additionally, I am interested in risk-aware optimization, with a particular focus on decentralized distributionally robust algorithms.
Feel free to contact me for any discussions and potential collaborations.
News
| Nov 03, 2025 | Our paper titled Coherency Analysis in Nonlinear Heterogeneous Power Networks: A Blended Dynamics Approach has been accepted for presentation at ACM e-Energy 2026, with only 3 out of 53 submissions directly accepted. Huge congratulations and many thanks to my collaborators Yixuan and Pengcheng! |
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| Oct 15, 2025 | I start my visit at the University of Groningen. See you in Groningen!  |
| Jul 25, 2024 | One paper Accelerated Saddle Flow Dynamics for Bilinearly Coupled Minimax Problems is accepted to 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC). Let’s meet in Milan!   |