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• I am currently a Research Fellow in College of Civil Engineering and Architecture at Zhejiang University.
• Collaborated with Prof. Yong Bai, my current research interests include:
  Perception, planning, and control of autonomous ships;
  Maritime big data and intelligent shipping;
  Automation of maritime operations;
  Green shipping management
• Priori to joining ZJU, I received the Ph.D degree at Zhejiang University, and B.Eng. degree at Central South University.

Selected works

1. Zhao, L., Xu, M., Liu, L., Bai, Y., Zhang, M., Yan, R., 2025. Intelligent Shipping: Integrating Autonomous Maneuvering and Maritime Knowledge in the Singapore-Rotterdam Corridor. Communications Engineering, 4 (1), 11. (Nature Portfolio)
2. Zhao, L., Wang, F., Zhang, M., Bai, Y., 2025. Efficient Rescues at Sea: A Hierarchical Framework of Time-sensitive Rescue Scheduling and Motion Planning for Unmanned Surface Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles. 1-15. [Early access]
3. Zhao, L., Bai, Y*., 2024. Joint-optimized coverage path planning framework for USV-assisted offshore bathymetric mapping: From theory to practice. Knowledge-Based Systems, 294, p.116921.
4. Zhao, L., Bai, Y*., 2024. Energy efficient coverage planning for USV-assisted inland bathymetry under current effects: An analysis on sweep direction. Ocean Engineering, 305, p.117910.
5. Zhao, L., Bai, Y*., Paik, JK., 2024. Optimal coverage path planning for USV-assisted coastal bathymetric survey: Models, solutions, and lake trials. Ocean Engineering, 294, p.116921.
6. Zhao, L., Bai, Y., 2023. Data harvesting in uncharted waters: Interactive learning empowered path planning for USV-assisted maritime data collection under fully unknown environments. Ocean Engineering, 287, p.115781.

Recent news

• $\color{#fe4a49}{Award:}$ I was awarded the National Scholarship of graduate student granted by Chinese government. (Oct. 2023)
• $\color{#fe4a49}{Award:}$ I received the Outstanding Graduate Student honor granted by Zhejiang University. (Oct. 2023)
• $\color{#fe4a49}{Award:}$ I was awarded scholarship by Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) for a joint PhD program (1 year duration) in Nanyang Technological University. (Aug. 2023)
• $\color{#37a55a}{Talk:}$ I gave a talk about “Observer Design for GNSS-aided Position Estimation of Autonomous Surface Vessels” on 5th IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems in Guangzhou, China. (Oct. 2022)
• $\color{#37a55a}{Talk:}$ I gave a talk about “Local Path Planning for Unmanned Surface Vehicles based on Hybrid A* and B-spline” on 5th IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems in Guangzhou, China. (Oct. 2022)
• $\color{#fe4a49}{Award:}$ I received the Outstanding Graduate Student honor granted by Zhejiang University. (Oct. 2022)
• $\color{#fe4a49}{Award:}$ I was awarded the National Scholarship of graduate student granted by Chinese government. (Oct. 2022)