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)
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)
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