Tielin Zhang
Scholar

Tielin Zhang

Google Scholar ID: 87bZY8YAAAAJ
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Spiking Neural NetworksCognitive ComputationComputational Neuroscience
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Citations
1,153
 
H-index
21
 
i10-index
35
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
32
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Academic Achievements
  • Published over 40 high-impact papers in journals such as Science Advances, IEEE TNNLS, IEEE TCYB, iScience, Neural Networks, and conferences including AAAI, IJCAI, ICASSP
  • Holds more than 10 patents
  • Proposed self-organizing plasticity propagation model (Science Advances, 2021)
  • Developed neuromodulated brain-inspired continual learning method (Science Advances, 2023)
  • Introduced dopamine reward-based efficient SNN learning (IEEE TNNLS, 2021)
  • Designed multi-scale plasticity-based SNN architecture enabling non-backpropagation optimization (AAAI/IJCAI, 2018)
  • Applied SNN algorithms to NLP (AAAI 2022), continuous action control (AAAI 2023), and reinforcement learning (IEEE TCYB)
  • Developed dedicated brain-inspired chips for invasive BCIs
  • Principal Investigator of multiple national projects: Ministry of Science and Technology’s Innovation 2030 - New Generation AI Flagship and Key Projects, CAS Strategic Priority Research Program (Class A), Shanghai BCI Key Special Project
  • Led NSFC, Central Military Commission S&T Commission, Innovation Zone, and CAS Youth Innovation Promotion Association projects
  • Key participant in Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission Brain-inspired Special Project and CAS Strategic Priority Program (Class B)
  • Awards/Honors: Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Nova, CAS Youth Innovation Promotion Association Member, CAS Distinguished Research Fellow
Research Experience
  • 2019.10–Present: Associate Professor, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 2016.07–2019.10: Assistant Professor, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Leads a research group focused on brain-inspired intelligence
  • Contributed to large-scale whole-brain SNN simulation of mouse brain (71 million neurons, 213 brain regions)
  • Completed neuron reconstruction and classification from Golgi-stained rat brain optical sections (2.5 million neuron morphologies)
  • Led SNN algorithm development for high-throughput BCI in Shanghai Municipal Major Project
  • Participated in brain-inspired software development for novel SNN chip systems
  • Collaborates extensively with teams at Shanghai Institute of Neuroscience, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Lingang Laboratory (e.g., groups of Mu-Ming Poo, Chengyu Li, Yong Gu, Ninglong Xu, Jiulin Du, Yu Mu, Zhengtuo Zhao)
Miscellany
  • Editorial Board Member, Artificial Intelligence Advances (2022–present)
  • Committee Member, Cloud Control and Decision-making, CICC (2022–2026)
  • Former Deputy Secretary-General, Cognition and Behavior Committee, CICC (2016–2020)
  • Teaches courses: 'Systems and Computational Neuroscience: Brain-inspired Models, Architectures and Robotics Applications' and 'Introduction to Brain-inspired Intelligence: Artificial Neurons and Shallow Networks'
  • Actively recruiting research assistants, postdocs, engineers, and interns for on-site work in Beijing or Shanghai