Hi, I’m Zhenling, currently a Postdoctoral Fellow working with Prof. Zijun ZHANG in the Department of Data Science, College of Computing, City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) . The College of Computing was established in Sep. 2024, in part, from the former School of Data Science, where I completed my Ph.D. study in 2024, under the supervision of Prof. Zijun ZHANG, and Prof. Kwok Leung TSUI .

Prior to studying at CityUHK, I was supervised by Prof. Qiang MIAO and received the M.Eng. degree from the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Sichuan University (SCU), Sichuan, China, in 2020. Earlier, I received the B.Eng. degree from the School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Hubei, China, in 2017.

🔥 News

• 09.2024: I was transferred as a Postdoc. to the newly established Department of Data Science, CityUHK.

📚 Research Interests

Currently, I am interested in

• Intelligent Model Generalization
• Causal Machine Learning
• Mechanical Signal Processing
• Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis

📄 Selected Papers

More papers are shown on my Google Scholar.

The Boldface&Upright text indicates me, while the superscript * indicates corresponding author(s).

Peer Reviewed

• Z. Mo, Z. Zhang^*, and K. -L. Tsui, “Lifeisgood: Learning Invariant Features via In-Label Swapping for Generalizing Out-of-Distribution,” in IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, DOI: 10.1109/TCYB.2025.3578712, (Accepted, |Code|, |Preprint| ).
• Z. Mo, Z. Zhang^*, Qiang Miao, and K. -L. Tsui, “Extended Invariant Risk Minimization for Machine Fault Diagnosis with Label Noise and Data Shift,” in IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, doi:10.1109/TNNLS.2025.3531214, ( |Code|, |Preprint| ).
• Z. Mo, Z. Zhang^*, and K. -L. Tsui, “Domain Generalization Study of Empirical Risk Minimization from Causal Perspectives,” in IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, doi:10.1109/TMM.2025.3535276, ( |Code|, |Preprint| ).
• Z. Mo, Z. Zhang^*, Q. Miao and K. -L. Tsui, “Sparsity-Constrained Invariant Risk Minimization for Domain Generalization With Application to Machinery Fault Diagnosis Modeling,” in IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 1547–1559, 2024 (|Code|, |Talk|, |Preprint| ).
• Z. Mo^*, Z. Zhang^* and K. -L. Tsui, “Distance Aware Risk Minimization for Domain Generalization in Machine Fault Diagnosis,” in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2024.3441253 ( |Code|, |Preprint| ).
• Z. Mo, Z. Zhang^*, Q. Miao and K. -L. Tsui, “Intelligent Informative Frequency Band Searching Assisted by a Dynamic Bandit Tree Method for Machine Fault Diagnosis,” in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2022, doi: 10.1109/TMECH.2022.3206435 ( |Code|, |Preprint| ).
• T. Hu, Z. Mo^*, Z. Zhang^*, “Multi-task Pointwise Mutual Information Learning for Bearing Remaining Useful Life Cross-Domain Imbalanced Regression,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, doi:10.1109/JIOT.2025.3569977.
• T. Hu, Z. Mo^*, Z. Zhang^*, “Neural ODE Powered Model for Bearing Remaining Useful Life Predictions with Intra- and Inter-domain Shifts, Advanced Engineering Informatics, Volume 64, 2025, 103077, ISSN 1474-0346, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2024.103077.
• T. Hu, Z. Mo^*, Z. Zhang^*, “A Life-Stage Domain Aware Network for Bearing Health Prognosis under Unseen Temporal Distribution Shift,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 73, pp. 1–12, 2024.

🎓 Educations

• 09.2020 - 02.2024, Ph.D., School of Data Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• 09.2017 - 06.2020, M.Eng., School of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Sichuan University, Mainland China
• 09.2013 - 06.2017, B.Eng., School of Mechanical Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Mainland China

💻 Work Experience

• 09.2024 - Present, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Data Science, College of Computing, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• 03.2024 - 09.2024, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Data Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• 12.2023 - 03.2024, Research Associate, City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Mainland China

👨‍🏫 Teaching

• 2022/23 Semester B, Teaching Assistant, SDSC4066 Professional Engineering Practice, CityUHK.
• 2021/22 Semester B, Teaching Assistant, SDSC8015 Machine Learning & Control Theory, CityUHK.
• 2021/22 Semester A, Teaching Assistant, SDSC2001 Python for Data Science, CityUHK.

🎖 Honors and Awards

• 2024 Outstanding Research Thesis Award, Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies, CityUHK.
• 2024 ITF Postdoc. Fellowship, Research Talent Hub for ITF projects, Hong Kong.
• 2020 Postgraduate Studentship, University Grand Committee, Hong Kong.
• 2019 The Second Prize CASC Scholarship, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation & Sichuan University, China.
• 2019 The First Prize Postgraduate Scholarship, Sichuan University, China.
• 2019 Outstanding Postgraduate, Sichuan University, China.
• 2018 Outstanding Postgraduate, Sichuan University, China.
• 2017 The First Prize Postgraduate Scholarship, Sichuan University, China.
• 2016 The Second Prize FAST Scholarship, Shaanxi Fast Auto Drive Group Co., Ltd & Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China..

✨ Others

• Invited Talks:
  • SMC eNewsletter’s Student Corner Column (March 2024 Issue)
  • CSIE Postdoc. and Postgraduate Seminar, CityUHK.
  • PHM-2019 Chongqing, China.
• Peer Review Service: IEEE TNNLS, IEEE TCYB, IEEE TII, IEEE IOTJ,IEEE TSTE, IEEE-ASME TMECH, ADVEI, etc.

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Last Update Date: 15 Jul 2025